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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-02-19
IDAHO LEADS WORLD
FOR CORN
Awarded First Prize at National
Corn ShOw-Best Clover
on Earth

Idaho leads the world as corn
state. That was demonstrated at the
national corn exposition at Dallas,
Tex. Official reports of results there
were received Tuesday by The States
man, and Idaho is in the lead. Moth
ing short of remarkable is Idaho's
showing among the corn exhibitors.
The Gem state wins the $500 tro-
ply, worth $1,000, for the best 10 ears
of corn exhibited, The prizes are offici-
ally known as zone sweepstakes for
the best single ear and for the best 10
ears.
Idaho also wins the grand cham
pionship of the world on alsike clover
seed, second in the world on alfalfa
seed, third in the world on red clover
seed and fourth in the world on tim
othy seed. These awards are what
were made up to February II in class
es wherein Idaho was included.
Recognition was given Idaho as an
alfalfa state when an Idaho judge
was called in to decide a deadlock be-
tween the board Of judges who were
deciding which was the winning sheaf
of alalfa hay between two picked as
the best in the world.
Nothing definite was given out as
to that competition, but it is under
stood it was won by Idaho. Winnings
thus far at the Dallas show have
stamped Idaho as one of the best ag-
ricultural states in the Union, and the
Dallas exposition is recognized as the
premier agricultural show in the
United States.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-02-19
WHAT A WHOPPER!
Idaho Man Lived With Live Lizard
in His Stomach.

If any other paper but the Capital
News had published the following
story it might be taken with grain
of salt, but-well, here it is, make
your own comments:
"That a man can live any length of
time, to say nothing of number of
years, with lizard in his stomach, is
remarkable and something new in the
medical world, but that it is fact
and that William Boylem of Kellogg,
this state has done so is now of rec
ord. Happily he is alive. Boylem suf-
fered severely from what he supposed
was indigestion or some form of stom-
ach trouble. He consulted often with
surgeons and various physicians and
tried as many treatments. Although
he had done this for 20 years when
his trouble first started he was given
little relief.
Recently Boylem consulted another
physician. Following a course with
this last doctor lizard was dislodged
from Boylem's stomach and passed
alive. 1t was four inches long and
well developed. 1t is supposed that
Boylem drank polluted water and that
he swallowed a lizard egg, which pass
ing into the stomach hatched and
grew. Its nourishment is supposed
to have been secured from food that
passed into the stomach, but whether
this nourishment was taken naturally
through the lizards mouth or alb
sorbed through its body is not known.
Immediately after the removal of the
lizard, Boylem's health showed signs
of improvement, and is now a well
man. One of the remarkable features
of the case is that an operation was
not necessary to remove the lizard.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-02-19
GOOD PRICE FOR WOOL
Vale Grower Profits by Holding
Over His Last Years Clip

Vale, Feb. 17.-Several days ago
John Johnson of Boise, the well known
wool buyer for big Boston firm was
in Vale and bought of j. R. Jenkins
131 sacks of last years wool clip
weighing something over $4,000
pounds, for which he paid 1872 cents
per pound. The best offer Mr.. Jen-
kins got for this wool last year was
12A cents per pound, which he re-
fused to accept. He has since kept
this wool in storage in the warehouse
at Vale of the Interior Warehouse
& Grain company.
A rather curious circumstance is
connected with this wool. When it
was freighted into Vale last May this
wool was soaked from rain. This
wool was weighed in at the ware
house at Vale, after deducting the US
ual discount of weight for being wet,
was given a total weight of little
more than $4,000 pounds. 1t was
found that this wool when shipped out
this month weighed about 500 pounds
more than its inweight record last
May. So it is found that Mr.. Jen-
kins is ahead in the neighborhood of
S400 for having sold his wool now
rather than last May.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-02-19
No Oil

The Nampa Record couple of
weeks ago printed a story to the effect
that indications of oil had been
found in the well being drilled at En-
NETT by the railroad company, and
that the indications were gusher
would be brought in. There is moth
ing in the story, we are sorry to say.
Mr.. Wilson, the driller, says that very
slight indications of oil have been
found, and that the formation is not
favorable to an oil supply. The well
is now over 500 feet deep and the
drill is pounding away on very
hard granite ledge. 1t is expected
that strong flow of water will be
found below the granite.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-02-19
FARMERS PAID S65OO
PER MONTH
Chickens, Eggs and Cream Are
Profitable Side Lines for
Emmett Farms.

