Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1910-02-11

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Co., were in town the first of the week
looking after the interests of his com
pany.
In an interesting hockey game on
Miner Lake Sunday afternoon. the
fat men defeated the thins in well
played game. "Bin" Stark, captain
of the winning team was the Man
Behind The Cum
A number of prominent visitors are
here from jerome and Wendell on busi-
ness connected with the Twin Falls
North Side Land & Water Co.
The greatest social event of the sea-
son came off Friday night at the Miner
Hall where box social was held and a
dance given afterwards. The music be-
ing furnished by the Miner Orchestra,
given for the benefit of the Miner
base ball team which expects to clean
up everything in Southern Idaho. A
good many members of last years team
were very conspicous by their absence,
however there was a good attendance
and everybody had glorious time.
Judge Howard has been very much
occupied in the criminal division Of his
court during the past week and Baliff
Tillman has been very busy rounding
up the bad men of the community. If
the Judge keeps up the good work
these light figured people will pass
through Miner without stop over.
The Idaho Southern Railroad is
rapidly pushing through from Miner
to Oakley having reached the Island
and only about 6 miles Of track to lay.
The writer was the guest of the train
crew last week and took a trip over
the line to the 1909 feet switch which
has been built and is now being
occupied by freight and building
material for the Oakley Dam.
Constable Tillman made a visit to
Kimberley in connection with the Filler
hardware ROBBERY, Wednesday after the
arrest of the supposed burglars in
Miner.
Vincent Cockburn has been very sick
during the past few days but at this
time he is gradually improving.
Work on the North Side Canal has
again commenced and Mr.. MacNamara
expects to have it fully completed by
April 1.
n,,;ta ., s,,,-,,-;re ooor,rred to the MT
rons of the Miner Post Office the early
part of last week whenit was announced
that we were to have a change of
Post masters. and that Mr.. Longer
berger, our present Post master was
retiring and Mr.. H. G. Bell had been
appointed. We congratulate Mr.. Bell
on being so fortunate as to secure the
only Federal appointment of which our
city can boast of. he having only been
in the State and county little over
three months.
The price of hay is soaring sky high |
and is reported selling at from SIS to
$40 per ton.
For some time our school has been
closed on account of the illness of Miss
Hamilton.
During the winter there have been a
number of nice houses built by Ander-
son Bros. Contractors and Builders,
Mr. John Okrlberry occupying his new
lwelling on Elm Avenue. Mr.. Cock
)urn and Mr.. Struble expect to move
heir families into the two new dwell
ngs facing Fifth Avenue.
DR.. Cloucheck of Twin Falls was in
Miner on professional business the
after part of the week.
L. W. Howard & Co., the real estate
ealers have been very busy all winter
elling Oakley and North Side Lands
nd have a great number of people
oming in as soon as the weather
and prices of land are
.radually advancing in this vicinity.