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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-10-03
EMMETT AND The HOMESEEKER
Being Concise Statement of the Resources of this Valley
and the inducements it Offers to People of Other
States Seeking New Home.

lSinec the prcseat publishers have
had charge Of the Index We have been
requested by several Of our leading ciii-
zens TO publish in our PAPER the re-
sources OF the Emmett valley. for the
benefit of those people in other staies
who are contemplating seeking new
place Of residence, and who are making
numerous inquiries concerning this sec
ton. We gladly comply with this r
quest. and the following is wr believe. \
conservative and true account OF the
many natural resources and advantages
existing here.-THE EDITOR
Emmett is situated in what
is commonly called the Pay
ette Valley. 1t is about %
miles from Nampa, the juno
ton of the Oregon Short Line,
the Boise, Nampa & Owyhee
r. r., and the Idaho Northern
Il. r., now building to En-
NETT from that place. The
valley derives it's name from
the Payette river. which has its
source in the I'ayette Lakes, 80
mile above Emmett aud emp
ties into the Snake river. The
Payette river flows through
and irrigates from its waters
Que OF the largest aud most
fertile agricultural regions in
the west. About 100000 acres
of rich, tillable Iand, the most
nf which is already under
water, is lying here, a great
portion of it awaiting cultiva-
ton. This river is one of the
largest, puresU aud most beau
tifuI streams in Idaho. Its
water supply is inexhaustible.
The official measurements OF
/ its maximum volume at the
lowest stage, gives the guam
tity as something over 2UOt
cubic feet per second, OF
enough to irrigate six times
the amount of land in the en-
tire valley. From the head OF
the valley the river has a flow
of from 10 TO II feet per mile,
aud flows on top of a deep al
lluvial formation, which, dur
ing the course of time, ha;
spread out into broad, leve
bottoms, and high slopins
benches. The banks of the
river are low aud in places il
has wandered across the bot
tom lands and over agains'
the benches, making irrigation
developments an easy and IN
,, expensive matter. The soil i
a rich, sandy loan, of volcani'
origin, usually of great depth
5 and in its uncultivated stag
is covered with sage brush.
Irrigation is here carried OF
by means of several canals
d owned and operated by tn
: actual owners of the lanc
there is by this means a plen
tiful supply of water at a lo'
cost. According to the report
of the secretary's of the van
ious ditch companies, the an
nual assessments average les
= than 10 cents per acre. At tn
a present all the canals are o
the south side of the rive
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-10-03

The idaho Northern railroad is
expected to be completed to En-
nett in November next. This Is a
commendable enterprise and will
not only open up a new timber
region, but will develop the great
fruit raising district in and about
Emmett. Idaho Enterprise.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-10-03


now on foot to reclaim $4,000
acres of rich bench land just
above Emmett. This bench is
abont IS miles i'll length and
from 2 to 5 miles in width. It.
lies from % to 20 feet above
the river, and is rs level as
wild land eau possibly be. A
canal seven miles long and
estimated by competent en-
giueers to cost from $4,000 to
$4,000, will reclaim 10000
acres on this bench, aud about
5000 acres on the south side.
No richer soil exists any
where in the world than in
this s ctiOn. One glance at
the beautiful farms and Orch
ards, the immense yields of
grain and hay. the fruit par
excellence which is shipped
from here to the markets OF
/ the east and to foreign conn
tries, is proof conclusive of the
most fertile soil.
We have dwelt at length
upon the fertility of our soil
aud the water facilities that
exist and those thas are t.,
come, for we'll We know, tho
first questions asked by The
intendant immigrant concern
| ing land situated IN what
known as the arid belt. The.
are: What character is your
soil? If good, what are your
facilities for irrigation? If this
is also good, then what are
/ your products aud yields? We
have answered the first two
and will now take up the
third.
What are our prOdncts9 We
would rather have you ask
/ what don't we raiSe2 1t would
be easier and would take much
! less time to answer. Since q
resident here showed US pea
/ nuts raised on his place we
are almost ready to say. any.
thing can be raised if you try
But of the common product;
of interest to the agriculturist
timothy and clover yield from
) to 3 tons, alfalfa from . to
! tons IN three cuttings, Whea
Yields from % to 50 bushels
; oats from 40 to 100, corn from
, 30 to 60, and potatoes from 4O'
to 1000 bushels to the acre
2 Apples, pears. peaches, pruneS
plums, persimmous, cherries
4 apricots, ounces. nectarine
J, and grapes, are produced il
e abundance and excel in size
|. flavor aud Keeping qualities
: Berries of all kinds, such a
Y Strawberries, blackberrie'
5 raspberrieS, dewherries, Gran
: berries and currants, are pre-
: 6tably raised. while melon
5 reach the highest state of pei
e lection. The melons OF thi
n section have a ,hieved a ns
r, tional reputation.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-09-19
AN UNIQUE PRODUCTION.


