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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-07-05
EELS BROWSE
ON CITY LAWN
Come Through the Irrigation bitches
to Eat Succulent Grass

Good bye lawn mowers Avaunt
sickles and grass hooks! Turn your
scythes into swordsI For their neces-
sity is thing of the past Let the
eels do the work of keeping the lawns
short and trim. Can you beat it?
This is no Bill Misgivens pipe dream
or Max Mayheld- Mark Bates special
news story to the Statesman, but a
real, honest-to-goodness fact. Eels,
little ones a foot long, and big ones
two and three feet long are leaving
the river, following the irrigation
bitches into town and browsing on the
lawns. An Emmett man let the water
run on his lawn all night In the
morning the yard was lake And in
the water there was great com
motion. 1t was full of eels-scads of
them. Daddy Eel and Nanny Eel,
the kids, the cousins and their aunts-
they were all there filling up on the
juicy blue grass and succulent clover.
But dad burn 'em they refused TO even
smell of a dandelion or the pesky rag
weed.
Joe Helfert was notified of their pre-
sence, and he sent his handy man to
the scene, who captured them and put
them in Joe's cellar TO be fattened
until he gets ready to go sturgeon
fishing in Snake river, when he will
use them for bait, first cutting off
their feet, however, and picking them
for next winters use.
Other town residents have had a
experience. and We have heard
several farmers say they have found
eels in their corn fields and alfalfa
patches. The missus says she wishes
the nasty Shiny things would keep
away and has ordered sign painted
keep OFF the Grass"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-07-05
0. BECOMES
SECOND CLASS
Growth of Postal Business Ex-
pected to Put Office in
First Class in Year

On July l the Emmett post office
was advanced to a second class office
giving Postmaster Riggs an increased
salary and an additional clerk. The
office reached second class proportions
January l, but as is the custom of the
postal department a probationary
period of six months was required
before becoming effective.
Postal receipts of $4,000 year are
necessary to give second-class privi-
leges. AT the present rate of growth
the Emmett office will reach $4,000
by the first of next year, which will
entitle Emmett to free city delivery
and two mail carriers. Postmaster
Riggs fully expects this advanced rat
ing next July. Henry A. Stalker of
Boise is the new clerk. He comes
under civil service rules and is ap-
pointed by the government.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-07-05
SUNDAY THEATRES CIV
EN- PERMIT
Regulate Storage of Oils and Ex'
plosives-Sidewalk District
to be Established.

An ordinance granting permission
to operate and keep open on Sundays
theatres and moving picture shows
was passed by the city council Mon
day evening, at the tail end of a busy
session which lasted until after mid
night. A strenuous fight was made
on the measure by the churches. Rev.
A. C. Lathrop was the spokesman.
The petition for Sunday opening con-
tanned approximately 100 more names
than the anti-theatre petition, and
probably was the deciding factor in
the action taken. The vote was 8 to l.,
Councilman Hoops casting the negative
vote After the vote was declared,
Mayor Rose announced his veto, Civ
ing in a forceful manner his reasons.
The ordinance was then passed over his
veto, with no change in the previous
vote. The law becomes effective to-
day with the publication of the ordin-
ance in this issue of The Index, and
the Ideal theater will be open Sun
day.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-07-05

ACCIDENT
Fruitland Man Severely Injured When
Car Gets Out of Control

DIR. Reynolds made a professional
trip to the old Vahlberg ranch on Dry
Buck hill last Friday night to attend
the injuries of w. E. Dorathy of Fruit
land, who, together with companion,
had a narrow escape from serious in
jury in an automobile accident
The young men were returning
home from a business trip farther up
the valley, and were descending Dry
Buck hill when the brakes burned out
and control of the car was lost. Think
ing to stop the mad rush of the auto it
was turned towards the embankment,
but the momentum was too great and
instead of stopping the car turned
turtle. Mr.. Dorathy, who was driv-
ing, was pinned beneath the car and
rendered unconscious by the fall, while
his companion escaped with only few
slight injuries. The unfortunate man
was found to be injured internally,
having a hemorrhage of the lungs. He
is recovering nicely now, and although
no bones were broken, he will be laid
up for some time.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-07-05
ANOTHER FRUIT DRIER
IN PROSPECT
Meeting to be Held Friday Night
to Consider Organization of
Cooperative Company.

