Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1913-04-11
THE LOCAL NEWS OF sHosHoNE AND VICINITY IN BRIEF

Ray Gw1n Is around Shoshone
among his friends for few days
de Is now travelling for an m
surance company.
The first number Of the Con
tact Miner, the newspaper venture
Of Edgar Phillips. at the promising
Nevada camp, has been received at
Shoshone.
+. l.. Bower Clerk Of the District
Court Of Cooling County. came up
from Cooling Tuesday 10 take back
some Of the records Of his office
that We're still in ShoshOne.
The new steel bridge at the Nc
Fall crossing on the Little WOOD
has been completed and Will be
opened for traffic within day
ID two.
Duet Johnson. the Richfield ranch
er. was a caller at the Journal Of
lice on press day. The editor was
able TO give Mr.. johnson very lit
tbs time in the stress Of previous
engagements.
Mrs. o. J. Brennan and Mrs. Eliz-
aDeth White returned Wednesday
from a visit of several days in Salt
Lake City. Miss Florence Brennan
and Miss Ruby Anderson of the
high school went TO Salt Lake City
Friday, returning Sunday.
The County Commissioner will
be in session all next week, when
cons iCsTatiOn Of the petition for
resuDmitting the question of the
legalized sale Of intoxicating klq-
UOrs will be taken Up.
Without waiting for the Official
order TO DO 50. very many public
spirited people of ShoshOne have
commenced the usual spring clean
ing Of the yards and alleys. This
is the prettiest town in Idaho and
the tOwnspeOple want to keep It 50.
William Black Of Bellevue, who
owns one Of the largest and best
equipped dairy ranches in South
ern Idaho, was in town Monday on
his way home from a visit in
Boise.
The family Of T. L. Wolf who
has charge of the dry goods De
partment Of the StockgrOwers Mer-
camille Company. have come out
from the East, and have started
housekeeping in one Of the Good
ing houses in the South part Of
town.
Superintendent Kays of the Ida
no Irrigation Company, was IN
town Saturday afternoon to attend
a meeting of the farmers of the
North ShOshOne and Dietrich tracts,
the meeting having been called TO
make plans for the marketing Of
the crops from these tracts.
William r. Bo 'er and wife and
Frank J. Keefe were business VS.
itOrs from Hagerman Saturday. MI.
Keefe has disposed of his ImpFON-
ed farm in the valley and expects
TO move to Vancouver Island, Brl-
fish Columbia. within a short time.
A. J. Newman returned on last
Saturday from Portland. where he
disposed of two car loads Of fat
hogs. His hogs were the best re-
ceived in the Portland market for
some time. and brought him nine
dollars and seventy-five cents a
hundred. which is an exceptional
lv hislt price.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Burbidge are
at Plattsmouth. Neb.. for a month.
That is their old home Mr.. Bur-
bidge is a local freight conductor.
Upon his return he is to be assign
ed to the new run between Poca-
tello and ShOshOne, with the Sun
day layover here.
A. E. Uhl has charge Of con-
struction gang in ShOshone in the
erection of a net for the safety Of
the high tension lines of the Great
ShoshOne and Twin Falls Water
Power Company. They are strung
on stout steel cables and have the
appearance Of the skeleton OF a
bridge.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. W. Walker have
received numerous cards showing
the havoc wrought at their old
home at Wabash. Indiana. There
was no loss of life at Wabash, but
a little further down the river of
the same name. at Peru, a whole
circus. the Wallace Show. was all
swept away. except the horses
C.. J. Manner, the Jerome nur-
has written to County
Clerk Harry W. Anderson to the
effect that plants for replac-
ing the broken places in the Court
house hedge may be bought from
responsible dealers as low as $500
Der hundred. The hedge is IA
nous all over the State as one OF 4
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