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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-17
AUCTION SALES.
AT Auction

AT AUCTION.
A FINE LOT OF HOUSE,
HOLD FURN I T Z r E
FROM 154 ELIZABETH
ST, CONSISTING OF
NJ A II 0 G A N Y BED
ROOM FURNITURE,
BOOK CASE. COUCH,
REF r / G Z r A T O r,
BRASS BEDS, KITCH-
EN- CABINET, LADIES'
WRITING ID f S K S,
EARLY f n G l. / S H
DINING SUIT, MA
HOGANY p A r l. O r
AND LIBRARY FUR
NITURE, l. | b r A r Y
TABLE, ADMINISTER
AND BRUSSELS ARI
SQUARES, FINE LOT
OF LACE CURTAINS,
WOOL b l. A n X E T S,
SILK RUGS, LIMO
LEUM, BRASS JAR
d. n | E r E S, H A T
RACK, ETC, TUES
DAY. NOV. Is, AT II E.
MITCHELL ST.
COMMENCING at 10 a. m. Tuesday, we
will offer to the highest bidder one
of the finest lots of household fur
niture ever offered at auction.
These goods are from 154 Elizabeth
street, and consist of mahogany
dresser and chiffonier, kitchen cab
met sewing machine. combination
oak bookcase, mirror door wardrobe.
quartered oak chifforobe, brass beds,
sanitary couches, early English din
ing suit, consisting of buffet, china
cabinet, table and set of chairs,
quartered oak dressers and wash
stands. leather couch. mahogany
parlor suit. upholstered In genuine
leather; quartered oak and U4ahog-
any rockers, ladies' writing desks in
mahogany. Circassian walnut and
CHARTERED oak, mahogany music cab
met, mahogany library table, ma
hogany buffet, mahogany princess
dressers, Vernis- Martin iron beds,
National springs, felt mattresses,
feather pillows. wool blankets, bed
spreads. 200 pairs of lace curtains,
early English library table, kitchen
table, kitchen chairs. fumed oak
china cabinet, quartered oak dining
table with set of genuine leather
seat chairs, Administer and Brussels
art squares, linoleum mating, silk
rugs quilts. table and bed linen,
cut glass, bric-a brac and many
other things too numerous to men
ton These goods are in perfect
condition and must be sold at this
sale, s ,owner is leaving town.
Open for inspection Monday. Sale
10 a. m. Tuesday.
CENTRAL AUCTION co.
II East Mitchell st.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-17
uNFuRNlsHeD HOUSES WANTED

WANTEDITo rent, by couple without
children, small house or apartment
on North Side. unfinished Address
J. NJ, c., Box 800, care Georgian.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-17
REAL ESTATE WANTED.

WANTEDSS Small modern dwelling,
North Side, near Peachtrees Will
rent or buy If bargain. Particulars
with reply Address Modern Dwelling
care Georgian
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uNFuRNlsHED ROOMS WANTED.

WKNTED~Three or four rooms, by
mother and daughter, close in. for
light housekeeping. Miss Nicholson, 916
Atlanta National Bank Building.
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GET AN AUTOMOBILE
AT A BARGAIN PRICE

Maxwell, s. pa ssenger, Ssh. .. S:s.T0 60
Maxwell Runabout. 16-h. Pc. 200 90
Overla nd. 5-passenger. 40-h. D. 500 90
Maxwell Coupe ..............4 $50. 90
f. NJ +. 80" spa ssenger...... $50 90
Studebaksr go Roadster. ...... $50 90
Hart-Kraft Truck, 500 lbs cap. $50 90
Peerless, 50-h. D. 7-passenger 500 90
Whiting 20" Roadster. .......... $50 90
Grabowsky 2-ton truck. ........ $50. 90
Overland. 4p.. SS SPEED. 300 90
Maxwell sportsman roadster. 300. 90
Primo. 5-h. p. used no.. $4,000
National racer roadster. ... $50 90
Courier EOS" roadster. ........ 800 90
Maxwell 40" 4-p.......... $50 90
Rapid. truck, l z tons. ....... $50 90
Knox Limousine ................1,0 900 90
The Emmett index., 1913-07-31

