Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1924-01-11
Short News Notes
From All Parts of
IDAHO

completed for the Thirteenth Annual
State Seed Show which will be held
at Jerome January Is to 18th. Many
new features win be on hand and ths
show is expected to Be the biggest
and best ever held.
Rupert, - s. r. Johnson. George
Flynn and W. A. jenkins shipped
twenty-five cars Of lambs, containing
5000 head, to the Crane Sheep CON-
pany az Ogden. The lambs have been
on feed and pasture near town.
Idaho City, = Deer In the bowman
section have left the highlands and
come into the outskirts OF Lowman,
according to a telephone message re-
ceiyed by the office Of the Boise na-
tional forest from Warren Taylor,
ranger who is acting as game warden
for the state for the winter.
Rupert,-E. A Moyes, who has been
drilling a well on the Dewey bench,
struck at a depth Of 435 feet hoS
OF warm water with steady flow Of
seventy-fivs inches. equal to about
one and one-half acre-feet- When a
reducer was put on the water shot
forty-five feet into the air.
Twin Fallss-A motion was debated
in the district court before Judge
Babcock for q new trial in the case
OF Walton against I. H Masters, pub
Usher and owner Of the Twin Falls
Times. Some time ago this case was
tried with the result Of a verdict
against Walton in his $4,000 libel
suit against Masters.
Rupert. Y. P. Biehl reports re-
ceipts amounting to $1,000 from fifty
acres seeded TO beets and potatoes
II the bonus on the beets equals that
of last year, he expects to receive an
additional $1,000. Six acres Of the
fifty was in Melted Gem potatoes The
beets averaged twenty tons, in soma
parts running as high as tEenty-six
tons TO the acre.
inent farmer living in the Groveland
district, three miles north OF this city,
committed suicide by hanging in his
farm barn while in dependency fol-
lowing serious Illness.
Boise,-Proposal Of a special Iegis-
lative session to stiffen Idaho alien
land law has been frowned upon by
Governor C. c. Moore.
Boise,-Automobils licenses In the
state Of Idaho exceeded all previous
records in 1923. This is the record
Of the secretary OF STATES office. and
Secretary Of State F. A. Jeter is
more than satified with the show
ing. A total OF g., $50 licenses was
issued or an increase Of $4,000 over
1922. OF this number 800 were
issued for trucks and the remainder
for passenger cars.
Hagerman.-The Idaho Power com
pany has applied to the federal power
commission for license to flood GER
tain public lands at its constructed
power plant in Snake river at Lower
Salmon Falls, near Hagerman.
Boise.-Ons hundred fifty-four ar
rets were made by Boise police dur
ing December. or this number So |
were on drunkenness charges. Fines, |
costs and forfeited bonds turned over
TO the city amounted to 1923.
Shoshcne. - A technicality OF the
law deprives Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar &
Hubbard Of Shoshone Of child
adopted from Laura Vaughn and re-
stores the baby, which Is now more
than year old, TO its mother accord
ing to q recent supreme court Geci-
sion.
Nampa, totaiing $4,000
to the victory fund of the Northwest
Nazarene college were made at ser
vices held here Sunday.
Idaho Falls.-A number of peopls
of Idaho Falls and communities
north OF here. are interested in city's
becoming owner OF the Warm Springs
Power eompaRy's plant on the north
'ork OF the Snake river at Ashton. Il
s clAimed that this plant holds .
strategic position in power develop
nent OF the upper valley and that II
could be bought for less money than
he enlarging Of the present munich
pal plant.
Jordan Valley. - The Io-stanp
luartz mill 81 Flint IS now running
4 hours a day with three shifts and
rushing about 20 tons OF ore. The
re now being worked Is from the old
lump sorted FOR shipment last spring
nd is being cleaned up % make room
or bigger operations soon.
Nampa. -IlYsstock breeders an<
Nperts from AL over the Pacific
0as, and intsrmountain country were
3 attendance 80 che state meeilns q
na Idaho cNluE1r0RaFs' Association ,