A meeting has been called for Fri
day evening, in the Commercial Club
rooms, to consider the organization
of a cooperative company that shall
build and equip a modern fruit and
vegetable evaporating plant in this
city. The meeting will be attended
by L. NJ. Ormsby, who owns the pat
ent rights for the vacuum air evapor-
ator, and State Market Director
Alfred. The presence of fruit growers
is especially urged. Business men and
others are also invited.
1t is stated that the organization
of a company is practically assured.
Arrangements have been made where
by fruit growers may pay for their
stock with fruit. Assurance is given
that by prompt action, the plant can
be erected and be in running order
in time to handle the peach and prune
crops.
The vacuum air system is recon-
mended and used by the government.
1t will successfully evaporate all fruit
except strawberries and all vegeta-
bles except tomatoes
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-07-05
FIELD HOSPITAL MUS
Tered IN
Six Emmett Young Men in the
COmpany-Training to Com
mence at Once

Major B. o. Clark and 64 men, COM
prising the First Idaho Field Hospital
company, were mustered into the SER
vice of Uncle Sam on Saturday. New
uniforms were donned Tuesday, the
company was given quarters in 10
little brown tents and entered upon
active army service.
Six young men from Emmett re-
ported Friday morning for enlistment,
were examined and all accepted. They
are Harvey Park, Harry Foster, Ho-
ward Gaylord, Clarence Skinner,
Frank Carter and Jesse Meyer. In
cluded in the company are between 35
and 40 from Twin Falls. Among them
are the entire football team of the
Twin Falls High school. Major Clark
is proud of the personnel of his COM
pany.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-07-05
SprinkIing Problems.

The dust nuisance has become quite
problem. Complaints pour in that
the present district is poorly sprin-
kled, not from any negligence on the
part of the contractor, w. E. Fisher,
but because he has been given too
much territory to cover. Petitions
for relief outside of the present dis
trict also are being presented, one
showing up from the residents of
Johns avenue. 1t seems probable that
another sprinkling district will have
to be formed. To give relief in the
present district the street and alley
committee was given power to put
another team on from to II o'clock
at night.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-07-05
SWEETCHER ERRYHARVEST
IN FULL TILT
Being Shipped Out in Carloads,
Wagon Loads and Auto Loads
Enormous Crop

For the first time in the history of
Emmett fruit district, sweet cherries
are being shipped to market in car
load quantities. The first carload
went out this week and was shipped by
the Emmett Fruit Union. The fruit
is being packed at the Unions pack
ing plant. Manager Guy Dayton has
a crew Of 40 packers at work, with
Mrs. Downing as foreman. The larg-
est growers furnishing the cherries
are Paul Kefauver, Ben Baker, C. w.
Cook, the Wills brothers and B. C..
Bowers. The Kefauver orchard alone
will have carload. The fruit is large
and of fine quality and the pack is
unusually fine. Other growers are
shipping by wagon, motor truck and
car. Henry Goul has made two trips
TO Mccall in his big motor truck with
cherries. He carried 81 cases on his
last trip, from which he returned last
night.
Many ranchers from neighboring
counties are here with camp outfits
picking TO secure their supply direct
from the trees.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-07-05
TO ORGANIZE A CHURCH
The Nazarane Denomination to Form
Organization-Per Pastor

The Pentecostal Nazarene churches
of Central Mesa schoolhouse and Van
derdasson schoolhouse, with a num-
Der of families of like faith IN En-
NETT, will unite in organizing church
in Emmett this evening in the Bethel
Mission at s p. m. Rev. n. B. Her
rell, district superintendent Of the dis
trict, is here to effect the organization.
The churches believe in centrallz-
ing its forces that they may be more
efficient to carry on their work. They
plan to secure a lot and erect build
ing in the near future. A number OF
Nazarene families are moving to En-
NETT. Henry Stalker, the new clerk
in the post office, with his family, has
just moved to Emmett from Boise
He and his wife were leading members
of the church there. They will unite
with the church here and help with its
work Rev. Daniel Hawlstrom will be
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-07-05
Farmers Picnic Postponed

The farmers picnic, which was bill
ed to be held at Dewey Grove Satur-
day, has been postponed to the follow
ing Saturday, July IA. The program
will include sports, a basket dinner
and speaking by W. G. Scholtz, form
er state market director, and Ray
McKaig, secretary of the Farmers
Nonpartisan League of North Dakota
The sports program begins at 10
o'clock, and the speaking at 1:30. All
farmers are invited to attend, bring
their families and basket lunch.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-07-05
Dave MCGOWAN Injured.

