Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1914-03-26
Washoe Items

Mr.. and Mrs. c. r. Lowery are this
week moving into their new homt
which they have recently completed
on the land purchased this winter
from Mrs. Lowerys father, H. j. Cort
ner.
Mrs. H. ]. Cortner, superintendent
of the Washoe Sunday School, will
be one of those from this region
who attend the state Prohibition con-
vention at Boise ON Wednesday
Thursday and Friday of this week.
She will be one of the speakers on
the program.
/ Mrs. F. B. Russell has been elected
secretary of the Sunday School to
succeed Miss Eva Palmer who is
moving with her parents from this
neighborhood.
Mn. G. o. Holmes, who was takcn
seriously i'll the past week, has been
taken to a sanitarium at La Grande,
Ore, where her parents live. She is
suffering from a nervous breakdown
and it is feared that it will require
several weeks for her recovery. Mr..
Holmes accompanied her to LaGrande
and is remaining to help care for
her. During their absence the daugh-
ter, Mrs. Kline Setter, has been help
ing care for the younger members OF
the family but she has now returned
to her home on the Oregon slope
taking with her the little girls, Stel-
La and Dorothy.
Mrs. E. S. Rosenberg on Saturday
afternoon entertained her class OF
| boys from the Christian Sunday
School of Payette at her home In
Washoe. 1t is needless to add that
the boys enjoyed their trip into the
country and the pleasing entertain
ment and refreshments provided.
C. E. Dibble has leased his bee
business over ON the Oregon side
near Ontario to his son Jay and Ross
Asmussen of Payette. They have
been busy this week taking over sup
plies and an additional $50 stands OF
honey makers from Mr.. Dibble's home
place.
Through the kindness of Director
]. F. Smith of the school board the
school garden was plowed and har-
rowed Monday. The pupils are now
securing seeds and are preparing to
beat their parents at raising some
early vegetables.
Washoe Sunday School expects to
send at least one boy member as
Representative to the Boys Confer
ence to be held in Nampa Friday
and Saturday under the auspices of
the Y. M. G. A.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. M. Hath and child
rem, Eva and Duard Palmer, are NOV
ing this week from Washoe to
farm near New Plymouth.
Little Oma McGlothhn celebrated
her ninth birthday Saturday by en-
PERTAINING several of her Little play
mates at a party at her home. Inc
children had very enjoyable time.
Through the generous gift of the
German Kali Works of New York
and San Francisco Prin. Potts has
secured 400 pounds of commercial fer
tiMzer for use on the school garden
and in some pot tests the class IN
agriculture is making. By these
tests it is expected that quite a lit
tie will be learned as to the plant
food elements that may be lacking
i'm the soils here.
A number of the little tots of the
community were pleasantly entertain
ed Tuesday of last week at a birth-
day party given by Mrs. ]. M. Ma
honey for her little grand daughter,
Doris Cuthworth, who makes her
home with her grandparents. 1t was
Doris fifth birthday. Needless to say,
the party was much enjoyed by the
little folks present
There was a very good attendance
of men and boys at the corn meeting |
held last Thursday in Community
hall and everyone greatly appreciat-
ed the talk given by Prof. ]. w.
Jones of Boise. His enthusiasm ov-
or the possibilities for growing good
corn in this region has been thor
oughly communicated to many OF
The boys and men of this vicinity and
IS result we certainly expect to
see some prize-winning corn grown
1ere this summer The matter of
providing some small local prizes to
Ne offered to members of the boys
,orn club was not taken up at this
ime but may yet receive attention.
t was made plain, however, that
vashoe corn-growers will be eligible
o compete for the prizes to be Of
cred at Ontario and likewise at
'ayette.
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