Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-11-27
GOODING LOCALS
What People are Doing in the
Thriving New City

nan way to Wendell now
County Attorney Disney of Shoshone
spent Friday at Gooding in company
with Sheriff Jones.
How about that box social at the
school house Wednesday night-did YOU
go and take your best girl?
The cold weather and snow caused a
run to be made on the hardware people
Wednesday for stoves and stove equip
ments.
Mrs. E. ]. Shira has been quite sick
this week and her sister, Mrs. M. M.
Walrodt, has been helping with the
household duties.
The snow storm of Tuesday inter
fered quite little with building oper-
atoms and put complete stop to the
concrete sidewalk work.
Clarence Smith of Boise has taken
position as clerk in the Jordan drug
store while Senator Jordan will be en-
gagged IN his duties at the state capital
this winter
Major Fred R. Reed has gone east on
a business trip to be gone a couple of
weeks. He expects to visit various
points in the Mississippi valley through
out Illinois and Iowa.
C. W. Mathews, of Norton, Kansas.
has purchased through the Miller-Bow-
er realty company tract of land two
miles north of town and will come to
Gooding soon to make this his home.
There are rumors in the air that the
Short Line and the electric line will
build union depot a short distance
west of the present depot, and thepres-
ent structure viii be dedicated as a
freight depot
the telephone line from Soldier to
Gooding is nearing completion. The
poles are all set for the entire line to
the townsite limits. and within a short
time the company will have an ex-
change in Gooding.
The rough weather has stopped all
out door building for the present. Joe
Stanwood has been making rapid pro-
gress with the new cement walks and
another week viii complete practically
all ordered in at present.
There was quite an exodus from Good
ing on No. Wednesday night, Messrs.
Jordan and Duvall going to Haily; the
Misses Cooling and Perry and Messrs.
Grow, Fullerton and Blodgett going to
Shoshone, and E. T. Barber to Burley
for their Thanksgiving dinners.
The city fire engine was tested Sun
day afternoon and proved to be all
right Mr. Crow was placed in charge
of it as he has had considerable exper-
fence in that line of work Gooding
now has as good fire protection as any
other place along the line where water
works and chemical engines are at COM
mand.
W. B. Kelly, proprietor of the Good
ing Hotel, is getting settled in his new
quarters and looks quite cozy. He has
built brick addition to his former
building which gives him 80 rooms for
guests besides large, airy dining room
and comfortable office. Mr.. Kelly has
fitted the new hotel with all the modern
conveniences and is to be congratulated |
on the thoroughness with which he has /
reconstructed the building.
The Gooding Hardware Co., K. c.
Shira, proprietor, will build an addition
to its store on Montana street and put
in complete line of plumbing goods.
Mr.. Shira has been appointed agent for
the Gooding Water Works Co. and will
make all connections with the water
mains. They have hired first-class
timer and will soon be in shape to turn
out all kinds of tin work in proper shape.
A full line of hardware at all times, and
your trade is earnestly solicited.
The city marshal has been making
life sultry for the crap shooters and
gamblers. He captured two of them
Sunday afternoon with the goods and
the coin playing in a tent occupied by
a disreputable female on the north side
of the track of the Short Line. The
crap shooters were taken to Shoshone
and the woman ordered to leave town.
Several DRINKS also pay tribute to the {
vigilence of the marshal and the law.
Another bank for Gooding is on tap.
A party of gentlemen from Norton,
Kansas, have organized bank and
have leased the south room of the Lead G
er building in which to open. They will
open for business the first of the year.
The same parties have purchased the
interests of A. Williamson in the corner
across the street from the Leader build
ng which is connected with the Arcade
They will begin work at once
to erect the building along similar lines
as planned by Mr.. Williamson.