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The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-11-20
THE JOY OF OWNING LAND.

There is a distinct JOY In owning
land, unlike that which you have in
money in houses. in books. pictures or
ANYTHING else which men have devised.
PERSONAL property brings you into So
cisty with men. But land Is a part Of
Gods estate "a the globA and when =
parcel OF ground is decided TO you and
n seems as IL you had come into part
nership with the original Proprietor Of
the earth--fIenry Ward Beecher.
Beautiful ride. Trolley every half
See this property. Mr.. Bennett at
the information Bureau Is aow selling e
rapidly for cash
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-11-20
Storm Warning

Boston. Nov. 2o.--The weather bureau
today issued the following storm warn
ing:
Southeast warnings at noon today New
England coast; storm over lower Mlssis-
sppi valley moving northeast will cause
increasing southeast wind late tonight or
Thursday, probably becoming high.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-11-20

FOOLISH QUESTION.
Stamp Clerk lin post-ofice TO man who
has laid down 2 cents at stamp win
dow)-What do you want?
The Man (facetiously)--A haircut. a
shave. a new suit OF clothes and beef
steak. medium done.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-11-20

1T COOLED HIS COURAGE
Wifey-Henry. I want you to go right
out and discharge the cook; she's in
toxicated.
.Hubby-Certatnly. my dear. Where is
nhe7
Wifsy--she IL In the kitchen waiting
for you.
,Hubby-waiting for meG Then I guess
there's no hurry.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-02
RECORD FOR LIBERALITY.
Methodist Church Pays Almost $50
Per Member for 1907.

At a meeting of the Methodist church
official board Saturday night report
was given in comprising the first eleven
months of the year which would be
hard to equal in any church in the state.
At the beginning of the year, Rev.
Edwards was sent to supply the churches
of Haley and Shoshone, to alternate
between the two places. The Haley
people objected and it was finally agreed
among the church members here that
Shoshone would assume the work of
supporting the pastor alone, doing the
work originally assigned to both places.
This has been done in a way that
would make ordinary church financiers
sit up and take notice of how it was
done. There is but a small member
ship-only As in all-but they have rails
more than $1,000 during the year, an av-
erage of almost $50 per member, met
every claim of the church, and will pre-
sent a clean report at the annual con-
ference, at Boise, the 25th of August.
Mrs. 7. H. Gooding anc Mrs. t. |.
Mcmahon have been the moving spirits
in the financial work, though they have
had some efficient aid from other loyal
and able members of the church con-
gregation.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-02
DEMAND FOR STEAM LAUNDRY
It's a Serious Problem to Get Clean
Clothes in ShOshOne.

Some of the good citizens of the
town have interested themselves in
talking up steam laundry, as the one
solution for sorely vexed question of
keeping clean clothes. Except for the
Chinese laundry, which is busy enough
to be sometimes weeks behind in it's or
ders, and as arrogant as the keeper OF
a railway sandwich counter at desert
station with nothing else to eat for a
hundred miles, there is said to be no
chance of getting laundry work done
here in town, at the present time
Monday morning means as much to the
average Shoshone business man as it
does to the spouse who is currently sup
posed to look after the family wash.
Mr.. Business Man is pranced out to the
woodshed for the plebian washtub, and
the way he has to earn his wash day
dinner by the sweat of his brow isn't a
bit slow. Bankers, preachers, lawyers,
editors, merchants, everybody, in fact,
but tramps who do not wash at all, are
subject to this law of the weekly clean
up of clothes. There are no women or
men, who will do the work for hire, and
the only way to get it done is to do 1t.
For this reason the agitation of
steam laundry is in the nature of a
real public benefaction
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-02
BRONCHO BUSTERS PICNIC.

Last Saturday the S. B. B. club was
entertained at the Slick camp. The
party went in carriages, starting early
in the morning A number of the
members ofathe club were out of town
so that the party consisted of but eight,
as follows: Mrs. Dill, Alice Clark,
Laura Gwinn, Mrs. SAVERS, Inez Wheel
er, BERTHE McFall, Josie Parry and
Bessie Burnside. The drive over the
desert gave the party an appetite for the
excellent dinner, after which they drove
over the works, few hours fishing,
supper, moonlight drive home and a
delightful time all around. This week
the club took an excursion to the Wal
lace ranch and on their return DIR. Baugh
entertained them with an ice cream hand
out Tne members oil the club are get
ting lot of healthful exercise as well
as much enjoyment from their weekly
outings.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-02
GOOD WILD WEST SHOW.
Buckins Bronks and Bulls That
We're Worth the Price.

