Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-08-31
IDAHO STATE NEWS

ate ~ star. IL VIII nave caDltA o
$4,000
Monster doIngs will oharacteriz,
this years Labor day In Boise on Sep
TENDER ..
Complaints come from Lewiston
that wood as fuel In that section Is
rapidly becoming scarce and that the
price Ia rapidly advancing
The Commercial club OF Boise VIII
soon be established in It's new quar-
terra. having spent about $4,000 In fur
nishlng IT'S new club rooms.
The melon season Is on in full swing
in the Payettc valley. Both canta
loupes and watermelons are beins
shipped lout OF Payette by the ear
loads.
Rev IL. Ii Russell of New York
City, the founder OF the antl-saloon
league. Is to visit Idaho. and will
speak at Montpelier. Pocatello, Boise,
Moscow and Lewiston.
The report comes from Council that
a young man In that vicinity while
intoxicated. fell over precipice near
ly hundred feet, sustaining no In
juries other than scalp wound.
The ladies' OF the W. C. T. U. have
offered a prize for the best decorated
residence In Boise. no competing home
to cost more than $4,000. during the
session of the Irrigation congress.
John Henshaw. liveryman OF Pay
cite. lost a valuable horse last week
~ the result OF lockjaw The animal
had stepped on a nail and got into
such condition that he had to be
shot.
Everyone In the Vicinity OF Twin
Falls y wsging vigorous campaign
against the Russian thistle. The tract
will be gone over and the pest burned
future.
An effort is being made to get a
|
TO meet a committee from
Occur d'AIene which has been selected
% draw the division lines for the new
county.
The delegates to the Irrigation con
Ircss will be permitted the novelty,
or this time OF year. of eating fresh !
boise valley strawberries. The second :
rop has matured and is now on the
market
Approximately 1900 linear feet of 4
nmber sidewalk In Wallace have been
ondemned by the authorities. and D
re- to be replaced by walks OF con !,
rets at cost OF twenty cents a =
quare foot.
Lincoln county Is the only county in
iaho whore cordwood and bees are .
ssessed. In the county cordwood Is
ssessed at $4,000 and bees at 1926.
lumber is assessed at $4,000 and We
Icles at $13.190.
Many complaints are being made OF ;,
lie Wholesale killing OF cattle which n
wade wheat fields in the vicinity of O.
oscow. At least twenty-five cows n
ivo been shot in the past two weeks q
i owners OF wheat fields. al
Captain James Graham OF the First :.
aho volunteers died last week at his e
a fpi. |
wed an Illness OF four years. which m
ID It's beginning In the PHILIPPINES. -,
into locomotor ataxia.
While on a camping trip under the c.
spices Of the Baptist church. Harry
illems OF Idaho Falls was shot In the
ok with shotgun by Roy Heller I'M
d instantly killed. The tragedy was ca
rely accidental and no blame is Ba
arged IN,
Delbert Wheeler. a bar tender and co
Don man. committed suicide at me
nry. eighteen miles north OF Soda tbs
rings. on the 2lst. by putting a hole ~
'ough his temple with a thirty-two h s
ibre revolver Nothing is known OF GU
relatives. hu
As the time for the meeting OF the 49,
igation congress draws near the
IL growers and ranchors OF the Pay.
. valley are putting their best foot
ward In collecting fruit and horti- ~
tural exhibit that It is expected will W
pass all competition sen
Word has been received from Colo -
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