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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1919-01-30
NEWS OF GEM COUNTY
BY The Index's Correspondents

nursing the flu about two weeks.
Grandpa and Grandma Burdell and
Mrs. Lena Hunter spent Monday at
the BurdelI home.
Mrs. Whitsell, Mrs Koontz and Mrs.
Lansing visited at the w +. Buck
home Tuesday afternoon.
Mr.. Fate Brogan and family and
Harry Lansing and family were WISH
tors at W. E. Bucks Sunday.
Miss Nicola Manner spent Saturday
night and Sunday with Mary Burdell.
Frank Russell went to New Ply
mouth on Tuesday on business.
Mr. Wallace went up on the canal
to get his wagon on Tuesday. His
family are all able to be up now after
an attack Of the flu.
Sam Fulgham is home, doing a little
carpenter work.
Mrs. Frank Russell and Mary Bur-
dell called at the Fulgham home on
Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. r. A. Limbaugh's father took
dinner with her Tuesday.
Mrs. Earl Seaman visited her sister
Mrs. +. j. Teerink on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Riggs and Bernice and
Mrs. jenkins and Mrs. Whiteside took
dinner with Mr.. and Mrs. Claude
Whiteside on Sunday.
Mrs Martha and Dorothy Koontz
,alled on Grandma Seaman last Fri
lay.
Darwin Beers returned home on
Wednesday His brother Gorton re-
urned with him for short visit.
Mr.. Burdel made business trip
o Boise valley Friday, returning on
sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Beers and fam
" took dinner with his sister, Mrs.
rank Russell and family Sunday.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1919-01-30
SOUTH SLOPE
B, Mrs. c. ". Cook

Mrs. Modin, who has been taking
care OF her sister who was i'll IN
Boise. returned to Emmett Wednes
day, lei wing the sister much improved
Ralph Flagler, who has been soend
ing some time with his parent, in
Spokane, returned Tuesday.
Mrs. VIM. Lyman and little dauRh-
ter, who have spent several weeks
in Spokane, visiting also at the Eng
Ter home, will join her husband In EN-
NETT next week.
A. A. Richards and Adolph Cook IS
names were given high testimonial
in the petitions recently circulated,
showing their entire fitness for the
positions of road supervisors of the
two districts lying south and west
Of Emmett
Win Tucker and family are spend
ing the week end in Nampa with rel
atives
The snip, snip Of the pruning shears
is 10 be heard in all directions Of the
Slope.
Price Bane and wife spent Sunday
with Jason Kelley and family.
Miss McSparran writes she is gain
ing strength rapidly and viii be able
10 assume her school duties next week.
Nadine Tucker spent two days with
Laura Carpenter the past week
Miss Exia Hues and Mrs. Stinson
are taking some very good kodak pie
lures, developing, printing and en-
lsrging them also.
These days are certainly working
days. Spring seems to be in the air.
The farmers wife, rs usual, finds her
hands more than full.
Mrs. Warden, Mrs. Lewis ODER
meyer and Miss Davis visited with
Mrs. Cook Monday afternoon.
Roy Modin came home from Boise
on Monday.
Mrs. Harley Barnum returned on
Wednesday from her trip to Wendell.
Her husband has sailed from France
and she is looking for telegram an
nouncing that he has arrived in New
York.
G. A. Warden is on the mesa in the
interest Of the Federal Land Loan
association.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1919-01-30
CENTRAL MESA
Regina Conrad

/ There will be Sunday school mex
Sunday at the Central schoolhouse a
2 p m. Preaching at 8 p. m. by Rev
A. c. Lathrop.
Mrs. Conrad spent Wednesday af
ternoon with Ada Walters.
The Brogan, Johns and Larson fam
lilies were guests at the ". E. Buck
home Sunday.
Mrs. Ellis Walters spent Wednes-
day with her sister, Mrs. Howard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Conrad and family and
Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ, Hereth called at
the f. c. Schadt home Sunday even
ing.
Mrs. Walter Larkin spent Sunday
afternoon at the Thos. Larkin home.
Mrs. A. T. Hankins assisted Mrs.
l.uhr with her work several days last
week
Il. G. Graves has bought land on
upper Mesa from Mr.. Reed, and will
no. leave Emmett as anticipated.
Darwin Beers arrived home Wed
nesday.
Mrs. Harpt and children were guests
IT the James Heath home Sunday.
Walter Buck has begun building his
lew barn
Mrs. Guy Reynolds is visiting at
he Luhr home.
Mr.. and Mrs, H, Conrad and fam
ly, Mr.. and Mrs. J. M. Hereth, Mr..
nd Mrs. Fred Hereth and family and
ir, and Mrs. Kraus and family and
ir, and Mrs, Meier and baby were
uests at the Henry Luhr home Sun
ay. Everyone reported good time.
Virgil Beers and family were guests
the Frank Russell home Sunday.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1919-01-30
HANNA
BY Mrs. J. |. Guthrie

