Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-09-25
GOoD|NG NEWS
E@3 Items Gathered by the journals Representa- rSJ
tive in and Around the Prosperous ~
kS New Town on the Main Line q


At least dozen new dwelling houses
are under construction now and more
are planned.
The Furcht Real Estate Company has
treated itself to fine new desk and a
set of swivel office chairs.
All sorts of horse millinery at the Big
Collar Harness Shop.
The Idaho Investment company is
doing a good business with the King
Hill lands for which they are agents.
j. w. Mathes' team tried to turn his
buggy tongue around a hitching post
Thursday Afternoon but the tongue
would not stand for it.
Big Collar Harness Shop; Harness,
saddles, blankets, whips, robes and col
lars E. w. Bostrom & Son, Proprie-
tors, Gooding, Idaho.
The Thompson undertaking parlors
has received a line of collins. If in
need of such furniture give them call.
No customer ever kicks on the BILL
A new barber shop has been started
in the front of the pool room of G. c.
Leeper. This makes three chairs now
running in the town and all are busy.
Frank Houseman and J. Y. Perkins
are in Gooding today to meet with the
new stock holders for the purpose of
eecting director from Gooding for the
Soldier TELEPHONE line.
Adam Schubert, secretary for the
townsite company, M. Matson, of the
Gooding Forwarding Company and ]. s.
McDougall, of the McDougall Drug Co.
were in Salt Lake City on business this
week.
The Leader building is nearly com
pleted to the second floor and the blocks
for the second story are being turned
out at the rate of about $50 per day
The blocks will be completed within
two weeks more.
The new safe has arrived for the bank
to be opened by Wedgewood and Can
non. The firm expects to open for
business as soon as the building is ready !
for them. They will occupy a new two
story brick being erected by Joseph |
Vogt on Main street.
Work on the new hotel is progressing
again, the work having been stopped on
account of the failure of the arrival of
some material. The building is now
near the top of the third story and is
beginning to look very much like
house.
The new firm of Dygert and Fuller
ton will soon open a general merchan-
disc stock in the Taylor building on
Main street. This is a new two-story
brick which will be completed in about
two weeks. The upper story will be
used as quarters for the commercial
club.
Work on the electric line is getting l
interesting in Gooding. A large force
of men are grading the switch ways
and the junction with the Oregon Short
Line and the work of laying rails will 7
begin within another week if the rails {
arrive. Fifty cars Of ties are now on /
the ground.
Plasterers, fathers, brick masons, a
stone masons, carpenters and all build G
ing trade workmen in Gooding are work L
ing over time on the buildings now il
under way. There are a number of t
new buildings planned to be begun soon.
Among them being brick building G
for the Gooding Forwarding Company U
and another for the Gooding State c
Bank. 6
Mr.. Barber, at the Townsite office, r;
S now prepared to take subscriptions
or the Idaho Leader, the first issue of o.
which will be issued about the first of II
November. AS it is necessary to have III
bout two hundred paid up subscribers M
efore the new paper can be admitted III
o the mails all Gooding citizens inter 70
sted in getting the new paper started
BON will hasten the first issue some n,
hat by calling around and buying a -,
eceipt for years subscription. l.
The Gooding Commercial Club met nv
,mmittee of the Soldier Commercial an
lub last Saturday night at Gooding tn,
nd arrangements were made for ex- =
nding the Soldier telephone line TO u
ooding from Fir Grove. At this meet III
q $500. 90 worth of stock was sub
ribed by the Gooding commercial club M,
ID a committee appointed to solicit -
descriptions during the week. At Us LIS
esent there has been subscribed $4,000 Wv
d the extension of the line is assured. +
essrs. Perkins, Houseman and Barker si''
presented the Soldier club. 'io
Sept. "a. a., o,iO
R. ]. Mcmahon went to Boise, Tues pri,
Y evening to attend the Idaho State owl
ptist Convention, in that city. that resi-
1yened Wednesday and held two enc