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American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-07-31
GAVE UP HOTEL
Harry Taylor, Who Leased the
Grand Hotel, Threw Up Lease
ON Reasonable Grounds.

Harry Taylor and wife, who came
here a few days ago from Prosser'
Washington, and leased the Crane
hotel, abandoned the lease last sat
urday and left for other parts.
Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor spent on
siderable money in e~ndeavoring TO
get the house in good order for oc-
cupancy, and were preparing to take
care of a good business. In the
general process of renovation and
putting everything in sanitary con-
dition they found the cesspool in
very bad shape, with consequent in
jury to the house, as it was filled
with the disagreeable odor. The
proprietor was asked to remedy the
evil, which was brought to the at
tention of the health authorities,
and because of immediate non-com-
pliance with the request the parties
threw up the lease.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-07-31
REFUSES TO PAY POLL TAX
Hammock County VIII Collect Taxes
From Phoenix Construc-
ton Company.

Fearing a labor strike involving
over 1000 employees on one side
and threatened with prosecution on
the other, the Phoenix Construction
company, which is building a gigan-
tic hydro-electric power plant on
the Bear river near the Oneida Mar
rows Is between the devil and the
deep blue sea, al 1t were. On the
company's payroll are 1923 men,
who have been on the Job long
enough to be subject to the payment
of poll taxes in this county. The
company was asked to collect this
tax from each Of its employees. as
provided by law, but refused, ex-
planning that If the company attemp-
ted to hold the tax out Of their
mems wages, a strike would sure
ly follow and the work be tied up.
The board of county commissioners
not being interested in the COM
pany's affairs further than to insist
lhat the money due this county be
paid, today instructed County At
torney c. Douglass Smith to be-
gin suit against the company to col
lect the poll taxes. Four thousand
dollars are involved and the law
provides that failure on the part Of
a company to pay the tax makes it
hable to double the amount. At
torney Smith announces his inten-
ton Of getting the coin. or finding
out the reason why.-Pocatello Tri-
bune.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-07-31

Fortunes Expended In stopping and
Starting Trains on Southern
Pacific Railroad.

Perhaps II has never occurred to
the casual traveller that It actually
costs n railroad company money to
start and stop It's rains, so that the
Southern Pacific company has had
the problem Investigated with a
view to getting exact figures. while
authorities differ on the estimates
It seems quite well established that
every time the brakes are applied
on an average sized passenger train
and power again applied to set 1t
In motion, the railroad company is
out from fifty to sixty cents. 1t
costs about that to take care OF
the wear and tear upon apparatus,
to allow for the strain on the tracks
to provide the power to pump the
air and to furnish the steam that
starts the wheels revolving, a y an
exchange.
On the Pacific System of the
Southern Pacific company with hun
dreds Of trains daily, It can readily
be seen that Unnecessary stops are
expensive. that LIS stops which are
not made to load and unload
passengers.
For this reason alone, to say no
thing OF the more important ones
Of delay to passengers and mer-
chandise, the railroads are doing
their utmost to run trains through
without delay. Double tracks, long
and frequent sidings, carefully in
spected and kept up equipment are
among the things that officials are
constantly studying to keep traffic
rolling. No one benefits more than
a railroad in keeping the traffic In
motion once it starts 80 that il
may go from point OF origin to
destination with as few stops as
possible.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-07-31
CAN'T CHANGE NAME
OF THE SNAKE RIVER

later public works definitely estab-
lished the stream as snake"
Except for the great winding
course il takes, never has a stream
been given a more contradictory
name. II a name is to be signifi-
cant Of It's characteristics. Snake"
caniot be separated from littleness.
uselessness and treachery. But
idaho's river is big. useful and
bold. II gives Idaho its distinction
as the greatest power state in the
union, yies with the Mississippi for
honors OF Amerca's longest tream
making boundary lines at points for
four great s ates; from the APP
preach in Wyoming TO natures mar
velous' wonderful land-the Yellow
stone park-it starts with a sweep
across idaho's broad southern plains
feeding millions OF thirsty acres;
makes a jump at Shoshone that OBJ
scures Niagara. and then plunges
on It's way north through the deep
est river canyon on the American
continent TO emerge at Lewiston,
here greeting steamboat traffic TO
later join with the Columbia and
larry Il to the sea.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-07-31
ABERDEEN THE CENTER OF
$4,000 FAT FERTILE ACRES

