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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1910-08-05
SUGAR LOAF
RESERVOIR
Twin Falls North Side Company
Building Large Storage System
South Of Shoshone.
IMP0UND 171,OO0 ACRE FEET
North Side Project will Have one of the
Best lrrigSting Systems in the World
Work now Being Pushed.


Tie Twin Falls North Side
Land andWater company voluntar-
/ lily expended half million dollars
last fall aud spring to perfect their
irrie; tioe system. Now they have
sci ilpir forces 10 work on a vast
reser, oir system that calls for the
expenditure Of another half million
dollars.
Last weeks Journal only men-
toned The Sugar Loaf reservoir
wiich Is located eight miles from
Shoshone and six or eight miles
from Jerome. This when cOmplet-
ed. Will constitute a lake averaging
aicul 20 fe ei in depth with
wioth cf five or six miles and a
Total i,ngih Of ten miles.
q, Importance toShOshone lies- in
the fact that many thousands Of
acres cr Carey Act land which are
Cirrrtly tributary to our markets
viii f,. irrigated after the construc-
tion of the reservoir that have not
received water heretofore. In ad-
diiirn To this an immense lake will
take the place of sage brush desert
living just south Of the Notched
Bulie and which can be reached in
sn tours drive from Shoshone by
ltan, a IN less than half an hour
hy alio
Nhai this reservoir means to the
Twin Falls North Side project can
onlv be realized by considering a
few facts and figures. During the
greater portion Of the year, say
from the first Of October to the
first of June. the Snake river IS
carving a vast amount Of sur
lus water to the ocean which IS
net utilized for any purpose. To fill
these reservoirs Will require only
f1t.CO0 acre feet besides an addi-
iional amount to make good what
Is wasted in seepage and otherwise.
This filling process can 20 on i6
The winter time and early spring
when the floods are coming down
ihe river and TO limited extent
Viii equalize the flow of the river,
The flood waters Of the river are
always sufficient to irrigate the
entire lands Of the TwinFallsNorth
Side project till late in the spring
or in the summer. The Jackson
Lak, reser7 oir on the head waters
of Che south fork Of the Snake can
ibcn ba drawn on to furnish an
ac6ilional supply And after all
other supplies are exhausted the
new Sugar Loaf reservoir will con-
tain a reserve supply Of 70 inches
Of water for every acre of land on
the rroieci lying below the mouth
Of the reservoir. As only a portion
Of the laufs under any system are
under ru'iivation and in need Of
water at ary one time. the Sugar
leaf supply viii be sufficient for
two feet of water on every eulti-
waited acre of the very end of the
irrigalinr season.
The following items are aulhen-
IL. and will serve to show the mag
1ruJ, If the undertaking:
There viii he four dams and two
reservoirs. One dam will be !
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1910-08-05

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The contracting firm of Haies
Il Crane have secured the con-
tract for The North Dam of he Su-
gafioaf reservoir. locaied just a.
t,1n the Newman Bros. ranch.
Their teams and machinery and al
so the c0nstrJction outfits of He
lean Bros.. of Omaha. have heeR
moved hack here from Vale Ore
gon. and rushed ON 10 the dam
without delay. and the entire force
is now Engaged on rush job.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1910-08-05
stars that move Above them.