School will open February 8. Our
influenza patients have recovered and
we know of no new cases in the
neighborhood, so with the improved
weather conditions we anticipate a
good attendance at school,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Young and
family moved last week to their home
in Boise valley. We regret their re-
moval from our community.
Mr.. and Mrs. K. B. Ross welcomed
= new little son into their family last
week.
Miss Hazel Sawyer. nurse who
has. been statie2ed 1t Fort Douglas,
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1919-01-30

Mr.. and Mrs. Brown and family and
Mrs. Zimmerman spent Sunday at the
Byers home.
Earl Byers took load of hogs to
Caldwell Saturday, returning Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Schoening and
family spent Sunday at the B. l..
Limbaugh home.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. C. Schadt and fam
ily were callers at the X. G, Graves
home Sunday afternoon,
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1919-01-30

arrived recently for visit with her
brother, C. C. Sawyer, of our neigh
borhood.
Mr.. Groves, father of Mrs. John
Newman, is very ill at his home near
New Plymouth.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. NJ Wayman of
Waller, Mont, came in from Boise on
Thursday of last week for short
visit with the Wayman, Wentworth
and Guthrie families. They were
guests over night at the Guthrie home
returning to Boise Friday.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1919-01-30
SOUTH EMMETT.

Mr.. and Mrs. Alma Yergenson were
Thursday dinner guests Of Abe Yer
censor.
w. H. Hall and family we're Sum
day dinner guests at the c. g. Baker
home.
Dewey Shredder returned home on
Friday from North Powder, Ore.
Miss Ethel Hall left Sunday for
Boise to visit her sister Lillian.
Mr. and Mrs Alma Yergenson spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Nephi Yer
genson.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1919-01-30
CENTRAL MESA

Mrs. Zimmerman and Mr. Walter
Brown and family visited at the Dan
Byers home Sunday.
Mrs. Burdell and Mary spent Sun
day afternoon with Mr.. Burdells folks
In town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil Beers and chill
dren visited at the Koontz home on
Thursday evening.
Frank Russell and family spent
Sunday night at Virgil Beers.
Mrs. Burdell is home now after
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1919-01-30
BISSELL CREEK
BY Mrs. Ward NJ. Fuller

John Bane was caller at the Ward
Fuller home Monday evening.
Tom Stone returned home from
Boise Saturday. While there he went
to the hospital and had his tonsils and
adenoids removed.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Hill and Mr..
and Mrs. Ward Fuller and baby made
a business trip to New Plymouth
Tuesday and remained over night
visiting with friends there, returning
Wednesday. evening.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-09-22
MADISON
High Grade Stock Shown at
Cattle Show and Fair-Three
Hundred Knights of Pythias
at County Convention

After an interval of two years the
annual cattle show and fair of the SON.
erset Agricultural Society were resumed
at Somerset Park. The show Of cate
was smaller than in many former years
but made up in quality what it lacked
in quantity. There were large num-
Der of fakirs present and it Is estimat-
ed that from 500 to 600 people were on
the grounds during the afternoon. a
greater part of whom came from the
rural districts. The day was devoted
to judging cattle and the pulling
matches for horses and oxen. Pre-
miums were awarded as follows:
cattle-Herds full-blood Jersey. Hilton
Stock Farm, Starks. list Zone COW. three
heifers). Full-blood Holstein. Charles
Barron, Arson. / bull 8 yrs. LIST. Full
blood shorthorns. Irwin Nichols & Son.
Arson. l bull VI. LIST. Full biooi
Herefords. Hilton Stock Farm. starks,
/ COW yrs. ID: heifer 3 yrs. list; 1
heifer yrs. LIST: 1 heifer 2 yrs. list; !
heifer calf. LIST: bull calf. LIST; D. L.
Walker. Madison. COW. LIST. Fun blood
Jersey. D. l.. Walker. Madison, bull
1 yr.. 1st; Hilton Stock Farm. Starks,
I bull yrs. LIST: bull calf mos, LIST:
1 cow yrs. LIST; i COW 6 yra, LIST;
heller = yrs. LIST; . heifers. LIST and ID:
heifer calves. LIST and ID: NJ. Henry &
Son. Madison. I heller yr., I'd. Full
blood Guernsey, c. w. Luce & Son,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-09-22
Thrift Wssk Oct. e.11.

