Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-10-16
All sorts of horse millinery at the Big


For harness repairs. go to the BIZ
Collars Harness Shop.
A large number of Goodingites at
tended the King Hill opening lasl Mon
day.
4 Big Collar Harness Shop; Harness
saddles. blankets, whips, robes and col
liars E. w. Bostrom G. Son, Proprie
tors, Gooding, Idaho
The Hubert Bros, of Seattle, pur
chased half block of II lots this week
and will erect large building on THEN
property. They secured all of the east
side of the block on which the Kelly
hotel is located.
Mr.. Thomas, receiver for the u. S.
Land office at Colby, Kansas, and Mr..
McKensie of Norton, Kansas, were
looking over Gooding the first of the
week with view to locating and en-
tering some line of business. ~
School has opened at last but under
conditions that are not conducive to
best results, but still very much bet
ter than no school at ALL The new
school building is well under way and
it is hoped that it will be ready for use
by the first of the year.
A thirty room building is being plan
ned to be used by Dr. Higgs as hos
pital until the new Woodlawn Sanitar-
ium can be completed. The fame of
DR.. Higgs as skillful surgeon attracts
many patients from abroad and the
capacity of his present quarters is en-
tirely inadequate for the demand
The opening of the King Hill irriga-
ton project has had stimulating ef-
feet on the sale of town lots in Gooding.
Some fifteen thousand dollars worth
having been sold the past week, and a
large number of strangers have visited
the town, each going away talking for
Gooding and predaring to come back
soon.
G. B. Brown, of Hill City, Kansas,
has purchased the building occupied by
the Thompson Furniture company and
will open first class jewelry store in
the spring. Mr. Brown has purchased
fine block of residences lots and in
many other ways indicated his faith in
the future of the town.
c. Aultmansperger, of Council Bluffs, |
Iowa. has been in Gooding the past
week and thinks it great town. Mr..
Aultmansperger came out primarily
to attend the King Hill opening but he
brought pocket full of powers of
attorned with him and was a great
booster for the land opening.
Miller & Bower is the name of the
latest addition to our business firms.
Messrs. Miller and Bower are from Nor
ton, Kansas, and they have come to
Gooding to enter into the real estate
business. At present they are busy
getting dwellings, erected for their
families and as soon as they get that
particular task off their hands they
expect to open their real estate Office
and go after business.
Miss C. B. Miller of Salina Kansas,
is Gooding visitor this week, Miss
Miller is travelling representative
Kansas of the publishing
house of Geo. w. Crane Of Topeka.
This is one of the oldest and largest con-
Germs of its kind in that part of the
valley. Miss Miller attend
ed the King Hill opening and was very
much taken with the opportunities
offered in Irrigated Idaho.
Ed. Byerts, postmaster at Hill City,
Kansas, G. F. Brown, Will Mcclure,
leo. Wagner and Alva Thompson, all
# Hill City, Kansas, were visiting in
Cooling this week and also took in the
King Hill opening. All but Mr.. Thomp-
on of the party have returned to
heir Kansas homes. Mr.. Thompson
will remain and assist in the business
f the Thompson Furniture company.
Eugene Emerson, president of the
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,obbins, manager of the mills of that
ompany, were in Gooding the first of
he week investigating as to what
manager Gardner was doing with all of
he lumber they had been shipping to
ne Cooling yards. They soon dis
overed the conditions and at once
ecided to enlarge the yards and to in
rease their Cooling stock to $40, 10000.
Gooding has some exceedingly OPTIC
iistic citizens. One day recently a
ssident of the town who had been off
some neighboring village and par
ken of booze until top heavy, return
/ to his favorite town. There Is an
rigation ditch crossing main street
ear the business section of the town
I'd while waiting the building Of the +
,ment walks temporary crossing
ade of two 2x6s are used for a cross
10 o,,ar +ha 1itcb which carries about y