Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-01-05
IDAHO WEEKLY
INDUSTRIAL REVIEW
Development of industries in Idaho
Progresses Steadily. Railroads Max
ino Needed Improvements. Taxes
Must Be Held Down at Coming
Session of Legislature and Freak
Laws and Radical Legislation Elm
insted.

Dec, 1s-Wallace Reindeer Queer
Co. will build mill above Muilan in
the spring.
idaho making q hard fight for fed
eral mining experiment station.
Polaris Development and Mining
co. getting net return of $4,000 a car
Mackay Empire Copper Co. has
made average production of $4,000
tons a month
Idaho miners will no longer toler-
ate Interference by professional agi-
tators.
Burley wants creamery.
Idaho Falls--Government officials
make further Investigations for es-
tablishment of paper mill here.
Boise-Bunker Hill & Sullivan Co.
ask certificate of public convenience
and necessity to serve Long Valley
towns with electricity.
Caldwell-Addition to high school
here is probable.
yards to es'se- Payette Lbr. co. for
reported n-ice of 100000
Idaho to 81 100000 good
roads.
Twin Falls is on proposed lin. of
railroad from Boise to Wells. Nevada.
Wallace-Dividends from Occur d.
Alene mines for December amount to
s1,5OO,0oo.
A true conservation measure is
one which allows fullest use of nat
ural resources, such as water power
for light. heat and power, thus really
conserving coal. oil and wood now
used for these purposes and utilizing
water running to waste.
} Twin Falls-Oregon Short Line
s to occupy new quarters here Mum
son & Harder build warehouse and
new lighting system in operation
Weiser-Weiser Milling & Elevator
Co. decides to double capacity of ell
evator plant and construct one Of big
gest and best flour mills in the west.
Weiser-Productive land on Crane
Creek project to be separated from
had so ranchers on good land will be
relieved of burden Of poor land.
White squash seed raised on this
land in great demand and finds ready
market in Nebraska
Rock creek-Twin Falls Canal Co.
replacing old wooden fumes with
metal and concrete.
Haley Federal Mining & Smelt-
ing Co. has $4,000 per month pay.
roll Idaho educational institutions
ask state appropriations as follows:
state university s1ss,2OO; Lewiston
normal s7s 600; Albion normal sss.-
900: Pocatello technical school sss.-
900; Gooding deaf and blind schoo!
-55. O9e; St Anthony school $4,000.
Oregon Short line doing all in its
power to relieve coal shortage in
southern idaho. Transferred rolling
stock from D. & f. C. and rushes
cosi from Utah.
The Idaho Republican published by
Byrd Trego, semi-weekly at Black
foot. is erecting brick building for its
home and Installing modern steel fur
nit,re in place OF old style furniture
and fixtures, Total improvement |
cost about $4,000.
Utah Power & Light Co. expect to
make extensive electric developments
in Idaho early next year.
weise- Two eighty acre ranches
sell for sls9s.per acre each; firm of
Haley & Dickerson during past -
months ship, 100000 worth of stock
from here.
Anerican Falls-Beet seed growing
here a great success. local farmer re-
aiizing $40 per acre.
Nampa Oregon Short Line rushing
work on roundhouse here where it
VIII install largest turntable on
western division of Union Pacific
system. r
Idaho Falls is one of big potato
shipping points Of west 10000 bags
of beet seed were raised there this
year for United States Beet Seed Co.
Pea seed raising is also profitable
there.
Burley to have $4,000 Carnegie Ii
brary
wallace-volume of ore made avail
able recently will rank Morning mine
Of Federal Mining and Smelling Co.
with greatest lead properties OF
world
In the face of millions already spent I