Now days we hear great dea
about by-products of the farm
weekly pay checks for the farm
er, etc., but it has been left tc
Manager Wheeler of the EN-
NETT Produce Company to dem
onstrate to the farmers of the
Emmett Country that there is
really something to it besides
hot air and talk.
Just one little item of eggs
shows that last week the above
named firm purchased 1860 doz-
en- eggs for which was paid 2712
cents per dozen in cash, or $346.
One year ago when the firm
started in business three cases
of eggs for outside shipment
were all that was to be had in
the town, from the merchants
and everybody.
Also, one year ago the cream from
300 cows was the total amount avail
able. Today, the product from 1000
COWS is. handled and the number is
increasing every day.
Since January l, or in just six
weeks, they have paid out the total
sum of $4,000 for produce. During
that time they have also shipped
three tons of live chickens.
At the present rate of increase the
firm estimates their total business
from Emmett this year should reach
over $4,000, which will be paid in
cash to ranchmen of this community.
On top of that $4,000 was paid
out to farmers during November and
December for turkeys, and since the
first of the year $4,000 for hogs, by
Henry Goul, a representative of the
Union Meat Company of Portland,
and large sum by other hog buyers.
This is a practical demonstration
of the contention of The Index that
if ready market for farm products
could be had in Emmett that you
could depend on the farmer to do his
part and produce the goods. And
this only the beginning. There are
yet 10000 acres of land to be devel-
oped in this immediate vicinity and
that will make homes for hundreds
of thrifty farmers.
Both Mr.. Wheeler and Mr. Goul are|
to be commended for their success in
developing this industry and their
continued success and increase in|
business is assured
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-02-19
Injured Man Better

Mr.. Hertz of Parma, who short
time ago was injured in runaway
at the Workman hill near Bramwell
is much better and will soon be as
well as ever. Mr.. Hertz and his wife
who is a sister of Mrs. Alex Tennyson
were on their way to Emmett to visit
at the Tennyson home when the run
away occurred. Both of them were
thrown from the rig, and Mr.. Hertz
was injured quite severely. They re-
turned to Parma last week.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-02-19
Money Making Hens.

A. F. Hopkins, one of our ener-
getic mesa farmers, is going into the
chicken business quite heavily this
season. He is erecting new houses
and has purchased two large incuba-
tors and contemplates the Matching of
over 1000 chickens of the White Leg
horn strain this spring. During the
past winter from less than 200 hens
he has sold from $50 to $40 worth of
eggs each month, which is not bad
business in itself.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-02-19
CANAL WORK NEARLY
COMPLETED
Water Will be Turned into the
Ditch April System in
Excellent Condition.

1t is generally conceded that this
year will be the banner year in the
history of the Canyon canal. The
extensive improvements that have
been under way for the last three
years at a large expense are nearly
completed and there is every assur-
ance that water will be turned in the
first of April and that there will be
no danger of scarcity this season.
The fiume work is now receiving the
finishing touches The steel work was
completed Tuesday. The crew will
now start work on the cement intakes
to the Cherry Gulch flume and the
new siphon. Engineer Knowles went
to the camp the first of the week to
lay out the cement structures and a
ge force of men will finish the work
quickly as possible.
The steel flume at Powell's is prac-
ally completed and most of the
workmen have moved to the Black
Canyon camp to help with the work
of connecting up the Cherry Gulch
flume.
The material for the new siphon
has been transferred to the mouth of
the canyon from town and will be put
in place as soon as several prelim-
nary jobs are completed.
Forbes & Co., the Caldwell bridge
contractors, completed the construc-
tion of the large steel siphon bridge
across the Payette river on Tuesday
The structure crosses the stream in
one large span and the intake is 10
Gated just below the Black canyon
dam site and several rods up stream
from the old siphon, which has been
intact in case of delay in the
cling of the new siphon, which is
empty into the canal at the same
mt.
superintendent Sissler is well pleas
with the condition the canal is in
is very optimistic over the pros
poets for a full head of water during
-he entire irrigation season. He es-
Inmates that the construction work
s 0Ananletion at this time than
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-02-19
FEED MILL IS Being
INSTALLED
Lingren Building Being Remod-
eled for the New
Mandatory.