his buildings, crops and young or
chard were completely destroyed and
his farm cut to pieces by the torrent.
Jim Knee is heavy loser. Twelve
tons of hay were swept away; also all
of his fowls, quite number of pigs
and a few hogs. His big barn was
badly damaged, great holes being
torn through the sides by the boulders
and trees that were driven with ter
rife force down the stream, but most
of the lumber in it was left No trace
can be found of new hack he had
recently purchased, and practically
all his farm implements are gone.
His orchard was wrecked and the
greater portion of his crops were ru-
ined.
The VanDeusen brothers suffered,
but their loss is not so large as their
neighbors up the creek. The first
report of their heavy loss of hogs
was exaggerated. The principal
damage was to fences and corrals.
But an immense quantity of lumber
was piled up on their place. coming
from the buildings and corrals de-
stroyed farther up the creek.
Measured in dollars and cents, it
is impossible to estimate the loss
The property loss alone will run into
the thousands of dollars. On top of
that is the loss of crops for the bal
ance of the year and the labor
that will be required to restore the
damage to the farm lands.
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During the rain storm, big crack
in places eight inches wide, and ex-
tending for 300 feet-appeared in the
ground next to the Canyon canal on
the Charlie Gamage farm. Many
theories are advanced for the cause of
the phenomenon. Some say it is be-
cause of local option; others lay it to
subterranean disturbance of a vol
canic nature, and still others connect
it with the appearance of the Old
Nick himself at the Electric theatre
tomorrow night. Mr.. Gamage, when
he first discovered it, stuck his nose
into the crack, took a deep Whit, and
in the words of Monte Cristo exclaim-
ed: "Eurekal l have found it.
There's both gas and oil there, b'gosh,
and it will soon be good bye to chin
scraping, hair cutting, corn pairing
and the Emmett rub for your Uncle
Charlie" Dad Hughes, who tills Mr..
Gamage's vineyards and orchards and
alfalfa fields, etcetery, took look,
scratched his pate and ''reckoned it
was time for him to get out his white
robe" John Barbour imagined ne
could smell the sulphurous flames and
even thought he could see red figures, [
closely resembling some Emmett men
he had known, who were shoveling
coal into the furnace to beat the band.
And Rube Shaw, lowed that if the
crack could be held together with
hooks and eyes until he had marketed
his 5000 crates of peaches and his
steen tons of European grapes, he
wouldn't give whoop what happened .
Anyway, the crack is there; and it is
as wide and as long as stated by ae
tual measurements At first 1T SEEM
ed to have no bottom, and water pour
ed into it from the hills for two days,
The water gradually filled it up ant
bottom can now be seen. Perhaps the
-
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THE FRUIT ASSOCIATION
SELLS PROPERTY
Transfers All Holdings to New
Fruit Association for
s75G0.

At joint melting of the direct
ors of the Emmett Fruit Growers As
sociation and the Emmett branch of
the North Pacific Distributors Associ-
alton Tuesday evening, an agreement
was reached whereby the old associa-
ton transferred to the new associa-
ton all its property for $500.
The deal is the result of negotia-
tions which have ben in progress for
a month or more. The transaction
includes the real estate at the corner
of Park and Wardwel and the build
ings thereon. Also the new loading
shed and platform, built last year,
which is on leased railroad ground.
The box material, etc, in stock, and
all Office fixtures, were taken over at
invoice price. Possession will be
given January 1, 1914, but the new as
sociation vii handle all fruit this sea-
son and have the use of all buildings
for that purpose. The stockholders
will receive cash for their stock be-
tween now and January and the old
association will retire from busines.
The deal is mutually acceptable to
both associations. The old associa-
tion receives no profit for the prop
erty-simply sold it at cost This
was brought about because the great
er number of the stockholders of
the old association have become mem
bers of the new association, and the
two associations have the same OBJ
ject, although along different lines,
namely, to pack and ship the fruit
of the growers at cost.
The new association, according to
its charter, will not be permitted to
engage in merchantile pursuits and
some disposition will be made of that
department, which has ben carried
as a side line by the old company
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Upper Souaw Creek.

Reports from Upper Squaw creek
are meager. 1t is known, however,
that the food was severe, the waters
spreading out over the valley, destroy
ing crops and hay. Mrs. ]. L. Stew
ard, who was staying at the home If
Jess Dcmasters for several days, re-
turned Monday, having made her way
home on horseback with difficulty, the
distractions in the roads making
travel slow and arduous. She reports
that at several places in the creek
huge boulders and trees were washed
down and dams formed, which the set
tiers were compelled to dynamite to
prevent further damage.
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Horses Ran Away-Driver Thrown
Out and Face Cut.

