Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-09
IDAHO STATE NEWS

The Ministerial association OF
Boise is discussing the feasibility OF
organizing permanent Chautauqua
at tlw capital city.
The building activity at Middleton
that has prevailed during the last two
months still continues. both as to busi-
ness houses and residences.
The two-year-old daughter, of Rondy
Th0rne, OF shelly Is dead as the result
Of drinking carbolic acid which the lit
tie one got hold OF while at play.
The postofiice at Nampa has been
moved into its new quarters, and
Nampa now has one Of the best
best equipped postofices In the state.
The third escape from the peniten-
tiary IN the past three months oc-
Cured last week. when H. r. Mallon.
serving term for burglary, made his
escape
A $4,000 company has been organ
lied az Pocateiio for the purpose OF |
establishing plant for the manufac-
ture Of brick, iillng, piping and hol-
low ware.
Samuel Taylor has been appointed
postmaster at Leslie. Blaine county.
and Mabel r, Fuller will take charge
of the posto1ice at Remington. sho-
shone county.
Though now 81 years old, George
Popham, a pioneer in the mining
camps OF Montana and Idaho, left
Lewiston last week on a prospecting
trip into the Elk city district.
Reuben Lam. OF Meridian. met with
an accident last week which came
near proving serious. He stopped to
tx slngletree and the horse in kick
Ing at the flies gave him kick on
he head
In. almost every fruit section in the =
'ountry, except southern Idaho, where
lpple crops are unusually large, the
upply Is much smaller this year.
Thiie Ia Idaho there VIII be about "
he usual crop.
Eleven slot machines, seized by the j
Ulcers two years ago, were burned by !
herif Hodgn at Boise last week, 2
Jus ending the, long drawn contro- !,
arsy over the disposal OF the con q,
seated machines 4,
An effort Is TO be made to obtain O.
'tesian water for irrigation purposes IN
! the large tracts OF desert lands a 81
" miles southwest Of Burley. Wells pi
II be put down 1000 feet IL neces- h'
ry 10 so that far ie
IN the neighborhood OF III
lieyne are complaining that no help 70 70
II be secured TO assist In putting up VT
Fir immense harvests of hay The sl
NE difficulty is evidenced In all on
es OF work at Bellevue. Ra
While repairing "a telephone line at his
nmett, John Gribble. an employee fol
the Bell Telephone company. fell no
rty feet or more from telephone uo
e and received serious injuries. the WI
come OF which Is uncertain.
That Lewiston will have one OF the
Est male chorases In the northwest SCI
ore the holidays is the promise of ,
'fessor Baumgaertel. formerly of +,
Francisco. who Is organizing a
man singing society for Lew ~
IN. fro
i've bows arrested M polsa conses- has
that they had banded together for orc
glary and murder. having planned cur
Kill a man who had angered one iu'
the gang One OF the band was GRO
| TO the reform school and tho VII
or four paroled son
or taking a shot at Mr.. aud Mrs. IN ~,
man j. Rossi and J. Mclean. while :
: were out driving between Wal ! !
! and Osborn. Fred Wagner. an EN- sci,
rec Of lhe forest reserve at Wal.
I. has been placed In the county Ar
No one was hurt. u
ne OF the worst hail storms that boz,
: occurred IN Idaho swept over The AMI
hern wheat belt OF the state on Mo,
2nd, and did great damage About ca,.
hundred thousand bushels OF wheat nor
E destroyed The storm struck hi,
'iest on Dumac prairie. nor
Z. l. l.. Magee. Of Wallace. charged ust
perjury In the Haywood case Yar'
bound over TO the district court hayi
Probate Judge Leonard. OF Boise, COW
re whom the doctor was given .ooh
second hearing He was allowed at.
0 on his own recognizance.
W Hannah, a rancher living
Caldwell was killed BY falling Ia
derrick on his father-in-laws vear
b near Notus. The tackle broke, dead
a piece OF The derrick. weighing ev,as
a hundred pounds. fell and struck a ho,
on the head literally crushing abdo
bruis
second battalion OF the Idaho traye
nal Guard. consisting OF the on s
anies from Blackfoot. Idaho Berth
Rexburg and ST. Anthony. will ter
an encampment at Mesa Siding cure
ne ST. Anthony branch OF the "ner'
Line. from August 10 to 2s in muro'
'es
rauch house home OF r. L. Spy-
On Weiser fiat, about six miles AUS
Of Weiser, was destroyed by IRE n'ss''
'eek- The fire caught from de oIuer
G fine Nearly all the furniture oiheei
ayed by the neighbors. the Sny- provif
imily being away from home at VIII