Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-03-30
Local NeUs

MONDAY evening Daptlsmal Ser
vices were held in the Baptis
church. Six We're baptised and unit
ed with the church.
: The meetings conducted by Evan
gelist Dan Shannon in the Metho-
dist church closed Sunday evening
Good crowds attended these services
and great interest was manifested. On
Sunday Mr.. Shannon preached three
powerful sermons. About rs We're
converted during these services and
many expressed the wish that the
meetings continue. Mr.. Shannon went
| to Florence, Colo, where he will
conduct a large tabernacle meeting.
State Highway Engineer Booth
and his assistant, Mr.. Scarf, of Boise,
were here last Wednesday confering
with commissioners of good roads
Dist. No. 1, relative to a couple of
miles of wagon road beyond New
Plymouth, built by the state.
The Seniors and Sth grade have
made pretty selections and ordered
their commencement cards.
The Payette Glee Club came up
Monday evening to practise with the
Fruitland Glee Club.
Robin CrowCot teachers entertain
ed at dinner Friday evening, Rev.
Dan Shannon and Rev. c. L. Walker.
Monday, a land deal was consum-
mated whereby Mr. Grant Fisher be-
came owner of Is acres of orchard
across from the Manneman orchard,
belonging to c. Symes and Mr..
Symes became owner of so acres of
land at Richfield, which Mr.. Fisher
owned
Mr.. Harry Powell is going into the
chicken business quite extensively.
Last week he received HOO day-old
White Leghorn chicks from Archie
Larson of Weiser. They are doing
nicely, Mr.. Powell having lost only a
few so far.
Grover Bros. shipped a car Of hogs
last Friday from Ontario.
Last week Ever Enberg closed
deal for the Brushwood so acres,
near New Plymouth.
An organization to be known as
the Canyon-Malheur Cow-testing AS
sociation was formed at Nyssa last
week. H. R. Sherwood of Nyssa, was
chosen president; l.. Stevens OF
Parma, vice president; and H. X.
Boomer, secretary and treasurer.
This organization has as its object
the testing of milk of the various
kinds of cattle and keeping an &C
curate record of the butter fat pro- |
duced by each COW and the cost OF
feeding, so as to ascertain II the
COW really pays for her keep. TINS
Association includes the territory OF
Ontario, Nyssa, Parma, New Ply
mouth and Fruitland as its districts
and begins with $50 cows. An expert |
tester will be engaged and charge
made of $3.50 for each COW tested.
They hope to include every herd in
the district.
Mr.. L. H. Rich had his right hand
badly lacerated Thursday afternoon
with a circular saw which he was
connecting with the spray pump en-
CINE to saw wood DR.. Wright and
DR.. Drysdale were called and found
it necessary to amputate the end
of the thumb and to remove piece
of the bone of the fore-finger.
The Kensington met with Mrs.
Frank Thompson last Wednesday
afternoon. An unusually pleasant so
cial time was had.
Agent Frank Hash, who has been
located here the past year left mon
dav for Robinette, Oregon, to which
Mace he has been transferred. Mr..
Luce of Nampa, is the new agent
here. He began his work last week.
The Illustrated lectures given by
Rev. w. R. Miller in the Brethren
church the past week proved very
interesting and were well attended.
Rev. Miller and wife left for Nez
Perce. Idaho, where he will give
the same series Of lectures.
Mr.. D. l.. Ingard was in Spokane
from Tuesday to Friday last week,
where he represented the ldaho-ore-
gon Fruitgrowers Association at al
meeting held there. A shipping or
SANITATION to be known as the
Fruitgrowers' Agency was perfected
Mr. Ingard was made one OF the
board of directors.
Thursday afternoon the w. c. t.
II met with Mrs. o. X. wilcox. Mrs. |
H. R. Russell was leader. Mrs. N. r