18 Jul 1902
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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1902
Page
1
Hailey and Shoshone schedule a big ball game at the city park next Sunday for a $100 side bet. A pregame dance and grandstand seating are arranged, with Shoshone officials and business leaders backing the event.
Passenger train No 1 arriving Shoshone at 7 37 p m Friday evening brought in from Owinza a Greek section hand who had been run over by extra freight No 623 west bound The crew had paused near a railroad camp three miles east of Owinza to water grading outfits and several hands joined the freight to ride The men attempted to jump off as the train moved The Greek worker fell struck his head on a freight car axle and his legs were drawn under the moving cars causing fatal injuries.
H L Hollister and a party of eastern mining men and capitalists left Boise Sunday for Thunder Mountain. The group includes R Estrada of Joplin Missouri F C Rutan and son of New York C Darrow of Ogden and J Chester Brown of Chicago with six others continuing to Weiser. The trip aims to influence major Thunder Mountain property transfers as Hollister sees the district as a rising western mining region.
Bishop Fanston of Boise led Sunday services at the M E church and outlined plans for a boys college costing 5000 dollars across from St Margaret's school. He praised the new church as a model structure and said contractors expect readiness in three to four weeks.
Excursionists note early construction of a five room cottage for O J Brennan near the opera house, begun last Saturday. Plans also reveal a stone building 80 by 50 feet for Chas Dill at the former Dill hotel corner, promising high finish and modern conveniences in Shoshone.
The passage notes that only top quality buildings are being erected, indicating strong business confidence in the area’s future and wishing the good work to continue.
R Hart, superintendent for Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone, surveyed Shoshone and said poles will be set and line installed at once. Poles on the ground. copper wire to be stretched. Blackfoot line completed, linking to Salt Lake City, Boise, and Portland. Coltharp & Baugh line to follow. holes for poles already dug.
The Cabinet at its July 1 meeting referred the matter of securing a satisfactory affirmation of title to the New Panama Canal Company property to the Attorney General. It is likely he will seek French cooperation via the Chamber of Deputies to solidify the canal’s legality for the United States. Informal assurances from France are expected, and records from French courts may be accessed for further evidence. Continued friendly ties should resolve the issue soon, with treaty talks with Colombia hoped to begin next year. The President and Cabinet are praised for prompt action under the law. The guild was entertained by Mr and Mrs Champlain last Wednesday. The next meeting will be with Myre. Dill.
The Twin Falls land and water company advances an irrigation canal with a steel bridge at The Cedars for public use. Shoshone farmers gain access to markets as a direct road from The Cedars to Shoshone is planned, funded by a $300 subscription and a $200 county appropriation. George Brown and Steve Forrester map the route toward Wilson's Lake, Notched Butte, and The Cedars, establishing Shoshone as a canal distributive hub with 30 miles of new road viability.
Four miles shorter distance expected for the Twin Falls to Shoshone corridor as red river viewers return from the river. The new road will connect with the main road at Twin Falls, cutting the Twin Falls to Shoshone travel by about five miles and signaling a forward, businesslike community effort with a forthcoming list of subscribers.
I B Perrine of Blue Lakes, Idaho reports an immense fruit crop with 4000 boxes of peaches and shipments daily to Boise and beyond. George Hall estimates 10,000 boxes. Bing cherries fetch high prices in New York and other markets. Pear blight appears in Idaho. Perrine plans a dryer using electrical heat due to nearby power from Blue Lake.
Local notes report Hailey versus Strothone as the best game of the season with 7100 at stake. Also mentioned are visitors from Pocatello and Salt Lake City, a burned pest home west of town, and new furniture stock by C. Hartle in Hailey.
The reader notes B. H. Wells of Deer Park Lime Island NY recommends Chamberlin Cain Balm as the best liniment for strains. He used it last winter for severe side lameness from a strain, and praises quick relief and care from Forsalely W. H. Baugh, druggist.
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