Memorial Day Observed by Payette Veterans and Citizens
Memorial Day rites in Payette closed town businesses from morning until five. G A R and W R C members led a cemetery decoration, parade to the grounds, and a program with Band selections, readings, Peters address, and a volley salute. The event honored living and dead veterans, with communal pride evident throughout.
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Payette
G. A. Post
W. R
Xemeral
W. T. Stierman
WRC
Theus
Murglog
C. O. F. Hall
Ada Avenue
A. R. Peat
W. R. C. Childewn
Miter
Selent
Tnedia
Gettysburg
Viltian
Jay Orentz
Old Camp Ground
David Cary Peters
Muere
Peters
Boise Street
W. T. Sherman Post
Payette School Board Grants Teacher Contracts for Next Year
The Payette School Board completes contracts for next year. Teachers who taught last year and stayed receive substantial raises. High School staff include J. Turner history and civics. Hagel Berry Latin and German. Rachael Cook English. Maud Spencer mathematics and history. Central School staff list includes K. Giffin science and athletics. T. R. Nielsen mathematics and music. Anna Johnson eighth grade. West Side School lists Caroline Van Buekirk seventh grade. Nellie Miller sixth. Beatrice Boehmer fifth. Clara Wethered fourth. G. Fay Sutton third. Daisy Roberts second. Clara Culler first. Principal Kate G. Boyd oversees seventh and sixth grades. Jessie Spencer teaches six grade levels. Ina Scrivner fourth. Maude Aldrich third. M. Alice Williams second. Nora K. Johnson first.
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J. 2. Turner
Hagel Berry
Rachael Cook
Maud Spencer
K. Giffin
T. R. Nielson
M. Alice Williams
Nora K. Johnson
Payette Valley Vinegar ships first batch of pickles
Payette Valley Vinegar Company announced its first pickle shipment this week from a newly equipped keel factory. Twenty five kegs were sent with orders pending. the firm plans to produce one thousand kegs as it expands its operations in Payette. A separate item reports Edward Johnson, son of Cal Johnson, injured by a horse at the Applegate shear plant, losing consciousness briefly but recovering with medical care.
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Payette
Edward Johnson
Cal. Johnson
Applegate Shearns
Labor Shortage Weighs on Payette Valley Projects
In Payette and vicinity a serious labor shortage slows alfalfa cutting fruit thinning ditch work railroad extension and sewer system installation. Farmers and fruit growers seek workers while multiple projects press for labor as the week of the first alfalfa cut approaches. Advertised letters include Barsted Chess Gilbert Grandville, with dead letter timing set for June 13 1910.
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Payette
Payette Heights
John Barsted
Clarence Chess
Bert Gilbert
Thomas Grandville
Burt Venable
Potato Record Set Near Payette by G. PF Thayer
G. PF Thayer, a prominent ranch man near Payette, reports a new potato record this year with potatoes eight inches in circumference. He harvested them Wednesday, noting the large size for this season and predicting the record will be hard to beat.
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G. PF
Thayer
Payette
Busy Saturday draws shoppers to Payette streets
Payette saw a bustling Saturday with crowds in the afternoon and evening as shoppers flocked to local merchants advertised in Payette papers and The Royal Neighbors. Residents and guests like Dr and Mrs Crouch visited Spaulding’s home for an event featuring strawberries, ice cream, and cake with well filled lunch baskets.
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Payette
L. W
Evenine
Thy Howe
Mre
Crouch
Young Girl Killed In Auto Accident Near Spake River
A Cadillac driven by Burl Anderson of Rose with Dottie Butler and Maude Kidd of Ontario plunged into three feet of water at the Spake river wagon bridge. Butler died, Anderson and Kidd uninjured, passengers say speed was moderate but wreck suggests high gear. The car belonged to Anderson of Moise Valley Oregon. Butler and Kidd are aged about sixteen.
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Burl Anderson
Rose
Dabo
Dundee
Wr Anderson
Moise
Y M C A Notes and Old Baseball Rules
Y M C A notes announce season end with 26 meetings, June pause, and a June social by the Ladies Auxiliary. Call for tennis boosters and dirt removal for grounds. Also mentions boy camp plans in August and a need for subscriptions. Three strikes and out recounts 1842 baseball rules from an old rate book, including umpire fees, substitutions, and base rules.
