Shoshone Fourth of July Celebrations Planned with Parade
An extensive Shoshone celebration centers on a July Fourth program starting with the Sells Floto circus. The schedule includes a grand parade at 10 am, speeches, music, and a fireworks display. Sports events, horse races, and a band concert fill Saturday, with a ball and special orchestra Monday night as the finale.
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la Shoshone
C. E. Herman
Richard Varnum
Martha Garlock
Fred R. Reed
America
Brick Yard for Shoshone Plans New Plant
A new brick plant for Shoshone will produce sand mold pressed red brick at up to 50,000 daily. Harold Pitts of Minneapolis owns and will appoint a veteran supervisor with extensive brick plant experience to run the mechanical department. Six acres have been secured on West Rail Street beyond Borden's corner near the railroad with a spar track planned. The clay is prime and the bricks will match those used in ten story buildings in Minneapolis. Pitts estimates over 1,000,000 bricks will be sold in Shoshone this season.
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Harold Pitts
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Menominee
Wisconsin
Shoshone Brick Plant to Use Electric Drive
From 12 to 16 men will work the pay roll all season as a 30 horsepower electric motor provided by Shoshone Light and Water Company powers the new brick plant. Machinery from Chicago is en route and will be first class. The first kiln will hold 100 000 bricks and be ready in 30 days. Much of the product will serve Shoshone locally with new building projects starting as bricks arrive.
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Shoshone Light and Waters Company
Chicago
Bootleg crackdown in Lincoln county ends in fines
County Attorney Disney and Sheriff Wheeler push strict enforcement against illegal liquor sales in Richfield. Defendants Chas De White and James De Noon are found guilty after a hung jury, fined 150 dollars plus costs, total 193.10 each. Thomas Rowe pleads guilty and pays 100. The drive targets bootlegging amid ongoing local construction and irrigation development.
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Disney
Wheeler
Lincoln County
Messrs
Disney and
Richfield
Chas. de White
James de Noon
Jas R. Bothwell
de White
de Noon
Idaho Irrigation Company
Heyburn Mill and Brick Yard Rush to Open
Mill and brick yard projects at Heyburn advance rapidly under Henry Schodde and partners. A flouring mill costing 22000 with 50 bushels daily capacity aims to grind new wheat by October. A brick plant already runs on rush orders with 700000 bricks in sight, signaling substantial growth for Heyburn. Cement walks prompt North Side grade and line report awaiting city board action, while the South Side already boasts fine sidewalks.
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Heyburn
Henry Schodde
North Side
Location Debate at Shoshone School Attracts Citizens
Leading citizens discuss the OGHOOL location on both sides of the Shoshone School, stressing city and district welfare as the foremost concern.
Taxpayers urged to vote on school site relocation proposal
A town meeting next Monday will decide whether to move the school to Knob Hill or to buy land adjacent to the current site. Proponents say more ground is needed for the growing district, while opponents warn of high costs and disruption, urging voters to consider central locations and community stability. Judge J L Fuller backs relocation with promises of better access for south side pupils, while Attorney Disney argues the expense and upheaval outweigh benefits.
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South Side
Toduy
Knob Hill
J. L. Fuller
Fuller
Disney
Brick Block Going Up Soon In Shoshone
Westward expansion continues as two brick business houses rise in Shoshone linking to building A I McMahon’s north alley project. Fred W Gooding buys the Wernicke corner south of Wer nicke hardware. O J Brennan pays Horton block center. Disney withdraws from the south lot. Four brick blocks form a continuous front from Walnut and Post toward the court house. Ownership extends to Merritt Vredenburgh Brennan Disney and Walters.
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Court House
Fred W. Gooding
Wernicke
Wernicke Hardware
A. I. McMahon
O. J. Brennan
Mr. Disney
Horton Block
Messrs. Merritt, Vredenburgh, Brennan and
Disney and
Walters
Will Build Two Warehouses by Grant & Co in Shoshone
Donald Grant & Co. hold the Jerome to Milner electric railroad contract and now move to canal work for Clover Creek segregation. They also plan large warehouses in Shoshone to store groceries hay and grain with W C Milligan as purchasing agent. The firm expects to finish contracts ahead of schedule and often earns premiums for early completion.
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Donald Grant & Co
Jerome
Milner
Clover Creek
Newman Brothers
Shoshone
Twin Falls North Side
High Fine Canal
West Railatrest
W. ¢. Milligen
Gooding
Milligan
Big circus arrives with famed Sells-Floto show and horses
Arrangements are rapidly completed for a forthcoming circus with extra stunts to delight children. The World Famous Armour Dapple Gray six-horse team, valued at 25000, and the gray Percheron champions tour the country. The show features gold and silver trophies, clever clowns, and a look at human nature via circus life, with notable acts like Lop Mowers and the walking over animals. Joe Vernon leads a claiming company clearing Carey claims, with 4008 acres contracted in Dietrich and North Shoshone tracts for improvements.
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Armour
Chicago
Boston
Denver
United States
England
Scotland
Liverpool
Olympia
London
Regent's Park
Lincoln
Edward VII
Big Sim
Billy” Wales
Philosphy
Ays
Sells-Floto Circus
Hetty Green
Ward McAllister
Lop Mowers
Harber Shop
Lodins
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