AnsePs Wild West show put in two
nights in Shoshone, with a good deal of
satisfaction to large crowd of people.
They brought a collection of outlaw
horses that would be hard to find out
side of the horse Gehenna There
were big rawboned demons
with records as long as Harry Orchard;
little wiry brutes that only lacked the
forked tails to entitle them to captain s
commissions in the great hereafter of
wicked horses. With the show were
some riders that could come as close to
riding anything that bucks as any SINH
lar collection on the road. One local
rider, who claimed southwest Missouri
as his home, essayed to ride one of the
imported outlaws, but the horse proved
too much for him in about ten seconds.
No one else was thrown though some
tall riding was done both nights. The
show had two range bulls which, for
contortion acts under the saddle, could
discount an eel. Valdez, the champion
rider of the show, rode the roam bull
the second night, by pulling leather, "
as announced, after an exhibition of
riding that was positively dizzying even
to the spectators. A saddle with about
eight handles, and four extra hired
hands to help hold on to them, would be
the average good riders reuuisition be
fore starting in to ride such brute af
ter seeing it perform. The show was
well attended, and was clean, well
and worthy of patronage.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-02
MUST BE An EARLY BIRD.
To Catch the Branch Train, Now
Due to Go at $3.50.

The time of the train on the branch
has been changed, so that now the uI
train leaves Shoshone at $50 "or later
instead of 10:45 'or later. F" 1t is
scheduled to return to Shoshone at 6;Oo
in the evening This gives it little
longer for the the round trip, almost
an hour, which should practically insure
its appearance on schedule time
One other change has necessarily been
made in the service on the branch. Here
after the mail will close for that line
at eight O'Clock in the evening. This
is made necessary by the postoffice re-
ouirements that Postmaster Brown get
the Office open at O'Clock in the morn
ing. and there are the two heavy night
mails to distribute before opening up
This necessitates beginning work there
very early, at time when most people
are still abed. 1t is required also that
all mails close 20 minutes before leav-
ing time of train, which would make 1t
necessary to close the Haley mail at
$40 in the morning, giving only about
10 minutes to work the mail from the
time. of opening at o'clock AS this
is not time enough, it has been found
necessary to close the mail in the even
mo
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-02
GET IN AND BOOST.
Some Talking Points for Shoshone
and Lincoln County.

The Lucky Shoshone" horseshoe
published in the Journal two weeks ago
has attracted vast amount of favor
able attention to the fortunate location
of Shoshone as the county seat of the
county that is destined to become with
in the next five years the wealthiest
and most populous county in the state
of Idaho. Taking the present assessed
valuation of Twin Falls county as a
basis the new lands now being irrigated
in Lincoln will be worth on the assess
or's roll ten millions of dollars. And all
of the conditions are favorable to q
more rapid development bere than there.
Lincoln county has the main line of the
railway already constructed. 1t is get
ting long line of electric railway. 1t
has Twin Falls county as an object les
son. Soil, climate and water conditions
are equal Shoshone is in the geo
graphical center of it all, Lucky Sho-
shone.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-02
ACADEMY PROSPECTS BRIGHT.
State Institution at PocateIIo Ex-
poets 200 Students.

Prof w. D. Cheney, instructor in
Latin and German in the Idaho Academy
was in town Thursday, in the interest
of his institution. He says that the
estimated attendance of the Academy
for the coming year will not be less
than 200, good gain over last year.
Board and room is furnished at the
dormitory for SIG month, which makes
it easily possible for any one to secure
an education as there is no tuition to be
paid. The faculty numbers II instruct
ors, and the range of work taken up is'
wide and varied, including manual
training, music, a commercial course
and a complete preparatory course in
the liberal arts. 1t is the hope of the
friends of the institution to eventually
make it of collegiate grade, to supply
the needs of the young people of south
eastern Idaho who don't feel able to go
so far as the present state university at
Moscow.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-02
sHosHoNE.
ARMY OF LAND HUNTERS.
IOl Homestead Filings in HALEY
Land Office Last Month.

