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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1922
Page
4
Dooce Brothers present a closed car, the BUSINESS COUPE, built with the first all steel body marketed. The steel surface accepts enamel baked on for lasting lustre and no repainting costs. It uses standardized production to cut costs and features a wide straight seat upholstered in Spanish blue leather.
The piece contrasts Democratic promises to ease heavy local taxes with Republican pledges for immediate relief. It argues the Democrats would delay relief for nearly three years due to legislative timing, while Republicans promise to curb local levies now. It asserts Republicans will act in the upcoming legislative session.
An immense quarry near Oakland is being converted into a stadium. The hollow hill will house a 126000 seat arena capable of football baseball and track. It will feature a Greek style concrete amphitheater with a grand entrance and tiered seating. The project cost about 1.5 million pounds to acquire and adapt.
California researchers report piles for submarine supports now use tarred paper wound on a wooden cylinder and cemented with sand. The method resists wood-boring shipworms, with layers formed by torqued paper and cord, reinforced by coarse mesh, and capped by a steel head for pile driving.
Mainichi reports a new venture where al Gakuin in Kobe invites Christian preachers to lecture Buddhist students and Koyasan College teachers will discuss Buddhism in the Christian school. Initial lectures have already been given.
The state drives rapid consolidation of one room rural schools into high grade centers. Ninety three percent of children funded for transport go to school by motor vehicles each day of the school year.
In the United States upwards of 1,800,000 men and women over forty five are unmarried. About 100,000 men aged around 76 are bachelors and a similar number of women over forty five remain unmarried.
Observations describe storm waves and their effects. Giant ocean waves average about forty miles per hour with lengths around 400 feet, and can reach deeper depths before touching bottom. Spray thickens in severe weather, and shoreward swells reveal storm location and movement.
Giles worries about his son James in service in London. He describes a building crowded with hundreds of people, a railway carriage without an engine up the middle, lights in bottles, and a top-operated switch. He fears James may have taken to drinking according to a Pearson's Weekly paraphrase.
A Mt Etna astronomical observatory above 9000 feet, near the crater summit, has no lightning rods. A prominent scientist notes thunderstorms are rare there and suggests that rising smoke and hot vapor from Etna act as a grand lightning conductor, explaining the absence of storms.
A fossil forest discovery is reported at Anglon Sardinia with preserved palms from a Mio era formation. The find is described as horri fied palms with well preserved structures and details are eagerly awaited for confirmation and study.
Payette County documents show monthly money from automobile licenses to law funds. The May 1 1922 distribution lists totals 216.06 and 15345.53 with endorsements by County Clerk Lillian Wilson and Deputy E B Shanks. The report confirms the fund distribution per Idaho Statutes as required by the Board of County Commissioners.
Local newspaper fragment combines a 1922 ownership statement for Payette Enterprise with sheriff foreclosure notices in Payette County Idaho. It includes names such as Will Wells and references to High & Fritchman Company along with a public sale of parcels in Sections 27 and 28, Township 9 North, Range 4 West. The item also contains an Independent Meat Market notice and a brief political announcement about a primary election candidate.
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