Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1909-02-19


! are here in large numbers, the ear
Hest, he says he has seen them. Mea
dow larks, too. are here u considera
bic numbers, although the stayeC
here all winter. which they some
times do when the weather is moi
too severe.
AZ meeting Of the village board
Friday night, a committee from the
Commercial Club appeared with a
request for better police protection,
aud asked the council to appoint a
night Waterman. The alarming pre-
valence OF crimes Of violence in the
past few weeks, made I seem a nee
essary move. and the council acted
al once on the proposition Charles
Earle. who has seen years of police
service, on the force in Pocatello,
/ Nampa, and other places, was at
once engaged, and he has gone to
work for the city He was at Good
ing at the time of the meeting, but a
telegram brought him here the next
morning.
The engineers Of the J. G. White
company moved a camp to Dietrich,
this week from which center they
will lay out the whole country to be .
covered by the Idaho Irrigation COM
pany's bitches in that part of the
county The town of Dietrich is To-
Gated about ~ miles east of Sho-
shone, situated in the heart of the
fine tract of land embraced in the
last segregation of the Idaho lrriga-
ton company. and no town Will have
a more slightly location, or better
land around It. The company has
that a fine hotel win be
built and in operation before the
land opening in June. also that other
parties will open a bank and put in L
several stores and business houses
by that time. 1t has been announc- t
ed that the land opening is to be o
leld at Dietrich, though efforts are I
icing made to have it brought here "
o Shoshone, where the accomoda- a
ions win be so much better, and
rom where the land will be almost Il
S accessible as it would be from in
Dietrich. h,
One of the most Interesting contests d;
yer instituted in the city is that ql
at on by the Stockgrowers' com til
any, giving the boys of the city vi
nance to acquire some of the things
lat make life worth living to w
oy- The company issued cards. Ca
it'll blanks for the name of the boy pa
} whom they were issued. These he
ie boys filled out with their own 81,
ime, and distributed among their Co
lends. asking them to present ra,
EN- with every purchase from the ne.
ockgrowers' store. Whatever the al,,
Mount of the purchase, that sum is LET
be credited to the account of the 90,
" whose card is presented when lao
e purchaser leaves his order. The a.r
ICES are fine Winchester rife, a vol
hing rod and reel shoes, baseball
TIT, and everything of interest and l
lue. The company started out by Cal
1ering 500 cards. but had to du- day
cate the order, and then quadru- liant
! it, the demand was so great for wat
, tickets. If you haven't vet been mel
led to credit your purchases to wor
ne enterprising young American. pos
4 surrey will, for they are ran late
king the county with a fine tooth play
NIB to get every possible buyer. dre'
Judge Stockslager of HALEY. well -: '
'wn as close observer and a man no
close discretion. says that the WI
Wy snowfall of this winter is be- ''
d doubt enough to assure plenty W
water for irrigation for the next city
seasons. About 10 inches of cut
W fell at HALEY, and of course para
more in the mountains above. with
furnish water for close to two abou
IONS of thawing While the recel
ind will thaw out finely for the mine
mer, especially in all the habi- Hail,
e attitudes. the ground has been feet
'oughly saturated until it will from
ire but little irrigation for this The
=; and the springs will yield as what
'r before for their supply is pract
Sn from the whole saturated
try. The freeze-and-thaw wea- -,