Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-16

= The Best Matchmaker at Evans
t. Jewelry Store. Boise, Idaho.
Rev. Chas May of Hepburn wi
S preach at Gooding next Sunday.
S The well at Jerome stopped at tn
: depth of 1862 feet instead of $40 as re
ported last week in the Journal.
I. For sale Elegant modern home
D worth $4,000. You can get it for mucl
. less for short time only. Garlocl
& Co.
r S. S. Wheeler of Shoshone Falls hai
/ moved his family to town and will en-
gage in freighting from Shoshone tt
Jerome.
Miss Myrtle Smithern, of Haley, anc
Miss Helen Stone, of Caldwell, are en-
joying two days outing at the Dill
ranch this week.
T. H. Gooding, wife and daughter,
left yesterday for Ketchum where they
viii spend few days camping with
the folks" there.
Mike Whalen went up the branch
Monday with pile driver and a crew
Of men to repair all the bridges along
that part Of the road.
II. f. Dress, recently arrived from
Central City, Nebraska, will make his
home here in Shoshone while looking
the country over for a permanent loca-
ton.
A large quantity of the lumber ship
ped to Shoshone for the new ferry boat
at Shoshone Falls has been condemned
and will not be received. The lumber
was not the size or quality ordered.
The ladies of the Methodist Aid So
ciety gave nice dinner last Tuesday
under the trees at the residence of
Wesley c. Randall. Financially, soci-
ally and otherwise it was a success.
James A. Richardson and Miss Josie
Eschbaugh, both of Haley, secured
marriage license Thursday evening of
the county clerk and were married by
Judge Fuller The Journal extends con-
CALCULATIONS.
A. c. Coburn, the efficient state land
agent who divides his time between Al I
berta and Miner, came down from AL /
berta, Sunday, on his way to Boise to
attend an important meeting of the
state land board.
Don Burnside, son of County Super
ntendent Mrs. Leah NJ Burnside, was
visiting at home Saturday He is
n the engineering. department of the
Short Line and carries his headquarters
With him most Of the time.
A scarcity of carpenters at Jerome is
elaying the work of building. Sever
i business houses in course of construc-
ion are incompleted and no work is
eing done at present for lack of work
zen. Lumber is being hauled in faster :
han it is nailed together.
One man in one day this week had
* different persons call on him in
uiring about dwelling houses for rent.
number of people are now living in
'wn in tents, and if they could get a
ouse would remain permanently in (
hoshone. If Shoshone had enough !
len with money to build fifty new (
buses right away every house would J
? taken before it was completed, and
lie town would justify its title of }
Lucky Shoshone ,,
The Oakley Eagle has quit. Not that !
lie town did not deserve paper, says !
e valedictory of the editor, or that J
e sheriff closed the office out of bust +
'ss; but just that the editor had some !
her business and printing was too !
uch of luxury i'll view of the fact
at he had something else he could do. !
lere are other localities in the state :
at do not live up to the benefits they !
ceive from live newspapers but the !
urnal does not circulate in one of that
nd.
The telegraph operators for the West
! Union company have all gone on a
ike this week for higher wages.
actically all Western Union wires in
United States are tied up and the s.
ly papers are up against serious
position in gathering news outside
telephone radius. Business all over
country is seriously affected by the y
ike and the strikers are using every I
ans in their power to spread the (
Ike, by the sympathy route, to other I
ustries, especially railway operators. S.
'us Bassler, who works for Fred (
'ding, went to Chicago recently with }
shipment of Mr.. Gooding's sheep. I
! rest of the boys with the crew left J }
J in Chicago. He returned Sunday Z
and reported that while asleep in :
car on his way home he was robbed :
his $50 watch and $40 bill. Garry }l
r money and your watch in your I
is, Gus, after this while you are J
sSing the state of Iowa - ic the cd }