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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1918
Page
2
The Payette Enterprise notes a wage scale approved by Idaho officials for agricultural labor and urges all papers to publish it. It lists 8.00 for harvest day with board, 60.00 monthly with board, 80.00 for married men, and 75.00 for expert irrigators, plus housing. The piece also references wartime events and draft subjects.
Section B states that after July 1 1918 any registrant in Class 1 2 3 or 4 found by a Local Board to be an idler or in nonproductive occupation must receive notice. The notice sets a day and hour for the registrant to appear with evidence or affidavit. The period is three to seven days unless extended for distance or other cause. The piece ends with a wartime poem about the blue and gray in France.
Farm Bureau headquarters relocated to downtown telephones billing to ease crowding. County Agent reports hay labor crowds at New Plymouth with wage at three dollars per day plus board, four dollars without. Weevil control discussed and gopher bait guidance offered with spray recommendations for aphids and garden use.
A misshapen OCR bundle blends aviation notes with a personal letter about early flight training and a public bond notice. The writer recounts banked climbs over a bay and sightings of the Oregon battleship, then details training hours and shore leave before a municipal sinking fund bond sale notice from Payette Idaho dated 1918.
A New York woman recreates a small dwelling into a storage haven called the house of a thousand closets. Cedar lined and pine shelves fill every nook from main living areas to the attic with sunlit cedar scent. A printed list of every item helps locate belongings and deter loss.
Urgent appeal calls for 25 000 nurses before January 1 1919 by the Army and Navy. At least one in three graduate nurses must join the service to care for sick and wounded soldiers and sailors. Will you answer the call.
A whimsical exchange describes Curly Locks ignoring the rocks to attend undersea tasks. The scene hints at a playful obsession with Hoover fever among shipwrecked humans and jellyfish construction in the coral dive.
In a brief exchange the couple confirms no renovations at all for the new year. One partner half jokes about a change, the other remains firm on doing nothing. The moment captures a quiet domestic decision.
Effective June 2 trains at Payette Idaho follow a new timetable. Eastbound No 18 at 2 27 am No 86 at 4 40 am No 4 at 11 10 am No 6 at 6 10 pm Westbound No 17 at 3 38 am No 85 at 9 45 am No 19 at 10 15 pm No 6 at 10 20 pm.
Junior Chautauqua receives increased recognition with Esther Jane Chirk directing children’s work and overseeing the Mother Goose Festival on closing night. The pageant will feature familiar nursery tales and characters, entertaining both children and adults. The regular evening program and children's chorus also proceed with the supervisor in charge.
Valley residents report weddings and departures as Lloyd Blurton and Rey Keefer join Uncle Son’s forces on the 24th. Mildred Blanch Norma Roy visit family. Misses Roy also travel. Water supply improves with head gate open. irrigation for wheat and alfalfa secured. Dog licenses due by June 15. For sale: 160 acre stock ranch in Long Valley near Nonetly Idaho.
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