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The San Francisco call., 1909-08-28
Activity in Alameda

ALAMEDA, Aug. 27.-Building con-
tinues brisk in this city and there is
in course OF construction at least 40
dwellings. What will be the largest
apartment house in Alameda is being
erected at the southeast corner of
Santa Clara avenue and Lafayette
street for William 2. Schwerin. a local
capitalist The location is convenient
to the electric car line and to stations
on the north and south side lines of
the Southern Pacific company The
foundation and first floor of the struc-
ture are in place. The apartment house
will front in Lafayette street.
1t has been learned by the realty
dealers and property owners that flats
and apartments do not rent as readily
as cottages and small dwellings in this
city, but Schwerin plans to have his
large building equipped with every
convenience, and anticipates that he
will readily find tenants for the build
ing as soon as 1t is ready for occu-
pancy.
Ground was broken this week for
the large building to be put up by
Alameda lodge of EIks in Santa Clara
avenue wset of the city hall. All of the
structure will not be constructed at this
time. The front section only will be
erected, and this will cost about s84, 900
Later the lodge intends to erect a rear
addition to cost about $4,000. Powell
Brothers of this city have the contract
for building the first part OF the Elks
new home.
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-28
TALLY CLERK DRINKS
CHLOROFORM AND DIES
Despondent Man Commits Sui
eide Because of LII Health

OAKLAND. Aug. 27.-E. Griffin, a
lumber tally clerk living at 66SB
Twenty-fifth street. died at the receiv-
ing hospital early this morning, having
drunk chloroform at noon yesterday
He was treated by physician at his
home, but at midnight permission was
secured for his removal to the re-
ceivfng hospital. Griffin was de-
spondent after being in i'll health for
some time.
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-28

TWO DROWNED IN sURF-victoria. B. C..
Aug &c. T. A. Gemmeli. government line
man located at Slide bill, on the southwest
Vancouver island coast. and Gus Swanson. en-
ployed at Findlay. Durham & Brodie's salmon
traps were drowned yesterday while attemptinr
landing from rowboat through the surf at
Gemmells station.
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-28
BAKERS MAKE CALIFORNIAN PREsIDEN

German volksfest, Golden Jubilee S. F.
Schuetzen Verein. SUM-. Aug 29-Sept.5 .
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-28
WEEKS BUILDING PERMITS

The building progress of the week
IS epitomized in the board of public
works report OF permits applied for.
which, as compiled by Walter B. Faw-
cett, the secretary, is as follows:
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-28

Every one is cordially invited to inspect this $
merchandise, whether intending to purchase not.
The strictly Tailored. Long will be one OF
features OF the Fall Season We show large line $2
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1909-12-03
ATTORNEY GENERAL
ON LOCAL OPTION

Attorney General D. C. McDougal
yesterday handed down an opinion,
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1909-12-03
ANOTHER MAN SHOT IN
THE COLUMBIA BAR

A man named Jim Murphy was shot
Thursday morning about one O'Clock by
the bar tender of the Columbia bar
whose name is ]. N. Reed. 1t was evil
IDENTIFY a Gaze of self defense. The
wounded man was taken to the county
hospital and treated by DR.. Baugh and
the chances are very good for speedy
recovery. 1t seems that four men en-
tered the Columbia bar late in the night
with the intention of attacking the bar
tender, but Reed was on his guard and
refused to come out from behind the
bar. Murphy had been put out time
or two earlier in the night and when he
returned with an open knife in his hand
and attempted to assault the bar tend
er, he drew gun and fired one shot
which took effect in the groin. Murphy
is the same man who swan the river to
escape Marshal Dunn over year ago,
being crazed with drink. He is also
said to be cocaine fend. City Marshal
Dunn was across the street at the time
the shot was fired when he FASTENED to
the scene of trouble and conveyed the
wounded man to the hospital. No ar
rest was made at the time.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1909-12-03