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Y. M.C. AL
Clancey Ireton
Young Men's Christian Association
Payette
Nnance Committee
Greg Hutton
Ben Franklin
Joe Miller
Uamplite
Bateman
Fruitland Grange Program for Friday June 1H
The Fruitland Grange schedules a meeting with a general discussion on cooperation led by HB Smith, music by Mrs Powell and Arthur Wilcox, recitations by Floyd Spainhower and Austin Bere, and a debate on farm housewife labor savings with teams led by Mrs Shaw, Mrs Linck, Fred McCarty, and Mr Foutz.
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Fruitland Grange
HB. Smith
Powell
Arthur Wilcox
Floyd Spainhower
Shaw
Linck
Fred McCarty
Railroad Extends Line to Meadows Valley This Summer
Pacific and Idaho Northern Railroad chief K A Helgho says the line will reach Meadows in Meadows Valley from Evergreen Idaho this summer. The firm also plans a large modern hotel in the valley costing twenty five to thirty thousand dollars.
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Welver
K. A. Helgho
Pacific & Idaho Northern Railroad
Evergreen
Idaho
Meadows
On Meadows Valley
Boy Drowns in Weiser River in Bathing Accident
A Vancouver youth, Marty Metcalf, 17, visiting Wetter, drowned while swimming with two companions near the railroad bridge. He ventured into swift deep water, cried for help, and his friends fled to safety, unable to rescue him. He had recently arrived from Vancouver and had no known relatives in Wetter. Also notes the Fourth Annual Rose Festival in Portland with railroad ticket details for travel from Payette to Portland.
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Marty Metcalf
Vancouver
B.C
Wetter
Welser
Astre
Hoth
Welner
B. C
Payette Driving Club matinee races and town notes
The Payette Driving Club and Fale Association plan a spring matinee meet on dune 34th and 25th featuring three harness events and a running race daily plus specialized demonstrations. Local horsemen such as Pointer and Major Lee are listed among entrants, with purses announced. Also includes editor’s note on a Memorial Day site and a community appeal for improvements at Washoe cemetery with donors and a call for a planning meeting.
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Payette Driving Club
Fale Association
Mt Ihy Trackle Halulug
Puyatte
Pointer
Major Lee
John A. Crawford
Dan Patches
Kankakee
Mormon
Dan B
Prince Altstein
M. R
Medhuret
Payette
Payette Heights Ditch Nears Water Start June Ninth
Fayette Heights Ditch ready to operate by June ninth with water for irrigation across three to four thousand acres. Foundation for power house and pumps completed, large pipe from Lower Payette Ditch to Payette Heights Ditch being installed. Residential sites on the hills rise, orchards and crops planned, promising major agricultural expansion in the valley.
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Payette Heights
Payette Ditec
Payette
Uw Heights
le Bein
Payetle
Memorial Day Observance By Grand Army and Corps
Veterans and Grand Army units urged citizens to display flags on homes and businesses to foster patriotism. The WRC convention was set for Lewiston Idaho July 28 29 and 30 with delegates named. A memorial day service featured cemetery tributes and a luncheon at Odd Fellows Hall for comrades and guests.
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W. RB. C
Grand Army
Department
Lewiston
Idaho
W. It. C
Main Street
W. T. Sherman Corps
Atva
James Ackerman
Blakestey
Elizatet Ratettneson
Dinver
Odd Pollow
Oslock
Surveyors at Work on Snake River Irrigation Project
Surveyors from Snake River Irrigation Company are laying out permanent ditch lines at Dead Ox Creek and plotting the site for a power house. Chief Engineer FM House says a car of materials for the power house arrives this week and site work starts immediately. Water power will pump Dead Ox Creek area, enabling irrigation and power generation. Bert McIntyre notes upcoming yard sales at A L Tuttle’s Pleasant View and R V 2 Hivery Burn Purtee events.
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Snake River Irrigation Company
FM. House
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