From the Ioncsdae Citizen
The following is the work of 14ycsr-old
colorod girl, Ncncca Taylor, a native of ia.
maica, but now employed in the family Of +.
L. Spencer, Of Pleasant Mount:
Orchard Carvcl' said to "DaNid liarum"
"Dora Thorn is "My Wonderful Wife" "Dick
the Door. Boy was standing near, and he said
it was "A Scarlet Lic,' for she out on "The
Prairie" "Opcning a Chestnut Burr" which was
"Only Matter Of Skill" and while she was
out there size went into ''lrnclc Toms Cabin"
and "Bcn IIur'' in there writing "Mr Nee
sons Will" "Thc Spy of Santiago was writ
ing "A Scarlet Letter" to THE Coloncls DauGh'
ter" After hc finished it he went TO the win
dow and saw "Signal Lights" lie went out as
far as "1he Bonnie Bricr Bush and found
David Copperncld" "Whtcr Than Snow" lie
said he had "LoSt a PEARL and had been "Twcn'
~ Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" trying 10
find it. Judge Bwnham's Daughter" came in
Just then. She said she had been 10 "Thc House
of the Scarlet witch" and saw "Jdne Eyre" and
"The Deer Slayer 'Married in Haste" The
bride was ''ln Silk Attire and wore "Thorns
and Orange Blossoms" and talked Of nothing else
hut what she would do con Her Wedding
Morn" The bridesmaids were "Elsc Dins'
more" and Lorna Doonc" "Iohn Herring"
gave them "0nly Clod' for a wedding present,
They went away for "Thcir Honeymoon" in "rhe
Phantom Ship" The ship went aground In
Shallow Waters" They were caught "In Gu.
pids Net" by captain January and landed on
Treasure Island" They went to "The Haunted
Hotel" Next morning they found they were In
Il Grass Country" Soon they went for walk
and he found "a Passion Flower" which he
gave to ellis Welded Wife" Later on they
went to visit "Chdrlotte Temple" She said
that "rhc Trappcr's Daughter" had ~ New
Lease OF Life" Soon they got to talking OF
"Some One Else" "rhc Man in Black" entered
Just then with "A Broken Wedding RinG," which
he said belonged 10 "Thc Man Who Vanished"
In '"The Struggle for Ring they were "lhrown
ON the World" "Aunt Diana" said they made
"a Great Mistake in going TO ~ Strange
Country when they could have gone on "rhc
Voyage TO Cathay" with "Miles Waingford,"
who was Every Inch a Soldier" or gone "on
Horseback Through Asia Minor" with "Ruppert
Goodwin" who was making 1.-THE Search for Bs'
sil Lindhurst," who stole "My Lady's Money"
When they found him he said it was "Ihe Wo.
man in White" who was "lhe Evil Genius that
made him lead "a Rogue's Life" lie said ne
had "a Near Relation who was "The PrCttiest
Woman in Warsaw" They found he was "More
True Than Truthful" His father was "a Son
of Ilagar" who married "My Sister Kate" "Her
Only SOM took zone False Step" when he mar.
licd ''Thc Iieiress of lIilldrop," who was ~
Queen Amongst Women" lie found she was "A
Wilml Young Woman" But she was "Re.
deemed by Love" "The World Went Very Well
Then" till he spent "Ten Nights in Bar
Room" where he met "Thc Rebel Chief" who
was "Mona's Choice" He said "When a Man
4 Single" love Works Wonders" They were
talking Of "fhe Ways of the Hour" when "our
Bessie" and "A Reverend Gentleman" came in.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-09-19

The attitude Of tho people Of this
community with regard to the great
memorial service tonight in the Ar
mory is ono that commcnds itself to
all. II is hoped that the vast audi
toriun win he filled to overlooking as
the only testimonial we can give that
We feel the national calamity to be a
personal affection. The world on this
side Of the Atlantic, and indeed across
the seas among the mighticst nations,
mourns today as the present gener-
alton has never known it to mourn for
dead ruler 1t is fitting that we. of
TINS powerful state and of this pros
porous city. made 50 largely through
tn" strong administration of our mur-
d"rod president, should meet together,
and, reading the sorrow each in the
others face as we mourn our loss,
listen to tender, loyal words about the
dead. No worthicr way than the one
proposed can be devised to make cvi-
dent the grief which is felt in Scranton.
on many houses and business places
the dark token of mourning tells of
the sentiment so common over the
land. but there are thousands who bear
no outward badge of remembrance who
within their hearts wear "a badge of
woe. These and countless more may
show something of this feeling by at
tending the public memorial services
tonight, as well as the closer, more in
innate exercises in their own churches.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-09-19
MEANING OF CERTAIN NAMES
From the Boston Herald.

