Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1923-05-18
Short News Notes
From All Parts of
IDAHO


basement of the Scrivner building a
Main and Pacific streets caused dam
age to $1,000 to the building and CT
gar stock of Alex Bumgarner
Pocatello.-Idaho can boast Of hay.
ing a town which is entirely under
the control of women. That distinc-
ton belongs to Fairfield, due to the
fact that ticket composed entirely
of women was elected at the recent
election.
Idaho Falls.-Idaho Falls city taxes
will be reduced about % per cent
according to the budget adopted at
meeting of the city council. The levy
of the entire city will be about Is
mills, which will include the bond and
sinking fund.
Pocatello.-The Idaho cherry crop
will be better than that of last year,
according to all reports. The Lewis
ton crop will run to more than 800
tons and the Emmett crop is esti
mated at nearly 100 tons.
Boise.-F. F. Johnson was reelected
president of the Idaho Power com
pany at special meeting Of the d. |
lectors at the company's offices here. |
Blackfoot. = Frank Just, an en-
ployee of the Idaho Power company, I
ives severely burned about the chest
by an electric arc. The wire near
which he stood carried $4,000 volts.
Arco.-The campaign waged to sign
up enough cows to support a cheese
factory in this community met with
More than 400 head have
been signed up.
Pocatello.-Merritt Richardson. Ben
Summers and Mrs. S. E. Thompson
Ire held in the county Jail at Burley
charged with a statutory offense.
Idaho Falls-Boys' week, conducted
lnder auspices of the Idaho Falls Ro-
airy club, ended with an enthusiastic
thletic meet at Highland park. Ap-
fortunately 300 boys participated.
Nampa.-Caught by descending
age weighing 1900 pounds, Fred
orenson, a miner at the Demming
lines, was killed instantly.
Caldwell.-Seven miles Of state
lghway between Caldwell and Wilder
ave just been completed by the
'unty road department. The high
ay was started last summer.
Rigby.-The cheese factory at Rig
began active operations with 5000
FUNDS of milk, which will be largely
creased at once.
Buriey-A. V. Mounce of Bull. was
stantly killed in an automobile acct
Mt sixteen miles west of here.
IDAHO Falls.-Harry W. Lambourne
Salt Lake and Miss Alta Guthrie
st. Anthony were seriously iniur
when an auto in which they were
ing overturned II miles north of 4
re.
IDAHO Falls.-The receiving hospit-
of the Blackfoot asylum, after be-
unoccupied for nearly year, was s
sned on May 1. t
Wallace. Nine mining concerna
I'd statements with the county as 7
sor here, showing net profits of :"
ool,624.46 for mines of the Coeur -
lene district during 1929. -
has begun on ST
'oo cottage on the stock ranch of
le Barclay at his home ranch at ag
north limits of Blackfoot. sic
ocatello.--W. G. Jones, former An'
tor OF the Baptist church. upop
ZION OF friends, has been pre- ai'
ed upon to organize a new church an
'ocatello. an
ontpelier-Dr. George F. Ashley L..
sworn into office as MAYOR of ons
tpelier. DR.. Ashley was elected to b. b.,
e ON April "a by an almost
linous vote in his favor. T
&
Ipert-The Minidoka project now Ric
ins 100000 laying hens, and if ia the
hated that nearly a quarter mil dea
oaDy chicks will be raised this cou
g and summer n
ntpelier. - Bear Lake oor,tu YOU
srs will try out sugar beet ornn. Edg
his season and nearly ana 80 pany
best land in the valley has been pare
q.
e''"'"s Slice
'kioot--rhe county commission price
e contract for 8 miles OF gravel -
40 10 Glenn and Shafer, con. -
rs, or POcatello ON tho,~ 49, TuvI