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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1922-09-07

In reading the article in The Index
last week about the Pioneer Day
celebration in Emmett, many incidents
in my life were brought to mind.
am sorry that conditions we're such
that l could not be there.
How different Emmett is now from
the first morning saw it. / walked
one Sunday from Crystal Bottom sta
tion to the old sawmill just below
town and stayed all night with old
Dan Downs. l remember he did not
charge me anything and / thought
that was funny. But l guess it was
a good thing he didn't, as did not
have anything. The next morning he
came up to Emmett with me and we
spent all l did have for Jacobs Best
at a little, 12x12 shack opposite the
old log hotel. Jim Wardwell had a
little old rawhide sawn1ill and Mr..
Womack had a blacksmith shop, and
that was Emmett
l then went to Squaw Greek with a
fellow by the name of Duzenberry,
who was moving Dave Bayse to Ola.
Bill was then baby, and now he is
older than l. | took charge of the
cattle and soon became ac-
quainted witkall the old timers, such
as Dick and Tom Williams, Johnny
Mr. Regan, Mr. Gill and
Nerve, Dan Garland, Uncle Zeb and
Uncle Abe, Charlie Randall, Bill
Stuart (the present BilPs father) /,
Henry Riggs (Boise wore no britches
them, Cash Nichols, all the Boards
and Bayse's, and many others, and l
must say that there never was a
squarer or a better set of men ever
lived And | have left out many
others, such as Andy Rasmussen, Jim
Patton, Andy McQuaid, Robert Bar
Der, all the Iretons, and others.
In the course of time we had mail
route to Horseshoe Bend, Sweet and
Ola. Hank ClarE was postmaster at
he Ecnd, Cal Beard at Ola and myself
1T Sweet. The income from the office
would probably amount to a dollar
month. We were required to make
quarterly report just the same as if
he revenue amounted to thousands of
lollars, and there was always
blank space for us to swear to our
accounts. The nearest place one could
lave found an officer to administer
IN oath was Boise, so we never
iswore," but always got reminder
rom the postoffice department that
We had failed to do SO. Old Hank
rot tired of this and wrote the de-
,artment letter telling them that if
hey did not want to take his word
or little account like this they could
axe the postoffice and Ego to hell
With it."
Of course that brought an inspector
rom Washington. After 400-mile
tage ride he landed at Horseshoe
Bend. He went into the postoffice
md saw Hank changing the mail and
elling Jacobs Best" behind the
anne counter He went out, got on
he stage and came 10 miles farther
O my office. When he came in he
aid,"I am the postoffice Inspector"
l told him he was just the man |
vas looking for; "now take her and
20" But he told me what he had
ONE for and showed me Hanks let
er. l told him l would have to give
Iank credit for thinking about that
irst-if l had thought of it first l
7ould have written them that letter !
ong ago.
E. SWEET.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1922-09-07

The Laurel school, which is the
school nearest the government pro-
ject, is crowded to its capacity and it
is likely that more rooms will have to
be added to take care of the pupils, 40
pupils being enrolled at present and
large number is yet to register. Mrs
Elsie Heath has resigned her position
as teacher, and another has been Sc
lected, but her name is not for pub
lication until further action has been
taken.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1922-09-07
Boy Badly Cut

The 12-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
J. H. Burlile was quite severely in
jured last Thursday at the home OF
Ancy Sullivan. The lad was cutting
branches from tree, when the ak
struck his right foot. The tendons OF
his toes were almost severed and the
bones cut. He will be unable to use
the injured foot for some time.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1922-09-07
ELS Meeting Called

Emmett Elks are requested to at
tend meeting of the Emmett Elks
Social Club to be held Friday evening
in Commercial Club rooms, at 7:30
o'clock to make arrangements for the
winters social activities of the club.
Every Bill be there.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1922-09-07
VALUATION OF TAXING
DISTRICTS
Compilation of Real Roll of Gem
County by School and
Road Districts

County Auditor Geo. F. Church has
just completed the real property roll
of Gem county for taxing purposes
for the year 1922, showing the valua-
ton of each school district and each
road district The totals were made
up after equalization by state and
county boards, and after deducting
widows and soldiers exemtions. The
grand total amounts to S4,329, ,945.
This does not include personal proper
ty. The totals follow:
School DiStric
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1922-09-07
Model Surroundings at Dam.