From the Boston Herald.
Alabama in the native tongue signifies "Hcre
VIC rcst"
Chilli is Peruvian word dcnoting "tnc land
Of snow"
Quebec is an algonquin term, sienifying take
care Of the rock"
Tho term Canada is Indian, indicative OF a
"collccton Of huts."
Manitoba traces lis origin from Maniou, the
Indian appclation Of "The Great Spirit"
Lake Eric is the lake Of the "wld Cat" the
name given to a fierce tribe Of Indians extcrmi-
mated by the Iroquois.
Oregon received its name from the Spanish
orcgano. wild msrjoram, which grows in abund.
ancc on this portion Of the Pacific shore.
Labrador was originally dcnominatcd TERRA
Labrador, the Spanish for Cultivated land, as
distinguished from the nonfcrtlc moss covered
greenland"
Lake Huron owes its name to the French word
hure, head OF hair, in reference to the Wyan.
dots whom the French settlers designated Hu.
ron, owing TO their profuson OF hair
The Cape Of Good Hope, discovered by Bar.
tholomew dc Diaz in 1877, was so named UCaho
de Bon Eesperance) by John H., king Of Portu.
gal, who, finding that Diaz had reached the ex.
trcmity Of Africa regarded it as favorable
augury for future maritime enterprises
Patagonia was so styled by Magellan, in aC.
cordancc with the Spanish word patagon, mean.
ing large, clumsy foot 1t was from the Tact
Of seeing the impressions Of the large shoes mot,
as he imagined, the feet) Of the aboriglncs that
he at one econcudcd the country must he in.
hsbitcd by giants.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-09-19
Laid i'm Blood"

N OLDEN TIMES, and even as
late as the past century, the
. Il foundation of a building or a
city was believed to be insecure
unless it should be laid in blood"
The records tell of pagan rites where
human sacrifices were placed beneath
F" the massive stones whereon great
Roman Forum rose to it's glory above
the body of Curtus, who threw him
.. self into vast abyss that the gods
might be appeased and the proud
structure stand in safety. Sometimes
it was a fair virgin, the loveliest, pur-
est girl of the city, who was demanded
as an offering to make sure the foun-
dation of a temple, and again the
eldest son Of ruler was slain that
over his body might be erected a beau
tiful city which otherwise could not
y aud!
II Is said that famous bridge near
Shanghai was built on the bodies of
thousands of children, buried alive,
that the abutments thus might endure,
and there is reason to believe that a
certain historic castle ON the Rhine
would be found 10 contain in a walled
In space beneath a tower, the skeleton
OF little innocent child, who was i'm
INJURED alive to insure the security of
the stone-work. Should the remains
ever be removed, the superstition runs
that the walls would Immediately
crumble to earth. Beneath the Bridge
gate AT Bremen, a child's, skeleton was
found imbedded few years ago; and
even in England, an old Norman
church. a relic of the Thirteenth CEN
tury. recently undergoing repairs, had
In its walls the skeletons of two per-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-09-19

sons apparently used as a foundation
rite.
The cornerstone of the Christian re-
licion was laid in blood, the most
precious of the ages. Tho foundation
of our great Republic had it's baptism
of blood AT Lexington and AppomattoN,
and on the spot where Lincoln gasped
in death. II now seems, as we build
upward this great structure which
within few months has attained
such stupendous proportions, that
a cruel and relentless fate de-
mands a periodical sacrifice of
our dearest and best at every
upward step. Today, at Canton, the
final scenes i'm the most paralYzing
all the records of the past, no nation
has been required to pay heavier trib-
ute. That II is a tribute to a malig-
raut aud hateful god of unrcasun is
u truth which causes our blood to
r0i, even while the tears of grief are
purest, the nobcst and the most he
loved were demanded to make the
foundations sure beneath the cities and
the temples of old, so of all the nation
we bury this day the dearest sacrifice
which could he asked by an insatiate
fate.
VIII IT be true in our history, as in
the superstition Of pagan rites, that
the burial of William Mckinley be-
meath our country's foundation-st stones
makes more stable our institutions,
more secure our future rulers? Even
So, 1t is a fearful price to pay.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-09-19

