Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1905-08-11
IDAHO STATE NEWS


ton, September T.
The new telegraph line OF the Ore
son Short Line railway from MinIdoki
TO Twin Falls has been completed.
Forest fires along the St. Joe rive
between the towns of 81. Marys ant
st. Joe did considerable damage Il
timber.
Edwin Miller. a Caldwell boy, was
shot in the foot by Roy Harmon while
the two boys were playing with tar
get gun.
The thirty-third annual session OF
the Columbia river conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church will con
|vens in Moscow August 20.
The farmers on the strip adjacent
to Pocatello on the north are com
planning Of the devastation OF their
crops this year by the rabbits.
News has reached Boise OF the
drowning In Goose creek of Francis
=. Tozeau. aged 25. He was seized
with cramps while swimming.
The state land department has re-
ceiyed twenty-five applications for
f1nal proof on land in the Twin Falls
section. representing over 1900 acres.
Already plans have been drawn for
the big new depot at Twin Falls,
which In every sense OF the word win
be building that is up to date and a
credit to much larger town.
There seems to be excellent pros
poets for the establishment In Boise at
an early date of flour milling and
grain warehouse business, by an ex-
pert In these lines from the east
Robert Haley. with dozen other
aliases, an alleged horsethief for
whom the officers OF Idaho and Ore
Ison have been searching some time,
WAS captured last week at Meadows.
Thomas Conklin, a pioneer Occur |
d. Alene school teacher, was instantly |
KILLED by falling thirty feet from his
building In Mullan which had been
by fire and which he was re-
pairing.
John Gideon. the miner charged
with having held up the Warren
Meadows stage on the morning OF July
I and having robbed the mall, has
been bound over to the district court
for trial.
Frank T. Mulligan, Philippine vet
eran, committed suicide by taking
in the presence Of his wife
In Pocatello. He left a note stating
that his wife's dissolute habits caused
The deed.
On November next all the lands
In township 10 south. range II east,
which were withdrawn under the Min
doka project. will be restored TO en-
.ry. They are found unsuitable for
irrigation.
The dwelling house Of Con Quinlan.
lear Tahoe. was destroyed by fire and
n infant child burned To death. The
mother and father were out after
ows, and left two young children to
AXE care of the baby.
The report comes from Wallace that
he Morning mine has been sold to the $
FEDERAL Mining dmpany, which is :
ontrolled by the American Smelling !.
! Refining company. The considera- D
lon Is said to have been 100000. II
Harry Fisher OF Garden Valley lost
is life accidentally on the road be-
ween Peace Valley and Deadwood. He
az going up the Deadwood carrying
rife, when the weapon was acct
entaliy discharged with the above re- Il
alt. :,
Andrew Stewart of Nampa. aged III Il
ears. was drowned In Lake Ethel last =,
eek. He was bathing in the lake in 5,
,mpany with brother and another b,
,y. and got beyond his depth. The o.
,dy was recovered about an hour - -
ter.
Mrs. Caddie Shupe. on trial at Paris b,
r killing Arthur Douglas at her
,me In Montpelier. was found guilty
voluntary manslaughter and sem
need to six years Imprisonment. 81
le win not appeal the case. but viii ju
rye the sentence. IN
County Attorney Watkins says the CT
operty valuation of Canyon county pc
II exceed $4,000. 900 this year. not In ri,
lding railroads. telegraph and tele- he
one lines, against SS.5o0,000 last II,
ar including these. The great In co
.ass IL in improvements. su