Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-01-26


The mill OF the Trappsrs Flat Min
ting company al Thunderboldt noun
tain was started last week.
Fire At Pearl destroyed the hous,
occupied by James f. Head. the loss
being $500. with no insurance
II has been decided to hold the
state fair at Boise this year In Octo.
Dor. from the 18th to the 30th. inclu-
siye.
Jshn Norris has been arrested at
CALDWELL on charge OF perjury in
connection with civil case tried last
summer
The annual meeting the Idaho State
horticultural society is TO be held in
Caldwell on Monday and Tuesday.
January 20 and 30
A dispatch from Wallace says that
during 1906 the Occur d'Aleno mines
produced s16,000.000 OF mineral
wealth. an increase of $1,000. 900 over
that OF 1904.
James Moriarity was killed last
week at the Boulder mill, ton miles
from Idaho City. He was shoveling
snow from the roof of the mill when
slide started and buried him.
The Black Pearl company has been
very unfortunate in being unable TO
secure coal Consequently 1t could
not heat it's milling plant and has
been closed down by the frost.
Governor Goodlng appointed w. E
Borah OF Boise. T.. NJ Heigho OF
Weiser, and Colonel Thomas X. Ham
mer OF St Anthony as delegates to
the "see America First" conference at
Salt Lake.
Luther Gardner, the Silver City
liveryman. who II was thought had
persisted IN the mountains during the
recent storm. was found at ranch
house where he had taken refuge
from the storm.
the mail route 20 Roosevelt, is sup
posed 20 have lost his life in a snow
slide. His horses have been found
dead but no trace of the missing
man has been secured.
Bosses percentage OF gain in gross
postal receipts for the Ave years since
1900 was greater than the gain OF any
other first class office In the north
west. beating the remarkable gain of ,
Seattle by nearly 10 per cent
A dispatch from Thunderbolt says
he mail carrier and Ben Francis were ,
'aught by snowside while coming !
,ut from Roosevelt Neither was hurt y
hough both were carried on tbs i
trade with their horses. on which they
we're riding. 9
Drunken rows and shooting ARRAYS \
ire reported to be an almost every /
lay occurrence at the little town of
Forest. Nez Perez county. and the citi' 3
ems have petitioned the county com 7
nissloners for the appointment OF {
eace officer. 7
Senator Hepburn has introduced a r
Ill sppropriating $4,000 for the re. :
urvey and marking of the Idaho !,
boundary from the mouth N
I the Clearwater river north to the g
International boundary. a distance OF c
~ miles.
The Farmers Normal institute. TO
E held at Caldwell on January 90 to :,
|. under the auspices OF the Univer-
~ OF Idaho Agricultural college and :,
spsriment station. promises to be an .
rent OF unusual interest TO the people !,
that community. .,
Work on the extension OF the Pa e!
nc a Idaho Northern railway beyond o.
puncil into the heart of Idaho Is =,
owing along nicely. No track is now A
ing laid but the grading is being pl
lshed along as rapidly as possible. q
spite the snow,
A deal in sheep of some magnitude
as closed up last week when w M ~
aymsn. successful sheep man OF !,
'nyon county. purchased the entire -
ok owned by W s. Brundage OF :
Iyette There were between 5000 ~
d 7.oeo head. ~
The Boise Valley Electric Railway &C
mpany closed deal last week for ST
100 tons OF steel rails for early de- -,
cry. This will be sufficient steel on
lay twenty-five miles OF track. Con w
let's for much of the grading has al ay
ldy been let