Regulate the Rails Measure To Force Grain Car Supply
Boise February 16. Idaho House bill 158 would compel railroad companies to supply cars for grain and freight in order of request. It imposes damages for delays and sets five day car-furnishing deadlines with penalties, deposits, and strict loading, unloading, and notification duties. The bill also requires double deck sheep and cattle cars and outlines enforcement details and exceptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Nelson
Latah County
State of
Idaho
Feit Sen
Check on Bootleggers and Traffic Hearings
The article notes Uncle Sam’s double checks on liquor sales on Indian reservations. Wholesale dealers must stamp tax and report quarterly sales to authorities, regardless of legality. The Interstate Commerce Commission set hearings on traffic differentials to Atlantic ports and rail day rates. Senator Mitchell will not resign, citing office holding habit.
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Uncle Sam
Revenue Department
Fred White
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Atlantic
H. B. Pitts & Son
Santa Fe
Colorado
Kansas
Texas
Texarkana
Mitchell
U R & N Filing New Railway Routes for Washington State
The U R and N company filed supplementary articles of incorporation for the Washington Railroad, outlining several proposed lines from Touchet Station to Covello, Dayton to the state line, Pendleton to Birch Creek headwaters, near Pomeroy to Snake River at Vineland, and a Idaho to Lolo Pass route with a Camas Prairie spur. Experts note spring work may begin on the Riparia branch, but a Northern Securities case decision may delay railroad building in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. R. & N. Company
Washington Railroad Company
Portland
Oregonian
The
E. E. Calvin
William Crooks
J. C. Havely
Charles Steele
Oregon
Washington
Pendleton
Birch Creek
Pomeroy, Wash
Snake River
Vineland
Asetin County
Wash
Idaho
Clearwater River
Montana
Lolo Pass
Clearwater
South Fork
Camas Prairie
Mount Idaho
Riparia
Northern Securities
Northern Pacific
Supreme Court
Snake River Valley
Pomeroy
Clarkston
Eligin, Ore
German Author Dead
Berlin reports the death of Otto Erich Martleben, noted German author, announced on February 16. The obituary confirms his passing and recognizes his contributions to literature.
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Berlin
Otto Erich Martleben
Rothschild Engagement to Miss Halphen Reported
Paris Feb 16. Announcement states Baron Edouard de Rothschild heir to Baron Alphonse de Rothschild will wed Miss Germaine Halphen daughter of Emil Halphen the sugar refiner. The couple's engagement was publicly disclosed in Paris society circles.
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Paris
Edouard de Rothschild
Alphonse de Rothsciiz
Germaine Halphen
Emil Halphen
Grave labor strike at Coates mills sparks fear of martial law
Feb. 15 Looz The work stoppage worsens as fewer men toil and families starve. The Coates thread mill director funds meals for 250 children. Governor orders soldiers to avoid provocation and refrain from firing unless attacked. Martial law looms, with mills largely closed and talks stalled.
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Looz
Coates Thread Mills
Fleet Reinforcements Reach Far East Amid War Stray
The departure of Admiral Nebogatoff’s division from Libau to join Vice Admiral Rojestvensky in the far east boosts morale amid strikes. Russian forces report intensified cannonading near the Hun river and a Mukden dispatch claims a Japanese cavalry detachment was wiped out after destroying a railway bridge. Front reports say Nangazi fortifications were leveled and Japanese forces driven from the Gauplin Fantzia tun area with Russian pursuit lasting twenty five miles.
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ST. Petersburg
Nebogatoff
Libau
Rojestvensky
Far East
Admiralty
Indian Ocean
Hun River
Associated Press
Mukden
Harbin
Sakharoff
Kouropatkin
Nangazi
Gauplin
Fantziatun
State Board to Control Idaho River and Lake Lands
Boise Feb 16 Representative Anderson of Shoshone county propose H R 170 to place state land board in charge of lands along rivers and lakes except regions surveyed by the national government. Board may lease lands between low and high water marks for docks but cannot grant exclusive control of navigable waters to individuals or corporations.
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Boise
Anderson
Shoshone County
State Land Board
Growth of the System in Nez Perce Courts
The expansion of tribal citizenship among Nez Perce peoples has increased court appearances by litigants and raised the demand for interpreters. Star Maxwell and Silas Whitman, leading interpreters, note that two interpreters are now used in major cases to ensure accurate translations and curb bias, a shift from earlier whisky prosecutions.
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Nez Perce
Star J. Maxwell
Silas D. Whitman
Woman Found Dead in Pact Apartments with Poison Box
Mrs. Robert Campbell was found dead and her husband dying in their Pact, Anderson, Indiana apartments. Coroner investigates after a box marked quinine, containing corrosive sublimate, was found among their possessions. The Campbells moved from Norwood, South Dakota, about four months ago. the husband is not expected to survive.
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Anderson
Ind
Robert Campbell
Campbell
Norwood
Ice company plant nears completion at Lewiston Clarkston
The Lewiston Clarkston Ice Company plant near the river bridge advances toward readiness for machinery arrival. Three cars of equipment and two bars are due this week. V. C. Sweet, arriving from Syracuse with Mrs. Sweet, will serve as engineer in charge. The 10 ton daily plant will produce hygienic water, distilled from steam and filtered into a cooling tank, with water never exposed to air until forming solid ice. Lewiston Fuel & Ice Co. holds large stock in the venture and will market output locally.
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Lewiston-Clarkston Ice Company
V. C. Sweet
Syracuse
N. Y
Eame
Mr. Sweet
Lewiston Fuel & Ice Co
Andy
Clarkston
Bond Convicted of Murder in Idaho Case
Boise, Idaho, Feb 15. A jury found Fred Bond guilty of first degree murder in the October 6 killing of Charles Daly. Daly was shot and struck with a hatchet at his home where Bond lived as a boarder and was the apparent paramour of Daly's wife. Mrs Daly admitted she helped spur the false story of self defense and was held as an accomplice and the principal witness.
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Boise
Idaho
Fred” Bond
Charles Daly
Bond
Daly
New Brewer at Grangeville
Grangeville plans a brewing and ice plant with Grangeville Brewing Company limited capitalized at 12000 dollars. Locally valued water works appraised at 32000 dollars. Grangeville senior class fixes May 24 25 for class day and exercises with outside speaker. eleven students in class with narcissus as flower.
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Grangeville
Joe Basler
Antoni
Fischer
Theo Hauch
Grangeville Brewing Company, Limited
Camas; Prairie
Mr. Basler
Mr. Fischer
Pendleton
Hauch
Grange—ville
W. W. Brown
Henry Wax
George K. Reed
Schaoly
Mesers
Fray
Robinson
Pearson
Jasper
Verder
Fertig
McDermid
Miller
Vansise
Phillips
Grand Trunk Pacific builds Canada to coast line
C C Van Arsdol of Clarkston heads the western division for the Grand Trunk Pacific, overseeing locating work from Edmonton toward the Pacific. The western segment spans about 1400 miles and is budgeted at 35 million dollars with a seven year completion plan after construction starts in spring. The route runs parallel to the Canadian Pacific about 100 miles north, through Edmonton and the great wheat belt, promising favorable grades and lower passes.
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Canada
l@rand Trunk Pacific
Grand Trunk Pacific
Canadian Pacific
Edmonton
Great Wheat Belt
Northwest Territory
Pacific Coast
C. C. van Arsdel
Clarkston
Construction Department
Northern Pacific
van Arsdol
Grand Trunk Paccific
Eee
Vancouver
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Washington Railroad Company Incorporated
Rothschild
State Board
Lewiston-Clarkston
Wates
van Arsdale
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