Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1903-02-06
IDAHO.
IDAHO STATE NEWS.

measure making the spraying o
fruit trees compulsory has been intro
huced In the senate.
II Is said the Dewey mill in Thunder
Mountain district will resume opera
tions about February 7.
A bill approprIating $4,000 for a
bridge across the Snake river at Wei
ser has passed the senate,
Eight quartz and two placer claims
In the Marshall Lake district were sold
last week to New York capitalists for
sos 900
Only one bill OF the 1S in hand
passed the house week before last, and
not single measure got through tho
senate.
large number Of draught and sad
die horses are being bought in the VI
entity OF Caldwell and shipped to Ne
braska.
High waters at Payette last week
caused three washouts In the Noble
ditch. which will require about 81 900
60 repair.
A petition that Is being circulated at
Payette by the church people asking
for local option for precincts Is not
being very freely signed
A train on the b. NJ 4 o. ran over
four head OF cattle near Nampa one
day last week. and the engine was de-
rallied. No one was injured.
A bill has been introduced in the leg
islature amending the charter OF Boise
and making It possible for the capital
city to extend her boundaries
The State Bar association is SEIZED
uled to meet In Boise May H. is and |
10. The meeting Is expected to be the I
,sost important ever held by the asso-
citation
The Black Lake road is completely
closed by the heavy fall of snow. No
teams will be able to get In or out of
the Black Lake country until the road
Is shoveled
The new town In the Seven Devils
In the vicinity of Rankin Mining COM
pany works has been christened Rand,
and postoiiice will soon be estab-
lIshed there.
Senator Dubois, on the 9th pre-
scented to the senate formally the ere
dentials OF Judge Hepburn to seat In
the senate. The senator elect cannot
take his seat until after the 4th OF
March.
Hugh G. Kelly OF Oneida county has
been appointed to the position OF clerk
of the penitentiary. Il is understood
he will enter upon his duties at the
same time the new warden shall take
charge.
Chris Rude. one OF the Thunder
Mountain mail carriers. Just in from (
that camp. says that provisions are be {
ginning 10 get short In that camp. He /
estimates the snow on Chilkoot pass :
at from 20 to 30 feet deep {
bill has passed the house empow- Q
cring the state board to pardon juve- 0
nile convlcts whether or not they had
served one-third OF their terms The :
is especially intended to give J
The board power to extend clemency |,
10 Ida Faherty. the l6-year-old girl !
sent TO the penitentiary from Moscow Il
'or stealing horse and buggy in an a
sffort TO reach her lover.
The main contract for the Twin
Falls irrigation project is to be let
February 10. The plans contemplate
he reclamation of Ell 900 acres OF fer
lie land In the valley OF the Snake
liver. beginning at point 22 miles :"
lboye Twin Falls lc
The snow Ia fourteen feet deep In II
m the country near st. Regens and u
lookout mountain in the Occur ~
lAlenes The snow is said 20 be pack 5,
d upon the sides OF the Northern Pa m
inc tracks higher than the tops OF v,
he cars. -
+. u. Deano OF Payette. coroner OF
'anyon county, has served notice on
ustice +. n. Mallery OF Caldwell and xf
II other Justices Id the county that M
hey must not hold any inquests with Ia
ut FIRST getting his consent and In W
tructions. in
The sawmiil plant for the Utah & NJ
iaho Land a Lumber company ar
wed at wsiser last week. and will be K,
laced on the middle fork OF the We'll al
err between Cambridge and Council pe
vin Hayward OF Weiser IL manager Of re