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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1921-06-30
TWO JOIN IN PROTEST
OF ASSESSMENT
p. NJ. Spratt and S. ]. Rees OBJ.
ject to Having Their Lands
Included.

A protest against levying any as
sessment, aportionment of benefits, OF
distribution of the cost of construc.
ton of the Black Canyon dam project
upon or against the lands of P. M
Spratt or S. j. Rees was filed Satur-
day with the board of directors of the
Emmett Irrigation District. The
grounds set forth as reasons for the
exclusion of these lands from assess
ment of benefits are, first, that as
sessments or apportionments will be
made upon their lands before any
work has been performed upon the
dam; and second, that the present ca
nal is carrying and can carry suff:-
cient volume of water not only TO
their lands, but to all the lands on
the Emmett bench. The protestants
also allege that all the benefits of the
project will be to lands lying under the
South Sde canal and Black Canyon
unit of the Ecise-Payette pr5iect, and
that as the riotestants' lands are on
the north side they will not receive any
benefits and should not be madI 70
bear any Of the cost.
Those familiar with the government
contract and the conditions Of the
present irrigation system take issue
wr.h Mr. SDl att and Mr.. Rees CT al
points advanced The contract be-
tween the government and the En-
nett irrigation District specifically
states that no assessments whatever
December of the year following the
year in which the dam, pumping plant |
and conduit have been constructed or
81 100000 has been expended thereon"
As 20 the present canal being capa- !
BILE of furnishing an adequate supply
o. water fer even the north side land,
every engineeE who has made an IN
vestigation positively declares that
before the canal can supply the bench
With sufficient water, as much money
Will need to be expended IN recon
,tructing the canal as is entdiled in
he construction of the proposed dam,
md then the work viii not be of a
,een threshed out on several occasions
md it is evident by the practically
unanimous decision given when the
lection was held upon the approval
f the contract that more than 90
'er cent of the settlers agree with
hat view.
The board of directors will pass up
n the protest. If the decision is not
to the protestants an ap-I
cal may be taken to the district court
Vhen law suit starts there is no I
cling where it will end until it is =,
nalfy decided for good by the highest !
dbunal Therein lies the danger to
le project by the delay that may be |
rca sIoned {
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1921-06-30
Ontario Wins from Red sox

Ontario's bail team won Sundays
game, to /, from the Emmett club
in the Big Four league. The three
Emmett errors made were costly,
while Ontario played air tight ball
Newbill in the box for Ontario pitch
ed good brand of ball Emmett's
lone run came in the eighth inning,
while Ontario counted two in the first,
two in the second, two in the fourth
and two in the eighth Each team
scored six hits. Caldwell defeated
Nampa to Z.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1921-06-30
Stolen Car Recorersd.

Sheriff Noland went 70 Ola veStsr-
day 70 recover an automobile that had
been stolen from d. l. Young, an at
torney Of Boise The car had been
taken 70 a garage for repairs. The
manager of the garage changed the
body of th6 ear and traded it TO Viii
liam Rose Of Ola for, another car
while under the influence of moon
shine, he claims, Mr.. Rose was an
innocent purchaser and in nowise i'm
plicated in the theft.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1921-06-30
Fishing Resort Closed.

The picturesque old fisherman who
has been so peacefully sitting on the
ditch bank and fishing in the lake by
Charlie Gamage's residence on Johns
avenue, will have to draw. in his line
and quit, for the ditch is being repair
ed on that street this week by replac-
ing the old pipe across the street by
larger one. Mr.. Gamage had quite
a summer resort there with sign
Boats to Let" on one post, and mo
Fishin' Aloud" on another. A dummy
fisherman completed the scene.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1921-06-30
GAME
A TIE
Mechanics and Has Beens Battle
Without a Decision

Mondays night game between the
Mechanics and Has Beens furnished
the fans all kinds of thrills and fun
Every player had on his batting
clothes and the horsehide was batted
from Dam to Beersheba and then
some, ard the fielders were run rag
ged. Harold Brown, playing with the
Mechanics whanged out clean home
run, and Elmer Holverson followed
suit for the Has Beens- There were
singles and two-baggers galore. Gard
ner and Frank Hunt were the battery
for the Mechanics and Old Sam Me-
MILAN and Smith toiled for the Has
beens- The score at the beginning Of
the seventh and last inning was 10 TO
Is. In the seventh, Old Mac moved
the Mechanics down in one, two, three
order, and the Has-beens, in a great
batting rally, sent FIVE men over the
home plate Darkness compelled hos
tilities to cease.
Last Thursday night the bench gave
the Mechanics an awful drubbing, the
score being 16 10 3.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1921-06-30
Married-Probably.

