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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-01-30
An Empire in Wealth
By JAMES L. FULLER
Former Probate Judge

What is now left Of Lincoln county
after the trimming the last legislature
gave her consists Of 43 townships.
large enough to be sure of an empire
of wealth. Shoshone the county seat
is located on Little Wood river il
township 5 south. section and 3,
latitude 43 north longitude lis west;
has a population of 1900, is incor
porated, has electric lights and the
town mas just purchased and now
owns it's own water works; has five
general merchandise stores, five hotels,
two drug stores, also Vulnerable lOdg-
ing houses, cafes and restaurants,
four churches, First Methodist, Bap-
fist, Episcopal and catholic. All of
these institutions are well patronized
and prosperous.
Shoshone has a good roads district
and voted bonds to the amount of
eighty thousand dollars to build roads
and has this summer constructed over
sixty miles of the finest roads in Ida
no and has money left to prosecute
the work further in the spring.
Such is a brief outline to which we
have come to pay tribute. Its area
is not large. but the stuff it is made
of is pay dirt"
Up TO the time Of the building of the
Oregon Short Line railway nothing
but jack rabbits, coyotes and horned
toads inhabited the territory which is
now Lincoln county. Not solitary
human being lived within its boun-
diaries but the railroad drew people
in its wake, in fact in advance; as
was the case Of Shoshone or Naples,
as it was at first named and having
been started about July or August,
1882
Among those who found and follow
ed the grade stakes across the desert
was William Dill. the father of DR..
C. ". Dill, now residing and prac-
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-01-30

asserted valuation of nearly elgn.
million and a bonded Indebtedness Of
about one hundred and fifteen thous-
and dollars The tax rate this year
for state and county purposes $1.25
on the hundred valuation, a rate much
less than that of our adjoining coun-
ties. which speak we'll for the eco
nomy Of our county omcers and citi-
zens in general
Lincoln county has two Carey act
projects, The Idaho Irrigation com
pany on the north, and the Twin
Falls North Side project on the
south.
The Idaho Irrigation company pro-
ject has dam and reservoir on Big
Wood river, twenty-five miles due
north from Shoshone is one Of the
largest dams of the llnd in the world,
its height 143 feet to the crest.
width 1T bottom 7s2 feet, at the crest
~ Lffl. ar tDN lIl44 Ary let 81 Tic
crest 1920 feet. The lake formed by
the impounded water has an extreme
depth Of 135 feet, extreme width two
and a quarter miles and extreme
length about twelve miles. There are
four main canals with an aggregate
length of 200 miles and main laterals
with aggregate length of 400 miles.
These canals range in size from
bottom width of 100 feet for the main
canals to six feet in bottom width
for the smallest of the laterals. The
Idaho Irrigation company controls all
Of the flow Of the Big Woo rive. Ut
taken p by prior appropriations and
it is generally admitted that the
water rights offered by the company
are as good as can be obtained in any
irrigated districts of the world and
that the system just completed could
not be bettered
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-01-30

can guarantee you freedom from the
trees and roots; can make you for
get the weeks of labor required to
remove the stumps from a single acre,
and can prove to you that one days
labor will rail down" ten acres of
sage brush ready to be burned in the
first favorable breeze.
If you live in a rain belt, we can
show you a climate which contains
so little rain that you will lose your
umbrella and never look for it again.
Even you, at times, wish for rain that
you fail to receive. and those other
times, that make you wonder if it
will ever clear up! You, too, can
learn the advantage of regulating
your rainfall" from the water supply
in the bitches. When your hay is
ready to cut, you don't have to wait
until a spell Of weather" is over
you go to work. confident. for you
don't nave to dread the wet moon"
I am reminded of a remark a man
once made to me- speaking of his
own state. that "every man in our
section of the country is a booster"
Possibly because I did not appear to
believe this, he excla ned: I'VE have
two kinds of soil down there If
man buys black soil, he is proud of
it and naturally boosts, if he buys blue
clay. ne knows he must boost if he
ever expects to sell it again" Far
be it from me to boost our country
when proof Of everything we claim
for it is open to every man. We do
not want you to buy blindfolded TAX
ing our word for what the land should
and could do, or what CROP could be
raised, or how long the land can be
cropped without losing its fertility
Rather, we would have yon enquire
from men who have farme7 this land
for thirty vears. They have orch
ards and alfalfa fields to show for
themselves. Before the water was
made available to the thousands of
acres under the bitches of the Idaho
Irrigation company, it was possible to
irrigate only such portions Of land
as could receive water from the rivers.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-01-30

