Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1905-10-27
IDAHO STATE NEWS

his leg broken at Weiser while
wrestling.
II is now regarded as doubtful that
work will begin on the Payette sugar
factory this fall.
About November / Emmett will
have another banking institution. with
= capital of $4,000.
II Is understood the Pony Express
will again be put on the run between
Boise and Huntington.
l'mmett is threatened with a coal
famine, owing to the congested condt
lion OF freight trafilc.
The First Baptist church OF Nampa
has contracted for new church edt
ice which will cost $1,000.
Dave Pritchard, OF Guffey. is cutting
his fourth crop of hay and from eight
acres will stack over 100 tons OF hay
A movement has been inaugurated
boxing to the building OF perma
sent home Tor the Boise chamber OF
commerce.
Eighty-five cents on each 800 OF as.
Jessed valuation is TO be the rate OF
axation for the maintenance of the
schools OF Boise.
The building boom has struck
Grangeville arrangements being made
last week for the erection OF mum
Der OF brick blocks.
Occur d'Alene City was selected az
the next place OF meeting OF the grand
lodge OF Odd Fellows of Idaho at the
closing session In Lewiston last week
Final reports relative 10 sugar
beets show that the crop was some
what disappointing In Blaine. Bing
ham, Bannock and Oneida counties
but good elsewhere.
Mrs. c. j. Hall is another of the
Idaho county women to enter the
ranks OF the bear slayers. she having
killed big bear last week which had
been stealing meat
An unknown tramp who had been
riding on the trucks, fell from his seat
at Nampa and was horribly mangled.
portions OF the body being scattered
along the track for 800 yards.
The potato crop is uneven as usual
but taking the state as whole. is
probably equal to the average. In the
potato growing region in the upper
Snake river valley the crop is good
A conservative estimate of the
present population OF the state OF
IDAHO Is 100000 people. This esti
mate is based upon the number OF
children Of school age In the state.
The Shoshone county commission
ers have decided TO pay to the treas.
nrer of Nez Perez county s6.723 due
10 the various school districts in the
erritory annexed from Shoshone to
Sez Perce.
Miss Mollie Stuart, who created a
sensation by riding Dr. Carver's gray
lorse of the platform into the pool
Il Boise. has joined the Floto show
o perform a similar feat at its per-
Governor Gooding may personally
cad the Idaho delegation to the
Imerican Mining congress at Ell Paso
N November IA. and make strong
fort to bring the congress to Boise
ext year.
The remains OF James Lafrerty. an
Id resident OF Idaho City. were found
1 his cabin on Elk creek. about six
r seven miles above Idaho city. he
aving died from hemorrhage. the re-
ult OF asthma, while alone.
Edward Nichols was placed in jail
/ W'eiser last week. In default of
2 900 bail. on a charge of cattle steal
,g. 1t is claimed he was caught with
Ight head of cattle in his possession
n which he had changed the brands.
The acreage grown TO corn was
Irger this season than ever before in
he history OF the state. and results
ere generally satisfactory except in
xtreme southern localities where the
rop was Nmost destroyed by worms
That Il soil in the vicinity Of Ida
D Falls 81 capable of producing large
lantities OF potatoes is evidenced
ON the fact that one farmer. who
as In fifty acres. is harvesting up
ards OF 500 bushels to the acre from