Will store 20 carloads: two coal
yards. an auto livery. a live week
~ newspaper, the Times. two black
smith shops. one butcher shop, a
lumber yard, one plumbing es-
~tabllshment. an auditorium. and a
hardware store that carries one of
the largest and most varied stocks
In the southwest. It's water works
are owned by the townslte company
and cost $4,000. Cement walks
line the principal streets.
Last year Aberdeen shipped so
carloads OF grain; this year 20 cars
will be sent out. Last year 20 car
loads Of hogs were shipped TO out
side markets. and this year ALL
records will be broken in the hog
shipping line.
The Aberdeen Commercial Club
Is a live wire organization and it's
president f. w. Harold. and it's sec
rotary. L. l.. Davis. are both live
wires.
One hundred and twenty pupils
are enrolled In the Aberdeen public
schools. Four teachers are employed,
One new room has been added this
year TO take care OF the increase
and next year bonds will be voted
for a $4,000, high school. The
school now. Of which Mr.. Harold Ia
superintendent. goes as high as the
tenth grade.
Scores OF Pocatello people have
taken up land In and around Aber-
deem and they have proven their
wisdom. l know OF no better town
In the state for it's size"
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-07-31
new SHORT LINE
TRAIN AUGUST |
WILL CLIP OFF SEVENTY-TWO
HOURS ON PORTLAND-SALT
LAKE RUN
Fast Mail viii be Consolidated With
No. o, and Service VIII be Ma
t~erially Benefited On Local
Business.

A new train between Portland and
Salt Lake is to be put in opera
ton shortly after the first of
August, and a reduction to ~ hours
Is to be made in running time be-
tween Portland and Chicago on NO
8, according to information given
out by the traffic department of the
Oregon Short Line.
1t is understood that the plan is
to consolidate the fast mail train
leaving Portland in the evening for
Chicago with No. 6, which leaves
Portland for Chicago at s D. m.,
the train to be known as No. 6 and
which will leave at GAO p. m.
Train No. 6 will be high class in
every particular, carrying electric
lighted steel sleeping cars and an
observation car. The equipment will
be furnished by the Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paul road, as the
train will run over the Milwaukee
line east of Omaha. This will pro-
vide the big, yellow Milwaukee cars.
The train will arrive in Chicago
about Q O'Clock on the night of the
third day after leaving Portland.
The new train will leave Portland
at 1890 in the morning and do loo
al business along the o. w. r. &
N. main line. 1t will carry through
sleepers TO Salt Lake City and to
eastern points via the Denver & Rio
Grande, a sleeper for Yellowstone
national park and one for Baker. II
VIII pick up Spokane and Boise
sleepers.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-07-31
Work nc the Power Dam Where
Explosives are Used, Results In
Securing Variety OF Fish.

Every day is fish day at the pow
er DAM
In the process OF dynamiting the
channel below the new power build
ing II has been necessary to ex-
plode dynamite IN about twenty feet
OF water, In order to blow the drift,
rock and other residue clear.
when the shot of dynamite 10
touched off by electricity a column
OF water fifty or sixty feet mounts
into the air, and occasionally a few
fish go with Il. Some of them are
herring. some w%hitefish, suckers.
and occasionally a trout or two.
Once in awhile a trout OF five or
six pounds turns up On the surface.
and at such times a boat Is handy
and the good fish are gathered up.
Some OF the fish ecove though
most OF them go to the pan.
No sturgeon OF several hundred
pounds weight has IS yet butted
into the dynamite. but there are
large quantities OF muckets and cold
water sharinas TO be grabbed after
each shot. though. OF course, they
have to be handled with hatpins,
When the water Is low. OF sud
denly recedes. and the holes In the
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-07-31
CANADA EXCURSION
August 9th.

Via Oregon Short Line. Very low
rates to Lethbridge. Stirling, Ray
mond, Magrath. and Cardston, with
limit of September goth. Tickets
will be sold for Train No. 3 leaving
Salt Lake 1:45 D. m. August 5th..
or for trains connecting herewith.
See o. s. l.. Agents east Of Shos-
hone and Bull and west OF Montpe-
lier inclusive for rates and further
particulars.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-07-31
RANCH BUTTER AND
ITS CLEAN HANDLING