Johnson & Crisswell, the gentlemen
who recently purchased the Lingren
building just west of the Russell ho-
tel, have force of carpenters busy
remodeling the upper story of the
building for residential purposes.
They also have plans for an addition
to the ironclad warehouse in the rear,
where they will install their five new
grinding machines, which they have
just purchased at a cost of $4,000.
They will manufacture corn meal,
flour, germade and all kinds of mill
feeds. The lower story of the build
ing will be used for storage and the
retail business.
The gentlemen expect to buy all
kinds of grain and will pay the regu-
lar market prices.
Thus another neeued industry is
being added to the community, where
our ranchers can sell the products of
their farms and get real money for
the same.
Grain, hogs and dairy products are
a good backbone for any community
and will bring prosperity to the farm
ers, as well as to the merchants, quick
er and in more lasting way than any
other factor "The weekly pay
check" should be the aim of every
farmer in the valley.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-02-19
Where All Men are Equal
By John J. Ingalls,.

In the democracy of the dead all at last equal.
There is neither rank station prerogative in
the republic of the grave At this fatal threshold the phi
osopher be wise and the song of the poet silent
Dives relnqushes his millions and Lazarus his rags The
poor is rich the richest and the rich
poor the pauper The creditor loses his usury and the
debtor acquitted of his obligation There the proud
surrenders his dgnes the politician his honors theword
ing his pleasures the invalid needs physician and the
laborer from his unrequed toll Here at last is
tures final decree in equity. The wrongs of time
dressed injustice expiated the irony of fate refued
the unequal distribution of wealth. honor capacity pleasure
and opportunity which makes life cruel and nexpcable
tragedy ceases realm of DEATH The strongest has
supremacy and the weakest needs defense. The
mighty captain succumbs to the invincbe adversary who
disarms alike the victor and vanquished
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-02-19
Damage by Forest Fire

Statistics compiled by the govern
ment forest Office at Washington sho v
that the damage by forest fires last
year were comparatively low. Idaho
had 228 fires. The damage amounted
to only S476. Only per cent of
the fires in the Ogden district were of
incendiary origin.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-02-19

Washington-The administration
Alaskan railroad bill, authorizing the
president to construct 100000
railroad from Alaska's coast to its
great coal fields, was passed by the
house Wednesday by a vote of 230
to 81. A similar measure already has
passed the senate and the bills will be
taken up at once in conference be-
tween the two houses, with view to
sending the measure to the president
who has signifed his intention of
signing it.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-02-19
BRYAN Almost Took a Drink

New York-Secretary Bryan near
fell off the water wagon while attend
ing as guest of honor the first annual
dinner of the Authors League of
America here. In the course of his
talk Secretary Bryan reached for a
drink of water and picked up inadvert-
emily a glass of champagne. Mrs.
Bryan, seeing her husbands mistake,
sprang quickly from her place, two
seats away from the secretary, and
put her hand over the glass just as it
was about to touch his lips. He laugh
ed and picked up glass of water.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-02-19
IDAHO APPLES IN N. Y.
Are Sidetracked by Rivals for Lack
of Advertising

