Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1905-12-15
IDAHO STATE NEWS

Petitions are being freely signed IL
Caldwell asking for the passage OF Z
Sunday closing ordinance.
Hcnning Olsen, a miner in the Mon
mouth mine at Mace, was instantly
electrocuted by his head coming in
contact with live wire.
The record was broken for the issu
ance OF marriage licenses In Boise dur.
ing November. when Twenty-Five pei.
mits to wed we're granted.
Three men were arrested at Rupert
last week on the charge OF bootleg
ging" whiskey and have been bound
over to the district court.
AS the result OF blaze In the street
peanut stand that he was operating in
Boise, Richard c. Butts was quite Sc
verely burned about his arms.
Plans are maturing for the estab
lishment os another Hour mill In
Boise which Will have capacity OF
from 7J to 100 barrels per day.
A bank has been established a; Cot
tonwood. Idaho county. the incorporA.
tors being prominent merchants and
farmers OF that town and OF Grange
vile.
A total OF 2.f94.16 acres OF state
land under the Canyon canal In Can
yon county, we're sold last week by
the state board OF land commissioners
for sos. 1855.
IT Is believed that Tom Fields. the
self-confessed murdered OF Fred
Fields. who was shot from ambush at
Freese. this state, last summer, has
become insane
Two more gold medals and five al
plomas OF honorable mention have
been awarded Idaho exhibitors at the
Lewis and Clark exposition--this time
In the fine arts department.
Charles Monteith. a rancher living
near Weiser, lost thirty valuable cows
last week by overlooking on alfalfa
hay and too easy access to water. OF
which they drank too freely.
One commission company OF Boise
shipped during the past season TO the
eastern markets s62 carloads OF fruit.
which brought 1851 900. or this all
but 10 carloads were products of Idaho |
orchards.
Eight two-story buildings OF stone.
cement blocks, or brick and one three
story building of cement blocks. are III
course OF construction In Twin Falls.
while great many frame buildinss
are going up.
1t Is announced that there is a scar
city of laborers In the vicinity OF Wei
ser. and that hundreds OF men can Sc
cure employment on the Dead Ok Flat
canal and the Pacific & Idaho North.
ern extension.
Ella Lowe. a student at the Cald-
well high school. was struck In the
eye by SNOWFALL. her glasses broken
and pieces of the glass are thought
10 have penetrated her eye. She ma,
lose the sight OF one eye.
vice.President and General Manager
W. H. Bancroft has denied the accu-
racy OF report from Boise to the Of
'ect that the Oregon Short Line had
secured right-ofway for It's main e
Inc which would pass through that b
lily. n
Representative French win intro l
luce bill opening the Occur d'Alene /
after allotting lands in
everalty to the Indians. About 800. Z
100 acres OF available land will be c
'pened to settlement II this law G
asses. h
The branding OF Student Jay Jellick g
{ Idaho Falls with nitrate OF silver at j
he state university at Moscow short ii
line ago. has created a furore at Ida b
o Falls. the home of the freshman G
Tho was the victim OF the upper class 4.
zen.
John s Burns. a sophomore OF Lew
ton. Ida, won FIRST place in the ora
,rIcal contest at Hanover college. AT =
hanover, Ind His subject was "Aapi
atoms and Ideals Burns will rep =
ssent Hanover at the state oratorical :
)ntest
The patent issued by the United y
Iates government TO the state OF Ida -
, on November IS. TO a. $50 acres OF
nd In the Twin Falls tract. reclaim N
/ under the Carey act. was the first a
stent of its kind in the history OF ht