Mr.. Joe Brown and Miss Doll Bru-
baker left for Boise this morning. To
a few. of their friends they announced
they were going to be married They
are expected back from Boise within
few days. Miss Brubaker is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Bru-
baker of this city, and Mr.. Brown
holds a position as bookkeeper at the
Boise Payette mill.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1921-06-30
BORN

To Mr.. and Mrs. Biggers of Brown
lee boy on the oath of June.
To Mr.. and Mrs. Henry kreizen~
beck on the 29th, a girl.
To Mr.. and Mrs. Scotty Henderson
on the 26th, boy, weighing 91a
pounds.
To Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Nolan of
Smiths Ferry on the 23rd, boy.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1921-06-30
Rebekahs Visit /. O. O. F. Home

About twenty-five Rebekahs drove
to Caldwell Sunday to visit the Odd
Fellows home, which was opened in
May, and inspected this splendid ii iiisti-
tuition which has been built and will
be maintained by the Odd Fellows of
Idaho as home for aged and unfor-
tunate members of the order. The
building has accommodations for 81,
and at present there are seven in
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1921-06-30
woodmen Picnic

Boise Camp NJ W. A. sends a spec
ial invitation to the Emmett Camp to
attend the NJ. W A and Royal Neigh
Dor picnic TO be held Sunday, July 10,
at the High School park in Bose.
All VI. W. A. and Royal Neighbors
and friends to come with well filed
baskets Coffee, cream and sugar
VIII be furnished by the Boise camp.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1921-06-30
COURT HOUSE NEWS

The board of county commissioners
is meeting this week as a board of
equalization. The session will probab-
ly run into next week. The board
has been making great many
changes in the assessments for the
current year.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1921-06-30

S. o. Zachman, county treasurer,
has just finished collecting the second
installment of the taxes. He reports
that he has collected 93 per cent Of
this installment, which is a mighty
good record.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1921-06-30
Miss Merrill in Accident

Miss Dora MerriN, who stopped
off at Ann Arbor, Mich, to visit DR..
and Mrs. A. G. Prettyman, was pain
full injured by fall while in that city,
necessitating her confinement TO her
bed for several days.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1921-06-30

mates. Among these is Sheridan An
derson of Emmett. He is mighty well
pleased with his new surroundings
and the care being given him, accord
ing to reports brought back, and says
it is the first real home he has ever
had. Over So quarts of fruit were
taken by the visitors to put in the
Home cellar, as we'll as picnic lunch
which was enjoyed on the lawn.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1921-06-30
victim 81 C;rsrstte Law.

tIeorge Porter, young man, was
arrested las evening on a charge OF
having cigarettes in his possession.
Being a minor ne was fined S25 by
Judge Haag this morning.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1921-06-30
Cherries Wanted

We viii pay cents per pound for
Early Richmond, Montmorency and
Late Duke cherries, Phone 202 for
dates of delivery. Gem Fruit Union.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1921-06-30
Nampa Here SUNDAY

Nampa will be here Sunday. As
the Nampaites are tied for the last
place with Emmett, this game will
probably decide the cellar champion
ship.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1921-06-30

ball every minute anu every one play
ing ike big ieaguers. They would
be worthy foes for Knowles Red Sox
to tackle and game should be sr-
ranged before the season is over.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1921-06-30

Next weeks games are as follow
(no game Monday):
Tuesday-Slope vs. Mechanics.
Wednesday-Mill VS. Has BeeRs.
Thursday-Bench vs.. High School.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1921-06-30
Fire in Forast

The forestry office reports that two
small fires were started in the Pay
cite forest by lightning during the
storm Friday evening.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1921-06-30

One marriage license was issued
this week to Orville Jerome Jones of
this city and Miss Carrie Belle Hous-
ton of Turtle Lake, Wis
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1921-06-30
Cherries Wanted

We will pay cents per pound for
Early Richmond, Montmorency and
Late Duke cherries, Phone POP for
dates of delivery. Gem Fruit Union.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1921-06-30

The Mil defeated the High School
last evening in lively game. Score
3 to z. The batting was OF II
character on both sides. Three en-
brvo Babe Ruths on the Mill team
gathered in home run apiece.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1921-06-30

The Bench and the Slope come to-
gether tonight.
The Winslow mail., 1921-06-17
FARMER AND GOOD HIGHWAYS
improved Roads Make Farm Only a
Suburb and Land Has Increased
Greatly in Value.

