Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-11-03

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doors. Unredeemed sight drafts with
bills of lading attached on shipments
| Of potatoes is the cause given by the
! officials for the banks closing.
! Blackfoot.-More than 100 persons,
| inclding 300 Nez Indians, participated
in the services in dedication of a mon
ument to Lewis and Clark, the ex-
plorers at Orc Elmo on the Clearwater
river
| Boise.-L ]. Oviatt, sentenced to
the Idaho penitentiary from Bannock
county on a polygamy charge escaped
from the Travelling Guard at the po-
lice station as the guard was pre-
pairing to take him back to the PEN
itentiary after he had left a local
hospital, but had been picked up by
the police.
Jerome.-A "Dog Case" cost Jer-
ONE taxpayers more than $500 last
week The case was called in dis
trict court and two days were given
| over to demurrers and objections.
Pocatello.-Bids were asked for by
the departm ant of public works for
the construc don of a ninety-foot span
steel bridge over the Portneuf river
| two and one half miles west of Po-
| catello. The bids also call for the
building of the approaches. totaling
about three-fourths of a mile.
Twin Falls.-Pitchforks and shovels
were used in a search of a ranch
south of Hansen by deputy sheriffs,
who confiscated two large moonshine
stills which they uncovered in the
top of a haystack.
Boise.-C. N. Woods, chief of graz
ing with the district forestry office
Of Ogden, was in Boise comforting
with the local forestry office. Before
coming here Mr.. Woods had been in
conference with grazing chiefs in
Weiser and HALEY.
Hailey.-Assistant District Forester
G. N. Woods, in charge Of grazing in
the Fourth district, reports about five
per cent decrease in the number of
sheep in the forests.
Twin Falls.-Twin Falls county COM
missioners have set January 16, 1923,
as the date on which residents of ir-
rigation projects extending along the
Snake river from st. Anthony to Twin
Falls will vote on the creation of the
proposed Snake river irrigation dis
trict.
Rupert.-Four hundred and thirty
seven sacks of No. 1 Gems, off of
two acres, is the harvest reported by
Chrles Hutton, three miles south of
town. This field was directly in the
path of the hail storm in late August.
Boi5e,-The express rate situation
in the intermountain states was dis
cussed at meeting of the traffic ou-
reau of the chamber of commerce
Plans were laid to take exception to
the present level of express rates pre-
vailins
Twin, Falls.-Cars distributed by
the Pacific Fruit Express will be di- |
vided equally between the o S. l.. and |
O. W., r. & n, according to a tele-
gram received by the director OF serv-
ice for the interstate commerce COM
mission.
Pocatello.-The fourteenth annual |
convention of the county commission |
ers of Idaho met in Pocatello and near /
ly 100 commissioners were present be- |
fore the end of the three day session. /
Boise.-A contract for the construc-
ton of approximately ten miles of the
north and south highway in Boundary /
county has been awarded according |
to word received at the state highway |
bureau. The road on which the con-
struction will be carried on is immed-
lately north of Bonners Ferry, toward
the Canadian line.
Twin Falls.-The Idaho Central
Railroad company, backed by the
Western Pacific Railway company, will
complete within a years time ninety
miles of railroad TO connect Twin Falls
with the Western Pacific and the
Southern Pacific lines at Wells, Ney.
Spanish-American war veterans VIII
hereafter be entitled to treatment for
mental nervous and tuerbcular di-
seases and ailments In hospitals 81
he Pacific northwest under the direc-
ion of the United States veterans bu-
'eau
Nsmpa. Work on Nampa's paving
program has come ~ az end Tor 10