Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-11-16
IDAHO STATE NE VS.


cenesee. which contains not to ex-
ceed 1000 people ships out 100000
bushels OF grain annually.
Mrs T. l.. Martin OF Boise is danger.
onsly III from blood poison. caused by
a cat scratching her on the hand.
Al Potlatch the new saw mill Is rum
ming on half time and turning out
about 100000 feet OF lumber daily.
During the month OF October the
Boise United States land ONCE 70
ceived seventy-fve homestead filings
covering 9.09701 acres.
Someone entered the ONCE Of DR.
Patterson. dentist. OF Boise, and car
ried away all the plate gold and gold
scraps and filings In the Office.
The Pacific & Idaho Northern rail-
road is completed to within 16 miles
OF Meadows, and the work OF extern
sion is to be continued next year.
The immigration to Idaho now is
from the middle west and is OF high
class farmers who are making their
mark on the country and building up
the st,re.
The reclamation service announces
that Idaho during the past fiscal year
contributed 1901 .234 to the reclamation
fund, making her total contribution
to date s2,335,e34.
Near Lewiston, on the river, the
vineyards have already been nipped by
the frost, but at Orifino and Agatha,
where there are bearing vines. no
frost has made It's appearance.
Governor Gooding announces that
the state land board is now In position
70 make some farm land loans, there
being about 100000 In the state treas
ury that may be used for that purpose
In hard.fought game on a sloppy
feid at Pocatello, the Albion Normal
won from the Pocatello academy foot
bah team. The score was to 0. Al
bion made her points In the second
half
Tom Johnson. charged with forgery,
and Billy McGinniss. accused OF rob
bling the railway section Office at Gift,
escaped from the jail at Mountain
Home. being assisted by friends from
the outside
The Trade Dollar mine, Of Silver
city. Idaho. has accepted the new
scale OF wages presented by the min
ers union For an s-hour day the
scale Is from SO for watchmen and out.
side men 10 1916 for miners.
The gasoline motor car on the Dew
oy railroad is now In commission. me
car carries twelve passengers and on
a test trial from Nampa to Emmett
and return the car beat the regular
steam train schedule about twenty |
The commandment OF the Idaho |
soldiers homesreports that there were
100 inmates OF the home at the be- |
ginning OF October During the month |
one was admitted. one readmitted.
three DISCHARGED. four died, twenty
six out on furlough. ten are In the hos
pitai and clghty-eight are able FOR
duty.
A big industry has been developed
al whitebird In the feeding OF hogs.
which consume large part of the
grain raised. the distance from rail-
road being 20 miles or more, making
Il 100 expensive to haul the grain.
whye the hogs can be driven 10 the
railroad at Sites. which presents
busy appearance.
Both the new steam shoyels are now
1T work on the government reservoir
near Nampa. and are handling vast
amount OF dirt Three narrow gauge
Engines are running steadily with a
string OF dump cars taking dirt from
he big machines
The quality OF the fruit grown along
he Little Salmon river between Mead.
,ws and crangeville Is hard TO beat,
spitzenberg apples as fine as those
rom Hood River growing near White
bird. while peaches and cherries do
well
President Roosevelt before leaving
or Panama signed prociamatlons
'reating four new forest reserves In
dnho and enlarging two others. adding
o the reserves of the state 1906. $50
'cres He created every reserve rec
'mmended BY the forest service.
orifino. which was almost wiped
tut by frc, Is being rapidly rebuilt.