Alf Haynes, bench farmer, was
severely cut about the head and face
and his body painfully bruised Sat
urday morning in runaway, caused
by his horse taking fright at rail
road engine
Mr.. Haynes was driving three
year--old colt, hitched to light bug
gy. As he was crossing the railroad
track, freight engine standing near
suddenly let off steam, and then things
happened mighty quick. The first
jump out of the box, the buggy wheel
struck loaded wagon in the road
in front; the shafts were broken, the
buggy overturned and Mr.. Haynes
vas thrown out of the rig. He
struck on the side of his face and
body A nasty cash, from which the
blood flowed freely, was cut. A doc
tor soon fixed him up.
Leo Fest's team, which was wait
ing to cross the track, took their cue
1T this time and with the assistance
If Leo put on thrilling act. When
the team whirled for town, Leo was
thrown out of the buggy, but he
pluckily held to the lines and sitting
down on the ground was dragged
through the mud for couple of
blocks. The rear bosom of his pants
suffered the only damage.
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ANOTHER BIG POWER
PLANT
Proposes to Furnish Electricity
for Heating as Cheaply
as 81 Coal.

Tuesdays STATESMAN announces the
launching of another power plant on
Payette river, which will be in posi-
ion to furnish electrical heating in
Wholesale quantities to distributing
Companies at a price equal to S4 a
ton coal. The announcement furnish
Is another reason why the city of
Emmett should go slow in deciding
to continue in force another 10 years
the present power franchise The
Statesman says:
SIN a construction of the largest
power plant in Idaho and of the larg-
lest pumping plant in the west, to-
|gether with the supplying of electric
ity for heating purposes at rate
that will cut present fuel bills in two,
|are all included in the plans for the
reclamation of 44,700 acres of land
under the Owyhee irrigation district.
The power site is on the North Fork
of the Payette river, about three miles
from the junction of the North ano
South forks and a few miles below
Smiths Ferry in Boise county. The
land is under the Owyhee irrigation
district, located north and south of
the Owyhee river in Malheur county.
Ore, tributary to the town of Nyssa.
The power site is held by R. W.
Purdum of Nampa, who is the original
promoter of the project. He hs re-
gently succeeded in interesting in the
proposition, Slick Brothers Construc-
tion company of Boise, who assert that
ample financial backing is now prac.
tically assured the enterprise.
With the power generated by this
plant required for pumping purposes
only five months of the year, the
company will have available for sale
seven months of the year, 10000
horsepower. This surplus power can
be disposed of to q distributing COM
pany at rate that vii make the cost
of electrical heating, in comparative
way, what it would be if the price of
coal were about S4 ton.
The building that will house the
power plant on the Payette river will
be 200 feet long and 40 feet vide
Above it. at the lower end of the Big
Eddy will be built solid ccorcrete
dam which will divert water into a
steel iume five miles in length.
With 40 second feet of water avail
able, according to repeated guages,
this f1ume will give an effect of head
1f water of 600 feet.
The plant will be equipped with
standard water wheels, three 1000
K. V. A. generators and two 2500 K.
V. A. generators. The transmission
inc from. the power plant to the Pay
,tte river to the pumping plant on
he Snake river will be Y miles in
eneth, constructed on 40-foot poles
md will have lines large enogh to
AIRY 10000 horsepower.
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DAMAGE TO PROPERTY
IS GREAT
Big Willow Farmers Hard Hit
Emmett Orchards Suffer
Flume Washed Out