A model little village is taking form
at the Black Canyon dam. The power
line and transformers, making possible
electric lights and power for all pur-
poses, is completed A sewer system
is being installed. The mess hall and
bunk house have accommodations for
about 200 men. The switch tracks to
the damsite have been completed and
some of the heavy machinery has al
ready arrived over them.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1922-09-07
Many Strangers in Town.

The town is full Of new people. Sat-
urday night, when Main street side
walks were literally choked with peo-
pie, John Hunt and H. T. Davis de-
cided to see how many of the passers-
by they knew. Of the first 125 per-
sons to pass the Davis drug store,
Mr.. Davis only knew five.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1922-09-07
LIVELY INTEREST IN
SCHOOL ELECTION
Two New Trustees, Nr. Barnes
and Mrs. Reed. Chosen
-Kinzer Reelected

With three tickets in the field, more
than usual interest was manifested in
the annual school election held Tues
day. Four hundred and twenty five
votes were cast.
The successful candidates were Mrs.
Ella Reed and DIR. N. B. Barnes, who
defeated Mrs. Martha Mains and C.
L, Gamage for reelection and James
Kinzer, who was reelected.
While there were three tickets in
the field, there were only five candi-
dates. Ticket No. l contained the
names of C. L. Gamage, Mrs. Martha
Mains and James Kinzer, all for re-
election. Ticket No. 2-Mrs. Ella
Reed, James Kinzer and DR.. N. B.
Barnes. Ticket No. sc. L. Gamage,
Mrs. Ella Reed and James Kinzer.
Each candidate had active workers,
and lively campaign resulted. The
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1922-09-07
Irrigation District Meeting

Board met in regular session Tues
day. The bond of the Bank of En-
NETT was approved. 1t was ordered
that the rent of the house of the ditch
rider on the lower end of the South
Slope be paid by the district.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1922-09-07
Emmett Boy Married.

Arthur Bowles, one Of Emmett's
soldiers in France who suffered sew
erely from German shot and she'll,
was united in marriage last week to
Mrs. Mcdowell of Boise. The cere-
mony was performed by Bishop
George Smith at his home. Mr. and
Mrs. Bowles will continue to live in
RoiSp
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1922-09-07
Alexander Coming

ex-governor Moses Alexander, and
a candidate for thisd term, will
speak in Liberty theater Tuesday
evening of next week, Sept. II, be-
ginning at 7:30. The band will give
a concert previous to the meeting.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1922-09-07

number of the Cascade News contains
the following: Weber Appel and his
mechanic landed in biplane on the
outskirts of Cascade Tuesday and
went on their way after a short stay.
They have been giving stunt flights
and carrying passengers at Mccall
for several days. This is the first
aeroplane ever landed at Cascade"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1922-09-07
Enlargine Dry Shed

The Boise Payette Lumber Com
pany is putting the finishing touches
to an addition to their dry shed. The
new building increases the length of
the old shed 100 feet, making it 1872
feet wide and 700 feet long.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1922-09-07
MANY Attend Conference

Fourteen members of the Emmett
L. D. S. church attended conference
of the Boise stake in Boise Sunday.
Those going were: Bishop and Mrs.
G. Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Borup
Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Larson, Mr.. and
Mrs Ed Reese, Mrs Ellis Harris, John
Harris, Mrs ]. B. Carpenter and Louis
Adams
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1922-09-07

In the High School there is an un-
usually large enrolment in the Home
Economics and agriculture courses and
a big demand for further vocational
work in commercial studies and man
ual training. This is being made es-
pecially by students who have entered
from other schools and desire to COM
plete their work along these lines
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1922-09-07

Residents of Emmett IL or Is
years ago doubtless remember Mark
Maynard, who bought the Alex Wo-
mack blacksmith shop. He is a bro
ther of Mrs. Ruth Hunt and Mrs. Will
Womack He was at Dan brakes
while we were there. Mark has a min
ing claim off in the hills some dis
tance and is still following the miners
will O. the wisp.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1922-09-07
Appointed Janitor

