Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1905-12-29
IDAHO STATE NEWS

of parks for the city is being agitate'
by Boiseites.
The oldest people in Meridian arr
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Joplin. Mr.. Joplin
is SO and his wife ~.
Men are at work grading for thu
sugar factory at Nampa and for tbs
side track leading to It.
An experimental farm is to be estab
lished In the south part OF the state by
the University Of Idaho.
Jack Kirk dropped dead on the
streets OF Boise one day last week.
death being due to heart disease
The sale of state school lands in Ne,
Perez county last week brought the
sum of s37 $50 TO the state treasury.
Emmett led In the shipment o.
prunes the past season. 26.S59 crates
OF the luscious fruit being sent ou
from that town.
The mines in the Resort district
never looked so good as at the present
time, and work will be vigorously pros
ecuted this winter.
The Independent Telephone com
pany has just extended their Meridian
line to Kuna and established a toll
station at the postofhce.
Weiser dirt is In demand. AT nc
times for many months past has there
been such demand for real estate
as at present, new deals being report
ed daily
&c. X. Hayes OF Emmett was the lar
gest producer OF prunes this year. his
sales amounting to over ten car loads
He received for the fruit s9736 gross
per acre.
Thomas C. Beck. ex-chief of police
of Wallace. was fatally injured in tho
Standard mine at Mace. A timber
struck him fairly in the small OF the
back. breaking his spine.
Twin Falls suffered its first fire last
week, when the Peoples Cash grocery
was completely destroyed Nothing
was saved from the stock and the
building is complete loss.
Articles OF incorporation OF the Far
mers' State bank OF New Plymouth
were filed with the secretary of state
last week. The capital stock is &c.
900. with shares at 500 each
Among the cloud OF railway rumors
is one which credits the Short Line
with purpose OF extending its Mac
kay branch to the Salmon and down
that stream and the Snake to Lewis
ton.
Track laying on the p. n l. N. rail
way has been suspended until spring.
The weather has been so cold at Coun.
ell that II was impossible TO handle
the heavy rails without great danger
TO live and limb.
Charles Ostner. the sculptor of the
equestrian statue of George Washing
ton In the state capitol grounds, has
completed the work of renovating the
statue after supervising its replacing
on new pedestal.
The prize Christmas beef sold in
Boise last week brought siS6. The |
animal was an Aberdeen Angus steer.
weighing 1900 pounds. This is the
highest price ever received for beet
steer In this country.
The owner of the South Africa mine
Al Idaho City. which is regarded by
many as the greatest gold mine in the
state. will install. early neYt season
an Elpass mill with capscny OF nifty
ons In twenty-four hours.
Since the Office OF state bank ex.
sminer was created by the last leg.
stature. the bank examiner has au
horized twenty-five new banks to do
business in Idaho. the combined cap
tai of these institutions being s2s5.
700.
Arthur Davis, who served as a mem
ler of the lower house OF the legisla.
ure from Gilmore county in 1899. is ar
innate of the state penitentiary, hav.
ng been convicted of forgery. Davis
fas the first white child born in At
anita.
The search for William Holcomb.
no has been lost somewhere in the
fountains east of Neal since Novem-
or 2s, Is being continued. 1t is pro
osed to make use of dogs In the hope
I finding the unfortunate man or his
smains