Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1914-10-01
Local Neus

The enterprising manager of Park
Ranch, C.. T. Hall, has wisely decid-
: ed as a side line to feed a few tur-
keys for the holiday season on the
otherwise waste material of the 100
acre fruit farm. There was 20 acres
of grain to pick over, bushels of wind
fall apples to say nothing of grass
hoppers and insects. Therefore Mr..
Hall secured 300 young half grown
turkeys from Emmett. over AGO
from John King of Little Willow and
urove them over like a band of sheep
and at the reasonable purchase price
may expect to treble on his invest
ment
The Cash Coal and Lumber Co.
have the cement foundation laid for
their lumber sheds across from Fruit
land Drug store and will put the coal
shed on the siding near the track.
/ Henry Reins reports fine crop
of clover seed grown between tree
rows on Is acres of his orchard He
cut the first crop for hay allowing
I the second cutting to go to seed and
Windle Bros. threshed out 5735 lbs.
of fine clover seed for him the lat
ter part of the week, which should
be worth around $500 or better as
the outlook is good for top notch
price.
j. o. Scritchfield had trio Of
young rogues exploiting them selves
as men wanting work just arrived
from Long Valley. He employed them
at good wages and furnished a COM
Portable place for them to sleep in
his barn after two days and a half
picking apples in which they laid by
good grub stake on time at Fruit
land Mere Co. they called for their
pay. Mr.. S. smelled mouse and in
yestigated their grocery bill and
found it balanced just even and said
he would settle the bill. They how
ever managed to get pair of shoes
and few other things on their good
looks and decamped Wednesday
night in the dark. hours taking along
fine horse blanket, the lap robe
and a canvass tarpaulin belonging to
Mr. Scritchfield, and left in their
place a bad impression of such way
farers.
VIM. Rauert is engaged extensive
ly in the poultry business having
raised something like 1000 chickens
last summer. Some one last week
made a raid on his poultry yard and
stole 240 and got away with them.
In the morning sack was found
in the field with one chicken in, evil
IDENTIFY this sack was dropped and
all escaped but one.
A committee from Fruitland Com
mercial Club met Monday eve with
the Commercial Club of Payette to
consider plans for the corn contest
to be held in Payette the last days
of October. Those who comprised the
committee were Messrs Puchert,
Strawn, Lewis, Ady and Robinson.
E. ]. Johnson of the bee farm is
shipping his honey this week
VIM. Homan is building a barn
on his desert claim out on Payette
Heights. He threshed his grain last
week from his dry land and had ov-
er 800 bu,
Mr.. Arthur Holbreok who came
here last week from Croswell, Mich.
and moved On to his fruit farm
north of town is hauling lumber for
his new residence to be built soon.
Queen Esther girls met Saturday
P. M. with Miss Irene Cotton and
Miss Belle Furgason the deaconess
talked with them about their work.
| ]. M. Royston and son Earl took
their exhibit of Poland China hogs
to Canyon Co. Fair, Monday.
! DR.. Hurd was professional caller
at the P. A. Cregor home Tuesday
to attend horse that had spent
part of the night on his back in an
irrigation ditch and was in bad condi-
ton,