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Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-09-27
Insuring the Apple Crop.

Of late years scientific attempts
have been made to insure the apple
crop. Formerly apple growing was a
sort of gamble. Perhaps Jack Frost
might slip down from the hills into an
orchard, some spring night, when the
trees were in bloom, and with touch
of his icy fingers, blast the entire
crop. Even if he passed up the oppor'
tunity of freezing the incipient crop
the worms and bugs and various dis
eases got In their work. All the way
through apple growing was more or
less of a gamble. Not so today. The
apple producer provides himself with
smodge pots filled with oil, and when
the temperature drops to the freez-
ing point In spring time the grower
lights the heaters and maintains a safe
temperature. Then at the proper time
he goes forth with q spraying ap-
paratus and wards of the danger and
damage of myriad host Of creeping.
crawling, flying singing insects and
some tree diseases as well.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-09-27
WORLD FULL OF COMPLAiNERS
Some Wall About III Health, Many
About III Fortune, but Most of
All About Ill Luck.

The world is full of complainers.
Some complain of i'll health, many of
i'll fortune and most of all of ill luck.
A pound of pluck is worth ton of
luck 1t is not perfect world. Who
is well every day throughout the year
without an ache, a pain or cough?
Who is perfect in physique, in tenn
per. in deed and word and conscience?
What man or woman is without
weakness or reason at times for mis-
givings or cause at times for repent
ance?
1t is a world of foibles, fads and
fanatics. If we were all perfect, the
preachers would be needless. Heaven
would be on earth.
There is comfort in the thought that
the striking differences we find among
men and women make the world at
tractive. If all were alike, the mo-
notony would be unbearable.
Think of these things when you feel
like repenting over i'll health, i'll for
tune, i'll treatment or i'll luck.
Misery loves company and there are
always "others."-Leslie's.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-09-27

trained as officers in the new Ma
tional army, Clarence A. Spauidlng
of Pasadena, called to service toi
six months by the national war work
council of the Y. NJ C. A. COR reii-
gious work az eng the men approach
a young man recently. I'm afraid we
nave no need for you,' said the
young fellow with the perspiration
streaming down his face. I'VE are
kept so busy that the devil hasn't
a chance to catch us"
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-09-27
Lese-MaIesty.

Lese-majesty in jurisprudence signi'
fies any crime committed against the
sovereign power in state. Among
the Romans "crimen laesae majesta'
tbs" denoted charge brought against
a citizen for acts of rebellion, usurpa'
ton of office, or general misdemeanors
of a political character. which were
comprehended under the title OF Of
lenses against the majesty OF the Ro'
man people. In the reign OF Tiberius,
according to Suetonius, 1t was lese'
majesty to fog a slave or to change
ones clothes In the presence Of any
image of the emperor. Germany gives
the law very vigorous force In all criti-
cisms Of the emperor's official acts.
In the United States this form OF
treason is without constitutional rec
ognition Constitution of the United
States, Article III, Section ND. :.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-09-27
NEW POST OFFICE RULES.

Postmasters over the country have
been supplied with q new set OF
rules which must be followed by the
patrons of the office if quick results
are to be obtained Take a slant
at them:
No letters given out until they are
received. If you DIDN'T get a letter
or q paper on the day you expect
it, have the Postmaster or the en-
ployees look through all the boxes
and in the basement, too Your mail
ought to be there somewhere, and tn,
force just loves to hunt for it to
please you If your friends don't
write rave at the Postmaster; he is
to blame. If he tells you there is no
mail for you, put on a grieved, sour
look and tell him there ought to be
som !. He is doubtless hiding your
mail for the pleasure CT having
You ask for it. Ask him to look
mako him lick'em and put'em on
your parcels that's his business:
that's what the Government pays
LIN for. When you drop your letter
in the mail box fail to address the
SANG, or forget the stamp The POST
master delights in filling the de-
livery window bars with letters and
pc stcards: Held for delivery" Call
and ask for your mail every two or
three hours during the day and send
the kids along between your calls.
Turn all the touch buttons on the
and be sure to drop the
fronts Of each box floorward. These
rules will be observed to fit the Of
flee force for Sunday school work
and calm prayer meeting experiences.
Elk
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-09-27
TITANIC TASK OF RAILWAYS.

