Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-04-22

An original pension fSl2 was grant
ed one day last week to August s. II
Trotter of Boise.
A postofiice has been established a
Geneva, Bear Lake county. with Henri,
Tenscher, jr., as postmaster
Arthur Louclxs has been arrested TO
stealing horse from Joe Brown, a
HALEY. He claims that he borrowed it
Sheep shearing is in progress along
the Wood River Branch and Oregon
Short Line. The clip will be heavier
than heretofore.
Acting Indian Agent Irwin has pub
lisked notice TO stocxmen that they
can no longer have the use OF the
grazing lands on the Blackfeet rcserya-
ton
While excavating for the. foundation
for cabin on the Ophir, at Florence,
4. w. Thornton uncovered four-foot
ledge upon which he will sink inn
mediately
The people of Caldwell and Nampa
were excited last week over a report
OF the declaration OF war received
through the railroad operators and ran
mp flags In profusion.
There seems to be no demand what
ever for wool, says the HALEY Times,
at least no local demand. This Is evil
denced by the entire absence OF buy
ers. Although the shearing season Is
so well advanced that many of the
sheepmen are through shearing, there
Is not a single buyer In Idaho, as far
as known.
W. b. George Of Bellevue says there
are large number Of persons on Wood
river that are willing to go to war as
army officers, but that Uncle John
HALEY is the only man in the state
that has offered his services 10 Cover
nor Steuneberg TO fight as a private
soldier in the event of war.
curlew valley has sensation. w.
i. Hall, a man 80 years of age, fell in
love with Miss Edwards who is be-
10 and A. Some four weeks ago the
couple eloped and were married in
cassia county. The girls parents live
In Oxford, bingham county, and were
ignorant of the affair. II is not known
how the man and child succeeded in
procuring license without the con-
sent of her parents.
Advices from Kendricls say the Bear
and Potlatch rivers are booming again
The snow is from four TO seven feet
deep around the country where these
streams have their source, and more
high water Is looked for. A large
gang of men are at work on the tie
drive on Bear creek. where there are
ao 600 ties, and the water runs so rap
Idly that number have been lost by
passing the two booms made to stop
them.
The frost last winter made bad
eak around the gates of the Birch
;reek reservoir, near Malad, in conse-
luence OF which "A vast amount of
water has been lost During the past ,
week force of men has been at work
the break, but have not yet
ucceeded in stopping the leak No 1
loubt this accident and the subsequent /
oss, the value OF which runs into 4
thousands of dollars results from im-
roper construction. The people who 8
'uilt the reservoir had probably never c
ad any experience whatever in ny. ,
raulic engineering or constructive /,
'ork Of any kind involving any de- .
rec of scientific knowledge. They :
ave now began 10 learn that exper- I
is a costly business. =
In 1859 farm of so acres, located 3 a
lilies from Elberton, Wash, was deed
10 Nez Perez county, Idaho, by
IAN named Wright, on the surrender
bond and since that time Nez n
cree county has been paying the <
'easurer of Whitman county, Wash, 70
he annual taxes on the land An
gent recently sent 10 dispose of the C
roperty was surprised TO learn that "
ne land was occupied by man and VI
Is wife, who had resided on the place III
nee 1855. Further investigation dis.
csed that after deciding the property u
right moved to Montana where he NJ
led short time afterward. His wild. ST
s. married again, aud with her hus- u
and returned to Washington in 1883 NJ
nd settled on the land The place is u
slued at $1,000. IL
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