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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1908
Page
1
The Sage Brush Tonic company has installed a steam heating plant at its West Rail street factory. Weekly, new labor saving devices and time efficient methods boost production of Sage Brush tonic and shampoo. With strong fall sales and field agents, the firm eyes dividend growth and stock appreciation driven by advertising the bald headed Indian slogan.
Prof C A Lewis, longtime business educator, plans a two month winter course in Shoshone starting January if enough students enroll. He will teach commercial law and related subjects at the high school, with support from the school board. His system promises rapid mastery, and graduates hold strong bookkeeping positions in the west.
John McFall and Don Burnside traveled to Salt Lake with Idaho University to watch the annual clash against Utah University. Idaho dominated time in Utah territory as weather hindered both sides on a snow covered field with 20 inches fallen. Small, the quarterback, delivered sensational play while R. J. McMahon recovers from a sprained ankle and will shed crutches soon.
James R. Taylor known as Scotty was slashed from ear to ear by a stranger in the Senate saloon at one o'clock Saturday morning. He received immediate medical aid and was taken to Dill hospital as investigators traced the assailant through Pocatello and Shoshone. The suspect was captured but identified as another man. the assailant remains at large. Local notes report on Thanksgiving holidays, illnesses, and public works projects around Caldwell.
Richfield keeps dry after county commissioners take no vote on Faley and Black liquor license as petitioners and remonstrants collide. Citizens backed by Idaho Irrigation Company pledge to cover district revenue loss, keeping saloon ban intact. The older license expired weeks ago and no liquor is sold in town. Richfield joins another county town without saloons under new discretionary rules.
J N Haddock, longtime Greenfield lawyer and Adair county’s oldest practitioner, will relocate with son Rush Haddock to Gooding Idaho and then to Shoshone where Rush practices law. The Des Moines Daily Tribune notes Haddock’s 33 years at the bar and his removal after his wife’s death. A banquet honored him with a gold headed cane engraved with his initials.
Richfield reports ongoing construction and business expansion along Main Street and Nez Perce avenue. developers like Mr BR J mmc Fox Lake and Mr G M Shiels push new stores and offices, with plans for a white pressed brick structure near the bank and a large dam freighting operation nearby.
A fragmented notice lists topics for a study club meeting in Mize Alta Cooding with Dee Lith hosting. Items cover Florentine republics, Gregory VII, Duke to King title changes, Napoleonic Italy, party formations, the Ghetto, Gregory XVI era, Charles Albert, Garibaldi, and Marxist ideas, plus stray notices about a lost red cow and a stray rope near Jerome Idaho.
The Farmers' and Merchants State Bank of Jerome is incorporated with capital of 15100 and plans to convert to a national bank in spring. ROS Fraser serves as president, J. M. Hall vice president, Z. Burkhead castes, and Paul R. Kartzke secretary. The bank will operate in the J M-stall building as a fine new bank facility is erected.
Reports from the Minidoka project show about 75 to 80 percent of north side settlers paid their first water payments by early December, safeguarding claims from confiscation. The ruling by Secretary Garfield reverses Secretary Hitchcock, prompting concerns over fairness, potential relief measures, and possible legal contests amid winter hardship. A winter storm dropped five inches of snow, aiding irrigation prospects for next season.
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