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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-02-05

:" HEY certainly are the finest
preserved pears l ever ate"
declared Reagan, and I've
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-02-05

"Of course you WILL" comforted
Hazel, and her voice throbbed with
loyalty. "a man that's as true blue
and straight as you can't help but
score in the end"
Reagan turned to her quickly She
was leaning forward Her elbows
were resting on the table Her pink
cheeks were on her folded hands.
Plump and sweet she seemed to Rea-
gan, and very inviting.
And somehow he was leaning over
the table and her hands met his and
his face was quite near the soft pink
cheeks. The hush of dusk had come
outside and the night breezes were
signing through the curtains of an
tique lace.
81 have seen all manner of men go
ing to work in the morning." whis-
pered Reagan happily, "and their
faces were cold and bitter. But at
night, as they went home, the faces
were softened and everything was
kind words and sympathy and friend
illness. l found that everywhere
dinner pail crews from the steel mills,
the miners coming in from the fields,
and the city men closing their desks
for the night. Nearly all of US are
failures, but when evening comes on
we don't care. Home is waiting-a
warm fire, an evening paper, slippers
and pipe, and-if God has been good
to us-children! and their motherl
'Now / know, for the first time in
AZ years, why men can stand failure.
You are one of the women whom God
sends to make common people laugh
at their troubles It's been so long
since I've had any romance in my life
that I've almost forgotten how to
make love-"
Gust close your eyes"
He did. Their lips met.
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HEY certainly are the finest
preserved pears l ever ate, .
declared Reagan, 'and I've
eaten pears in every state in
the country"
Hazel smiled proudly. you've al
most forgotten your almost oil well, .
she ventured
Reagan nodded "LookI' he direct
ed quietly. Through the window, from
the house on the hillside, they re-
garded the town. Twilight was com
ing on, but industry still was at high
noon. With a great rat-rat-tatting of
hammers, shouting of workers and
crashing of timbers, new railroad
station and many dwellings and bust
mes SHOCKS were being erected. Paint
ers were at work The sidewalks
bulged with people hurrying as though
worried.
money madI" commented Reagan
bitterly. eve all are. Everybody
wants to make killing quick must
be why so few Of us do That's why
the door of prosperity opens for one
man and then slams back in the faces
CT thousands who have lost.
"Look at that town-think of the
fortunes thatll be made there. / OPP
ened this field, for as soon as my well
came in, they knew there was some
thing back of the gas. But | didn't
have money to carry it through. So |
came out the little end of the horn.
The men who do the real prospecting
work seldom make good. It's the
boomers and sharks who sit back and
watch until things get started and
then come in and milq the COW we've
grown for them. Nine people out of
ten can't make money, no matter what
you steer them against. Well, Pm get
ting used to it. l wonder if I'll ever
make good"
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Mr.. and Mrs. Vickers have Deen
packed up and ready to move to their
ranch at VanWyck for two weeks, but
the earth slides on the Idaho Northern
have prevented trains running and it
will probably be sometime yet before
they can go.
At rabbit drive near Rupert a
short time ago $500 jackrabbits were
slaughtered. They were driven into
a corral by large bunch of men on
horses and afoot. They were put into
piles and counted. The Fasteners
eyes would open if he could see so
many rabbits at one time.
Frank Feuling, who has been man
ager of the Cash Bazaar since the bust
ness was started in this city, has
bought out the interest of Reilly &
Nelson and will continue in business
as sole owner The name of the store
will be changed to The Novelty Store.
Emmett people will be pleased to
learn that Mr.. Feuling will not leave.
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Mrs. E. H. Lanktree and child was
up from Middleton Friday to visit
her husband.
We are paying % cents for butter
fat. Bring US your cream. Emmett
Produce Co.
We carry the New Way Rapid
Sprayer and the John Deere orchard
tools. j. H. Cronk.
Charles Hedrick passed through
Wednesday on his way to Boise from
his ranch near Sweet.
Attorney j. P Reed went to Boise
on Friday to look after legal matters.
He returned home Tuesday.
Cream of Payette Valley flour is the
best hard wheat -four in town. SIPS
a sack at John & MCGOWAN Mercan-
tile Co.
George Fuller, who is feeding A.
Tennyson's sheep at Parma, came
home Saturday and spent a few days
with his family.
Mrs. D. M. Stokesbery, Mrs. Deloss
Knox, Mrs. Charles Hanson and Mrs.
Horace Burr attended the district Re-
bekah Assembly at Payette Friday.
Harold Gorton came down from
Crawford Friday to enter the senior
class of the Emmett high school. He
is staying with Mr.. and Mrs. John
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Inc Neuaneen cluD met dI IIrc ncS-
ter Nichol home last evening. A hay
rack conveyed the young people to
the scene of festivities and very en-
joyable evening was reported
Harley Barnum is making arrange
ments to begin the erection of resi-
dence on his 25-acre farm near
Freezeout Work will be started at
once.
The Christian Endeavor of the
Christian church will meet at Mrs.
Farnsworth's home tonight. This date
is the regular business and social
meeting and very pleasant evening
is anticipated.
C. H. Doolittle, trouble shooter of
the light office, went to Boise yes
terday for repairs. He is suffering
from a badly burned hand as re-
suit of coming in contact with a
live wire of heavy voltage. He also
sustained a broken bone in the back
of one hand.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Titus went to
Boise Friday to secure medical treat
ment for Mrs. Titus's eyes, which have
been in serious condition for several
months. They returned home Satur-
day, and since then Mrs. Titus has
been sick with nervous prostration.
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For cypress fence posts see ]. H.
Cronk.
See John & McGowan's Saturday
bargains.
Miss Ida Hunt returned from Fruit
land Tuesday.
St. Mary's Guild will meet at Mrs.
Ed Warnings Thursday February y.
Use our home-cured hams and
bacon and lard. Steward & Burkhard
Feed of all kinds for horses, chick
ems and other stock at the Emmett
The Mary James Club met with
Miss June DeClark Thursday evening.
Place your orders now for storage
coal at the Emmett Fruit Associa-
ton.
Mrs. e. P. Bradford Of Falk is in
the city visiting her mother, Mrs. M.
Russell.
John Caldwell of Bramwell is spend
ing the week in this city the guest of
D. NJ. John.
Alva Jones is building neat little
residence on his lots in the Daily adj
dition, on Washington street.
Sunday school at the Christian
church at 10 o'clock every Sunday
morning, followed by communion SER
vice.
Miss Beulah Masterson, telephone
operator of Boise, spent Sunday in
Emmett visiting her friend, Miss Mar
garet Russell.
Jack Young was in town from Sweet
yesterday, shaking hands with his
many Emmett friends.
George Holbrook of Ola was a bust
ness caller in this city the first of the
week.
c. H. Hunt returned to his home at
Wilcox, Saskatchewan, Tuesday, after
a very pleasant visit with his father,
N. S. Hunt in this city.
Harsh physics react, weaken the
bowels, cause chronic constipation.
Doan's Regulets operate easily, tone
the stomach, cure constipation. 25c.
Ask your druggist for them.
Rock Island, John Deere and P. &
o. plows, riders, walkers and two
ways on hand at all times and at
prices that defy competition. ]. H.
Cronk.
Don't take any chance in being
caught without coal next winter when
the shortage comes. Place your or
iers now with the Emmett Fruit As
ISOLATION.
E. L. Holverson was kept at home
several days this week by an attack of
he grip. Roy Campbell took his place
n the cigar store during his absence
Sam Mcmillan will leave tomorrow
'or Portland with a carload of fat
logs, which will be shipped by Henry
ioul.
Charles Anderson last week bought |
pen of thoroughbred White Orping-
on chickens from Mrs. w. ]. Easton,
md his daughter will engage in the
hicken business.
John Burnett, one of Andrew Lit
les sheep herders was brought to
drs. Hewitson's hospital, yesterday,
from typhoid fever.
There's a new game out called
Tickle the Editor" You take an or
inary sheet of writing paper, on
which you pen a few lines suitable
or the occasion. Next you fold it
arefully, inclosing in the fold bank
ote sufficiently large to pay arrear-
ges and year in advance, and hand
to the editor. Keep an eye on him,
nd if a smile adorns his face the
rick woks fine. 1t can also be played
y mail. Come on, let's have a game.
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EMMETT NEWS
Farm loans see W. W. Wilton.

