Veterans of Civil War Meet at Rupert Discuss Frontier Times
W N Schilling, Rupert postmaster and convention delegate, shares Civil War memories with Frank T Disney. He fought under Custer and Sheridan, witnessed Gettysburg, served in Indian wars, and sent the Little Big Horn massacre news in 1876. The Shoshone Gun Club posted strong scores at a Saturday shoot, led by Millsaps with 24 of 25.
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Frank T. Disney
Republican County Central Committee
W. N. Schilling
Rupert
Disney
Schilling
Michigan
Custer
Sheridan
Shenandoah
Gettysburg
Appomattox
Schil Hing
Territories
William McKinley
James G. Blaine
Sig
Minidoka
Sam
Republican Party
Boys In Blue
Shoshone Tonic Company Boomed by Neighboring Cities Offer
Local boosters warn Shoshone of aggressive inducements from Twin Falls Mountain Home and Boise to relocate the Fat Brush Tonic plant and headquarters. Citizens are urged to buy stock to keep the company in Shoshone, highlighting its strong product line and advertising appeal.
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Fat Brush Tonic Company
Twin Falls
Mountain Home
Boise
Sage Brush Tonic Company
Electrical display as rain floods spark alarms
An inch of rain Wednesday evening triggered warnings of potential floods while electricity surged through the town. Telephone lines hummed, calls dropped, and operators fled the central office to avoid shocks as the storm raged.
King Hill Company Granted Water Rights Under Carey Act
State Land Board authorized King Hill Company to charge a maximum of 65 per acre for water rights on its project and to turn over canals to settlers under the North Side Twin Falls plan. About 12,000 of 20,000 acres are to be covered, with a 20 percent construction cost reduction. The land, suited for fruit culture, lies near Snake River canyon. Water delivery will begin only after water is available.
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Te Land Board
Tnesday
North Side Twin
Snake River
Notice to Carey Act Entrymen Under Twin Falls Canal
Notice to settlers under the Twin Falls North Side Land and Water Company's canal system. Water delivery ready for irrigation to those who entered land under the Carey Act revisions. Land described lies in Lincoln County within specified townships and ranges east of Boise Meridian. By D C MacWatters vice president.
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Lincoln County
Twin Falls North Side Canal
Boisedian
Boise Meridian
Idaho
Uni
Twink
Fallis North Sipe Laxpasp Watin Company
D. C. MacWatters
Shoshone Tennis Club Elects Officers and Gooding Pump
The Shoshone Tennis Club met Monday and elected W. Hail Horne as president and Ross Haddock as secretary treasurer. F. C. Pierce passed duties to the new management. The club plans further challenges and grounds improvements. Pierce ordered a heavy pump head and cylinder for a new 70 gpm deep well in Gooding to supply over 100 000 gallons daily, initially using a gasoline engine until electric power is available.
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Shoshone Tennis Club
W. Hail Horne
Ross Haddock
F.C. Pierce
Cla
Boise Aml Pocatello
Shoshone
Jon
F. C. Pierce
Gooding
Card of Thanks from the Stines family
The Stines family expresses heartfelt thanks to many friends who offered support during the sickness and death of their father and mother.
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Tae Stines
County Board Delivers Liquor Licenses and District Creations
April 18 meeting shows licenses granted for Rupert and Shoshone holdings with Grosse dissenting on both. Town of Gooding incorporated with trustees named. New herd district for Milner tract approved to take effect May 5 1908. New school district No 32 created in district No 23 area along Smale river. Consolidation talks delayed for district Nos 1 8 and 10 with further study requested. Reporter J M Grimm highlights North Side irrigation progress and looming school planning for the 30 000 acre tract as Idaho irrigated lands transform toward a garden spot.
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Board of County Commisioners
D. L. Root and
Dunn Bros
Rupert
H. H. Cook
Board of Trustees of
A. C. DeMary
F. E. Grosse
J. L. Clark
Shoshone
al O. Cottle
Grosse
F. R. Gooding
Gooding
E. W. Gardner
Robert Pruitt
Walter Gooding
F. L. Purdit
E. C. Egelus
Milner
J. A. Handy
Smale
Alberta
Winta
Lewis Walter
Andy Willis Mowhtanders
J W Dwyer
C A Jones
W Poling
Primary Elections Set Across County for Republican Convention
Notice of primary elections to select delegates to the Republican conventions in Sho shone Wallace and Chicago, Idaho, lists polling hours 2 to 7 pm in towns and 2 to 6 pm in rural precincts on May 4 1908. Qualified voters affiliated with the Republican party in the last general election may vote. Apportioned delegates by precinct include Shoshone 1 Heyburn 11 Rupert Scherrer 7 Minidoka 2 Hagerman 1 Kanoka 2 Gooding 3 Bliss 1 Burns 1 Pagari 1 Clover Creek 1. By order of the County Central Committee W Gooding Chairman Fei Harey W. Anderson Secretary.
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Shoshone
Idaho
Wallace
Chicago
Republican Party
Heyburn
Rupert Scherrer
Minidoka
Hagerman
Kanoka
Gooding
Bliss
Burns
Pagari
Clover Creek
Coney Central
W. Gooding
Fei Harey W. Anderson
New Officers for Shoshone Study Club Election
The Shoshone Study Club elected officers for the coming year at last week’s meeting. President Mrs W F Millsaps, Vice President Mrs E T Disney, Secretary Mrs B D Barton, and Treasurer Mrs M R Wheeler. The year will feature England Ireland studies this year and Italy Greece next with historical and artistic focus. Membership was limited to 20, a cap not fully reached, reflecting the club’s helpful, conscientious work.
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Italy
Greece
Desert Claims Being Taken Near Jerome
Cassius S. Andrews, civil engineer at Grant's camp, filed a desert claim of 180 acres southeast of Jerome on Wednesday before U S Commissioner Disney. The land lies within the irrigated North Side area but was not segregated as too high for ditch water. Since the year began, seven or eight similar filings have been made in the locality. The Grants each took a half section and are improving them, using water from a well for the first season.
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Cassius S. Andrews
Grant
Jerome
U. S
Disney
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Indiaus
Shoshone Gun Club
Millsaps
Purdum
Todd
Nicely
R. Haddock
Hail Horne
Haddocks
Hailey
State Land Board
King Hill Company
Carey
Smilner, Lal
Herd Law
Milner Tract
Gooding Incorporated
J. M. Grimm
Grimm
Twin Falls North Side
North Side
Pheasanton
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