"At the present rate OF movement
the railways of the United States
will in the year 1917 HANDLE 3D.
100000, or So per cent, more tons
CT freight than they did in the fis-
cal year ended June 80, 1915" said
in. Fl. Ashton, president of the
Chicago and Northwestern System, to
the st. Louis Railway Club. He ad-
ded.
son the basis of the present num-
Der of tons handled Fer train, it
would take 100000 freight trains,
containing $4,000, 900 freight cars,
merely to handle this increase alone
in tonnage over 1915.
IF all the cars required to han
die this increase in tonnage were
made up into a single train that
train would be 1863 miles long"
Tho increase alone in the freight
taffic of our railways in 1917 over
the year ended Junc 80, 1915, will
amount to as much as the total traf-
flc handled per annum before the wal
by all the railways OF Germany,
France, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Swift
zerland, Roumania, Holland, Canada,
South Afric, Mexico, Japan, Brazil
and South Wales.
Despite the unparalleled increase
in traffic, the car shortage has been
reduced from 14S, SAT cars in April
last to 1851 cars on September ].
This remarkable result is due to
the methods adopted and enforced
by the Railroads War Board, with
the cooperation of shippers and re-
ceivers of freight in loading cars
more heavily and unloading and load
ing them more promptly"
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-09-27
Music Language of Soul.

The meaning of music goes deep. 1t
is the universal language of the soul.
Where speech fails, song is only be-
ginning. Music can make mems hearts
as steel in the face Of battle, when
thousands are to be stricken down
and trampled into the earth, or 1t can
melt these same hearts to tender love
and make them tremble at a sweet
hearts whisper. Music can cleanse
the soul for worship, or 1t can de-
prave for the vilest orgies. 1t uplifts,
and it debases; it inspires to the high,
the sweet, the true, and it deadens to
the gross and low, the vicious and the
heartless. Freedom and love and hdel-
ity and praise-words that illumine all
language-would be meaningless and
dead but for the spirit instilled into
them by song.-Exchange.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-09-27
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Estate of Howard Duncan, Deceased
Notice is hereby given by the un
dersigned M. E. Wood, Administra
tor of the Estate of Howard Dun
can deceased, to the creditors Of
and all persons having claims against
the said deceased, to exhibit them
with the necessary vouchers, with
in four months after thu first pub.
LEGATION of this notice, to the said
NJ. E.. Wood, Administrator, at his
office at the Wood and Spaulding
Hardware Firm, at Payette, County
C Payette, State of Idaao, this he
ing the place fixed for the transac.
lion of the business of said estate
Dated September oath, 1917.
NJ. E. WOOD,
Administrator.
Sep. 81, Oct IS.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-09-27
NEVER TOO LATE TO BEGIN
There Is No Past So Black or So Bit
ter That Ii Cannot Be Redeemed,
Declares Writer.

Take heart and begin again As
/ Kipling says, "there is for you moth
/ ing irremedlable, nothing ineffaceable,
nothing irreconcilable in anything you
may have said or thought or DONE"
/ There is no past so black or so bitter
/ that it cannot be redeemed. "Thoug,.
thy sins are as scarlet they shall be
made whittier than snow"
There is no better time to have q
mental house Geaning than now
writes DIR. Orison Sweet Marden in the
Nautilus. 1t is a good time to get rid
of the rubbish that has so long been
handicap. Don't pull along with you
through the door of the present all the
miserable black, painful things which
worried you, marred your success and
your happiness in the past. Shut all
Of these horrid ghosts out behind the
closed door of your past life. Take
across the threshold of the new day
only those things that can help you, the
friends of your success and your hap
piness; take only the pleasant memo
ries, the helpful thoughts and sugges-
tons with you. Leave all the others
behind. Bury all your skeletons so deep
that they can never come to live with
you again.
Say TO them: "You miserable devils,
you have logged my steps, hindered
my progress, destroyed my peace OF
mind, and strangled my efficiency long
enough. 1 will have nothing more to
do with you. 1 am Gods child, and
was not made to be bounded by these
enemies who are trying to thwart my
ambition and to dwarf my career by
devitalizlng me, and then cutting down
my efficiency"
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-09-27
WAR GAINS HIM A MOTHER.

