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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1913
Page
8
Special correspondence from Washington reports congressional push to extend rural free delivery from the Kalem post office to surrounding towns. Efforts detail proposed routes, anticipated homestead and settlement gains, and plans to fund improvements including roads, fences, orchards, and building sites as part of the broader rural development agenda.
The article recalls a historic suffrage struggle and library access, noting ten years ago a lack of free libraries and a taxing law. It describes legislators pushing for a state library commission and free public libraries, with towns forming a campaign to fund libraries and extend access amid opposition concerns.
A coyote with two developed tails was presented for bounty at Pendleton Oregon. One tail was shorter and beneath the other. The animal was killed by Chris Stanaul of Pendleton. The note mentions fur trades and trappers across Idaho Montana and Siberia with massive fur yields and notable catches in the Bitterroot and Locksaw regions.
Forrest Day clash in Hailey featured Jack Forrest of Shoshone and Jess Day of Portland. Day won by decision after Forrest broke a hand in the first round. Day dominated early offense as the bout reached a close with Day awarded the decision. Preliminaries pitted Kid Arkjoosh and Elmer Sertue with arkhoosh showing science and endurance in an uneven exchange.
A long discussion notes compulsory education laws require truancy officers juveniles probation and court services. It praises child labor laws juvenile courts and probation officers as essential to enforce attendance and reform. The piece cites officials Kane and Goeton and lauds probation work alongside new state programs and funding efforts.
Notice for Lincoln County Idaho School District No. 42 announces the annual meeting on April 21 1913 at the district schoolhouse Saltistriot at 1 PM. Voters will elect a judge and clerk of election decide on a special tax not exceeding fifteen mills set school term length and transact other district business.
Native is hereby given that on the first day of April 1913 the annual school meeting and election in Lincoln County Idaho will be held at the schoolhouse in District No 3. Polls open at 12 m and close at 2:30 p.m. A clerk and judge of election will be chosen and a special tax question will be voted on to fix the rate at not more than fifteen mills on the dollar. One trustee will be appointed for three years in place of CH. Matson whose term expires. Clerk of Board A P Watson Solon District and Committee. REWARD Strogan for splendid from Governor, etc.
Faint hearted youths seek help from Father Angelus at SS Cecilia Roman Catholic church to marry soon. He urges early marriage, warns that high living stops nuptials, and offers to propose for those lacking nerve. He touts family life over automobiles and calls deliberate childlessness a crime.
The board approved claims against the Current Expense Fund including bank certificates and pauper supplies, cancelled or reissued tax certificates for errors, created new precincts North Shoshone and Marley, opened a road between Avenue H Jerome and nearby sections, and adjourned with warrants issued for assessed taxes and payrolls. Members listed include Chairman H. Gooding and Clerk Harry W. Anderson.
By order of the town Board a notice calls attention to village ordinances on street and alley cleanup water use and related rules. Provisions prohibit dumping trash accumulating garbage weeds irrigation after 10 pm and before 5 am and emphasize enforcement by the Marshal. Also ad: WANTED TO BUY small tract of land near Shoshone and FOR SALE ten milk cows from Custer & Son.
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