Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-06-05

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I the well known platform orator Of ths
: Pacific coast, will speak in Shoshone OF
( Wednesday night, June 10, at the Meth.
I odst church. Admission free, but free
) viii offerings received Mr.. Glass is a
fine speaker and well posted. All are
invited to attend.
The Haddock Land Company made
locations for about Is land applicants at
the Salmon river drawing, Monday and
J Tuesday. They had probably the larg-
est list Of powers Of attorneys Of any
company on the ground, which speaks
volumes for their good standing with
the buying public. Out Of the large
number, however, they used only those
that could be certain 10 get the best
filings, returning the others. and Civ
ing up their prospective commission
rather than make an inferior fling
Shoshone enjoyed a musical treat,
Tuesday, when the Mountainhome band,
which was on the special train that
stopped here for dinner on its way to
the democratic conventions at Twin
( Falls, came out into the street and
/ played several pieces The band has
7 p members Is well uniformed, has
particularly fine outfit Of instruments,
and is a good enough musical organic /
alton 10 play before critics anywhere {
in the world But for the rain, which
was falling steadily they would have
been urged to play longer.
H. G. Thomas, Of Harvard, Nebraska,
was ia town this week. waiting around
for few days TO close up some bust
ness he has 10 Twin Falls and Miner
He came out to Miner last spring and
filed on q quarter section Of land, which
be has just sold, without improvements
or proving up. fora bonus Of sloan acre
He planned to take another filing at
the Salmon river opening, but failed to
get good number, so gave it up Mr.. j
Thomas is publisher Of the Harvard {
Courier one Of the live papers of Ne I
braslSa.
James Burns, stranger hailng from S
San Francisco was arrested for break b
ing into room in the McFall hotel e
last Sunday night and taking some ar a
Licles of apparel therefrom. He was t.
brought before Squire Vredenburgh on o
Monday and pleaded guilty of petit lar a
,eny and was given thirty days in the c.
county Jail. The extenuating circum- A
stance was that he was drunk at the 5
ime of the theft and remembered no e'
hing about it
II is making safe prediction that
iessrs. Gooding, Brennan and Disney
viii make profit of one hundred per
ent on their three thousand dollar in
estment in buying the Chinese garden
they plat the entire tract of twenty Il
We acres and throw it on the market =
{ an early date. And the city would Ell
c greatly benefited by the transaction. q
he rise in value of real estate either q
j the city or country is one of the SAT- q
st and surest means by which men y
ain wealth. u
The people of this city may imagine 4
nat truck gardening in Shoshone is u
ot paying proposition but Quong y
ing the Chinese gardener sings a diff d
rent song. For last year the gross
come from his twenty five acre gar q
IN on the north side of town was four y
lousand dollars and he pocketed seven Il
zen hundred dollars after paying all 4
Spenses connected with the garden a
nd all his personal expenditures be- g
des. And for part of the labor en-
Dyed he paid two and one half dollars 9
day for very inefficient help.
The show "Ten Nights in Bar Room" .
hich was booked for an appearance
ere Friday night, came to grief in the n
ard wind. The wind was about to n
ow the big tent down. when the man
ger decided that it would be better to
we up the performance altogether
ian to risk wreck and possibly serl- n
Is injury to players or audience. So
ie tent was taken down and the play
s again took 10 their car, ready for
ie next town. The company carried y
good band which gave two good con-
'rts during the day.
'The Clamans played at the opera
,use last night, Wife in Name
My. being the production. and the
Gather being inclement, not a large
owd was out, but those present en-
yed the production to the full. The
mpany has a good cast, and the list
specialties comprises good numbers
roughout A fine orchestra is like
Use feature that is much appreciat-
!, and good music is something that
always enjoyed. The Clamans have
company Of strcng leading parts and
st class support, and it is a good at
action. Morning Post, Idaho Falls.