Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-10-30
IDAHO NEWS.

N. into the Seven Devils, will stop Al
Council until spring.
A Philadelphia Syndicate has Sc
cured control OF the famous Checkmate
mine At Willow creek.
The third annual convention OF the
state Sunday school association was
held In Caldwell last week.
A heavy, wet snowfall OF six inches,
did great damage To orchards and
shade trees In the Palouse country last
week
The body of r. ID. Atkins, who
was drowned In Snake river near Lew
iston October 2, was recovered last
week
Elmer Halford Of Houston was last
week convicted OF horse stealing and
has been sentenced to serve four years
In the penitentiary.
A contract for l50-foot shaft on the
Delhi, promising property on Shaw
untain, near Boise, has been let.
Indications are promising.
A dredge is being erected by the
Florence Gold Mining company at
Florence. The number OF dredges in
the state is increasing rapidly.
Governor stenncnbcrg visited WASH
ington last week In the interest Of Sc
curing the establishment OF perma-
..,fftt.~u .,,.f =. va .tner
A contract for the completion OF
fourteen miles Of the New York Ca
nal which will water large tract OF
land south OF Boise, was let last week.
A powder magazine in the Lucky
hoy mine at Chalis exploded last week,
doing considerable damage TO the
shaft. but fortunately no one was
killed
Sergeant Crawford who was bribed
to let number OF prisoners escape at
wardner has been tried by court
martial and convicted. Punishment
has yet been announced.
The Magnolia group on Miller noun
Us
pany for $50, 900 the company agree
ing to extensively develop the prop
rrty this coming winter.
Len Parker, one of the members of
company II. Idaho volunteer, has ar
rived In Boise from San Francisco. lie
was left In the hospital when the regi-
ment returned TO the state
Supplies for the penitentiary have
been contracted for MS follows: Flour
~ 30 per cwt; beef. 4oo per ewt; hay,
~ per ton; ham II cents per pound;
bacon, pss cents per pound.
The charge that miners were work
Ing In the mines at Wardner without
permits has been proven erroneous.
The state will nip Ia the bud any at
tempt to snuggle 10 bad men
=. P. shelby OF Parma. has sold his
hop Drop to the Schlitz brewing com
pany of Milwaukee. On account OF
their excellent quality he received
3 cents pound more than the market
price.
The order relieving the soldiers
Ne toned in the Occur dAlenes from
further guard duty has compelled the
state 70 look about for guards. The
tate militia will be employed In pref
rrencc 70 hired guards.
Postmaster Barton of Moscow has
been investigated by Inspector Brat
ION. on char. es OF incivility to the
,strons The papers have been for ,
~ardcd to Washington and decision
will noon be reached
Miss Defends Turner. employed in
laundry at Roise, has been left $4,000
worth OF Salt Lake real estate by +. b.
,tampcr. whom she nursed through {
evere sickness last summer. Miss |
Turner Is 81 years of age.
Tuesday night last week suspi-
ious noise about the storeroom at the
zen at Wardner where 40 prisoners
ire confined led to the discovery OF u
rench through which. during the
light, all the prisoners would have es-
aped but for the timely discovery.
The trench Was filled with water
nd closer watch kept. The next
morning the pr isoners filled the
rench under direction Of the author
ties The trench was sixty sect long
nd was all completed save breaking 9