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

" pt6ih at OhtO.
Business men OF Payette are organ
izing a commercial club.
Charles White, arrested at Moscow
pleaded guilty to charge OF forgery.
Emmett now has one OF the most
modern electric light systems in the
west.
on the last day OF August. eighteen
carloads OF melons had been shipped
from Payette this season.
Prospects for an electric railroad up
the Payette valley from the town OF
Payette are said TO be very bright.
Doc Carter died at Wallace as the
result OF Injuries he received In the
recent explosion In the Morning mine.
julius Brass's meat market at Wal
lace was destroyed by fire. Adjoining
stable and seven houses also burned.
At the annual conference OF the
Methodists. held In HALEY last week
Baker City was decided upon as tho
next meeting pace.
A $4,000 concert pipe organ is being
in,talled In the First Methodist church
at + Use. There are 963 parts to the
organ. and It filled car.
The X. OF p. lodge at Weiser has
started the foundation OF their new
hal The hail. when completed. will be
second to none in the state.
A now strike has been made In the |
Friday mine at Pearl, three-foot |
BODY OF ore having been uncovered |
which carries from $50 to 500 a ton
In gold.
There IA now talk OF the construc.
tion OF an electric line from Pearl via
Star and Nampa to Hot Springs. on
Snake river. The plan ia to make 1t a
community enterprise
Two gangs OF government surveyors
are camped near and around Emmett
nj work surveying the proposed Boise
Payette irrigation project. A total Of
a6 men are employed on the two corps.
The Oregon Short Line will probably
begin the erection of a new depot at
Caldwell about January /. The com
pany asks certain concessions Of the
city. which will in all probability be-
granted.
J. E. Wright had a narrow escape
from death while standing on Main
street in Moscow one day last week
Some one fired pistol. the bullet
striking within few inches OF Mr.
Wright. {
John II. Van. aged rs. and pioneer Q
Of Boise Valley sulclded In Boise on {
tho first. shooting himself through I
the heart. A letter left on his table
explained that he had been disap
pointed and was tired OF life. )
The house OF d. j. Winslow of Boise G
was struck by lightning one night last
week. the occupants being badly
stunned and the house set on fire. The
IRE was extinguished In short time, n
,ut little damage being done.
Governor Morrison has issued y
proclamation setting apart Tuesday, u
september 6. as Labor day. The state u
las no statute on the subject. but this
PROCLAMATION by the governor has the ~
Meet OF making the day a holiday. n
Fruit men from Butte have arranged IL
o ship an average OF 1000 cases OF VI
rult from Emmett to Butte every -
'eek until the end of the fruit season. b,
'early all the fruit consumed In Butte be
his season viii come from Emmett. Pc
Fred II. Day, miner OF Idaho City,
J suffering from severe case OF
lood poisoning. caused by scratching -,
is hand on a sharp rock while al ~
ork. The foul water In the mine
OF into the cut. causing blood poison
lg. To-
According to story now prevalent RI
! Wallace. an old.fashioned. thor pr
lghbred spook is plying its trade wa
long the county road near the Evo- br
tion mine. says the Standpoint News ne
nd has recently given number OF S a
'rsons an uncanny sensation.
Convict Harry Dougherty. serving a be
70 and half year term for compile
= ia a postoffice robbery at Paris
cceeded in making his escape from
o penitentiary one day last week La
e had completed only four months OF L.
5 sentence. KIN