Equalization Board Meets the Reliance Wins Again on Prairie
City council began as a board of equalization, aiming to fix chaotic valuations and set a fair tax rate. Mayor Kress expects about seven days of work to reform assessments, expenses, and the property tax rate, shifting from 40 percent cash value to 100 percent valuation where needed.
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Board of Equalization
Kress
Naylor & Norlin
Boise
State Board of Equalization
Western Union
Northwest Pioneer From Des Moines Visits Lewiston
Edward A. Temple of Des Moines banker and uncle to Mrs. Miles S. Johnson visits the Johnson family in Lewiston. Temple recalls his 1861 northwest visit when in the regular army quartermaster corps and notes rapid regional growth from Vancouver, Washington to the surrounding territory.
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Edward A. Temple
Bankers’ Life Insurance Co
Des Moines
Iowa
Mr. Temple
Miles S. Johnson
Lewiston
Johnson
Northwest
Quartermaster's Department
Regular Army
Vancouver
Wash
Ani
Northern Pacific to start terminal improvements here
Reliable sources report the Northern Pacific will begin terminal improvements on September first. A freight depot will be built north of the round house track. the old depot will be converted into a first class passenger depot with baggage room. Three carloads of foundation timbers have arrived from Spokane and will be unloaded this week on the depot site. V. E. Kuhn and Miss Esther Kemp of Lewiston were married at the groom’s brother’s home, Dr. R V Kuhn. The bride, active in Lewiston queen candidacy at Spokane Carnival, will live in Coeur d’Alene city.
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Northern Pacific
Round House
Spokane
V. E. Kuhn
Esther Kemp
Lewiston
R.V. Kuhn
Harry Madgwick
Coeur d’Alene
J. B. Bell
Asotin County
Creston
Ohio
Mable Fouche
J. H Sprague
Miss Fouche
Asotin
Setember 2
Pacific Coast
Mr. Bell
Big Fire in Genesee Destroys Sheds and Barns
A Wednesday fire in Genesee started in a shed on the M. A. Means property near town’s business area. Loss under 3000 dollars, with a stable fire origin suspected. A timber yard and a Morgan hardware warehouse were damaged, several barns and cordwood destroyed, but six residences and the hardware store were saved. Town plans a September 1 vote on bonding for a waterworks system, expected to pass.
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M. A. Means
Morgan
Morgan Hardware Store
Genesee
Hoboes Rounded Up and Labor Day Proclamation Issued
City Marshal Masters rounded up three hoboes on Holbrook island and issued them a tie pass to leave town. The report notes the men slept under shade trees by day and prowled at night. Governor Morrison issues a Labor Day proclamation for Idaho urging statewide observance and closure of workplaces on September 7, 1903, to honor labor and promote broader sympathy among workers.
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Holbrook Island
Morrison
State of
Idaho
State of Idaho
Executive Department
Labor Pay
District of Columbia
John T. Morrison
T. Morrison
Cottonwood Editor Marries Lela Oakley in Los Angeles
Cottonwood editor Joseph Rustenmeyer, of the Cottonwood Report, wed Miss Lela Oakley in Los Angeles on Saturday morning. The couple will reside at the village on Camas ex where his paper is published.
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Joseph Rustenmeyer
Cottonwood Report
Lela Oakley
Los Angeles
Cal
Camasex
Mr. Rustenmeyer
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Dent
Butler
Wholesale & Retail
E. L. Russell
Esteo
Chase & Sanborn’s
United States
Main St
A. S. Thurber
City Council
M. L. Goldsmith
U.S
Carter
Moscow
U. S
de Haven
Grangeville
Mr. Harbaugh
Goldsmith
Harbaugh
Reliance
Shamrock
Vineland
A. J. Baldwin
Baldwin
Nezparck
A. C. Ekitzen
Nezperce
Montana
Ed Luther
Kettenbach Co
Ilo
City Library
Miss Guyer
Winchester Mill
Joe Fare
Evans Mill
Winchester
Mr. Fare
State Board
Jere
C. B. Hurtt
Caldwell
Portland
Mr. Wessels
St. Loui
Northwest Pioneer
Kemp-Kuhn
Fouche-Bell
Wi. H. Grason
Secretary of State
Cottonwood
Hastings
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