The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-01-17

Order your poultry crates Of Mich
! igan-Idaho Lumber Co.
Mont Reed is back from an absence
of several weeks at his mines in Ore
gon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Huston Hit are today
moving to the farm on the river above
town.
If you wish to save money on your
carpenter work see W. H. Basye
phone 86W.
Merit Cook returned Monday from
LaJunta, Colo. He was accompanied
by his wife and baby.
The heating apparatus for the heat
ing plant in the McNish block arrived
today and will be installed at once.
Jerome Reed writes home TO friends
that he is now in quarantine at a
detention camp near New York city.
A. A. Richards has bought a Stude-
baker Six motor car of this years
model from the Emmett Garage &
Auto company.
The jitney between Emmett and
Boise had to quit Monday on account
Of the muddy roads and the railroad
is doing all the traffic
c. r. Whitman this week bought a
Ford car from the N & NJ Garage.
He will use it as truck for his plumb
ing and timing business.
Charles Crowder, who has had
charge of the Alexander store during
the absence of Mr.. Simonds, return
ed Tuesday to his home at Weiser.
W H. Sissler brought to this Of
flee few days ago a potato grown
by him that is a pretty fair repre-
sentation of Teddy bear squatting
on its launches.
"Why not buy your Edison and
Victor machines, and records at home?
You pay the same, less the freight,
and see them before buying. W. J.
Easton, the reliable jeweler, has them.
Remember The Index does all kinds
of job printing at reasonable prices
and the quality of the work is equal
to the best, and the money received
for the same is all spent right here
in Emmett.
Will Talley and Harry Hamilton
of Sweet, J. E. Flake Of Ola and Fred
Turner of Pearl were among the out
of town people who were in attend
ance upon the meeting of the State
Council of Defense, Monday evening.
Rev J. H. Barton will hold services
in the Presbyterian church Sunday
After the morning service, congre-
gational meeting will be held to con-
slider matters Of Importance to the
church. A full attendance is desired
The Short Line is furnishing car
loads of sand to the city to fill up the
lakes on the block of ground owned
by the railroad south of the water
tank. The city is taking the dirt from
the cars and distributing it in the low
places.
The Freshmen of the High school
and a team from the Central Mesa
school were to have played a game of
basketball in town Tuesday evening,
put owing to the almost impossible |
roads, the Central Mesa team could
not come.
Rev. Cliff X. Titus of Burley is as
'isting with the evangeliStic meetings.
Rev. Titus delivered the commenc-
mt address of the schools two years
lgo. He is the guest of DR.. P. W.
Polly during his stay here.
A. NJ. Simonds, returned Tuesday
rom two weeks, absence on the
oast. He spent sometime visiting
lis son who is stationed at Camp
-ewis. He says the soldier boys there
re comfortably housed, well fed and
lothed and thoroughly equipped in
very particular.
Letters were received this week by
rank Knox from Tom Eggleston and
lawrence Polly, Emmett boys sta
toned at Camp Merritt, and by Mrs.
ark from her son Robert. The let
ers were dated January and 9. The
oys were confident they would leave
aside of two days, and as no further
ord has been received from them,
ney probably have gone across This
as the last company of the 41st Di-
iSion TO go.