Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-04-05
IDAHO AND |DAHOANS

in Blackfoot March 20. Mr. Sni i
came to Idaho from Omaha, Neb., in
1884.
There ere 105 boys and twelve girls
registered for jobs at the city hall at
Boise. Thus far but four jobs have
been awarded. One trouble is that the
calls are for older and stronger boys.
The work of putting in several addi-
tional miles of cement sidewalks at
Emmett was commenced last week.
Contractors are busy putting in sew
ers and grading and sanding the
streets.
new chapel, recently completed by
the Church of God congregation at
Middleton, was dedicated Sunday. The
new building is of the bungalow type,
and cost $4,000. 1t has seating ca
pacity of 400.
w. ]. Williamson was awarded 5000
by district court jury at Caldwell for
injuries sustained when his horse
stepped into a hole and fell, break
ing the plaintiffs leg. Williamson had
asked for $1,000.
Word has been received at Murtaugh
that Elwood and Raymond Roberts, two
of Murtaugh's young men, We're wound
ed when the transport on which they
we returning TO New York was tor
pedoed by submarine.
While no definite word has been re-
ceived from Secretary McAdoo it is
considered by the committee in charge
of the third Liberty loan compaign
that Idaho's quota will be but little
greater than it was for the second
| loan
Candidates who expected to take the
civil service examination for postmas-
ter in PocateIO, which was set for
April 16, have been advised that it has
been indefinitely postponed. No ex-
PLANTATION for this action has been
made.
Permits for construction work. most
ly new residences, TO cost S2l $50, We're
obtained during the present month
from the city engineer at Nampa by
local citizens. A number of other
builders have so far failed to obtain
permits.
The city of Caldwell will not build
municipal hospital. At a special cleo
ton last week proposition to bond
the city for $4,000 for this purpose
was decisively voted down, the result
being 20 in favor of the proposition to
3S4 against.
AT the widely advertised sale OF Ap-
pie Orchard company produce held at
Gooding recently, first class clover hay
sold for SO per ton in the stack. State |
Farm Market Director Alfred had adj |
vised the farmers to hold their hay for |
$15 per ton.
1t is announced that legal proceed |
ings are to be started by Bruce Cor
anson against members of the crowd |
who took him to the corner of Main
and Center streets at PocatellO and
compelled him TO kneel and kiss the
American flag.
Governor Alexander went to Wash
ingtOn last week to attend the confer
ence of governors called by Secretary
Lane of the interior department. He
also will take up with other govern
ment officials a number of important
matters relating TO Idaho war ac-
tivities.
Notice is published by the chief of
police that no peddlers, canvassers or
people of like occupation will be al
lowed to work in Moscow. 1t is sus-
pected shat some travelling agent OBJ
tanned names and addresses for the l.
w. w. shower of propaganda letters,
which came in by the hundreds last
week.
Hobart Fl. Steely. son of DR.. and
Mrs O. b. Steely Of POcatellO, was ,
enlisted in the quartermaster's corps
IN his eighteenth birthday, He has t
been anxious to get into the govern
nent service ever since war was de-
Jared but because of his age his APP q
,lication could not previously be con c
idered.
According to report Of the super q
ntendent of the Maroa district. there I
we're thirtyseven pupils in the Maroa
chools who earned $11OO during the t
Nitdtioil. tpiiS VI Ills NtuODl
lsO own twenty-one war savings GER s
ificates worth S9499 and S14.25 worth \
f thrift stamps besides having pur
based a 800 Liberty bond. r.
L. L. Breckenridge of Twin Falls left K
list week for the east, from where So
e will sail for Europe to do execu- IL
We work for the Red Cross ban
net and a public farewell reception ~,
as given Mr.. Breckenridge upon his p,
eparture.
The children of Central school at
Disc are making quilts for the Belgian
lildren from the scraps left from the ii
irment cutting at the Red Cross =.
IONS. Both boys and girls are taking en-
the work with the same enthusiasm "
at they did the knitting. Two quilts
q finished and two are uDdpr u,ov