The biggest booster for good roads
in the country today is the farmer.
A few years ago he felt that the por-
ton of his taxes used in the conStruc-
ton of permanent highways repre-
sented a benefit only to the motoring
tourist and the city automobile owner.
The farmer argued that he. was pay
ing for their pleasures, and the result
was superstition against the good
roads movement, which, unfortunately
has not as yet been entirely overcome
in some sections of the country.
Now, however, when the farmer
finds that his land has trebled in val
ne; when the merchandise for which
he has telephoned in the morning can
be delivered by noon of the same day ;
when the market for his own produce
is brought hours nearer; when the
winter and it's following spring thaw
possess no terrors for him-all this
because of the improved highway
which makes his farm only suburb,
as it were, of the nearest city-he
naturally becomes Woodworking
and hard-voting enthusiast for good
roadS-Leslie's.
The Winslow mail., 1921-06-17

declined from 2.3 to 13: the foreign
born white from 315 to 27.5, and for
Indians from 1873 to 67S.
There is more illiteracy in the
rural districts of the state than in
the cities, the percentage being 2O.4
for the rural population and 6.5 for
the urban. For the native white
population of native parentage the
rural percentage of illiteracy is 1.6
while the urban is 0.8.
BY counties the percentage of IL
literacy ranges all the way from
56.6 in Apache county to 6.6 in Ora
ham county.
Phoenix, IiIiteracy
The Census Bureau reports that
N the population OF Phoenix, as
enumerated in January, 1920, there
were SO persons 10 years af age or
over who were iIliterace IN the sense
of being unable to write. OF this
number 637 were foreign-bo whites
The percentage of tlliteracy in the
total population 10 years of age and
over is 3.4 which shows decrease
since 1910 when it was so For the
native white the percentage is OF,
and for the foreign-born white, 1856
The Winslow mail., 1921-06-17
GOOD
ROADS
REVENUE FOR ROAD BUILDING
Registration and License Fees in 1920
Amounted to $fO2,034, ,1o6-
Increase in Cars.


prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculturel
A total of 9,211,29 motorcars, in
Guiding commercial vehicles. were reg
istered last year in the 48 states and
District of Columbia, according to fig
ures compiled by the bureau of public
roads of the United States Department
of Agriculture in a study Of revenue
available for road-building purposes.
There were also registered a total Of
23S, 146 motorcycles. The registration
and license fees, including those for
chauffeurs, operators and dealers,
amounted to 102,034, ,10626. As COM
pared with 1919, the data for 1920 rep
resent an increase of % per cent, or
1,645.S49 motorcars. This increase
alone lacks but 4 per cent of being
equal to the total registrations of the
United States six years ago.
In 1920 in the state of New York
alone the number of motorcars regis
tered, including commercial vehicles,
The Winslow mail., 1921-06-17


Clifton Shutdown of Arizona Cop
per Company to be of short duration<
Phoenix so collapsible cottages
to be erected at Normal school
re-Development of Gold
Camp claims in Dragon Mountains
under way
A radical change is being made
in the curriculum of many high
schools. American history, civics
and a knowlege of American instil
tutions is being given more atten-
ton and foreign languages are being
made elective instead of compulsory.
This is a. move in the right directiob
to develop sound American public
consciousness.
The Winslow mail., 1921-06-17
somerton-california dairymen an

Somerton- California dairymen an
n9unces plans for construction Of
$4,000 creamery.
Tucson announces opening OF fully
equipped auto camping park.
Phoenix carries proposed bond
issues by big majority.
Globe-Inspiration Consolidated Co
starts development OF Porphyry pro-
peTty.
Douglas Chamber of Commerce
holds successful meeting to promote
travel over Hankhead highway.
Glendale $1SS,SS2.77 contract let
for pavement of Grand Avenue.
Mesa-Summer school session at
Mesa high school assured.
Fiorence-25o men being employed
on diversion dam project.
Holbrool- Extension of time on
oil land leases assured. Three new
oil companies organized to develop
in local field
Mayer--Old Trinity mine to be
equipped with modern machinery and
developed. .
Tombstone starts street grading
work on Toughnut street.
Williams-Construction of road a.
round Hearst Tank Hill to start
Williams to get three fire hose
stations.
Observation-Disclosures claims near
Roosevelt Dam to be commercially
developed.
The Winslow mail., 1921-06-17
WEEKLY INDUSTRIAL
REVIEW

