Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1911-08-17


response to an invitation a larse
plumber of the members gathered in
the Payette Commercial Cub rooms
to attend the smoker given in honor
= Col. Chas. F. Muller, President
III the Payette Cold SJora2e CON-
pany. Cigars, lemonade and social
converse helped to pleasantly pass
away the cary hours OF the even
ing alter which Pr. sident NJ. F..
Albert called the meeting to order
and asked Secretary Harader TO
state the object OF the meeting.
MIR. Harader said that the meet
ing was a special one given in hon
OIL of Mr.. Muller In the past the
Payette Commercial Club had not
been extravagant in holding me -tinls
and smokers in honor of any of Pay
eute's citizens but on this occasion
lt had been thought by the officers
and members of the club that the
good Col. Muller had done for the
community deser, ed tne recognition
OF the club and e. cry citizen. The
meeting had therefore been called
for the purpose o. meeting Col.
Muller getting bett-r aCqua. .nted with
him ald aisJ OF bringing Jne bus
ness men ana boosters closer to-
gether.
NJ F. Albert, President of the club,
then re, iewed the conditions of the
past three years briefly. Speaking
of the rather close times due to the
panic OF 1897 and many other busi-
ness reasons. The crop failure of
1909 and other conditions had pro-
duced a per.od OF quietude in real
estate circles and the new money
that had been coming into the valley
lad been cut Oft. This had contin-
ued for a couple of years out the OPP
ening of the present year had wit
messed a radical change. There was
q greater interest IeIt in the club.
The membership had been doubled
and the people were working togeth-
er. The three bridges across the
Payette river so saaly needed, had
been secured.
de tAen spoke of how Col. Muller
had come among us very que -ly and
without asking of bonus or help
had instituted his irr4gatioL scheme
across tne RIVER on a part of Dead
Ok flat, the successful builIiEg and
operation OF which mad pointed the,
way for still greater impro ements
on the flat which were already I'M
sight. He cOmpl.mented ayutte
on securing a citizen OF this sor, and
then told of how not content with
what ne had done the Col. seeing
the need for cold so.raee ana I-el
pant had without any noise or fuss
procured the ste ami built a plant
second to none in the northwest. He
then introduced Hon. w. a. Cough !
AMOUR as a man engaged in manu- /
featuring but the product of whose
factory was not true to name.
MIR. Coughanour spoke o. the ex-
cellent builLing the Col. had erect
ca and OF the fact that while the
Col. might make some money out or
II that FOR every dollar SO made by
him there would be probably twice
as Nch made tor the horticultural
Of this valley. He then went
back in the history of fruit growing
in this section and told of how with
cut knowing whether a codlin moth
was as large as a back bird or not
he has espoused the cause of the
horticultural-s,s in the legislature in
the early day and had the honor of
being the author of the first bill
looking toward a better system of
inspection and toward better lruit.
The foundation had been laid at
that time ana now at the present /
time he believed the state had as
good if not the best regulations along
that line OF any state in the north (
west. He also touched upon the re-
cent awakening of the commercial
club. He felt that the right course
was being pursued and that the,
members present represented the
best element of the city and were
the ones that would do things look
ing toward a greater and better Pay
ette. He told Col Muller that he
had closely watched the construction
of the building and had many
times doubted that it would be a sue
cess largely for the reason that. he
had not been consulted with re-
gard to it's building. But after Wis
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