Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1904-05-13
IDAHO STATE NEWS.

are arranging for an appropriate cele
bFation Of Decoration day. May 3d.
II now appears that w. d. I.ovejoy
the Wefser attorney. who It was re-
Ported had disappeared. had simply
gone to Boise on visit.
Special Agent capcl. now at Black.
foot, has been appointed to classify
the land In the nve-mile strip around
Pocatelo. The land will then be open
for entry
The Payette-Boise government irri-
cation committee has decided to in.
corporate In order that they may deal
directly with the government reclama-
ton service
The owners OF the ice house at Pay.
cite recently destroyed by fire have de.
cided to build new plant OF double
the capacity OF the one destroyed, or
about 5000 tons.
Duncan Mckenzie is In jail at
Mountain Home, charged with robbing
James Mcdonald sheepherder. Nc
Donald claims he was knocked down
and robbed by Mckenzie.
The new freight rate established by
the Northern Pacific company Is highly |
favorable to the growth of the Lewis
.on Wholesale business and viii result /
In many benefits to the city.
Arrangements are now practically
completed for the installation OF con-
crete-cement building block factory at
Weiser. thus adding another important
industry to that growing town.
Conyicts Harry Miller and Charles
Smith escaped from the state peniten.
tiary on the 9Th. Miller was recap
tured. but II is believed Smith was
drowned while endeavoring to escape.
Attorney General Bagley has de.
cided that Judge Stevens. who was APP
pointed two years ago Judge OF the
Sixth judicial district. will hold tho
onice under this appointment until ,
1907.
Tho month Just closed was the .
warmest April since the re establish a
ment OF the weather bureau office at q
Boise. In 1898. the average tempera- I
ture having been slightly above SO de- I
krees. Q
Idaho was one OF the four or five b
states that were fully ready for the S
opening OF the exposition at ST. Louis. C
Every exhibit was In place before the a
opening day and everything In apple W
Die order. te
At the state Prohibition convention,
ield In Caldwell. state ticket was Is
nominated, Edwin r. Headly of ne
ioscow being nominated for governor bs
nd A. II. Gipson OF Caldwell for con. A
Id
A dispatch from Lewiston says: ia
iany apple growers on the Potlatch W.
nd American ridges have been dig
Ing up their older apple trees and u'
stting out young trees OF better va. mn
etles than those at first grown. pl,
The Idaho building was the only ,o
ate building ready to receive visit. ~,
Is on tho opening day OF the ST. si,
ouis fair. and one man secured
Ird and wrote on It; April 80. 1904.
aho. The only latch string out" ..
Charles woelnen. superintendent OF
he construction work for the electric
hit company at Lewiston. was ,s,
ught In the wires Mt the power sta 90,
N and so severely burned that his "a,
e was despaired OF for some time. =
The state OF Idaho has 2f22 miles of ma
lin irrigation canals. The cost OF -
OF these canals was So
$3.50. They cover 1.s6s.s72 acres OF 4.
i'd or the land covered 749.552
res is In cultivation. There lies I'M
r the canals 6iS.ss1 acres uncultl-
led and unimproved
fred Vandergraft. a rancher living
IT miles from Gooding. committed
eide on the 9Th by cutting his throat
h a razor. He had been IN with
',ted fever. and il is thought that
oding over his illness led to the
a.
he March cleanup az tho great
xey mine at Thunder Mountain
} s2o.i60 This represents the
punt OF bullion saved on the plates
N the ore crushed through the nc
mn mill during fha u aa~a andinv
rch 81 II was brought out in 12
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