Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1903-06-05
IDAHO STATE NEWS.
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The seventh annual meeting OF tn
Idaho State Dental society was held II
Boise on the 9th.
Butter has been sold In Roosevelt
recently for $3.50 per pound. and yer,
little could be had at that price,
A savings bank has been established
Al PocateIlo. the first In the history oil
the city. with capital of 100000
Tonka. Japanese laborer, fell from
train in the Boise yards last week
and received injuries which will prob
ably prove fatal.
Al the election OF officers OF the
Wciser state militia last week, the OF.
ncers chosen were al spanish-AmerI-
can war veterans.
Dr. Jones OF HALEY was thrown
from his rig In a runaway accident
last week. sustaining a sprained back
and serious bruises.
Davy Jones OF Garden Valley was
found dead near his cabin last week.
He was 81 years of age. and was well
known In that section.
Judge Willis Sweet OF Idaho, tho
newly appointed attorney general for
Porto Rico. sailed from New York last
Saturday for the island.
J. d. Cameron, a miner in the Pearl |
district was caugh; by falling rock In
tunnel last week and badly bruised,
fortunately escaping with his life.
The two-year-old child of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ben Percell OF Payette died last
week from dose OF carbolic acid.
which was given It In mistake for med
icine.
Butter is being sent to Roosevelt by
registered mail. The butter is packed
In twopound cans. a 5o.pound ship
ment being made from Boise last
week
A Boise valley farmer has been sell
Ing strawberries recently. some OF
which are 30 large chat not more than
two or three OF them could be placed
In an ordinary coffee cup without
crushing them.
The three-y ear-old son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Nose Christensen was drowned
In ditch In Boise last week The lit
tie one was playing and fell into the
ditch. drowning before he was missed
BY his mother.
During the storm In LAWYERS can
ron, In the northern part OF the state,
asst week. hail fell to the depth OF
wenty inches In places and destroyed
Irain over an area about two miles
vide by six miles long.
Lightning struck the Odd Fellows
building ut Athol on the LIST. killing
I'm Ray. aged "a. and Ross Dyer.
ged 10. The father OF the boy was
With the unfortunate couple at the
line. but escaped injury.
While Mrs. James Stephenson OF
'oiss was driving over & bridge across
he Boise river. the horse became
1ghtsned and backed the vehicle over
10 bridge into the water, her two
szr-old son and Thomas Watkins,
god IL. being drowned. Mrs. Steph-
ason escaped by jumping.
Az result OF = cIoudburst ut the
sad OF LAWYERS canyon. near Nez
cree. John Dempsey and his sister.
abella. were drowned, while a num-
,r OF houses were washed away and
. occupants had narrow escapes
ON drowning. The water rushed
'wn the canyon In solid wall, IL to
feet high.
Near the town Of Winchester, last
eek. g. w. Snyder shot and killed
) wife and then suicided. The couple
d bsen separated for some time, and
der was extremely jealous. He
81 his wife and her mother on u
untry road and Immediately opened
p. o. Johnson. liveyman OF II
eiser, was assaulted by u tramp
ION he found sleeping in his barn.
10 tramp hit johnson over the head
III a heavy bride. fracturing his Fk
ulL Johnson Ii In \ critical condi-
n q,
A Boise man last week received Z won
ter containing IS. The writer said bea
had received IS more than was due in I
p from the Boise man'years ago, and the
II he had since begun living = busl
ristian life, and concluded TO refund OF
, mocey. MI.
rank ". n'hs' VINO recently morse smi
ippsd Frank N. Fowler. at Boise. thsr
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