Lincoln County times., May 18, 1911, Image 4

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WENDELL IDAHO, MAY IS, 1911
GEO. G. BARRETT, Editor,
Murder and Suicide.
This community was startled last
Sunday by the news that Michael
Grinnell of Wendell had attempted
double murder and then committed
suicide near Shoshone. Grinnell
ate breakfast with some other Wen
dell people Saturday morning at
Lessley's cafe and seemed to be in
good spirits at that time. A man
by the name of Weatherby and a
well known Mrs. Snider came from
Twin Falls last Friday and were
stopping at the McFall hotel. It is
reported that the couple had secured
employment at a ranch out north
east of Shoshone and were starting
out to go to work Saturday morn
ing. It is known that Grinnell had
been infatuated with the Snider
woman for some time and has fol
lowed her about the country. They
were at Shoshone together last fall
and when Mrs. Snider went to Twin
Falls, Grinnell followed her to that
place and just lately returned to
Wendell from that place. It seems
that he was in correspondence with
Mrs. Snider all the time and that
lie got a telegram shortly before the
tragedy occurred. Grinnell pur
chased a revolver at Redmond's
hardware store Saturday morning
a short time before the shooting.
The shooting took place about one
half mile northeast of Shoshone,
out along the Keteluuu branch.
Grinnell met the couple and deliber
ately opened tire upon Weatherby,
without a word of warning. As
soon as his revolver magazine was
empty he reloaded it and opened
fire on the woman, and as she fell,
he placed the gun to his own left
temple and fired. Grinnell died
immediately but Mrs. Snider and
Weatherby are still living at this
writing and are being taken care of
at the Boise hospital. It is believed
that there is no chance for Weatli
erby to pull through but that Mrs.
Snider will recover.
Michael Grinnell had a good rep
utation at Wendell and had made
lots of friends. He was a hard
worker and steady. No reason is
known for the crime except jeal
ousy. His body was buried at
Shoshone Sunday.
A Band of Thieves.
During the last few weeks there
has been an unusually large num
ber of robberies throughout southern
Idaho. Apparently there is an or
ganized hand of house breakers op
erating in this territory. The trail
of crime began in Utah about two
months ago and has gradually been
coming north and west. Pocatello
was visited about two weeks ago
and shortly after that the American
Falls postoffice was robbed. Then
Minindoka was visited and last
Thursday night the hardware store
in Gooding was broken into and
robbed.
Monday night of this
week Redmond's hardware store in
Shoshone was robbed of some guns
and ammunition and 75c in money.
Friday about a dozen hobos were
rounded up and jailed at Shoshone;
hut this does not seem to have
stopped the depredations.
School Entertainment.
A musical program was given
Friday night of last week by
pupils of the school. All the dif
ferent grades took part and an ex
cellent program was rendered. The
musical work of the school has been
under the direction of Mr. Cooledge
this term and the people of Wendell
are to he congratulated on being
able to secure such services as his. A
large crowd was out to the enter
tainment and all went away satis
fied with the progress that has been
made along musical lines in the
school.
It's puzzling the farmers south of
town as to who is the road overseer,
as the coulee 1 i miles south could
be greatly improved by an hour or
jtwo's work, so the bridge could be
crossed without any trouble. But
the fault lays between Leland and
Tiss, and Overseer Tiss says it's no
■trouble of his.
BREVITIES.
H. E. Reiners was in Gooding
this week on business.
Don McKay was in town Tues
day.
J. L. Lockwood has 15 acres of
alfalfa southwest of Mr. Jesse.
A. T. Eakin has been on the
sick list this week.
Dr. J. R. Silverthorn, Physician
and Surgeon,
Fred Williams is working for the
Water Co.
Miss Marguerite Leland spent
Sunday at the Wainego ranch.
Miss Blanche Watson spent the
week's end in the country.
Bert Shuitman was in town,
Wednesday.
The Baptist Missionary Society
met with Mrs. Bissei all day Tues
day.
W. E. Peake has moved out to
his ranch and reports work pro
gressing nicely.
Dr. J. R. Silverthorn visited Jer
ome Monday, being called there on
professional business.
A number of the Wendell boys
spent last Sunday at Thousand
Springs.
Postmaster Andrews moved the
postoffice to the Wendell block last
Sunday morning.
General Manager D. C. McWat
ters and Attorney Marr, were in
Wendell Wednesday on business.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl DeWesse, of
Wainego, Kansas, are visiting with
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Barrett.
Mrs. Wm. S. Bates is entertain
ing her sister from Chicago, this
week.
