Payette area eyeing new mills amid survey work
Payette readers learn Boise-Payette Lumber Company surveyors have moved along the river surveying and mapping. Locals note Emmett’s hoped big mill and discuss a possible single plant serving water sheds. Government timber near Payette river corridors is opened for potential future developments while a new Kansas City firm eyes Payette as a market hub.
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Payette
Boise-Payette Lumber Company
Emmett
Weiser
Little Salmon
Puller’s Island
Forest Service
Mavns
Ogden
Smith Griffiths Quiet Home Wedding in City
Everett L. Griffith of Ontario Ore and Lettie L. Smith of Boise wed at the Griffith residence with Rev. Benjamin Smith officiating. The couple will reside in Ontario where Griffith works as a railroad man.
The Devil's Daughter at Emms Theatre March 22
A William Fox photoplay billed for Emms Theatre on March 22 presents The Devil's Daughter a modern society drama about a beautiful but evil woman whose deserted lover drives her toward a self destructive life. Also Rev Dudley Simpson College speaks March 19 at Methodist Church urging support for Gooding College aiming to raise 400000 for a new school in Gooding Idaho.
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William Fox
Emms
Great Picture Film
Dr. Dudley
Simpson College
Methodist Church
Gooding College
Bel
Gooding
Idaho
Pickford Family Stars In Fanchon the Cricket at Emma
The Famous Players’ Film Co presents Fanchon the Cricket on the Paramount Program with Mary Pickford in the title role and Lot ties and Jack Pickford in supporting parts. This marks the first time all three Pickfords appear together in a single subject, promising strong drama and Mary Pickford’s famed charm. The screening is set for Tuesday March 31 at the Emma.
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Little Mary
Georges Sand
Fidnehon
Mary Pickford
Emma
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Annual Inspection of National Guard at Payette
The National Guard of Idaho undergoes annual inspection by War Department officers Gen P H Crow and Lt Max Gurber. Company J Payette with 75 men impressed, drills on Ath street and First Avenue North before officers. Company I praised for efficiency. many residents watched. Inspection included equipment checks with some items ordered returned for replacement if sent to Mexico. Also reports Star Bakery changes hands to Herman Kaeser with former Star Bakery ties. Community notices include a 1916 operetta Contests of the Nations at Ginma Theatre and local civic updates on Knights of Pythias and Payette business scene.
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National Guard of
Idaho
War Department
P. H. Crow
Max Gurber
Regular Army
Company J
Payette
R.L. Shaw
Tts Company
Ath Street
First Avenue
Taguejar Army
Company I
Rester Anton
Mexico
United States
Villa
Star Bakery
H. W. Kastens
Herman Kaeser
Star Hakery
Kasteng
Spokane
Wash
Moscow
Keser
Kastens
Canyon county claims cash basis for all funds
Canyon county commissioners boast that warrants have been called for payment from the current expense, road, and bridge funds, the first time since organization the treasurer could pay on presentation warrants drawn on all three funds. Cash on hand now covers all current claims, aided by Gem county's payment of its balance, though funds were redistributed previously.
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Canyon County
Gem County
Medical terms list from historic case notes
A condensed historical entry lists conditions and symptoms including 2 Diabetes, unknown causes, open foramen ovale, meningitis, measles, snlagged bronchial glands, vomiting of blood, tentero colitis, and convulsions.
Payette Baby Week lecture highlights very low infant death rate
Dr J G Woodward spoke during Better Babies Week at the Commercial Club Rooms in March 1916. Idaho vital statistics laws require birth and death certificates filed locally and with state registrars. The Payette district registered 70 births and 45 infant deaths from 1841 to 1916, with no deaths from scarlet fever diphtheria or smallpox, and only two from bowel trouble. The diagram shows low infant mortality compared with Belgium, and milk supply was praised by State chemist Jackson.
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J. G. Woodward
Commercial Club Rooms
State of Idaho
Isbor
State Registrar of Vital Statistics
Payette
Belgium
Jackson
Ette
Payette News Briefs Highlight Local Growth and Events
Payette items report Mr C E Yeats of Payette Mills traveling to Huntington and Mr and Mrs James Edwards welcoming a son in Payette. Windolphs Shoe Store sale ends Saturday, while Wood Spaulding adds an auto delivery truck to handle large local business. M E Ladies Aid plans ham and egg supper March 18 at Wesley Chapel. Mrs Alva Archey gains divorce custody and alimony in Caldwell. Transfer business by Albert Maule and Elmer Chapin. New Post Office Store sale to T A Landon and ranch leasing to Imes. Landon to move to Payette. Senator Brady improving and expected to attend soon. Births include a son to Mr and Mrs Lee Forbes on March 5. Deaths and birth rate figures for Payette District noted.
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Windolph
Tdl Wood & Spaulding
M.E. Ladies' Aid
Wesley Chapel
P. m. Price
John Archey
Bryan
Caldwell
Archey
R. P. McAuley
Weiser
Canyon Commercial Company
Payette
Mre
Hi W
Blakesley
C. P. Lattig
R. H. Woods
Miss Blakesley
Imes
T. A. Landon
Mr. Landon
Landon
Progress on new buildings in town and local events
Rapid progress on a hotel and other buildings as Gorham Mercantile waits for materials. Payette Townsite plans to start work on Snate garage in the Oly Hall block with more improvements eyed. A birthday party celebrated Miss Betty Jane Dunns second birthday with a diner party attended by sixteen children and mothers. A rural comedy "Between Two Lives" shown at Washes Community Hall drew a full house, praised for its contrast of old and modern farm life. Local attorneys attended a Caldwell banquet reviving Canyon County Bar Association activity and planning quarterly meetings.
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Gorham Mercantile Company
Neaterials
Payette Townsite
Aben
Erurtat of
Snate
Oly Hall
Betty Jane Dunn
Mary Margaret Murphy
Jack Precht
Roger Carstens
Harold Johnson
Mary Bienor McKinney
Frank Jenkins
Bobby Thurston
Ardes Woodward
Richard Woodward
Wiliam Lauer
Phyllis Arnspiger
Jesse Farmer
Margaret Sussy
Celia Moss
Dorothy Wilson
Jack Hogue
Fergus
Washes
FP. H. Lyon
J. W. Kenward
R. E. Haynes
M. G. Riebeling
J. H. Norris
Calvin Keljer
Caldwell
Canyon County Bar Association
Legal Fraternity
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Kansas City
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R. W. Stoughton
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J. D. Flenner
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Guy Flenner
Boise
Judge Flenner
Judge Plenner
M. F. Albert
First National Bank
R. L. Shaw
Paddock Valley
Mark ‘Twain
H. P. Gardner
Portland
A. B. Wright
That City
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Bert Duell
Ben
Shannon
Billy Sunday
M. E
Fruitland
Evangelist Shannon
St. James’ Guild
F. W. Wilson
North 9Th Street
Tom
National Guard
Ginma Theatre
Columbia
M. G. Reibeling
Payette Knights of Pythias Lodge
Nampa Lodge
Chas
BE. Harris
C. B. Sampson
Sampson Music Company
M. B. Wood
Ben Strohbehn
E. W. Equals
Goldrom Rule
Silisbern
C. E. Yeats
The
Payette Mills
Huntington
Bath
James
Brady
Washington Dispatch
the Statesman
Senate
Lee Forbes
Windolph's
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