Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-10-18
DRY farm WHEAT
Being RECEIVED
Warehouses at Payette Are
Filled With Grain and
Mills Busy.


Payette. Oct. 1s-Car after car Of
irving at Payette for the Payette-
Weiser Milling company and IL being
converted into the finest grade Of flour
that It is possible to make. Three car
loads Of flour leave this point every
week and will continue to do so for
some months a. the company has
orders placed with them for delivery
well into the new year. Aside from
the upland hard wheat grown on Big
Willow the greater part Of the wheat
now being shipped in comes from Mid
vale and Cambridge and IL of the most
excellent quality. All of the ware
houses Of the Payette- Weiser Milling
company at this point are filled with
wheat almost to their fullest capacity,
the immense amount now in storage
being sufficient to operate the mill
daily for a year.
The funeral Of the late Mrs. George
Hoskins. who died in Boise Sunday,
was held here Tuesday morning from
the Methodist church, Rev. A. L. Ho-
warth officiating. Mrs. Hoskins was
6S years Of age and besides her hus-
band. leaves a granddaughter, Mrs. A.
Kessner Of Fruitland. two brothers,
Frank and Lon Crowther. Of Payette,
and a sister. Mrs. d. s. Lohr. Of Trem-
onton, Utah. Services at the grave
were conducted by the Women's Re-
lief Corps.
| Il. F. Adams, cashier Of the Fruit
Growers bank. left Monday for Min
neapolis. to accompany his wife and
young son to Idaho.
| Mrs. II. Harland, who underwent a
serious operation at st. Alphonsus hos
pital in Boise. some weeks ago, is re-
ported as doing nicely and will be able
to return home soon. Mrs. Harland is
the wife Of H. Harland, master Of the
Idaho State Grange.
| Richard, the young son Of F. H.
Hogue. was thrown from his pony in
front Of the Emma theater Monday and
his right arm broken. The youngster
is doing nicely.
| Andrew Nelson Of Emmett Is here
this week closing deal for the sale Of
100 head Of thoroughbred sheep. Mr.
Nelson recently purchased the w. N.
Sanderson orchard at Nyssa compris-
ing 1870 acres. the greater part Of which
Is in orchard, the purchase price being
100000.
| 2. T.. Baker, of North Yakima, an
orchardist Of that section is investigat-
ing Payette valley lands this week with
a view of making investments. Mr..
Baker suffers from asthma and since
coming to Idaho he has been almost
\ completely free from 1t, hence his de-
termination to make his future home
where he feels he may enjoy better
health.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. D. Chandler, Mrs.
| II. z. Dunn. Miss May Brundage and
Miss Helen Reilly motored to Boise
| Tuesday
Lorraine Chapter, Order of Eastern
Star, held one Of their very enjoyable
| social affairs Tuesday evening in the
| Masonic hall. over SO participating In
the evenings festivities. The decora-
| tions. refreshments and highly amusing
program carried out the idea Of the
Halloween season in very enjoy
abye way.
The Payette Valley Land and Or
chard company which owns a mag
nificent tract OF land on the New Ply
| mouth bench, comprising 100 acres, all
of which is set out In commercial va
| rieties Of winter apples, are making ar
| rangements to ship carload OF extra
| fancy" apples east, probably to De-
troit, Mich. or Duluth, MIMI, for ex-
hibition purposes. 1t Is understood
| considerable interest is being manifest
| ed in those states in western apple
lands and 1t Is thought this interest
will be considerably enhanced II the
people are given an opportunity to see
some Of the really fine fruit which l.,
grown in southern Idaho. j. w. Rob-
| erts. who has been the eastern repre-
sentative ,of the Payette Valley Land
and Orchard company for the past
few years. will probably go east with
the exhibit. Forty carloads Of winter
apples are now in storage at the Pay
cite Cold Storage plant, with large
quantities being received daily. Most
| Of the varieties now in storage are Ben
Davis, Gano's, Delaware Red and 4
few Jonathans and Rome Beauty.
These apples are being held at 80 de-
grees which effectually stops all fur
| Their ripening, and when taken from
storage In January or February or May
| or June as the case may be are exactly
| as they were when placed in storage.
One Payette valley orchardist placed
700 boxes of his finest grade of apples
| in storage last fall to await better
| market than prevailed in the beginning
| of the season, and in April his apples
sold at $3.50 per box. the increase in
price over what he would have re-
ceived had he mark eted them in Oc-
tober being sufficient to purchase him
fine automobile. The Payette Cold
Storage company has just finished in
stalling considerable new machinery,
also insulating Of the upper floor o.
the plant which greatly increases their
storage capacity.
n. Harland and d. l.. Kostenbader
have purchased the vinegar plant
owned by the Payette Vinegar COM
pany and will operate It to its fullest
capacity.
Ranch Properly Sold.
An important real estate deal was
closed this week at Middleton whereby
J. b. Bell Of Notus became the owner
of the or AGRA ranch owuod nv VNjl1io ~