Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-04-19
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Canyon county can now boast OF tn
finest court house In the state 0
Idaho.
Idaho Falls Odd Fellows Will Ia,
the cornerstone OF new building OF
the 2Gth inst
Four hundred Nez Perez Indians II
and around Lapueal have formed 9
Temperance union.
An epidemic OF dIphtherIa is feared
at Cambridge, a number OF cases be
ing under quarantine.
J. C. Johnson. OF Pocatello, while
manipulating a horse shoelng ma.
chine. had his hand badly fractured
Emil Erickson was drowned near
Boise while working on a log boom
Erickson fell between two logs and
was unable to free himself
ID. C. Downing. of Boise, was IA
tally injured by cavern In trench
which he was digging In Spokane, be.
ing hurt about the back and lower
limbs
Under law passed by the recent
legislature Idaho can now levy tax
for the purpose OF DISCRIMINATING
crickets, grasshoppers, rodents and
rabbits.
The biggest land sale in the history
OF the state is to be held In Fremont
county May 3. when 5000 acres OF
good state land will be offered at pub
lie auction.
The acreage OF sugar beets at
Nampa and Payette, tributary to the
Western Idaho Sugar companys fac
tory at Nampa, will this year be more
than double that OF last season.
Lee Garrett, on trial at Rathdrum,
was found guilty of murder In the
second degree. Garrett killed Il. j. !
Coombs In the Spokane Bar saloon In
Occur d'Alene City last November.
II the weather is as favorable the
next two months and a half as 1t has
been the last two months and half,
The largest crops ever grown in the
Payette valley will be produced this
rear.
In his report for the fiscal year
Manager Cutler. of the Idaho Sugar
stated that the factories had
acked 46.332. 500 pounds OF sugar and
aid for lS2.419 tons OF beets last
ear.
William Christensen. cook. and
ames Collins, bartender. were
rowned la Occur d'Alene lake while
oat riding. the boat capsizing while
he two men were endeavoring to
hange places.
In midnight fire, which practical
: destroyed the village Jail at Rath-
rum. Emanuel Lee. rancher from {
ucker Lake. a prisoner In the build
", was burned to death before the
re was discovered.
w. NJ. Reese. for years secretary of :
Ie committee on public lands In the
,use of representatives in congress,
As been assigned as special agent In b
large of the Lewiston land district S
Id has assumed charge. Z
The initial steps in what will prob. 9
'ly result In the amaigamatlon OF y
g Idaho and Utah Sugar companies .
ere taken at the recent meetings of o
g stockholders of the Idaho and $
estern Idaho Sugar companies
II. A. Monteyile. while chasing 3
oncho, had a painful accident. The
rise he was riding stepped In a post
le and. as II fell, Mr. Monteville =,
IS thrown to the ground with such 4,
'lence that his collar bone was .,
lshed
Miss Prudie Scott, whose mother, II
$. Sylvester Scott, died at Green ~
eek. and both whom were import Is
! witnesses in the murder case dc
lint o. b. Howard and Ed Why. le
dead at Grangeville. after a short al
less with lung trouble.
iilton Blair. the eightyear-old son
Albert f. Blair living near Firth,
5 kicked by horse. the accident II,
ulting in his death the following NJ
!. The little fellow caught hold OF TIL
animals tail while playing, think in
the horse was perfectly safe.
verett Cooper, who for some time pa
/ has been in the employ of his Bit