The cloudbursts on Big Willow creek
last Wednesday, carrying destruction
to crops and heavy loss of property,
meager details of which were given
Saturday afternoon by another cloud
burst that completed the work of de-
struction and carried away what little
proerty was left by the first storm.
In the latter strom, Bud Twillegar and
Harry Shropshire were the heavy
sufferers, losing practically everything
in the way of loose property on their
farms. Mrs. Shropshire and Bud
Twillegar narrowly escaped being car
ried down by the food and the body of
their father, who died the previous
day, was saved by a narrow margin.
The storm burst on Jake's creek,
which empties into Big Willow on the
Twillegar farm. A wall of water
said to be eight to ten feet high came
down the creek and swept everything
before it. The Twillegars and Shrop-
shires had taken refuge in cabin up
the hill, leaving the body of their faith
er in the house on the creek. Seeing
the storm approaching, Mr.. Twillegaf
and Mrs. Shropshire went back to the
house to remove the body, and were
carrying it out, when the flood struck
the house and washed it away. Both
were caught in the waters and carried
down. The former, with presence of
mind, threw her arms around a peach
tree and held on until rescued by her
brother. Mr.. Twillegar held fast
the lifeless body of his father, and af-
ter removing it to safe place, with
difficulty rescued Mrs. Shropshire,
who was nearly exhausted by her
struggles in the awful torrent. Sun
day morning, Henry Page and William
Twillegar drove to the Jim Knee ranch
which the flood sufferers had with diff
fculty managed to reach, and were
brought to the city, together with the
body of their father.
lne SceIle III tHe Dig nlliOW StSSh
valley is one of desolation. The ter
rife power of the waters is shown in
the removal of huge boulders that had
lain in the bed of the creek and along
the banks since the early settlers
broke the first trail into that section.
Trees, big and little, were either wash
ed out or snapped off. The roads are
washed out and filled with debris.
How high the crest of the flood
reached is shown by the marks on the
buildings and sides of the hills. Alex
Bell and Jim Knee found fish lodged
in the crotch of tree II feet above
ground. The Knee farm house had
four feet of water in it on the first
floor.
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Canyon Canal Suffers.

A cloudburst. struck the hills nortl
of the Canyon canal Saturday after
noon. A wall of water II or NOR.
feet high rushed down Cherry Gulch
carrying with it huge boulders anq
all the brush in its wake There was
so much of the debris that the river
was nearly damned by it. Three
"bents," each 16 feet long, of the
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The Damage.

The first cloudburst, which occurred
Wednesday afternoon, was the most
destructive because it extended over
"a larger territory. Its course was
from north to east and south, striking
upper Squaw creek in the vicinity of
Cherry Springs, hitting the Garden
Valley country and the country east
of Horseshoe Bend, then coming
south and west to Pearl, then on to
Boise. Howard Steward, who reached
town from Garden Valley Monday
night, says every bridge on Shafer
creek was washed out and the road
rendered impossible.
The storm struck on the the ridge
between Crane and Willow creeks
and extended across Willow. Crane
creek country suffered no loss, al
though a large volume of water
drained into that stream. Lee Moss
man is the farthest rancher to the
north in Willow creek valley. He
lost heavily. His barr was washed
away, together with Is tons of hay
and all his farm implements and We
hicles. A wagon loaded with hay
and having saddle on top of the
load has not been seen since. All he
has left are his horses, cattle and
family.
The next ranch this way is Andy
Little's. His big loss is his sheep
.corrals, which were built last year
at an expense of $1,000. Scarcely a
board remains. A 20-acre field of
eats ready for the sickle was COM
pletely destroyed and other property
including many of his farm imple-
ments and vehicles.
Harry Shropshire lost practically (
all he had. He had no house on his
ranch, it having been destroyed by I
fire sometime ago. He is thankful
that he and his family escaped with
their lives.
Bud Twillegar lost heavily. All
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Railroad Suffers.

Railroad traffic over the Idaho
Northern was tied up Thursday by
an earth slide on the summit west Of
Emmett, which covered the track Z
feet deep for a distance of nearly 100
feet. There was also washout at
Spring Gulch near Plaza. A few
miles east of Montour considerable
stretch of track was washed out,
which will prevent travel to Horse
shoe Bend for a week.
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Miss Mabel E. Mcfarland nf Faik
has written to her parents at Falk
that she would set sail for home last
Sunday from Havre, France, on the
Allan Line steamer "Sicilian" She
is returning from the Worlds Sunday
School convention, which was held
in Zurich, Switzerland, July 8 to Is
inclusive, and represented TIE Payette
valley as delegate from the Sunday
school of the Falk P-,-bytycrila
church. In addition to attendance
upon the convention, Miss McFar-
land was one of party that toured
England, Holland. Germany, Switzer-
land and France.
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Jap Gardener in Storm.

