Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-04-27
PAYETTE VALLEY
|. Scene OF BEAUTY
Fruit Trees, Laden With
Blossoms, Look Like
Huge Bouquets.
Capital News Special Service,

New Plymouth, April 27.--The bios
som season which Is perhaps the love-
Hest time of the year in this section, is
now on in the Payette valley. Every
orchard is a mass of bloom, each tree
resembling huge bouquet. Never has
there been heavier bloom and every
indication points to an exceptionally
heavy crop of all kinds of fruit.
Peaches, apricots. cherries and all
small fruits come through the winter
in splendid shape and IL no late frosts
come to injure the young fruit an inn
mense crop is assured. Alfalfa and
grain fields are forging ahead rapidly.
the warm sunshine and irrigation dur
ing the past 10 days making them
fairly jump.
Orchardists have given careful at
tention to spraying this spring and not
a tree, bush or vine has escaped the
spray nozzle. Rather severe pruning
has been the rule this spring also. not
only in the orchards, but the shade
trees have been sharply cut back as
well. Tulips, narcissus and other
spring Towering bulbs are showing
wealth of bloom just now. New Ply
mouth people in general take a keen
interest in identifying their home
grounds, but this spring shows greater
activity along this line than ever be-
fore. Quantities of roses, ornamental
trees and Towering shrubs are being
planted. Another thing which causes
considerable qualification Is the fact
that more attention Is being given to
the proper care Of the ground between
the property line and curb, thus adding
to the general neatness of New Ply
mouth homes In no small measure.
New Plymouth Brevities.
The New Plymouth cheese factory
which has been operated here for the
past six months under the management
Of E. D. Severance, closes down May 1.
The closing OF the factory has been
made necessary by the high price paid
for cream at this point by the Damas-
Gus Creamery company, which through
out the winter months paid 35 cents
per pound for butter fat Mr.. Sever
ance regrets closing down here as he
considers the Payette valley a fine
dairy country, but states that no cheese
factory can successfully compete with
the prices paid at this point for cream.
He leaves soon for Portland near which
city he will operate plant the COM
ing season.
James Lynch, who has been i'll for
the past month with plural pneumonia
and was just recently operated upon,
is recovering rapidly.
y party of friends and neighbors to
the number of 20 surprised Mr.. and
Mrs. G. +. Elder Wednesday evening,
the occasion being their fifteenth we'd
ding anniversary. A splendid lunch,
cards and merry conversation made the
evening decidedly happy one. As a
slight token of their esteem the sem
invited guests presented Mrs. Elder with
a dozen handsome sherbet glasses.
j. Nj. Shaw of Boise, one of the old
timers in the valley and at one time
owning considerable land in the i'm
mediate vicinity of New Plymouth,
was greeting old friends here Tuesday.
Miss Charlotte Swatman, who has
been teaching at Ten Davis during the
past winter, has been re-electeds for
the coming school term with an in
crease in salary.
New Plymouth merchants are ar
ranging for the installation of a water
system for the business section, thus
providing measure of protection
against fire.
H. Ketchner is one of the few men
in this section who is making sue
cess with chickens. Mr.. Ketchner now
has 300 White Leghorn chicks which
are brooded and cared for in an an
tomato brooder that makes the per-
centage of chicks lost very low. High
prices always prevail for "broilers" and
later old stock commands good prices
during the holiday Season
Professor McLain has accepted the
position of principal of the Roswell
school. Miss Lillian Swatman will
also teach in the Roswell school dur
ing the coming school year.
The Payette river is rising rapidly
and is higher now than at any time
last year. At many places it is out of
its banks but no damage in any way
has occurred SO far.
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