Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-11-22
SHOSHONE.
A MODEL TOWN IN MANY RESPECTS.

Having Got the Upper Hand Of the
Roughs, She Is Marching Onward to
Substantial aud Permanent Pros.
perity.
The enterprising little town at the
junction of the Wood River Branch
and Oregon Short Line Railways, is
very quiet, just now, as it has been
deserted by all the rough and other
elements that constituted its floating
population, and even the force at work
on the railroad shops has recently been
reduced to minimum. But the re-
action which followed the boom has
probably spent its force, and the course
of Shoshone will in future be on
ward and upward.
Shoshone ct present is as quiet and
orderly town as one could wish to
see. But she has not always been in
as creditable condition, and ONLY two
weeks ago the law-breakers still had
the upper hand. At that time it was
deemed unsafe for a respectable
woman to be out on the street after
dark, breaches of the peace and as
sauits to murder We're common, and
burglaries and robberies not unfre.
quent. 1t became evident that some
thing had to be done to redeem the
town, and render it fit for families to
live in. But how to 60 at it, was the
difficulty. Legal prosecutions would
only rid the town of individuals,
whereas it was hoped to drive off
class. The better classes scarcely
knew how to go about it, when the
"Big Red'' incident occurred. The
individual with the suggestive cogno-
men got into difficulty with a man
working at the railway shops. Both
were arrested. The gamblers bailed
out Big Red, and a couple Of hours
later the railroad boys made up a
purse to bail their fellow out. They
proceeded to the Jail, took out their
friend and were coming back to the
main street with the constable, when
they were fred upon from three di
rections, the railroad boys having then
reached street corner. AT the first
volley, it was evident that the gam
blers were prepared for the occasion
while the railroad boys were not
: Constable Pollard, however, was armed
with trusty revolver.
d Jimmy Doran, who seemed to b.
one Of the ringleaders Of the gam
blers, seeing most of the railroa'
crowd scatter, recklessly advance
from the shadow of the houses linn!
the east side of the street, and dis
charged one shot at the crowd. Con
i stable Pollard commanded him to stop
He refused and turned to run. Tn
-, Constable discharged a cartridge a
E him, the ball entering in the back
and coming out through the heart
Doran died about two hours after.
The next day Big Red was ordcre.
out of town-anG went or the mex
, tram to Ogden where he is in jail now
serving out a 80 days sentence 70
an aggravated assault. Other gam
> blers and questionable character
waited not upon the order Of their 60
ing, but won't at once, and rs result
Shoshone is now in the desirable con
dition noted above.
But while the town is very quie
:, now, it is nevertheless prosperous
> The business men, while claiming no
to be doing much, all admit that the,
are making living and little over
= while there is 10 doubt marked i'm
: provement will be felt. in busines
upon the completion of the railwa,
shops.
These are magnificent building
% that are being built with walls of soil,
Z masonry three feet thick. They ar
= of rubble masonry, the trimmings o
% dressed sandstone, and when FINISHED
= will be the largest shops on the line o
- the road between Omaha and Puge
y - Sound. Besides the shops "A stal
" roundhouse is being built, as substan
y TALLY as the shops, and many othe
improvements are being made 10y tn
> railway company which tend to indi