The Pioneer Missionary Society
will meet with Mrs. Geo. Hall
Thursday all day.
Miss Grace Peake is staying with
Mrs. H. E. Barrett while complet
ing the term of school.
Dr. L. G. Phillips, the Jerome
dentist, will make regular visits to
Wendell Tuesday and Wednesday
of each week.
Mr. Mason of Ferdinand, Idaho,
is here looking over the tract with
the intention of investing in North
Side lands.
Master William Jackson celebrat
ed the first anniversary of his birth
day by giving a party last week to
some friends of about his own age.
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Shepard have
moved into town. They have pur
chased the Miss Winchester prop
erty west of the hotel.
Louis Jacobson is getting his forty
looking like a real Idaho farm.
He says the next man that owns
that forty has to have plenty of doe.
F. W. Chapman was in the Hub
Tuesday and Wednesday on busi
Mr. Chapman is kept very
ness.
busy at the county seat by order of
Sheriff Zugg.
Mrs. Poison was in town Tues
day. She reports that her father
in-law and cousin like the country
so well that when they go back to
Chicago they will return.
The Eaton & Davenport tele
phone line is one of liest conveni
ences on the North Side tract. It
is run on the fence posts most of
the way.
Joe Eaton is figuring with nearly
every man on the streets, or all he
can, to do their fencing for them.
He does good work, says Ed Eoff,
who gave him a job for forty acres.
Mr. A. Clyde sent his friend
Shepard in a bunch of rye Tuesday
which measured 4 feet. Mr. Clyde
is going to make a good showing
on the Randall Ranch this year.
Chester Bros, have everything
looking fine on their place. They
have a standing offer on their place,
which is four miles from town, of
$85 per acre.
W. H. Clifford was in Wendell
Tuesday, enroute to Shoshone. Mr.
Clifford reports work in Hagerman
Valley progressing nicely. He in
tends building on his forty west of
Wendell for his future home.
The Civic League gave a social at
the Commercial Club rooms Satur
day night. lee cream, cake and
coffee were served to a large crowd.
The proceeds from the social will l>e
devoted to civic improvement.
At a meeting of the city council
this week, Gordon D. MaeQuivey
was elected city treasurer.
MaeQuivey is looking for his broth
er to come hère this summer to
locate on the tract.
J. W. Jesse has 25 acres of his
Mr.
place ready to put in to clover and
alfalfa, and also 50 acres which he
is seeding for M. E. Loomis, of
Moscow, Idaho. Mr. Jesse was in
town Wednesday, looking for irri
gators.
It is officially reported that the
.eland Bros, were planting corn
with rubber boots on Monday. Just
the same the Wainego Ranch is go
ing to he one of the leaders this
year. The alfalfa and other crops
i\re greening the fields very rapidly.
J. E. Maxwell has just got thirty
1
acres in oats. His trees and wheat
look fine. He says, "No more
working for the government he's
going to be his own boss. A fruit
arm will make him Boss.
There will be a farewell dance
given by the boys of the Water
Company Friday night and supper
served by the Royal Neighbor la
dies. It will be a swell affair.
Everybody invited. Music will he
furnished by the Annett Orchestra.
Mr. W. N. Seitz reports the sale
of a ten acre orchard tract to Frank
E. Greene of Empire, Canal Zone.
Mr. Seitz will take care of the tracts
for the next four years and then de
liver them to the buyers. He is
sparing neither time nor money to
make his the very best orchard
on the North Side tract.
It is reported that an eighty acre
deal in Orchard Valley is about
closed for $250 per acre as an or
chard proposition. There are trib
utary to Wendell over 2000 acres
set to fruit this year and it is care
fully predicted that there will la
four times that amount set out in
1912. Then the lucky fellows who
own town lots in Wendell will
smile.
Dr. H. E. Lamb sold an 80 acres
of his land, northeast of Wendell, tu
F. W. Mason of Ferdinand, Idaho.
Mr. Mason will move here this fall
to make his home in the Wendell
country. The Dr. has 200 acres
left. He is putting out 20 acres of
fruit and 40 acres of alfalfa this
spring. He says when his Nebraska
friends come out he'll show them a
few things.
The Lincoln' County Times ex
tends Judge Walters of Shoshone a
vote of thanks for selecting a panel
of jurors from Wendell that will
not interfere with the development
of the North Side tract, although
they report an easy time. They
claim the attorneys are very good
to them and tell them they can rest
on nearly every case.
C. W. Day of Scranton, Penn.,
was a visitor in Wendell Monday.