Jerry Woods has been employed by
the school board as janitor of the
Longfellow school, and Wen bet he'll
make a good one.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1922-09-07
Garden valley Pioueer Dead

Henry Clark. pioneer rancher of
Garden Valley, sustained fatal in
juries yesterday, when he fell &c feet
from barn. He died while being ta-
ken to a Boise hospital.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1922-09-07

Several years ago The Index con-
tanned a story about the Deadwood
country, in which was told how Walt
Sebree, Ed Hayes and two others had
cached a gallon jug of whiskey in the
ground beneath pine tree near Dead
wood some thirty years and never
went back to get it. A companion
story-only more so-we listened to
one night as trapper and prospector,
sheep herder and sheep owner, freight
er and town vacationist sat around
warm fire in brakes Lodge and told
of experiences and early day reminis-
cenees. Said the prospector: "Fal-
lows, when the Landslide threw dam
across the canyon below Roosevelt 15
years ago and the waters submerged
that mining town, the leading saloon
keeper had $4,000 worth of liquors
stored in a cellar back of his saloon
to supply the thirsty during the shut
n season. Tney were barrels an6
barrels of good whiskey. The cellar
is covered by about Is feet of water
today. l believe it would pay to get
a divers suit and salvage the liquors.
There was moistening of lips and an
audible smaeking of mouths, out no
one agreed to grub stake anyone who
would undertake the job.
Bear stories are favorite topics
around the camp fires. The one that
is entitled to the prize was told by
Jim Gill, trapper, well known through
out this section. The scene of the
story was in New Mexico, and the
time of year was late fall, after the
cold weather had driven the bears to
their holes. Gill then believed in the
legend that bears are sluggish and
harmless in cold weather, but he
doesn't any more. He knew where a
whole family of bears had holed in
cave. He would crawl in and drag
them out one at time by their hind
legs and wiring their necks. Lighting
a candle he proceeded to carry out his
designs. But as soon as Pa Bear saw
him coming through the mouth of the
cave, he walked up, blew out the
candle and mixed things up. Gill,
however, got a good hold of Bruins
leg and there was a terrific fight on
Out of the cave they came in heap
and fell over ledge of rocks, drop |
Of about thirty feet. AS they were
falling, Gill whipped out his knife and
stabbed the bear to the heart before
hey hit the ground. But he never
vent back after Ma Bear and her
,ubs.
A fire patrol ranger is sponsor for
another bear story. While making
survey in the mountain district he
anne upon young cub suffering from
severe burns on feet and body. The
was whimpering from the
,ain. and the forester took pity on it,
fitted it into his car and there made 1T
asst with some rope. The patrolman
tarted on his journey, only to discoy-
r that the mother bear had appeared
nd was in hot pursuit. AS the road
an up hill at this point the bear,
making long strides gained steadily
nd the need for strategy was clearly
The foresty book of IN
tructions does not cover situation
uch as this, but the ranger was re-
ourceful and decided that the best
Ian would be to throw the cub over
oard. His attempts to unite the
nots on the lashings which secured
he youngster to the machine, how
yer, proved futile Pursuer and pur-
ued came to yet steepr grade, with |
he advantage all with the former.
'inally, with one mighty effort the J.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1922-09-07
Jaekson-Gilbert.

Mrs. ]. A. Jackson returned Mon
day from Salem, Ore, where she went
last week to attend the marriage of
her son Rene. He was married Fri
day to Miss Gilbert Of Salem, and
both he and his wife will teach this
year at McMinnville, Ore.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1922-09-07
BUYS Town Residence.

