Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1909-01-08

has established a camp two miles
east Of town and has commenced
work to complete the power line
from Jerome to Wendell.
A. J. Ferguson. manager of the
lWeeter Lumber Co. yards at this
place, was Gooding visitor Tues
day.
Mr. Mounce. the nursery man of
Nampa, was a business visitor here
this week.
j. J. Amdal has been very busy
for the past week hauling hay from
the Hagerman valley to his ranch
one mile south Of town.
Fred Bradley, receiver Of the land
office at HALEY, was Wendell Wis
itor this week. Mr. Bradley says
Gooding is the place for the land Of
flee as it is to be moved from HALEY.
If you should ask the citizens of
Wendell where the land office
should go, they will answer in one
word, Gooding.
The Wendell Commercial club
met at their hall Wednesday even
ing, December 80. very interest
ing meeting was held, as a number
of very important questions were
taken up and thoroughly discussed.
A number of visitors were present.
E. A Keeney, K n. Critchfield and
l.. ]. Perry became new members.
John Williams received a very
bad hurt at the Wendell well last
Tuesday evening, by the falling of
piece of the pump machinery. badly
breaking the bones in one hand Mr..
Williams went to the hospital at
Gooding Wednesday morning.
Geo. F. Kisling, manager of the
Weeter lumber yard at Jerome, was
a business visitor here last Sunday.
l.. Bissel of Kansas City arrived
in Wendell this week, after visiting
Twin Falls and Jerome Mr.. Bis
sci says Wendell looks better to him
than either of the above named
towns To prove this Mr.. Bissel
bought, through the Hastings Realty
Co., s1,175 worth of lots and will
start work on a store building at
once, as he has a $4,000 stock of
goods on the road, for a ladies' en-
porium, which he says will be sec
ond to nothing in southern Idaho
and will be open for the spring
trade
F. w Uhrlaub of Riverside was
a business visitor here last week.
The Settlers Reclaiming & De-
veloping Co. has just erected a.
large house on their land south and (
west of town. The house is 2Ox32
feet. They are also putting Up a
large barn. Mr.. Schuitman and Mr.
Moore are doing the work
Roy Bryant of the Wendell Nur-
sery made business visit to Twin
Falls Wednesday.
Fred A. Brockett, principal of the
high school at Weiser, has been Wis
iting with his cousin, H. E. Bar
rett, here or the past week.
Mr.. Turley, who is here with Mr.. {
Dyer, is building a dwelling house
in the east part of town, and ex-
,ects his family here soon. The !
building is 22x24 feet
Major Reed was in town this week !
and sold lot 10 in block IS to J. o. s
Boss, who will start work on a i
in the near future. (
F. W. Hastings, while in Jerome
n New Years day, sold his lot No. (
in block s., Jerome townsite, for
$500. t
Mr.. Harting also sold his real es- v
ate business in Wendell and from b
ow on will devote his time in i'm j
rowing his land adjoining Wendell
n the north c
The first passenger train over the h
ew Idaho Southern road from !
ooding to Jerome made its run on =
lew Years day. On this train were !
be officials of the road. and many :.
the officers of the Twin Falls
orth Side Land & Water Co., and
lany of the prominent citizens of I
ooding. A large number of the Il
usiness men and citizens of Wen
ell were at the depot as the train e.
uled in. b
On Friday evening the citizens of
Iendell, by the Wendell CONNER e.
al club, sent a telegram to w s. Of
uhn at Pittsburg, Pa, president of lie
lie Twin Falls North Side Land & re
alter Co., wishing him a Happy Ell
ew Year and thanking him for the
ilroad, canal and othe: works of q,
terest to them. ~
DR.. McCombs of Iowa was Wis IT
li here this week looking over the