AS a result of the explosion OF
one Of those Internal cap canes, Dave
MCGOWAN was severely injured in
Boise yesterday morning. He was
standing in the lobby of the Grand
hotel when a cane, manipulated by a
boy on the sidewalk outside Of the
building, exploded. A fragment Of
the iron on the end Of the cane crash
ed through the plate glass window.
making as clean hole as if done with
a rifle bullet, and struck Mr.. Nc
Gowan's cheek, burying itself in the
flesh clear to the bone. 1t was nasty
wound, but Mr.. Mac considers him
self lucky that the injury was no more
serious.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-07-05
Sidewalk District.

An ordinance declaring the inten-
ton of the city to establish Sidewalk
Improvement District No. 2 with the
object of constructing $40, 800 worth OF
cement sidewalks passed. The streets
upon which the sidewalks are to be
constructed are as follows:
West side of Boise avenue from the
north side of Canal street to the south
side of Oxley avenue.
East side of Boise avenue from the
north side of Canal street to the
south side of Oxley avenue.
West side of Commercial avenue
from the north side of Canal street to
the south side of Oxley avenue.
East side of Commercial avenue
from the north side of Canal street
to the south side of Oxley avenue.
West side of Washington avenue
from the south side of Oxley avenue
to the north line of block IA of the
original townsite of Emmettsville.
North side of Dion street from the
east side line of Boise avenue to the
west side line of Washington avenue.
South side of Main street from the
east line of lot of Hopkins Addition
to four feet west of the east line of
lot in said Hopkins Addition.
North side of First street from
Johns avenue to the east line of lot
29 in Hopkins addition.
South side of First street from
Johns avenue to the east line of lot
al in Hopkins Addition.
North side of Second street from
Johns avenue to the east line of lot
45 Hopkins Addition.
South side of Second street from
Johns avenue to the east line of lot
so in Hopkins addition.
North side of Third street from
Johns avenue to Wardwell avenue.
West side of Wardwell avenue from
Second street to Third street.
South side of Sixth street from the
east line of lot 5, block 9, Cooks
Addition, to Hayes avenue.
West side of Hayes avenue from
Sixth street to the south line of lot
Al, Sunny Slope Addition.
East side of Hayes avenue from
Sixth street to the south line of
lot As, Sunny Slope Addition.
North side of Main street from
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-07-05
Change in NJ. & NJ. Garage

Merit Cook on Saturday bought the
interests of the Marrs brothers IN the
NJ. & NJ. Garage and the new firm
name is Madden & Cook. Mr.. Cook
at once resigned his position as clerk
in the McNish store and on Monday
morning entered upon his new duties
The new garage building is nearing
completion and will be thrown open
to the public on Tuesday, June IT.
when the band will give a dance In
the evening. During the day dis
play of motor cars will be made.
The new building is substantial, roomy
and convenient and will be thoroughly
equipped in every particular.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-07-05

Asked as to prospects for material
refrigerator cars and help in handling
his big prune crop. Mr.. Richards stat
ed that he already had material In
storage sufficient for so carloads and
more on the road and that recent re-
ports indicated there would be no
shortage of cars. In the matter of
pickers and packers he did not anti
cipate any trouble, as more applica-
tions were coming in for work In the
packing house and orchard than ever
before and while the crop was gong
to be large more people seemed IN
clined to get out and earn pin money
during the fruit harvest this season
than in the past. AS a precautlon,
however, Mr. Richards, has arranged
in case of shortage Of help, to
tumble pack portion of his prunes,
and in case of car shortage, to ship
direct from the trees to the big evap-
orator at Meridian. This will save
the expense OF crates, baskets, paper
and packers, and while a tumble
pack" may not bring as high a price
on the market as prunes Grated ne
thinks the net returns to him will be
as much or more. However, as ne has
large quantity of crates and baskets
in storage and on the way he expects
to use more packers than ever and to
turn out a bigger and better pack.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-07-05
DRIVING ARMY air.
PLANES is EXCITING
Emmett Boy Writes Interesting
ly of Life in the Aviation
Camp in Texas.

