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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1918
Page
5
Fruitland residents report family visits and homecomings from Redfield to Wilder. A steady stream of relatives from Caldwell, Payette, and Oregon arrive for stays or to assist relatives. Students enlistments and military training plans unfold as community members prepare for autumn activities. The Red Cross drives, W C T U efforts, and Cannery sales mark a busy week in this Idaho town.
North Payette R H Woods attends a farmers meeting in Fruitland about alfalfa weevils. Lulu Reimer Lattig and Alma Reimer pack apples in Jameson Oregon. Lenore Thornton recovers from illness and may move to her father’s home next week. Hazel Rock visits Weiser with her parents. Mrs Adams and daughter Helen from Huntington stay at the Reimer home until January. Mr and Mrs C C Yount move from the island to the Gardner place. Bert Lattig of Edmonton visits his father B F Lattie and may be drafted. Allen Teyabaugh and family of Yale visit Burt home. Mrs J A White and family in Boise. Walter Matteson surprised by 15 friends. he leaves for Boise to study at Link’s College.
September 17 start for Sand Hollow Pleasant Valley school with Miss Cecil Dixon from Payette teaching. Several attended Geo Thomas sale in the Cove on the 19th. Thomas family moving to Kentucky. Grace Edna Ardus Fee visited Margaret and Fred Stot at the ranch last Sunday. G B Fee and family guests at EM Holbrook’s the 15th, enjoyed watermelons from Holbrook’s patch. Benn sold turkeys to Irby and Geo Kiser of the Cove. Mrs Emma James went to Crystal Friday for vegetables. Mrs Geo Scott moved to town for winter. 80 children attend school. Willemith Jett went to Gooding for the Blind school. Jno Davis and Harold Harden near Crystal seeking a machine to thrash grain. C A Bena helping G S Fee wall up his well with rocks.
General Orders No 53, War Department, Washington, authorizes a gold chevron for six months front line service in a theatre of operations. It honors officers, field clerks, and enlisted men with active participation abroad. The badge signals endurance and valor and extends to home front workers via the Fourth Liberty Loan button.
Candy manufacturers in Utah and Idaho plan to explain the candy industry's share of sugar and its role in the economy. They say the industry uses far less sugar than believed, and cutting candy production would not solve the sugar shortage while harming consumers who rely on sweets for energy. The government supports candy’s value and aims for fair conservation, ensuring everyone can still have one pound of candy monthly.
The shipment recounts Henry Mendenhel, in the Navy on a short furlough, visiting home. Jess Miligan of Paddock Valley bought 41 acres near Grange hall west of Ontario and will move his house, rebuilt by Mr. Forbes from Payette. Little Willow Irrigation Directors, Secretary Elmer Wiklund, Boise visitors. others include Little Johnie Shimp visiting Boise, Mr and Mrs C D McIntyre in Payette, Mrs S A Say en route to California for health. Wedding bells hint at a Benedict. Mrs. John Syme visited Ontario. Kitchen work nears completion for the Little Willow Irrigation Project. Alice Currin visiting grandmother, Henry Weidner overseeing stands in valley. Early truck drive to the store with a valley pass at four in the morning.
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