Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1905-10-20
IDAHO STATE NEWS

fafma iniS HeaSOn Will ne SlAteSh
cars.
A farmer near Parma this season
harvested wheat that averaged ~
bushels to the acre
The city council OF Emmett has or
dered the closing OF all saloons be-
tween midnight and a. m.
A team belonging to Lee Robinson,
of Nampa. ran away last week, shak-
ing Mr.. Robinson up and bruising him
considerably
John Leonard Chafin, who was
frightfully mutilated In the sugar fac.
tory at Idaho Falls. died in hospital
in Salt Lake CITY
The forest fires on Little Wolf creek
have been extinguished by heavy
rainstorm. after considerable dam
age had been done.
r. ID. McDougall, a mining carpen-
ter. aged 49, is dead as he result OF
injuries sustained by falling from a
hotel porch at Pearl.
II is said that $4,000 or more
acres OF grain will be sown gext year
on Camas prairie. being the greatest |
acreage of grain ever planted there.
Marshal Dan Kcrfoot. OF Ontario. |
claims the honor of capturing the gold
bullion stolen in the Meadows Warren
stage hold up and buried at Ontario
The Summit hotel at Monida, a stop
ping place for tourists who visited
Yellowstone Park, has been destroyed
by fire. The loss is estimated at $4,000
Work is being vigorously prosecuted
on the Minidoka canal, seven grading
camps being at work, each camp hav
ing 10 to 80 men and from 20 to 10,
horses
IL Is announced that syndicate com
posed OF wealthy citizens OF ST. Louis
viii finance the Bruneau Land a
Irrigating company project in Bru
neau valley.
Mrs. Maud Ellen Stone, of Boise
who was seriously burned while
cleaning stove with mixture of tur
pentine and gasoline. has succumbeo
TO her injuries.
In Idaho in 1890 the number of chill
dren under five years OF age were zoe
TO every 1000 females 10 TO 40 years
OF age In 1900 the proportion hao :
been decreased TO 600.
II Is said as soon as the projected
bridge across Rock creek. a short dis
lance west OF Twin Falls, is built
The Oregon Short Line will extend its
line to Bull without delay.
At the Rankin mill on Rapid river
Harvey Harris. of Welser last week |
'hot and killed large bear that was
around the cabins for food ~
His paws measured over nine inches -
lcross 81
On Twin Falls farm n crop OF he
weet potatoes has just been har tw
'ested which is considered a banner wv
ield of this region. The luscious
weet "spuds" averaged more than
light inches in diameter.
The next annual session OF the or,
iaho State Medical Society will be de-
cid in Lewiston. At the thirteenth ele
nnual meeting in Boise last week alb,
r. j. Is. Morris OF Lewiston. was
,osen as president OF the society. SUE
The balloon ascension at Caldwell
4 the opening day of the fair nearly this
suited in tragedy. When the bal rea
on was up about 500 feet 1t burst ere
sunder. but fortunately the para 9
ute opened and the aeronsut safely Is
nded. '"a
Robert McNeeley. while working in dau
. shaft OF his mine on Cat Creek, the
out 80 miles north of Mountain
'me, struck missed hole, and as a cha
'ult OF the explosion which followed, reli
5 severely injured about the face MAJ
1 eyes.
/. v Mundell ex-assessor and ex. T
order OF Elmore county. who was eral
ested, charged with embezzline AS
nty money was arranged last WAS
TX before Probate Judge Stimson con-
placed under $500 bond, which be la',
iished bafo
At Riley. who was confined in the like
ley Jail awaiting trial for burg III
:. made a saw from case knife,
49, - 90 no n.d,ock ON the at l
- "Per
r between the corridor OF the jail -
what IL called the hospital cell. s,a