"HAT which shall today be
consigned to earth in the
IL sobbing presence of lifelong
neighbors and friends will
he only the pershable part of the
nations dead chief. Earth will re-
turn to earth, a home will he empty
and Canton will miss a kindly figure
that no measure of worldly greatness
clothed with hauteur or invested with
the pride of place
The model citizen. the sympathetic
friend, is gone and those remaining
of the circle of his intimatcs are, in a
personal sense, immeasurably the
poorer. But in larger aspect, Will
liam Mckinley lives and will live to
carry inspiration and counsel through
out the coming ages. Nothing has
been subtracted from the high tenor
Of his official life, nothing taken away
tIom the welfare of the nation for
which he planned and died. His policy
goes on; his advisers remain to guide
and counsel his patriotic and loyal
successor; and the splendid expansion
ot his CountrY's prosperity and bcnef-
cent influence, that was the monument
of the administration he organized, is
preserved without symptom or a
peril of change.
The world does well to honor this
noble man in death as it was fast
learning to revere him living. In per-
sohality purpose and achievement he
truly was one among ten millions. The
devotional and civic exercises arranged
for throughout the United States to
take place simultaneously with the
last rites at Canton will sanctfy the
old ana inspire the young. Partici-
patton in them should be as general
and sympathetic as was the range of
his usefulness and the breadth of his
dedication to the high purposes of en-
lGhtenCd governments
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-09-19

~ ECENTLY a number OF dis
tinGuished French journal
Il ~ lists visited the Pam -Amer!-
can exposition as the guests
Of the New York Central railroad, and
while in this country commented in
Structively upon American newspapers
as viewed from the French standpoint,
NJ. Manchez, of the Temps, Paris,
thought our papers too large and
couldn't understand how they could be
sold so cheap. I'VE consider a six
page paper big enough for any pur-
pose" he said, land would sink money
if we made them any larger. In fact,
our people don't want their papers any
larger than four or six pages, because
they want to read what they contain,
and that can't be done with yours in
full"
NJ. Jubin of the Petit journal, Paris,
concured in what NJ. Nanchez said as
TO the size of American papers, adding:
THE paper l represent has 200 900
subscribers, but we should have fewer
patrons If in the case of an attack on
Olt VI pul men we SnOQld
devote four columns to describing the
forttude of the mans wife, how
bravely she received the news and how
heroicaly she bore herself"
All of the visiting journalists ad-
mired immensely the enterprise and
executive ingenuity shown by the lead =
ing American newspapers, but none
could understand how the busy people
of this country could be content with
such daily mass of news and opin-
ion covering so many printed pages as
is customary here.
This is a surprise TO most foreign
observers and to some home ones, as
well. We are not sure that the
Frenchmen are not right in objectmg
to the ''muchness' of the Yankee press.
The real news in almost any Amem-
can paper could advantas seously he put
within one-third the space now con-
sumed in its narration, especially If
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-09-19
Bishop Andrews
Funeral Oration