Lawrence Crabtree, in a letter TO
his parents Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Crab
tree, says driving army airplanes is
exciting work. He is stationed at San
Antonio, Texas, which is the principal
aerial training camp in the United
States, and has successfully passed
the examination for sergeant, which
entities him to pilot machine. He
writes: "You don't want to worry
about me. | can take care of myself
and am getting along fine. All the
non-commissioned officers are going
to get to pilot machine. AS soon as
my recommendations get back from
the war department, | will be sitting
pretty The privates get to go up
here, but they are not allowed to
pilot a machine. All the men who
get above 95 per cent in that examina-
ton l took for sergeant have been
assigned, so l am expecting mine now
any day.
at sure is exciting to go up in the
air. Aviation is getting to be just
about as safe as driving an auto
There are u machines in the air now,
as | write, and talk about racket, you
can hear them a mile
Eve are going to move into the new
barracks next week. That will be a
whole lot cleaner. 1t sure is hot here
and | am getting as red as an Indian.
"The swiftness with which distance
may be covered may be glimpsed by
this occurrence in our camp. Yester-
day there was TO be board meeting.
The commanding officer instructed
staff officer to notify two officers from
Camp Funston 20 miles away, to be
present. The officer went out to the
hangar, had a machine run out and
climbed in. He went at the rate of
80 miles an hour to Camp Funston,
found the officers wanted, loaded them
into his airplane and was back az
Camp Kelly (our camp) before the
commander knew ne had left the
grounds. Such is the value of the air
unit of the United States army. 1t
is no longer an experiment, it is
necessity.
There are now 26 squadrons of l50
men each in service at Camp Kelly,
and sufficient men on hand to form
as many more squadrons.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-07-05
CANYON CANAL BREAKS
Washes Out Track at Bramwell and
Ties Up Railroad Traffic

The South Side branch Of the Can
yon Canal broke near Bramwell sta
tion at the junction of the steel flume
and the siphon, Friday night and
caused considerable damage.
The Idaho Northern track for q
distance of about 100 feet was wash
ed out and traffic was tied up until
late in the afternoon of Saturday.
The wagon road along the south line
of the Model fruit farm was badly
washed. The wrecking crew was call
ed out to repair the damage to the
railroad.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-07-05

Arthur Richards has been doing a
regular Gland Office business" the past
week selling cherries on the trees al
the Westlake fruit farm. Or, rather
the cherries sold themselves, as the
attractive price of 20 cents for sweets
and 10 cents for sours, on the trees
brought the consumers and the cher
ries together so that the buyers did
their own picking and hauling away
without any help from Mr.. Richards.
The trees appear ablaze with fruit
and can be seen from the top OF
Freezeout Hill. The number of camp
ers and tents makes it look like circus
day and Mr. Richards says the best
is yet to come and that he expects to
dispose of the entire crop without so
much as picking or delivering a sin
gle crate. There is an unusual de-
mand and buyers seem more inclined
to come to the orchards and pick their
own cherries than ever before and
thus save the expense of pickers and
baskets which add to the cost Of crat-
ed cherries.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-07-05

the pastor of the new church. He is
young man with a promising future
as a minister. He graduated this
spring from the Northwest Nazarene
College which is located at Nampa.
He received his A. B. degree.
The Pentecostal Nazarene Church is
evangelical in doctrine and democratic
in government. The regular church
services will be announced after the
organization.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-07-05
Real Sstate Sales.

W. D. Howell this week bought the
John Blake place south of town and
expects to live there, converting it
into chicken farm. Mr.. Blake and
wife will go to Oregon.
Boise Riggs has sold his old place
south of town to brother OF A. l..
Needles, who recently arrived from
Canada. Mr.. and Mrs. Riggs will
move to town.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-07-05
Regulate Oils and Explosives.