Farm loans see w. w. Wilton.
Cane sugar $500 cash at John &
MCGOWAN Mercantile Co.'S.
Nellie Hinchliff was New Ply
mouth visitor Friday and Saturday.
Miss Helen Talley of Sweet is visit
ing at the Mrs Murray home.
We have coal as good as the best
and as cheap as the cheapest. j. H.
Cronk.
Erwin Chapman, of the electric
light office, is enjoying visit from
his brother Of Payette.
Buy your winter underwear next
Saturday. Special bargains at John
& MCGOWAN Mercantile Co.
The proprietor of the Payette
laundry was business visitor in En-
NETT the first of the week.
Cream of Payette Valley flour is the
best hard wheat flour in town. SIPS
a sack at John & MCGOWAN Mercan-
tile Co.
Miss Agnes Carter of VanWyck
stopped over in this city one day last
week to visit Mr. and Mrs. ]. B. Wick
ers. She had been visiting her sister
at Ontario and was on her way home.
The neighbors of Mrs. Bayston, the
teacher of the Emerson school, gave
her a pleasant surprise party last
week. The callers brought their own
refreshments and very enjoyable
evening was spent.
Built of the very best material by
experienced workmen, the Weber
wagons will last lifetime on any
kind of work. They are the best or
the market. D. A. Hawkins, sole
dealer in Emmett
The Moose had one of their
monthly social events Tuesday even
ing. An entertaining program, an
oyster supper and dance made up a
most enjoyable evening.
Having discontinued handling the
Studebaker line of implements, we
have secured the agency for the John
Deere, Balm and Old Hickory wagons
and buggies. The public is invited to
call and inspect these lines. ]. H.
Cronk.
From R. l.. Mcconnell of Montour:
81 wish to inform you that it was J. l..
McConnelPs sheep, instead of j. X.
McConnell's, that were used by the
forest experimental men on the water
shed of Warm Springs creek and
Boulder crek."
Anthony Peterson's blacksmith
shop-the little red shop on Main
streets the place to go for horse
shoeing, machine work and wagon re-
pairing. Mr.. Peterson guarantees his
work to be first class in every re-
spect.
F. A. Rodgers, Bramwell rancher
who has been visiting the old folks
back in Missouri for several months,
writes from Chesapeake: "Will send
you check to continue my paper for
six months l couldn't live without
The Index. 1t gives all the news and
the best of news. 1t is like hearing
from the home folks when | get The
Index. haven't found any place like
the Emmett country. When we get
the paper we hear from all of our old
friends, and when the six months sub
scription is out l think l will be back
to the garden valley where the rosy
checked peaches grow"
Waterproof shoe oil, best on the
market, at Burton's.
See John & McGowan's Saturday
bargains.
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Astonishes Emmett.