The Savings Division IT Maine II
Ehowing renewed activity with the
beginning of fall months. a State.
wide plan IL on foot for the observ-
ance of Thrift Week October Gil
when demonstration works. general
activities and salvage work, public
meetings and special programs in
the schools will give general oppor-
tunity for people to begin saving
again. Everybody recognizes the fact
that this summer has been a great
and glorious play time for all hands,
and everyone realizes that wild ex-
penditures have been made On every
hand. Indications are that the sober
second sense CT the people Ia begin
ming to manifest itself again. and now
is the time for all together to begin
to prepare for any future rainy day.
This Thrift Week 10 designed for the
purpose Of a special opportunity to
begin just this sort Of personal saw
ings.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-09-22

used Lydia z. Pinkham's Sanatire
Wash, and got better right away
and was SOON q new woman and could
work hard, and / can recommend
these remedies to other young mothers
who are weak and ailing as / was"
Mrs OzA o. BovE1s, 62l S. Hosmer
Street, Lansing, Mich.
Women who are in Mrs Bowers
condition should not continue to
suffer from weakness and pain-but
profit from her experience and give
this famous root and herb remedy,
Lydia z. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, trial.
For suggestions in regard to your
condition write Lydia z. Pinkham
Medicine Co, Lynn, MasA The result
Of their 20 yesrs e1PeEinee j. at
Scuy service,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-09-22
H7NCKLEY

Mrs. Floyd Blackwell Of Fairfield has
been a guest in town the past two days.
Mrs. Blaine Richardson and little
daughter were callers In this village
Friday.
Farmers have begun to haul their sweet
corn to market at North Fairfield.
An effort is to be made this fall to
form a Cornvilie Cemetery Association
for the purpose Of caring for the yard
just south Of the brick schoolhouse In
district No. I, at Cornville. A day will
be set soon. to work there, and all peo-
pie who have lots In which they are in
terested are requested to be preSents
Anyone living out Of town. who would
like to help. may send money for a
days work or more. which will be care
fully used. It is most earnestly de-
sired that money may be raised and
put at interest for the purpose OF keep
ing this yard in good condition IN the
years to come.
A Philathea class was organized At
the church federation in this place
Tuesday evening with Mrs. Mabel DECK
err. president. Mrs. Ivanella Palmer
secretary: Mrs. Gertrude Palmer. treas
urer: Mrs. Mae Manson. teacher. Inc
pastor, Rev. c. H. Elhiney Of Skowne-
gan. was present and offered assistance
One Of the objects Of the class Ii sys-
tematic study Of the Bible.
B. J. Kinds Of stoneham, Mass. was
the guest of his uncle. George r. Tib-
belts. Friday. Mr.. Kinds may be re-
meunbered by some Of the people here.
a. he taught school In this district dur.
Ing the sos and also in some OF the
adjoining districts. He 10 ct the pres
emit time master Of the washington
school at stoneham. which 10 one Of the
largest schools in Boston. He has 60 Or
more teachers under him and the at
tendance ID from 200 to 800 pupils. A
noticeable coincidence Is that while
teaching here as n young man he board
ed q: the same house where his uncle
now lives. which at that time was own.
ed by Charles wheeler. u
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-09-22
Price Or valus?

Some facts are 30 plain they DAG
zIe Us 80 that We can't see them.
There IL not loaf more Of bread
In bushsi OF wheat At Sz.zs than at
$3.50. There IL no more heat In q
ton OF coal At 3is than at $3.50. A
five-room Tat TO no bigger or more
convenient al $50 than 1t any other
price. The chances are that the coat
you buy this fall for $50 viii be no
warmer than the one you bought I'VE
years ago for SIS.
Wealth consists in the number and
amount Of material goods that exist,
not In the dollar marks printed on
their taSs. The price Of a thing may
bear seant relation TO It's value.
The vains Of all commodities 10 de.
termined BY the old. almost eciipsed
law Of supply and demand. To q
man on = raft in mid-ocean a loaf Of
bread 10 more valuable than a million
dollars in gold. To cite a less ex-
IRENE case. for the rearing Of a fam
lily a barrel Of -four has more value
than q photograph. Actual value In
in direct ratio to usefulness, and
though IL changes from time to time
and from place TO place, 1t follows a
natural and logical course.
Prices are arbitrary dictates fixed
by those who wish to sell, based
sometimes on value and cost Of pro.
duction. sometimes On the consci-
ence-or lack of it-of the seller. or
on what the trade will stand" The
trick OF the seller IL TO make the buy.
er believe that price represents and
Ii the same as value. When this In
true the exchange Of goods for money
does not disturb the economic bal.
ance. which by the way ID a thing Of
10 nice adjustment that IL In rare,v
ever STABLE. The larger the discrep.
ancy between the price paid and the
actual value. the more unequal be.
comes the distribution of wealth and
the more acute the troubles tia.
arise from this condition. One OF the
most effective things that can be
done to lower the cost of living IA
Tor every purchaser to insist and con.
tinue 70 insist that value received"
shall mean what it says. Success. ~
the business men who refuse "a ma
S7S for suit Of clothes! That spirit
win put price manipulators and
proAteery out Of business.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-09-22
Prominent Maine FARMER
CURED OF KIDNEY TROuBLE
Tor Rheumatism, Indigestion, Nervousness. Stomach
Kidney Or Liver Ills. Vitalitas Has No EQUAL