in the state of Washington. No one
took offense. He could whip any man
in the city of Seattle! Still he was
safe. He could whip any man in this
room" Just then little man with
a peaceable expression stepped dp
and started in on him. When the
dust cleared away. the big logger was
on the floor and the little man was
Strengthening his tie. The big one got
to his feet and apologized: "Feilers'
1 didn't use any judgment in re-
stricting my territory" The state of
Idaho is large, but I want you to
think Of the county of Lincoln and
particularly that part Of it which is
irrigated by the canal system of the
Idaho Irrigation company.
No effort is being made to boom
this country. Spectators who buy
to hold the land idle for increased
valuations are not beng encouraged.
Men who expect to become rich in
year or two are not urged TO come
The people we want are those who
wish TO establish homes. We nave
the material for making these homes
happy and prosperous, and we want
men who are looking for the one thing
we have to offer. II you will come
to irrigate we can prove to you that
forty acres of irrigated land will keep
you and your family living in the
nearest condition to contentment YOU
have ever enjoyed. You can raise as
great a variety of everything as yon
can in your present location. your
land value is much less than most
localities either east or west, the
altitude will convince you that II is
the most healthful country you can
find
II you live in a prairie country, we
rive Won immunity from cyclones and
billiards. droughts and hot winds
sizzling days and hot nights. Noun
tains on all sides Of us, protect us
from the winds, when we look at the
crops and wish for rain, we turn out
the water from the irrigating bitches.
The warmest days are not hot, and
every night requires a blanket
II you live in a timber country, we
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-01-30

affords everypossible inducement for
the bee to make honey. Three and
four times a season the alfalfa and
clover blossoms give harvest that
yields superior product. Alfalfa
honey is a special brand in the west.
The countless fruit blossoms are
enough TO set the drones at work and
even the sage brush puts forth a bios
som in the early spring that the bee
sucks. The country since the intro
duction Of bees has become filled
with wild swarms that have escaped
from the home hives through the
carelessness of keepers. They seek
Judgement in crevices in the lava
rocks and out Of the way places where
they are destined to remain undis-
turbed for all time to come.
Schools.
The schools in Lincoln county are
second to none in the state. Sho-
shone. Jerome and Richfeld have
high schools in connection with the
grades that would surprise persons
from the east.
shoshone in 1910 built new
school building costing sixty thous-
and dollars. It is fully equipped with
apparatus for conducting a business
course in connection with the high
school course and onr graduates are
filter Tor any occupation in life ex-
cept a profession.
Shoshone has but one newspaper,
The Shoshone Journal except every
two years. election years. it has two
papers: the Democrats think they
must have paper to pull them
through
The Journal was established in
1885 by one W. c. q. Allen. Alpha
betical Allen we used to call him.
He was a nice fellow and gave US a
fairly good paper but he got the idea
it would be better for him to accept
a position with the railway as stock
agent Or Immigrant agent SO friend
Allen sold out and the last we heard
Of him he was bucking mining stock
in Salt Lake, a happy man. Since
brother Allen left us the Journal has
had many ups and downs. but has
always been a Republican paper ex-
cept one short administration
Democrat got hold Of it and let me
tell you she was daisy" The paper
is now managed by Mr.. Melvin,
thorough newspaper man and good
citizen
Lincoln county has population
Of about twelve thousand. Its in
habitants are generally speaking, en-
terprising and thrifty people and the
women all vote and take a most
prominent part in politics; has al
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-01-30
WHITE RANCH GOING IN FOR
HOGS.

