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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1909
Page
4
Lincoln county warrants of the issue Current Expense 109 up to and including No 87 are now payable upon presentation at my office. C W Wranicke county treasurer Dated October 22 1909.
The note explains how the date on the subscription label is interpreted for monthly issues. It states that items received before the tenth are dated the current month and those received after are dated the following month. It also lists the News Stand at 8 B Todd, Shoshone, Idaho.
An editorial muses on a broad prohibition wave in Lincoln, Twin Falls, and surrounding counties. It argues dry counties will push for statewide prohibition, predicts a national shift, praises the desert community’s morality, and connects dry farming with future bread supply and policy. The piece links local votes to wider moral and agricultural outcomes.
The article discusses how dry farmers in New Mexico and surrounding regions might replace summer fallow with a legume feed crop without harming soil or next grain yields. It mentions cowpeas, soybeans, and other legumes as options to enrich soil nitrogen and sustain rainfall variability.
A worker named Wm Brown, a teamster for Halon and Crane, fell from a wagon at Richfield Tuesday and was crushed by its wheels. Interment occurred Wednesday with burial expenses covered by Hales & Crane. Brown, about 25, came from Kansas to work.
Across Lincoln County, multiple towns push new construction and irrigation advances. Minidoka project drainage, Heyburn school and brick plants, Rupert brick structures, Parmers Cooperative iron warehouse, and Rupert to Bliss railroad links boost growth. Richfield cement sidewalks, Gooding sidewalks, Jerome Wendell Carey claims rush, Twin Falls North Side canal expansion, Bliss growth from Kuhs holdings, Hagerman development, and Idaho Irrigation canal completion accelerate county development.
Ada county voters will decide at the polls whether the county system of roads and highways, as provided in an act of the legislature, shall be applied here. The piece argues good roads are essential for progress and beneficial to Ada county's agriculture and horticulture sectors.
Ada county residents face a vote on adopting a county road system that would create a general road fund, abolish county road overseers, and place duties in a county commissioners board with district supervisors and aides. The plan grants tax, bond, and assessment powers to build and maintain highways, aiming for a businesslike, lasting highway program despite opposition to delegating authority.
Judge Walters at Chambers will hear a series of matters today and tomorrow arising in Blaine and Cassia counties. Arguments on a new trial motion in the Thomas Marren murder case, an 18 year sentence for second degree murder, are set with Ensign and Sullivan represented for the state and Perky and Stockslager for the defense. Tomorrow Harry Allen faces contempt of court for disobeying an order. A local matter involves a motion to make a temporary injunction permanent in a sheep partnership dispute between T. J. McMahon and Jim Bowman, Bowman having sold sheep for 10000 and delivering funds to the court. Attorneys Hawley and Judge Maginnis appear on a separate water suit involving 150 water users in Cassia county, with arguments on a new trial. Also a mining case in Blaine county over the Independence group near Ketchum seeks modification of an order to place ore sale proceeds in court, with Stockslager and Sullivan on opposing sides.
Fragmented verses lament a town’s decline after catastrophe. The piece contrasts a once thriving community with a ruined place, noting lost opportunities and changed fortunes. The speaker wonders about fate and resilience amid ruin and reckoning.
A fragmentary and distorted line suggests a heated or ironic remark about someone named Emma and a character addressing others with dismissive language. The garbled wording lacks clear context or reliable sourcing.
A dialogue reveals Mrs Manma warning about a boy with no good blood, while a child argues the badger boy has vaccination that supposedly invalidates the claim. The exchange hints at social prejudice and beliefs about heredity.
The Practical Optician of Boise announces a six weekly visit by a Shoshone Idaho lawyer. Paul S. Haddock Practice in all courts. Collections prompt attention. Permanent office room 335 Sonna building Boise Idaho.
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