US Tor publication By Nj. II = n .sen
ley. He Is farmer ana IL. "a
dress Is Il. F. d. No. 1. Auburn. Ne
He says: For over Is years I have
had q very bad case of kidney and
bladder trouble which has caused me
TO be in poor condition. was all
run down owing to loss Of sleep and
ey4ey night my rest was broken four
Dr. I'VE times. tried to get relief
with different remedies but could not
iind anything that would reach my
case. saw vitaHtas advertised and
read about Mr.. G. Smith who was
cured and - his case was the same
~ mine decided to start the treat
meat. Almost immediately began
70 notice = vast change IN me. My
lppetite si1pfoved. my kidneys and
bladdar bocame strongeT. ind the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-09-22

reporter has his eyes on his nOteoook,
sad. cf course. does mot get the an
swer. EDDIE Richardson, Judge San
bcFn's court stenOgrzpher. was an
noyed by a witness the other day In
the Cumberland Superior Court. who
persisted in shaking his bead Yves"
OF mo" In reply TO County Attorney
Beedy. Eddie said he felt like saying
70 the witness what q court reporter
once said In q New York court
I wish you would say yes OF no 70
the questions" said the reporter 20
this witness Il can't get you"
Il dor replied the witness. sharply.
Il shake my head every time"
That IL True" spoke up the report
CT. 7 do hear something rattle, but
] cannot tell whether il IL up and
down OF sideways-"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-09-22

The Episcopal Diocese of Maine 10
watching with much interert the re.
suits Of the plan Of Miss Elizabeth
Matthews Of Glendale. ohio, who 10
advertising In several papers of that
state for 5000 low Episcopalians."
The idea is TO return to the fold the
members who have for one cause or
another wandered away. II It proves
successful In Ohio. the plan may be
tried In Maine. Why not? Adver.
Using pays.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-09-22

starks. cows yrs. LIST and Il. Grade
Shorthorns, NJ. Gray & SON starts a
heifer calf. list; Hilton STOCK farm.
Starks,s1 heifer / yr:. ISL Erwin Nich-
els & Son. Arson, COW yrs.' "a; NJ
GRAY G. Son. Starks. COW yrs. LIST: 7.
p. Weston & Son. Madison. COW yrs.
a Grade Hois;eins. Bert Hilton & Son,
S,a-ks.,1 heifer VI. LIST: 2 calves. LIST
ara "a Grade Herefords. Hilton Stock
Farm starks, | COW yrs. list; 1 COW
. or. ,st.J. L. Walker. Madison, 1 COW
q W.. Oh. T. B. wesson & Son, / COW
: yrs. ID: J. L. Walker. Madison. 1
he:fer yr., list; Hilton Stock Farm, I
hsifer VI. I'd; NJ Gray &
Son. starks. heifer 1 Vt. Sd.
Grade Jersey: NJ. Gray & Son, COW
7 yrs, End: Hilton Stock Farm. COW
6 yrs. LIST: Hilton Stock Farm. heif-
ers. 8 yrs. 3 yrs, VT, LIST: NJ. Gray
& Son. heifer calf. LIST Grade Gurn-
sew: Erwin Nichols & Son. cow
yrs. 1st. Working oxen and steers:
J. L.. Walker. PR. LIST: David viles.
1 pr., End; c. G.. WATSON. pr, Sd:
Hilton stock Farm. pr. steers. LIST.
Matched oxen and steers: c. w.
Luce & Son. Starks. matched oxen,
list; NJ. Gray & Son. pr. steers. 1
yr.. LIST; c. w. Luce & Son, pr.
steers, 2 yrs. LIST. Steers. one year
and under: Hilton Stock Farm. 1
pr. VI. LIST: Hilton Stock Farm.
pr. calves. LIST. Town team oxen:
Madison. s PR. LIST. Town team
steers years and under: Starks.
pr, LIST. Fat cattle: J. L. Walker.
pr. calves. list: T. B. Weston & Son.
working oxen. yrs. LIST. Draft oxen.
Z e., 2 and under: c. c. WATSON. list.
60 #. In: J. =. Walker. End. ssa
It. 81 IN: 7. b. Weston. 3rd, #. 81
In. oxeu. any size: 6. wasson.
n II firs. a.. n. Weston ard. IL n
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-09-22