While returning from trip to
Boise basin, where he had delivered
a wagon load of vegetables, Henry
Fujii, the Jap gardener, was caught
in the cloudburst that deluged that
section as well as this. He was fore
ed to unhitch his horses and abandon
his wagon until after the storm.
In describing the cloudburst, he said,
water bust; too much rain"
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ELECTRIC THEATRE FRIDAY
Satan" or the Drama of Humanity
in Five Massive Reels.

Portraying the activities of His
Majesty from the time of his fall
from Paradise, down to Satan in So
ciety today.
Showing such scenes as Adam and
Eve and the serpent in the Garden
of Eden.
The first discovery of the famous
French drink Absinthe.
Moulding of the primative sword
the first instrument of war.
Building and destroying the Tower
of Babel.
Satan tempting Jesus.
Satan in soeiety-social and indus
trial-down to thes iron master of
today.
Weird, Fascinating, Startling.
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by Mrs. Ray
Storm Hurt Grain Fields.

The rain storm laid low many a
field of grain, especially oats, in this
section. The growth was luxuriant
and with the added weight of water
bore the stalks to the ground. In j.
P. Clifford's field at Falk scarcely
stalk was left standing,and F. w.
Reeds field east of town also suffered
severely.
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EXCURSION SUNDAY

Trip TO Smiths Ferry to be Made
Sunday, Sure.
H. E. Dunn, G. p T. A., G. F. A,
G. T. NJ, Q. T. and P. D. O., of the
Payette Railroad and Navigation
Company, announces that the excur-
sion train, which was to have been
run to Smiths Ferry last Sunday,
will be on hand next Sunday, sure
The schedule will be the same as
for the one that didn't go (9:35) and
there will be no advance in rates
only 81 % for the round trip. Be
sure and take basket bull of grub
with you.
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The city council of Emmett
has notified the Idaho-Oregon
Light & Power company that
they will take advantage of a
clause in the franchise Civ
ing them the right to purchase
the distributing system from
the company, That will put
Emmett in the same position
as Weiser, as Weiser has own
ed the distributing system and
it is proving valuable asset.
-Weiser Signal.
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Orchards Damaged.

The orchard of R. B. Shaw east of
town suffered to the extent of $1,000
by the waters that came off the hills.
Two hundred / and 2-year-old peach
and the cherry trees were washed OUT
and the land cut up by guliies. Ond
hundred and fifty trees on the Frozen
Dog ranch were almost buried by
sand, only the tops sticking out.
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Power Plant Damaged.

A large section of the Horseshoe
Bend power plant canal was washed
away by the storm, and a force of 60
teams and as many men have been
at work there since Friday repairing
it. The line in that section is also
out of commission and juice is being
furnished from the Swan Falls plant
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Little Willow Suffered.

Andy Little also suffered heavy
damage to his ranch on Little Willow
creek, near Box Springs. A numbei
of substantial outbuildings were
swept away, and his young orchard
practically ruined The flood waters
covered the floors of his farm housl
and left a deposit of several inches
of mud
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Shade and fruit trees, his wei was
washed out, machinery buried, and his
berry patch destroyed.
c. B. Malmstrom lost rs chickens,
and his crops and trees were serious
ly damaged. A ditch eight feet deep
was cut by the water through num-
Der of farms in that vicinity. A nice
stream of water in now running
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Many Fish Killed.

Last weeks cloudbursts were hard
on the fish in the river and tributary
streams. Along the river banks and
also on the banks of the other streams
thousands of carp, suckers and white
fish are dead.
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The Selz line of ladies' and chill
dren's shoes at John & McGowan's.
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Dry Buck lumber at John & McGo-
vans.
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-15
YUMA

Mr.. Oliver was business caller in
Rock Island Thursday.
Mrs. Mamie Wahe visited with Mo-
line friends Thursday and Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marion Walker spent
a few days with their daughter, Mrs.
Clyde Wake, returning to their home
at Watertown Tuesday.
Miss May Long after spending few
days with Miss Edna p. Mumma, re-
turned to Moline Monday morning.
The Brotherhood class of the Yuma
Sabbath school gave a banquet at the
church Wednesday evening. Rev.
Frank Schafer of Port Byron and Rev.
Wade Smith, the pastor, gave nice
talks interpreted with music. There
were 80 present and a very nice time
was enjoyed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Anthony of