The QUICK action of buckthorn
bark, glycerine, etc., as mixed in Adj
ler-i-ka, astonishes Emmett people
Many say ONE DOSE of this simple
bowel and stomach remedy usually
relieves sour stomach, gas on the
stomach and constipation. B. B.
Davis, druggist.
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F. NJ. JOSLIN.
Notice.

My wife, Cora Twillegar, having de-
serted me, desire to notify all par
ties that l will not be responsible for
any debts incurred by her.
j. l. TWILLEGA AR.
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heel made. Burton's shop.
Ground bone and oyster shell at
Reilly's.
Attorney Mcdowell was a Caldwell
visitor Saturday.
D. H. VanDeusen made business
trip to Boise Tuesday.
Deputy Sheriff Harry Carmichael
was over from the county seat Tues
day.
Have just received big shipment
of barb wide and fencing. Hawkins,
hardware.
Frank N. Prout and Ed Hanson of
Horseshoe Bend were in Emmett on
Tuesday.
In implements we have the Jo
Deere, Rock Island and P. & o. line
]. H. Cronk.
Mrs. w. E. Rambo, who underwent
a surgical operation last week, is i'm
proving nicely.
Ira Transue and family have moved
into the former Portlock residence
near the river.
Feed of all all kinds for horses, chick
ems and other stock at the Emmett
Fruit Association.
Buy your winter underwear next
Saturday. Special bargains at John
& MCGOWAN Mercantile Co.
Bring US your hens and springs.
We are paying II cents per pound
for them. Emmett Produce Co.
Joe McMenamin, the young fellow
caught last week in the act of burg
larry in Boise, was a resident of En-
NETT six or seven years ago, being
the son of Mr. and Mrs. John McMena-
min, the former section boss on the
Idaho Northern. The boy was sem
fenced to the Industrial school.
A 10 million dollar corporation has
Just been organized in New York by
George Franklin Wiley, million
aire mining and oil operator of that
state, for the purpose of taking over
and operating five oil and gas wells
in the vicinity of Vale and Ontario, on
all of which he secured options some
weeks ago.
Mr.. and Mrs Otto Wilhelm ente
tanned the Loyal Boys Sunday Soho
class of the Christian church Wedne
day evening at a delicious oyster SD
per. After the supper was serve
games and general good time fol-
lowed. The boys came home declar-
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Wilhelm most
royal host and hostess.
Keep your receipts. 1t is human to
err. Carelessness sometimes leads to
trouble that can easily be avoided. If
you pay get receipt and have place
to put them and if by some mistake
during busy time the merchant
should overlook giving you credit a
receipt stops argument.
Choloris Marie Hero has the dis
tinction of being the first baby born
in Homedale, the new town on the
Snake river west of Caldwell, and as
a reward for her sagacity in the Sc
lection of proper birthplace, the
Homedale Townsite company pre-
sented her with a fine residence lot.
She is the first and only daughter of
George Hero, an employee of the Ore
yon Short Line, and her name sounds
ike Greek section hand.
For style, comfort and dorabili
the Henney buggies and carriag
have no superior. Inspect the fl
inc in our warehouse before you bJ
cheapest hardware store
Idaho.
Cream of Payette Valley flour Is
pest hard wheat flour in town. 81.
| sack at John & MCGOWAN Mercah- I
lie Co.
If your shoes work at the heel or
me lining is worn, have them fixed
With heel grip lining, and save stock
ngs. At Burtons. |
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Andy Reagan Finds How Men Withstand Failure

