Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1913-05-09
LOCAL NEWS.

Frank H. Huntzinger of Glenn.
Fsrry was in town Monday.
jess HawIey. the Boise attorney
was in town Monday and Tuesday.
FOR MILK OR CREAM CALI. RIO.
salia Lairy. phone so. L. J
Mott. Apr 1885,
Judge Walters and Court Re-
porter Post went TO Gooding SAN
day evening.
For first-elass home decorat-
ing and home painting. call on W
L. Reynolds.
r. L. Peters, L. J. Crawford and
Frank Hornbeck We're business Wis
TORS from King Hill Monday.
W. H. Wright and family have
taken the Joe May residence,
heretofore occupied by the j. F.
Melvin's.
Mrs. Presley NJ Horne of HALEY
and children were the guests on
Tuesday and Wednesday of Mr.. and
- Mrs. Hail Horne.
Russell Fuller, who has been a
clerk in the pOstOffice for a long
time, has taken a position in the
Starrh Drug Store.
Walter Hamilton of the Journal
office. who was called to North
Yakima Washington, last week.
returned on Saturday.
Mrs. Gilbert J. White has issued
cards for bridge Saturday after
noon in honor of her sister. Miss
Cecilia Smith. of Washington, D.
G.
Senator C. F. Borden spent Mon
day and Tuesday at MinidOka and
Kimama looking after business mat
tiers among the new settlers in
those localities.
There were a number of persons
from GOoding in town Tuesday for
the purpose of attending the min
strel show that was given by the
Shoshone Commercial Club Tues
day evening.
Before you mail an order for
hardware, bicycle or automobile
supplies to any catalogue house,
bring it to the ShOshOne Hardware
and if we cannot meet the same
price and terms we will pay you
for your trouble.
Superintendent A. B. Stevenson
of the Oregon Short Line was in
Shoshone Saturday afternoon in his
private car with some other Offic-
ials of the Company to investigate
the fire that occurred on Thursday
night in the roundhouse at this
place.
Miss Margaret LennOx Pratt,
whose childhood home was here in
ShOshOne, but who spent her school,
years as a member of the family Of
an uncle in New York, has just
completed a long visit here with
her father. Rev. Edward Pratt, and
is now en- route East.
Mrs. J. F. White entertained at
her home Saturday night with
three card tables, the prize win
ners being Mrs. Gus Keefer and /.
NJ. Tug. The guests of the house
were Mr.. and Mrs Joe Keefer, Mr..
and Mrs. Gilbert White Mr.. and
Mrs. Melvin. Mr. and Mrs. Zug, Dr..
and Mrs. Zeller. Mrs. 0. J. Bren-
nan, Rev. Father Wirtzberger, Wal
ter White and Mr.. Stanton, the
latter Of POcatello.
The Settlers Reservoir and Can
al Company, with a capital stock OF
S25, 100000 has been organized in
Shoshone and its articles of incor-
poration have been approved by
the Secretary of State. Among the
incorporates are W. d. Nreedn-
burgh. Gilbert J. White, |. l. Bur
field. Frederick Borrow, c. W. Dill
and D. w. Yaden. The purpose OF
the Company is to irrigate several
thousand acres of land northeast
of Shoshone. The enterprise seems !
TO be a good one and the lncOr.
porators have the best wishes OF
the community.
w. H. Murphy, the Seattle whole
sale meat dealer who owns highly
valuable tracts of land on the Big
Wood which he is developing, Is
here for a few days. His invest /
ments here already represent an
expenditure of $4,000. Mr.. Murphy
is a believer in hogs as the best I
of all stock adapted <; &c tiis coun- !
Try, where they fatten and wax fat
on alfalfa and need mighty little
grain to fit them for market. In |
the summer Mr.. Murphy expects
to travel this way from his Seat
lie home, and will be accompanied
by Mrs, Murphy to remain for two
months, They will come by auto
mobile.