Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-09-11

All sorts of horse millinery at the Bic
Collar Harness Shop.
Mrs. E. E. Shepard, president Of the
W. c. 7. U. will speak in Goodine
Thursday afternoon and evening. Sent
H.
D. C. MacWatters was in Goodjng
Tuesday in consultation with the Short
Line officials regarding connections
with the electric line.
For harness repairs 90 to the Big
+. Collars Harness Shop.
Miss Ella McFall and Mrs. Cox we're
visitors in Gooding Monday. Mrs. Cox
is an old time resident of Idaho, but for
the past few years has resided in Balti.
more.
The parties interested in the large
buildings under way on Main street are
talking of installing a centra heating
plant in the rear of the hotel building
and heating all the buildings in that
vicinity by that means.
Big Collar Harness Shop; Harness,
saddles, blankets, whips, robes and col
lars E. W. Bostrom & Son, Proprie-
tors, Gooding, Idaho
Mr.. Patterson has finished his bakery
and opened for business. He has one
of the best business buildings in the
town-a two-story frame, and expects
to serve the Gooding public with first
class bakery products.
Ten car loads of ties arrived this
morning for the electric line and other
material is on the way Track laying
will begin within another week. 1t is
stated that 200 cars of ties and rails
will be used in the construction to Jer-
ONE
The Monroe dance hall has been en-
gagged by the school board in which to
begin school and to be used until the
new school house is ready. 1t is ex-
pected to get into the new house about
the first of December. School will
open Sept. Is.
Last Saturday the school board sold
to the State Land Board the $50, 10000
worth of district bonds recently voted
for the erection of the new school
house. The bonds run for ten years
and will bear five per cent. interest.
Messrs Wedgewood and Cannon, two
gentlemen from Iowa, have filed articles
of Incorporation for another banking
house in Gooding. They are reported
to have leased the lower story of the
Vogt building, which is one of the two
story bricks now nearing completion on
Main street
One of the greatest needs at present
here is a rooming house. With her one
hotel and two restaurants everybody
manages to get fed by waiting long
enough at meal time but sleeping ac-
comodations are at a premium and get
ting scarcer as the crowdincreases each
day.
The Stanley lumber company has
opened its yards on the north side of
the railway tracks This makes the
third yard for Cooling and each of them
are carrying large stocks of lumber,
and all are busy. The Stanley people
are located near the right of way of the
Short Line and will have switch
facilities put into their yard at once.
They also contemplate, erecting a large
warehouse for storage Of hay and grain.
The pipes for the city water mains
have been received this week and a
contract has been let for laying them.
The company has decided to lay the
pipes in the alleys as far as possible. s
This will be better for the town but it
places those who have already built in S
an awkwsrd position as the buildings so S
far put up have anticipated the water S
mains in the streets and have been
piped for the street insteadof the alley. fl
The freight traffic of the Short Line :,
has outgrown all facilities for handling !,
t at this place. A conference of the =
officials was held here this week and =
several changes were recommended.
night operator will be placed here -
nd an extension of the freight room u
viii be made. Additional house track
ge will be installed and the right of
way filled along the present tracks so
5 to admit of greater room for unload OF
ny cars. At present but two cars can BY
e unloaded at the same time and there of
re l6 cars now standing on the track m
Saiting their turn at the dumps. tn
Gooding. Idaho Sept. 9. su
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