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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1906
Page
4
Payable in advance, year 2.00 currency noted. Rater at the post address in Shoshone. Fragmented text references date and place with unclear names and potential wartime era phrasing.
Washington state lawmakers and national figures discuss methods for choosing U S Senators. Senator Leytain opposes changing the Constitution via conventions or state laws and favors direct popular election only under strong necessity. Roosevelt resists rail rate abuses. Heyburn and Hepburn push reforms including a federal rate commission and forest reserves. A bill for battleship models and a $25,000 Idaho fish hatchery fund passes Senate.
A garbled 1900s public land notice collection from the Idaho Desert Land Office includes multiple final proof notices for settlers in Halley and Hagerman. Names such as Amel G Katsor, Edward Campbell, Marion Ky Savage, Charles Gutelien, Gottfried Gehrig, and others appear as witnesses or applicants to prove irrigation and reclamation of desert lands. The notices specify dates, places, and officials, with multiple locations and dates in 1900 to 1906 era government paperwork.
Department of the Interior Land Office at Hailey Idaho notices that Thomas J Gusten HE 221 for the NE SE and SE NW of section 28 township 5 south range 3 east will file final proof April 8 1908. Witnesses Bailey Beaton Thomas Hughes and Henry Mowerson reside Burne Idaho to prove continuance and cultivation of the land.
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