Some butter makers have inquired
why their butter turns white at
times and takes on an odor of a
tallow like substance. The question
has been referred to the Bureau of
Animal Industry of the United
States Department Of Agriculture
and their expert replies that this
trouble seems to be more prevalent
In the west than in the east. While
no exhaustive study has been made
OF this matter, it is believed to be
due to a rapid oxidation and il is
suggested that greater care and
cleanliness be used in making and
handling butter. Creamery butter
has also behaved this way at times.
This action OF butter turning white
and taking on a foreign odor has
not been noticed when the butter
IS well worked and wrapped in
parchment paper. and the print and
wrapper placed in a carton. Thus
cleanliness and care in handling
food Is again seen to have a money
value for butter which has turned
white in spots is practically UNI
salable and tends TO cast the sus-
pleion of adulteration on the n
producing II.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-07-31
snake IL l.. and Snake IL Must
Remain, Says Gannett

The Snake river will not shed it's
name. THIS Is clearly indicated by
Chairman Henry Gannett OF the Unt-
ted States geological board. In a let
ter written to Professor II. l.. Talk
ington OF the Lewiston state normal
faculty. Chairman Henry Gannett
declares there Is little prospect OF
the name OF the Snake being Off
cially changed TO the Lewis or an
other name. His letter Is as fol
lows
THE name Snake Is used IN the
act creating the territory OF Idaho,
Ia the enabling acts for this state
and for Oregon and in the constitu-
tons OF Idaho oregon and Washing
ton. II Is doubtless used In legisla-
tive acts relating to several counties,
and, for a century. has been in well
nigh universal use ia print. IN writ
.ng. and IN speech. Il could not be
displaced. Since II Is an interstate
stream, congress could only legis-
late regarding Il, and such legisla-
ton would be OF no avail-ihe peo-
pie would continue to use the old
name"
Just how the river was given the
name Snake definite history does
not clearly unfold. The Indian name
interpreted meant muddy waters"
Just az the Indian designation for
the Clearwater meant clear" For
a period old Biographies referred
% The river as the Lewis or
CLARK" Mr. T~alkington states. but
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-07-31
Live Little Town North of Snake
River Drawing Zig Tributary
Trade.


ITO be the center OF $4,000 acres
OF dry farm land and 10000 acres
Of irrigated land means something"
said Glenn o. Street 20 a Pocatello
Tribune man. and that 10 why
Aberdeen is one OF the most pros
porous towns Ia southern Idaho"
Mr.. Street represents the McMil-
Ian Paper & school Supply house
Of Salt Lake.
Tributary to Aberdeen there are
10000 acres OF dry farm wheat
10000 acres OF dry farm alfalfa. g.
600 acres OF dry farm barley and
10000 acres OF dry farm oats. In
addition there are 10000 acres of
irrigated lands. raising diversified
crops.
Located az Aberdeen Is a joint
federal and state experiment sta
ton, consisting OF IS acres OF dry
farm land and 23 irrigated acres
It's plant is n OF the finest In the
lntermountain west and experiments
being conducted mea much TO both
dry farmers and irrigationn farmers
Aberdeen itself Is a rafting fine
little town. Its population 10 about
zoo, but It draws a splendid trade
from the surrounding districts. II
has a bank, three general stores, a
drug store. a $4,000 hotel owned
by the townsite company and now
ready for occupancy. a 4oxso ware
house with a potato basement thai
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-07-31
FISHING WITHOUT A
FLY-ROD OR LINE

rocks below the horseshoe wier are
left filled the youngsters al
50 have a good time in picking up
good quantities of fish, some OF
which are trout, and all OF which
would die in short time. The fish
are generally small, though a big
one is some times taken in this
manner.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-07-31

Cloudburs.s and heavy rain
storms caused 43 landslides and a
washout 80 feet deep and go feet
vide on the branch line between
Huntington and copperfield Monday
All the section crews on the o. s.
l.. between Huntington and Nampa
were pressed into service TO repair
the track.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-07-31

Just received another big lot of
alarm clocks, ranging in price from
s1.00 to $500. at widsteen's jewelr
store.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-07-31

II You are looking for a homestead OF
$40 acres. / will find you a location rea-
sonaole. INQUIRE and / will write more
about II. William Stroh, Taber. Idaho.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-07-31

HEADER WANTED-Give loca-
ton, condition and cash price. H. j.
Heydlauff. Roy, Idaho.
The Emmett index., 1913-10-09
COUNCIL TACKLES CALD.
WELLS CLAIM
Bonding Company Sends Repre-.
sentatives to Explain How
Funds Got Mixed.