County Seat. Ii is a laudable char
acteristic in any people to believe
theirs is the best. We should all
believe that we have the best gov
ernment in the world, that Idaho is
the best state in the Union, Lincoln
county the lest county in the
State and that we have the best
town in the county But we can
not all be the Capital City Of the
United States, the Capital of the
State or even all Of US be the
County Seat. Wecannot get all the
good things together in one town.
As some of the towns must do wit
out being favored with the County
Seat, we have not enough to go
round to all aspirants. the PROPOSE
tion resolves itself into the question
Of whether or not We shall divide
Lincoln county into three parts in
order to quench the awful County
Seat thirst of some Of the financi-
ally unmindful town boosters Of
Lincoln county. The sober men Of
Lincoln county surely have enough
TO vex them in voting correctly up
on a question where one side is es-
pcused by Governor Goodine: a
question on which he has brought
TO hear all the strength and adroil-
ness of a poliiical giant stimulated
TO action by the very personal de-
sire to have his name-sake be ?
County, Seat. that he may reap still
richer harvests Of silver and gold.
Tie Rupert Pioneer-Record and
the Richfield Recorder, as the hea-
Wy guns Of Ex-Governor Cooling
the rammer-in-chief Of County di-
vision forces, have shot the op-
position with the powerful argu-
menf. hurled like a baseball reach
ing the stomach Of an amatuer.
that, 1T is yet to be shown that
il costs more to operate a small
county than a large one" And
thcy are now watching to see this
unanswerable slug Of logic NOV
down The voters.
The only grounds as set forth by
Division advocates for dividing The
count, l. the above mentiOnco rea- /
son and that it is now so inconve-
ni.at ic 60 TO The present County /
SCAT. But ~g think they reiy most /
! a.n hcine allie to stir lF fact I
ions in lbC rniniN: in geiiTe the
re p'c rf ihc VARIOUS towns mad
at Shoshonc. To gel them to believe (
that Shcshone Is guilty o. many
wrongs. Hence We would here
warn the voters lest they be led a.
stray after some of the campaign
thunder Of The local newspapers ed
ilrd by men with a very fertile
but distorcd and overwroughl i'm
aginalion: men who have become
so warped in their views Of their
town that they can see
nothing lui a hideous monster.
| ct lis forget for a time all the
of vileness laid at the
door of the County Seat by the ed
ilors and analyze the situation. Sho
~hone people lnaintain nothing but I
the AlnGlicst of feeling toward the
entire county. Shoshone is proud of
lIa entire comfy and has always
worked for the upblilGing of the \
vhnle We ran see no reason un- A
Ger heaven WHY Shoshone should
knock ar,- 6tbar Town in the coun-
fv We an know ,bat with three
,onnlies we sbould have three
lines the comfy officials and if
m i, rrccNed ,alarie. commensu-
aia wifi ibp ,;t.a of fbeir scr
.ioas tho, v-o,,ld l.., arau-ino fbrno
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-07
Mrs. Anna Nc. Mix Unduly
Influenced by Her Son,
Is Judgment.
THREE HEIRS TO
SHARE ALIKE
Two Sens Ar Appointed
Administrators Under
$4,000 Bonds.

Evidence introduced by the attorneys
of Mrs. O. l. Converse, daughter of the
late Mrs. Annie McC. Mix has resulted
in the decision of the probate court
that the will of the deceased was made
under the influences of her son, Stone
wall Wallace Mix, and therefore Is il
legal 1t was ordered by Judge Brents
that the will be revoked and that her
two sons, William A. Mix and Stone
wall Wallace Mix, be appointed admin
istrators of the estate under $4,000
bonds.
his decision throws the estate open
and the three heirs will receive equa,
shares. When Mrs. Converse, who re-
sides in the east, heard of the death of
her mother, she Immediately came here
to look into her share of the estate,
found that she had been cut out of the
will and Immediately began action for
her share.
The court found that Mrs. Mix, who
had been of a feeble state in mind and
BODY for the last few years. had been
unjustly prejudiced against her daugh-
ter. and influenced to leave her nothing
whatever of the large estate. 1t was
even claimed that she had endeavored
to poison her mother and other charges
were made which Mrs. Converse firm
ly denied.
Mrs. Converse stated that she had
left her mother, because she was in so
feeble state of mind, and having
been so influenced by her sons, that
she no longer had any confidence in her
daughter, and so she thought it best
to leave her for a time. This she did,
and Mrs. Mix became so angered at her
daughter. that she cut her out of the
will entirely.
The decision now rendered gives
Mrs. Converse practically a third of
the estate.
Whether any further action will be
taken by the two sons, to keep their
sister from sharing in the estate is not
known at present although It is likely
that they will.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-07
Building Act
Will Come Ub

Pog the purpose of acting upon a
lumber of important questions. the
S'y council win meet in adjourned ses-
S'oh tomorrow evening at 7:30 o'clock.
O"-e1 among the business matters on
'"e calender is the revised building or
1'"anre. which is TO be given first and
'''ohu readings and placed on the cal
e'uas Tor future action. The matter of
~susing the channel of Mill creek.
mere Il has been filed with rock by
''e recent high water, is to be brought
''e the council. it is said by prop
:! owners in the upper section of the
Ky and those along the stream in the
eS'ern part of town are to present a
'''oh asking for concrete bulkhead
Nie north. from Sixth TO Eighth
ee1 The petitions OF property own
asking for street paving are being
'''iated' preparatory to presentation
D'oFrow night. and further steps to-
u the improvement of South Second
S'eet are to be taken.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-07
Finds Man in His House
And Proceeds to
Slash Him.
USES BLADE WITH
TERRIBLE EFFECT
Kansas City Millionaire
Takes Law Into His
Own Hands.