Fred C. Bradley, receiver of the U. s.
land Office at Haley, has just returned
from an extensive trip over the Twir
Falls country, visiting Blue Lakes,
Twin Falls, Twin Falls city, Miner and
Jerome. He is very enthusiastic over
the great development of that country
and demonstrated his faith in the future
of Lincoln county by investing in some
lots at Jerome.
Mr.. Bradley reports the land Office as
doing truly land Office business. -
Last month 101 homestead entries were
filed. There have been filed to date
76O water applications from the Mini
doka project. Mr.. Bradley says that if
tney had another clerk now in the Office
the business piled up would require six
weeks to get caught up, so if you have
business at the Haley Land Office don t
get impatient i you don't hear from it
right away,
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-02
BIG LOST RIVER LAND.
important Reclamation Project to
be Opened in September.

Idaho is too rich in resources for any
one community to have monopoly of
all the good things. Each community
is SO fortunately situated that it has all
of the good things right at home that
it can attend to and there is no occasion
to get jealous of its neighbors While
we of Lincoln county are rejoicing over
the great irrigation works being con-
structed we must not forget that there
are others. One of the greatest in the
state is the Big Lost River project. 1t
is Carey act project and it has adver-
tised its, first opening to be held Sep
tember 4th.
1t will place on the market at that
time 80, 900 acres of land located near
Powell, station on the Mackey branch
of the Short Line running out of Black
foot. 1t has varying scale of prices on
its water rights running from $25 to
$50 per acre. The usual first payment
of 1925 will be required and water will
be ready this fall for the land. T, w.
Thomas of Boise is secretary of the
company and if you are interested in
the lands write to qim. Mr.. Thomas
is man eminently qualified to fill the
position and he is one of the original
promoters of the project
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-02
CHANGE OF FIRM.

]. M. Bowman, the well-known horse
man of southern Idaho, has entered in
to partnership with Chas. Walters in
the Palace Livery barn. The new firm
has doubled the capacity of the stables,
by this move, and the travelling public
is now assured of the finest livery
stable in the state. There is not en-
other livery stable in the state that can
show as fine string of horses as the
Palace under the new arrangement.
Aside from the number of new horses
added they have added lot of new
rigs and are prepared to take care of
their rapidly increasing business.
Lucky Shoshone
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-02
Assessment May Reach
$2,OOO,O 900 Mark.
Migratory Stock May Bring Pres
ent Figures up to Mark for
a County Of the Second
Class This Year.

County Aaaessor Wheeler is looking
after his ranch work for few days,
after having finished up the regular
field work 80 as to make his report to
the board of county commissioners at
their July meeting. The assessment
rolls show taxable valuation of little
short of 81, 900, 900. 1t is good gain
over last year, but not up to whaI was
hoped which was to raise it above ~,
900. 600 and raise the class of the coun-
tv according to the state schedule A
decided slump on the government rec
lamation tract is partially responsible
for the falling off in expected gains.
Several stocks of goods, and other I'M
provements, have been taken away
from there, while practically nothing
has been added. Neither of the big ir-
ripation schemes have as yet come IN
to add any taxable value to the county,
though within the next few years the
gain will mount up into the millions, as
the towns build up and the settlers get
title to their lands.
There is still a good chance that the
taxable valuation will reach the two
million mark, in the assessment of MI
gratory stock This is entirely supple
mentary work, and is done later in the
season. 1t is possible that the total
will bring the county into the second
instead of the third class of counties,
raising the salaries of the officers and
giving other privileges of more or less
value.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-02
Setting Poles aud String
ing Wires for Road.
Jerome will Soon Be Connected Oh
Power Circuit. Ready for the
Cars---Road Might Come
to Shoshone.

