Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1903-02-27
IDAHO STATE NEWS.

There Is fear OF coal famine In
Boise. only one or two dealers having
any OF the fuel on hand
The senate bill for pack trail
through the canyon OF the Salmon TO
Thunder Mountain has been defeated.
A special election Is TO be held In
Pocatello to vote on the proposition to
bond the city for $500 for the con-
structlon OF a sewer.
The schools OF Emmett we're closed
last week on account OF scarlet fever
and the fear that II would spread II
school was continued.
A ire In the Haley hotel at Place
Vile caused quite furry in that town
one day last week, but fortunately
little damage was done.
Representative Brown OF Ada county
has introduced bin fixing the rate to
be charged passengers on all railroads
In Idaho at not TO exceed three cents a
mile.
The house has passed the bill placing
bounty OF ] cent per pound on beet
sugar produced In this state during the
year 1903, and half cent per pound
thereafter.
s. Wright a sheep camp tender, was
shot and killed Saturday morning at
Hagerman by Frank Hunter, n herder. /
Particulars OF the tragedy have not yet
been received.
The report sent out that there had
been heavy losses among sheep owing
TO the severe weather appears TO be
canard The loss has been confined TO
q few bands and Is very small.
The Idaho Canning company, which
will establish new plant at Payette,
has completed It's organization. The
capital stock Is $4,000, half OF which Is
owned In Payette and half by Utah
parties.
Hugh NJ. Grumbling, who died In
Boise recently, was tho discoverer OF
the hot springs near tho penitentiary
and afterwards put down the artesian
wells from which the supply for Boise
IL taken.
Adyices from Thunder Mountain state
That considerable alarm Is felt with re-
ference to the safety OF Billie Robinson
and Phil Creighton, who left camp over
q month ago, nothing having been
heard OF them since.
The senate has passed the Sunday
closing bill. The bill requires the clos 1
ing OF all saloons, dance houses concert I
halls, theatres and race tracks on the /
Sabbath day. There we're l2 votes for |
the measure and against IL. :
The FIRST carload OF machinery for I
the Fremont Gas and Coal company has !
arrived at 81 Anthony and boring for
oil win be commenced at once near :
briggs. There is every Indication that i
the company win be successful. l.
1t Is beloved that Clayton Symons, q
Boise boy 20 years OF age, has been
TO serve In crew OF a ves- \
sci that sailed from Portland. He has
mysteriously disappeared. and this is
the only solution 10 the mystery. ;.
Tho sum OF $1,000 has been raised 9
toward putting In an independent tele- =
phone line at Ontario and Arcadia. The :,
line will be built to Owyhee. where :,
connection viii be make with the Boise =
line from Caldwell. "
A party Of capitalists from Kansas h,
ire looking over the field In the vicinity q,
Il Boise with the view OF entering into a,
he raising OF apples on large scale. st
They propose securing tract OF 1000 81,
'cres and planting il with apple trees.
Fire which broke out In the pump {
ouse at the Minnie Moore mine, near
bellevue, destroyed the pump house So
nd other buildings aud badly damaged dc
he mill OF the property Thirty-six 90
ien will be thrown out OF work until nj,
be repairs are completed ~
II. b. Brownell, prominent business To-
IAN OF HALEY took dose OF stryohnine Sr
y mistake and Is dead. While drug wi
Jerk was putting up prescription, ac
ir. BrowneA went behind the counter of
I'd took dose OF what he thought was
alomel but Il proved TO be strychnine.
Linnaus j. Douglass / rs been CON
cted OF manslaughteF for the killing In,
Rufus Ayros on Dec. 20 last. The
70 young men, who we're on bad terms
loo az dance near Star. Ayres fired
70 shots at Douglass The latter then bel
u his gun ana shortly after shot and hu
lied Ayres.
A bin has been introduced in the wa
,use appropriating $4,000 for the ~,
evils aud Clarke exposition ia Port ha,