Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1912-02-08
COMMITTEE VIEWS
SEVERAL SITES
DR.. Thos. NicoIsen of New YORK
Secretary of Methodist Education
al Board and District Supt. e.
ans of San Francisco, Member of
Same Board Visit Payet,e-Gen;-
lemen Shown Several Sites and
Address Citizens.

Inc SoAhILtSS llOln the MetnJulo'
educational board has visited Pay
cite, been shown several sites Pay
cite would donate for the university
they may establish in Southern Ida.
no, have addressed the citizens aad
Payette is glad she entertained
them. They are men of learning
and all the talks made are of last
ing good to the people even should
no university be located here.
DR.. Nicolsen, secretary of the
board and DR.. Evans, District Supt.
of San Francisco, were the two
members of the board to visit Pay
ette. They were met at the depot
by a committee from the CONNER
cial Club and before lunch were
shown several sites located in diff
ferent sections OF the city. After
viewing the sites lunch was served
them and the members Of the com
mittee at the Commercial hotel.
AT one-thirty they addressed a
large mass meeting Of citizens in
the Emma theatre. President Al
bert called the meeting to order and
spoke his pleasure at having as
guests of the city distinguished men
of this kind. He called on Rev.
Howarth, pastor of the Methodist
church here to tell of the move
ment from local standpoint. Rev.
Howarth stated that while the NJ.
E. church was deeply interested that
the movement had not originated in
the local body but that the raj
power behind it was the Commercial
club and as this was the case he
called upon General L. V. Patch as
chairman of the executive commit
tee to talk to the visiting commit
tee and give Payette's side of the
question. General Patch in a short
well timed speech spoke of Pay
ette's many advantages. He spoke
Of her excellent sanitary cond itiors,
our unequalled climate, cur prre
water supply, excellent railroad IA
cilities and the high standard CT
intelligence Of the reoilc Q. P,y-
cite Valley. He called attention t,
the fact that all during the IA sur
mcr and carly fail thcrc w-s ar2l
w7rli in the way Of fruit packiag
and picking that w2ulI war.cns eny
student at the co'lsge IN a. cn~;-
.ng to wo-.1 his way thr5u-h rs Il
this manner he c~rld am ~'f'c:e
Payette was city cf hon: n.
The entire valley would soou be o-e
large city by reason Of the fact tha-
the land was fast being cut up into |
five and ten acre tracts. He closed |
by insisting that Payette was tie /
logical place to locate szeh an il
stitution.
DR.. Evans, Superintendent of the
San Francisco District was the next |
speaker. He spoke of his great |
pleasure at being here and said he
came from California where they
thought they knew how to boost
and use the booster language but af-
ter listening to Gen. Patch he was
they would have to yield
he palm to Payette Valley and
hat we were using the same vocabu-
airy here. He stated that the COM
nittee had been shown several sites
out that the best sight was the
arge gathering of intelligent men
md women who by their presence
showed they were interested in ed
lcation and better men and women.
He thought if the spirit of hospitality
shown by the people was the true ]
,pirit Of Payette that the success of
institution, if located
lere would be assured.
He was followed by DR.. Thos. Mic
,lsen, the secretary of the Msthe-
list Educational Board, of New
FORK City. The talk made by Mr..
md replete with good thought and
showed him to be a master in his
inc, that of overlooking the great
institutions of the Meth
dist denomination. He spoke for
| few moments to the High School
Students present, advising them to
tick to their high school work and
,et ready for college. He compli-
nented the city upon its excellent
ystem of public schools. He spoke
# the value of an education and ;
tated that in the east many girls
nd women were replacing men in (
he business world and were get ;
ing the same wages paid men be- I
ause there were more young girls
nd women graduating and who
5ere trained to think and possessed