! Work on the North Side Electric
railway is advancing to such stage as
to make good showing to the physical
eye. Plats have been filed for the ex-
act location of the first forty miles of
the road. This will take it from Mil
ner to Jerome. Mr.. G. D. Aikens, of
Twin Falls, general manager of con-
struction for the Shoehone Falls power
company, has recently been over the
route of the line. He states that the
power line will first cross the river
from the Shoshone falls and follow
down on the Twin Falls side for several
miles where line will be taken off for
Twin Falls city. A mile or so farther
down the river the line again crosses
to the Lincoln county side on the sec
ton line due south of Jerome. 1t will
follow that section line to jerome. On
this line the poles are nearly all set and
the wiring will be completed soon into
Jerome. A telephone wire will also be
hung from the same poles so that Jer-
ONE will have connections with the out
side world. Another power line will be
run on this side of the river to the Mil
ner and will also have connection with
the wires for the trolley line. This will
give the railway the advantage of two
sources from which to get power from
the falls and will be a guard against
stopping of the line from accidents. 1t
requires mighty active citizen to keep
track of all of the great things that are
being done now in Lincoln county.
The location of jerome makes Sho-
shone the natural railroad point and
material by the carload is being brought
in here to be hauled to the townsite-
By the way what is Shoshone doing to-
wards getting that electric line to come
into Shoshone from Jerome. 1t might
be well to remember the advice of the
farmer to his son to not sit on the milk
ing stool and wait for the cows to back
up to be MIXED if he wished to have
cream for his coffee. Get busy, Sho-
shone, and justify your location of {
Lucky Shoshone.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-02
NEW WELLS FOR ALBERTA.
Drilling Outfit on Hand Ready TO
Go After Water.

Business is considerably on the boom
at Alberta The last of the Monarch
grading outfit has gone to work on the
big ditch to bring water to the town
and much dirt is being moved. Some
little blowing is being done on the
tract by those who are going to be
ready to take advantage of the first
water to be turned into the bitches. A
fairly good crop may be put out this
fall.
The big well drill that is to put down
the company well as its first job, is on
the ground, ready to go to work. 1t is
believed that water will be struck on
the townsite at depth of less than 100
feet, though that is matter for test
and conjecture Several wells will
probably be put down this fall.
A Mr.. Loder of Baker City is prepar-
to put in general merchandise stock
in the near future, opposite the hotel.
The Alberta Mercantile Company has
it's new store about ready for business,
and good stock of goods arriving.
A school is to be maintained in town
this coming winter, there being enough
pupils, present and prospective, to make
it necessity.
Slick brothers are now operating both
of their big steam ditching machines
Tne machines are doing excellent work
and the Sticks are thinking of getting
two more. This indicates something of
the magnitude of the job of getting
water ready for redeeming the desert
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-02
HIGH PRICED STATE LAND.
Offered for Sale Up to $1,000 an
Acre---It's Easy to Buy.

The State of Idaho owns some very
desira BILE property, part of which it is
desirous of turning into money. Some
newspaper notoriety was given the sale
of a section of North Idaho school land
last year for S25, 000-but here in South
Idaho the state has land appraised at
almost three times that price, as the
following notice shows:
"On Monday, August 10, 1907, at 80
O'Clock, p. m. of said day, the state of
Idaho will offer for sale about 1900
acres of agricultural land at public auc-
tion at the court house in Pocatello,
Idaho. The land is appraised at from
$1,000 to $4,000 per acre. The terms
of sale are as follows:
On all lands selling for s25. 90 an acre
or less, one tenth of the purchase price
and the first years interest on deferred
payments, cash on day of sale, the bal
ance in eighteen annual installments at
six per cent; on all lands selling for
more than $500 per acre, two-tenths
of the purchase price and first years
interest on deferred payments, cash on
day of sale, the balance in sixteen an
nual installments at six per cent inter-
est.
No lands will be sold for less than the
value.
NJ l. CAURCH, Register.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-02
RIAL ESTATE IN DEMAND.
Two Good Sales Reported in Town
Property this Week.

Two real estate deals have been made
the mast week which show that Sho-
shone property is becoming valuable
and in demand.
Jim Clark, night bartender at the
Columbia hotel, purchased residence
property across the river for S7O0. s.
Naka purchased the building where he
conducts his restaurant, of j. M. Butler,
the former postmaster of Shoshone but
now resident of Hepburn. This prop
erty sold for SIS, O00 Mr.. Naka has
found it an excellent location, and dur
ing the three years or so ne has con-
dncted his restaurant there he has prac-
tically cleared the money with which
he bought the building.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-02
NEW TRAIN SERVICE.