He said he had heard of this coun
try but was more than surprised to
see the great development of the
new country and to learn of our
fine hotel service. He said that a
$•>0,000 hotel, like the Wendell Inn,
was a credit to a town of 10,000
population. Mr. Day gave his ad
dress to a real estate firm and asked
them to send him literature and
photographs of the different scener
ies, as Thousand Springs, Niagara
Springs, Blue Lakes, and Salmon
and Shoshone Falls. The wonder
ful growth of this great country is
something for us to talk about, says
Mr. Day. "I'll lie hack this
and bring others with me," he in
formed the land dealer.
way
Lost.
A gray mare, weight about 9(J0
lbs. Brand on left hip, reached
mane and in foal. Left last Friday,
went east from Wendell. Finder
will notify Shepherd & Barrett,
Real Estate, Wendell,
a sum*
Judge Walters sent out
, for a special jury i>auel of ten
of Lincoln
mous
1 lawful citizens
goo«
county to appear
at Shoshone Mon
Messrs. t'lar
Ellson, Mcrl
• tlu*
day last at ten a.
Eaton,
in.
Scott
em*e
Weinberg and Ed Guinn» ' v, ' r '
•hoscii from W eiulcll.
lucky ones i
J. B. Ellsworth feels that he was
when he located at
a lucky man
Wendell.
day and Tuesday and Thursday find»
He don't know
He sowed alfalfa Mon
it coming up.
whether it's his ability or the soil.
"A little of both, Bert,'' says Mrs.
Ellsworth.
tiuislunl put
Shensi Eaton has
ting in ten acres of potatoes, which
the government irrigators will l"ok
15 acres of
He also ha- m
after.
ats that will he watered by them,
o
an
to show the difference
■rieuced irrigator and one with
between
ex pi
out experience.
abundant supply of water.
Don 11. Bark, in charge of irriga
turn work for the government in
lias been
investigating
Idaho,
the conditions in the mountains,
from which source our water supply
is derived, and his report is summed
up as follows;
"The winter's snows were not re
said Mr. Bark
rnarkahly deep,''
yesterday, "hut the cool weather
has had the effect of keeping them
on the ground for a longer time
than in past years. The same con
ditions prevail in every part of the
state and the outlook is that there
will lie more water in the state this
year than f«>r any season past."
EXCURSIONS EAST
Via Oregon Short Line--Unlon Pacific.
Special low rates to Cheyenne, Denver,
Omaha, Kansas City, St. Louis, Chicago
amt many other points. Tickets on sale
May 'Jotli, '.'4th, 1'tith, ami 27lh, June
3rd,. 7th, 10th, I4th, 17th, 21st. July
lith, 22nd, -Jtith, August Pith, and Sep
tember 2nd and lith. Limit Octolier 31st,
with diverse routes and stopovers. Set
agents for rates ami further particulars.
CHURCH AND SOCIAL DATES.
Prwbyteriau rhurch Morning an<l evening,
«conti an«! fourth Sunday each month. I*u*
lor. Rev. Koffend.
Methodist Episcopal rhurch—Morning and even
ing. rirst and third Sundays of
Pastor, Rev. Minuey.
Episcopal < 'hurch—Services on th** Tuesday
ing liefere the second Wednesday
month. Rev. Roots, pastor.
Baptist Church—Service# ni<
on fifth .Sundays of the month.
Packard.
Catholic Church-Mass read at 9 a m. every
Tuesday after the fourth Sunday,
ty even fourth Tuesday.
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Masons—Regular meetings the second and fourth
Mondays and special meetings the first, third
and fifth Mon«lay* of each month.
Rebekahs— Meetings every second 8
Tuesday evemngsat I. O. O. P. hall.
I. O. O. P.—Regular meetings every Thursday
evening at »o'clock.
Woodmen—Meets first and third Tuesdays of each
month in Masonic hall.
M. K. A.—Modem Brotherhood of America meets
every fourth night in I. c>. o. p. hall.
Royal Neighbors—Meet at Masonic hall
am! fourth Tuesday of the month.
" lw i™ 1 -"-«vieil branch meet»
month tPn 1,1011 of the third Saturday of each
ch month.
en
of each
•mimf amt evening
Castor. Rev.
Altar *ocie
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Notice for Publication Final Proof
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made-mry No. 1M-,. under lh>- pnivlulon« of
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tp. A. range lö E. fi. M . rlo hcrohy gi\o notice of
my intention to make final proof loeituMinli my
claim to the land above dercrihed mid that I
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a. nsiulred by law . be.
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