The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-01-21
EMMETT NEWS.

Use cur home-cured hams an
bacon and lard. Steward & Burkhar
B. C. Bowers left Tuesday for 81
Anthony to look after business mat
tiers for a week.
Hollyhock flour makes good brea
and is the favorite whenever used
Try a sack. Fruit Growers Associa
ton.
Charlie Woody came in Tuesda,
from Gooding, where he and his fam
lily are now located. He will remain
few days.
The set of Haviland china Offered
as a prize by the B. B. Davis drug
store was won by Miss Carothers, one
of the city school teachers.
A household remedy in America fol-
% years-Dr. Thomas Eclectic Oil
For cuts, sprains, sprains, burns
scalds, bruises. 25c and SOC. At all
drug stores.
Frank Tarleton, who has charge OF
one of M. E. Lewis's ranches on the
bench, accompanied Mr.. Lewis to
Boise last week to attend the swine
breeders convention.
J. P. Reed has been busy for week
or two making improvements in mis-
law office. More capacious book
shelves have been built, the floors
covered with linoleum and the Gus
pidor polished.
Miss Alta Greene was the guest of
honor at surprise party rendered her
Friday evening at the w. C. Lam
groise home by Misses Norma Ian
groise, Helen Love and Leota Wilson.
The young folks were delightfully."- en-
tertained.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. C. Wilson of Mer-
idian drove to Emmett Saturday in
their auto and remained over Sum-
day as guests at the home of his sis
ter, Mrs. H. ]. Fleischer. They are
planning to move to Emmett in the
near future.
An ash pan filled with paper in
a room in the north half of the Bank
of Emmett building was discovered to
be on fire yesterday by F. A. DeClark.
Someone had evidently carelessly
thrown a match into the pan. From
such little things great destruction of
property is sometimes caused. A COW
kicking over lamp started the great
Chicago fire.
When one remembers, says an ex-
change, that in an ordinary column
there are 10000 pieces of type, that
there are seven wrong positions each
letter may be put in and there are
70, 900 chances to make errors besides
millions of chances for transpositions,
he will not be too critical. In the
sentence, "To be or not to be-" by
transposition alone it is possible to
make 2,759,022 errors.
The internal revenue tax is so cents
on deeds that amount to over 500
and less than $500, with so cents adj
ditional for each $500 or fraction
over $500. The regulations make it
plain that where the consideration
is nominal or one dollar, the tax must
be computed upon the actual value of
the property conveyed, liens deducted
and the executor becomes liable for
the penalty if the proper amount in
is not affixed
Judge George Thomas of Columbus,
Ohio, recently decided that if man
accepts a paper that is sent him he
must pay for it. The decision was
rendered in the case brought by the
Columbus Telegram against man
for $2.35. The Telegram had been
sent to the mans home, and he had
accepted the paper. When called up
on to pay for it he refused, and suit
was brought. When Judge Thomas
heard the evidence he instructed the
jury to bring in cerdict for the
Telegram. Judge Thomas rules that
the old common law principle that
what a man received and used he was
bound to pay for applied in this in
stance.
Hay, grain, chick feed and stock
feed at the Fruit Association.