holding that all provisions of the local
option law become operative on and
after the date of the election at which
county votes dry. " excepting its ap-
pIication to saloons previously licensed
and for which licenses are still in
force. This opinion is given in view of
numerous inquiries from counties where
prohibition has carried and where there
has been much conjecture as tc whether
the provisions of the new law could be
invoked against persons carrying on an
Illicit traffic, such as the sale of intoxi-
cants without license, ard By drug
stores.
Under the terms of the local option
law this offense is made what may
properly be termed a high misde-
meanor. All offenders must be bound,
over to the district court for trial, a
measure which is considered much
more stringent than the old method
permitting the disposition CT such
cases by justices of the peace. The
maximum penalty provided for viola
tions of the local option law is also
more severe providing both fine and
Attorney General McDougal stated
yesterday in announcing his opinion
that it was clear to his mind there was
no question about the time on which
these provisions of the law became
operative. ''The 90-day provision of
the law, !" he said, ''refers only to sal
oons previously licensed. Statesman.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1909-12-03
LOTS OF BUSINESS FOR
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY

Prosecuting Attorney Frank T. Dis
ney has been kept buster the past thirty
days with criminal prosecutions than at
any other time dnring his term --of --of-
fee And of course Sheriff Wheeler
and Deputy Zug have put in full time
too, as well as City Marshall Dunn.
The case of the State VS.. Obrad Ysosh,
the Austrian accused of stabbing fell
-countryman, was tried before Judge
Fuller. and as the testimony was con-
Trajectory and confusing, the prisoner
was discharged
The case of the State vs.. Floyd Byer-
ly charged with assault with deadly
weapon, Justice Vredenburgh took a
revolver from the prisoner but the tes-
timony did not warrant holding him.
Mrs. Susan Wilson who resides on
ranch near Pagari appeared recently
and swore out a warrant for the arrest
of Mrs. Martha Davis on the charge of
assault. A third woman was also impli-
Gated and all parties are directed to ap-
pear DtlOIc y uuSc uiici IOudy VI W
morrow. The three women are related
and the whole matter seems to be
family row. The State VS.. J. H. Fox
ley and Elmer Crabbe is case involy-
ing the charge of stealing sheep, about
200 in number which were lost by a
Boise sheep company. j. H. Foxley
lives at Howell's ferry, south of Mini
-doka while Elmer Crabb is a resi-
dent of Rupert. The preliminary FOR
Foxley was set for Wednesday but as
other parties were implicated the case
comes up again to day or tomorrow.
John PEBBLES, the Rupert attorney, is
retained for the defense, and arrived in
in town day or two ago.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1909-12-03
HOW LINCOLN
SPUDS GROW

That eight acre potato field on the
W. H. Baugh ranch on the Little Wood
river between Shoshone and Richfeld
has made a record for this section of
Lincoln county and that without joking.
Scarcely person rode by the field dur
ing the growing season but what re-
marked on the regularity and clean cul-
tivation of the rows and the wonderful
luxuriance of the tops and asserted that
it was the finest potato field he ever
saw. During the digging season it
was asserted that person could walk
across the field without stepping off Of
the filed potato sacks that lay scattered
everywhere over the field. Taking an
average two acre patch, Mr.. Baugh
counted the sacks on it and weighed
several of them to strike an average.
He found there were 720 sacks on the
patch and they averaged ITO pounds to
the sack This would give $50 bushels
to the acre or nearly 20 tons.
In digging two hills, Mr.. Baugh filed
a gallon cen with the tubers. But to
think of nearly $50 tons of No potatoes
on acres of ground The land was an
old alfalfa field and was worked by
Sam Crothers who certainly knows
about potato raising. Most
any of the land in this region of country
can be made as productive. 1t is all
good to begin with but it needs alfalfa
to give it nitrogen and humus. This
is certainly spud country.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1909-12-03
FLEMM|NG CASE TO
COME UP AGAIN

Next Tuesday in Boise. the Supreme
Court will hear arguments for and
against granting a new trial to John
Fleming who was convicted Of killing
Frank Langford in the district court
of Lincoln county more than ayear ago.
Since the trial Fleming has been
confined in the state penitentlary at
Boise pending a motion for a new trial.
From press reports it appears that
Fleming is getting very restive over
the delay and says that if they are go
ing to hang him he wants them to get
busy and push the job through at once
He has persistently refused to listen to
a minister of the Gospel as he takes no
stock in religion Mrs. Fleming is
still in eht insane asylum at Blackfoot
where she was sent before the close OF
the trial
Prosecuting Attorney Disney will at
tend the hearing in Boise as a matter
of course and he is confident that no
new trial will he granted. The people
of this county would regard new trial
in the nature of public calamity.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1909-12-03
MUST ASSESS PROPERTY
At CASH VALUE