That s716.30, which it is alleged
was paid to Emmett in 1911 instead
of to Caldwell by County Assessor
Crowther through an oversight, like
Banquo's ghost bobs upswith regulari-
ty and will not down. The matter is
now in fair way to be settled
The greater portion of Monday
nights meeting of the council was tax
en- up with this misapplied tax matter
Mr.. Ewald of Boise, an expert ac-
countant employed by the Fidelity
Trust & Bonding company, which as
bondsmen for ex-Assessor Crowther
has been sued by the city of Caldwell
to secure the amount due them, and
Caldwell's city attorney, Alfred Stone,
were present to explain in detail how
the funds came to be misapplied and
to endeavor to prove to the council
that Emmett had actually received the
money. Those gentlemen put up a
strong case, and it looks as if the city
will have to refund. Mr. Ewald offer
ed copies of entries in Crowther's
books of payments made Emmett by
Crowther during the time the money
went astray as evidence. However, to
make sure that Mr. Ewald had made
no mistake in copying the records,
Dave Murray and Ray Coon were ap-
pointed as a committee to verify his
representations.
The Emmett index., 1913-10-09
"SOIL, SUNSHINE AND
WATER DOES IT"
Emmett's Exhibit Awarded the
Grand Prize and 143
Premiums.

The Emmett country again
demonstrated its worth and its
wonderful diversified resources
at the Canyon county fair-a
fair that by universal opinion
eclipsed many fold any fair,
state or county, ever held in the
state, and the biggest and best
county fair ever held in the
Northwest" according to the
Spokesman-Review of Spokane.
1t had more than 5000 entries.
Practically every section and
community in the county was
represented with an exhibit and
the rivalry was spirited.
Of that magnificent showing
of Canyon county's resources,
Emmett's exhibit was the center
of attraction and was awarded
the precinct prize of a $500 How
ard piano, and 143 regular pre-
miums-104 frsts and 80 sec
onds. Of these 80 first pre-
miums and 20 seconds were
awarded the fruit exhibits and
% first and 10 seconds in the
farm products and vegetable de-
partments. Commenting ON
Emmett's display, the Boise
Statesman says:
'1The exhibit excited the ad-
miration of all visitors to the
building. Fourteen varieties of
European grapes were shown,
8 varieties of peaches, 13 vari-
eties of plums and prunes, 13 va
rieties of domestic grapes. For
ty samples of corn, taken from
40 different fields in the Emmett
country, were among the big fea-
lures of the Emmett showing.
The corn was Of excellent quail
ity and won the admiration of
numerous visitors from the corn
growing states of the middle
west. The Emmett exhibit,
which included every product
grown in the temperate zone, ex-
cited the admiration of Governor
Haines and Major Fred Reed,
visitors at the fair Friday, who
pronounced the display the fin
est they had ever seen in the
northwest"
The Emmett index., 1913-10-09
Exs Saox Manday.
Freezeout Road Improvement.

Road Supervisor Findley is doing
good work on the Freezeout road.
The grade has been widened and cuts
made so as to reduce the grade as
much as possible and keep within the
appropriation Black dirt to the
depth of six inches will be spread over
the road from top to bottom. This,
it is believed will make a hard surface
The work is nearly completed and
will be a great improvement.
The Emmett index., 1913-10-09
THE BROOM FACTORY
TO START UP
Enough Broom Corn in Country
to Keep Plant Busy
a Year.

A broom factory is the latest in
dustry secured for Emmett 1t will
start operations in a few days and
will create market for all the broom
corn grown in this section. Leonard
N. Clark of Bramwell is the proprie-
tor of the factory. He is an ex-
perienced broom maker. He has Sc
cured the north store room in the
Stanley building and has moved his
machinery in there. Mr. Clark will
start in a small way, but he expects
to build up a thriving and busy manu-
factory in the future. He has Sc
cured enough broom corn to keep the
plant running until the next crcp
comes in.
Broom corn thrives in this section,
and does well on dry land. Where it
can be irrigated it produces enormous
ly and is profitable crop.
The Emmett index., 1913-10-09

on all water users who fail to pay for
service promptly on the first of each
month. Instead, if payments are not
made by the 10th of the month, water
will be shut off and fee of $1.00
charged for turning in again. The
city clerk reported that the public
utility law places municipal conducted
utilities under the supervision of the
commission and that hereafter En-
mett's waterworks system must be
governed by the commission regula-
tions. These include, for one thing,
making rates high enough to take care
of depreciation, repairs, extensions,
etc.
The Emmett index., 1913-10-09
Had ALI Entries.

