17 Mar 1910
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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1910
Page
1
A mail sack near the city was cut open and letters damaged after robbers rifled it and threw it from a train. The bag drifted into water and was found north of the city with contents soaked. no suspect identified as investigators work to recover the mail and clues.
The Commercial Club met for an evening session with strong attendance. Officers reported the organization in good shape, committees discussed sales day plans to be funded by local business leaders, hitching rack installation was upcoming, and public affairs matters were encouraging. The group adjourned to meet again on the second Monday in April.
Mrs. Mia Sylvia Watkins wife of Mebane L Watkins a lineman for the Tiaho Oregon Light and Power Company died after a long brave fight with the disease. The Watkins moved from Alton Illinois to Payette a year ago hoping climate would aid her health. Despite good care she died Wednesday morning with the funeral held Thursday and interment in Riverside cemetery. The family will return to Alton Illinois for permanent burial once rail lines clear.
Twenty members of Payette Char for No. ER A.M. attended an Ontario meeting last Friday to confer degree work. After the exemplification, visitors enjoyed a fine banquet with fellowship and ample food, ending a most pleasant evening.
Valley sees a boom in orchard work with more trees and acres set for commercial planting than ever. Farmers split forty acre blocks into five or ten acre tracts, real estate activity rises, and homeseekers visit to survey orchard parcels as ponds improve and a busy spring looms.
The Fruithind church will maintain regular services led by Dr. Young from Ontario Congregational Church. The minister preached at Eastside schoolhouse and will visit monthly. A mid April tenth anniversary is planned with commemorations to follow, and notes will provide updates. David Cary Peters, Minister.
Payette chapter hosts Grand Chancellor B Shirley from Weiser who speaks on Pythias progress in Idaho. He outlines plans for a sanatorium near Bas New Mexico for Knights and families afflicted with consumption. A land clearing and irrigation effort precedes completion. Luncheon follows the session. For sale oats wheat barber Henry Hansen Ind phone 2012.
Surveyors for the Gilmore & Pittsburg railroad arrive in Boise, plan a route from the upper Boise river to Middleton then into the Payette Valley. Officials expect construction to start June 1, with the line entering Boise near Barberton and following to Middleton and Payette.
D. P. Donovan and J. B. Stouter, two prominent Payette Valley businessmen, have formed the Payette Land Company to open a real estate office in Payette. The firm will operate from the Creighton building on Boine Street, with offices ready April 1, aiming to attract eastern homeseekers, especially from Nebraska and Iowa, and capitalize on their extensive land holdings to foster local growth.
Reports state workers laid cement walks citywide but many were damaged by pedestrians before drying. Footprints and punched posts indicate deliberate or careless acts by several adults and youths. A two dollar fine is provided and the marshal will arrest offenders.
Water subsides in Payette and Congress Creek. Puts men to work Saturday morning. Still working under great difficulty but good progress being made.
Local items report social meetings, church services, and a flurry of business moves. Residents travel to Caldwell and Wendell for work and visits while sewer construction nears completion and land sales accelerate in the Payette area.
A new nine member committee is appointed to run monthly market sales for six months. Homer Swanson will lead the next sale on April 6, with a policy of selling unrecited articles free of charge. Horses cattle and other stock will use a card system with small commissions. Merchants back the effort and funds are raised for monthly events benefiting the railroad and regional development.
Pastor G. Haley of the Methodist church has been invited by the County at Weiser to address the Knights on Easter Sunday evening. The Weiser Knights, Payette members and their ladies will join for supper at the hotel following the sermon. Haley, recently made a Knight, receives a notable honor in addressing the fraternity.
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