Declaring that the blow delivered by
the supreme court to the present sys-
TEN of taxation in Idaho in the opinion
handed down in reviewing the action Of
the board of equalization of Washington
county. in ordering certain property
assessed against the First National
bank of Weiser, means revision of the
rehole tax system of the state and plac-
ing the same en- a cash basis, as pro-
vided by statute, Governor James H
Brady today stated that the meeting of
the commissioners of the different coun-
ties of the state to be held il Boise
December 1874 to consider taxation and
sther important state questions will be
more important than ever since solution
of the taxation problem is now imper-
stive
The supreme court in passing onNthe
Washington case, involving assessment
Of hank stock and fixtures on a basis
agreed to between the bank and asses
ssr. emphatically states that all county
assessors must assess all taxable pro
eerty at its full cash valuation and that
as officials. they have no authority to
sssess it otherwise or agree TO make
such assessments. The county asses
srs for number of years past have
held annual meetings at which agree
~ent was made as to the per cent of
the cash value of the property that
would be assessed in the respective
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1909-12-03
sHosHoNE LINCOLN COUNTY IDAHO FRIDAY DECEMBER 3 1909


counties during the ensuing year.
In speaking of the supreme court
opinion with respect to the present
system of taxation in Idaho, Governor
James H. Brady said: THAT opinion Of
the supreme court means that our
whole system of taxation must be re-
vised. We must place the tax system
at its full cash value. We will have to
remodel the whole system, which will
be stupendous undertaking. The de-
cision is most important and just. 1t is
Just what the law says; there is no
question about that. The meeting of
the boards of commissioners to be held
next month will be more important
then ever in view Of the decision of the
supreme court as all are vitally inter-
ested in solution of the taxation prob
lem which confronts the state" Cap
ital News.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1909-12-03
fine MINSTREL
SHOW BY LOCALS

Enough of the citizens of Shoshone
ard vicinity to fill up the opera house to
the point of overfowing turned out last
night to see the first performance of
the minstrel show The crowd came
with the expectation of seeing some
thing pretty good, to get their moneys
wonth and little bit more for good
measure, and they were not disappoint-
ed anyway but most of them were sur
prised with the excellent showing made
by the performers without exception.
Shoshone has as fine local talent in
musical and dramatic lines as one.could
expect to find in cities several times
the size of Lucky Shoshone' and the
talent mentioned was out in full force
last night and at it's best. The pro-
gram was followed almost exactly as
published and afforded pleasing variety
that kept the audience intensely inter-
ested from start to finish.
1t is not possible at this late hour to
give detailed account of the enter
tainment, but it is sufficient. to say that
an entirely new program will be put on
tonight aod if you did not go last night
you had better go tonight and if you did
go last night you will be sure to want
to go again tonight.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1909-12-03
MAJOR REED SELLS
EIGHT HUNDRED ACRES

Eight hundred acres of land, on the
Twin Falls Oakley project were sold
this week at S65 per acre in one block,
by Major Fred R. Reed the well known
North Side booster, as well as one of
the most active agents of the Kuhns in
this section The deal represented
$50, 900 transaction, and the major was
feeling quite gratified Tuesday evening,
when he related the circumstances at
the Perrine hotel.
Purchasers of this ground are building
contractors, FIVE in number, all belong
to the Armenian nationality, and are
residents of Seattle.
1t is their intention, however, he ex-
planned, to remove to this land next
spring and begin its development.
IL expect" explained the major,
''that they intend to cut it up into
small tracts, probably about ten acres
each, and resell to their countrymen-
Anyhow, colony of Armenians will be
settled there.
''The tract is located about twelve
miles north of Oakley and five miles
from Marion postoffice, and inasmuch
as the Armenians are known to be hard
workers, and thrifty, it will scarcely
be very long after they get started un-
til their colony viii become very pros
perous''. Twin Falls News.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1909-12-03
BURNSIDE GRAY WEDDING
IN pOCATE[LO

