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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-06-15

cite Lumber Company to erect a
plant that will insure a maximum
output of lumber and provide light
and safe place for its workman. The
mill will have a capacity of 100000
feet of lumber for ten hour run OF
100000 feet for night and day run.
Plans for the mill are being drawn
by Dion and Horstkotte of Spokane,
Wash, who have designed some of the
most modern mills in the west. Con-
struction will be in charge of j. P.
Dion, of the firm, who will be on the
ground and have charge of all con-
struction.
Work will be started soon and with
in six weeks a crew of from 200 to
$50 men will be employed: While
there will be many experienced me-
chanics brought in from outside
points, there will be plenty of work
for every man in Emmett and vicin-
ity. Wherever possible married men
will be given preference.
In a short time logging operations
on the Payette river will be started
and this will furnish work for another
large crew.
The Boise-Payette Lumber Com
panv owns a large amount of timber
tributary to the Payette River and
expect to have an operation extending
over a period of from 25 to 40 years.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-06-15

river alone and sawed some lumber.
This drive is the only real one-man
log drive on the Payette river on
record.
In 1902 w. H. Davis, now rancher
at Deer Flat in Canyon county, came
into possession of the mill, repaired
and remodeled it, had a log drive pre-
pared and made ready to commence
saving, but the government had
claim on the logs he had out and in
terfered with his arrangements. Con-
sequently he did not saw any lumber.
In 1903 McNish & Allen assumed
charge of the plant, got possession
of the timber Mr.. Davis had cut, made
the drive and sawed the timbers for
their mill and booms. Mr.. Davis,
not long after this, sawed up a few
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-06-15

| When the plant, with its fac
tories for the utilization of by
products, is in full operation
from 500 to 1000 men will be
employed. Just what these by
products factories will consist of
has not yet been made public,
but reports are they will COM
prise box factory and pulp or
paper mill.
/ The capacity of the sawmill
will be 100000 feet every single
shift of 10 hours, or 100000 each
double shift. This is one-third
larger than the Barber mill at
Boise, which is owned by the
same company. The Boise mill
is designated as Plant No. l and
the Emmett mill as Plant No. 2.
Both mills will be under the gen.
eral management of c. A. Bar
ton.
The land holdings of the COM
pany, upon which the mill will
be located, comprise approxima-
tely $50 acres suoth of the river
and 240 acres north of the river.
The following properties have
been purchased for this purpose
and extend from the E. E. STAN
ley farm below the McNish mill
and all the land north of the P.
V. railroad to the junction and
all north of the Short Line from
the junction to the Farmers Co
operative canal. East of the
canal the line runs meanderinP
to the river on the north and
Washington street on the east:
The Stanley place, the McNish
mill. land, storage ponds and
bitches, Gardner's, Murray's,
Chapman's, George Portlocks,
White Pine canal and right of
way, Jonathan Smiths, Eder-
klip's, Tom Pearson's, Mrs.
Sarah Martins and the Han
thorn ranch across the river,
which includes an island in the
river.
The company owns vast timber
holdings along the North, South and
Middle forks of the Payette river,
approximately 100000
acres. Of this about 5000 acres is
on state land and from it the ripe
timber must be removed within the
next few years, according to the
company's coz tract with the state.
The timber on the North Fork and
It's tributaries will be transported to
the mill over the Short Line railroad.
This will necessitate greatly enlarg-
ID side tracks and switching yards
and the employment of number of
,rews of railroad men, whose head
Iuarters will be in this city.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-06-15
EMMETTS LUMBER INDUSTRY IN PAST

when Dan Downs and Sam Warner
assumed control and operated it unit
they sawed into lumber drive of logs
that James Wardwell had made fol
them that season. This was the first
real drive made for the Burdge mill
The logs used previous to this time
were catch-as-catch-can and one-man
drives of a few logs.
After Downs and Miller had fin
ished their run, Bill Burdge again
took charge, but did very little saving.
The mill was then successively in
charge of Joe Baker and j. V. Witt.
Under the latter's charge the mill
fell into disuse for several years and
went to wreck.
In 1900 or 1901 George Boone re-
paired the mill and put it in running
order, made a small drive down the
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-06-15

