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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1912
Page
8
County news item notes A J Cunningham left Sunday for Texas to work on a large contract for the Grano company. Hagerman Sun mentions Paul Gourley’s Salt Lake City trip for medical treatment, and a valuable Bible missing from a local home.
A historical discussion on moving city boys to country schools to improve learning environments. The U S Bureau of Education issues a bulletin on Country Schools for City Boys. Prominent figures like P P Claxton and William Starr Myers advocate school parks and private funding.
Questions raise on farm practice covering bovine bloat where gas shifts in the large bowel, and pulleyably punctured pouches on cows. Glanders versus farocy skin form notes. Contagious outbreaks need veterinary diagnosis and quarantine with formalin wash. Pure bred stock versus grades discussed for disease risk and purse. Blackleg eradication steps include burning carcasses, moving cattle, vaccine from University of Idaho for advance notice.
A Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul notice explains June 30 changes to Oregon Short Line trains Nos 6 and 6 between Omaha and Chicago with new departures at 7 20 a m eastbound and 10 a m westbound. The Omaha Chicago short line will be double tracked this fall. Also June changes shift Denver Chicago service to CM St Paul for through coach and locomotive duties between Omaha and Chicago.
Notice invites sealed bids for grading filling and paving on Logan Street between Walnut and West Streets in Shoshone. Plans and specs on file at Village Clerk’s office. Bids due to Harry W. Anderson Clerk by noon July 20 1942. A J Newman Chairman of Trustees.
Village of Shoshone invites bids to fill grade and level Boise Street from Walnut Street west to Carlo Street. Specifications on file. Bids due by July 20 1912 noon. Attest, July 5. Lost: white wool shawl between Shoshone and Peck school house. reward to finder, Mrs L W Walker.
A Mexander and Captain Tomer travel from Hill City near Blane county border to Camas Prairie. They describe scarce labor, promising fall wheat, spring wheat in good condition, and alfalfa ready for cutting. Desert land without irrigation supports a larger wheat acreage than last year.
The piece notes a shift in public health messaging as state boards highlight practical facts. It cites Dr Gyrus Thompson on flies and filth and The Journal of the American Medical Association urging Americans to reconsider the bedbug as a greater threat than the house fly.
The text describes rebellious angels cast from heaven and Lucifer asking Beelzebub about an old problem during a swift descent. It notes 7,000,000 people employed in vine cultivation in France.
Clerk C H Matson presents the annual financial summary for School District No 43 Lincoln County Idaho covering July 4 1914 balance 62.97 and 1914 receipts including apportionment 467.96 special tax 3187.55 bond sale 410207.50 bond tax 27.28 other sources 1955 26. disbursements include paid teachers books rent fuel stationery seating and desks totaling 1344.51 with a final balance 2389.95.
District No 18 Lincoln County Idaho covers July 1 1911 to July 1 1912 with Annie M Zeigler clerk showing balance 408 45 apportionment 691 37 244 23 960 00 paid rent 50 00 fuel 22 65 janitors 4 00 census and books 3 80 desks and blackboards 36 0 repairs globe 5 shoshone Journal printing 5 00 W H Baugh window glass 1 00 W B Gwin exp to trustees meeting 8 00 Try California Blue Stem Brac for bread 5 pound packages stockgrowers mer co
Hill, an electrician, tracked a black bear seen on a hill near town. He retrieved a rifle, pursued the animal, and fired three times with a 30-30, the third shot killing the bear. The 50 pound beast was brought into town as Hill celebrated his success.
A classroom exchange shows a teacher asking a boy to spell cat. The boy responds with Kat and questions what the letters k a t spell, prompting a reminder that spelling can reveal different interpretations and attitudes among students and teachers.
A reflective quote attributed to Robert Hichens argues that most major actions by women are driven by men, a view described as foolish yet deemed human nature. It suggests enduring such dynamics as part of life, reflecting early 20th century attitudes.
Cavad Bowek fished the Fourth at the Big Wood and landed a seven pound trout, 22 ½ inches long, on the Joe Darrah ranch stream. He recalls wearing the fish down before sliding it over a smooth rock. Boeck's trout is described as a Salmon and a speckled beauty.
In a narrow Manhattan district, a dense population equals or exceeds the total populations of states including Arizona, Delaware, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Puerto Rico, Utah, Vermont, and Wyoming, highlighting urban concentration.
A waiter asks about a man who kicked a chair and threw cards into a fireplace. The other replies that the man is the gentleman who tries to calm his nerves by playing solitaire.
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