The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1910-11-25
The Development
Of Canyon County

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of $50 boxes of apples, making a tota
of $500 boxes. These apples bring
the growers 81 so per box or $37 ,8OOOC
for the entire train. 1t is estimated
that the total output of the valley this
year is 1000 cars.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. Geisier have re
turned from their old home in Lincoln
county, Missouri, which they had not
visited in 20 years. They had mos
enjoyable trip. Mr.. Geisler says the
Mississippi valley states are wild over
Idaho land and Idaho fruit.
Next season the famous Rex spray
which is the deadly enemy of Sar
| Jose scale and other orchard insects
and fungi, for southern Idaho and {
part of Oregon will be manufactured
in Payette. The Payette Valley Rex
Spray Co., Ltd, was organized here
last week and at meeting Tuesday
night was incorporated. The CAPT
tai stock of the company is $4,000
which is fully paid up. Thirty OF
he fruit growers who are members
# the Payette Fruit Packing Com.
any took $4,000 worth of stock
md the balance was taken by the
Rex company of Omaha
The work on the Snake River Irri
cation company's project is proceed
ng rapidly and very satisfactorily
The project will furnish water for sew
aral thousands of acres of fine land on
Dead Ok fiat, which lies between Pay
tie and Weiser on the Oregon side Of
snake river In about two weeks the
pump will be installed, the pipe all laid
and the plant will be in readiness for
humping water from the Snake river
the ditch on the first level which
viii cover about 1000 acres. At that
ime public demonstration of the
plant in operation will be made.
]. A. Harader, secretary of the Com
nercial Club, has received word that
Payette won premiums at Council
Bluffs, Iowa, at the National Horti-
cultural Congress, on the car load con-
test as follows: First on Jonathans
md Rome Beauty plate exhibit and,
second on Sweepstake-Commerciai
display of Is boxes. The first prize
on Carload Contest is cash prize of
$780, while the second prize on Sweep
stake is cash prize of 500, the plate
,rizes being small cash prizes.
Five carloads of evaporated apples
and car and half of prunes will be
approximately the output this season
of the Payette fruit dryer, which
means that a magnificent sum will be
returned to the company operating the
liant. This industry is only in its
infancy in this valley and before an
other fruit season at least two more
plants will be in operation. 1t is the
unanimous opinion of every orchardist
that too many apples are permitted to
go to waste every year, and that everv
one which fails to pass inspection for
hacking should be evaporated, made
into apple butter or sent to the vinegar
factory. At the present time the plants
operating along these lines are entire
ly inadequate to handle quarter of
the apples which are left every wear
after the more choice ones have heen
shipped, hence the urgent need of
more evaporators. c. H. Hoffman
perintendent of Payette fruit dryer
Kindly showed a press representative
more evaporators. c. H. Hoffman, SUI
over the building, a two-story frame
structure, 20Oxl2O feet, which is
'quipped with the latest improved
machinery and has a capacity of turn
ng out five tons of dried fruit every
"a hours. All apples are carefully
washed, after which they are pared
'ored and sliced by machinery and
zen evaporated by dry heat for lS
hours. They are then bleached by a
sulphur process which leaves them
vhite and clean looking and packed in
5 and so pound boxes, when they are
,cady for the market. The company
s receiving l2H cents per pound for
avaporated apples and 8 and 10 cents
for prunes, which are considered most
satisfactory prices. Eight men and
eight women are employed in the
plant.
Extensive improvements are now
being made on North Park street
which in another year will make it one
Of the finest residence streets in Pay
cite. Property holders are laying ce-
nent walks, there being laid at this |
time over mile NJ. ]. Reibling has |
parked 800 feet in front of his proper
" and met rncaokf.. 80 -. En- -