BRIEF FACTS ABOUT THE MILL

Capacity 100000 feet every 10 hours.
Storage capacity of log ponds so million feet.
Timber holdings sufficient keep plant in operation 40
years.
Two hundred and fifty to be employed within six
weeks in the construction of the mill.
Own electric light and power plant be maintained; also
waterworks system
Box factory and pulp mill for utilization of by-products
All machinery of the modern type and tested
appliance employed for economical operation and saving of
labor
Six buildings to be constructed at
Loading yards will permit of 15 being loaded at
time.
Land holdings comprise 700
Mill will be ready for operation early next year.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-06-15
MILL Will EMPLOY
500 to 1000 MEN
Will be One-T Third Larger Than Barber Mill at
Boise and Will Have Capacity of 100000
Feet Every Ten Hours---Vast
Timber Holdings

The timber on the south and Mid
die Forks is not accessible to rail-
roads and will of necessity have to be
driven on the river In addition to
the timber on these two streams the
government forest department has
about billion feet of ripe timber
that will be available.
The storage ponds for logs will take
care of so million feet. The storage
system will include a dam across the
south branch of the river to the Han
thorn island 1t will be about eight
feet high.
The company will have a retail yard
here, to be located near the river,
west of Washington street and south
of the river bridge. The purchase of
John McNish's holdings include his
sawmill and his retail lumber busi-
ness, together with the stock on hand.
The Michigan-Idaho Lumber com
pany has lease on the mill running
to January l of next year. 1t is not
unlikely that the Boise-Payette com
pany will take over the lease and al
so the logs on hand
In the conduct of the Emmett mill
the company will deviate from its
custom of many years in having
stores and dwellings of its own for
its workman. The men will live in
town and there will be no company
stores.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-06-15
Will Celebrate Tonight.

The location of the sawmill in En-
NETT will be celebrated tonight. The
band will play, fireworks will be shot
off and the old town will receive such
a turning over that it will wonder
what has got into its usual even-mlnd-
ed citizens. Everybody is invited to
come in and join in the jo3lification.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-06-15

WAS EXPECTED II YEARS AGO.
As long ago as 1903 the Barber
Lumber company, then known as the
Payette Lumber company, planned to
build a mill at Emmett The Index,
under date of March 10, 1908, con-
tanned this information:
&C. A. Weyerhauser and Henry
Turrish, representing the Payette
Lumber company, were in Emmett
last Tuesday. They drove over from
Boise in the morning and in the af-
ternoon inspected the Fuller island
above town. The company owns a
great deal of timber along the river
above Emmett Their visit here was
for the purpose of inspecting the pos
sibilities of a sawmill at this point.
The Fuller island is owned by Cobban
& Casey, Montana men, who also avn
a tract of land just north of Emmett
on the river banks. Mr.. Weyerhauser
was inspecting these lands with a
we" VI lllS Alltlils DONll lilGll NCIC
well pleased with Emmett and its
good location for a sawmill. Mr..
Weyerhauser had a long talk with
Jonathan Smith, Emmett's oldest in
habitant, and made numerous inquir-
les about the water power along the
Payette river. eve have sent sew
eral men to Emmett to look for
sawmill site,' Mr.. Weyerhauser said
to an Index reporter, 'and the reports
were so favorable that l came out my
self. 1 cannot say anything definite
further than that the matter will be
considered Just before the train
pulled out Mr. Weyerhauser shook
hands with Jonathan Smith and said:
Il agree with you, Mr.. Smith, that
this is good country. like the eli
mate, too
A year later Emmett's hopes were
again bolstered up, as witness the
from The Index of March
10, 1904:
"As timber market Emmett prom
ses to regain the position it held in
The early history of the state when it
was the shipping point for a large
portion of the commonwealth. Two
Mills will be saving timber by next
all and third within a year. This
asst will be one of the largest, if not
he largest, in the state. 1t will be
,wned by the Weyerhauser syndicate,
he largest lumber merchants in the
world. This concern owns vast tracts
# timber land on the North Fork of
he Payette river, besides thousands
# acres in the northern part of the
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-06-15
Bad BOYS

In the Emmett cemetery is buried
little Japanese baby. The parents
follow the custom of their native land
by placing candy in jar on the grave
instead of flowers. But sad to relate,
some naughty boys are in the habit
of stealing the candy after the par
ents have departed.
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-07
MAN AT NoRTHWooD ON WAY TO
PRISON FIVE HOURS AFTER
ARREST.
MAKES BRUTAL ASSAULT
ON SWEAR old BOY
and Angry Citizens Talk Lynchine
Louis Butinhoss, Farm Hand
Pleads Guilty to Crime and is Given
Maximum Sentence Of Ten Years.

Northwood, Sept 7.-Threatened
with bodily injury at the hands of u
crowd Of several hundred persons.
Louis Butinhoss was arrested yester-
day on the charge of sodomy on the
person of Ray Sweeney aged 6, and
within five hours after he had been
taken into custody Butinhoss was en-
route for the state prison at FIT. Madi-
son. where he will serve a ten year
term The boy died yesterday morning.
Butinhoss. who has been employee
as a farm hand near here, came to this
city on Monday, at which time he is
said to have been in company with
young Sweeney. The case was report
ed to Sheriff HI. A. Gullickson, who
began search for Butinhoss. and this
morning he wa staken into custody.
Butinhoss was taken before the grand
jury and plead guilty to the charge OF
sodomy. He was arraigned before
Judge M. S. Edwards, of Parkersburg,
and sentenced 20 an indeterminata
term of ten years in the state prison
at Fort Madison.
In sentencing Butinhoss to prison,
Judge Edwards stated that he he'd
given the prisoner the maximum SEN
tence, and that considering the revolt
ing circumstances surrounding the
case, the period of Butinhoss' confine :
ment should not have been limited to
ten years.
Butinhoss was taken hurriedly from
the pail this afternoon by a deputy
who boarded a train en- route to Fort
Madison. Butinhoss claims his home
is in Austin. MINI.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-07

appeared at the invitation and solicita-
tion OF committee from the Boone
Commercial Association, This commit
tee had waited on him at his office
In Cedar Rapids and had interested
him In proposition to build a north
and south car line In Boone extend
Ing from the northside driving park
to Herman park on the south.
The Iowa Railway and Light Com
pany before entering into an agree
ment with the city wants the contract
for city lighting extended ten years,
The present contract expires Jan. l.
1919. The plan is to reduce on october
LIST of this year the present cost OF
lights to the city 10 per cent, regardless
of the contract. In five years from
october LIST should either party desire
1t there may ne an adjustment of the
rates. Should the parties fail Of agree
ing the articles provide for board
of arbitration. Failure in this the ar
lcles further provide for an equitable
action In the district court.
Should the plans be successful Boone
will not only have street car line
north ard south. with a schedule prob
ably like the east and west service, but
would also get a 10 per cent reduction
in street citing cost from October list
this year.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-07
AMENABLE TO CITY AND STATE.
Conviction Under Liquor "Nuisance'
Act Does Not End Case.

Conviction Under Liquor "Nuisance"
Act Does Not End Case.
Sioux City, Sept. Persons who
have paid fines in police court for vio-
lations Of the city's maintaining anui-
sance ordinance are not immune from
Indictment for violating the state
liauor laws, Judge John w. Anderson
pointed out late yesterday in his
instructions to the September grand
jury.
Judge Anderson said that the null
sance ordinance is a measure which
gives the city the power to collect fines
for It's own benefit but that 1t does
not exempt the person paying the fine
from prosecution under the state laws.
The court urged the grand jury to
be careful in voting bootlegging indict-
ments. He advised them to vote In
dictments only when they believe that
there Is sufficient evidence to obtain
conviction by trial Jury. He explained
that when persons are exonerated be-
cause Of lack Of evidence the costs
are piled upon the taxpayers.
Judge Anderson also informed the
jurors that grand jury Is not a
collection agency. He instructed them
not to vote any indictments against
persons If, In the opinion Of the jury.
the purpose of the parties pressing the
charge is to force the payment Of a
debt. The court said that he had no
particular cases in mind where the
grand juries in this county in the past
had been used as collection agency.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-07
Northern Io1ua Items