Alvin Stanley, private in 18th
Company, Coast Artillery Corps, and
Secretary of the Army Y. NJ. c.. A.
club at Fort Baker, overlooking San
Francisco bay, has just learned after
twenty-one years that he has
mother. He was born in Dublin, Ire
land. His father died when he was
IA months old and he was adopted by
kind family. He knew nothing of
his mother until last week when
ho received a letter addressed to
My own dear SON. For years she
had been searching for him. She ap-
pealed to the government and learned
of his whereabouts through his en-
Hstment papers. She lives in Kansas
City and he had lived In Dfs Moines,
Iowa, less than 200 miles from her.
He will secure o fursongh and go
to Kansas City to be clasped in her
arms
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-09-27
DeIiIah and the Gar.

Nicholas was not the first, nor will
he be the last, to yield up judgment
and will into the hands Of queenly
and beautiful woman. The motive of
Samson and Delilah of the vale OF
Sorek is a scarlet thread that runs
through all history. And Empress
Alexandra herself, broken-hearted
woman from the beginning, was led to
the brink of the precipice by forces of
tremendous and universal strength ;
her passionate and morbid love for her
invalid son, born after long waiting,
whose pains were alleviated it would
seem, by Rasputin's magnetic force,
just as the fatal malady of the cars
father, Alexander III, was lightened
by the similar but more benign power
of Father John of Kronstadt; her OBJ
stinate and unconverted devotion for
the land of her birth her passion for
autocratic power. Those are not vul-
gar or trivial motives; they have
swayed great souls through all his
tory.-North American Review.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-09-27
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 81, 1917.
FARMERS SHOULD SHIP NOW.

An appeal to farmers to ship thell
wheat now is made by Fairfax Harrl
son. Chairman of the Railroads Wal
Board, who says.
1--WE are assured that the price OF
wheat determined by the President
will be maintained throughout The
year by the food administration and
that there can be no objective IN
holding wheat. In fact, the farmer
saves interest and deterioration by
marketing early.
cat the present time the railways
can handle more wheat to storage
points for ready distribution and to
mills to be manufactured into flour
fer domestic consumption and expor-
tation to our allies where it is much
needed and for which ships are avail
able at ports.
eThe railways wish to appeal TO
the farmers to brins their wheat to
market new. Later in the fall the
handling of many more products Will
cause congestion and delays.
1.-THE railways are now being or
Grated in common to serve the en-
tire community. Tho demands for
movements of military and supplies
will be an increasing burden. There
fore the railways must have the CO.
operation of the entire community
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-09-27
SOLDIERS AS LETTER WRITER'S.

That the power of suggestion has
an influence upon the enlisted men
Of the United States army and navy
is shown by statistics in the hands
of the national war work council OF
the Y. NJ. C. A. In Army Y. M. e
A. buildings and tents in every
camp and cantonment there is a
sign which reads write that letter
to mother today" 1t has brought
happiness into thousands upon thou
sands of homes. The Army Y. M.
C. A. furnishes soldier writing paper,
envelopes, pen and ink free OF
charge. AS a result it is costing
thousand dollars day for station
cry in the western department alone
1t is one of the biggest items of
expense in the war work OF the
association but it is one Of the
greatest blessings for the soldiers
and the parents.
c. G. Titus, Y M. C. A. camp
secretary at Camp Fremont says
that with 1000 men at the camp there
were days when more than 700
letters were written by the enlisted
men. In sixty-seven days at Fort
Douglass, near Salt Lake City, Utah,
29,021 letters were written on Y NJ.
c. A. stationery During one month
10000 letters were written at Camp
Arcadia, near Les Angeles.
On the Mexican border the Y. M.
C. A. supplied Is, 900 sheets of writ
ing paper daily to the American
troops. In one big camp in England
twenty tons of stationery are used
every month. This is but one item
in a long list of Army Y. M. c. A.
activities.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-09-27
TWENTY YEARS AGO.

