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The Adams County Record Wednesday, March 7, 2012
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Last August I featured
items from the Meadows
Eagle / New Meadows
Tribune dated October
30, 1914. During a
recent museum work
day, we discovered two
more issues of the New
Meadows Tribune. They
were in a stack of old
Boise and Weiser news-
papers that we hadn't
gone through before.
These papers are price-
less, as there are only a
few copies in existence or
on microfilm at the state
historical library.
One issue is dated
November 14, 1912. This
was the first issue after
the November 5 elec-
tion in which the first
Adams County officials
were elected. There were
already appointed offi-
cials in place, and this
issue listed those who
were newly elected: "Joint
Senator" = E. M. Barton;
Representative = Dr. W.
M. Brown of Landore
(he later practiced in
Council and then bought
Starkey Hot Springs);
Sheriff = Frank Weaver;
Prosecuting Attorney
= Berry J. Dillion (his
name was actually
Benjamin J. Dillon);
Assessor = P. H. Ware;
Treasurer = Harriet A.
Carr; Supt. of Schools =
J. D. Neale; Coroner Dr.
L. A. Harris. The County
Commissioners = George
E. Steward, 1st Dist.;
Frank Hahn, 2nd Dist.;
William Branstetter, 3rd
Dist. Probate judge = P.
A. McCallum.
The schedule for
P&IN railroad service
between New Meadows
and Weiser, and then on
to Boise via the Oregon
Short Line, was list-
ed. It gives an idea of
just how fast the trains
traveled. The train left
New Meadows at 8:00
AM, arrived 20 min-
utes later at' Tamarack,
40 minutes later at
Fruitvale, 20 minutes
from there to Council,
30 more to Goodrich,
24 to Cambridge, 23 to
Midvale, 30 minutes to
Weiser. That's just over 3
1/2 hours to get from New
Meadows to Weiser. That
would mean the train
traveled, if you don't
deduct the time spent
stopped at each sta-
tion, an average speed of
about 25 miles per hour.
From Weiser to Boise
took 3 hrs. 20 min. I'm
not sure how many miles
of rail lay between those
two locations, but by the
closest route via mod-
em highway it's about
74 miles. That makes the
speed of the train, not
counting stops, at about
23 mph. People back
then thought these were
phenomenally quick
journeys compared to
the several days it took
with a horse and wagon.
The editor of the
Tribune was Frank M'.
Roberts. In spite of the
fact that Coflncil had
just won the election to
become the county seat,
the masthead of the
paper still read, "NEW
MEADOWS TRIBUNE--
Destined to be--The
Permanent County Seat
of Adams County."
A few of the names
listed in local news:
Miss Grace Crowell,
Mrs. Oriana Hubbard
(both teachers), Cal.
R. Hubbard, Mrs. Clay
Walker, A. H. O'Leary,
and more.
George and Victoria Steward of Indian Valley. He was the first elected County
Commissioner from Dist. 1.
Local businesses (at
New Meadows unless
otherwise mentioned):
Meadows Valley Bank--
George F. Brinson, store
at Meadows--The New
Meadows News Stand,
Herbert Crager, Prop.
(All the leading maga-
zines, periodicals, daily
papers, confectionery,
cigars, tobaccos) in the
Townsite building in
New Meadows--Cash
Meat Market, Harvey
Knowles, Proprietor--
Loe Bros. General
Merchandise--Fred
M. Suiter, Contractor
and Builder--Balbach
Brothers, pine and fire
lumber, doors, windows,
lath & shingles...largest
plant in Adams County--
Hotel Heigho, 52 rooms,
electric light, steam heat,
baths, strictly modern,
will open in a few days--
Coeur d'Or Development
Co., Edgar M. Heigho,
President--The S. & S.
Co. Inc., clothes, gro-
ceries and more---Joe
Towee's "Little Caf6" and
restaurant, fresh oys-
ters, fish and crabs--the
New Meadows Hotel,
Alfred Meyer, Proprietor
(3 blocks from RR depot
and 1/2 block from first-
class restaurant--
Payette Lake House, $2
per day, Lardo--Harry
Johnson Carpenter
Shop--L.A. Harris,
M.D.--R.J. Kennedy,
notary public, office and
residence in Post Office
building--Fred D. Stover,
notary public, office in
depotIMeyers Bros.
& Metz, contractors
and builders--The Owl
Barber Shop, Clarence
LaFay, Prop., everything
clean and up-to-date,
hot and cold water--
James Kesler, jeweler,
watches, clocks, guns,
ammunition, cutlery,
fishing tackle--Eagle
Caf6, C. F. Humprey
[sic], Prop., meals served
at all hours.
The back page of the
paper contained a large
ad featuring a picture
of a Lyon-Taylor piano,
with the headline: "How
Would This Look In Your
Home?" The ad said,
"We paid $350 for it.
Yours for nothing. Want
this piano? It belongs
to the person receiv-
ing the greatest num-
ber of votes in our First
Voting Contest. Fill out
the Coupon below and
nominate yourself or a
friend." Second through
5th prizes were also
listed, with a total of
$1,330 in prizes, all but
first prize being $230 to
$260 down payments on
a new piano. "How to
obtain votes: Make your
purchases at the S, & S.
Co.'s store and get your
friends to do likewise.
Every dollar purchased
in general stock means
200 votes, or, 1000 votes
for every dollar in new
subscriptions for the
New Meadows Tribune,
or 500 votes for each doL
lar for renewals."
In another part of
the paper, the people
receiving votes so far
were tabulated. All were
women, listed here from
highest to lowest votes:
Helen Toney (3,506,810
votes), Mildred Barham,
Mrs. Hattie Loe, Francis
Frank Hahn--first
elected County
Commissioner from
Dist. 2
Abshire, Don-ls Hubbard,
Nora Barnett, Mrs.
H. Blackwell, Edith
Russell, Lillian O'Leary,
Lenore Ferrier, Mrs. Tom
McCall, Minnie Clay,
Mary Levengood, *Helen
Richardson, Hazel Bean
(114,000 votes). Judges
were listed as Olive M.
Highley, Fay R. Richard
and Maggie Mathias.
*Helen Richardson
was the daughter of
Steve Richardson, the
man who established
Tamarack. She mar-
ried Jack Broomfield
who became the sawmill
operations manager.
I need to thank sev-
eral people who identi-
fied the people in last
week's picture. The girl
is Darlene Watkins (age
16 at the time). She is
the daughter of Earl
and Vivian Watkins,
and is now married to
Gene Capps. They, live
in Lewiston. The boy is
Casey Patoray, the son
of the owner of Casey's
Corral and after whom
the place was named.
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