This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Coates Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/2075 Message Board Post: Payette Independent Payette, Idaho Thursday, Nov. 9, 1899 LOCAL NOTES Dan Coates of Little Willow Creek, informs us that a new school house with a seating capacity for 25 pupils has recently been built by private subscription in District No. 4. The sheep men who are the heavy taxpayers of the new district, were very liberal in their donations. Mr. Coates the farmers of his section are getting their fall plowing done in fine shape and are looking forward to another prosperous year.