Two ordinances regulating the
quantity of oils and explosives that
may be kept on hand at any one
time were enacted. The oil ordinance
prohibits the storage of petroleum,
petroleum products, gasoline and
other oils within the fire limits of the
city in quantities greater than 10
barrels of so gallons each, or 500
gallons. The explosive ordinance pro-
hibits the storage Of high explosives
in the city limits and limits the
amount of gunpowder or blasting
powder that may be stored to 90
pounds.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-07-05

the east line of lot 6, Washburn Ad-
dition to the west line of the east
one-half of lot A, Washburn Addition.
South side of Main street from the
east line of lot IL in Hopkins Addition
to the west line of lot in Hopkins
Addition.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-07-05
CHEAP CHERRIES

At the Westlake Fruit Farm, one
mile south of town: 20 cents for
sweets and 10 cents for sour per gal
lon, on the trees; you pick them. Can
ming cherries now ready. Phone72.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-07-05

John Gamage and Kipp Harrell
have been sent out on duty. John is
with the Coeur d'Alene company in
Utah and he is the company doctor.
In letter to Major Clark, he says ne
"guesses he is handling the job all
right, as one of the boys who was
taken sick got welll" Kipp is at Car
field, Utah, with another company of
the National Guard.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-07-05

The major has grown mustache
and a cute little bunch of alfalfa on
his chin. He looks for all the world
like real Frenchman, and stranger
would expect to be hailed with "Par-
ley vons Francaise," instead of
"hellow The hardest thing an En-
NETT man has to do is to remember to
call him "major" instead of "Doc. "
And the Emmett members of the COM
pany are in the same fix, only diff
ferent, for if they forget and call
him "Doc" they are liable to land in
the guard house and be shot at SUM-
rise. Military discipline is nightly
strict and very exacting.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-07-05

The regimental hospital corps is
looking fine. There are in this corps
John Gamage, Kipp Harrell, Floy
Clark, Don Downing, John MCGOWAN
and Fred Monroe. The service is do
ing the boys good-rounding them out
into men. The discipline requires
them to observe simple and regular
habits and keep themselves in the
best of physical condition. AS re-
suit, they are taking on good hard
flesh and muscle; their skin is clean
and their eyes bright.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-07-05

The company will begin drilling
next week. This consists of infantry
marching maneuvers and series of
lectures on the work required of the
men when in actual service. Within a
short time it is expected the company
will be ordered to a training camp,
probably at Palo Alto, Calf, to re-
ceive more advanced technical train
ing before going to the front.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-07-05

Major Clark's company wants a
pair of bantam Chickens hen and
a rooster-as mascots. Here is where
some Emmett boy or girl may do
something to please the members of
the hospital corps by donating two
"bantas."If they are brought to The
Index office we will see that the gift
reaches the company. The two fowls
will accompany the boys to wherever
they move camp, even when they go
to France. We imagine "Old Do
mince" will learn to crow in French
in a little while, and "Biddy'' will do
her bit by laying an egg every day
and sometimes three or four. By
all means let's send the boys mas
cot
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-07-05
yacate and Open Streets and Alleys

Vacate and Open Streets and Alleys
An ordinance vacating the east &c
feet of Hawthorne avenue between
First street and Third street and sell
ing the same to the adjoining property
owners was passed. The purchasers
are Jonathan Moulton, Francis Wallis
and Ed Skinner. Ordinance No. 1852
creates number of streets and alleys
in the eastern part of town and opens
streets and alleys in various parts of
the city full width. The ordinance,
a lengthy one, is printed on another
page.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-07-05

All the belated returns from Gem
county are in and Manager Tyler has
footed UP the totals. They make
grand total of S4s29. Of this amohnt
S24lI is in cash, S411 more than the
apportionment. 1t was good work
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-07-05
nismantling Power Plant.

The machinery in the old electric
light plant has been sold TO the junk
man for scrap iron and is being dis
msntled. Some of the fly wheels had
blown loose by dynamite.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-07-05
BORN

On Friday, to Mr.. and Mrs. Geo
Fisher of Brownlee, daughter. DR.
w. H. Tukey was in attendance.
This morning, to Mr.. and Mrs. Leor
Coburn, west of town, son.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-07-05
Auto Into Bank

Andy Little lost control of his motor
car while descending Freezeout hill
this afternoon and the car ran into the
bank. None of the occupants were in
iured, but the car lost a wheel.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-07-05

The Company is quartered in 10
tents adjoining the quarters of the
Machine Gun company. Eight sin
gle cots are placed in each tent.
Major Clark himself occupies one of
the tents.