Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1904-09-16
IDAHO STATE NEWS.

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City was fatally injured in an accident
while hsu.ns logs to his ranch.
Fruit packing Is IN full blast at Pay
cite and the shipments from that point
Will be very heavy this season.
Thomas Fitch. the noted orator and
attorney. has opened an Office In Lew.
iston. and viii reside there perma-
nently.
Labor day passed on very quietly
In Boise. there being no organized eff
fort at an observance Of the holiday
by the unions Of the city.
DR.. s. n Murphy superintendent OF
the Gilt Edge mine at Florence. re-
ceived series Injuries by the upsettIng
Of wagon near whIteblrd
The new electric light plant at En-.
NETT Is now running In full blast with
the exception OF Boise. Emmett has as
fine system as there is In Idaho.
In the recent school election held in
Boise. Mrs Cora Cook and Mrs. Grace
Logan won over Samuel r. Davis and
George w. Fletcher And now the men
are going TO contest the election.
A lone bandit held up the sasoon at
the Overland hotel at Council, Iecur-
Ing about $500. The safe containing
$1,000. was unlocked. but the robbie,
In his haste, overlooked this amount
A dispatch from Clarendon, Ark.
says John d. Diggle and Miss Mamie
johnson OF Stuttgart. and Mrs Leta
vasgein OF Mullen. Ida. were drowned
in white river while boating In gas
oline launch.
The forest fires which have been
raging above Idaho City. along Moose
creek. have done considerable damage.
stretch OF valuable timber two miles ,
long and half mile wide has been q
burned over. :
Tho body OF Lee Smith. formerly a
bartender at Grangeyille was found 1
near Kamiah, with the throat cut and
several knife wounds on the body. II
is thought the man was insane and
that he had suicided 5
BY conservative people II Is esti-
mated that the fruit crop Of the Snake
river country between Lewiston and o
Riparia, distance OF seventy-eight r,
miles. viii return at least sl25.Oo0 to Ii
the fruitgrowers this season. d
The business portion OF warrens d.
has been destroyed by fire. about for. &C
ty buildings having been destroyed. q
entailing loss OF over 100000 The IL
IRE started Ia saloon and spread II
rapidly TO the other buildings. nc
Tho cultivation OF cranberries has
been tried near Emmett with the most OF
gratifying results imaginable. II. Il. NJ
Baker imported a large number OF
cranberry plants year ago, and tho ~
venture has proven most profitable to
,ne. OF
The charge OF murder against Fred DC
Frngstrom. who was held for the sen. 20
'stional killing OF Edward Bou.ot, an Gu
Alleged timber claim Jumper in st.
Toe county on August 90 was dis. inl
missed at the preliminary hearing In
Wallace.
A number OF the sportsmen OF En- Sc
nett have organized gun club and
eased the swamps below town, which ,
; one OF the best places for Wild ducks Az,
. the state A small club house viii. no,
. built and man employed to look
f;er H. ties
Five carloads OF prunes, Italians aud 20
lungarians, were shipped from Pay.
ito during two days time last week.
ixty hands are now at work at the :.
acking house at that place. and the
'rce VIII be increased as the season na'
ivances. res
According TO advices from Caldwell.
'e school house In Ruby gulch. on the sro,
olse road. has been destroyed by fire cd,
he people there have had quite an In. WEI
resting time over employment OF 49,,
aehsrs. They have had four within Wv
lie month.
Henry y. Robinson OF Boise. who left
r Wyoming in s. wagon few weeks 'no
o. lies buried about 400 miles east o'''
Boise. having died atone in his a'o'
lyon while crossing the mountains 'u'
s death is believed to have been due ~
heart disease. uon
ar. Neff OF Oxford met with very !,
inful accident last week. He was ask
ding grain Into the header box. Jap