| KANSAS CITY March THE first
step toward the smothering of the
scandal developing from the attack
made by John P. Cudahy, the million
! aire packer, on Jere LillIs, the banker
day morning, was taken today when
| the case against Cudahy was continued
I in police court for a week.
Lillis is resting easy today at the
hospital He will recover.
Mrs. Cudahy refused to make any
statement, further than to say she is
innocent.
Patro1nan Underwood. who went to
the Cudahy home in answer to the tel
ephone summons said:-
"Cudahy and his chauffeur were full
ly dressed, standing over Lillis, who
was lying on the floor, half nude, tied
with rope. Cudahy had a knife in his
hand and Lilis was saying Don't do
it, Jack, please don't do it." Cudahy
seemed to be slashing him about the
hips. Lillis lower limbs were bare.
Cudahy was arrested and released on
bail He told the authorities Llllis had
wrecked his home. All the parties are
prominent socially.
Before cutting Lillis, Cudahy is said
70 have bound Lillls with a strong rope.
One of Cudahy's chauffeurs, John Moss.
was present
Neighbors heard Lillis screaming and
groaning in the Cudahy home. and
they called the Westport police sta
ton. 1t was a woman who called. Her
identity has not been established.
"a man is being murdered in the Gu
daily home Send an officer there at
once" she screamed.
LiIIis Cries For Mercy.
Ten minutes later Patrolman Brian
Underwood hurried to the Cudahy
home, which is at 36th and Walnut
streets. in the most fashionable res
idence section of the city. The front
door was open so he did not ring the
door. bell Stepping into the hall, ne
heard screams. Then came groans and
cries for mercy.
Underwood followed the sound and
pushed the door open and entered
cautiously.
Three men were in the room. Pros
trate on the floor lay Lillis. half
nude and bound with rope. HIS low
er limbs were bare. Above him STOOD
Cudahy. He was in correct evening
dress, except that. he wore no coat.
Do \
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-07
Former Senator Suddenly
Stricken by the Grim
Reaper Yesterday.
FUNERAL WILL
BE THURSDAY
Acute Bright's Disease Is
Given as Cause of
His Demise.

NEW YORK, March THE funeral
of Thomas c. Platt, the former United
will be held at Oswego, Thursday, from
his old home Death was due to acute
Brights disease.
DR.. Paul Auterbridge, his physician,
said last night that the cause of death
was chronic and acute Bright's dis
ease. The body has been removed
to the home of Frank H. Platt, son,
and will be taken on Tuesday to
Owego, N. Y. the senator's birthplace
where it will be buried
The end was startlingly sudden. Ap
hour before the senator died. his two
sons, Frank and Edward, with their
families and his son, Harry, with the
latter's daughter, Charlotte, and son,
Sherman, had left the house after
their usual Sunday visit. The sem
ator said at that time that he felt
very we'll and thought he would read
the Sunday papers. At o'clock he
was taken with a fainting spell and
DR.. Auterbridge was called hurriedly.
The family was notified and returned
in haste. Mr.. Platt recovered from
his first lapse but sank into uncon-
sciousness again at half past and
died Is minutes later. The relatives
were all at the bedside.
Health Poor for Several Years.
Only last Wednesday Senator Platt
was at his office down town. For sew
eral years he had been in feeble
health and latterly the use of his legs
had almost deserted him, but his con-
dition until today was not looked up
on as more serious than usual, al
though a physician called upon nim
daily. Thursday at breakfast the
senator had momentary fainting
spell but rallied quickly. A year ago
his feebleness was markedly accentu-
ated and his life was despaired of for
period, but with remarkable vital
ity he recovered and went about his
business as usual.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-07
BOTH SIDES REALIZE
DEFEAT MEANS A
BODY BLOW.
Car With 20 Passengers
Blown Up by Strikers
This Morning.