Andy had just and
to
wealth E AbertAp
candy
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-02-05
Canyon Canal Warrants.

l have placed funds in the First
National Bank and the Bank of En-
NETT for the purchase of Emmett r.
rigation District warrants. Inquire
at the banks.
F. M JOSIIN
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AbSOIutelYPure

ROYAL-the most celebrated
of all the baking powders i'm
the world celebrated for its
great leavening strength and
purity. 1t makes your cakes,
biscuit, bread, ETC., healthful, IT
1nSureS you against alum and
all forms of aduIteratiOn that
90 with the lOWpriced brands.
Middletown transcript., 1914-12-12
Coming Into Line.

Two smartly dressed young men
were discussing the present economic
situation when q third whose holiday
suit, struggling hair and grimy hands
betokened a holiday at some distance
from a hairdresser's and hasty jour
ney home.
'Well.'' observed number one, ''the
pater says it's not only sensible but
It's patriotic to economize just now.
so he and have given up the two BIS
and the mater the two 'T's.'
His hearers looked puzzled till he
explained that the initial letters indi-
Gated respectively beer and baccy"
and tea and toast"
Since you put in that way, said
number two. I've dropped the two
'C's'-coffee and cigarettes"
The third man, evidently feeling or.
Of 1t, began to explain that he had only
Just got back from the North of Scot
land and hadn't really had time, you
know, to think it out, but of cour4s
he'd have to come into line, etc.
Don't worry, old chap" interposed
number one. you go on Just as you
are, and everybody'H know that you're
economizing on the two scissors
and soap!"
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Couldn't Reciprocate.

Hum ho!" sighed the New Hamp-
shire farmer, as he came in from down
town, Deacon Jones wants me to be
pallbearer again to his wife's funeral. !"
"Wal, you're goin' to be, amt ye?'
asked the farmers better half.
81 dunno. Y know, when Deacon
Jones fust wife died, he asked me to
be pallbearer, an I did; and then
his second wife died, an 1 was the
same again. An then he married thet
Perkins gal, and she died, and 1 was
pallbearer to that funeral. An now
wal, I don't like to be all the time ac-
ceptin' faVors without bein' able to re-
turn EN-"
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Curious suit.

A curious exposition of callouEness
and greed was recently made in ciyl
suit brought against a Colorado suE.
geon. He became interested in the
case of a cripple whom he found beg.
ging in the street, and by an operation
requiring great skill removed his dis.
ability. The relatives of the cripple
promptly brought suit against the
physician for removing their means Of
support, claiming that, as cripple,
the youth had brought them in an Rv.
erage of about i've dollars daily, while
now they were compelled to Support
him until he could gain the means %
earning his living. The Judge prompt.
ly dismissed the suit on hearing the
case for the prosecution.
Middletown transcript., 1914-12-12
MIXTURE or MANY TONGUES
Troops Of Allied Armies Find Some
Difficulty n Arriving at Perfect
Understanding.


