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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1914
Page
5
Fruitland community pages report numerous visits and family gatherings. Vera Grimes and Marvin Channer travel with relatives. George Hooker inspects a bridge project. Miss Marie iced from Salt Lake to visit. Residents attend dinners, birthdays, and reunions, with several families relocating or planning summer homes and packing house work underway.
Mrs J H Spainhower Mrs C W Bricknon and son and daughter came Monday from Spokane to visit. Mev Jefn Ander son and family from Sins, and Mr and Mrs B Gladish entertained to dinner Sunday. Rev J Tickner and others attended. Claude Mills from Kansas City and Floyd Spalu hawer, Miss Annis Rupp and nieces from Hoover spent the weekend at Welser. Roy Taylor and family hosted at his parents’ home. Various visits to Payette, Baker City, and Welser described. A baby girl Letha born to Mrs Pinte. Elizabeth Reed and Mrs John Hunt visited. Maude White a guest at Gov Darnell home. Address by L R Ross on India mission raised $24. W M S meetings elected officers. mite boxes yielded $50. Dororthy birthday party for Miss Dorothy with games and supper. Fragments note rain and hail near Fruitland with some apple damage.
A long list of social events and church activities unfolds from Fruitland to Welser. Visitors include families from LaGrange Indiana and Ohio, with Brethren and missionary attendance noted. Youth programs, baseball plans, Epworth League district meeting, and July Fourth preparations dominate town notices.
Queen Wether Olele will host an entertainment Friday night June 19 at 8 at the MBE church. A mission play Queens of the Kingdom by 22 young ladies in native costume, plus a musical program, is planned with no admission but a silver offering. Everyone is invited. Loyal Temperance Legion held a social and business meeting Tuesday at Mrs. R. G. Wilson's home for the department, featuring a fag drill among other items.
A Payette contributor outlines bylaws to suppress idle gossip and knocker talk. The text urges truth, kindness, necessity, and personal restraint, promising to speak softly only when necessary and to protect fellow citizens. It ends with localities referenced and a pledge to live by the quieting rules.
A Kansas City saloonkeeper with 22 years in the business announces the sale of his establishment. He predicts nationwide prohibition is near, driven by voters viewing booze as wasteful and dangerous. He says self‑respecting drinkers will banish liquor as the roof falls. He urges others with money to exit before prohibitions take hold.
The National Advocate cites a Indianapolis murder case where Carl Beyer, a one armed sailor, killed George Brisbin on November 20. Beyer blamed drink saying I was drunk he was drunk and I guess that tells it. The piece links beer to violence and warns of social vice as the saloon fuels crime and female exploitation.
Congregational Hobson urges guiding children toward abstinence to influence laws. He says teaching kids about alcohol’s harms is key, aligning with the work of the WCTU which dedicates time to child education on the risks of drinking.
Osteopathy differs from old methods by its theory that disease stems from disturbed tissue positions. Small displacements cause abnormal conditions, and osteopathic manipulation aims to restore tissues to proper alignment so nerves can resume normal activity.
In Payette Idaho an ordinance amends Section 4 of Ordinance 236 to set a minimum water charge of one dollar for five thousand gallons, with varying rates for excess use and multiple buildings. It details deposits, refunds, and enforcement, with approval dated June 15, 1924. The notice includes city officials and a follow-up on water administration, plus public notices from the YMCAs employment department and classified ads.
Announcement from Abbed F Stove outlines my bid for County Supervisor. He pledges to study taxation issues and suggests assisting on tax conditions if elected. Also includes local ads for a seven room house, a family horse, a Remington typewriter, and a law office listing.
Advance notice seeks five thousand hens with price increase implied. Information via phone 631 at headquarters for best prices in Valley. Contact 411 J. Weldon Beery. Also mentions rent and water stock shares in Parmere Go-Operative for $1 per share season.
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