i Ladies wore bustles.
l Operations were rare.
i Nobody swatted the fly
Nobody had seen a silo.
Nobody had appendicitis.
Nobody wore white shoes
Nobody sprayed orchards.
Cream was cents pint.
Most young men had 'livory bills.
| Catalogues were muskmelcns.
| You never heard of "tin Lizzie"
Doctors wanted to see your tongue
Milk shake was fayorite drink.
Advertisers did not tell the truth.
Nobody cared for the price of gas
olene.
Farmers came to town for theil
mail.
The hired girl drew $50 week.
The butcher threw in" chunk c.
liver.
Folks said pneumatic tires were a
joke
Nobody "listened in" on a tele,
phone.
There were no sane Fourths, MOI
electric meters.
Strawstacks were burned instead OF
baled
Publishing country newspaper
was not a business.
People thought English sparrows
were BIRDS
Jules Verne was the My convert
the submarine.
You stuck tubss in your ears to
hear a photograph, and it cost a
dime.-Pik2 County Qll) Republican.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-09-27
Optimism.

Optimism is friends with the world,
putting white arms of affection about
the earth and men. It's good will, en-
circling the world, returns to it again.
Optimism knows that the very needs
Of love are fairer in blossom than the
brightest orchids of hate.
Optimism is the gospel of light, and
If that light shines for you, you will
find your llfe's dream tiding through
happy fields beneath rainbow arching
skies until its low sweet murmur is
swallowed in a mighty river of song.
Optimism ends the world-old strug-
gle for happiness by being happy.-Ex-
change.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-09-27
Mo Ionner a Fad.

Vegetarianism was at one time
looked upon as fad of the worst and
most bigoted type, but the day has
come when 1t is accorded considera-
ton and has a greater number Of fol-
lowers than even the most optimistic
adherent of the cause could have
dreamed 20 years ago. The fruitarian
movement has an extraordinary num-
der of educated and cultured people
who have openly Joined its ranks.
Every simple and natural dietist is
an enthusiast and anxious to bring
others into the field. There must, In
deed, be something pleasing and at
tractive about mode of life which so
fascinates its devotees that their Ia
bors to enlist others as followers are
unceasing.-London Telegraph.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-09-27
HOW WORLD KEEPS BALANCE
Permanence of Continents Explained
by biologists as Due to Greater
Lightness of Rock of Land.

1t is a comparatively new theory
that explains the permanence of con-
tinents, though their surfaces are on
the average about three miles higher
than the sea bottom, as due to the
greater lightness of the rocks of the
land. At various periods in geological
history the balance thus established
has been disturbed by the forcing up
or depressing of portions of the
earth's crust, and the disturbances
seem to have been followed by slow
settling or rising to the point of stable
equilibrium.
Late researches by the coast and
geodetic survey prove satisfactorily
that the mountains of the United
States at least retain their places
through their low density instead OF
being held up by the rigidity or
strength of the earth's materials. The
Iightest gases rise highest, and are
kept above the general level as ice
bergs rise higher than the denser wa
ter in which they float. The differ
ences in the density of continental and
suboceanic materials are believed to
continue down to q depth of about
sixty miles. The normal condition is
considered to be that in the large river
valleys and under the coastal plains,
and the material below sea level Is
heavier than normal down to sixty
miles.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-09-27

1913 acre farm, coed room dwell
ing, large farm barn, up-to-date dairy
barn, all out buildings, all under
good fence, 100 acres in cultivation,
good orchard all under irrigation, pro
duced 200 tons of hay besides about
500 bushels of grain, all kinds Of
fruits and vegetables. This snap
can be had if taken at once with
the 200 tons of hay and 40 head Of
cattle. mostly steers for the sum
of $4,000 We will give time on part
of the consideration Almon Motley,
Halfway, Oregon, 3S-t4.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-09-27
spRINkLlNe ASSESSMENT ROLL.

Notice is hereby given that the
Sprinkling Assessment Roll of the
City of Payette fer the year 1917,
was filed in my office on the 18th
day of September, 1917; en- the 18th
day of October, 1917, at O'Clock p.
p. the Council will meet to hear
and consider objections to said as
sessment roll by parties aggrieved
by usch assessment; objections to
said assessment roll must be made
in writing and filed in the office of
the City Clerk of the City Of Pay
cite, Idaho, not later than o'clock
p. m. October 18th, 1917.
MARTIN o. LUTHER,
Sept. 81, Oct. II. City Clerk.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-09-27

We would like to impress upon the
minis of our subscribers who are
are in arrears, that it requires money
to operate a newspaper especially
when all material is more than dou-
bic in price We earnestly ask each
enc to think back to when the last
time they renewed their subscription
1t only means a small amount TO
each one but the aggregate amount
to us is a large sum for Us to carry
We are offering an inducemsnt by
continuing until October lst at the
old price OF SLIGO which is 80 cents
less than any paper in the county
and in addition are Offering the
Idaho Farmer to all who pay one
year in advance. win you kindly
call and settle your subscription. 1t
will be greatly appreciated.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-09-27
Whv ships Float.