Mayer--Trinity mine to be equip
ped with modern machinery.
Ncgales-E Electric Light and Power
Co. granted permit to pump water.
Bisbee-2 ten-toE caterpillar trac-
tors received for county road work.
Pearce-First shipment from Rain
bow claim strike brings $500 to ton.
Douglas-4Oo national guardsmen
arrive for training.
Bowie and San Simon organize Ir-
rigation District Association.
Phoenix-Southern California Edi-
son Company files application for
hydro-electric energy.
Yuma-Large cattle shipment con
tinuing to arrive for pasturage.
Globe-Old Dominion Company
planning expansion of plant and in
creased development
Yuma-Southwes Cotton Co. buy
ing remaining long staple cotton
under contract
Nogales votes 100000 school bond
Phoenix = Automobile owner S
launch campaign to hasten road con-
struction between Arizona and Cali
fornia.
Tempe-Pacifc Creamery plant re-
sumes operations.
Superior camp on Super
ior-Miami highway to reopen July
Prescott $5S2,50O to be sDent at
once for enlargement of Whipple
Barracks.
Phoenix votes s465,O0O bond issue
for civic improvement.
Bisbee-Work at Cole No. shaft
started by Calumet & Arizona Co.
Douglas-Phelps Dodge Co. deny
rumors of removal of local smelter
Prescott = New townsite project
launched b y Williamson Valley
Farms Company.
Superior-Many promising claims 5
in Silver King district being work
ed
hrysolite-Arizona Asbestos mine
proving valuable property, 125 men
working
ST. Johns-Lyman Dam furnishing
water for $4,000 acres, completed.
Kingman-The plant on the Kath-
crime Extension has been installed
in record time and two shifts are
again busy sinking the main two
compartment working shaft.
The Winslow mail., 1921-06-17
- UNIQUE MARMOSET, TRAINING
HABITS, TOLD BY AVDAIAS

One of the most peculiar and rare
animals in eXiGtance is the marmo-
zet Professor Avdalas, the noted
-11in6o palmist and philosoph-
er, at pre- sent in Winslow, during
his extensive travels has acquired
one of these rare and strange croa-
tina, South America.
While returning from India, Prof.
Avdalas stopped in Peru and took
the overland trail to the east coast
of South Am,,icn. A,s,tir covering
distance 500 miles, the professors s
party was surprised by finding a
small creature lying upon the ground
It somewhat resembled a monkey in
features and had body somewhat
like an American squirrel The ami
NAL had evidently fallen out of a
hole in a hollow tree.
Prof. Avdalas, through curiosity,
picked UP the animal and examined
it. He found it to be what the South
Americans call a marmozet, an ami
NAL which is rare even in South
America, which is it's home.
Knowing that it would be impossi-
BILE to take the animal out of South
America without the permission of
the government, h professor
brought his marmozet to the United
States in his pocket.
While the professor was in Pitts
burgh. Pa, George. which is the
name he has given his pet, fell to
the ground from the window of q
two story building. Fortunately, the
marmozet suffered no serious injury
However, George" nearly met his
death from the same cause again
while Prof Avdalas was in Milwau-
kee, Wis. Here his pet fell from the
window of a five-story building, and
the professor says that he was sure
that George would die because OF
injuries received in his fall. How
ever, the marmozet recovered, and
the professor has his treasured pet
IN Winslow, with him, and has
George" display at the Winslow
Hotel
The marmozet is SO rare that it is
priced very highly by the elite Pc
risiennes, and as the animal will
bring a fortune when placed on sale
it can be readily seen that only a
few possess this treaasured animal
for pet.
Professor Avdalas will only be in
Winslow for few more days and
any one who wish to see him should
not delay in doing SO. Now is your
chance. 4
The Winslow mail., 1921-06-17
HATES REPORT OF ILLlTERACN
FOR ARIZONA

