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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1915
Page
4
The article urges residents to take pride in their home grounds and streets, noting many litter while caring for personal spaces. It calls for collective action to keep sidewalks and grids clean, train youth to pick up waste, and discourage corner cutting that harms grass and town appearance. Visitors notice a town’s cleanliness.
Discussion of midday meals in schools as a growing trend in cities. Highlights include cost, transportation, and practical benefits for students. Parents worry about lunch options, with notes on supply, nutrition, and the role of school kitchens and local shops in providing affordable meals.
The article argues farmers have long avoided proper bookkeeping, living on rough margins. It notes a history of mortgages, low cash crops, and profitless cycles, with evidence from past mortgage slumps showing how farmers often failed to separate expenses. It urges systematic accounting to improve farm profits.
The article notes how American homes value flowers as a beautifying, relaxing pursuit. Perennial shrubs soften hard lines, with old favorites like Larkspur, hollyhock, and phlox offering vivid color. It contrasts busy younger women with mothers tending gardens, portraying gardening as a contemplative activity suited to elderly people rather than competitive pursuits.
Men spend money on artificial floral displays while few grow flowers themselves. They are preoccupied with making a living and favor crops over color. Those who cultivate or arrange flowers add beauty to their own home and uplift the entire town.
A New York Independent piece argues Mexico faces anarchy not revolution and outlines four US duties. It calls for Pan American intervention with the ABC powers to protect foreign life and property, promote liberty, and avoid unilateral action. The essay stresses a multilateral approach and warns against expansionist aims.
A party of thirty seven Oklahoma farmers reached Salt Lake City en route to Twin Falls Idaho and Cache Valley to homestead land. Led by H Perrine of Twin Falls, the group travels on a special emigrant train with forty cars carrying household goods, stock, and implements. More Oklahoma farmers are expected to move in within the next thirty days as the Oregon Short Line Railway facilitates the relocation.
Deputy Sheriff Puckrell was shot in the ankle by Maurice Burton during a confrontation on a Snake River island while Burton and two other prisoners escaped from the county jail. The bone was badly shattered and amputation may be needed. One escapee recaptured. two remain at large as a large posse pursues. Two aiding suspects are under city and county surveillance.
Portland Oregon March 19 15 The weekly receipts show cattle 1069 calves 10 hogs 2071 sheep 1419 The cattle market is steady with Test steers 7.75 cows 6.20 Hogs scarce with prime light weights at 7.60 Sheep rise sharply yearlings 7.50 to 7.75 ewes 6.50 to 6.75 lambs 8.50 to 8.85 All markets reflect strong demand and higher prices against limited supply.
Washington report states President Wilson has named Oscar A. Trippitt as United States district judge for the southern district of California and John W. Pack of Berkeley as United States attorney at San Francisco, reflecting key appointments in California.
Payette will host a Chautauqua this June. A drowned body near Emmett has been recovered, later identified as John J. Lane of Tunkhannock. The state highway from Nampa to Meridian nears completion and a Caldwell map showcases a vast agricultural center. The governor issues a hog disease protection proclamation for Twin Falls county. University of Idaho debate team defeats Utah Agricultural College in Moscow on a rail earnings pooling issue. A Pocatello man, Peter Swensen, 64, pleads guilty and is sentenced to 15 months on illicit still and counterfeiting charges. Mrs. Williamston named state law librarian effective April 1. A fatal river drowning case ties to Lane. Banks await federal reserve act effects as Idaho plans implement Thirteenth legislature. Reformed suspects from Caldwell face long terms after grand larceny conviction. Pocatello voters approve a $125,600 high school bond by a large margin. A Caldwell horse market notes $300,000 circulated in four months. A Canyon Creek boy loses two fingers in a dynamite stove accident. Twin Falls links east and west highways to Nevada routes. Nevada border road work continues. Governor announces no special session, plans to sign appropriation bills. Boise Intermountain rail ships first freight to Boise Basin. Halley power plant adds a more efficient turbine wheel. Arrow Rock dam storage benefits Boise-area farmers. Pend d’Oreille fishermen face reduced season due to veto on whitefish. Continuous state-wide reports reflect a busy Idaho period.
Notice for publication. Final Proof. Louie Ht. Joy of Dietrich Idaho intends to prove up residency cultivation and reclamation under the Carey Act for SW SE ¼ section 22 township 5 north range 16 east L.S.B. at Shoshone April 24 1915. Two witnesses named: Lins A. d0 Briegman Thomas Peterson George Held Chris Frees John Watson, all of Dietrich.
We offer heifer calves from Jerseys Guernseys Shorthorns Durhams and Holsteins all crosses to make the best mixed cows Prices are right See Hilly Bros at farm west of Nampa or phone 461 R.
Notice declares regular biennial election for Village of Shoshone Lincoln Idaho on April 27 1915 for Board of Trustees term starting May 1 1915. Polls open 9 am to 7 pm at City Clerk office with A I McMahon chairman and Harry W Anderson clerk. Also an advertisement for Dr Kings New Discovery cough remedy.
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