Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-11-13
NEWS FROM GOODING
As Reported by the Journal Cor
respondent

f. T. Barber made a business trip to
King Hill this week.
Sam c. Dorsey Of Haley is spending
several days visiting in Gooding this
week.
Sheriff Jones was in Gooding We'd
nesday getting witnesses for the Joe
Hearst case.
Geo. Schroeder, Of Hepburn. spent
several days in Gooding last week
making signs as usual.
F. c. Pierce Of Shoshone was in
town Wednesday looking after the
water system and electric light plant.
Cooling now has four first class
lumber yards, the Weeter Lumber
Co., being the last to open up for busi-
ness.
The laying of water mains is pro-
crossing finely under the supervision of
T. H. Finnegan. A large force of men
is employed.
Meyer Bros. are building a large
addition to their hardware store. Bust
ness has increased to a point at which
they had TO double their store room.
VIM. Hayden has the contract to lath
the Lincoln hotel and expects to have
the third floor all lathed by the last of
this week. The plasterers expect to
begin next Monday.
W. B. Kelly lost one of his best grey
driving horses this week. The horse
was loose in the corral and was kick ed
just below the stife joint by another
horse and its leg broken. It had to be
shot.
Gov. Gooding has ordered a large
new dynamo to be run by the engine
that pumps the water for the city to
furnish the electric lights for the new
hotel until electricity is brought in
from the Twin Falls plant.
The locomotive that is to furnish
motive power for the new railroad, IN
til electricity can be obtained arrived
in Gooding Monday and Immediately
went to work switching in string Of
cars loaded with road material. The
steel is now down for a distance Of
two miles south of Gooding.
c. ]. Isle of the Shoshone Journal
spent Monday by taking in the sights
in Gooding. It was his first visit here
in over month and ne was very much
surprised at the tremendous growth
the town had made since his last visit
From here he went to Boise on d bust
ness trip.
Fred W. Jordan has purchased the
interest of his partner in the Jordan
McDougall Drug company and wishes
to take this means of thanking the
public for the patronage in the past
and to solicit a continuance of the (
same. The business VIII De conducted
in the future under the name of the
Fred w. Jordan Drug Company.
The Golden Rule has received a. new
and complete line of goods in all It's de-
Dartments. Furniture, wall paper,
toys, queensware, and groceries. Its
stock of groceries in the most complete
it has ever carried and its stock of
will probably equal any
thing in the county. A good steel
couch at Sc. so is one of its bargains in
furniture.
The city dads got busy at their meet
ng Monday night on ordinances. They
also took up the sewer question and
Sooding may soon nave complete
sewer system as the council instructed
he city engineer to get plans and esti-
mates for same and Gov. Gooding pro-
missed to take care of any bonds voted
o put in such system.
D. C. MacWatters began work Thurs
lay morning on two-story business
louse on Main street. This makes six
wo-story business houses to be started
within the past two weeks-one each
or C. R. Patterson, D. C. MacWatters.
he Jordan Drug Company, the Gooding
forwarding Company, the Thompson
furniture Company, and c. Hess
III are to be finished up and occupied =
MS fall. if the weather holds good for !
few weeks longer.
w. B. Kelly, proprietor of the Good
20 Hotel, has reopened his place for
usiness. after having closed the past
eek on account of connecting the old
,tel with the new addition. Mr.. KEEL
v now has a fine brick structure, COX
feet, and two stories high. There
e 80 sleeping rooms, fine large din
e room, Office and parlor. The build
g is fitted up with the most modern
,,,,,,n;arceS toilet ard bath and wired