The British Tommy Atkins is hard
put to it these days to know which are
friends and which are foes. Time was
when he classed them all as dirty
foreigners" but times have changed
and certain allied courtesy is de-
manded. It is told Of one brave cpr-
poral who met new kind OF foreigker
on French soil and demanded his
nationality.
Hungarian" came the answer.
Ungarian, are yer? Well, I'm
blowed if know whether ter ug yer
to me bosom or knock yer bally block
of" remarked the perplexed defender
of the Union Jack.
Many are the stories of the embar-
RAISING confusion Of tongues among
the allies-French, Flemish, Russian,
Servian, Indian (three brands), and
several species of English. For it
is rare that a Londoner can under
stand the Scotch dialect in its un-
alloyed purity, or the Cornish brogue.
Canadian slang, too, and the queer
mixture Of Maori that intrudes itself
that sickles DER the Africander's dia-
lect make of so-called English a dozen
different languages.
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large shallow tank is constructed
which has wings Of galvanized iron
The tank is filed with kerosene The
natives then start the drive three o.
four miles away and close in gradual
iy, driving the grasshoppers before
them into the tank. The grasshop-
pers are then dried and sent to mar
ket.
If the Filipinos would use Profes-
sor Deans method Of poisoned bran
mash, It would prove more effective.
believes President Waters, than the
system which is used.
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Is love an asset or liability

was opened there was one loud yelp
from the little brindle dog. He jumped
first into the arms of Mr. Owen, then
rubbed against the daughter. whiDIQg
all the while.
Yes. he's yours" said Mr.. Open
stein.
And now Buster is back at home.
after two Of the most exciting months
Of his life-all the way from an out
cast in the most exciting months Of
his life-an the way from an outcast
in the street to a fuil-hedged actor On
the vaudeville stage
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To Get Rid Of PlmnIes.

Smear. the affected surface with
Cuticura Ointment. Let it remain
five minutes, then wash of with Cuti-
cura Soap and hot water and continue
bathing few minutes. These fra
grant, super-creamy emollients quickly
clear the skin Of pimples, blackheads,
redness and roughness, the scalp of
dandruff and itching and the hands
of chaps and irritations. For free
sample each with 32-p. Skin Book ad-
dress post card; Cuticura, Dept. K,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Middletown transcript., 1914-12-12

from their seats and rushed to the
rear Of the theater, where Louis Op-
penstein, owner Of the theater. stood.
did this act start here in Kansas
City?" asked the excited man.
why. no; they're from New York, :"
Mr.. Oppenstein said.
We'll, my names Owen, and there's
dog on the stage there that looks
like one lost two months ago, he
returned. May we go back and sect"
So the man. his daughter, and Mr..
oppenstein went back. When the
door leading directly onto he stage
Middletown transcript., 1914-12-12
Fooled the Spider.

Donald, who was a great fisherman,
started to dress his own flyhooks. He
was met by crony one day, who said:
Il hear you've begun to dress yer ain
hooks, no, DonaP. Is that true?"
It's a. that" answered Donald.
"An' can you put them up on ony-
thing naterel like?" inquired the crony.
II dinna ken for that" replied DON
aid, "but there wis a spider ran ava
wi twa O. them yesterday"
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keted "a Manila in a year.

keted "A Manila in a year.
There is a grasshopper plague
every ten years in the Philippines"
said President Waters, "and the
problem Of combating the grasshop-
pers in warm climate like the Phil
ippines is more difficult than IN coun-
tries where cold weather serves as a
check.
There are many acres Of unset
tied country which serve as breeding
places for the grasshoppsrs. Tbs
method used in capturing the grass
hoppers is to organize a drive. A
Middletown transcript., 1914-12-12
the Kansas city Times.

the Kansas City Times.
Last week an act at the Globe the
ater was almost put out Of commits
sion by the death OF one OF the dogs
used in a basketball stunt. The own.
er Of the act went to the dog pound.
There he picked out a brindle terrier
from the lot Of homeless dogs which
had been gathered He paid IS for
him.
The curtain went up on the dog act
at the Globe last Thursday Almost
simultaneously man and bis daugh.
ter sitting ID the second row jumped
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QUEER FOOD OF FILIplNos
Three Thousand Tons Of Dried Grass
hoppers Marketed Annually In
Philippines.

Dried grasshoppers are used as
food in the Philippine islands" said
Henry Jackson Waters, president Of
the college, in talk before the agri-
cultural society Of the Kansas State
Agricultural college. three thou-
sand tons Of grasshoppera are mar
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HAD ExcITIMa TWo MoNTHs
IN That Time srIndle Bun Terrier
Rose From obscurIty to Recog-
nized Place on staue.

Two months ago Buster, little
brindle Boston bull terrier. was lost
from his home. He belonged to Rob
ert Owen, 81 North Hardesty ave
nue.. One day he vas picked p By
the city dog catcher and taken "a
The pound to Be sold or killed It ap
pear6d to Be the end Of Buster. saya
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Reiles-Lattres.

Two authors wives were having tea
together.
MY husband" said one, often sits
at his desk just thinking and thinking
and chewing his penhandle."
As for my husband" said the other,
"he has already gnawed off a corner
Of his typewriter machine"