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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1909
Page
4
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The Minidoka project faces government red tape delaying a larger school site and bonds. Settlers await patent on homesteads before financing options can be pursued, contrasting with Carey Act irrigation firms that funded local schools. Community hopes for quicker relief as authorities struggle with land titles and regulations.
The article notes unusual weather in southern Idaho with cool temperatures and heavy dust storms affecting settlers. It compares Idaho’s conditions to broader cyclone and storm activity across the U.S., highlighting widespread damage and stating Idaho has suffered no cyclones or related disasters this season.
A reflective piece explores the rush of modernization in the Inter Mountain region, imagining cities rising overnight and deserts blooming, while boosters boast about prosperity, immigration, and the rapid transformations shaping southern life in ten to twenty years.
The district reports dining plans for The Indies of the Episcopal Church and a counter lunch on Opening Day June eight. Boise speakers include The Honorable E. D. Nichols at Peoples Baptist Church next Sunday at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. W. M. Fields seeks about thirty city lots for June opening. Thomas Gooding Jr returning from San Mateo Military School. an experimental farm in Lincoln county may be secured by him. Reed Springs hosts 70,000 Shoshone sheep for shearing near the Idaho Irrigation Co. reservoir. New O S S trains promise lighter cars and better times. Jon Vernon surveys 20 acres of Weeter tract opposite Wheeler prune orchard for June opening sale. Frank T. Disney involved in Fleming murder case. a dangerous knife found on Fleming at Boise penitentiary. Master St. Clair Miner to sing at the opera house Friday night May 14, under Catholic church ladies. Dr. F. Zeller of Old Mexico may relocate to Shoshone area after buying 220 Carey land acres and a Shoshone residence. John Hunter reports a severe snow storm in Salt Lake City on the 29th last, fruit buds thought damaged but overall local fruit conditions look stronger. Old Catholic church dismantled for new structure west of the site. ava rock blasted down. City schools close May 28. play by 17 boys titled The Ancient Order of the Knights of Chivalry planned. Frank Radmaker resigns from 5th grade. Miss Dorothy Crawford to teach till year end. Thomas N. Cook and Julia Sears unite in wedlock April 28 at Sears hotel parlor. Cook formerly with O S L and now at Minidoka. bride daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sears. Couple to reside at Minidoka.
County warrants for current expenses are called for payment. Includes warrant No 662 and other listed items. W. Wernicke, county treasurer, indicates the request and procedure for clearing these debts.
The famous Miner family musical entertainers and orchestra of Chicago perform at the opera house on Friday night May 14 under the Catholic church ladies. The seven member group is acclaimed as the strongest of its kind in the west with an refined program of orchestra brass quartet selections vocal and instrumental solos impersonations and more. Seats at Wernicke's priced 75 50 and 25 cents.
About twelve Knights of Pythias members from Shoshone lodge rode to MDoka for Minidoka dam tours viewing the government reclamation power plant. The trip aimed to aid Rupert lodge in Rupert, which is experiencing a boom, before returning to Shoshone.
The village moved to adopt the official appropriation for 1909 1910 with E G Merrifield moving and unanimous consent. The items: Electric Lights Streets 1100 dollars, Salaries 2900 dollars, Streets and Bridges 3000 dollars, Sprinkling Streets 1000 dollars. Revenue from 1908 1909 recorded as 5910.19 dollars. Fred W Goopine chairman and Harry W Anderson clerk signed.
The Shoshone Study Club Home Economics department hosted a social afternoon on Friday at Mrs. Fred Gooding’s home. Members and guests discussed potential new members, heard papers on home making and district club activities, and shared housewife tips. the next meeting is May 14 at Mrs. Wheeler’s home with lessons on Modern Art and Women and Home Life in Italy.
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