Payette Honors Nation as National Guard Mobilizes
War fears loom as President mobilizes state militias for Mexican border service. Captain R L Shaw leads Company I Payette to Boise with band veterans and townspeople in a sweeping parade. Banquet and speeches reflect strong patriotism while recruiters report growing enlistments from Payette, Fruitland, and northern battalions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Shaw
Company I
F. H. Crow
Secretary of War
Bois
Eighth Street
Payette
Grand Army
J. B. Crouch
Boise
Thedaho National Guard
McDonald
Lok
Yankee Doodle Up-To-Date Chorus Rally Idaho Charity
A historical verse urges the National Guard to arms amid tensions with Mexico. It praises Uncle Sam and calls for U S troops to quell perceived threats, claiming Idaho will respond by sending its best boys of Company to reinforce order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard
Gem State
Sam
Idaho
Miss Alice Reed to Teach in Grinnell China Mission
Miss Alice Reed, longtime Caldwell High School German and math teacher, is chosen as one of five Grinnell College graduates to teach at Grinnell in China. The mission, funded by alumni and the college, sails from Vancouver on September 7 for a seven year term in the Orient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens
A. J. Matthews
L. V. Patch
Fort Douglas
Salt Lake City
Utah
War Department
Matthews
Alice Reed
Caldwell High School
Grinnell College
China
Grinnell
Grinnell, In., College
Congregational Foreign Missionary, Board
Miss Reed
Payette
M. D. Reed
Presbyterian Church
Boston
Ching
Vancouver
B. C
Married in Payette Real Good Town Couple Ties the Knot
Miss Mattie Baker of Stillwater Oklahoma wed Mr C L Kester of Bellingham Washington at the Manse on Wednesday June 22. The couple will reside in Bellingham after visiting en route including Stillwater links and Anita ties. A nearby note reports progress on a big garage foundation on Eighth Street by L Adam of Ontario with brick work underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie Baker
Stillwater
Oklahoma
Payette
M. D. Reed
C. L. Keser
Bellingham
Wash
Keter
Schoola
Far Northwest
Hbomexnaker
Miss Baker
Lattlgs
Blakesleye
Anita
Eighth Street
L. Adam
Ontario
New Plymouth Woman Elected State W R C President
Mr and Mrs A S Luther and daughter Mrs W P Ackerman of New Plymouth returned from Pocatello where the State encampments of the G A R and Woman's Relief Corps were held Mrs Ackerman was elected state president of the W R C her qualifications praised as fitting honor to herself and the organization
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. S. Luther
W. P. Ackerman
New Plymouth
Pocatello
G. A R. and
Woman's Relief Corps
Ackerman
Rev Thomas Ashworth Reports North Idaho Floods
Reverend Thomas Ashworth and party returning from Libby Montana report extreme flooding in the Libby to Bonners Ferry corridor with Great Northern tracks and several bridges washed away. Towns submerged to second stories, communications lines down, trains detoured via the Northern Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Ashworth
Libby
Mont
Great Northern
Bonners Ferry
Maho
Ashworth
Lipley
Northern Pacific
Battle near Carrizal claims forty U S soldiers
Forty American cavalrymen were killed and 17 captured in a clash about 90 miles south of El Paso near Carrizal, Chihuahua, as Mexican forces under General Felix Gomez used a machine gun. An American trooper reportedly killed Gomez as Mexican troops broke toward the line, with the remaining Carranzists fleeing back to their posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carranza
U. S
Pershing
Felix Gomez
Paso
Chihuahua
Chihuahua City
Samd
Gomez Ia
Gomez
Garren Zeta
Family notices recount graduations and travel across states
Mr and Mrs P E Short returned from Boise with daughter Ruth H Short after attending St Teresa s Academy graduation. Mrs M D Reed home from Grinnell Ia after visiting daughter and meeting first granddaughter. Howard and Esther Grinnell students noted. H Harland and family back from Lewiston and Moscow commencement. Jerrin Harland leaves for Lewiston to run packing house. W R Stark and Linden Floyd of Payette injured by streetcar in Salt Lake. Stark with two ribs broken and jaw fractured, both hospitalized and improving. Mrs Stark and two daughters plan to join them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. E. Short