Continued from front page
age; S.5 per cent are young people
* to 10 years old; 41.6 per cent
about two-fifths, are men and wo-
men in the prime of life, being from
20 to "A years old; while 1872 per
cent, being 45 years Of age and over
are we'll along in middle life II they
have not reached old age.
The urban population as compaF-
cd with the rural shows very little
difference in age, the percentage ~
to AZ years of age being 44.9 for the
urban population as compared with
398 for the rural, while the percent
age under Is years of age is go IN
the urban population as against 5o.o
in the rural.
More than one-half of the popula-
tion. 56.2 per cent, are old enough
TO vote. being 21 or over. The males
of military or fighting age, Is to a.
constitute 46.9 per cent OF the male
nopulation and 26.2 per cent, slight
Iv more than one-fourth, Of the total
Tncson. Arizona; Illiteracy
The Bureau Of the Census, Depart
ment of Commerce, reports that IN
the nopulation of Tucson, as enum-
Grated in January, 1920, there were
1175 persons 10 years of age or
over who were illiterate in the sense
Of being unable to write. or TINS
number S7S were foreign-bofn Whltes
The percentage of illiteracy in the
total population 10 years OF age ana
over is 7.3, which shows striking
decrease since 1910 when 1t was lz.i'
For the native white the percentage
is 1.9: and for the foreign-born II
is 1872
The total foreign-born white pop
n1ation of the city includes large
number born in Mexico, namely 400
or 21.O per cent of the total popula-
ton of the city.
''0 Arizona: School Attendance
According to the census CT 1917
there are 4S,479 children Z to Is
wears of age in the state OF Arizona
and of This number 3S,179 or 1873
ner cent were reported as attending
school In 1910 the percentage was
II thus indicating an improvement
as regards school attendance pc
tween 1910 and 1920. Of the child
rem Ia 10 lO Cenl = " 10
1913 per cent were attending school
and of those Is to II years OF age
ass per cent .d
The percentage of children attend
ipo school was considerably larger
in the city than in the country dls-
tricts, the percentage for children III
the urban population Z to - years
Of age being SS.6 while in the rural
nopulation it was 74.5. Urban ac-
cording to the census definition IN
c1udes all towns or cities OF 2,0oo
population or more.
Iiliteracy
According to the census OF lSzo
there are 39.131 illiterate persons lO
wears of age and over in the state
of Arizona, ''illiterate" meaning un-
able to write. Of this number l9,zSd
are foreign-born whites, and l6,ooo
are Indians. In the total population
10 years of age and over the per
centage of illiteracy is 15.S, when
shows a diminution since 1910. when
| it was 209. For the native white
of native parentage the percentage
The Winslow mail., 1921-06-17
Improved Roads Facilitate the Dsiiv-
cry of Mail to the Farmer.

exceeded the total cars registered in
the whole Of the United States in 1910.
Furthermore, the revenues derived
from registration in the state of New
York in 1920 were about equal to the
entire registration revenues Of the
United States for 1913.
The use made of revenues has
changed with the passing of years. In
1906 the total registrations were ap-
proximately $4,000 cars paying a gross
revenue of about $4,000. (Arizona in
1920 paid approximately this amount.)
In 1906 the gross registration revenues
were equal to less than three-tenths OF
per cent CT the total rural road and
bridge expenditures for that year.
The registration revenues in 1920
were equal to about % per cent of the
total rural road and bridge expendi-
lures for the calendar year 1919. In
1906 practically none Of the motor
vehicle revenues was applied to road
maintenance or construction, while i'll
1920 96 per cent or total of S97 907,-
160.6O. was used for this purpose. The
remaining 4 per cent not applied to
road work was expended very largely
for number plates and in carrying out
the provisions Of the motor vehicle
registration laws in the several states.
Of the total amount applied to road
work 70 per cent, or $77,531, ,5S2.57.
was expended under the control OF
supervision of the several state high
NaV dpOart mentS
The Winslow mail., 1921-06-17
HIGHWAY COSTS ARE HIGHER
Expense of Road Construction in 1920
Twice as Much as in 1917,
According to Expert.

Every kind of road cost about twice
as much to build in 1920 as it did in
1917, according to the chief of the bu-
reau of public roads, United States De-
partment of agriculture, and highway
construction suffered more than any
other class of work through railroad
congestion, strikes, labor troubles and
material shortages.
The Winslow mail., 1921-06-17

MAN FOR PERMANENT WORK,
selling household necessities that
are used days in the week. At
Winslow and surrounding territory.
Liberal commission Bond and ref
erence. GRAND UNION TEA CO.,
Pueblo, Colorado. 14t4
The Winslow mail., 1921-06-17
NOTICE TO DOG OWNERS

now DUE Owners of dogs failing
to secure licenses will be charged
with misdemeanor as provided und-
er the law. Licenses can be pro-
cured from Ed. Gardner, City Mar
Shal.
The Winslow mail., 1921-06-17

See DR.. Baker, Arizona's foremost
Optometrist about your eyes and
glasses. At the Palace Hotel, Satur-
day and Sunday, June Is and 19.
The Winslow mail., 1921-06-17

Prof Avdalos has travelled in In
dia and the secrets and mysteries
of Hindu philosophy are as an open
door to him.-Adv