Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-12-21
IDAHO STATE NE VS.

for business.
The Nampa Foundry and Machine
works, which burned down recently.
will be rebuilt.
II. c. Kettenbach and Dr. S. SAILS
berg will spend approximately $4,000
In Lewiston. in new business blocks
The concrete foundation of the new
$4,000 depot at Payette is completed
and work on the superstructure has
begun.
company with a capital OF $4,000
has been organized in Payette for the
manufacture OF apple butter, jelly,
vinegar, etc.
Bellevue Is enllvening and business
has improved since the resumption OF
permanent operations by the Idaho
Consolidated Mines.
The east wall OF the Layering block,
Caldwell, caved In last week. causing
about $1,000 damage.
Several new buildings are to be
erected at Star as soon as the weather
will permit. among them being
home for the new bank.
The new county officers will be
sworn in at Challis on Monday, Janu.
AIRY IA. 1907. II Will be an entirely new
set OF officers except three.
The new opera house at Payette will
be ready for occupancy late in Janu
AIRY. II has cost about $4,000 and is
the finest opera house in Idaho.
Charles Black, a pioneer rancher OF
Spring Creek. was kicked by vicious
horse recently and suffered a com
pound fracture OF the large bone of
the leg above the knee
Few of the stoclxmen of Idaho have
fled their stock brands in the state 7
auditors office. The auditor has rec
ords OF about 1900 Of the $4,000 or
10000 brands used in Idaho.
Nez Perez county is one of the most
prosperous in the state because its
resources more than equal its liza
bilities, according to a statement com
piled by the county auditor.
Joe Taylor of Idaho Falls, recently
shipped q car OF first-class horses TO
Kemmerer. Wyo., the consignment
averaging about 1400 pounds. They
are for use in the coal mines.
The Salt Lake Tribune is authority
for the statement that an electric
line from Montpelier to Bear River
City. Boulder county, is the latest
project formulated by the Hartman
people.
Senator Hepburn intends to vigor-
ously press his bill to amend section
four of the interstate commerce act
under which transportation companies
are being allowed to charge more for
a short than long haul.
Rudolph Butikaufer of Coltman is
suffering from broken leg. Recently
he rode a horse on the ice at the !
canal to water 1t, when the animal
slipped and fell on him, breaking his
leg between the knee and ankle. {
Governor Gooding has appointed ,,
delegates to represent Idaho at the ma
tional convention of the New York I
Board of Trade & Transportation to q
be held at the New Willard. in Wash :
lngton. d. c., January IA next. :
Friends OF j. Rice, of Oakley, wish /
to arrange wrestling match between
him and any man in Idaho weighing !
not over l65 pounds. stripped, for '
he mat. They will wage $500 on him
md side money will be plentiful
AT mass meeting held recently the
Of the Idaho irrigation dis. r.
rict instructed the directors to close s
/ deal with ]. II. Brady for the canals n
which irrigate that district. and which S
he had offered to sell TO them for h
'2s0.000. T
The Barber Lumber company will RI
,dd to its mill a plant for the manu- n
acture of fruit boxes, which work a.
would be entered upon at once Last a,
eason many shippers were handi- p
,apped by the scarcity of boxes and
ome loss resulted.
Leroy Smith. lS-year-old lad from
lola, Idaho, has been admitted to
he state institution for deaf mutes. &c
The boys home is in the northern u
'art of the state and he made the u
onv iournev unattended although u
nabie to either hear or speak. ol