Mrs. Lewis Obermeyer this week
bought the former Charles L. Barber
residence property on Commercial
avenue in the Daily addition from
Bishop George Smith and took pos
session immediately
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1922-09-07

Every packing house is running
short handed, and 100 more packers
are needed. The school officials have
been asked to close the High school
for a week or so in order to release
the students and relieve the situation.
II should be done.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1922-09-07
IN THE EARLY
DAYS
Zeke Sweet Tells About His
First Trip Here, and Recalls
Incidents of Pioneers

NOTE-There is a lot of early day
history of this section of Idaho stored
away in the minds of the pioneers
that should be made public before the
old boys pass on, and The Index would
like to receive for publication such
stories, not only because Of their in
terest to present day readers, but that
they may be recorded for reference by
the future historian.-Editor
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1922-09-07
Emmett Bow In Airplane

According to reports from the Long
Valley country, Weber Appel is CIV
ing airplane flights and carrying pas
sengers in that section. The current
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1922-09-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Carson of Boise
were visiting friends and relatives in
Emmett over Wednesday.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1922-09-07

Fishing isn't very good right around
Knox, but it is going to be next year
and succeeding years. Dan Drake
has mapped out a program to stock
the streams every year. Last month
he planted 40 cans of baby brock trout
in the creeks contiguous to his place
and will repeat every year.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1922-09-07

The hail storm of last week, which
cut a narrow swath from southwest to
ncrtheast, damaged few orchards.
The most severe sufferer is Oscar
Weiss, whose prunes were ruined.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1922-09-07

Thirty minutes each day will be ta-
ken up in the High school with train
ing in choral work and there will be
a course given in orchestral work
This will be under the supervision of
Miss Miles, who is well qualified.
Voices will be selected from this cho-
rus to be used in the Emmett Choral
Club.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1922-09-07
The Fruit Growers Association i

The Fruit Growers Association is
packing both prunes and peaches.
though only small force is engaged
in packing prunes, as Manager Dean
does not think the prunes are ripe
enough yet. A large volume OF
peaches is being handled. The pack
ing is being done in the orchards,
however, in bushel baskets, face and
fill.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1922-09-07
PRUNES and PEACHES
GOING TO MARKET
Picking and Packing of Crop Re-
ceiving Attention of EN-
NETT Fruit Growers.

The peach and prune crop of the
Emmett country is going to market.
The first car of prunes was shipped
out Saturday by the Earl Fruit COM
pany and the prunes were grown in
the Warren Nelson orchard on the
Bramwell slope. Manager Smith be-
lieves they were the finest car lot
shipment that ever left Emmett.
Eighty per cent Of the crates were
packed s 5. The Earl company has
IS prune packers and about dozen
packing peaches, the output of w.
c. fuckers South Slope orchard.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1922-09-07

their duties Immediately after the can
vas of the votes by the board at the
next regular meeting September II.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1922-09-07

Picking and packing of the prunes
in the DIR. Gaebler orchard on the
bench will start tomorrow, according
to Supt. Elias Aston. He estimates
the crop at about 13 carloads.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1922-09-07

J. R. Field is packing prunes and
peaches, mostly the product OF his
own orchards. Walter Stone began
today to pack the prunes from his
Souaw Butte orchards, and the Ober-
meyers are packing prunes and peach
es. They will have 20 cars of prunes
and 10 of peaches.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1922-09-07

AS giving an idea of the volume OF
fruit shipped so far from Emmett in
carload lots, the business of the En-
NETT Ice Co. is interesting. That COM
pany has iced 140 fruit cars so far
this season. This does not include all
the cars sent out, as quite number
iced at Nampa for potato shipments
from that and the Caldwell sections
were countermanded when the mar
ket went bad and transferred to En-
NETT for fruit The entire storage ca
pacity of the Ice Company has been
engaged and $4,000 boxes of apples
will be stored there.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1922-09-07

The market is an unknown propisi-
ton. and returns from the first ship
ments, are awaited with anxiety. A..
Shipments awaited with anxiety. A.
NJ. Rogers, whose prune crop amounts
to about so tons, is not taking any
chances, but instead is installing
drier, with a capacity of six tons
day. and will dry all his fruit.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1922-09-07

The Gem Fruit Union, with SO
packers, is also packing prunes and
peaches. Up to last night they had
shipped out two carloads OF prunes
and eight carloads of peaches.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1922-09-07

Promptness in job work-motto.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1922-09-07

