Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-08-24
IDAHO STATE NEWS

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The fruit crop In the many fine
orchards about Blackfoot Is very
heavy.
The farmers along the Snake have
finished putting up the second crop
OF hay.
Teachers examination for Bingham
county will be held at Blackfoot on
August 20, "a and rs.
A trainload OF sheep Is being loaded
at Haley nearly every day. bound
for the eastern markets.
The tomato crop In the vicinity Of
Moscow is practically ruined, being
blighted and badly burned
Arrangements for the county fair to
be held at Mountain Home on Octo-
Der 3 TO are progressing favorably
An electrical storm OF unusual Sc
verify passed over Lewiston last
week, doing almost $4,000 damage.
The Blaine county assessment roll
for 1906 shows an increase In valua-
ton OF s10s,539 over that of last year.
Bees at the older ranches along the
Snake river are said to have thrived
well this year and the hives are load
cd with honey
Some OF the merchants of Boise
have declared war on the green trad
Ing stamps They have signed an
agreement not to continue their use
The Short Line has just about An
ished ballasting this road from Silver
Pow 10 Pocatello, making It up to the
standard for strength and freer from
dust than before.
The state board OF equalization at
its meeting In Boise determined there
should be an increase made in the
railway assessment this year, but no
figure was agreed upon.
The boiler OF Joe Kents sawmill.
thirty-live miles from Boise, near
Smiths Prairie. exploded, killing the
sawyer named Jeltner. Henry COT
fee was seriously injured.
Stanley Newman was severely bit
ten by rabid dog at Lewiston while
he was trying to capture the raving
canine. The excessive heat OF the
day had driven the animal mad.
A 3-year-old son of Charles Holman
OF New Sweden got his finger in the
bearings of a washing machine one
day recently and got it SO badly
mashed that II had to be amputated
Nampa people are jubllant over the
fact that the new sawmIll company
have secured the timber they bid on
in the sawtooth reserve. and that as
sures the building of the big sawmil
at Nampa.
Bob Devine. who came to Idaho |
thirty-five years ago. was found dead
on trail In the Big Creek district,
death being due 10 heart failure. The
body when found was in badly de
composed condition.
A Twin Falls firm last week shipped /
the first carload OF potatoes grown
on the Twin Falls tract. The spuds
were marketed by farmers in the vi
entity OF Twin Falls and they were
shipped TO Butte. The tubers were of
excellent quality.
Notwithstanding the extreme late
spring. which made 1t impossible to
get crops In early. the conditions on
the Lost river ranches are far In adj
vance OF many past seasons. due
chiefly to the fine hot weather OF the
past few weeks.
Joe pipialto an Italian concrete
worker. who has been laboring on the
railway bridge at Twin Falls, was
shot and fatally wounded by Joe Pa
ire. one OF his fellow workers The
shooting was the result Of drunken
row after the men had been paid OF
Agents of the state horticultural
board are now busy Ia every county
II the state preparing utahs exhibit
Tor the national irrigation congress
and securing the country for fruits
and products of the field and farm
There is on exhibition in real
estate ONCE in ST. Anthony sample
II the wheat crop on Judge Donald
sons ranch near Teton City The
Judge has twenty acres OF winter
wheat that will probably produce Atty
bushels per acre. and 1t is all on dry
and