Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1913-06-12
LOCAL NEWS

! Sunday night and Mondays st5rms
of wind, rain and flashes of light
ming and rolling of thunder remind
| ed all strongly of the old home back
east. The result of the storm was
not serious except to put the tele-
phones out Of commission, the light
ming struck and damaged the Henry
| Bowers house near the P. V. track,
the old abandoned warehouse belong
ing to Johnson and Son was blown
down and some electric light poles
carrying the high voltage wires to
New Plymouth were blown over near
where they cross the Snake riyre
south Of Fruitland and other minor
happenings, somwhat out Of tn ordi-
nary for Idaho. Col. Barnard AID
family Jared the worst for they were
living in the Bowers house and
while they are glad they are alive
they have been house cleaning ever
since as when the lightning struck
| the chimney all the SCOT was blown
downward and over everything, them
| included.
Last week 2 trade was made in
which the pool hah changes hands.
Fred Barrett the present proprietoE
receives in exchange for his interest
in the hall, 16 head of young mules
I and 5000 cash from the new owner,
John Atkerson of New Plymouth who
takes possession at once.
Prof. F. II. Charles sold at private
sale his household goeds iaSt We'd
nseday and in company with hiss
family will leave Thursday for Lara
ME. wyoming, where he will teach
summer school beginning June 18th
before taking up his work at Wheat
land in the fall,
A wire from C. II. Sargent from
New York City Tuesday June s, stat-
ed he had won the law suit for which
purpose he had gone all the way to
New York to appear against Ray and
Hatfield, commission men, who pur-
chased the apple crop from Red APP
pie Ranch" last SEASON, They were
withholding payment on something
like 10 car loads claiming poor quail
ity ETC.. which is not unusual after
the apples have gone out of the grow
ers hands and many a fruit grower
has seen the last of his apples when
he loaded them on the cars even to
having to pay transportation to the
somewhere his apples disappeared in:
Mr.. Sargent brought suit against Ray
Hatfield for the recovery of $4,000
standing back on the apples and they
were considerably surprised when he
appeared in person against them
and won the suit. There is much
significance in this decision, for
the case is not without a precedent,
but the endeavor to obtain redress
through the courts is almost If not
quite unprecedented.
Whitley Bottom school held large
picnic last Thursday fitting close
to a successful school year. At this
time the parents showed their inter
est and patriotism by donating sl.OO
each to create fund to celebrate
July 4th at a general neighoorhood
gathering.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. H. Smith and two
children Mable and Verne, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. C. Stout a brother of o. c.
Stout, arrived last week from Mar
shalltown. Iowa, having made the
trip in their touring car, camping and
fishing as took their fancy, travelling
about 7 hours a day in easy stages
and came through in fine shape in
30 days. Encountering some wet
weather and mud in eastern Nebras-
ka and some sand in southern Ida
no have some flattering things to
saw of Payette Valley. They will
spend the greater part of the sum-
mer here with Mr.. and Mrs. o. G.
Stout and then go on in their car
to the coast and down through Cal