Mr., Brubaker has been appointed
principal of the high school, Mr.. Hei-
ten principal of the Wardwell school,
and Mrs. Ralph Womack principal of
the Longfellow building. Five new
teachers were added to the list this
week. They are: Miss Cora Sheibner,
teacher of mathematics in the High
school; Miss Luelia Christianson,
modern languages; Miss Lipps, sixth
grade; Miss McCan, Fifth grade, and
Miss Coulson, Seventh grade.
The Boys Athletic Association met
Wednesday and elected the following
officers: Charles Whitsell, president;
William McCrossin, wee president;
Howard Eaton, secretary and trea-
surer, and Mr. Roberts, business
manager Prof. Brubaker will coach
in basketball this year, and Professors
Mckay and Roberts will be field di-
rector. Already plans have been
made to send relay team to the NAL
heur county fair at Ontario. The
team to be chosen will be the winning
team of the inter-division contest
which is to be the first event of the
year.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1922-02-10

xoxt& &tnei,ie policis Y Pod
karpatskej Rs1i bude skoro pre-
vedene. DO dvahy pridu vsetAy
sel'ks naesta Mskacevo, Bereg-
sas. Hust atd''.
Muna ! z&potoolV, znami
ceski komunisti budl vraj prepu-
steni ma sl0bodu.
Lilkvidxcia kosick6ho ohiln6-
no dstavu. DoterajSi zupny obilny
arad Y Kosiciach skonsil prave
svoiu cinnost' . preloN svoje p6-
sobiste do Presova, kde bude j.
kvidovat obilne ustavy. Zprava,
ze snad al mestsky aproviaacny
urad v Kosiciach ma byt' zruse-
ny, nezodpoveda pravde, naopak
dl'a ministerskeho rozhodnutia
bude zasobovat' nemajetnych az
do konca augusta 1922.
- 70 statistiky kosickeho hro-
bitova. V minulom roku bolo v
Kosiciach 900 pohrebov, z mich
Al lvojenskych. Samovrahov "a
hrabali s, boil tiez 5, Go padli '
obet' nehody.- z pootu $50 zomre-
lych bolo 119 deti.
- Deficit tSR. snizeny 0 2 mi
Hardy. Ma zasadnutf snemu IL.
jan. podala vlada vyhlasenie, ze
predpokladaliy deficit 3 miliardy
kordn sa jej podarilo snizit' ma |
miliardu nasledkom zvacsenych
prfjmov danf..
- Zavraxdii a olnadi do Anne
riky iddcu xenu. Ma zeleznicnej
trait pod vrchom Zizkovom, ne
d'aleko tunela, nasli minute mrt-
volu Marie Balasovej z okolia. Ko-
sic. Policia zistila, re Balasova
bola najprv ned 'aleko trait usmr-
tena jej mrtvola potion poloze-
na IA kol'ajnice a re Balasovej
vrahovia ukradli peniaze a kuf-
rik roznylni vecmi. Policia te-
raz vypatrala, ze vrahmi sd dvaja
vojaci jazdeckeho pluku, 22rocy
ny Jan Molnar z Uzaponyitu a
Jozef Antos 4 Capu na slovensku.
Obidvaja sa po zatknuti k zloci-
nu PRIMAL. Menovana chcela z
Prahy odcestovat' ku svojim pri-
buznym do Ameriky, nemajdc ale
svoje pisma v poriadku, musela
cakat' ia ich vyriadenie, ktore ca
kanie stale sa jej strasne osud-
nym.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1922-02-10
DO RENTU

Ma Fairview Ave., asi 200 stop cd
Wilson Ave. jeden moderny 8 IL
bovy dom tehlovy, kazdym po-
hodlim, AXE je myslitel'ne. Rent
len $500, moxu byvat' j dive ro-
diny Tiez my tehlovy dom a mo-
derny v kazdom ohl'a "a $500
Haste sa po telefone Auto. 1894.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1922-02-10

MA PREDAJ biely tehlovy dom
q 4. izbach. Musi byt' predany
lacno. Hast sa treba v msle
957 Samuel st., ma Lansingville.