Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1903-10-16
IDAHO STATE NEWS.

TOOK carbolic acid. is on the road tc
recovery.
Latest reports from Skeleton creek
Indicate that the district is proving
remarkably rich.
The state convention OF ministers
OF the Christian church was held In
Payette last week
The Canyon county fair proved to be
the best. In point OF attendance and
exhibits, ever held in the county.
Mrs. Jack Ennor Of Welacr is SUI.
fering from bad case of blood polls
onins. caused by pin scratch on the
hand
Payette Is TO have a new hotel. with
firstclasa accommodation. The build
ing VIII be erected by local parties.
and Will cost $4,000
Scott Curry. who was shot by chas.
Pollard at Mountain Home. is improy-
Ing. and It Is now regarded as GER
tain that he viii recover
II is said that in some cases In Nez
Perce county this season no less than
10000 bushels Of grain have been har-
vested from siagle quarter section
Miss Sadie Baker OF Caldwell was
thrown from horse on Main street
one day last week and seriously In
Jured. the young lady alighting on her
head.
The new electric light and wator-
works plant ut Weisor are now In
working order. the lights having been
turned on for the first time on Friday
OF last week.
A strong effort viii be made by the
Boise chamber of commerce to induce
the Oregon Short Line 10 continue the
Pony Express service between Boise
and Huntington.
The ladies OF the Columbia clsb OF
Boise realized $500 from a rummage |
sale one day last week. Tho money is |
TO be added 10 the fund for furnish !
Ing the Carnegie library.
The haistorm which struck Boise !
and Payette valleys last week did but
little damage Some fruit was
knocked from the trees. but tho
damage done was trifllng.
AT Blackfoot one day last week
Judge stevens sentenced nine crlmi-
nails to the state penitentlary. four be-
ing sentenced for grand larceny. two
for forgery and one for mayhem.
Rev. and Mrs. Elmer t. Fife OF
Boise left last week for India. where
they will enter the mission field. Rev
Fife is the retiring pastor of the Pres
byterian church. and IL well known
throughout the state.
The farmers OF Long valley are ex-
perIencing trouble In having their
grain threshold ON account OF scar
city OF help and continued rains. The
cat crop Is good the average being I
forty bushels per acre /,
The suggestion OF the formation OF {
miners association. with headquarters !
In Boise. seems TO be meeting with |
much encouragement. and II is be-
heyed such an association will be or '
ganized 10 the near future. :
T. T. Allyea. merchant OF Eureka,
while on his way from Lewiston TO
Eureka with a load OF freight. was
robbed OF $1,000 In cash. which he car
ried In grip. The money was taken
from the wagon during the night.
Officers elected by the Idaho state
Medical society al Boise werc Presi.
lent. J. L. Conant. Geneseo: vice pres
don't r. l.. Nourse. HALEY; secretary
treasurer. ed H. Maxey. Boise: dele
yate TO national association. Ed e.
Aaxey. Boise.
The annual payment OF $4,000 an
suity money TO the Bannock and Sho-
hone Indians OF the Fort Hall reser>
alton commenced thls week.. The
indians win receive about $50 per cap
Ia. and IL VIII take ave or six weeks
0 complete the distribution,
Thomas Davey. who had been con.
ected With the De Lamar mine for
weIye years. In the capacity OF fore
ian and superintendent. and one OF
he most widely known mining men In
he state. is dead. after suffering some
me from miners consumption.
Two hundred Odd Fellows were
resent at the dedication OF the new
all Of Boise lodge No. 81. /. o. OF.
Boise on the Sth. prominent Odd