A beautifully arranged wedding took
place on Wednesday evening at
O'Clock at the Presbyterian church,
when Callie Grace Gray, the charming
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. C. W. Gray,
was united in marriage to Donald
Drake Burnside, of Shoshone. The
ceremony was performed by the pastor,
Rev. Henry A. Mullen, who used the
impressive and beautiful full-form of
the Presbyterian church, and witnessed
by $50 invited guests. The altar was
artistically decorated by the florist, Mr..
w. A. Staley. The bride and groom
stood under a floral arch of smilax
banked with pink and white chrysanth-
emums and profusion of ferns, and
cut and potted plants.
Mendelssohn' wedding march was
played by Mrs. Mamie Brew Stenton.
The bride, who was given away by her
father, was lovely in gown of ivory
silk with lace. She wore silk tulle
veil, and carried boquet of brides
roses. She was attended by Miss Bes-
sic Burnside, who was attired in gown
of pink silk The best man was Clyde
w. Gray, and he as well as the groom
appeared in dress suits. The matron
of honor was Mrs. Ellen Reeves Marley.
She was gowned in pale blue silk. The
flower girl was little Miss Gertrude
Dean. The ring bearer was Master
Harold Bohlschied. Other bridesmaids
were Miss Gwendolyn Furey, whose
gown was blue silk, and Miss Vinetta
Lewis, gowned in white silk. The
groomsman was Edward G. Gooding of
Shoshone.
After the ceremany an elaborate
luncheon was served at the Cray home
on East Center street to As guests
The bride and groom departed on the
:45 train for Salt Lake City and will
be at home to their friends after De-
cember l. The going away gown of
the bride was made with hat and gloves
to match. The presents were many
and beautiful. kilograms of congratu-
ation from Denver were received at
the reception. Among the out of town
guests were: Mrs. Leah " Burnside
and Mrs Anna McIver, mother and
grandmother of the groom. of Sho-
;hone; Mr.. and Drs. Sherman Ftrey I
md Miss Grace Furey of Leslie. Idaho;
md Mr. Lynn La Munyun of Shoshene.
-Pocstelo Tribune, Nov. 26.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1909-12-03
NEWS ITEMS OF
GENERAL INTEREST

For a specimen OF fancy lava rock
construction the Idaho Irrigation power
house on the river at Richfeld furnishes
building worth looking at. 1t would
be an ornament anywhere.
The new school house at Richfield
will be completed and ready for use
just after the holidays. 1t is built of
native rock with is inch walls and
covers a ground space of rs by 10 feet.
Furnace heat is provided and of four
class rooms, three will be used this
season. 1t presents very attractive
appearance The school yard takes up
the entire block.
The professional teachers who move
to Lincoln comfy because of the OPP
portunities afforded of making prof.
table investments or securing farm
under Carey Act regulations usually
take the principa'ship of the school in
the town where they make invest
ments
But the lot of a teacher in one of
our new towns is not always the most
desirable Take for illustration the
case of Richfield. Prof. Park entered
upon the work there at the beginning
of the school year with nine grades on
his hands and with only his wife for a
volunteer assistant. However, the
next term will mark a change for the /
better. With the opening of the new
school building, three teachers will be
employed and the work of the principal
will be lighter and more satisfactory
A new o. S. L, cut off has been sur
veyed from Pocatello to Weiser. The
per cent of grade found is less than
one and one half. From Pocatello the
line runs south of the main road to
Minidoka where it crosses over and
heads direct for Richfeld, Corral, Boise
and Weiser The survey has been
thorough and most of the line is now
ready for grade stakes. The fertile
Camas Prairie containing over 300, 900
acres. of tillable land and the capital
city of Idaho together offer an induce
ment for the building of a through
line that viii not long remain unheeded
and the Oregon Short Line evidently
to head off competing road
from such inviting territory.
The value of farm products in the
United States for 1909 amount TO
s., 76O, 600, 0OO, a gain of 1869, 900, O00
over 1908. James Wilson, secretary
Of agriculture, proclaims this the most
year in the history of the
country. The value of farm products
has nearly doubled in ten years. The
corn crop stands first with 81, 72O, O00-
300; cotton comes second with $780,,
700. 900; and what, third with SIPS,
100, 900: High prices as well as heavy
Yields are responsible for the magnifi- I
,ent showing made by the farmers OF ]
he nation Scientific farming is I
argely responsible for the heavy yields
-eported and as the movement in this
direction is only just fairly started the
yields of the future Will no doubt show
Iecided gains Farming is an occupa-
ion worth while and as conditions i'm |
rove the movement from the city to
he farm will become more pronounced. S
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1909-12-03

