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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1907
Page
5
A new hay sweep called the Bragga, patented by Antone Brags of Shoshone, is manufactured in C F Borden's shop. The device stacks windrowed hay to the pile and is praised as highly effective and easy to use, with growing demand across Idaho.
The proposed pumping plant to irrigate 30 000 acres between Milner and Hansen was halted as homesteaders rushed to raise land prices. Twin Falls company studied feasibility and prepared a Carey act submission, then withdrew when Sooners tried to profit from free water. The result is disappointment and uncertain prospects for a crop on the dry land.
A. White of Kansas City representing Sparks Bros Mule & Horse Co brings a premier mule shipment to Shoshone Idaho. The herd, raised in Missouri and Arkansas, includes an unbroken four-year-old weighing 1350 pounds. The mules, valued around $6000, head to Slick Bros camp on the Idaho Irrigation canal.
The Snostose village board met in regular session with present trustees C F Borden T H Gooding GC W Wernicke and W M M Custer. Minutes were read and approved. The clerk was instructed to draw for street repairs. Gravel contract offered for 600 loads at 100. Liquor license action postponed until next meeting. Adjournment set for Monday July 8 1907. Harry W Anpersos, Clerk, allowed warrants.
Eiler's new sensational melodrama The King of the Cattle Ring promises interest and entertainment with special scenery for each act and an excellent 30 person company. The show travels in two Pullman cars under canvas, marking a notable investment of over a thousand dollars. It premieres in Shoshone on Thursday, July 11.
All old Shoshone Journal accounts due to W. C. Murphy are payable to P. G. Haddock, attorney, at his office in Shoshone by order of W. C. Murphy.
The Shoshave Light and Water Company will sell 6 pound electric flat irons for 45 00 to encourage use of electric current. For private family ironing the charge is 75 cents per month for six summer months or 50 cents a month for 12 months.
I will present an application to the board of county commissioners of Lincoln county Idaho at their July meeting 1907 for the appointment of a deputy sheriff for the Minidoka tract Leroy C Jones Sheriff Lincoln county Idaho June 1907
Dr Williams operates a dentistry practice in Sho shone with offices over Baugh Drug Store. Crown and bridge work are specialties. Urges immediate dental care. Also offers a $10 reward for information on a bay horse branded on left thigh and left shoulder, weight about 1200 pounds, strayed or stolen near Burns Idaho about a year ago. Contact R J McCormick Burns Idaho.
Bethany Lodge No. 21 F and A M states meetings are held last Wednesday each month at the Masonic hall. Sojourning brothers from other lodges are cordially invited to attend. Frank T. Disney serves as W M and F C Pierce as Secretary.
The District Court of the Fourth Judicial District of Idaho Lincoln County summons defendants including Great Shoshone and Twin Falls Water Power Company and many individuals and entities to answer a complaint arising from a prior condemnation order. The document describes metes and bounds for property described in a 1908 order, locating the premises along the Snake River and in Lincoln County with extensive bearing and distance specifics. The suit references W A Clark Creighton Dewey and others, and cites recording details in Lincoln County deeds.
A legal notice from Lincoln County Idaho seeks approval to take land to divert and control the Subjet River waters for electrical generation and power supply. It details parcels, routes, and rights of way, with court dates and appearance instructions for the defendant.
Notice lists property owners in Lincoln County Idaho with delinquent taxes for 1906, including real and personal property, penalties, and costs. Taxes must be paid or property will be sold at public auction on a July Sunday 1907 at 10 a.m. in front of the county courthouse in Shoshone. several names and parcels are noted along with amounts due.
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