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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1916
Page
2
Burt Venable editor notes Clean up the town before the Fourth of July celebration and Chautauqua visitors arrive. He comments on politics, the Oregon Fruit Growers fund notice, and local editorials. The piece also touches on education trends and women suffrage as March polling looms.
The Portland Oregonian denounces a heavy wheat tax averaging about 6 cents per bushel. Growers must deduct sack weight from gross, while buyers gain a sack worth about 10 cents per two bushels. The paper urges building railroad elevators and on farm storage to stop profit leakage.
Union Pacific system allocates about 1,000,000 for reconstruc tion and modernization of the Kansas City to Denver line and related segments. Projects include ballasting with Sherman granite from Oakley to Hills, relaying rails from Kansas City to Colorado terminals, bridge replacements, and electrical block signals between Salina and Ellis. The program aims to elevate the route to parity with the Omaha Ogden line and accelerate during the year.
Lewiston visitor Mr Geo Crum discusses frost damage in Payette Valley fruit, praises local quality and adaption, notes war and duty on Canadian shipments affect exports, and backs honest service in state government. Also classifieds offer two and a half acres of bearing Prune orchard near Payette and a nine room rental house at Payette National Bank.
The 1914-15 county reports show wide gaps in per capita school costs and room costs across four counties. The state department argues the present revenue system is inadequate and supports a moderate state levy based on aggregate property, with about 7 dollars per capita to be raised after income from state school lands.
A wartime plea for global peace via transforming weapons into plows and brothers not foes. Poet Walt Mason urges lectures across towns to fund peace tours with advance payments to avoid hay seed scams. Also note: Baldwin piano company promoting piano and player piano leasing in Payette Colorado.
North Payette notes a 15th birthday party for Valetta Armstrong with five friends. Community members attend gatherings for upcoming Chautauqua events, June weddings, and local anniversaries. Local families relocate, and social visits, dinners, and parties are reported across multiple households and towns.
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