J. ". Daniels on the White ranch
adjoining Shoshone has already ship
ped this season two carloads of fat
hogs and Will have 700 more of this
Lincoln county product ready for
market in the course of the present
year He intends to keep over for
breeding purposes no less than a hun
bred sows.
The White ranch is admirably ad-
apted 20 hog raising. It has always
been noted as producing grain crops
that run well up toward and some
times above a hundred bushels to the
acre. Besides it is admirably water
ed and in every way suited for the
business in which the owners are ex-
tensively embarking.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-01-30

The northern and eastern portion
of the county are too high for irri-
CATION, nevertheless these sections
are settling up rapidly with a class Of
Russian Minnonetts who are making
a success of raisins wheat, barley,
oats and rye, by the dry farming pro-
cess the wheat averaging 80 bushels
to the acre and other grain in like
proportion. There is plenty Of this
kind of land waiting for industrious
individuals to come along and scratch
its back and reap its golden harvest.
Sheep Industry
Wool and mutton are not the least
items to swell the commerce or Lin
coin county. The wool clip from this
and surrounding sections amount to
abount half million pounds annual
ly. our flockmasters have adopted
the plan Of building sheds for lamb
ing and arranged for their lambs to
come in February and March, for the
reason that they have lost their
winter range since the desert has been
reclaimed, and is now the home of
prosperous farmers, who sell their
hay and grain to the sheep men to
carry MIN through the winter season.
The summer ranges for sheep
wintered in Lincoln county are most
ly in the Saw Tooth forest reserve.
which affords the best of grazing
throughthe spring, summer and fall.
The shipping of mutton beginning in
July and ending in october.
The number of cars shipped this
last summer amounted to eighty, be-
sides cattle and hogs. the number Of
which I am unable to ascertain.
Hogs
Because corn is not considered a
profitable crop in this vicinity, it has
been generally supposed until recent
~ that hogs could NOT be raised here
at a profit but this in now conceded
to have been an error. and those
who are experimenting in this direc-
ton find alfalfa pasture for summer
and field pasture for winter and fat
tening will give most excellent results,
consequently most every farmer is
now raising hogs and it is believed
and frequently asserted that more
hogs can be grown and fattened to
given acre of land of this section
than at any other place in the world.
The Busy Zee.
is another important and profitable
prop to the fruit business of Lincoln
county. Many berries and tree fruits
have need to be fortified from some
other Of the same family, and the
bee is a most potent agent in this
work. Every orchard has or should
have in it's apiary. The country
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-01-30
WEALTHY IDAHO.

According to the figures completed
by the state auditor from reports
filed in this department by the various
county assessors. the total value of
all real property in Idaho, for 1918.
after equalization by the state board
is s4OO, $50 while the value of per-
sonal property totals 26,7S3,S11, a
grand total of .4s7, as against
a total OF s422,54O,O2S in 1912.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-01-30

Wanted to Buy-Household furni-
ture at second hand. Private family.
Apply C. E. S.. Journal Office.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-09-22
. HOWs THls7

49, LnaL n.#|.H.
We offer One hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by Halls
Chtarrh Cure.
F. j. Cheney CO., Toledo. o.
We, the undersigned, have
knownsF. j. Cheney for the last
IS years, and believe him perfectly
honorable in all business transac-
tons and financially able to carry
out any obligations made By his
firm.
National Bank of Commerce,
Toledo, o.
Balls Catsrrh Cure is taken In
ternally, acting. directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces Of the
system. Testimonials sent free.
Address. F. j. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo, o.
Sold by oil druggists, rs cents.
Take Halls family Pills for con-
ssipstion.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-09-22
THR WEEkLy INDRpENDENT

PuhlisAea every Friday . sent to any addres,
q b above rates.. DayAble In AdvanCe
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-09-22
PROPOSALS FOR BIDS

Notice is hereby given that seal
ed proposals will be received by
Webster Patterson, Clerk Of the
Board of Highway Commissioners
Of the County of Elko, State Of Me-
vada, up to 10 o'clock A.. M. Of the
21st day Of September 1914, foy
the construction Of a cutoff road
between Contact, Nevsda, and Rog-
erson, Nevada, as surveyed and
stAked ont, at which time said bibs
will be opened and read publicly.
Detail Of construction: Road to
follow survey 40 made under di.
rection Of the Board and as staked
on the around. Short stakes set
every hundred feet and mark the
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-09-22
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
01638
Elko, Nevada, Land Office
Amanaf 18th 1Q1A

Notice is hereby given that Rob.
ert B. Stewart, Of Elko, County Of
Elko, State Of Nevada, has fled in
this Office his application to enter
under the provisions of Section
2sO6 and 1907 U. S. r. s. the fol.
lowing described land, viz:
SR3 of Sci of Sec. 90, T. SO N,
r. So, e. M. d. B. & M.
Any and all persons claiming al.
versely the lands described or de.
string to object because Of the min.
eral character of the land or for
any other reason, 10 the disposal to
applicant. should file their afiday.
its of protest in this Office on or
before the seth day Of September.
1914.
John E. Robbins.
Register,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-09-22

