Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-11-26
bUDGEr OF NEWS FROu
-CATCHALL,
EMMETT, Nov. is. 1889.

I'D. WoRD:-All nature has
smiled on our pleasant valley so far
this fall. The weather is all that
could be desired, and that is as it
should be. The ranges are as green
as the fine new grass can paint them,
and stock ihrives finely.
The Settlers Ditch is progressing
at flne gait down the valley. At
present twenty five teams and men
are at work at the head of the valley,
on the farm Of I. T.. Mahan. An i'm.
mense head gate has been placed.
and the work of levying along the
bar nearly completed. The work
down the valley for about eight miles
is also near completion, and water
will soon flow on the farms that need
only irrigation to make them very
productive. The families on them
have waited patiently, toil:ng as best
they could to gain living. Now
Improvement will begin in earnest,
and orchards and green meadows will
cover the valley, which will make us
a prosperous and happy people. The
ditch spoken OF will carry about 5000
inches of water.
There Is to be masquerade ball
in Wardwell's hall Christmas Eve.
Hamersley is sending for the masks,
and reports twenty-five suits engaged
already, and more "comin'." There
will also be hop Thanksgiving Eve.
There is one thing to be deplored
in our valley; that is the continued
visits of the money lender, until it's
safe to say that nine out of ten farms
have placed on them mortgages,
rightly called scabs) as soon as title
can be gained. The money lender
charges per cent. commission for
getting the root of evil, then there
are office fees, search fees in Recor-
ders' and Assessors offices, Justice S
fees on mortgage, then II per cent.
interest, and it's pretty expensive
scab the first year, and in FIVE years
many of our. homes will change
hands and strangers till our soil. One
man said: "Pooh! owe them $3.50
| One old SOW will, on alfalfa, pay that
within the time" It's all right, but
it's fearful to contemplate the size
that SOW must be, and the wear aud
tear necessary to the incident.
Items of real news are scarce.
The Catholic Church edifce was
erected and enclosed, then left fol
want of scads to complete it.
| We have a new preacher sent u;
by the NJ. E. Conference. We have
not learned his handle Also we
have imported from the East {
school marm' of the male persua
sion. School opened Monday witt
eighty pupils in attendance. MUIR,
is yelling school tax" at the top of hi
voice. Men ought MT to growl, a
our devilsh independent school ia,
is only 2 cents on the dollar afte
paying all other taxes, and the usua
school tax besides. We don't be
lieve such enormous. taxation lega
"alle same"
We have now arrived at a point il
e our letter where our feehns' over
: come US. We rise up and wipe ou
d ewes, take a fresh "chaw" and ben
j to TIE task of doing justice to tn
event. Gently we must approach i
y So Bert's married! Well, we'll! Mr.
a Mahan, and Catehall CHATS me) lol
in extending our happiest congrats
the couple, and III expressing ou
If thanks for an invitation to the even
d and wish we could have been pres
d ent. We thought last summer be-
l. meant "hlz." Now we modestIy sus
d gest in our humble way that h
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As stray among the fair damsels and s.
is lect partner for life. There is NJ
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MS en- to resist. Bert must feel his GA
er now pretty well, but the time w
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st A ten-foot pole. Well, Bert, shake
of CATcHAlL.
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