PHILADELPHIA, March IA car
carrying 20 passengers under a heavy
police guard, was dynamited today.
The car was lifted from the tracks,
hurting the occupants in every direc-
ton, cut and severely bruised, no SER
ious injuries resulted. Police charged
the crowd of laborers nearby and. a
battle ensued, several shots being
fired. The mob finally dispersed.
Two of the ringleaders were arrested.
Director of Public Safety Clay de-
MED today that he would ask for
government troops. He says he is
able to control the situation. He de-
nies the claims of the strike leaders
that 10000 men are on strike. He
declares there only 10000. 1t is re-
ported that the coast artillery at Fort
Dupont has been ordered to prepare
for duty in Philadelphia to protect
government property
The total number of men under ar
Continued on Page Four.)
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-07
GUY BRIDGES
HAS RETURNED

Delayed more than 4S hours, with
washouts ahead and landslides and
wrecks behind, Mr.. and Mrs. Guy
Bridges, who had been in eastern states
for seven weeks visiting with friends
ad looking after business interests, ar
rived home yesterday morning. They
were due here Friday morning, but
owing to the tie-up of traffic in Mon
tana were unable to arrive at that time,
and consider themselves fortunate in
having arrived by this date.
ut was the first time in travelling"
said Mr.. Bridges this afternoon, that
felt unsafe, and am glad to be home
again. My wife accompanied me as far
as Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, my old
home, where she visited with relatives
during my trip through the manufac-
turing oenters. They had one of the
most severe winters known in years,
and We dropped into some 20 below
zero weather in that state"
Mr.. Bridges visited New York, Chiea-
go, Philadelphia and other large COM
mercial centers for the purpose of pur
chasing goods for the Chicago store,
and says the lines purchased are the
best ever secured. New departments
have been added, and Mr. Bridges feels
highly satisfied with the result of his
jaunt.
movement he says, are apparent in the
eastern states, Walla Walla being COM
paratively we'll known In New York
(COnfinNed on Page EOurl
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Continued On Page Five.)
Prisoners
Returned

Because they refused to work in the
Deception Pass stone quarry last
week, % prisoners from the state pen
itentiary have been returned 10 the in
stitution, and will be kept in close con-
finement until Warden c. s. Reed can
secure an accurate report from the
state board OF control and the state
highway commissioner relative to the
mutiny. he men were brought to
Walla Walla late Saturday night ac-
companied by two guards, and are
again in the prison.
Local politicians have grave fears
that the eruption between the state
highway commission and the board of
control will result in a decided split.
The general rule heretofore has been
to release prisoners after they have
served certain periods at work in the
quarry. The men at Deception Pass
are said to have been promised dis
charge If they would work six months
and they fulfilled their contract. They
were not discharged and have refused
to work any longer. 1t is not known
where the hitch is, but there is a
decided difference of opinion between
the heads Of the two different state
departments. There was evidence OF
this friction at the good roads meet
ing recently held in Aberdeen.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-07
WITHOUT w A r N I N G.
PASSENGER CARS
HURLED IN AIR.
Passengers Badly Shaken
When Cars are Thrown
From the Rails.

With a deafening roar that cou,d
be- heard for miles, and with absolute
~ no warming, the boiler of O. r. & n.
engine No. 81, attached to the morn
Ing train from Wallula, exploded near
Whitman station at S:15 o'clock this
morning. Two of the passenger coach
es were derailed by the force OF the
explosion, the track was torn up for
a considerable distance. the engine
reduced almost to a heap of scrap
iron and the fireman and engineer
catapulted out Of the cab. So far
as could be learned from the officers
Of the company today. but one per
son. Mrs. J. d. Sheets, was injured,
and her bruises are not serious.
4 special train was run out from
Walla Wa'la when news of the acci-
dent had been received, and the pas
scugers brought to their destination,
little the worse for their experience,
and but a short time behind the sche-
dule. A Wrecking crew has been
working all day in an effort to open
the WalluIa branch for traffic, and it
is thought the road will be opened by
tonight
According 10 passengers who were
on the Walula train when the boiler
exploded, the earth seemed to tremble
from the concussion, and with a jar
ring, grating sound the two passenger
coaches were lifted free of the track
and derai ed. Occupants We're con-
sderably shaken up. but as the cars
maintained an upright position, no
serious injuries were suffered
Fireman j. Byrne and his engineer
were in the cab of No. 67 when the
"Xposion occurred, but remarkable as
i; may seem. they suffered no injur
les other than a shaking up from be-
ms hurled from the cab to the ground,
"a considerable distance from the
track
May Be Serious.
When seen this afternoon, DR.. Y.
Continued On Page Five)
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-07
NIGHT LETTERS
OVER THE WIRE

