Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1904-04-22
IDAHO STATE NEWS.

tory OF the Kind In the state.
II Is claimed that work VIII begin
by May iat on the proposed Boise
caldwcIl-Pearl electric railway.
Mining operations IN the Rapid
river and Marshall Lake districts arc
becoming lively.
The town Of Mackay is TO have a
new bank within the next six weeks.
great deal OF the stock being sub
soribed by local business men.
II is claimed that the sheepmen OF
this state are fully three weeks fur
ther advanced with their work than
they were at this time last year
The Oregon Short Line company
has begun work at Nampa, which
when completed, will completely
transform the depot grounds into
beautiful park
An amendment TO the sundry civil |
bill has been adopted setting aside
twenty acres OF the Fort Sherman
military reservation for a public park
near the city OF Occur d'Alene.
II is said that prompt action viii
be taken toward opening lands with
In tho fiyemile limit OF Pocatello. and
that an agent viii be sent out soon
To classify and approve the lands.
The Democrats OF the state will
hold convention at Weiser on June
to select delegates to the st. Louis
convention and at Lewiston on Au.
gust 10 to nominate state and dis I
trict tickets. I
Alexander Schlegel, who has been '
chief clerk In the Office OF the sur 7
veyorgeneral of Idaho. with head. !
quarters at Boise. has been trans /,
ferred to the general land office at r
Washington. o
Work has been suspended on the .
Weiser sewer system. owing to a dis
agreement between the city and the o
Short Line Railroad company as to D
the right OF way across the com n
pany's ground e,
John r. 5weetser. one OF the pi :.
oneers OF the Raft river country is :,
dead In California. He came to Idaho Il
In the early days and was well pl
known and highly respected by all of W
the older residents o. o.
A Salt Lake paper states that Cal fiji
Pin Cobb, owner and publisher OF the
Boise Statesman. will be subpoenaed ~
o appear before the Smoot inyesti- ne
ration committee upon tho resump- WI
ion of It's hearings 81
Boise river Is higher than has been te
Inown for many years and Is threat. su
ming damage all along the south side
4 the city of Boise. Men are at
YORK at various points and II is Ga
oped to prevent a serious overflow.
A colony composed of nfty.four /
wiss families from Wisconsin will mig
estle In the Clearwater country. The N.
rivals VIII comprise farmers, gar the
eners and orchardists and they win VIII
'cato on lands adapted to those pur- as
tits. for
Creighton Mclean. the nine-year. hon
{ son Of II. 9. Mclean, who lives don
the Clearwater, near the Dewey p
lac. about nine miles from Grange sun
lie. was severely injured by the ex- hon
osion OF dynamite caps with which rum
was playing. the
The st.,o,,,,. 4. Into
.Aauo 'n". repre- row
ntatlyes OF several of the Missis.
'pi valley states have sought 10 Sc b
no carloads of Idaho grain In the
aaf 10 place In their displays at the ono
rld's fair This is because tho
mo display OF grains ecllpses any. In
ng else that has appeared on the rra.
r grounds. uiua
y, Jack
The trustees OF welser independ. artil
school district have called an one
elton for April s0th, to bond the the
triet for $4,000 to purchase i a,as
unds and construct modern high serio
DOL building A heating plant win arres
IN 'he building. polio
N unknown man, supposed 10 have kilie
n demented leaped from the win
OF a passenger train near Noun.
anu al Vnor's 10 locate beliel
have been futile II is feared and
has wandered away to some Sc house
led spot and persisted. crime
aroma p,-o..., and.
'e' "sso ABOUT year J. ST
hah was accidentally shot by with
six-yearold brother at HALEY. poison
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