The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-04-01
SOUTH SLOPE.
By Mrs. c. W. Cook.

the week, bringing back her littl
daughter, who has made quite visi
with her grandparents.
The Home Economic Department o
the C. |. Club had doughnut sale
some eight dozcn-at the club meet
ing Friday. The proceeds will be use'
to furnish more working material TO
the line of domestic science work tina
is being carried out by the teacher
Miss Pearl Kelly in the South Slope
school.
Asparagus and rhubarb are on
tap at many South Slope dinner
table now.
Nadine Tucker is one Of the sick
children on the Slope.
II you chance to see piles of rub
bish scattered along the highway,
while it does detract from the land
cape effect, never mind, there will be
a christening on May / /, and this will
be the Farmers fireworks. 1t reads
thrift, it marks improvement and in
the blaze we see a bonfire for a good
cause. Long may the cause live.
Oh, Gem county, Count the counties
in the old state of Iowa, if you please.
Not one of them would hook up with
another, as whole all are prosperous
What did it? Simply cooperation.
If you want facts, get them; there are
plenty of ways to do so, but go right
TO the farmer, who had the big debt
staring him in the face and then see
the big barns, fine homes, blooded
stock that come after cooperation and
no debts. Vote for Gem county and
adopt cooperation among you.
The water Is in the Canyon canal
now for the season, coming down Sat
urday. At the Refs farm a gopher
tunneled out from the ditch bank.
When the water struck this, II caused
a slight break in the ditch bank, which
the care taker, Jerome Reed, found
Immediately and repaired before any
damage was done. Quite force of
water rushed down hill to the roadway
on Crescent Drive. Fortunately it
followed the gutter and no harm was
done to the road.
Mr.. Bartholow and family have
moved out from Emmett to the Frank
DeClark farm and will occupy this
during the summer Mr.. Bartholow
Is from Opportunity, Wash, owning
land on the bench which he will i'm
prove later. Mr.. Bartholow thinks !,
the Emmett district full of advan-
tagcs. !,
f. w. Malmstrom has rented the
DR.. Greene farm on Center avenue, !.
renting his home place near Freeze
put to Mr.. Smith, who assists j. L. =
Ienson. :"
Jason Kelly, while breaking a young
'olt, had runaway, which damaged !,
he wagon and tore out considerable "
eneing along the way. The team was =
inally stopped by Mrs. w. Malm-
from at the gate near the DR.. Greene in
arm. We believe the team was UNI
Iurt. -;
Misses Pearl and Leta Kelly drove b
o Star and spent Saturday and a
art of Sunday in Boise shopping. on
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Richards took
he train from Boise for San Diego 20
nd later will attend the Panama Oh
Exposition. ~
w. Findley and family have taken an
barge of the Jaquith ranch near ha
reezeout, on Crescent Drive.
Nearly every resident of the state
California is apt to be prejudiced
! favor of their state, but this is
hat one person has to say about
iaho and its exhibits at the Fair. be,
aving been pioneer resident of
iaho, and having made California
err home for the past five years, while '"
n visit recently in the East, has
lid: Idaho could we'll feel proud of COZ
err efforts at the panama Pacific Ex- a
osition. There display was wonder sh'
Al The building, one of the first to
: completed. found the material all
altered quite inadequate to fill the Ell
rye rooms, while the winter was still
,vering around. A "'hurry up CALL"
,r more exhibits was, or is being. lai
lpidly supplied through the effects re
many club women Of the State Fed 70
-ation. That in travelling for plea
Ire through the state of California sir
,e saw so much; that knowing all pu
lie conditions that each state has to tn,
'pe with, the impression was gained
ON each Eastern visitor one met, J..
lat Idaho's resources were far "a -
cad of all expectations, and with its !.
lpidly increasing wealth that is fast -
ming into the State, those same re- ~.
purses would simply be found I'M