Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1919-07-18
In THE GEM STATE


in the state fish and game department
and credited and created in the state
fish and game department while he
| (Jones) was game warden for Idaho,
according to dispatches.
The crop and weather report issued
| by the bureau of estimates for the de-
| partment of agriculture last week
gives comprehensive summary of the
crop conditions in the state of idaho
at the present time. The report states
that fine growing weather prevailed,
but that the long draught was un-
broken and that in dry-farm sections
crops continue to deteriorate.
Gooding has just been placed on the
good roads map for II third state high
way. The announcement came a few
days ago from VIM. j. Hall, commits
sioner of public works at Boise, that
he had the Roosevelt" highway con-
Meeting Bliss with American Falls and
the route to follow the oregon Short
Line between those two places and to
get through this city.
Calls for aid from Idaho to extin-
guish forest fires raging in the almost
inaccessible country in the vicinity of
Yellow Pine resulted last week in the
dispatch of another party of freight
ers from the headquarters of the field
service of the general land office, at
the direction of Ralph S. Kelly of Salt !
Lake and II. e. Huffman, field deputy. |
What is believed to have been an |
organized attempt of convicts at the
HURT penitentiary farm at Nampa IT,
make IL clean getaway recently, in a
stolen automobile was nipped in the /
bud when the car was accidently dis
covered by passing farmer where it
had been concealed in ii gravel pit
ON the farm.
Both the Nampa Cooperative cream
cry and the local branch of the Farm
eTs' Society of Equity, at Nampa, are
for engagements of their
plants to handle the greatly increased
business the farmers cooperative con-
Germs are developing in this field.
Miss Florence Yoch of Los Angeles,
landscape designer, has been retained
by the Shoshone Falls Park Memorial
association to suggest q scheme for the
Improvement of the park as a me-
mortal to the service men of this coun-
try.
ShOshone highway district, by a
vote of to l last week, authorized the
issuance of bonds in the amount of
100000 for highway construction and
permanent roads within the district.
The vote was approximately 27O to go. {
George Day of Burley has been con-
ierring with the game department over ,
he possibility of killing off the beaver
which are infesting the Goose creek
near the reservoir and hindering the
low of the stream.
The commissioners of Ada county l
nave decided to call an election to vote
Il 100000 in bonds for the purpose of
constructing roads. The election will !
De held some time in August. !
Reports current at Nampa indicate a
hat Owyhee StOckmen are experience r
ng greater difficulty obtaining salts 7
actory range conditions for cattle and a
heep, because of the long continued r
routh, than they have experienced for 1
ears. Many sheepmen are shipping
heep to Idaho forest reserves, to Col
RADIO and California ranges. Cattle
len have indicated that they Will be- >
in to gather their stock about Aug. l.
The Lewiston Valley Water COM o
any of Lewiston wants to double its ~
ates for service. II has filed IL formal
pplication with the public utilities
to charge $40 an acre for r,
-ater Heretofore it has charged but
). n
Laborers employed on state con
acts can be worked only eight hours
day. said William j. Hall, state com
Missioner of public works, in letter c
to contractors of state work, II
George Krassel of New Plymouth
as shot and killed by w. /. Reed at S
lie home of the latter. on the South Ii
ork of the Salmon about twenty miles c
Glow Knox, early last week.
Three persons are missing as the
suit of the overturning of launch
llt 0UltI L w III ldhtS. h'l tliNA
aho. according to telephone advices
X other passengers on the launch
ere rescued. II
The Idaho Power company, in a re-
'rt filed with the public utilities :,
mmssion, says it has sufficient cleo :"
lefty TO operate pumps on western n,
aho irrigation projects at minimum -,
pacity. -
the efforts of parties at or
impa, representing the Idaho Cement ~
ave Silo company, Il factory will be
ected at Nampa. Large supplies of
tsfactory sand are available, il is
ported. III
The lewiston Charleston Traction v
mpany of Lewiston Saturday asked op
2 public utilities commission for per-
ssion to advance rates from ) to 81