The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-12-03
EMMETT NEWS

Gordon is still selling goods at
auction prices for cash.
Gordon Beers and Seth Russell
made a business trip to Fruitland to-
day.
w. H. Shane has purchased New
Way power sprayer Of the latest
model.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Boor of Pay
cite were visiting friends in town yes
terday.
We have some fine pitch kindling
for sale. Come and get some. John
& MCGOWAN.
A calf belonging to D. M. John was
run over and killed by the P. V. train
last week.
The place to get your shingles is at
John & McGowan's. Another carload
arrived this week.
If you will subscribe to The Index
for one year we will give you choice
of 35 magazine clubs free.
Mrs. Olive Hewittson, the nurse,
was a passenger for Boise today, to
spend few days visiting her daugh-
ter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Mclaughlin
spent Thanksgiving day at the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. W..
Peery, near Falk.
Roy Sanders was passenger today
for Payette, where he goes to work In
E. C. Keith & Sons clothing store
during the holidays.
Accidents will happen, but the best
regulated families keep DR.. Thomas
Eclectic Oil for such emergencies. Two
sizes 25 and SOC at all stores.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Robinson and
son came over from Boise to spend
Thanksgiving with the John Barbour
and Jack Irving households.
w. M. and Mr.. and Mrs. c. v.
Crouch and George Wendell, all of
Payette, were Thanksgiving guests at
the home of w. T. Crouch.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Carmichael were
guests Thanksgiving day at the B. B.
Davis home. 1t is said that when the
big dinner was finished there was
nothing left of that turkey except the
gobble.
We will carry very complete stock
of Oregon fir flooring and high grade
finishing lumber. A carload of this
choice lumber is expected to arrive In
a day or two. Place your orders with
US. John & MCGOWAN.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Stanley are
making number of improvements to
their residence in the eastern part of /
town, among them being an addition
for a kitchen and modern bath !
room. Berry & Campbell are doing
the carpenter work.
Dairymen often object to having
Jersey cows because of the fact that
the male calves are not worth great
deal for beef stock. +. F. Reed, on
the lower slope, says he does not ind
it that way, as this season he has SIX
heifer calves from his six Jersey cows.
Our goods are the best on the mar
ket. Solid gold and the finest gold
filled are the only kind we handle. No
cheap plate. All bright, snappy
goods with gold behind the snap. We
will not close our store to remark
these goods as the plain figures is
what we have always had them mark
ed with for nine years in Emmett. w.
j. Easton, the reliable jeweler.
The last annual report of the COM
missioner of pensions shows the total
number of deaths during the year to
have been 39,174 and of that num-
Der 33,025 were pensioners of the
Civil war, The pension roll contains
7S5, 229 names. On the roll are ITO
widows of soldiers of the war of
1872; 1859 widows of soldiers of the
Mexican war; 28,91O pensioners of the
Spanish-American war and 2S,91O
pensioners who saw service in the
Philippines. The amount paid pen
sioners last year was $172,417, 546.63,
a decline in one year of approximately
2 million dollars.