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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1920
Page
5
A Los Angeles luncheon featured an ostrich omelet served to ten guests at a hotel as a humorous take on the high cost of living. The dish implied one ostrich egg equals 32 chicken eggs in content, and the story notes the ostrich has laid aside the habit of burying its head.
The federal bureau of education says twenty six thousand high school teachers are needed nationwide to fill vacancies by September. The total shortage nationwide is 86 774, and relief may come by recalling former teachers or recruiting graduates still in college.
A mixed Idaho clipping lists sorghum for sale at a ranch two miles east of Payette on Lovers Lane by D R Lefavor dated Sept 23 14 and notes other ad items including a nursing address 637 North 6th Street a dying and sewing service at Auto Top Shop and a taken up estray cow and calf by P V Campbell plus a sale of White Leghorn pullets and chickens and a joint resolution proposing constitutional amendment amending Article V section 9 to extend Supreme Court jurisdiction over appeals from Public Utilities Commission orders.
Local ads list several high grade pianos for sale on favorable terms with prices from 540 to 9690 and include models Emerson Aldrich Kurtgman Story & Clark Ludwig and more. A lost brown suit coat is reported between J R Banker ranch and town with a request to return to the office. The Gove Motor Car Company seeks a representative in Pocatello Idaho for a high grade trucking venture with guaranteed interest and asset backing.
A proposed constitutional amendment seeks voter approval to raise the annual sale limit of Idaho school lands from 100 to 200 sections. It would also cap each sale subdivision at 320 acres per buyer. The measure awaits next general election public ballots.
A statewide proposal seeks to amend Section 2 of Article 8 of the Idaho Constitution. The draft limits state loans to individuals and entities while allowing state control of water power development, with the amendment to be put to voters at the next general election. The Secretary of State notes certified copies on file and a six week publication before the election.
Idaho lawmakers authorize a 2 million dollar loan to fund state highway layout surveying and construction. Bonds issued for 20 years bear up to 5 percent interest, with a four-tenths mill highway tax to redeem principal and interest. Funds allocated to highways, bridges, and right of way, with allotments tied to cooperative and federal support. voter referendum planned for next general election.
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