Because the Western Union tele-
ed mileage of wire each night which
is not bringing in the desired reven-
ues. plans are now contemplated to
establish a new night service, by
which long messages will be trans
mitted for the cost of ten word COM
during tie day, the new
service effective today. The wires
must be maintained at any cost to
care for the rush of business during
the daylight hours, and it is evidently
the desire of the company to give the
public the benefit, at special night
rates. The announcement recently is
sued from headquarters of the COM
pany is as follows:
"A special night letter service will
be established as soon as practicable.
The charge for this service will be
the standard day rate of 10 words for
the transmission of 50 words or less,
and one-fifth of such standard day
rate will be charged for such addition
al 10 words or less. To be taken at
these rates night letters must be
written in plain English language,
that is to say, code words or COM
munication written in foreign Ian
guages viii not be accepted. The
messages will be taken at any hour
up TO midnight and transmitted at
the company's convenience during the
night for delivery the following morn
ing For the present the new SER
vice is confined to Western Union Of
fices in the United States. The tariffs
charged for night letters are so low
that it is reported that the new SER
vice win be largely avai,ed of by
business concerns and others to quick
CONTINUED on Page Four)
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-07
House Committee Strikes
Out Provision on
Competing Lines.
ADMINISTRATION
POLICY ALTERED
Would Have Allowed Roads
To Consolidate Also
Legalized Past.

WASHINGTON, March THE
mouse committee on interstate COM
merce today eliminated from the ad-
miniStration railroad bill, the proVl-
sion relative to the control of compet-
ing lines.
One of tile provisions stricken out
would have allowed railroad owning
over so per cent of the stock of COM
peting line to purchase all the remain
ing stock Of that line. 1t would also
have legalized all past purchases OF
stock by railroads.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-07
DIR. BLALOCK MAKES
OPENING ADDRESS
OF CONGRESS.
Hundreds of Children Pack
Y. M. G. A. Auditorium
This Afternoon.

Before a crowd that packed the au-
ditorium to the doors, Chairman Jose
day exercises in the preliminary meet
ing of the Know Your City" move
ment, this afternoon at the Y. M. c.. A.
Children from all the public schools of
the city were present, and listened to
the speakers outline to them the things
they could do to help the city and what
the city was doing for them.
In opening Miss Preston said to the
children that they had been studying
continually about their country, what
it was and is doing for them, and sto-
ries of the deeds of their grandfathers,
but never had the story of their city.
dealing with what it had been and is.
and of it's needs, been presented before
the meeting.
DR.. BIaIoek Speaks.
DR.. N. G. Blalock was then itroduced
to speak On "The Story of Walla
Walla," and spoke in part as follows:
I'm presenting to you a story of Wal
Walla, wish to refer in the first place
to those pioneers who have passed over
and passed out Of this world, who
were prominent figures in the forma-
ton OF the story which / shall present
to you. You must remember that in
the days Of the 70s and sos there
were comparatively few inhabitants In
this city and among them there were
some thirty that 1 recollect and with
whom have worked hand in hand for
the betterment and good Of our city
and especially for the edcational train
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-07
COSTLY FIRE THIS AFTERNOON

Both fire companies are engaged this
afternoon in fighting a blaze which
was discovered shortly after O'Clock
in one of the large wooden warehouses
adjoining the wood yard of the Tau
sick Kaufman company on West Rose
street, and the Columbia Bridge Works.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-07

The fire started in a building used
for storing hay, grain and cement, this
structure being totally destroyed A
smaller structure to the east was par
TALLY destroyed, and the flames be-
gan to eat into the wood piles.
Driven by heavy wind, the fire
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boys are experiencing some difficulty,
but with three streams playing upon
the confiagration, it was announced
was under control. The origin is un-
known The loss is estimated at be-
tween $500 and 800.
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