pest OF all, I had perfect sleep every
night. My being undisturbed each
nagnt saye me the correct amount of
49, needed and began 10 take on
e"rsH Hs :. untii today am completely
-u., g my old trouble. I can Mar.
estiy recommend vttalita. - s. 49,.
who Is suffering with the came CO., :
plant as had. It is the best med :
icine have ever used" r.
1t is very gratifying to know that
Vitalitas has made such a tremen-
dous hit In New England. Anyone
suffering from rheumatism. indises.
ton, stomach, kidney or liver Ills
need not hesitate in giving vitaiitas
. fair trial.
Get vttalitas today at Coughiin's
Drus Store Augusta ana r. orsays
Drug Store. Watsryills.-As.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-09-22

bh0W1uO 90DD 0SDS OvOPDoDRo
Before . steamer run b. The United
States Government came within sight
Of New York from Europe the other
day. the butcher threw overheard
hundreds Of pounds of perfectly COED
meat. He states that this 10 quite .
customary practice these days. Tkc
reason? He says that the amount
Of provisions neted out before sail
tng from New York or any other Am
erfezn port 10 regulated BY the
amount consumed On the previous
trip and NO cook or butcher or other
member Of the commtssafy DEPART
n,ent cares TO risk running short Of
supplies on any voyage. Therefore.
By throwing overheard large gam
titles of footstuffs toward the end Of
each yoyzge a superintendent supply
In obtained for the next voyage. This
statement comes from a man who
kas personally INDUCED In the throw
ing overheard process. and he de-
cEares that IL 10 rife today among
transports and other government
owned or controlled vessels.
Could there be any more heinous
crime at this time when Thousands Of
families are unable TO obtain a single
pound Of meat from one weeks end
TO the other? Those who are unable
TO taste meat are not today confined
10 the lowest sections OF the COM
uunity; Professor Hibben of Har-
ward University declares that num-
f,ers Of married teachers have had TO
give I'D meat entirely. while others
count themSeives fortunate II they
can include II Ia a meal once . week
Surely the authorities can stop this
hideous practice On the part OF the
crews Of government ships.-Foroes
Magazine.
Another bright and shining exam
pie Of the efficacy Of government
management. Do you suppose any
private owner would issue supplies
at a wholesale rate and never ind
out IL they were too many or too few?
Do you suppose il a man in private
employ threw away goods as here
described tina. he would 60 on more
than one TIP?
THE governments got . plenty OF
the stuff. Let's have all We want
We don't have to pay for II"
And the government apparently be-
lseves the same way. II has for the
past six years run all the enterprises
into which II has thrust its sociaiistic
! fingers on the most extravagant scale
| imaginable. Private enterprise 10 In
business to make money and has
/ learned 10 figure on all the little
things that make up the aggregate.
The government IL in business to
make political friends and fortunes.
and they come high.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-09-22
Monday, September n, 1918.
The 6obsrnstorial Situation

The result Of the Penobsoot county
test primary vote IN which Colonel
Frederick II. Parkhurst OF Bangor
sas given a majority Of the ballots,
over Taber y. Bailey. il very crafty
Ing 10 Colonel Parkhurst and his
hoGts of friends and also clarifies 10
a large extent the situation regard
ing the contest for the Republican
nomination for candidate for Gov
ernor. removing az II does. by agree
ment Of the parties participating In
the test vote. one Of the most prom
;nsnt OF the prospective candidates.
The test ballet was fairly conceived
and carried out and will be accepted
BY all a. Anal 20 far as these asp!r-
ants are concerned
The result goes TO confirm the con.
tsn.ions OF Colonel Parkhurst and
friends that he was the logical can
didzte, having led his county In the
primaries of 1918 BY a handsome ma
tor!ty, the figures being: Parkhurst
zsi6: NiiIiksn 1896: Wheeler z45:
caiIihan Isl, In a total vote of $685.
Colonel Parkhurst. with his prom
inence In the Republican party. his
long and faithful work and his rec
ogn.zed ability az q leader. viii make
. strong bid for the nomination and.
II successfui-eIection then being as
euret-xi1l make an admirable Chief
Executive for Maine.