come for fear OF being unable to get
home if the railroad strike material
lied. Those in attendance made the
best of it. however and after listening
to talks by several local citizens. ar
ranged for another meeting at later
date. H. A. Hendrlckson, Of Water
vile, was appointed to represent the
county at a state meeting Of the society
at Des Moines this week.
Anamosa.
The Jones County Farm Improve
ment Society made permanent organ
ization Tuesday. John Bodenhofer. of
E. E. Tyre. Of Oxford, vice president;
w. D. Mclaughlin. Of Castle Grove,
secretary; and Frank Tasker, of Wyo-
ming, treasurer. The directors are:
c. H. Hale, Dan Joslin, Thomas Hogan.
Duane Rigby, r. A. Russell. H. A.
Toenjes. J. R. McNeilley, James Morse
and C. E. Kohl. C. A. Deems, of the
local mems club gave the address of
welcome and invited the visitors to
indulge in a smoke and also attend a
show at the Crystal after the conven
ton. Prof. Merle Mcdonald. of Ames
gave AN interesting talk: Prof. John
Cameron, of the state university, was
also one of the speakers.
Randall.
A disastrous fire at Randall Monday
night destroyed two buildings and their
contents, making a loss impossible to
compute yet. Appraisers are working
upon the facts and the exact amount
Of the loss will soon be made public.
The fire, which was Of unknown origin,
started some time between 10 and
IL o'clock Monday night in a building
owned by the Randall Lumber Com
pany, in which r. J. Anderson was
located with plumbing establishment.
The store building just next to the
plumbers was owned and occupied by
G. S. Washburn, with the Washburn
Manufacturing Company, and this also
was burned to the ground. Upon the
plumbing establishment Mr.. Anderson
carried 500 insurance. while Mr.
washburn carried $500 on the struc-
ture and 500 on the tools and other
materials in the building.
Waterloo.
Miss Elsie French, after an absence
OF FIVE years as a missionary at Ziga-
z.--, Egypt spent ten weeks in making
the 20, 0oo-mile trip necessary to return
home for furlough. War conditions
in Europe forced her to return through
the Red sea, Indian ocean and then by
way Of Hong Kong, japan and Van
couver. Miss French is superintendent
OF a girls' school at Zigazig, which is
between Cairo and Port Said. Her
pupils are mainly Mohammedans and
Coptics. While not all of the girls
are converted to Christianity" says
Miss French, call pupils emerge from
the eight years course with frlendlier
feelings for that religion" After a
years furlough Miss French will re-
turn. On the return trip Of the Empress
OF Asia, the boat on which Miss French
took passage from Yokohama. Will be
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul MacEachron. who
60 as missionaries to China. and Drs
r. A. and Grace F. Jerger, who are to
spend two years In the orient to ad-
vance their surgical knowledge. All
] or these people are Waterloo people.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-07
POTATO PRICES TO DROP.
Commission Men Predict Gradual De
3 crease in Retail Cost.

Des Moines, Sept. High prices on
potatoes have lured Iowa potato grow
ers to the city.
Farmers within driving distance Of
Des Moines have been making the
rounds of grocers
They are offering, however, say
local grocers. no material reduction
under the commission house price. a
few cents difference is all.
Anticipating still higher prices. gro
GERS here stocked up heavily and many
produce men returned to their farms
with a fun load, or sold to commission
men.
H. G. Chase. and many commission
men, are Of the opinion that the price
of potatoes will gradually decline, al
tho today's quotation was the sama as
yesterday. $50 per bushel.
Potatoes will drop from now on,
declared Mr.. Chase, who has over 100
bushels which he purchased yesterday
in storage I'D advise all to postpone
buying in quantity. as the price is
bound to go down"
Other food commodities have not
increased in price, except at the viii
of the dealer" he continued, and
these dealers will rapidly return thor
prices to normal"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-07
TWO INJURED IN STORM.
Muscatine Woman Seriously Hur
Milan Ctnuek hx 1 inhAninn

