Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-09-06
IDAHO STATE NEWS

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FIRE at Boise destroyed a stable and
six horses, the loss being estimated al
$4,000
The total assessed valuations OF pat
ented lands within the state has been
raised from s27677. 16T TO s2S.746.7S2
The Independent Telephone company
has equipped its new exchange IN
Nampa and Is now ready Tor pusi
ness.
James 8. Barbee. OF Murtaugh, Ida
no was killed In Yellowstone park re-
Gently by being thrown from a higa
cliff by runaway team which he was
driving
There IL A shortage OF school teach
ers In idaho county, and some OF the
schools will not open at the usual
time. and not until teachers can be
secured.
The farmers OF Nez Perez refused to
obey the Sunday rest law on the 18TH,
many OF them putting In full dag
cutting wheat. There have been no pro
fecutions.
The melon season Is now we'll adj
ranced at Payette and although con.
siderable quantities are being shipped
daily there Is not nearly enough to
supply the demand
Bob Roberts bartender for Guy
Martin. the Wardner saloonkeeper. was
acquitted OF the charsc OF violating
the Sunday rest law. The prosecution
failed 10 make a case.
Eagle Island, eight miles long and
ia niles wide. formed by a division
of the Boise river. contains seven
farms. one OF which is that OF T. c.
catlln. which comprises COO acres.
feature of the coming Lewiston.
Charleston fair will be an exhibit OF 70.
bacco grown on the Clearwater river
near OroGno. and which will be part
OF the Orofino exhibit brought TO Lew
iston.
The only obstacle to building In
Caldwell now is lacF OF laborers.
Contractors. architects aud all con
struction people are all 30 busy that
IL Is necessary for each building 10
await its turn.
The great scarcity Of teachers all
through the northwest Is not passing
Canyon county. There are no avail
able teachers In the county and mauy
Of the best schools are yet unsupplied
with teachers.
The Jason Lee academy, short dis
lance out OF Welser. which was open
ed September rs. 1906. is TO be dis
continued, this decision having been
reached at business session OF the
Methodist conference AT Boise.
Up TO the present time no less than
47s fish and game licepse have been
issued In Wallace. This beats all pro
vious records In the number OF licenses
issued. and the fishing season is said
20 have been one OF the best
The Commercial club OF Lewiston,
Idano has taken the initial step look.
ing to the candidacy OF Theodore
Roosevelt for third term as president
OF the United States. having adoprei
resolutions favoring his candidacy.
Lena Gibson. aged II. was quite
seriously burned by the upsetting of
the cook wagon In which she was rid
ina, near Sites. The little girl was
thrown against the hot stove. receiving
severe burns about the face and chest
Mrs. c. l.. Greer. who lives about
nine miles from Twin Fails. recently
attempted 10 kin her two little girls
with an ax. The girls escaped from
their mother. who hav twice been In
the insane asylum, ana returned as
cured.
AT the meeting OF the Boise city
council steps we're taken looking TO
meeting OF all the Commercial clubs
OF southern Idaho In tho near future 70
take up and discuss the coal situation
with view or arriving at some definite
plan OF action In the matter OF short
age.
At the urgent request OF a mob OF
irate Wardner citizens Chief Of Police
Collins OF Wardner escorted a China
man who arrived IN Wardner from
spokane 70 Kellogg. where he took
a train for other cllmes No Cinnamon
or Japanese are allowed In the Occur
d'Alenes.
H. c. Anderson, a far mer living near
Parma. threshed out IA acres OF wheat
that yielded So bushel per acre; he
also had a field OF oats that yielded SIS
bushels per acre. Joe Watkins. living
In the same neighbo-hood. threshed
l65h acres OF wheat that yielded Sc
bushels per acre.
The Parma Commercial club has
been organized. with 75 members. who
have made J c. Blackwell president
and A. A. Sessions secretary The
club has before It an aggressive pro
gram to reach out for things that
will build up the town and this sec
ton of the country.
During drunken row in a Nel
Perez saloon. Jasper Hancock used a
knife on Frank Hilderbrandt, cutting
his throat and chin. ard came within
half an inch Of cutting his juglar vein
besides cutting his clothes almost OF
him. and narrowly escaped several fat
al stabs on his body.
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