New train service via Oregon Short
Line between Salt Lake City and points
west of Pocatello, including Boise, Ida
no, and Huntington, Ore.
Effective August 7st., the Oregon
Short Line company will operate new
train service from Pocatello to Boise,
Idaho, and Huntington, Ore, and in
termediate points. This train will be
operated in connection with the Yellow
stone Special trains Is and 16 and will
be known as Idaho Special Nos. 3 and A.
The approximate schedule will be as
follows: Leave Salt Lake at p. m,
leave Pocatello 2:10 a. m, leave Sho-
shone $50 a. M, Nampa 9:25 a. m.
Arrive Boise 1870 a. M, Payette 11:20
a. M, Weiser II 80 a, M, Huntington
12:45 D. m. Returning train No. con-
Meeting with Yellowstone special No.16
will leave Huntington 11:25 a. M,
Weiser 1920 p. m, Payette 13:45 pm,
arrive Nampa 2:25 p. M, Boise connec-
ton leaves Boise 80 p. M, Shoshone
7:35 D. M, Pocatello 1885 a. M, arriv-
ivg Salt Lake 7:30 a. m. A Salt Lake
Boise sleeper will be handled through
on these trains both ways.
This new service will no doubt be
greatly appreciated by local travel into
Idaho as it will be operated through on
time without regard to eastern connec-
tions, stops being made at all principal
local points.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-02

This published with string to it.
apology
a lot better policy tell it all at
The shows Lucky Shoshne with electric railroad
O. one
That that the North Side
Shoone and that only hostile
desirable matrimonial engagement of the family
that Lincoln
wedding
the charity of
holdings of
t and be ereadyw yours
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-02
SAGE HENS ARE RIPE.
Hunters Take tile Field With Much
Game In Prospect.

Yesterday was the time for the rip
ening of the sage hen, the one great
game bird of this section of Idaho.
They are good and ripe by today, lots
of them ripe enough for even the Eng
lish palate that calls for birds to be
proven dead by a coroner's inquest be-
fore putting them on the table. For
host of expert hunters have already
been in the field almost two days, in
weighing the unwary birds to their death
at the point of gun Only the sage
hens are in season at this time, the
open season for the grouse being fifteen
days later, but it is anticipated that
there viii not be grouse on the prai-
rie, at least until after the 18th. Until
that time everything is a "sage hen, ;"
even though it wears fins or fur or
boots or burrows in the earth.
Bert and Howard Bowler left the
first of the week for Camas Prairie, to
be on hand at the good shooting grounds
with the first opening of the season.
Elmer Todd, Frank Millsaps, Oliver
Nicely and George Gray left Wednesday
to be on hand in good time. Other hunt
ers will go during the week, one party
being Tom Starrh, Paul Paddock, Hail
Horne and w. c. Murphy. A good crop
of birds is reported for this season,
thanks partly to the efforts to exter-
inmate the coyotes which are ravenous
of the sage hen, grouse
and all the ground nesting birds.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-02

T. H. Manning, travelling represent
ative of the Capital News, was in town
this week looking after the interests of
the evening Boise daily. The recent
change in the train schedule on the
HALEY branch will discommode both Of
the Boise dailies in reaching customers
up the branch,
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-02

Attorneys A. M, vanDuyn and W.
A. Stone. of Caldwell, went up to Wood
river to day for a few days fishing
Mr.. svanDuyn is the prosecuting at
tornev for Canyon county and as such
has charge of the WORK in the Steun-
burg murder trials. Mr.. Stone. is an
associate attorney in the same cases.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-02

Chas. S. Roe, Rupert, was in Sho-
shone this morning on his way to Hail
ey looking after some land Office bus
mess.
Major Fred R. Reed went to Haley
to look after some of his mining inter
ests in that section.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-02

Raul S. A. Bickel, chief engineer for
the North Side Twin Falls company was
in Shoshone last Saturday on business
connected with the work on this side of
the river.
Louis Parry, secretary of the Kinsey
Collapsible Box Co. of Ogden, was in
the city yesterday visit.ng with rela-
tivos.