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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1908
Page
3
A lively tribute extols R Reed and Idaho as the state’s optimistic beacon. It praises his books and sermons, declares Idaho hogs cows and horses exceptional, and lauds Idaho apples and statewide progress. The piece frames Idaho as a golden sunlit land free of panic with Reed as its leading advocate.
The new concrete dam for the water works is almost completed with one final section to set. The conduit and big ditch are nearly filled and the sump lined with concrete. Water will soon flow into the basin as headgates are built four feet above the dam to allow control at any water level.
Jerome Trails set the contract for a 60 foot building on Lincoln Ave south of the rooming house. John Hays and crew started the townsite survey after arriving Monday. Various locals including Perrine MacWatters Schneelock and Major Reed visited. Well drillers struck water at 144 feet on R S Frazer ranch. Perrine remodeled his old Concord coach for Jerome Twin Falls stage. A hotel plans panel by Wayland Fennell Boise architects was accepted and work to start. Dan Updegraff couple serenaded at their hotel. Lineman R E Pierce nearly fatally shocked by a live 2300 volt wire. John Keets to begin irrigation project on St Macres and Camas Prairie.
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