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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1917
Page
1
An urgent plea to shippers asks loading six tiers high apples to maximize cargo during uncertain cargo demand and weather shifts. The note warns of potential shortages affecting distribution and stock for apples moving to eastern regions as autumn cools.
The Payette YMCA broadens its winter program with Tilghman M White as assistant to Mr Newswan. White, an ex-ministerial student from John son College Tennessee, supports a fund drive now reaching toward its 100 pledge mark. The association plans library and gym expansion, welcomes wider community use, and schedules youth activities including a Men’s class, Boy Scouts, and church services at First Baptist Church with Lord's Supper observing morning.
The Blomstrom family expresses heartfelt thanks to friends and neighbors for assistance and sympathy during illness and death of their husband and father. They also thank for floral offerings and note quotes about proof and trial.
Mr. Cuutner claims he filed on a land tract but the price remains unclear. Marshal Jeffries and Martin scouted the hills from dune to Eternity near the claimed site. Jeffries, unfamiliar with the land, followed Martin’s directions to Payette, suggesting a farm may be atop the area.
McWilliams of Ontario plans a big horse sale at Banks Livery barn in Payette on October 20 at 1pm. He will offer splendid stock and believes prices will be high in the spring. Also notes Tom reports hunting and fishing opportunities nearby with abundant trout.
Payette Idaho reports a community notice listing Senator W E Borar to headline a screening of Who's Your Neighbor at Emma Theatre on Thursday Oct 18 with a noted cast. The feature, praised by press and educators, portrays daily city life and moral uplift through Mammoth Film Corporation's first Willard Mack tale.
A Sunday banquet at Hotel Bancroft drew a full house with music by the Anderson Lows. Guests praised the charming ambiance, ivy and floral centerpieces, and a fine dinner. A second chicken dinner is planned for next Sunday from 6 to 8 pm with reservations via the hotel manager. Local society notes include a marriage announcement for Miss Anna Griffith and Dr. K A Allmutter and church notices from the Methodist Church in Payette.
Local notes report Payette High School will open Monday October 15 with teachers and students preparing facilities. Amid a mix of community updates, residents mention visits by Bert Dean and W H Hutt, farm and packinghouse news, local clergy, auto purchases, and ongoing improvements to the town’s heating and irrigation projects.
Wm T Sherman calls G A R corps insiders to attend a meeting next Saturday afternoon with social hour after business. Earl F P Haynes hosts the event. A man arrested October 3 near Washoe school house faced charges of attempting a statutory offense against a 14 year old girl and pled guilty in Merriet Court. He was transported to Caldwell Wednesday for sentencing before Judge Bryan and received a term of less than five years up to 14 years.
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