Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-04-10
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO IDAHO.

Ing delay to farmers about Grange
Vile.
Gooding is experiencing a building
boom. many new buildings being in
the course of erection.
A heavy wind storm struck Spirit
Lake last Saturday and blew down
some temporary buildings
The Watkins gold medal oratori-
cal contest of the University of Idaho
was won by w. K. Gwin of Moscow.
The Federal sampler at Wallace
resumed operations Monday. after
having been closed since about the
first OF the year.
The beds of lime shale lying on
the Snake river 25 miles above
Lewiston are to be used in the manu-
facture of cement.
Big plans are being laid by the
public schools of Occur dAlene for
the observing of Arbor Day, which
comes April IT.
The general officers of the Mormon
church at Salt Lake were unanimous
ly reelected at the final meeting of
the Mormon conference on Tuesday.
The citizens of Rathdrum have
taken steps to organize and manufac-
ture concrete blocks. Several con-
crete buildings are contemplated
The receipts of the Occur d'Alene
postofhce for the past year, ended
March 81. 1908. indicates a remark
able growth over the preceding year
The Clemans & Lloyd firm of Mos
COW have just sold the draft stallion
Mammoth Prince to a Grangeville
breeding association for $4,000.
The Bunker Hill & Sullivan mine
of Wardner has just declared divi-
dend of 1855, 200, making a total of
100000 which has been paid to
its stockholders.
With hardly a dissenting ballot
the patrons OF the Troy school dis
trict voted $4,000 bonds for the |
erection of modern six-room brick /
school building.
The school children of Harrison |
are enjoying vacation this week on
account of the teachers attending the |
county institute, which convened at
Standpoint on Monday.
A heavy construction outfit re-
leased by the completion of the North
Bank road has come to Moscow from
Pasco, and is working on the Spokane
Inland grade, with camp four miles
north Of Moscow.
James A. Moore, a Seattle million
aire, has just purchased the famous
March & Ireton ranch in the Payette
valley, not far from Boise, for $751;
600. The ranch is one of the best in
Idaho and is heavy producer.
March was one of the busiest
months in the history of the United
States land Office in Boise During
the month 1872 homestead entries
were made, as against 80 for the
same month a year ago; S5 desert
entries were made, against II last {
year. ;
Because his wife berated him for 8
not getting rich, and said he was no s
body because he was a miner, Samuel
Heron Tinker of Wallace has been &
granted a divorce from Olive Vivian
Tinker on the ground of cruel treat
nent.
The establishment of day school
n the Nez Perez Indian reservation
$ now assured, as the department at S
has given Agent LippJ
uthority to purchase a site near
where the first school will
e built.
Weiser was visited by a terrific 5
lind storm last Saturday that bor- l
cred closely on a hurricane. The c
arge gospel tent on north State
treet was completely torn down and z
0 badly damaged that services in it
ad to be suspended.
The Sheriff's Office at Wallace is L
orried over the continued disap-
earance of Deputy Sheriff L. Ham
ton of Burke. Deputy Hamilton was el
INT to the St. Joe country last Mon
ay to post some notices and has not
cen heard from since.
On the Occur d'Alene Reservation,
few miles from Tekoa, Wash, the
st allotments in severalty on the p
nous Occur dAlene Indian Reser- p
.tion were made last week. The
lief of the tribe secured the first ~
lotment. The work will be long =.
avn out, as all the lands must be
rveyed and papers drawn up. p
The channel of Bear creek near no
oy, was lowered over two feet by "a
e recent freshet, lessening the %
niger from overflow in the future, No
ough in many places it encroached
my feet on the holders of bottom 40
Ids. This constant washing and