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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1907
Page
1
The Gooding Townsite company through Messrs Lisle and Barber has not told the full truth about town lot sales amounting to over 110000. Funds include church gifts and incentives to Episcopal and Methodist societies while bank owned plots and hotel plans are excluded. Critics urge honesty amid Idaho town's boastful record and seek favorable coverage.
State Deputy T. W. Bartley M W A will visit Lincoln Camp No. 6229 on December 3 at the next regular meeting night. Lincoln Camp prepares for a rousing gathering with outside neighbors urged to attend and visiting neighbors made welcome.
Board members J H Imes F E Grosse and Harry W Anderson deny Charles Regmiers retail liquor license after remonstrance by E W Bostrom and 60 residents. Sheriff to refund deposit. Redemption of land in sections 0 and 31 declined as time expired and title rests with Lincoln county. Twin Falls North Side Land water Co permission for power notices denied. Meeting adjourned to Nov lith 1407.
Robert Stiles, state fish hatchery superintendent, reported progress on the Hay Spur site. Water from a spring will be piped to the hatchery, using a large capacity to meet future needs. Eastern brook trout are spawning. about 2,000,000 spawn will be purchased to raise fry next year. Bids for three hatchery buildings were opened in Boise.
Paul and Charlie McKee trap coyotes bob cats along the river west of town chasing profit from easy prey. They lure animals into traps with fresh meat and collect daily pelts while noting a large lynx last winter and mink taken for fur.
A string of wrecks cripples the Short Line trains as two fatal injuries occur at Amer igant Falls and Dietrich switch near Shoshone. A heavy freight crashes into the Twin Pulls Ping Pong train, killing a Jap and a plasterer, injuring another. Traffic delays, wrecked cars, and tangled engines follow. Two derailed engines from Nampa suffer catastrophic damage, with one punching a piston head from a Bald win 900 class and another rupturing a crown sheet in a 1000 class engine.
Principal W C Thompson reports over 200 students enrolled this year, the largest in Shoshone schools history. Thanksgiving exercises planned for Wednesday afternoon for seventh to tenth grades. public invited. Girls basketball to use north side room as court, with Miss Bohrer in charge. No agents allowed posters to deter canvassers. Thompson rebukes persistent sales visits as he notes teachers are busy.
Walter Brand of Boise, known as the oyster man, patents a flat top kitchen range with a sliding section that opens the fire box from above. The design creates a down draft, feeds fuel from the top, cuts waste, and eliminates the hood while saving about twenty five percent fuel. Brand gains fame and cooks gain a new, cleaner stove option.
Word arrived Thursday that Frank Whittington is ill with pneumonia at Green River Wyoming. His wife Mrs Whittington and Dr Baugh their family physician traveled to Green River to provide care. Whittington had hauled horses to Kansas and mule shipments were planned for Idaho for Fred Gooding. Ed Gooding returned to Green River to bring the mules, the leben She sea.
The Idaho State Land Board announces a public sale of Lincoln County lands in Shoshone on December 14, 1907 at 1 00 p m at the court house. Terms include cash on day of sale and a 15 year installment plan at six percent interest. Inquiries to County Treasurer Lincoln County or the State Land Department Boise. M J Crtron, Register.
Robert N Bell state mining engineer passed through town Wednesday morning en route to Hailey to assess mining progress and potential coal measures near Hailey. Addison T Smith Boise land office register arrived Wednesday night from Twin Falls via Jerome with news of his farm holdings and recent property sale near Twin Falls.
Judge Tadew Walters prepares to depart for Twit Pulls to begin the regular term of court on Monday. The session is expected to extend four to five weeks, with Walters renowned for busy years and extra sessions across five counties. Noted cases have been heard in chambers and in district court.
N Pierce of Hailey, manager of the Boston Idaho mine near Hailey, reports a sharp metals market drop and mine shutdowns as smelters halt intake. He says concentrates await smelting but in the crisis may go unsold, though development continues for a coming revival.
A. M. Sumerton, wanted in Pocatello for burglary, was arrested by the sheriff on arrival from a freight. The report lists local residents passing through Hagerman, returning from Boise, Canada, or traveling to Gooding and Coos Bay, with several noting painters, store workers, and visitors. Florence Owens fell ill but improved after Dr. Marshall attended her. Nov 2 1907.
Minidoka project settlers moved to speed up water system on the south side promising relief from delays. They propose cash, time, and work subscriptions to fund construction, with north side settlers paying via south side ditches. A Burn Uley meeting drew strong turnout and about 70 000 in subscriptions, subject to Washington department approval.
An odd tale from Shoshone describes Mrs Hansen demanding real money for a lease settlement. A messenger delivered two canvas bags of silver dollars, each bearing the eagle and Liberty, proving the old coin still holds heft amid modern drafts and notes.
A Gooding guest complained of the "rottenest hired fare" after a dining table draw. A second guest, content after drawing a splendid number, boasted of land he secured and praised the supper as the best he had.
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