The exhibit comprised AIT entries
or nearly one-sixteeneh of the total
number from the entire county. The
arrangement was perfect and artistic,
and scored 975 per cent out of a possi-
BILE 1000. The credit of this belongs
to C. L. Gamage and his work attract
ed the attention of everyone, and es-
pecially Governor Haines and Major
Fred Reed, Idaho's commissioner to
the Panama exposition, and it may re-
suit in Mr.. Gamage being appointed
to take charge of the arrangement
of the state exhibits at the exposition.
The Emmett index., 1913-10-09

The sewer committe has run up
against snag. In making the plans,
the city engineer finds that there is
no alley in the block owned by F. J..
Bliss and Francis Moore; that if there
were one, Mr.. Bliss's barn would be
eight feet in the alley, and that if the
sewer pipe were laid in straight line
through that block it would be neces-
sary to place it under the Bliss barn.
Mr.. Bliss objects to that, and the en-
gineer says it will be detriment to
the system to make curve there.
The Emmett index., 1913-10-09
Another Canning Factory Needed

This seasons experience has again demonstrated the
great need of another canning factory Emmett There
is here for another and big at that together
with fruit drier either in connection or as an indie
pendent
From the time the first Strawberries rpen until the
last apple gathered there is abundance of both fruit
and vegetables to keep two factories busy every minute
during the growing During greater part of the
remainder of the the factory could operate taking
of the by-products.
The field is a large and constantly growing one and
presents exceptional opportunity to the who has
capital to invest. Every effort should be exered to Sc
cure such institution before next season. 1t will mean
placing the fruit business certain basis in this
section and by using fruit too ripe to ship and cus will
add greatly to the fruit growers profits.
The Emmett index., 1913-10-09
Births and Deaths.

The state board of health had a bill
in for $3.50, which it claims is du
DR.. Woodward of Payette for regis
tering births and deaths. in Emmett
during the last six months. The ney
law requires fee of 25 cents for eacl
registration, to be paid by the munici
pality in which the births and death
occur. From January to June Their
were II deaths and II births reported
The Emmett index., 1913-10-09

Mayor Cummings recommended to
the careful consideration of the coun-
Gil the question of the improvement
of the city's thoroughfares, and es-
pecially those that connect with the
main travelled roads from the country.
In that connection, he stated that
there were roads over which the city
had no jurisdiction and which could
not be improved with the city's funds
until they were brought under the
The Emmett index., 1913-10-09
New Arrival Building House.

Wylie H. Brown, who two weeks
ago moved to Emmett from Iowa,
didn't lose much time in getting busy.
He last week bought five lots of Ber-
ry & Campbell north of their shop,
and has given that firm a contract to
build modern six room dwelling,
which Mr.. Brown and family will oc-
cupy when completed.
The Emmett index., 1913-10-09
Sales Day Successful

The monthly Sales Day, held Sat
urday instead of Monday, was sl.-
cess and drew a big crowd. Consid-
cradle stuff and some live stock was
sold at auction, and the stores did a
big business. The change seems to
have been beneficial.
The Emmett index., 1913-10-09
Homestead Entries.

Charles E. Klingback, 40 acres in
southeast quarter northeast quarter,
LII west.
John Patton, 320 acres in south
half southeast quarter and northwest
quarter southwest quarter, section IA,
and east half northeast quarter, 1885,
l east.
The Emmett index., 1913-10-09

A feaure that attracted great deal
of attention was an exhibit of 13 diff
ferent packs of apples by Orris Nc
Collough of Caldwell, who is an ex-
pert packer
The Emmett index., 1913-10-09
Canning Club Wins Prize.

The Lincoln School Canning Club
(Joe Tyler's boys and girls carried
off the prize for the best IL quarts of
canned tomato products, II varieties.
The contest was open to any school
club in the county.
The Emmett index., 1913-10-09
TRAINS AND STAGE CHANGE
Motor Car Runs Only in Afternoon
Stage on Daylight Run.

-DtdSt UII Dat I5Itt ItuIl-
The Short Line on MonGay made
another change in its operation OF
trains. The morning train consists
of a mixed freight and passenger and
the motor car VIII run regularly in
afternoon only. The morning train
only goes to Mortour and connects
with the Smiths Ferry train.
The Emmc't-Van Wyck stare
leaves at the nsuil iirle, bit arri 'es in
the afternoon instead of at night,
making train connections. Bob Nc