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
IHE FOURTH JUDICIAL DIS
TRICT OF THE STATE OF NE
vADA. IN AND FOR THE
COUNTY OF ELKo.
No. 289
In the Matter Of The Estate of
G.. 81. Hooper, Deceased.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY
ORDER OF SALE OF REAL ES-
TATE SHOULD NOT BE MADE.
It appearing to the satisfaction
of the Court from the verified Petit
ton OF Hayden Henderson, Admin
is.rator Of the estate Of C. H.
Hooper, deceased, on file herein,
that it is necessary to sell the whole
estate Of said deceased which con-
sists OF an undivided one-half in.
terest in and to certain lots in the
Town of Elko as fully described
and shown by the said verified Pc
titioD.
1t is ordered by the Court that
all persons interested in the estate
of said c. II. Hooper, deceased, APP
pear before the District Court of
the Fourth Judicial District of the
State OF Nevada in and for the
County Of Elko, at tbe Court room
thereof IN the town and County
VI Elko, on Wednesday, the card
day Of September, A. D. 1914,
at ten o'clock in the forenoon Of
said day, then and there to show
cause. If any they have, Why an
Order as prayed for in the petition
should not be granted to the said
administrators to sell the real estate
of said deceased. either at public
or private sale for the purposes
mentioned in the Petition, ss he
shall judge TO be to the best inter
ests Of the estate, and Of the
parties interested therein;
It il further ordered that a copy
Of this Order be published at leas,
once q week for three successive
weeks in the Daily Independent, q
newspaper Of general circula ton
printed and published in said Coun.
~ of like.
Dated this 2eth day Of August, A.
D. 1914.
E. J. L. Taber
District Judge.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-09-22
HERALD Is WRONG


In the last issue OF the Wells Her
aid. there appeared an article under
the caption Of 1.-THE Warfare is Stll
Waged", In which the town Of Elko
IN accused OF opposing and fighting
unfairly the establishing of a Coun-
ty High School at Wells.
Having no knowledge whatever OF
the facts In the case, we decided to
investigate. and present the facts to
our readers.
After a hasty but careful investiga-
ton, we find that sometime during
the winted Of 1912-1914. claims were
advanced by some OF the Wells peo-
pie for establishment OF a High School
A bill was introduced into and passed
by the legislature authorizing the es-
Enlistment OF a High School at
Wells. and authorizing the Commits
sioners to sell bonds for the building
and for maintaining OF the same.
No provision was made I'm the bill
for submitting it to a vote OF the peo-
pie OF Elko County.
The people Of Carlin, Deeth, Starr
Valley, Lamoillt, Ruby Valley, South
Fork, Mound Valley, Elko, Tuscarora
and other nearby places objected to
having the county bonded for any pur-
pose whatever without having the
privilege OF voting upon the question.
Many more than the required num-
Der Of names were Aligned to q
petition asking for q referendum vote
on the question.
The names OF these signers are no
secret, and among them are the best
and most substantial citizens OF the
county.
Owing to a defect or oversight In
the law the referendum could not be
used for county purposes.
Failing in this, other legitimate op-
position was then made against the
bonding of Elko County, without the
consent Of the taxpayers and voters.
Despite the opposition, the bonds
were finally sold and awarded under
the terms Of the published notice.
Still feeling that no one section of
the county, Or group therein, have the
right to bond the entire county for
any purpose whatever without giving
every section a chance and all the
people a chance to vote on the ques-
ton. q reputable citizen and heavy
taxpayer. Mr.. Dotta, of the town and
county OF Elko has exercised his RICH
right. and served the County Board
OF Education with notice, enjoining
them from proceeding further.
The question comes in regular
form before the Supreme Court OF
the State of Nevada for a decision.
After carefully investigating this
entire matter we unhesitatingly state
that the Wells Herald is wrong in it's
estimate OF Elko and her ~citizens;
and further say we cannot see why
anyone should object to a Supreme
Court decision on this important
point.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-09-22
ELko INDEPENDENT
CHANGES HANDS

