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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1911
Page
2
Fragmentary article notes controversy over Sunday work and rest days for clerks and delivery windows. It mentions petitions and offices closing on Sunday, with arguments about wages, rents, and patronage. The piece advocates or analyzes a policy affecting workers day of rest and related services.
A garbled OCR style puzzle piece asks about caps for the race and hair fecks. It shows questions about academy pupils crown ends and body parts in a surreal stream of misspelled phrases.
A fragmented ad heavy page mentions the Armato ware White Tink and market pricing around 25 to 25 cents. It also lists an Advised Letter List for Payette Idaho including names such as Mrs Clark Dermberger and W Grete, plus notices about mechanical Purposes and a Payette Biamp Works offer.
Horticulturist W. J. Wicks reports on apple breeding work at the university. Progeny from Daris and Jonathan crosses aims to yield varieties with superior flavor and hardiness for state farmers. Projects include tomatoes and onions, seeking blight resistance and commercial suitability.
The column blends theater gossip about a May 30 appearance by The Gele Pltopnhons and a humorous critique of Roddy's publicity, with oddball scenes of Indian pageantry and a quirky home garden tip. It mentions the price and the parade as a draw, plus a practical guide to eradicating dandelions using a garden knife and gasoline.
Piano store Wise Pane House in Payette advertises a large stock of pianos with closing out prices and flexible terms. The notice promotes Mr Orlegs and Mr Briggs, claiming reliable service and southern Idaho reputation. Also listed are bags for hatching White Leghorns and Rhode Island Red eggs, with expected daily yields.
Big Willow notes detail visits, travel to Lawrence for summer school, church services, horse and pony sightings, social events, lifting of local farms, and community plans. Mentions Paul Drake arriving, Thorn of Virginia preaching, Della Crowdey Miller event, pumping plant near New Plymouth, and various residents’ comings and goings around Payette and Caldwell.
A note to cantaloupe growers in the Payette Valley Melon Growers Association calls for a very important meeting at the YMCA west Saturday at 2:00 p m in May. President Michel Harrie urges full attendance as this may be the last general meeting of the spring. Also notices advise storage orders, sales of hatching eggs, and a potato sack request from Beadle.
An East to West spread on apple production weighs the risks of overplanting. Whiteside notes past U.S. yields once hit 60 million barrels, now about 30 million, with pests in the East and vigorous West horticulture shaping a future glut. Improved sunshine and soil favor Western orchards, making apple investments potentially safe after years of market adjustment.
Alfalfa seed expert P K Bilun of Colorado Experiment Station notes row spacing and irrigation crucial for moisture control. On irrigated land use 20 inch row spacing with every other row furrowed. dry land requires wider spacing and thinner rows. Proper thinning to 20 inches per row and 86 to 42 inches between rows advised. Thorough cultivation boosts yields, while overplanting reduces moisture for seed, so plant numbers must match land carrying capacity.
Kellerstrasse strain of Crystal White Orpingtons, the great winter layers. L. 8. Soule, Payette Idaho. Private money to loan on real estate. F H Lyon Attorney Payette National Bank Building. Hor Sale Pancy seed potatoes 31.50 per 100 lb. at Johnson Syn Praitend Idphy. For Sale our Jonathan apple trees. 8S D Thacker, 2 Eggs for hatching Barred Plymouth Rocks and Buff Leghorns 20 oes for 1.00. H Gregory Ind plane 62-2.
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