northern Idaho, eastern and western
Washington, Oregon, Montana, the
Dakotas, Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska.
Colorado and Arizona. Most of the
sales have been of small tracts an
average of not to exceed so acres
being taken by each entryman. I'm
like any other Carey act proposition
in Idaho, fully half of those taking the
lands at the same time became resi-
dents of the state.
Scattered all over the north and
and south Gooding. the Dietrich and
the Richfield tracts little cottages have
gone up, men are clearing off sagebrush
blowing, leveling and seeding the land
in the certainty that water will be de-
livered for all the company's lands by
April l. next.
''The Idaho Irrigation com pany has
entered into contracts for water with
Carey act land entrymen to the num-
Der of over 1900. All of these entry
men will be required to make settle
meHt and improvement by the first of
October of next year. 1t is estimated
that not counting the additional in
crease of population in the towns that
upwards of 5000 people win be added
to the citizenship of Lincoln county by
this means within the next 10 months.
Probably the town growth will be
equally large.
The lower Wood river valley, from
above Shoshone to the mouth of the
river in the Hagerman valley, although
long settled and is way farmed found
itself agriculturally for the first time
this summer For so years it has been
widely known as one of the greatest
sheep and cattle communities in the
world. Persons engaging in these in
iustries have found wealth and ease.
During the past season, however,
some of the older residents, appreciat-
ng the impending change in condi-
ions, have commenced to cultivate the
,oil intensively. For first year the
results have been astonishingly good. /
IN two cases to my knowledge men who
cleared sagebrush from land last April.
zach putting in 10 acres in potatoes,
lave netted more than 500 an acre
rom their crops, one man receiving
;l420 for 10 acres of potatoes and the
,ther s146O. Dr. W. H. Baugh of Sho-
hone had seven acres of potatoes
planted in an old alfalfa field. An
Icre was carefully measured and when
he potatos were dug the crop weighed
2 tons, or over 730 bushels to the acre.
What the crop is worth can easily be
by people who have to buy
he tubers. F. w. Gooding on place
lear Shoshone raised SO bushels of
wheat on new ground, 76 bushels of
,arley and SO bushels of oats. These
we're not experimental farm patches,
nut fields of grain.
.'Mr. White of Shoshone raised l03
ushels of oats an acre on So acres, the
ats weighing ~ pounds to the bushel.
!. w. Gooding on 275 acres of alfalfa
n two cuttings stacked 1880 tons of hay.
vorth in the field from SO to $12 ton.
:. H. Gooding near Gooding secured
81 tons from 100 acres in two cuttings.
he yields mentioned are not so unu-
ual as to cause comment. The feeling
growing that these yields can be du-
Heated on any of the lands under the
anals of the company, and as conse-
uence, almost every business man in
hoshone, Gooding and Richheld is a
for water rights and an en-
lyman on Carey act land in the Big
food river project. "
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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1909-12-03
Announcement

The Clifford j. Dorsey Music com-
pany will remove their store TO the new
May & Nicely building on South Rail
street next week, where they will oc-'
cupy the ground floor and add 5000. of
new goods to their stock. They have
large shipment of musical toys on the
road for the Holiday trade which will
be here in two weeks.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1909-12-03

Ben johnson of Richfield has return
ed to Fisher, Mimi, for the time being.
Mr.. johnson has fine Carey claim on
the Richfeld tract.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1909-12-03

Those new views of the Magic dam
and the Richfield hotel that were taken
by Merriheld last Saturday are certainly
beauties. The Idaho Irrigation COM
pany can make good use of all such pro-
ductions of the photographer art.