Rexburg Correspondent Reports Water, Hay, and Local Happenings
A Rexburg weekly note covers water needs for irrigation with calls for new storage reservoirs and government funding, plus local labor use and hay piling. It records sheriff candidate nomination, a buggy runaway, and horse sales, with colorful mentions of farmers, mail carriers, and a brimming spring of community news from Lima and surrounding areas.
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John Calhoun
I. Durrans
W. Paul
Captain Heald
F. Bramwell
Thatcher
Pyper
Blair
Cardon
McAllister
Lichtenburg
Messrs
Thatcher & Fletcher
Daily Mail
Market Lake
Rexburg
Egin
J. B. Cutchen
Richard Galligher
Brother “Nero
Lima
Mr. Sargent
Mary Mere
Kepua
Calhoun
Larsen
McCullock
Teton Basin
Laurey-Hibbart
The
Woods Machine Co
Red Rock Lakes
Nero
Garden of Eden
Fatal mill accident kills Ory Setray worker at New York and Montana mill
George Lowman reported a fatality at the mill after Ory Setray, battery man on the night shift, fell near a pulley wheel while oiling a bearing and was crushed between the wheel and a post. The body lay on the floor ten to eleven feet below until discovered around ten o'clock. The incident occurred between eight thirty and nine o'clock, with no witnesses to the precise mechanism of the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ory Setray
George Lowman
New York
Montana
Christian Neilson
Virginia City
Setray
Madisonian
Secretary Declares Mineral Lands Exempt From Railroad Grants
Washington August 30 Secretary of the Interior Sustains exemption of mineral lands from Central Pacific railroad grants in the Sacramento land district ruling that all mineral lands are excluded whether mineral known at grant attachment or discovered later before patent or certification. The decision affects railroad rights through mineral belts and challenges Judge Sawyer’s California decision in Francona v Newhouse.
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Noble
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Central Pacific Railroad
S. D. Valentine
Sacramento
California
Sawyer
United States Circuit
Francona
Newhouse
An Electric Bedfellow in Cold Idaho Nights
A visiting Idaho man extols electric bulbs as superior for bed warmth, claiming they outheat rubber bags and tin boilers. He explains placing a lit bulb between bed sheets to chase off freezing temperatures, noting sustained warmth all night at similar cost to nighttime use. New York Times.
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New York
Idaho
T York Times
Beaverhead County Board Votes on New School District and Elections
The Beaverhead County Board of Commissioners met September 1 1890 at 9 am and adjourned September 3. They created School District No 23 merging parts of Districts 14 and 11, fixed the county jail wood bid, appointed purchasing and revenue officers, and assigned election judges and polling places for the November 1890 general election. They also discussed stock inspection funding and rate reductions for stock assessments, adjourned until December 1, and reported on local crop conditions and other minor items.
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Diitox
Mont
Board of Commissioners
Beaverhead County
Geo. M. Brown
Geo. Woodworth
R. A. Reynolds
W. A. Jones
James L. McCullough
Heela
J. W. Scott
Bessette Bluff
Red Rock
Beaverhead
Geo. E. Watson
J. W. Masterson
John W. Sutherland
M. F. Kirkpatrick
Dillon
Old Court House
N. Axe
Geo. Wall
W. B. Carter
Frank Eliel
W. M. Knapp
Barretts
Sim Estes
Allen Black
M. A. Hennebury
Bishop's School House
James Mauldin
Geo. Standaher
G. Albers
Argenta
Argenta School House
Smith Ball
T. J. Ross
Lafe Scott
Springs
Springs School House
W. H. Dudley
John Clouthier
I. W. Crary
BE. P. Andrus
R. N. Gray
Cochranes
Cochrane's Ranch
Henry Meade
Wm. Durfee
Mike Steele
Storm Cabin
Frank Williams
Fred North
Wm. Cummins
School House
Alf. Decker
W. L. McIntosh
Joseph Hainds
Medicine Lodge
W. Wadams
D. E. Metlen
L. A. Harkness
Brenners
Fox’s
Fox's
Sam Skelton
Wm. Stanchfield
John Wenger
Board of Stock Commissioners
Yelena Journal
Smith
Milea City
Jefferson County
Deer Lodge
Jefferson
Crow Reservation
Board of Equalization
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Bingham County
Blackfoot
Carter
Dan T. Chapman
Dan
L. Lavery
Bergold
Brains
O'Lansrate
Birch Creek
F. W. Schenck
Indiana
J. W. Sutherland
O. Willis
Prospector
Pat Jessen
Garland & Ripley
J. A. West
Shepard
National Park
Tom Low
Peter Peterson
A. Dell
Mary Douglas
Susie
Montpelier
E. M. Jacobs
Woodin
Butte
C. T. Stewart
Sarah Berger
Ogden
Capt. Berger
W. Nugent
Canada
E. J. Hughes
Charlie Kuehne
Chicago
Mr. Kuehne
Kuehne
Salt Lake
Engineer's Hall
John la Munyon
H. C. Stover
J. M. Frush
O. R. Goodale
Joseph Wall
Frank Slader
L. C. Ford
W. F. Gardner
Wm. Bernstein
Neko
County
Solons
Board of County Commissioners
Montana Stock Board
Pony Express
Frank Rodgers
Muddy Creek
Wyo
Blue Mountain Country
Michael Curtain
Plainfield
Til
King
N. M. White
John Aheen
Leadville
Page
Evergreen Lake
Colorado
Europe
America
Ballard
Journal Pub. Co
Pioneer Press Co
Thos Fox
Cashmore
Freed & Timer
Macken
Big Hole Lumber Co
M Skelton
Road Super
Kenton & Shoemaker
John Paddock
E Packard
Pheeen Ersten
Dart Hardware Co
Crowell & Nuckolls
Mds
E Payne
Ste Teen
Dory
Fees
Gray
Dillon Imp Co
Francis
Oliver
Geo D Barnard
Phil D McGough
Lstone
Burleigh
Atty
A Jones
Elk Sal
J Burleigh
Atty Sal
Z Thomas
Elk Et Sal
J. P. Fees
R Holden
M Parr
Ford
J. P
W Cheely
RB Nuckolls
T Chapman
D Hooker
Edwin Norris
S Barbour
J Ripley
Toms
E Lyne
Shee Vane
Mulany
Hughes & Kitto
C Metlen
Co Trssal
Thos F Hamilton
AJ Rohdy
Dart
Hardware Co
Alex White
J. A Lawrence
D Lamont
John Hay
Thos Tritt
RC Halliday
Poindexter
R Vaughn
W. Rote
A Brown
A Connelly
Eeeteese
P J Kelly
Chas Padley
David Hope
Ed Gray
HB Miller
Petesare
Henry Wilton
Chris Burrend
Frank Landon
J Sears
Seeeeess
Arar Nee
Dick Nelson
Jordan Nyhart
John Courtney
Thos Porch
Terrence Flynn
John Wyhart
Thos H Fox
O McCormick
Seeee
LC Ford
J G Brenton
Wm Groom
Eens
W F Gardner
Tates
John Peale
Saver
J B Callen
Rose
Pria
Thompson & Reynolds
Lumber
Fred J Bird
Metlen
Pga
Omy Poallerarr Bald
General County
W. A. Jorxs
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