County Board limits road fund as season ends
The County Board orders road overseers to cap expenses by district for the season, lists district limits, and approves several road and bridge fund claims. A petition for a new road near Snake River is granted with a $100 cap. other petitions are postponed or laid over. The quarterly visitor report is approved and the board adjourns sine die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alb. Mabbott
Henry Ites
Wegens
Matler
Aoe Tl
Joseph Wavehovre
Sam Belege
JW. Sawyer
W. Horton
Morris#Roberts Co
Miller & Parton
Dame Barowtt
Vnilivan & Pierce
Shoshone Light & Water Co
Samver
Caren
Grose
Ohwe
Darwen
Phillips
Apertal Constable
Init
Areh Canningham
Blanks
W. Wernicke
Snake River
Dolman Island
Hagerman
Vanley Ferry
A. I. McMahon
E. F., Sherman
Range
Lower
Joseph Weech
Rand
Burley Townsite Opening Draws Large Northwest Crowd
About fifteen hundred people from the northwest and east attended the Burley townsite opening on the Minidoka tract. The Oregon Short Line ran three excursions with extra stages from Oakley and Albion. Major Fred R. Reed opened the sale at 2 pm and by 6 pm over 500 tickets were drawn, each admitting four lots. First day sales reached $60,000 with about $50,000 more sold since. Albion band provided music during drawings. river trips aboard the Mary McLean and two launches accompanied excursions. Attendees from Shoshone included W D Vredenburgh and many others. several local young women listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burley
Northwest
Minidoka
Oregon
Oakley
Albion
Fred R. Reed
Albion Band
Mary McLean
Shoshone
W. D. Vredenburgh
Wm. Schoenfeld
Jos. White
Jos. Keefer
Gus Keefer
al Nicely
T. H. Gooding
Teacher's Examination in Shoshone Idaho 1905
The regular quarterly examination for first second and third grade certificates will be held in the court house at Shoshone Idaho on May 2 26 and 27 1905. Lean M Bursator County Supt lows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shoshone
Idaho
Lean M
Counterfeiters Frank Shea and W H Miller Sentenced
Frank Shea and W H Miller, the two counterfeiters arrested near Minidoka, pleaded guilty in Boise federal court last Monday. They received three years in the state penitentiary after a jury, summoned to try them, was discharged upon their pleas. F T Disney represented the government and 8 C Winters the defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Shea
W. H. Miller
Minidoka
Millanpe
United States
Boise
State
T. Disney
8. C. Winters
Pocatello
An Old Pioneer Gone Kinney Fitzpatrick Dies
Kinney Fitzpatrick, 56, a longtime Shoshone resident and respected figure, died Sunday evening of spotted fever. He arrived in Shoshone in 1884, worked in Oregon Short Line shops, briefly moved to Pocatello, then did odd jobs and tended sheep in recent weeks. He had no known living relatives. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Rosa Ennis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinney Fitzpatrick
Mr. Fitzpatrick
Shoshone
Oregon Short Line
Pocatello
W. H. Baugh
Fitzpatrick
Rosa Ennis
Dreaming suitor seeks tall dark wife in Europe ad
An Italian journal ad by a rich 28 year old man touring Europe for a wife describes a Mountain village girl as tall and dark with a sharp mouth and ears, white dress, and blue shawl. He asks if the woman fits his dream and if she would write to him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Volt
Xeareh
Mountain Village
Reasons for May special election on $5000 school bonds
The Board of Trustees of School District No 12 explains why a May 12 special election will decide whether to issue bonds of 5000 to build a two room north side school. They cite crowding, long commutes across railroad tracks, and safety concerns, pledging not to raise total school taxes beyond recent levels. Board members Brennan Warerer Wanreras urge district voters to authorize the bond issue to improve facilities without increasing tax burdens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood River
Board of Trustees
Little Wood River
State Land Board
North Side
C. J. Brennan
J. W. Warerer
E. A. Wanreras
State Lands Under Minidoka Project
The secretary notified Governor Gooding that about 7000 acres of state land may be included under the Minidoka irrigation project. Lands may be sold in not more than 80 acre tracts, with title remaining with the state until purchasers comply with the law governing lands reclaimed by the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gooding
Minidoka
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W. D. Crocesz
Shosmona
Lincoln County
Bourn
Armidale
Oregon Sheet Line
Raml
Ketel S Diaggooe
Thunder Mountain
Bheahonn
the County Board
Grome
Aupeteretan
A. I, McMaos
Swope & Wheeler, Prop
the Palace
Noland & Gray
Huggins & Herring
Anheuser Beer
Stockmen’s Restaurant
S. Naka
Union Pacific
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Claude S. Williams
Salt Lake City, Utah
Denver
Rockies
Utah
Colorado
G. W, Fitzgerald
Butte, Montana
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