Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-12-23

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The senate has confirmed the ap
pointmcnt of T.. f. Garrett TO be re
ceivcr OF public monies at Boise.
A slight earthquake shock was fel
1T Soda Springs between and 9 o'clocl
on the morning OF the 18th inst.
There has been three wrecks on Tho
Oregon Short Line In thevicinity Of
Soda Springs recently, but fortunately
NO one has been injured.
At Soda Springs the snow Is about
nine inches on the level, but as the
days are generally bright and clear the
country trade is still good.
Within the coming two months ut
least $500 laborers will be employed IN
building the Snake River Valley line
of the Oregon Railway & Navigation
company.
A prominent wool buyer estimates
the wool crops OF Idaho for 1898 at H.
100000 pounds, and says the average
price was Is cents. double the amount
received the previous year. 4fff
The Bonanza Power company OF Am
crican Falls proposes to furnish Poca-
tello with electric lights at the very
moderate price of 33h cents per mean
descent, s-candle power, per month.
The following postmasters were APP
pointed December IS: Murray, Sho-
shone county, Winfield S. Erwin, vice
Clarence c. Lands. resigned; Russell.
Nez Perces county, Mary Il. Rosen,
vice John w. Rosen, resigned.
X. S. carberry, engineer of the Marys-
vile Power and Canal company, and
Y. s. Dietrich, attorney for the com
pany, were IN Boise last week confer-
ring with the state land board with
reference to the withdrAwsl OF some
10000 sof land in the Idaho Falls
region fcs reclamation under the Ca
rey act.
The statement is made by Boise par
ties that Messrs. Aiken and Bates, who
are engineering the Seven Devils
road from Weiser,. Ida, have. made a
deal with the orton Short Line Tor
100 miles of so-pound steel rails. rrhe
name OF this company is the Weiser,
Idaho & Spokane. The Short Line, it
Is further stated, viii deliver tho rails
at "esser- = ~ a
When y 7, CarupbeA takes office as
aAsriK OK Ada county next month, the
county will for the first time have a
woman deputy. She will be the sher-
IFS wife. Her duties win be mainly /
clerical. hpt she viii he clothed with
he 5pal authority of deputy. Mrs.
Is not new TO the duties OF
he desk in a sheriff's Office, having
lone the work for her husband when
he was sheriff ON Wood river.
Mr.. bccco, who lives about mile :
rom Hagerman. had his home burned
me day last week. He went from the
lifting room into the dining room TO
upper. In few minutes he heard
Ire cracking and on opening the door
rom the sitting room saw the ceiling
nd walls alfablaze. He grabbed his
'edding and ran out. but couldn't get{.
n again. He lost every thing else,
ven his hat.
Two teams, containing two families
With seven children, passed through
'lmore one day last week on their way
rom Kansas to Oregon. These unfor-
nnates had been overtalxen on their.
ourney by severe snowstorms and
Lizards, and were detained thereby
, long that they were out Of food and
lonoy. The citizens of Elmore sup
lied them with food and money and
hey went on their way rejoicing
Senators Shoup and Heitfeldt called
the treasury department on the nth
lst to urge expedition in the payment
} the Nez Perez Idians of the amount
DC them on August LIST, under the
raty. They were informed that, ow-
< " the illness of clerks, 1t would DO
month or six weeks before the matter |
ould be settled. Both senator's pro- 1
sted vigorously against the delay and {
Tered to furnish clerks who would re- !
In their health and transact business
the same time.
John Y. Packard is about ready to
art up his new mill on the Tip Top
HALEY. The plant is one with
hich no pains has been spared, and