Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-11-03
IDAHO STATE NEWS

/ at Caldwell last week by agents o.
the French government.
Mountainheme people are talking o
forming a highway district and vot
ing bonds in the sum of 100000 fol
/ good roads.
L. L. Young. who owns a ranch o.
1876 acres south of Nampa, has started
construction of a fine modern two
story residence to cost $1,000.
A car shortage on the Washington
Idaho & Montana railway threaten:
to throw several hundred men out o.
employment in northern Idaho.
The prison reform committee vii
ask the legislature to ESTABLISH {
school system at the penal institution
for the benefit OF the prisoners.
A country life institute, in which
both farm and religious problems may
be solved will be held at Roswell dur
ing the first week in December.
The reclamation service has severa
men and teams engaged in rip-rap
ping the New York canal at the big
drop" just above the Deer Flat res
ervoir.
Plans for formation of a cemetery
improvement society in Meridian were
furthered at a mass meeting held last
week by the adoption of a constitution
and bylaws.
Alfred Stanford, one of the Oldest
settlers in the valley. was found in bed
at his home near Parker. Heart fail
ure is supposed to have been the cause
OF his death.
An outline for the study of the his
tory of Idaho is contained in an ex-
ira edition of the Idaho bulletin OF
education just published by the state
board of education.
The two-mile limit law on sheep has
again been attacked in the state su-
preme court. The assault is contained
in two cases appealed to the court
from Washington county.
While there has been a shortage OF
potatoes all over the country, the Ida
no crop has been normal and farm
ers who were fortunate enough to
plant potatoes are reaping an excel
lent harvest.
Practically all the leading automo
bile men of the state. and the latest
designs OF most of the leading makes
of cars, were represented at the auto
mobile show at Pocatello which open
ed Tuesday.
Tunrovaro ante ara ,nder NAV which
go far toward giving Eagle a thorough
ly modern and sanitary school build
ing. Wiorkmen are busy completing
installation of an up-to-date pressure
water system.
Though several other cities have
made fiattering offers to finance the
winter meeting of the Idaho State
Poultry & Pet Stock association, the
meeting will be held in Boise the sec.
ond week in January.
Cancellation of two or three out
standing issues and fiotation of the re
funding issue of $4,000 worth of sewer
and waterworks bonds authorized sew
erals months ago through an election
was consummated at Nampa last week
The Idaho public utilities commits
sion has been advised that the inter.
mountain rate case has again been
opened for hearing by the interstate
commission. This rate case
has been in the courts for several
years.
The 1S-months-old child of Mr.. and
Mrs. Roy Sampson of Lewiston, strick
en- a week previous with infantile par
alysis, died last week. This is the
first death from the disease reported
to the state health department from
the north end of the state.
Several hundred horse and cattle |
men and their families from all over
The state met at Pocatello on Tuesday |
Tor the first annual convention of the |
Idaho Cattle and Horse Growers as
ISOLATION. The association has 500 |
owning stock amounting to
LIS, 900 head.
Residents of Owyhee county are tax
ng great interest in the agitation for
IN adequate system of bridges to unite
he two counties. The movement has
cached the point where an election
las been called for the purpose of vot-
ng on the propose, to vote county
,onds for construction of four such
ridges.
Having gone to look after the horses
in his usual good health
EDWARD Fahey, rs years old, one of
lie pioneers of Boise, was found dead
Don afterward when search was made
or him. He had failed to return to
amp when he and a party of friends
'ere hunting on the south fork of the
'ayette river.
A trip to hospital and the pain of
fractured arm were the cost 10 Ed
rard, 9-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs
!. o. Nelson of Star, to learn by ex-
erience that a calf may prove about
s dangerous q steed as a bucking
roncho.
Thousands of bass, perch and carp
oua haau +alra, from naar Flat |