The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-17

its value, His report Will serve as a
basis for settlement of the damage
claims, The party consists of about o
dozen men and the work Will consume
o month.
Three OF the leading mercantile
houses Of Rupert have been consoli-
dated. They are the Idaho Mercantile
company, the Home Supply and the
G. e. McComb Hardware company
Articles Of Incorporation have been for
warded TO the Secretary of State, The
capital stock is placed at $50, ,000 and
the name will be the Idaho Mercantile
company. The incorporators are F. l..
Copening. A, D. Ash. c. E. McComb,
Henry Catmell, ]. l.. Johannessen and
T, M. Jones. the latter of Hooper,
Utah.
w. \. Shilling, postmaster of Rupert,
Is the first settler on the Minidoka pro-
ject to make final proof on his home
stead entry. The proof will be sub
mitted before u. S Commissioner De
Mary on June 18th. Mr.. Shilling has
choice S0-acre claim, located mile
and half east Of Rupert, and has
brought forty acres under cultivation.
He took up residence on the land a
year ago last January and is able to
prove up at this time by reason of the
fact that he is veteran OF the Civil
War, having served four years and
four months in the First Michigan
cavalry. He is all Idaho pioneer. hav-
ing come to this State over forty years
ago.
The town trustees havo rescinded
their former action, fixing the saloon
license at s54o per year, payable semi
annually in advance and have made
1t $500 per year, payable quarterly In
advance
The stories which have been sent out
as TO the Minidoks dam being In dan
ger are the sheerest nonsense. The
crest Of the dam is high above high
water mark, and the diversion channel
and spillway afford room for the pas
sage Of $4,000 cubic feet per second
flow of the river. Work on the dam is
proceeding steadily and 1t will be fin
ished In about two months
f. U, Victor has put out fine orch
ard on his homestead
Judge Crocker has Just finished
four-room house on his homestead and
has also put up a windmill.
George B. Kelley has secured the con-
tract for erecting a fine residence for
William Towle, northeast OF town. 1t
Will be two stories high and contain
seven rooms, handsomely finished, The
cost Will be about $1,000
The o, S, L. will build a large plat
form on the west side of the depot to
facilitate the handling of freight
George B. Kelley is the only man who
is permitted TO take a 100 acre home
stead under the Minidoka project. Last
week he discovered that about seventy
acres of land lying on the north side of
the project, and entirely outside tho
farm unit tract, could be watered from
one of the latcrals. In order TO take
In all of this land he was Obliged TO
file on two eighties.
Mrs. Charles Miles died at the resi-
dence of her cousin, Mrs. Martin.
southeast of Rupert. last week. from
blood poisoning. Her husband and Mr..
Martin had gone to Baker City to
bring a carload OF stock and household
goods, and her unexpected death was
crushing blow to her relatives.
Undertaken Manassa Of Pocateilo has
purchased the south half of the Rem
son building and will occupy the room
formerly used by Undertaken Mefcolr
The price of common lumber has been
advanced from s2S TO $50 and on Some
of the finished grades the advance is
as much as 81 per thousand The
lumber combines excuse for this Iot-
est extortion is the increased demand
caused by the San Francisco fire.