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Shoshone Journal in Shoshone, Idaho

30 Oct 1908

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Shoshone Journal

Location

Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America

Date

Oct 30, 1908

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Richfield Booming Mn Town on Branch Line

A large Eastern banker party visited Richfield Minnesota to study the Big Wood project. They praised the soil climate water supply and management and enthusiasm runs high. Plans include a four million dollar enterprise with hotel housing a new tool building and a hydro electric plant along Little Wood River delivering water by April next year.

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Richfield L. A. Farnum Idaho Irrigation Company J. G. White Company New York City W G. Leiseuring Hibernian Block Chicago J. 2 Bryant Farwell Trust Geo. O. Begg Detroit Henry G. Stevens Bumpus Stevens Co Clarkson Potter Compton Co St. Louis Fred Emert F. W. Aldrich Geo. Clark Bloomington W. R. Compton Pres. Compton Co T. N. Dyssert Treas Chas. Pettus John Nickerson N. W. Halsey Co F. T. Rockwood S. H. Powell A. G. Hoyt New York Theo. Luce John Anderson Geo. E. Lawson People’s State Bank J. F. Holden Security Trust Co Gerald J. McCoy W. Bruce Howard J. F. Emery Chicago Rawhide Co Colonial Trust Co A. S. Crane A. F. Richardson J. G. White & Co W. A. Hamlin W. A. Hamlin Co F. S. Tillettson Citizens’ Savings Bank Blake Boston Astead H. O. Keppen Richfield Tool Reservoir Avenue Main Street Lincoln Avenue Richield Gooding Gowfing South Side Alverte Gooding South Side Farnum A. ¥. Richardson JG. White Company Wood River
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A Few Facts About Shoshone A City Booming

The 1908 summer trade in Shoshone is described as the best in its history. Banking, hotels, livery, lumber, hardware, utilities, and real estate all show rapid growth. A new bank opens, a large building is planned, and the Alberta Gooding and Shoshone tracts promise major expansion next spring with land at about thirty five dollars an acre.

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Light and Water Company H. A. Brown Alberta Gooding Casey Actland Idaho
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New Comers Move into Shoshone Area Homes

John Hartshorn arrived Wednesday to buy coal for winter and avoid relying on sage brush. He wed E. G. Gauss, recently from Seattle, who with his family camped in Shoshone during house construction and has now moved into the second completed home. The Gauss family still travels to Shoshone for supplies, highlighting irrigation tract settlement benefits to the town.

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John Hartshorn Hartshorn E. G. Gauss Seattle Jerome Shoshone Hattshern Gauss
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Taft Over Production Not Likely In Alfalfa Seed

Farmers in the Hager man valley report alfalfa seed as a profitable cash crop with potential beyond hay. The piece argues testing cultivation across elevations, discusses high seed prices due to a dye market, and notes strong domestic and foreign demand. It cites 1908 yields in Lincoln county and urges demonstrations beyond Snake River Canyon.

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Hagerman Valley Snake River Canyon Aera Belgium Europe Lincoln County
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Experience Meeting of Ladies Aid at Yale Church

The Yale church Ladies Aid held a Friday night meeting at Mrs. Tom Gooding’s home with about 80 attendees. Members earned a dollar for the cause and shared their experiences. a total of S210 was raised from various earnings. Performances included Ava McMahon, Clara King, Hazel Blodgett, Pearl Gooding, instrumental duet by Ava and Tress McMahon, plus readings and a luncheon with cake and coffee.

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Aidty Yale Thedrst Church Tom Gooding Varasale Ava McMshon Clara King Hazel Blodgett Pearl Gooding H. A. Thomas Ava Tress McMahon Blodgett Gonding Lancheon
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No Dissension on Minidoka Project

Public notice denies reports of a local clash between Rupert and Heyburn over the Minidoka project. Republicans in both towns back the ticket straight, urging unity to avoid harm from locality-based fights. Frank T. Disney, chairman, Republican County Central Committee.

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Rupert Heyburn Frank T. Disney Republican County Central Committee
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Idaho Visitors From Iowa Praise Southern Idaho Irrigated Lands

A three week Idaho tour by Prof. P. G. Holden of Iowa State College editor E E Paville and architect Geo Hallet with Des Moines colleagues praised irrigation development in southern Idaho. They visited Gooding Hagerman and other prod uctive areas, calling southern Idaho ideal for young start ups and noting land values rising under the Carey Act.

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P. G. Holden Iowa Agricultural College E.E. Paville Des Moiines Geo. E. Hallet Des Moines Idaho Geonse Hallet Professo Faville Surcessful Farming W. N. Hart GS. Gilbertson Elmer A. Runkle Fesh and Cedar Rapids W. H Tlino’s Iowa Fitee Ord West End
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