Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1912-02-15
GET CLUB ON
BUSINESS BASIS
Executive Committee Lays Plan Be-
fore Club for Financlng-BIg Meet
Ing Held and Committee Reports
on Several Matters of importance.

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BILE money on publicity. The money
is usually been raised as needed by
the subscription plan. With a large
number of important events before
them to which they desire to give
attention the executive committee oil
the club have decided that a better
and more business like method OF
financing the club for publicity work
would be to get every one interested
to pledge a certain amount to be
paid monthly or quarterly. Then the
committee would know definitely just
what they had to spend and could
take hold of everything worth hand
ling with the knowledge that the
money to finance it was forthcoming.
Believing that a plan of this sort
would meet with the approval of all
boosters and citizens the executive
committee called the members to
gether to discuss the plan and smoke
and chew gum. A good crowd re-
sponded to the invitation. Some
smoked, some chewed gum and 9th
ers chewed the rag. But it was a
rousing good meeting and those pres
ent favored the plan and it was de-
cided to call another meeting in the
hopes of getting more business men
out and get their views on the sub
ject.
During the evening several import
ant matters were discussed and at
tenticn was called to the fact that if
ever the club needed strong financial
support it was at this time when
important moves were being made in
Southern Idaho.
Postmaster Venable spoke enthusi-
astically and optimistically about
the bill recently introduced in con-
gress by Congressman French pro-
viding for an appropriation of $780,,
900 for federal building in Payette.
He stated that he believed Payette
has fully as good a chance to Sc
cure an appropriation as many 9th
er towns with bills in. He also
stated that he had been asked by
the postoffice department for statist-
les regarding the business done at
the postoffice ten years ago, also
that done at the present time and an
estimate as to what it would be ten
years hence. 81 find" said the Post
master that ten years ago the annu-
al receipts were S3,26704 while the
year just ended showed s11 ,214.69. In
going back still further in the re-
cords | notice a time when the re-
ceipts ran as high as s4S a quarter
To those that think Payette is not
growing these figures should prove
different We are growing and do
ing nicely and l believe that ten
years from now the postal receipts
here will be thirty or forty thousand
dollars per annum.'
81 have also been asked to furn'sh
data regarding the cost of a site to
be a corner tract 120x130 and within
the prescribed eighty rods from the
depot. l took this matter up with
the executive committee and a COM
mittee consisting of Secretary Hara-
de- fChairman Patch and myself in
z&Stigated sites and came to the
conclusion that there are several
suitable sites and that any of them
can be secured for in the neighbor-
hood of $500. 1 feel that we should
all get together on everything that
pertains to the good of Payette and
with good hard pull surely think
some if not all of them will be re-
allied"
- General L. V. Patch next talked
about electric railroad development
and said that while there was moth
ing definite to be given out yet
there were many evidences that the
Mainlands were seriously contemplat-
ing the building of an electric line
from Caldwell to Weiser within. the
very near future. Secretary Hara-
der and myself" said Mr.. Patch
were sent to Boise as a committee to
interview Mr.. Mainland at a time
when there were several of his as
sooiates in Boise. We found a com
mittee of twelve to fifteen men and
were granted a very satisfactory in
terview. They were very approacha-
BILE and gave US to understand that
while they could say nothing def
mite as yet that they did have un-
der consideration the construction of
an electric line. We found that the
biggest item they would consider
would not be the development Of
the country through which they
would build and the amount o.
freight they would haul but would