Steel ships differ from those of WOOD
in that their hulls are made of steel
plates riveted together, instead of the
old method of using wooden planking.
They are enabled to float because, be-
ing hollow, they have what is called
buoyancy. A steel ship displaces vol
ume of water equal in weight to Its
own. The principle of buoyancy may
be tested by floating an iron pail In .
bathtub full OF water.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-09-27
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the
regular annual Injecting of the
stockholders of the Washoe lrriga-
ton and Water Power Co. will be
held in the Banks building on Cen
ter Avenue, in Payette, Idaho, Mon--
day, October LIST. 1917, at 2 o'clock
p. m. as provided for in the bylaws
z. W. EQUALS, Sec. 7
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-09-27
CASUALTIES
Number of persons killed

Number of persons killed III
Number of persons injured 30
The number Of accidents as shown
above that occurred on railroad
tracks and crossings, should be a
lesson to all auto drivers, and more
precaution should be taken. The rail
roads have taken every means OF
preventing accidents within their
power, and it is up to the auto driV
er to do his part.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-09-27
SUMMARY OF AUTOMOBILE ACCl
DENTS OCCURRING ON UNION
PACIFIC RAILROAD, JAN.

TO AUG. I, 1917.
Total number Of accidents
Accidents due to automobiles
striking engines, cars or
trains IA
Accidents due to trains, engines
or cars striking automobiles AZ
Accidents due to automobiles
running thru crossing gates IL
Accidents due to automobiles
striking railroad employees
on duty
Accidents due to automobiles
striking switch shanties
Accidents due to automobiles
turning over embellishments
and falling on railroad track |
Damage to household goods
loaded on auto truck l
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-09-27
Accidents occurring in daylight 56
Accidents occurring after dark %

Accidents occurring at points
protected by standard crossing
signs 48
Accidents occurring at points
protected by crossing bells
Accidents occurring at points
protected by crossing gates 13
Accidents occurring at points
protected by crossing watch
man s
Accidents occurring at points
other than on crossings 2
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-09-27
NO CHANCE FoR The DEVIL.

NJ SHHNSG rOn i6E OE"iL.
At the Preside Training camp
where 1900 selected men are being
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-09-27

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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-01-16
FIVE LANGUAGES
ATUT|L|TY PROBE
Result of PoIyglot Hearing Was
To Show Sailor Brought About
His Own Death

Following session of nearly three
hours, yesterday, of the public utilities
commission, in which five languages
English, japanese, Hawaiian, nautical
and legal-were used, the net result
Was that Morimoto, whose death was
being investigated, came to his end by
an act of God and the possible i'm
proper handling of rope.
MorimotO, who was one of Japa
ncse crew of the Inter, Island steamer
<aiulani, was drowned while trying to
land a boat from the steamer at Pepee-
kcO, Hawaii, on January 5. Two other
members of the crew were injured and
are at present in the hospital. The
remaining two members of the small
surfboat testified at the hearing yes
terday. .' ~ r..
According to the testimony of Capt,
William G. Bruhn, Mate HOdgens, and
the two survivors of the small boat
Morimoto met his death as the result
of heavy sea that capsized the boat
which was taking the shore line from
the steamer to land. That the rope
running from the ships boat to the
steamer was improperly handled aP
pears to have been partially RESPONSE
BILE for the accident, according to the
witnesses. This, however, was mat
ter that was not clearly brought out al
the hearing, for the reason that tbs
men in the small boat appear to have
become panic-stricken when the boat
was hit by the huge wave,
One of The surviving sailors testified
that the steersman 's''o oar became tan
gled with the rope running to the
steamer when the wave struck, an,
that If this had not happened the ac
| cident would not have occurred.