Rapid progress on Idaho state highway construction
Phelps Construction reports ongoing rock and cement work for the Idaho state highway in the district. Fifty workers now, rising to over a hundred as materials arrive, with local labor prioritized. State engineers and district officials plan surveys, with rock crushing plants active and cement mixing facilities near town.
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Idaho
Thin District
PE. Phelps
Phelps Construction Company
Ogden
Utah
Phelps
Waysare Phelps
Rupert L Peck Elected Head of Grade Schools
Rupert L Peck of Troy Ma ho was elected superintendent of the grade schools for the coming year at a salary of 2000 dollars. He succeeds W T Doyel who resigned after ten years in the role. Peck, 26, is a University of Ma ho graduate and comes with ten years in education including seven as a superintendent in the state. He will move to Filer in August. The board also partially filled the teaching staff for the next term with several elected instructors and noted salaries remain unchanged. Henry Dryden is reemployed as caretaker for the year.
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Diceators
Independent School District No. 1
Rupert L. Peck
Troy
Maho
W. T. Doyel
Peck
University of Maho
Pennsylvania
Peek
Filer
George Patton
Fred Weatherly
Min An Klaas
Mins Gall Musser
Edith Glick
Irma Deal
Misa Madge Goode
Mins Grace McGinnis
Lilian Graybill
Shearer Named As Receiver For Idaho Beet Sugar Company
Judge WA Babcock names Guy H. Shearer cashier of First National Bank as receiver for The Idaho Cooperative Beet Sugar Company. Action by Great Western Mortgage and Loan Company through Kreb, Holland and A D Erickson. Receiver to post a bond of 25000 dollars.
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WA. Babcock
District Court
Guy H.shearer
First National Bank
Idaho Co-operative Beet Sugar Company
Great Western Mortgage and Loan Company
Kreb, Holland
A.D. Erickson
Construction begins on new cement highway near town
The starting of the construction camp near the cement mill east of town will commence immediately. Work on the roadbed and cement surface will begin at the far end of the district. The contract calls for completion of approximately even miles of highway. Progress is unimpeded with no financial difficulties foreseen. The highway department, contractor, state and federal authorities are coordinating closely to have the road ready for use in summer.
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Cement
Filer
A. N. Holmes
Adolph Classon
Here
Curry
Cour
Mate
Secord
Beem and Hammerquist Improve Main Street Store Layout
Beem and Hammerquist announce interior changes to add room at their Main Street store. The stairway to the balcony and basement moves from the center to the east side, enabling expanded space for furnishings and dry goods on the first floor and a larger campus school department in the balcony. Repairs and refinishing proceed, with improvements expected to finish by week’s end.
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Beem and Hammerquist
Beem
Main Street
Krocery
Hike
Messrs Beem and Hammerquist
Halse
Beet Growers Meeting Here This Evening
A sugar beet growers meeting is announced for tonight at the O F hall starting at eight. Representatives from Amalgamated Sugar will explain the 1921 contract terms. A large attendance is expected as prices show $4.00 per hundred or $9.20 per ton at six percent sugar content, with higher tests increasing the price.
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To O. F. Hall
Amalgamated Sugar Company
Farm Bureau
Red Growers’ Committee
Poccatello
Twin Falls
Olsen Returns From Southern Business Expedition
Wilfred Olsen, manager of the Filer Lead Company, returned from a several week trip through the south to assess demand for garden seed beans and related products. He found many farmers delaying purchases, with some regions lacking fertilizer planning. Buyers expect to wait for market conditions before finalizing bean contracts, and contract prices for beans remain unpredictable this week.
Lightweight Wrestling Title Match Friday in Idaho
The state lightweight championship match is set for Friday night in Keyboro with Kateh Adkins facing Andrew Ramarges, billed as the Slippery Greek of Poce tello. A post-match dance at the Legion hall will accompany the event, music by Wall's orchestra. Referee Lester Mamer will oversee the bout, with proceeds going to the organizers.
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Keybrooo Toot Garden
Kateh Adkins
Andrew Ramarges
Pocetello
Vandeusen
Utah
Legion Post
Pocatello
Intermountain
Hanson-Lewie
Twin Falls
Adkine
Pred Smith
Adkins
Jerome Hounters
Jerome
Adkins Sage “Dam
Piter
Idaho
Bull Lake City
God
Twin Pulls Athletic Association
Filer
Mexican Man Kills Salesman In Twin Falls Case
Francisco Sanchez a Mexican laborer killed traveling salesman G A Ackerman in Twin Falls Main avenue with a butcher knife. The mob of 280 tried to lynch Sanchez, who was moved by Sheriff Sherman. Ackerman’s death led to guard shifts as American Legion members assisted in Twin Falls.
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G. &. Ackerman
Twin Palk
Francisco Sanchez
O. C. Goo
O .P. Duvall
Gee
Ackerman
Dew Moines, Laws
Harry McKinney
Sanches
Mexico City
Par
Denver
Relatives of the new president reveal sidelights at inauguration
Integrating sidelights with the Harding inauguration on March 4, the piece notes Dudley family ties to President Harding through Mrs Dudley’s cousin, and mentions Mr and Mrs Weaver arriving from near Marion, Ohio. Attendees include Dudley kin, Mrs Clara Mitchal, Mrs Priscilla Flack, and Mary J. Coker, plus a photograph of the old schoolhouse Harding attended.
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Harding
Howe
Rome
O. L. Dudley
Mr. Dudley
Leanaruration Althoweh
Clara Mitch- al
Prisrilla Flack
Rom
Verson
Ohie
Warren G. Harding
Mary J. Coker
Washington
Literary Digest
Herding
Abram Keane
Ouding
Weaver
Even
Appointment of T Bailey Lee to Eleventh District Court Bench
Governor D W Davie announced the appointment of T Bailey Lee of Bailey to the new Eleventh district bench, joining Judge Babcock of Twin Falls to oversee court business. The reform aims to modernize the district, whose prior workload lagged, and to boost timely handling of cases.
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T. Bailey Lee
District Court
D. W. Davie
T. Baier Lee
Bailey
Twin Falls
Lee
Juder Babcock
Twin Palle
Eleventh District
Idaho seeks Mountain Time change for southern region
Senators Gooding and Stanfiels and Representative Smith met with Interstate Commerce Commissioner Atchison to urge amending the order that currently places southern Idaho on Pacific Time. They plan to push a bill at the special session to set the dividing line at Huntington Oregon, restoring Mountain Time for southern Idaho. Commissioner Atchison said the change requires legislation and would support such a measure.
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Gooding
Stanfiels
Representative Smith
Interstate Commerce
Atchison
South Idaho
Jnteretate Commerce
Mission
Wille
Humton
Oregon
Pocatelio
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Idaho State Highway Engineering
A. N. Ashline
Highway District Board
James A. Hybee
State Highway Department
Mr. Hybee
C. M. McQueary
Buhl Highway District
Rand Cote
Max Pond Ranch
Flynr
Saint Rolters
Idaho Power Company
Hammerquist and
Small
Harry Hammerquist
Arthur Smutl
Yakima Avenue
Shearer
Idaho Beet Sugar Company
Beem & Hammerquist
Beet Growers
Golf Club
Artney
Coure
Palracrés
Twin Falls County Fair
W. D. Gitlin
TL. Cartony
W. D. Gillin
W. A. Shear
A. 0. Macland
KW. Noring
Eatelty
Mubl
Tme
Elf
Weet
Dols
Twin Palle County
New
Blewrath
Turkey
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