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Show NEW RAILR0A9. Compajiy Incorporates to Build a Branch of the Oregon Short ; Line in Idaho. ; ( . TRIBUNE SPECIAL Boise, Tdn., Jan. 21. Articles of incorporation incor-poration of the Minidoka & Southwestern railway were filed with tho Secretary of Stale today. The road is to be a branch of the Oregon Ore-gon Short Line. Leaving the main road at Minidoka and running southwesterly to Salmon River in Cassia county, a distance of eight -live miles, 11 is designed to accommodate ac-commodate the groat section being reclaimed re-claimed under the Twin Falls Irrigation project. The road has been surveyed down Rock creek on tho south side of the Snake to tho latter stream, and on down that stream to Glenn's Ferry. Theiv Is an Itr.-prefsion Itr.-prefsion that this branch will become pin t of ;lic main lino, as It would cut out tho heavy grade known as King lull, cast o Glenn's Farry. The now eompnnj is capitalize! at $SC0.-000: $SC0.-000: of which th- following amounts ore imbscribed. E. T, C.Uvln. president, 0W as trustee and 51GQ individually; T M. Schumacher, C. E. Barley. Ti C. Manson and Wlllla-n Ashton. $100 each. The officers of the company in addition to tho'prsldcnt ar c ."William Ashlon, chlof englrccr Short Lino, vice-president: G. J. Smith, private secretary to Genernl Mnn-acer Mnn-acer Bancroft of the Union Pacific, secretary; secre-tary; C. II. Jenklnson (Short Line;, treasurer. |