The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-10-05
Jap-a-lac, all colors, at ReilIy's.

Jap-a-lac, al! colors, at Reilly's.
Whitman for Plumbing and Tir
work.
Market price paid in cash fol
wheat and barley by Emmett Mea'
Co.
Stock food, all kinds, at Emmett
Feed Mills. Reliable international
brand.
Fifteen weeks Of thrills in the great
railroad serial every Wednesday
night at the Electric Theatre.
Henry Russ departed Sunday for
| Chicago on one of Andy Little's sheep
trains. He expects to spend couple
of months visiting old home scenes
in the East.
Charles Anderson, one Of the enter
prising ranchers of the Squaw creek
country, was an Emmett visitor Sat
urday. He is persistent booster for
good roads and has had large part in
the good road building in that section.
J. w. Jones was in town over Sun
day, visiting at the A. NJ. Rogers
home and renewing former aequaint-
ances. Mr.. Jones has moved from
Lincoln, ILL.,, and is now located at
Salt Lake City.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Limbaugh, for
a number of years residents of the
bench. went to Boise Friday to take
charge of the Creamery cafe, which
they have purchased and will operate.
They have had previous experience
in this line of business.
The first Moose dance of the sea-
son will be given Wednesday evening,
October Is, at Pleasure Club hall. The
dances given last season by the Moose
lodge were well conducted and deser-
vedly popular. and this one will be no
exception. The public is invited.
The Boise-Payette Lumber Com
pany's carpenters have finished their
large warehouse and are now working
on the train shed and round house
The bridge crew expects TO have all
the piling in place by the first of the
week and will be but short time now
until steel laying is started.-Cascade
News.
Dr. and Mrs W. E. Stewart of
Stratton, Neb., arrived last Friday
TO spend a few DAYS visiting at the
home of DR.. B. o. Clark Dr. Stewart
and DR.. Clark were associated togeth-
err in the practice of medicine in Ne
braska before the latter moved to this
city The doctor and his wife contin-
ued their journey to Portland on Mon
day.
Donald Rose drove V. H. DeBolt,
Mr.. Horn and Mr.. Krels, all of the
city schools to Smith Ferry Friday
evening. At least he intended to drive
them there, but his car broke down
on Brownlee, and ne was forced to re-
turn. The others continued their
journey and returned Sunday with the
two horses which were frightened
away from camp by bear a few
weeks ago while Mr. DeBolt, John
Carnage and Ray Clark were out on
fishing trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Leichty returned
Saturday from Salt Lake City, where
they were called several weeks ago
by the illness of Grandma Keppler.
When they left Mrs Keppler was i'm
proving. The trip from ST. Lake to
Emmett was made in Mr. Leichty's
Ford car in "a hours of running time,
in spite of the bad roads, which John
says requires driver to be an aero
bat, sleight of hand and tight rope
performer combined.
A copy of the Willamette Collegian,
a weekly paper published by the stu
dents of Willamette university, Salem,
Ore, has been received at this Office
Sam King, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J.
King, former bench ranchers, but now
located in Garden Valley, is editor in
chief. The Collegian is a real news
paper, and shows ability above the
average in its composition and gen.
eral makeup.
Billy Smith had an admiring group
of boys about him, because Billy is
the champion boy trapper of the COM
and the other boys look up
to him with something akin to rever-
ence. First" he explained, you
drive a stick into the grounds
broomstick is just right-and tie the
bait, a bird, or chicken, or piece of
meat, on string fastened to the top,
just out of the skunk's reach. At the
bottom of this stick you put your
steel trap with little grass over it.
'The skunk will get up on his hind
legs to get the bait, and, because he
can't reach it, will dance around the
bottom of the stick and get into the
trap. The trap ought to be fastened
to a long pole SO you can carry it
and the skunk to the creek and dump |
them in. The skunk will drown in a
minute, which is the easiest way to |
kill him. Leave him there for a
couple of hours and the stink will |
wash off. Then you can pull him out
and skin him without getting mussed |