Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-11-01

at $50 p. m.
Col. f. NJ. cowen of Ticeska is a sho-
shone visitor today.
Joe Vernon spent the first of the week
in Boise and returned home Thursday.
Miss Bess Burnside gave Sweet
and Sour shower in honor of Miss Alta
Cooling.
Mrs. Phoebe Gee of Glenn Ferry is in
town visiting with her sister. Mrs
Oliver C. Dunn.
Fletcher r. Burrus. a real estate and
insurance agent of Pocatelio, was trans
acting business in Shoshone yesterday
County Auditor Anderson is at Wen
dell today making the last trip in the
distribution of ballots for Tuesdays
election.
Marriage licenses issued-Daniel Sid
ney Smith and Alta Elizabeth Gooding
John E. Brewer and Ethel r. Nichols,
s. Gene Parks and Ethel NJ Rich.
Miss Margaret Pratt of New York
city. daughter of Mr.. Edw. Pratt of this
CITY arrived Thursday to be present at
the marriage of Miss Alta Gooding.
David Whitaker, Farley M Morris
and Joseph s. Morris of Medley. Oneida
county were in town Thursday and
Friday transacting some land matters.
Miss Ruth Corlett of Seattle arrived in
Shoshone Sunday 10 be present al the
marriage of Miss Alta Gooding. Miss
Corlett was a class mate of Miss Good
ing in Ferry Hall, at Lake Forest III.
James NJ Melvin is home again after
spending a fortnight at Salt Lake. Here
at the home of his parents Monday
evening he was given dinner in hon
or of his birthday
An effort is being made to secure
pardon for Matt Miller, who was con-
victed of an infamous crime at Sho-
shone in 1898 Abner Wilson being the
complaining witness.
Special attraction at the Star Theatre
Saturday night Little Nina dancing
barefooted among the rattlesnakes The
Serpentine Dance Comedy sketch, Biff
and Bang by Mills and Mills. Admission
10 and 20 cents.
Several candidates FOR office from
Shoshone have been spending the past
week busily campaigning in different
parts of the county. They are confident
and each one believes that he is go
ing to be victorious.
Mr. Fred j. Anderson of the U. S.
Reclams ton Service at Minidoka and
T1ot,n
married at the Methodist parsonage by
Rev. Mcleod The young people will go
to housekeeping near Minidoka after
short time.
Da Frank t. Carey. against whom
heavy damage suit was decided, and
who made assignment of certain OF
his properties to Miss Iva Muhall and
others, was at the Courthouse Thursday
to acknowledge the assignment OF GER |
tain of his book accounts to Miss
MuIhall
Ralph c. Brubacher and wife Of Mount !
ain Home were in Shoshone today look |
ing after business matters Mr.. Bru- |
bacher was formerly resident of Good
ing He is candidate for County Sur
veyor of Gilmore County on the Demo-
cratic ticket
John e. Brewer and Miss Ethel
Nichols some of Jeromes excellent
young people were married by Rev. Nc
Leod at the parsonage Wednesday at
500 D. m. Mr. Brewer is a successful
young rancher on the North Side tract.
The happy pair will make their home
on Mr.. Brewers ranch.
Sidney O. Groucher formerly employed
as a stenographer in the. Idaho Irri-
cation company's offices at Richfield,
this state, is now occupying a similar
position in the office of General Pass
enger Agent d. E. Burnley of the Short
Line at Salt Lake. He succeeds Ken
meth 5. Hampton, who has taken up the
study of law.
Caist Walter, Andrew Becker, Martin
Tsehritter. Jacob Renke, John Deeg, Sr.
John Deee. Jr.. Nephi Walter. Oliver
c. Hall. Jacob Ranke. Jr., Joe Jucera
and George w Morris. all of American
Fails. were in town Thursday and
Friday making homestead filings on
three hundred and twenty acre tracts.
being all dry farm lands, and coming
under that Act.
Mrs. Emily Nichols of American Fails.
was i'm town yesterday to file upon
one hundred and sixty acres of dry farm
land near that place. She has been
living upon the land as a possessory
claim for the past two years and has
the entire one hundred and sixty acres
seeded to wheat. This present season she
threshed wheat from one hundred acres
and raised large crop. She did all Of
this unaided and is a good example of
what woman can do when she has to
depend upon her own resources
The Journal has received complaints
from parents that the Fairgrounds at
the public school of Shoshone. covered
as they are with a dressing Of cinders.
are very destructive to shoe leather, add
Ing extra burdens in these times OF the
high cost OF living. one complaint that
comes in is accompanied by the suggest
ion that seems to be a good one. to
Rave the cinders covered over with
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