Boise
St.Teresa's Academy
Ruth H. Short
St. Teresa's Academy
M. D. Reed
Grinnell
L. D. Hartson
North
Jerrin Harland
Lewiston
Lewiston Orchard Company
Mir. W. R. Stark
Linden Floyd
Payette
Salt Lake
Platt Named Head of Oregon Short Line and Union Pacific VP
Howard V. Platt, previously assistant general manager at Southern Pacific, will become vice president and general manager of the Oregon Short Line Railroad and vice president of Union Pacific on July 1. Announcement by B. B. Calvin notes Platt’s rapid rise and his Salt Lake–based leadership role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard V. Platt
Southern Pacific Company
Oregon Short Line Railroad Company
Union Pacific
B. B. Calvin
Union Pacific Railroad Company 10
AL. Mehler
Calvin
Oregon Short Line
Mr. Platt
Los Angeles
Salt Lake
Hays
Piatt
W. H. Platt
BD. C. jGhose
Payette
Pam A
Idaho National Guard mobilizes at Boise under Major Harry T. Lewis
Major Harry T. Lewis will command the ard bat battalion of the Idaho National Guard now mobilized at Boise awaiting orders to go to the front. Lewis previously enlisted in Iowa during the call for troops for the Philippines and gained real service in the campaign that followed in the Islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Company L
Weiser
Company 1
Boise
Co. 1
Idaho National Guar
R. L. Shaw
Fitch
Liieutent
Jarvis
Webb Rhoads
Segeants
Dean
Wess Rhoads
J Smith
R. J. Smith
Loughrey
Canstens
Geo
Reimers
All Brown
Wainwright
Boers
Hooker
Sam Reimers
Guy Inman
Len Bowers
Buglers
Karl Keller
Roy Bates
Hobart Smith
Clark
Gordon Kincaid
Boor
Lee Brown
Bird
Brain
And
Driscoll
Dowell
Ficke
Foss
Foster
Samuel Hartung
Hallok
Hutchinson
Homan
Keele
Kostenbader
Kutch
Loyd Linder
Walter Myers
Frank Myers
Maneman
Patterson
Paine
Parks
Phillips
Par ‘Eons
Steve Rhoads
Shearer
John ‘Short
Stikett
Tanlund
Taylor
Thomas
White
Williams
Harry T. Lewis
Ard
Idaho National Guard
Lewis
Iowa
Philippines
Islands
NEW P V SCHEDULE FOR PAYETTE VALLEY RAILROAD
The new Payette Valley Railroad schedule takes effect Friday June 23 with departures from Payette at 8:00 a m arriving Emmett 9 46 a m. connecting Lakeport train reaches Lakeport 3 30 p m. Return Lakeport train leaves for Emmett at 3 30 p m. P W train departs Emmett 2 10 p m arriving Payette 3 55 p m. Saturday trains will run here to note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Payette Valley Railroad
Payette
Emmett
Lakeport
Enmett
Fruit Growers to Fight Refrigeration Tariff
Payette Valley Commercial Club hosts a meeting of fruit growers to oppose new interstate refrigeration tariffs proposed by the Public Utility Commission and Interstate Commerce Commission. A three member committee will canvass growers for affidavits on net sales and production costs to counter the tariff impact. Caldwell game results and local notes accompany the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Payette Valley Commercial Club
Fruitland
Boise Commercial Club
Stite
Idaho
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Canada
Messrs
Het Strohbelin
B. Sargent
BR. W. Stoughton
Uniity Commission
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mexico
Commercial Club
T. F. Adams
A. L. Gorham
F. C. “Yeats
Portia Club
Y. M. C. A. Austilary
A. J. Gorham
Payette Band
Glee Club
Col. C. F. Muller
Calvin Keller
F. C. Yeats
Gen. L. V. Patch
Thayer
Gorham
J.C. Lewis
Wilson
Baker
Funston
Penshing
Militia
Alabama
Signal Corps
Montgomery
Arkansas
Fort Logan
H. Roots
California
Smith
Shaw
Henry Shephard
Forest Dewey Sherman
Sam S. Walker
Charlie Franklin Tussing
Shirley Brannock
Fayette
Armory
TL. V. Patch
Company
T.lo Boise
Will
Foe Uty
Aqnartmgat
Old Mexico
Sammy
Samuel
U.S
Ghina
H. V. Platt
Harry 7. Lewis
P. V
Tvy
Sun Ay
Lebtory
Caldwell
Piast Baptist Association of Is
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