Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1905-09-15
IDAHO STATE NEWS


Boise has been selected as the plac
for holding the National Irrigation
congress in 1906
About 40 teachers attended tn,
Canyon County Teachers Institute
held at Caldwell last week.
The contractors announce that they
will start work on the Lewiston 4
Southwestern electric road September
10.
The new depot to be erected al
Burley will be 45x95 feet and will be
building that will be credit to thu
town.
Fifty race horses were shipped
from Portland last week to take part
In the races at the State fair at
Boise.
Rural free delivery route No. has
been established at Troy, Latah coun-
~ 1t Will serve 35 houses and 70
people
William Hodges suicided at Boise.
swallowing half glass OF carbolic
acid. This was the third time he had
attempted to take his life.
A heavy windstorm at Twin Falls
on the Gath did considerable damage,
number OF houses being unroofed
and considerable loose lumber strewn
about.
Miss Mary Howell. of Boise, daugh-
ter OF William Howell. the sheep man,
has been appointed assistant secre-
tary OF the pure food and horticultural |
commission.
1t is announced that the st. Anthony |
branch Of the Short Line is to be ex-
tended to Yellowstone park, and that
work will commence this fall upon
the extension.
An unoccupied house, one OF the
first buildings erected in Weser was
destroyed by fire one night last week.
The fire was undoubtedly OF incen.
diary origin.
1t is estimated by a Boise paper
that already 1000 Boise people have
visited the Portland fair, and thai
they have spent total OF 100000 In
making the trip.
A bear recently robbed the powder
house OF the Laclede mine at Wallace
OF 600 feet of fuse One OF the men
took shot at bruin and wounded
him. bur he escaped. ,
Joseph Lawrence has made his es |
cape from the state penitentiary. and I
has not as yet been recaptured. 1t Is G
the general belief that he is being c
concealed by friends. 4
The infux of settlers on Camas s
prairie still continues Most OF the c
people are from the state Of Washing. y
ton. Nearly all OF available vacant p
land has been appropriated.
A dispatch from Occur d'Alene says .
Eli Champaign had both feet and his p
left hand cut cut OF by being acct q
dentally thrown against the large cir p'
cular saw In NJ. d. wright's mill r'
A. j. Green, the leader OF the -
Welser band. has been selected as -
member OF the state band to repre- -
sent Idaho at the Lewis and Clark ex- .
position on Idaho day, September Z. ~ !"
Natural gas was struck in well til
,ear Welser last week and two men as
iearly lost their lives Friends on the 80 80
urface were compelled to assist them 81,
nut. and they are not yet out OF dan.
ter. III
he exhibit from the five northern wi
ounties OF Idaho at the Portland fair, IN
as been In Grangeville recently gath. a.,
ring an exhibit OF grains ana grasses
rom this part OF the country.
Deputy State Game Warden Har. ca
ough, OF Lewiston. is enforcing with p''
and energy the game law tn,
the northern part OF the state. Dur is.
q the month Mr.. Hsrbough arrested TN
persons. IA being convicted. Pc
DIR. Robert s. Law died at Boise last in,
eek from apoplexy. at the age OF 81. th'
r. Law was widely known In the ba
lining world. having been promi s ss'
mt operator at many points. making co,
I'd losing q number of fortunes. be,
Willis A. Belknsp was bound over lai
lder $1,000 bonds by Judge Feather ="
one at the conclusion OF the hearing vic