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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1919
Page
2
The notice lists Will Wells as owner and editor, references publication on a Thursday, and cites a Congress act number 7879 with a venue at Vine. It appears to be a formal newspaper entry or legal notice related to the enterprise.
June 26 1919 report notes high wool prices and steady demand show war stocks not flooding the market. Indications point to long-term strength as farmers with flocks will be well repaid for their investments.
A fragment describes insects forming an island as they crowd together to sit on a rock, then grow into coconut trees and a safe harbor against poverty. It shifts to Bart Wayland Bowman noting the army sells vast war surplus items from copper to butter and grenades repurposed as banks.
Mrs. Walter S. Brewster leads a drive to recruit foster parents for about 60 000 French war orphans. The Romanian Consul’s wife, chairing Chicago efforts, returns from France after touring devastated areas with military escort.
Mrs. Brewster reports on conditions in northern France where thousands of children are undernourished and families displaced. She describes ruined towns, graves along fields, and the need for ten cent daily pledges to keep children with their mothers, funded by The Futeleyon Children of France via local chairmen.
All states in the South resume highway improvements after wartime suspensions. Virginia West Virginia and Kentucky plan winter work while expanding permanent roads. Louisiana and Mississippi report strong activity. other Southern states report steady winter progress as spring plans advance.
A new concrete floor finish uses 96 percent iron dust or iron flour mixed with dry cement at 15 to 25 pounds per 100 pounds, combined with two parts sand. Applied as a top coat half to one inch thick, it yields a hard durable waterproof non slip surface and bonds new concrete to old.
The extract from a soldier's fetter laments old timers hindering progress in a small town. It defends water supply upgrades, roads, and civic amenities while commending local firefighters and the troops at Fort something. The writer notes sanitation, industry, and better living with a tone of civic boosterism amid wartime strain.
Residents attended the Adventist Camp meeting in Caldwell and visited with friends. A new Payette dance pavilion opened with notable arrivals. Helen Hardman of Ontario visited the Ship ranch. Mr. Tunnell was hospitalized then returned home. Hazel Hardman and families aided with the cherry crop in Payette while others traveled to Portland.
Obituary notes the death of Mrs Daly Milgan Gillinwater at her home in the upper Paddock Valley last week following a long illness. Also mentions local farming activity with Nels McCullough driving cattle to Payette and Clyde Currin and Jasper Roe driving beef steers to the Wells market. Several valley residents plan to celebrate the 4th in Payette and return home to milk cows.
North Payette Mrs L Shaw and daughter from Baker Ore visit sisters C P Lattig and Ro H Woods. G Shurtleff and sons shipped a carload of Bing cherries. J A White and wife visited Edwin White in Boise. W N Sackett and wife from Byv anston Wy visit Orchard Ave. Rev McDonald spoke at Dist 9 school house. Members and guests from Victoria and Slope attend Lattig home.
A short obituary notes that Admiral Dot, a famed American dwarf, died aged fifty nine in France where his son served in the army. It compares him with Gen Tom Thumb who died at forty six and Borulwaski who fell short of one hundred by a few years.
A 1918 quotation from Herbert Hoover urges all residents to carry the daily hourly test for victory. It emphasizes collective responsibility in the wartime effort and questions which sacrifices truly aid the war.
For sale a young Holstein cow that freshened on June 20. Seller is W D Case. Contact phone 4 w 2646 for details.
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