The Statesman says that Phil Mar
tin, the popular local fruit man, writes
from New York to point out how the
Oregon and Washington apples are
crowding out the Idaho apples in that
market. He attributes this largely
to the liberality of the Great North
ern and Northern Pacific in pushing
and advertising fruit districts along
their lines compared with the opposite
policy pursued by the Oregon Short
Lines and the Union Pacific
Mr. Martin writes:
Several of the commission men
have asked why the Short Line and
Union Pacific do not advertise south
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-02-19
Four Hogs s109.6I

Henry Goul, representing the I'm
ion Meat company of Portland, last
Tuesday paid E. J. Teerink, mesa
ranchmanS109.61 for four hogs, which
would indicate that the Emmett val
ley can grow hogs of size as well as
quality. Mr.. Goul expects to ship two
cars of hogs to market Friday. He is
paying cents this week for prime
stuff.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-02-19

"On Broadway rne t<e4Stm
cific has several large windows artis-
tically decorated with Yakima apples
with large sign over the display
telling where they are from. The
Great Northern also has several win
dows filled with Wenatchee apples.
They also have large sign stating
where they are from.
"The dealers inform me that people
from out of town who pass by these
windows, when they get home insist
on their local dealers furnishing them
with Washington apples, and the
who have Idaho fruit on
hand have to hold it."
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-02-19
Spraying Time is Near.

A carload of lime-sulphur spray ma
terial arrived today at the fruit as
sociation. Fruit growers of this sec
tion should look well to their dormant
spraying, as it is the one that gets
the scale and other injurious fruit
pests. Make the application any time
before the buds burst.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-02-19
BORN

On Monday, to Mr. and Mrs. Frido.
lin Sufferer, twins, boy and girl.
On Monday, to Mr.. and Mrs. o. u
Chambers, daughter.
On Tuesday, to Mr.. and Mrs
Henry Cooke of Monrovia, Calf, a
101a pound son.
On Friday, to Mr.. and Mrs. F. S.
Moore, son.
On Friday, to Mr.. and Mrs. George
Schrecongost, daughter.
On Tuesday, to Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. w.
Waring, daughter.
On Thursday of last week, to Mr..
and Mrs Julius Hanson of Jerusa-
lem, a son.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-02-19
Emmett Popcorn Wins Prize

c. L. Gamage yesterday received
notice from County Farm Advisor Ire
land that six ears of White Pearl
popcorn, grown in Emmett by Walter
Knox, junior, had been awarded first
prize at the seed and corn show held
at Pocatello.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-02-19
High School Wins Two

The first and second basketball
teams were each victorious in two
games played Friday night with the
Payette first and second teams. The
Payette lads were completely out
classed. The first team score was AZ
to 8, and the second team score 38 to
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-02-19
Real Estate Sales.

John Heidtman has closed a con-
tract to trade his forty acres on the
mesa to two gentlemen for a IT.
acre improved tract one mile north of
Fruitland. The purchasers ex-
pect to take possession in few days.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-02-19
Improving Roads.

A very much needed piece of road
work is being done north of the E. l..
Mills ranch and at the foot of the
mesa grade by large force of men
and teams in charge of Harry Cowan,
the commissioner for that part of
Good Road district No. 2. A good
substantial grade is being constructed
with drain ditch on the upper side.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-02-19
Candidate for Postoffice

1t is quite likely that there will be
another candidate for the Emmett
postofice, R. B. Wilson is the man.
At present he is only receptive can
didate, but it begins to look as if he
would become active before long. He
will be hard man to beat
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-02-19
Will "Stub" the Line.

A force of men arrived in town
yesterday to "stub" the high line for
the Idaho Oregon Light G. Power Co.
between here and Horseshoe Bend.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-02-19
MARRIED

At Boise on Monday, William E.
Fincher of Mountour and Miss Pearl
Marker, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Andrew Marker, living east of town.
The young couple will make their
home at Montour.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-02-19

Haynes on the mesa and owns 10
acre apple orchard located just south
of his uncle's home. He expects to
commence the erection of new home
at once. We welcome these young
people to the community and admire
their judgement in selecting Emmett
as a location for home.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-02-19
Building New Bungalow.

