Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-03-02
IDAHO STATE NEWS

Constant expansion in the business
of the Star cheese factory makes
necessary an enlargement of the plant
The first class in home nursing to
be formed in the state under the SUI
pervisiop of the National Red Cross
was formed at Boise last week.
Cyclone Workman defeated Eddie
enth round of a scheduled twenty
round contest at Rigby, via the knock
out route.
R. H. Barnes, of Twin Falls, has
been elected commandant of the Sol
diers home, succeeding r. II. Barton,
tuition for four years.
An engineer has completed an inyes-
| tigation of the sources of water sup
ply for the city of Twin Falls, and has
submitted plan for systtm of water
distribution to the council of that city.
Raymond Hyltcn was seriously hurt
by being kicked by young colt at
New Plymouth. He lay several hours
before his father found him, and was
unconscious for several hours after
ward.
Contracts have been let by the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & st. Paul railroad
for the construction of an extension Of
% miles in the Blackfoot branch from
Clearwater to Lincoln in Lewis and
Clark county.
The Idaho Tech debate team de-
feated the College of Idaho team Fri
ject was Compulsory Voting" and
the Technical Institute upheld the
negative side of the question.
Payment of 800 down and 800 per
month during the life of the seller,
the consideration recorded in a real
estate deal put through at Wilder last
week, sets a new fashion in realty
sales, for that section at least.
By a decision of two to one, the
College of Idaho negative debate team
won over the Albion normal affirma-
tive trio in a discussion of the wis
dom of enforcing in the United States
a system of compulsory voting.
Many of the prominent citizens of
Malad are entering objections to the
children attending dances. The super
intendent and teachers have entered
complaints as to the mental condition
of the pupils after such occasions.
Miss Emma Mulville, one of the most
popular young women of Blackfoot,
was found dead in bed. She had
passed away during the night from
heart failure, and her mother, who
slept at her side, did not know her
daughter was i'll.
F. w. Pyke of Twin Falls has been
elected medical superintendent of the
Blackfoot asylum to succeed DR.. D'Orr
POINTER, who has been the director OF
the institution for the past two years.
DR.. POINTER rendered his resignation
several weeks ago.
The indictment of the Jensen or Mu-
tual Creamery company and its sub
sidiary companies in the states OF
Idaho, Utah, Montana. Washington,
Oregon and California by the federal
grand jury last week, created a pro-
After one of the longest and coolest
winters on record in Pocatello, pour
ing rain and a warm south wind which |
began on February 20, and continued
all day, quickly converted the eight
inches of snow which had fallen earlier |
in the week into lakes and rivulets.
About ten days will be allowed for |
voluntary pleadings in answer to the !
Indictment returned at Boise charging |
creamery operations in violation of the |
Sherman antitrust act, it was stated |
at the United States attorneys office. /
After that bench warrants will be is
sued.
Dick Donovan, head of the employ
ment bureau in the state farm markets
bureau, has sent out the S. o. S. call |
for help preparatory to the coming /
of spring. He says work is begin |
ming TO open up on the farms in south
ern Idaho, causing the farmers to ask
him to get them hands.
|. B. Perrine, the pioneer of irriga-
ton in the Twin Falls section, has in
charge another large irrigation
scheme for the Twin Falls country.
have been made to ir-
rigate $4,000 acres of land south and
southwest of the town OF Miner and
south of the town of Murtaugh.
Through the death at Nampa OF
Dutch Joe" Darbstra there passed
away an eccentric character who was
widely known to the old-time citizens
living there when Nampa was little
more than dot on the desert. No
one has yet been found who remeru-
Ders when Dutch Joe" first landed in
Nampa.
Fully 300 persons attended the ded-
cation of the attractive little Nazar-
enc chapel at Boise last week.
William Oler of Shelley was kicked
n the face by a large work horse. The