Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-03-09
IDAHO STATE NEWS
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murderer, has been sentenced to be
hanged on April goth.
Mrs. Jane Mcmahon, pioneer res.
ident of Silver City. is dead. She
came to Silver City in 1866.
A rich strike is reported at Bull
whacker mine on Deer creek, operated
by the Alturas mining company.
Active construction work on the big
Deer Flat reservoir on the Boise-Pay-
cite reclamation project has begun.
Lewiston is developing in phenom-
email manner. new buildings going up
on all sides and new settlers coming
In every day.
Work has been resumed on the new
State Capitol building. Construction
work had ceased on account of non
arrival of material.
James Brannin. while driving cattle
near Meridian, was thrown from his
horse. sustaining broken leg, and |
cash being cut in his forehead.
A number OF men are securing posi- |
tions on the reclamation works at
Caldwell The wages are 20 cents per
hour for men and 40 cents for man and
team.
An attempt was made by the pris-
oners In the county Jail at Caldwell
TO escape last week. they having
sawed some of the bars before their
action was discovered.
Peter J. Pefey. formerly mayor OF
Boise and thirty-fve years resi-.
dent of that city. died at Lewiston on
the Gath. Mr.. Pefey was one of the
originators Of the public school sys-
TEN.
Miss May l.. Scott, state superinten.
dent OF public construction has return
ed from a weeks visit to northern
Idaho, and reports that section of the
state as very prosperous in school
sense.
Representatives of the Cripple Creek ,
Mine Owners association positively ,
deny the statement that Harry Or ;
chard ever was employed by the asso- /,
citation or its agents as detective or >
a spy. 4,
The indications now are that the i
fourteenth annual meeting of the Ma n
tional Irrigation congress to be held q
In Boise September 3 TO s. will be the s.
largest and most profitable gathering n
OF the kind ever held N
The Ostner equestrian statue OF l.
Washington, on the capitol grounds
at Boise. was unveiled last week, e
without ceremonies The statue is
carved from solid wood. the only tools m
used being jack knife and an axe. in
George Guthrie. who attempted to W
murder his wife at Chester, and then re
shot himself In the breast with intent de
o commit suicide is dead His wife, 81
Who was shot in the hip. was seriously 10
'ut not dangerously wounded and will ~,
ecover ~ ~
The ten-year-old boy OF Mr. and Mrs in
!. Cambridge. living near Nampa was pr
licked by vicious horse and badly in W, us
ured. The animal had just been 10,
harp shod, and one of the calks pene- I'M
rated the skull. letting out portion ri'
{ the brain. I'M
Sentence was passed by the district
curt al Mountain Home on James V.
iundell of one year in the state peni- Re
sntiary Mundel pleaded guilty on
county funds while he held
he office OF assessor and tax collector 10,
! Gilmore county.
The winter. says Van Wyck cor -,
,spondent. so far has been severe. ar
took is looking well. with plenty on a
~ and grain to see them through. dol
he snow is very heavy on all the wa bu
r sheds of the Payette, with about ~ ~
rec feet in the valley. ha,
Edgar b. Tage. one of the pioneers
Idaho, Is dead He first came to
,ise over thirty years ago. serving
r many years in the early days the
express agent He was chief Of the PHI,
,ise fire department under Mayor To,
lwley's administration
surveys are bt & made pus
the Oregon Short Line for its pro ed
sed line through the touth fork
nyon along the Snake river in Idaho ~ aaa
% the Jackson Hole country. Sever the
gangs of surveyors are at work ut Sta
rious points in the canyon. a S