Mrs. Soule has given a contract to
Harry Titus for the erection of a
four-room bungalow on Boise ave-
nue. Work on the building started
this week.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-02-19
Hnnnrs Were Even.

The Emmett Moose basketball team
played a tie game with the Col
lege of Idaho five at Caldwell Friday
night. The game was fercely fought,
and the score was 10 to 10.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-02-19
EMMETT WEATHER.

A weeks record of the government
weather station, as furnished by To-
cal weather observer H. T. Davis:
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-02-19
New Arrivals

Ernest Haynes and bride of Juliet
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-30

who were killed. and Brig. General the
Earl of Cavan, who, "on many occa-
sions was conspicuous for the skill,
GOODNESS and courage with which he
led his troops.
OF the Flying corps, the report says:
Every day new methods of employ
ing them, both strategically and
tacitically, are discovered and put into
practice
Concerning the Territorials who
have been employed, the field marshal
says the conduct and bearing Of these
units under fire and the efficient man
ner in which they have carried out
the duties assigned to them has i'm
bued me with the highest hope as to
the value and the help of the Territori-
al troops generally.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-30
RECALLS FAMOUS FIGHT.
S'osser Williams and Tom Brown, Of
Rugby, Both Served Church of Eng

every one who had ever heard OF
nusoy School or read Tom Browns
ecnooidays' must have felt somethine
OF pang when he read the other day
that Sioggef" Williams was dead. OF
course, "Siogger' Williams wasn't tbe
real name of the man who died. The
original of this hero of one of the most
celebrated pugflistic combats in litera +.
lure was distinguished and reverend
clergyman of the Church of England
rev. Buikeley Owen Jones, Chancellor
Oh 81. Asaph's Cathedral, just as the
prototype of Tom Brown, at least in So
tar as the celebrated fight behind the
chapel is concerned, was Rev. George
augustus Orlebar, who died about two
years ago.
1T was a good many years ago-Rev
MI Jones was 80 when he died-but
boys are probably much the same now
as they were then, and, anyhow. that
was mighty good fight. There is nc
red blood" or primitive man. in
hughes's description, but 1t grips You
lust the same. It's real the bows
IN 1t are real; the scene Is real. II
you haven't read it for 20 years 1t will
grip you just as hard today as II did
lnen, when you We're a cub yourself.
ana had your own more or less similar
IDEAS of settling Juvenile disputes.
You remember how it started. The
siogger was miffed that Toms chum
little Arthur" should have admitted
70 the new master in class that there
was no established limit for the num-
Der OF lines to be done" The Slop-
ger was titular cock of the form. and.
81 course, anybody who wanted to dis
pute ms displeasure had to fight for
Il. will you fght?" said he And
Tom said he would.
80 the Tags went scurrying through
he halls of all the houses, summoning
me class to the spectacle, and Toms
ehums, "Scud' East and Martin. "the
mailman" with sponges and towels.
came to second him. This is the
story:
1t doesn't look fair match at first
glance. Williams is nearly two inches
aller, and probably long year older
nan ms opponent, and he is very
strongly made about the arms and
shouiders; peels WELL as the little
Knot OF big form boys. the
amateurs. says, who stand outside the
ing Of little boys looking complacent-
ty on, but taking no active part in the
proceedings. But down below he is
aot so good by any means; no spring
rom the loins. and feeblish, not to ga v
thipwrecky. about the knees. Tom
On the contrary, though not over
nraieht. hard and springy, from neck
% ankle, better perhaps in his legs
han anywhere. Besides. you can see
by the clear white of his eyes and
Tesh bright look of his skin, that he is
n tip-top training. able to do all he
rnows. while the Slogger looks rather
iodcen, as if he didn't take much ex-
.rc-.is ard ate too much tuck. The
anaa-keeper Is chosen, large ring
naas. ard the two stand up opposite
me another sr moment, giving US