Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1910-09-16
NEWS ITEMS FROM THE
DIETRICH TRACT.

IfleIlOS III OOOulnS, TtluIIillS uOiiic
Monday
w. A. Fritz is busily engaged
these days digging a cistern on the
ranch Of C. f. VanWinkle. Mr..
Fritz is a first class man in his
line of work and is finding all the
work he can do this fall.
John L. Cox will leave in a few
days for his home in San Jose, Cal,
after spending most Of the summer
on his Carey claim on the tract.
He will spend the winter in the
sunny cline of California but Will
return to Idaho in the spring. The
Promoter will be a weekly visitor
to his home until his return.
Some of our duck hunters who
made a trip to Star Lake last week
in quest of the festive canvass back
found the lake all right but no wa
ter. so were forced to return home
empty handed, much to the sorrow
of their friends who were counting
on a feast Of game on their return.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fink have been
here for the past six weeks making
final proof on their claim but will
return to their Kansas home in
few days. They are so we'll pleas
ed with Idaho that they will dis
pose of their interests in the sun
Flower state and return to Dietrich
in the early spring.
The sound of the thresher is now
heard on the tract for the first
time. Saturday the crew was en-
gagged on the Kelly ranch just west
Of town. Mr.. Kelly is very we'll
satisfied with the yield Of wheat
and oats for the first year and he
says he will no doubt have larg-
er one next year.
W. 7. Dougherty, manager Of the
Dietrich hotel, has just finished III
stating d new set of gas fixtures
which adds greatly to appearances
of the house. MIR. Dougherty Is
sparing neither time nor expense
to make his place up-to-date in
every particular.
R. 5. Lewis Of the Star Lake
neighEorhood was in The county.
seat Monday looking after business
matters. MIR. Lewis is Well pleased
with The tract and thinks ne has
found a country where be will bo
satisfied to stop and spend the bal
ance Of his days.
Edward Morrow of Gooding, one
of the proprietQrs of the Simpson
Morrow Lumber company, was IN
town for several days last week
locking after the bushes Of the
firm. He expressed himself as be-
ing more than satisfied with the
business the firm is doing here.
Mr.. Morrow departed for his home.
Saturday.
S. S. King, the secretary of the
farmers association, is working
hard in getting the farmers inter
ested in the meetings that are to
be held through the winter months.
He is getting things in shape to
have matters of vital interest to
each and every farmer presented
to the meetings and trusts that all
will see their way clear to attend
ihe meetings.
F. Y. Cook of Jerome has been /
on the tract for some time past get /
ting contracts for grubing sage
brush and for seeding. He has Just
finished putting in % acres Of fall
wheat for L. n. Norris and is now
at work on a 365 acre contract for
w. F. Albers which will be all fall I
wheat. R. J. Hill who is superin- (
tending the farm, is going TO make (
the Alters ranch one of the best .
producing places in southern Idaho /
Dietrich was treated TO another /
lively runaway Saturday afternoon
when the delivery horse of the Die
trich Mercantile company took the /
notion to get loose from the wagon
and succeeded in very good style
kicking itself from the wagon and
going un the street at gait which
would make Maud S, if she were
alive, turn green with envy. The
animal was soon caught, however.
and Che genial clerk in the store
will be compelled to use a wheel
barrow until damages are repaired.
Miss Eorothy Cornell visited in
The county seat the first Of the
week
c. H. Horneman is erecting a fine
office on Main street near the post
office the purpose of which will
be announced next week.
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