Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-04-15
IDAHO NEWS.

sawnill is being built on the rive
above Stewart. and contracts hav'
been let for 900. 900 feet OF saw logs
The @. A. r. take great pride In theil
hall and building at Boise. which they
have worked industriously TO free
from debt. In the past four years
they have reduced the debt from slGa
to $3.50.
y. J.. Hershey, prominent attorney
OF Dayton, Ohio. IS in Boise He is in
terestcd Ia the selection OF a large
body Of land In southern Idaho for the
purpose Of colonization. and repre-
sents a large number OF Dunkards and
and Qnakers OF Ohio who are anxious
20 secure contiguous farms la this
state.
The recent snow Is melting and the
Potlatch and Bear Creeks are on the
rise, which will be appreciated by the
tiemen as well as sawmill men. There
are $1,000 ties along Big Bear creek,
which will be hoated down TO Ken
drick as soon as there Is water enough,
besides along the Potlatch river there
are about 10000 feet OF logs 10 be sent
down.
sebert Jordan. Pat Woods and Frank
Arnett, the three brakebeam tourists
who we're arrested at Pocatello recently
on charge Of Illegal voting, were
held TO the district court In bonds OF
$1,000 each, In default Of which they
were remanded 10 jail TO await the ac-
Ion OF the grand jury at the next term
OF the district court, which meets May |
Is.
At Denver last week phenom email
atmospheric scene was witnessed.
Three large rings. like those usually
around the moon before storm, were
observed Ia the sky, like unto the odd
Fellows links, but they were not
around the sun. just touching 1t.
Where the rings crossed each other,
rainbow crosses like sundogs were
visible. The sky was clear as crystal
which makes IL the more mysterious
and unexplainable.
Henry James and two other men
went out on The Clearwater Mt Ken
drlck, In small boat to kill fish with
explosives. They had five sticks OF
dynamite. One had been exploded .
and Mr. Jones was hold /
ng second, lighted aud ready to east I
INTO the water. lie became excited
over the appearance OF some large fish !
md forgot to throw IL, and il exploded r
n his hand Tho shock exploded the 1
sticks, dcmolishing the d
BOAT. James hand was blown of, d
md he quickly sank A raft rescued t
he other mon. d
Ex-Governor Connell. United States
indian inspector, has recently return =
q from trip to the Payette TO look 9
p small band OF Indians living near y
he mouth Of Dry Buck. lie tells an
iteresting story about them IL APP =
ears there are twenty Indians living !"
thst point They have been there :"
yclve or fourteen years Two Of them ~
re- Snake River Indians, and The rest ~
Re supposed to be Nez perces. Just "
hy they located at that isolated point
not known. The Indians themselves
IN not explain the matter. but the cs
opposition is that their settling there ~
as result Of some found Two Of ~
em named Charlie. father and son, "''
ch had an eye punched out by the va
be, supposedly for refusing 70 20 on "
g warpath al the time of the Joseph w
ttEceas Ehe elder Chsrilu died last y"
nter. and the son Is the head OF the ~
ttlement There are several fani. us'
s. numbering all told about twenty.
Iesc Indians have entered land. the Una
~ case Of the kind IN the state '.o
ey have several lots 10 the canyon, 0.'
. than section altogether. The ai'
ID was entered by Charlie The In. nav
lDs cultivate their property. raising
lin and other crops They have set .n'
fruit trees, and they have consid ~
bic stock. intending horses. cattle ~
I chickens. Mr. Mcconnell SAYS he '''e
I ask the government 10 purchase -
them a small tract ia the canyon ~
4 they failed 20 secure. They are 80
ter on, there. he says than they -
aid be II they were with the tribe. ~ :
ng the most comfortably dxed band -,
Indians than he knows OF. 400