Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-30
NO. 80.

the acreage in actual cultivation. When
that clause was inserted it was supposed
the land would be taken by artual set
tiers and not be held by spectators.
Unfortunately for the company much
Of the land got into the hands Of the
speculator who let it lie idle while his
neighbors increased its value for him
by tilling their fields adjoining. The
man who titled his ground paid maui
tence fee Of 80 cents per acse and the
company, BY reason Of the large amount
of idle land, failed to collect enough at
that rate from the land sctuslIy titled,
to pay the operating expenses It was
evident to the specuIator that when the
( Twin Falls canal company was organ
i lied and the maintenance fee was as
I sessed against the shares Of stock m
stead of the titled acres that he would
+ have to get in and drill the same as the
man who titled his field. Mr.. specula-
tor would either have to sell or culti-
; vate his field as he could not afford to
( pay maintenance fees on the canal and
not use the water So he has been
working" the settlers into all sorts Of
fantastic Mysteries for the past year
about the Twin Falls Land & Water
company being a bunch Of grafters try
ing to work of onto the poor ignorant
settlers badly built and incompleted
sanal system with weak and faulty
dam and lot Of other stuff that was
calculated to call the settler to the fur
ther aid of the Spectator in keeping
the operating of the canal in the hands
Of the construction company But the
state land board, which is the judge in
the matter, has finally ordered the oper-
atlng company TO be formed and now
the Spectator and his allies are spillIng
their wrath on the state land board
The Shoshone public schools viii op-
en- Monday morning for organization
Prof Thompson requests that all pu-
pills having books borrowed during va
cation shall return them at once. The
new books are to be used this year and
all Of the old ones are to be used in ex-
change. Pupils having any of the old
books borrowed viii be likely TO have
TO pay for them unless returned at
once.
Ed. Purdy, of Hagerman, arrived
Monduy from Alberta, Canada Mr..
Purdy thinks that a great county, and
he has invested in some real estate
there Hesays he thinks Lincoln coun-
ty real estate better investment but
1t takes more money TO handle it. Mr.
Purdy will return to Alberta in short
time but he expects to retain his home
at Hagerman as he thinks the Hager-
man valley the garden spot of the
earth.
Harry Anderson has returned from q
months visit in the east During his
stay he visited Chicago, Lake Geneva,
Wisconsin. Freeport and Princeton, IL,
then by whaleback across the lake to
Milwaukee and again to Lake Geneva
At Princeton Mr.. Anderson visited his
fathers old home which he had not seen
for 9 years. Mr. Anderson says they
are having an unusually cool summer
there and that there must be a favor
able September if the corn natures.
S. Naka, proprietor of the Stock
mems restaurant, has fitted up dining
room for family dinners since purchas-
ing the building recently Mr. Naka
has moved his short order counter into
the room formerly occupied by the
Stugis saloon and the room he formerly
used as short order room ne has had
furnished for dining room. New pa
per on the walls, two clusters of cleo
-ric lights, fine sideboard, and four
family tables. Mr.. Naka expects to
make a specially of Sunday diuners and
f his lunch counter is a fair sample Of
MS dinners they viii be as fine as can
be placed on the table.
Many Of the young people of Sho-
shone viii leave the latter part of this
week or the first of next week for ed
lcationaI institutions in this and other
states to take up a branch of studies
higher than those offered in a high
school. The following is partial list;
Lizzie and Pearl Gooding are to go to
college at Marshall. Mo-; Alta Gooding
viii return to Lake Forest, near Chi
ago: Bessie Burnside and Florence
Brennan viii attend the Academy OF
IDAHO at Pocatello, as viii also Walter
White and VIII Custer; Alberta MeFall,
josephine Parry and Yeva Brown viii
70 the Albion state normal
Jas r. Boutwell, of Boise, has decid-
d that Lucky Shoshone" looks good
o him and he has decided to locate in
he city for the practice of law. Mr..
'othwell was educated in the University
f Nebraska and was admitted to the
ar through examination in Boise. He
as been admitted to practice before
ne State and Federal courts and has