Milner tract water to start April 1 for 30000 acres irrigation
Lincoln county announces water delivery on April 1 beginning the irrigation season for 30000 acres of Carey Act land known as the Milner tract. The Milner and North Side companies converted a single dam and canal to serve 150000 acres, employing hundreds of workers in a massive blasting effort through solid rock, with costs mounting yet delivering progress and job growth in Shoshone.
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Lincoln County
Milner
Snake River
Twin Falls
South Side Company
North Side Company
Faris- Kes] Construction Company
Jerome
Wendell
Grant Company
Shoshone
Great Ditch
Twin Falls North Side Company
Long Chase After a Rare Coin Doubled as Express Agent
Express Agent Chase lost a rare half dollar dated coin last week while handling change. He believed it was gone forever, but the coin resurfaced this week after circulating around town for several days. He credits the return to luck and notes it could have vanished if sent for Sears-Roebuck goods.
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Express
Chase
Major Reed to Lead Twin Falls North Side Sales
Major Fred R. Reed named general agent for the Twin Falls North Side Investment Company which handles all lands of the Twin Falls North Side Land and Water company. Three townsites Milner Jerome Wendell fall under their care as Idaho’s desert is praised for irrigation gains. The Journal congratulates the Major, the company, and the land-hungry public.
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Fred R. Reed
Twin Falls
Idaho
Com- Canal
Milner
Wendell
Buzz Saw Injures Henry Reinimer at Local Blacksmith
Henry Reinimer, a blacksmith in C. F. Bordens shop, suffered a severe hand injury when his hand touched an electric saw in the wagon shop. One finger was severed and two others mangled, a bad gash below the knuckles. He was moved to Boise hospital for treatment with Oddfellows aid.
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Henry Reinimer
C. F. Borden
Baugh
Oddfellows of
Reinimer
Dr. Baugh
Boise
Vredenburgh
Jerome land deals and travel notes from February sales
Earl Fee made a business trip to Hagerman. Seven thousand acres were sold on the North Side tract during February. Geo Dillich of Washington NC bought forty acres near town through Twin Palls Realty. Sam S Champlain spent Sunday Shoshone. A large party of land seekers in Chicago is expected this week. R S Cookingham is recovering from injuries. J C Golden, head of Jerome Restaurant, left for his ranch near Rupert.
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Earl Fee
Hagerman
North Side
Geo. Dillich
Washington, North Carolina
Twin Palls Realty Co
Chicago
R. S. Cookingham
J. C. Golden
Jerome
Rupert
Fatal Ambition in Miss Effie Martin case
The Rupert young woman Effie Martin, once brilliant student, sank into insanity from over study. Judge J L Fuller documented her commitment to Blackfoot asylum on February 20. After health failures in Michigan and a missionary move to Rupert, her life dimmed. she died to protect her future prospects. Prosecution for egging Rev P H Evans’s residence ended in a guilty verdict.
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Effie Martin
Rupert
J.L. Fuller
Blackfoot
Michigan
Pacific Coast
Frank T. Disney
Hagerman
T. A. Jenkins
Art Montrose
Frank Gridley
P. H. Evans
Water rights notice under Carey Act for Twin Falls canal
Milner Inano issues notice to Carey Act entrymen dated March 2 1908 for Twin Falls North Side Land and Water Company irrigation water to be delivered April 1 1908 from the Lincoln County canal tracts in Township 9 10 South ranges 13 18 19 20 21 East Boise Meridian. Land described has been segregated to Idaho by the United States List No 6 or 13. D C MacWatters vice president Twin Falls North Side Canal and Water Company.
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Milner
Inano
Twin Falls
Lincoln County
Twin Falls North Side Canal
Boise Meridian
Idaho
United States
Twin Falls North Side
Local notes from Jerome Idaho March 3rd
Michael Guheen left Wendell pump duties for his Milner ranch on Thursday. Mrs. Davis of Salt Lake joined a land survey party, then departed for Umatilla to return later. Dr. Voak of Lake Geneva Wis. visited seeking land locations and is a North and South Side tract owner. Ross D Updegraff became the new carrier and directed mail from Jerome at seven to five. His stage line opened under favorable conditions with six passengers on the first trip. Dan W Updegraff was named driver.
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Michael Guheen
Wendell
Ross D. Updegraff
Jerome
Snake River Gold Suit in Shoshone Court
A Tuesday hearing in the Shoshone courthouse before U.S. Commissioner Disney resolved whether a fraction of land along the Snake River in Twin Falls County is mineral land or better suited for agriculture. Miners J. H. Blass and C. W. Arthur sue the State of Idaho to recover land segregated under the Carey Act, alleging long gold mining activity since 1894 and potential for profitable dredging, while experts question payback.
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Shoshone Court House
U.S
Disney
Snake River
Twin Falls County
J. H. Blass
C. W. Arthur
Newton
Bedford
Fleury
Charles Green
Tom Gustin
Hagerman
H. C. Bryant
Blue Lakes
L. H. Sweetser
Snow
Boise
E. W. Senior
Salt Lake
8. T. Hamilton
Twin Falls
Stockslager & Bowen
Hailey
Clear Lake Roundup of Visits and Hints of Farm Work
Clear Lake reports visitors from Buhl and Salmon Creek with Lyster and Lamkey making trips. A minstrel show and social dance entertained the town. Farmers like Otis Lyster and Fred Lamkey are building pasture for hogs and sheep, while others prepare fields and hunt muskrats. R. Rose and J. W. Briggs traveled to Filer seeking grain. John Hopkins gears up for five acres this summer. March 3rd, Clear Lake Idaho.
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John Chriswell
Buhl
Will Lyster
Clear Lake
Samuel Briggs
Salmon Creck
J. W. Briggs
Fred Lamkey
Buh
Otis Lyster
Henry Tachau
Chas
Rose
Will Briggs
BE. A
Dack and Son
John Hopkins
B. L. Rathbun
Chas. Rose
R. Rose
Idaho
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Buzz Saw
Sam’s S. Champlain
Rupert Girl
Carey
Les
Tes
Great Twin Falls
Snake Ary
Omtwin
Falls CO
Lincoln CO
TSS
Twin Falls CO
Gooding
Counyear
Rutyeat
Pert
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