Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-02-08
IDAHO STATE NE VS.

r. A. Leehorn was killed In til
Morning mine. near Wallace, a Iarg
slab OF rock falling on him.
Upon the application of a maIorit
OF IT'S taxpayers. the town OF soldie
has been Incorporated as village
Chief OF Police Lillard OF Nampi
has been given Instructions to Sc,
that all gambling being carried on II
that city must close
Pocatello's Commercial Club has taxi
On a strong stand against the appoint
ment OF railroad commission, bill
Tor the creation OF which Is now pend.
Ing In the state legislature.
To manufacture and sell lime. build
Ing stone. cement. cement blocks, etc.
is the object OF company formed OF
Pocatello and Blackfoot men, the
plant to be located at Pocatello
The senate has confirmed the follow
Ing Idaho postmasters: Oroville J.
Butler. Harrison William ID. Hard.
wick. Nez Perce; Miller X. Long
fellow, Mountain Home, and Olof OIL.
son, Troy.
Two steam plows have been ordered
for camas prairie, and contracts for
piowing 2.40O acres at the rate OF 40
acres per day have already been let !
10 the owner OF one OF the plows, in
advance OF its arrival
Approximately four hundred thou.
sand acres OF the newly created Carl
bou forest reserve in eastern Idaho
and western Wyoming lie in Bannock
and Bear Lake counties, and a like
area lies In Bingham.
Sheep men who bring nocks to
Boise for shipment will be pleased to
learn that within the past two weeks
a party OF hunters has succeeded In
killing fourteen coyotes In the hills to
he northwest OF tho town.
Gustav Wolf, an old prospector, and
Who had famous fight with "a bear at I
he head of the Salmon about eighteen
ears ago, was found dead in the face !
4 the tunnel ON his quartz claim. near I
iailey, premature blast causing his {
cath.
The newly opened coal mines in the
eton basin have been working all A
inter and people have been hauling
average OF from forty to fifty loads
way from the mines every day. The +.
iality of the coal is OF the best and a.
can be purchased cheaply +,
Two of the irrigation projects on 81
smas prairie are about completed. %
hey are those OF Cow creek and y,
win lakes. Work will begin upon W
her projects Immediately. The W
orage reservoir ON Cow creek and a
the Twin lakes are now half full 49,
water. an
The Boren coal mine on Trapper Dc
EEK south of Oakley is developing W.
cry day into a better mine. AT this
ie the crew OF men who are devel.
ng the property are working In y Fs
IT and one-half foot vein OF coal.
. coal is reported to be of an excel.
I quality.
The State University OF Idaho at Sc,
scow has 2S6.OS0 acres OF public da,
DIS. The normal schools at Lewis. dit
and Albion have $4,000 acres each. the
Academy of Idaho at Pocatello ~
10000 and the Industrial school al ain
Anthony 10000 acres These are ecu
cial grants. be
here are In Idaho 1l.00O.0 900 acres
agricultural lands. 20.0oo.OO0 acres
grazing lands. 20.00o,O00 acres OF &c,
Der, and 100000 st mineral lands
classification OF grazing and agri -
ural lands was made before the
tsion OF national aid to irrigation -1
rep,
fstery surrounds the sudden death Gu
Seorge Stein. a hunchback news .,o,
( on the Short Line, whose body o.
found in private treatment room ria
n. J. A Aulguire's sanitarium In as {
telio. STEMS body would indf. 81 G
that he had been beaten 70 death W
a public meeting In orofino II was
TO boycott the merchants OF
ston II that city and its interests o.
nue. to oppose the efforts of Orc vi
and that portion OF old Shoshons TWO
" which was attached to Neg an
county two years ago. to secure third
nty division.
aries M. Robinson. mining man. inss,
killed by blast In the Eaton a vi