Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-09-04
JEROME.

Bickel's office, left Tuesday on bus
ness trip to Boise.
A large force of electricians are nov
at work enlarging the telephone an
electric light facilities.
Dewitt & Worden will open up a frs
class bakery this week in connection
with their Pastime lunch room.
L. C. Jones, sheriff of Lincoln county
and party, stopped over night last Sun
day on their way to Shoshone from Sho-
shone Falls.
C. F. Mengenback a Mcpherson Kan
sas capitalist spent the past week in
Jerome looking over land with the view
of locating his sons here.
Mr.. W. c. Stark, assistant cashier of
the Miner State Bank arrived in town
Saturday to assist in auditing the books
OF the Jerome Mercantile Co.
E. W. Bridges has accepted the posi-
ton as bookeeper for the jerome Nero.
Co. to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Miss Grace Henry.
DR.. E. D. Piper and Geo. Bloom are
erecting a new livery barn on Avenue
A. and will handle Rock Springs Coal
in connection with their livery business.
Mr.. |. B. Perrine has started new
stage line between Jerome and Twin
Falls via Blue Lakes. R. R. Updegraf
who formerly operated the stage line
over that route now goes by way Of
Shoshone Falls.
Mr. J. C. Dowd of Omaha, Neb.,
assisted by his brother DR.. F. E. Dowd
for the past week have been burning
the brush off their ranch south of town
DR.. Dowd is chief surgeon for the Utah
Fuel Co.. at Sunnyside, Utah.
Rush Haddock of Shoshone drove in
to town Wednesday evening, from
Gooding accompanied by P G. Fairman
and party from Kirkwood, Ill. Mr..
Fairman is favorably impressed with
the outlook of the country and has de-
cided to locate here.
E. G. Reed and West Fuller left for
Gooding Monday to take charge of the
new lumber yard recently purchased by
the Qstrander ReedCo.. Prest. Ostrand-
er reports that they have 5000, 900 feet
of lumber on the road for their three
f1ourishing yards.
Erection of the building to be occu-
pied by the Jerome Concrete & Brick
Co. Ltd, has been started. Manager
Walter Christensen reports that the
is expected daily and they
will soon be in position to supply the de-
hands for cement blocks of every de-
A. B. Barclay formerly of Wall Lake,
owa, moved into his new home on
Knob Hill Tuesday Mr.. Barclay
eld the Office of county attorney for
wo terms at his former home and will
pen up ? law and real estate office here
S soon as an Office can be secured.
Rev. Cyrus A..Varnum was appointed
t the recent conference in Boise, to
upervise the church work of the North
de towns, viz. jerome, Gooding and
Wendell and will organize a Methodist
hurch here within thenext week. Rev.
-arnum owns 100 acres north of town
hitch he expects to improve this Fall
F. A. Cakes who is located eight
riles south of town on the Twin Falls
Dad has discovered a spring two
lies from his ranch in theriver canon,
I'd is installing a hydraulic ram to )
Use the water to the top of the rim
,ck. Mr.. Cakes will later install a
servoir and will have an abundant
pply of delicious water without the
.pense of putting down well.
Plans and specifications are now being +
epared by a firm of New York archi-
cts for the Jerome hotel, which will
completed in time to accommodate the
any incoming settlers next spring. :,
is reported that the structure will 7,
st in the neighborhood of $50, 600. "
lie building is to be of white brick
d will be modern in every way. II
President w. S. Kuhn issued tele- u
aghic instructions from Pittsburg :.
,nday to rush the work on the electric
lroad all possible The order for the .
S specifies deliveries to commence II
Dt. LIST. and contract for the rails !"
been let and in view of Mr.. Kuhn's OF
ent instructions the road will I'M W
ldtedly be in operation this Fall, III
ess the work should in some way be
.voidably hindered. b
Jan. w. Updegraff the reliable stage ~
yer between Shoshone and Jerome -
Miss Margaret Mcmillan who has 80
distinction of being the first girl III NJ
ONE will be united in marriage next
day afternoon at one O'Clock at the =
ONE church. Invitations have been %
led to few close friends. Dan. is Fl
r b1cv rscaivincr CONGRATULATIONS of ins