The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-04-14

Idaho Senators and Congressman recent
| ly it resolves itself into case on turn
marks however were prompted from
n Wholesome desire to do good for all
concerned and not from any inclination
TO be spitiful in the least We like to
see officials get in and tend to business
straight and when they do that they
will be strictly in 1t with the dear people
at home
The Last Chance Ditch Company
afternoon to consider the proposition Of
letting Mr.. Crook and his associates en-
large their ditch and continue II to Pay
ette. As the proposition has been ex-
planned to us the Last Chance people
will certainly make no mistake in ac-
cepting II.
Grand Master d. w Higgins. Grand |
Secretory A. X. Steunnnberg, Ex-Grand |
Lodge officers NJ. B. Gwinn, S. E. Badly |
and a. f. Gipson, OF the l. o. o. F.
Paternity, came over from Caldwell last
Saturday evening and made the Odd
Fellows Lodge at this place an official
visit. A splendid time was had and II
the visitors enjoyed their visit as hugely
as did the goat riders of No IL, they win
not soon forget it..
Park Wardwell and Bill Sayne re-
turned from South Dakota Wednesday
where Park has been wintering his
: horses, some three hundred head. Park
succeeded in disposing of his horses be-
j., fore leaving at $3.50 per head. The
j. paralyzed condition OF business in that
: section made it next to impossible to
dispose OF horses or anything else at
any price, and Park may consider him
= self fortunate TO get the price he did
Geo. Stuart, Jim Phillips, Deacon
Wardwcll. John Carpenter, S. A. Patti
son and John Murray were Caldwell
e visitors during the week. They say
r Keel, the Emmett burglar who recently
'r broke jail, is quite an expert. He sawed
his way out through two inch hard
s. pine door with a saw made from an
lie oyster can. The teeth in the saw were
~ made with a nail.
1t was only recently. so the story
ly goes, that horse man shipped four car
at loads Of horses from Payette to some
e. point in the east. He did not have the
he ready cash TO pay the freight so the rail
road company took the stock through
m demanding their pay, however, before
m turning them over TO the owner after ar
n rving at their destination. Being una
Sc BILE to raise the money the horses wcr'
ee sold at auction and did not bring enough
to pay the freight Idaho is not tn
worst place on EARTH is proposition
D. that can be gambled on with safety.
hit IT. c. Grosebeck writes the IsDE
nd from Star that at meeting held in tn
If Star school house on April Z, the SUI
lii veyor Of the proposed farmers ditch /
that vicinity made his report, whic
me was highly satisfactory. Thirty-thre
,v- miles of the ditch will not cost to excee
nv 100000. The farmers proposed to g
hc ahead with the ditch and will hold al
rtv other meeting ut the same place on Apr
to %. TO make arrangements to begin worl
We understand the ditch will cover
-, fine body OF unsettled government lan'
.,,s 1t certainly offers an excellent opport
,,,o nifty to get a good home cheap.
lrs, The buggy cushion advertised la
ere week was claimed by Mr.. Cupp in
The day OF two after the paper came on
90 a pretty good evidence of the profcien'
OF advertising in the INDEX. He lost
inc last fall while the new bridge was bell
the built. He forded the river and W
rice leading behind loaded wagon the Q
This family buggy pony hitched to phaeto
,es, The pony lost his footing in the stro
ods current and was drowned. The phaet
axe was recovered out 'ne cusnion noa'
lion away and was not found for sevel
weeks. II is in good condition and \
Cupp was very glad to recover it.
out Every farmer in this valley shou
ed do everything in his power to assist eve
ure other farmer to get water for irrigati
h to purposes at as low figure as possib
sent and all should stand in on any MOI
will ment in that direction. For instan'
is a IL the farmers Of Emmett have a dit
Of their own and the farmers in I
tho lower end Of the valley have none but
Vow enlarging the Emmett ditch their wal
ness could be supplied. it would be the We
xith acme Of injustice and folly TO refuse th'
Em- that privilege 30 long as the Emm'
ac- farmers would not be injured in
and least thereby but would in reality
ted benefited themselves by the privileg
and concessions the farmers witho
water would be willing to extend th'
70 for the privilege Of getting water throu
ear their canal II is only through uni
''e' OF action that the tillers OF the soil
'e's the arid regions can hope to shake
, as unjust and unfair water rents. Tn
leNy must solidlv supDOrt every mOveme