". w. Booher, Elko's veteran pub
Usher, has leased his plant to G. H.
Keith and H. NJ Riddle, who are now
publishers and proDrietors. They
are both said to be practical printers
and good newspaper men. The Home
Builder wishes them succesa. The
arst issue under their management
looks well and has the earmarks OF
prcsress. Salmagundy appears to
have died a natural death, but as yet
no obituary has been published
Western Home Builder.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-09-22
NEW FIRM TAKE OVER
OLD ELko iNDEPENDENT

Keith 8 Riddle. the new Arm who
-~favetaken over. the Elio independent
have already made a marked change
for the better In that paper. Hereto.
fore the paper from q news point Of
view has been of little value, but IL
the present OWNERS keep up tho work
they have started they viii undoubt.
sdly succeed In their venture. Mr..
Riddle was FOR a long time connect
cd With the Reyieu.bdiner, and IL
well known IN Loveiock.--Review
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-09-22
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Ol6S6
Elko. Nevada. land Office

Elko, Nevada, Land Office.
August l4th, 1914.
Notice is hereby given that
George B. Williams, of East Gate,
County Of Churchill, State Of Ne
yada, has filed in this office his APP
plicstion to enter under the pro-
visions of Sections 23O6 and 2307
u. S. r. S. The following described
land. viz:
NW3 of NW3 Of Section %,
Township 80 N. Range 63 E., M.
D.. B. & M.
Any aud all persons claiming adj
versely the hands described, or de.
string to object because of the
mineral character of the land, OF
for any other reason, to the dispos.
al to the applicant. should file their
afidayits Of protest in this office
on or before the both day of Sep
TENDER 1914.
John E. Robbins.
Register.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-09-22

conferred the road. Ne erSdet %
exceed spet cant except Il points
sE" and Inst north sof euIvert No.
IA whtss2o0 fest u 8 per emit
Grade ~ 100 81 81 8 per cent
Gfads tespaetaScly are allowed.
fese pl1tl. All e6lsefh to be fur
ishedeb5 the count ana delivered
on the ground. All culverts to be
put in place by conttactor ard GOV.
cred with at leasi one foot Of solid
earth. One wooden bridge rs feet
wide. three feet clear of Rulley
With Eve foot. span to be supplied
and put in place by contractor at
point ~ tSee plat.) Two wood
len bridges Is feet wide. with Ii
foot span six feet abnve ground To-
Gated 90 feet from each side of the
abutments of the steel bridge on
Salmon River to be used as relief
bridges in al Of flood. South of
said steel bridge ELL to be made
6 feet high by $50 feet long by 8
feet across top; and on north side
Of steel bridge afll of s feet deep
by ll8 feet long by 8 feet across
the top. Continuing from this point
a fill of 4 feet high by 800 feet
long by 8 feet across the top and
from this point a fill of / foot high
by 200 feet long by 8 feet across
the top all of solid packed
earth, allowance being made
of excess I'LL of 13 per cent
for shrinksge. Fill to consist Of
not less than 20 per cent stone or
rock mixed throughout the earth
in homogeneous manner to prevent
water from following and washing
fill. Total length Of road IL miles
1850 feet, all to be cleared of sage
brush and ten feet wide, and at no
point shall solid road bed of grade
be less than 8 feet wide, 1856 miles
of level road requires removal of
sagebrush and smoothing road: l.36
miles requires removal of sage
brush and blowing of single
furrow on upper side Of level road,
then smoothing Of road: ] .39 niles
of. grading lssside average cut Of 8
feet moved to lower side of road;
this cut will be approximately 40
per cent loose rock. One turn out
to be built between steel bridge
and corner of fence on south side
of bridge; and one turn out on
north side of steel bridge between
the same and turn of Shoshone
Creek. Adjacent to culvert No. 8
furrows shall be plowed on each
side Of road for bitches $500 feet
long: Contractor to furnish all
labor and necessary tools, teams,
etc., except the culvcrts as herein
provided, for the completion of said
work. Work to be done under the
supervision of engineer employed
- EH
by the proper authorities. Con-
trsctor shall furnish a certified
check of the amonnt Of 10 per cent
Of the amount of the bid which
shall be returned to all unsuccess-
full bidders. Work to be completed
within sixty working days after
the signing and execution of the con-
tract. and payment therefor shall
be made upon terms agreed upon
at the time of execution of con-
tract. The board reserves the
right to reject any and all bids.
By order Of the Board of High
way Commissioners Of the County
of Elko, State Of Nevada.
WEBSTER PATTERSON,