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"'r',' wa" q" S,P ACCOMMODATIONS u ''"or"cE
ana '"p,, anu Hud'N N"'h '''c N'di' ""Nc gwen
u" Us, we "HN' t"c,''or', 'Ne" At ''' grave VI
the llIuHulouN, NOT dloSV'n'r "hdt great aCh'c'''
menu my "'" pe'i"''"vu "''u INV Nv! "'u '"'"'
"''n''" '"''nH,NcS I" '''r "'.'"'s "'" d"te'"i
OF respect ol 'e Woil,'' puI ciHciS VI "ldI H"rI
! '"'F were ""'' .ne Inferior nature Oh 'nc man
was "hat were ms atuhlilc,' We're were they win
| inc Eoon the Uu'' ,he hooie' "hdI ms relation
I" '"' ,'""''c 'i" VI ue universe ana 10 ,lc
| ness loF "laI great hereafter 10 "hlch ne had
| p"H''u'
| ma Su'h great questions come TO n' with mo.
h'ht' even III 'he hour "h'h we GH'ner around
| 'nr p'r ol lh''e "ho'h VIC p."iounaiy respect
! ana 'hIoG|c ana "hom we tcndeily love-
| .
! IhN INDUSTRIOUS man. Whom we mourn To-Day IN
| IN" years to come the days ana the months That
lie Immediately before US VIII give iuIl utterante
| "S 10 nus hlgn statcSmah'hp ana ms great
| achievements We shaI not toueh them today.
| = 4 Gf
| and poured IT'S tears, and IA slill poming them,
! over 'h' loss OF h'Io'ed man IL Is we'll But
we ask this morning ot what sort this man is,
| 5" lhat we may, perhaps, showing the moral and
spiritual life that Is past, be able to shape the
| tar'Withdrdwhg iuture' ihlhk we must all con
| cod' that nature ana training and-reverently be
| IL said-thc inspiration Of the Almighty conspircd
| TO conform man admirable IN his moral temper
| and aims. We none of US can doubt, | think,
| that even by nature he was olnincntly gifted.
| The kindly calm and equitable temperament, the
| kindly and generous heart the love Of Justice
and right, and the tendency towards faith and
| loyalty 10 unseen powers and authoritc>-thc,e
| things must have been with him from his child
| hood, from his infancy, hut upon them super.
Ncncd the training for which he was always
| tcndcrly thankful, and Of which this great ma.
| tiOn from sea TO sea continually has taken note.
| II was humble home in which hc was horn.
Narrow conditions were around him, but faith in
| God had lifted that lowly roof, according to the
| statement Of some great writer, up to the very
heavens, and permitted its inmates TO behold the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-09-19

away in "Ships That Pass in the Night" They
took with them 'Johu Halifax, who was ~
King by Right" The ships were fastened to one
another by "An Endless Chain" "Allan Quar-.
tcrmain' married "Thc Kings Daughter"
Against Heavy odds" She wotc "rhc Barrow
Street Diamonds" which were "Iady Diana =
Pride" They were married on "The Red stair.
case" by "1hc Minister Of Carthage" Lord
Van Courts Daughter" said marjorie" was at
War with IIcrsclf' when she kidnapped "rhc
Hired Baby" She set it "Adrft With a Ncn-
geancc," but IL was "Cast Up by tho sea-" and
rescued by "Thc Water WITCH" who took It 10
"Bleak House." where "Thc Stckit Ministcr'
cared for IL As Any Gentleman Might
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-09-19

Passengers on incoming ocean Stcam-
ers, who embarked either prior To the
Ruffalo shooting or while the rcports
from the stricken presidents bedside
gave promise of speedy recovery, must
indeed feel sense of shock beyond the
ordinary in disembarking to find the
whole land in the somber habliments
of mourning and new president at the
helm. TO be cut off for even a few days
from the news of the world is a much
greater deprivation nowadays than it
ever was before.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-09-19
The TWO Proposed Amendments.

INHE UNION committee for the
promotion of ballot reform
Il in Pennsylvania requests us
to call attention to the two
proposed amendments to the state con-
stitution upon which the people will be
asked to vote in November. lnasmuch
as they touch no phase of partisan con-
tcntion il will not be out of place to
consider them today. one of these
amendments, if adopted, will open the
way for the enactment of registration
laws and for the classification of the
state for election law purposes; the
other will open the way for the use Of
the voting machine.
The committee desires us especially
to note that neither of these amend
ments will become Immediately effect
i've if favored at the November polls
by a ma iority of tho votes cast. The
effect of its adoption will simply be to
unite the hands of the Legislature and
give to the latter power which it does
not have now. Until the adoption of
the amendment the Legislature is pre-
vented from passing any adequate reg
istration law by reason of the provision
of the constitution to the effect that no
man shall be deprived of his vote be-
cause he is not registered. This pro-
vision renders ineffective any regiStra-
tion law which provides for personal
registration. The adoption of the first
of the two proposed amendments will
bring it within the scope of subsequent
laws as may be deemed best. Similar
ly with the amendment relating to
voting machines. Its adoption will go
no further than to Clothc future lcgis-
latures with discretionary power to
| authorize the use of machines in bal
lotnG.
The Union committee disclaims spe-
Cial interest in this latter amendment,
but is strongly committed to personal
registration, concerning which il SAYS:
| Personal registration laws are even
now in operation in New York and
| Massachusetts 1t is only a question
of time when they will have to be ac-
cepted in Pennsylvania" We shall
! hereafter have something to say re-
! garding the merits ana dement's of
| personal registration. The present ar
| ticle is merely in compliance with a
polite request to call the subject to our
readers attention.