Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1912-01-18
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ton of officers Monday, January 10
with a very good attendance and en-
thusiastic meeting. The Company Of
ficers. General manager, Mr.. Sar-
gent. Treasurer ]. o. Scritchfield,
Manager and Secretary, A. Kaessner,
gave excellent reports. There has
been a great deal of rebuilding and
new lines built the past year, trans
ferring our lines to the electric light
poles etc, therefore our accumula-
tons have not been so great but the
Indebtedness of $500 of last Janu-
airy has been reduced to $500 not
withstanding. Owing to the fact
that nearly every home is equipped
with a telephone the number has
not increased so rapidly but stands
at las as against 127 last year, but
Manager Kaessner has installed and
changed between rs and so phones
the past year and has ever proved
himself an efficient man on the line
and with Mrs. Kaessner, courteous
operators at the office. Election OF
officers, B. F. Tussing, Pres; c.
H. Sargent, Sec; ]. o. Scritchfield,
Gen. Manager; A Grimes, Vice Pres;
and E. Hunter constitute the board
of directors.
The Commercial Club will meet
Thursday evening at 8 O'Clock at
the school house and a good at
tendance is desired as this will
probably close the charter and the fee
will quite likely be raised from S1.OO
to $500. The membership stands
at A and every good citizen who
has the best interests of our town
and community in general at heart
can i'll afford to allow the charter
to close without his name entered
on the books.
The Grant Fisher family returned
Monday after a two months sojourn
in Missouri and Texas. They re-
port a very delightful time and saw
all kinds of weather. During their
two weeks visit in Texas it rained
every day but one. They experienc-
ed zero weather all the way from
Missouri. Mr.. Fishers brother and
family came back with them from
Sheridan. Mo, to make their home
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. R. Powell are bus
mess visitors at Boise this week
Services were held in the various
churches Sunday and it was really
touching to see the free use OF
handkerchiefs and the copious tears
which the pastors could not account
for. other than THAT fumigating
plant is a dandy"
The Christian Endeavor OF the
NJ. E. church will hold their bus
ness and election of officers at the
home of Miss Alice Hunter Saturday
evening. The latter part of the
meeting will be devoted to a new
kind of entertainment called, "ob-
seryation."
The B. Y. P. U. will hold theiT
monthly business meeting at the
home of Free and Lester BranthooV
err Friday night. A general gooc
time is promised.
Rev. and Mrs. Snyder, Mrs. Joe
Hunstock's parents, moved this weeF
into rooms in the Harvey building
] recently occupied by Rev. and Mrs
Thorn.
Contrary to what the wiseacres say
in regard to the determination o.
the coyote, Mr.. Gosnell and Chas
, Mitchell got 8, the Royston boys
and F. w. Young 2, the past week.
A new district has been made O
r Dist IS. by the board of health o.
Commissioners with DR.. Crispii
Wright of Fruitland as health Office
his duties to begin at once.
Florence Boor of Emmett visited a
the home of her parents over Sun
day.
Ed. Fitzgerald was a visitor t
Boise Valley the first of the week.
The annual meeting and e'ectio
of officers of the Noble Ditch Com
panv at Payette resulted in election
of officers as follows: H. R. BONNER
this section, Mr.. Albert New Ply
mouth. Mr.. Cogswell. East and Thoi
Weir and E. C. S. Brainard.
The West Side Lateral of Farm
ers' Canal held their meeting Sa
urday at the home of Secretary JiI
Whitsell and elected directors
follows. C. H. Sargent, Pres;
c..-,----O "a rue sewer Uoaos
p.s west side district. VIM. Sweet
had bid for these bonds with
Understanding that the city
~ take the last $500 worth. BY
"a and vote the council agreed
zept them and the following
jon was passed and ordered
ted to Sweet & Co. by the
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