Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-07-09

night.
All Fourth of July Committees are
entitled to much credit for their faithful
services.
Editor Richards was in shoshone for
the celebration, as member of the
Haley band,
The prize for the best dressed lady and
best rider in the equestrienne parade.
was awarded to Mrs. S, E. Todd.
The shoshone base ball team PLAYED
the Haileys last Monday. and as usual,
lost the game by a score of % to 16.
S. C. Frost failed to put in an appear
ance at the celebration, but we look for
Jack Frost to strike town in few
months.
Andy Hash was visitor to Ketchum
and HALEY last Sunday. Hewent there
for the express purpose of seeing his
best girl.
The ball on the evening Of the 3rd was
a grand success socially and financially,
and the committee are deserving of
much credit.
Fred Gooding came near losing one
of his eyes by fire works last Saturday
1t was painful injury but is getting
better slowly.
We are ashamed to publish the score
made by the ball teams here On the 4th,
therefore simply say that the boys played |
a game Of ball.
Chas Reeves won the wheel-barrow |
race on the Ord and Roy foyer won the
potato race The boys race was taken
in by Bert Bliss.
Lost-A solid gold pea pod watch
charm, near the Columbia hotel. The
finder will be suitably rewarded by re-
turning to this Office.
Mrs. E. W. Horton, Mrs. McCollum
and Miss Elva visited the Ketchum Hot
Springs last Monday. All are in love
with the place and regretted to leave.
Some one broke into L. Davidson's
grocery store Saturday evening and stole
$3.50 in gold. There were nineteen
twenties, two tens and the remainder in
fves.
MD. Herring, of the Boise Sentinel
was in town the first of the week, in the
interests of his paper. He is a rustler
and no mistake, as his big list OF new
subscribers show.
Joe McMurrin has been busy putting
up doors at the pavilion and repairing
the park fence. Fit was not for the
public spirit of Mr.. Nc, things would
not move ahead as they do.
The semi annual installation OF the E
Odd Fellows took place Monday night t
as follows: Geo D. SAVERS, N. G -. t
w. Waldron, V. g.; c. w. Wernicke' t
Sec. E, w. Horton, Treas. t
There is a Rock Creeker in town who
certainly has a limited knowledge OF {
sheets. When he retiressat the hotel he '
Jumps into bed with his boots and his /
.'schaps" Cd. Poor fellow. I
Neil Campbell, brother-in-law OF Matt
NIcFall, spent few days in town the }
first of the week. He is on his return
from the British Columbia mining boom s
and reports that the bottom has fallen I
out OF the whole works.
AS barber, Gus Keefer is a failure. +
He only cut IL horrible gashes in his
lace while amputating his whiskers last i
Saturday and after the operation he
looked as if he had tried to whip a buzz
saw and took second prize.
J.E. Lane, sOn-in-law of Hon. J. S. p
Waters, arrived in town from Boise the f
first Of the week and will now make this q
MS home. Mr.. Lane is a noted artist, 7
md will, during the summer, make d
arge painting of the Falls. !,
The Park pavilion will seat two hun b
Ired and eighteen people IN chairs and h
orty on benches, leaving good wide =
isles on either side and one down the a
enter. The seating capacity is much n
arger than was expected it would be. il
The horse races here on the 3rd were =
good. There were five -
,orses entered for the 600 yard race and
he winners were Flora S 1st, Snap 2nd W
md Corbett 3rd. In the 800 yard race re
PAW Paw won first money, Snip second HI
md Clipper third. IL