Muscatine Woman Seriously Hurt
When Struck by Lightning.
Muscatne. Sept IA big cloud that
had been hanging over the city for the
greater part Of the afternoon rubbed
up against itself Tuesday and became
charged brimful of electricity. Some
thing then started the pile to sliding
and during the night hours lurid md
violent lightning followed. /.
The result was that two were in :
jured, the city was plunged into abject
darkness for brief periods on no less
than three occasions and three men
were marooned on an island opposite
,Muscatine when their boat was torn
from its moorings. Many lodge meet
ings and various functions were post.
poned by reason of the heavy down
pour. t3y
Mrs. James Perkins residing at the
William Anthony home in Pack Place,
was struck by a sudden Eolt Of light
ming. Tuesday evening. Her ,dition
is said to be serious.
Orrie Edmonston. conductor on an
interurban car which arrived here at
s o'clock Tuesday evening from Dav-
export, was stunned but escaped
otherwise uninjured as he pulled the
plug light of signalling station on the
outskirts Of the city. He was fellcd
to the ground and badly stunned but
recuperated sufficiently to continue his
run to the city. 1t is believed that
lightning struck the trolley wires Just
as he pulled the plug.
The power plant of the Muscatine
Lighting Company was put out oc
commission the first time at 7:44 p. n.
At s o'clock the electrical energy again
failed and the city was in darkness
once more. The third occasion was
shortly after midnight Wednesday
morning. and the fourth at 2:35 a. m.
Considerable. excitement was Great
ed in the south end when wild cries
for help We're, waited to that section
Of the city emanating from the direc-
ton Of Towhead island. In the belief
that some one was drowning or in
peril a large crowd congregated on the
river front while several boats were
rushed to the scene.
Their fears were dispelled. however.
upon the arrival of the boats at TIE
island. Three men were found to have
been marooned when their boat was
blown out to midstream ny the heavy
wind. They were "Cy" Duncan and
two Of his companions.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-07

the cost 10 paid by taxation In return
for hre protection and other public use
OF water.
common rate for electricity paid
by towns for pumping il about 6 cents
a kilowatt hour In we'll whose
water level is not more than twenty
or thirty feet from the ground surface,
one kilowatt hour Of energy will often
pump 1000 gallons or more into an
elevated tank. When gasolene engines
are used the fuel cost was found to be
both below and above 10 cents per L.
900 gallons OF water, with gasolene
costing in the neighborhood of 20 cents
a gallon. 1t appears, therefore. that
pumps driven by electric motors are
more economical than gasolene engines
when current can be purchased at rea-
senable rates and the electric motor Is
the more reliable Of the two. Leaky
valves. clogged wells, insufficient un-
foreground flow and unsuitable ma
chinery are also responsible FOR con-
ditions which waste money from the
taxpayers pocket.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-07
or STATE HEALTH
BOARD WARNS AGAINST
OSCILLATION.
SAYS iNFANriLE PARALYSIS
CAN BE COMMUNICATED
caresses on Lips Especially Dangerous
Custom Among Children Declared
to Be Especially Dangerous-Fewer
Paralysis Cases at Present in Iowa
Other News.
Des Moines. Sept. beware the

Des Moines, Sept. beware the
dealy kiss
Germless kisses are impossible. and
school children should desist from the
old fashioned method Of showing affec-
ton, according to warning issued by
DR.. G. H. Sumner, secretary of the
state board Of health.
Not that the children have been In
the habit of running around with their
arms about each other pressing each
others lips, says DR.. Sumner, but we
advise against the lip caress, as disease
can be transferred more easily and
readily that way than in any other
The opening of the public schools is
expected by health board authorities
TO aid in stamping out infantile paraly-
sis on account Of the children having
more care and medical inspection than
is the case when they are home.
Since June Iowa has had ten deaths
from the plague. There were ia cases
reported and at present the number
suffering from the disease has been
cut down to less than half that number
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-07
APPLE HARVEST At STATE EARN
Picking and Packing Begun Under ri
rection Of Ames Expert.

Council Bluffs. Sept. 7.-Over a score
of men. under the direction of Protes
sor Laurenz Greene of the state agri-
cultural college at Ames. began the
work of picking the apples at the state
farm east of the city Wednesday morn =
ing. and in the afternoon. the sorting
and packing Of the apples was be-
gun.
The yield this year promises to be
very good. The first Of the picking is
of the Northwestern Greetings, anC
when this variety is exhausted, other
varieties will be ready for the gang OF
pickers.
The apple harvest at the state or
chard is expected to take in the neigh
borhood of five or six weeks. tho the
exact time can not be told as yet. Va
rious circumstances, including the rip
ening of some Of the fruit. may change
the date Of finishing the harvest by d
week or more.