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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1909
Page
1
A large Shoshone crowd filled the opera house last night for the first local minstrel show. Performers delivered an excellent program with strong musical and dramatic talent, promising a new lineup tonight. The event drew praise for quality beyond expectations and urged another attendance for tonight’s show.
Prosecuting Attorney Frank T. Disney, Sheriff Wheeler, Deputy Zug, and City Marshal Dunn handled a surge of prosecutions over the last thirty days. Trials included Obrad Ysosh's stabbing case, Floyd Byerly's assault with a deadly weapon, and a family dispute leading to warrants for Martha Davis and others. The State vs J H Foxley and Elmer Crabbe concerns sheep theft from a Boise company, with Foxley of Howell's Ferry and Crabbe of Rupert. preliminary hearings were postponed as more defendants implicated. Rupert attorney John Peebles retained for defense.
The Idaho Supreme Court ruling criticizes the Washington county board of equalization for underassessing property and orders full cash valuation for all taxable property. Governor Brady notes December county commissioner meetings will tackle the taxation issue as state authorities seek a statewide cash basis for assessments. Officials have long held annual meetings to agree on cash valuation percentages for property assessments.
Jim Murphy was shot by Columbia bar tender J N Reed about one am Thursday. Four men entered the bar intending to attack Reed. Murphy returned with a knife and fired, hitting groin. Murphy, previously pursued by Marshal Dunn, is described as intoxicated and cocaine addicted. Reed acted to defend the bar. Murphy was hospitalized with good recovery prospects.
A wedding at the Presbyterian church united Callie Grace Gray and Donald Drake Burnside with 150 guests present. The ceremony featured Mendelssohn’s march, floral decorations, and a luncheon at the Gray home. The couple planned to travel to Salt Lake City and reside after December 1 with many gifts and congratulatory telegrams. Out-of-town guests included Ms Leah W Burnside and Mrs Anna Melver of Shoshone.
The Idaho Irrigation company advances a Carey Act plan to reclaim 200000 acres of sagebrush land via a multi canal system fed by the Big Wood and Little Wood rivers. Land will be sold in 40 acre tracts with 160 acre limit, payments in ten annual installments, and water rights sold alongside land. The project spawns new towns Richfield and Dietrich, and promises large population growth in Lincoln county as water delivery by April.
Attorney General DLC McDougal yesterday released an opinion on the local option. The ruling addresses regulatory scope and potential impacts for municipalities considering local option measures.
The Richfield area showcases a fancy lava rock irrigation power house and a new school building with 15 rooms, promising improved facilities. Teachers will gain support with three instructors for the town’s nine grades, while a line survey advances toward Weiser. The region hosts a growing farm economy and a Carey Act influence, with Ben Johnson returning to Pisher, Minnesota.
An eight acre patch on the W A Baugh ranch near the Little Wood River produced about 180 tons of Nol potatoes with 720 sacks totaling roughly 1980 bushels. The field, an old alfalla hay ground, showed exceptional vigor and cleanliness, praised by locals and farmer Sam Crothers for its rich nitrogen potential and productivity.
Major Fred R. Reed announced the sale of 800 acres on the Twin Falls Oakley project for 65 dollars per acre in a single block. The 350000 transaction drew buyers who are Seattle Armenian contractors planning to settle and subdivide the land into ten acre tracts for resale to countrymen, forming a future Armenian colony twelve miles north of Oakley and five miles from Marion post office.
Next Tuesday the Supreme Court will hear arguments on granting a new trial for John Fleming, convicted of killing Frank Langford in Lincoln county. Fleming, awaiting a possible retrial in Boise, complains of delay and urges action. Prosecutor Disney attends the hearing, confident no new trial will be granted. The Dorsey Music Company will relocate to the May & Nicely building on South Rail Street next week with 2000 in new goods.
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