Payette County ID Archives News.....From Payette May 15, 1901 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/id/idfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Cheryl Hanson ihansonb@fmtc.com February 27, 2006, 10:45 pm Idaho Daily Statesman May 15, 1901 Idaho Daily Statesman Boise, Idaho Wednesday, May 15, 1901 FROM PAYETTE Payette, May 14 - William Bivens is in town and says that several oil experts have examined his well from which a small flow of gas is coming and pronounced it good illuminating gas, and the prospects are good for gas or oil. A gentleman with sheriff W. H. Throup said he would send machinery and commence drilling in the near future. Mr. Bivens has just received leases to be signed from a Spokane firm, asking him to sign and they would send men to commence drilling. News from Little Willow creek is very encouraging. J. W. Johnson and J. H. Richardson are here from Boise. J. T. Morrison of Caldwell was here yesterday on legal business. H. C. Rambau left this morning for Garden Valley. Miss Alice Ettenger left on the eastbound train to visit her sister, Mrs. Charles Steunenberg of Boise for a week. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/id/payette/newspapers/frompaye172nnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/idfiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb