Advise to Solons Urges Law Reforms in Idaho
Culdesac Jan 16 1905 To The Teller James T Mitchell jurist writes on improving labor lien laws and widening precinct officers jurisdiction to ease sheriff burdens. He urges modernization of road funding via county surveyors over a roadmaster and signals focus on statute fixes ahead of new bills. He previews addressing law perjury next.
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Brown
Shoshone
Nez Perce
Jones
Day
Ada County
Idaho
James T. Mitchell
J. P
Sealed verdict bill faces adverse report in house
The judiciary committee reported against Judge Richards of Ada’s bill to permit sealed verdicts in criminal cases. Critics argued the procedure is dangerous as jurors could be swayed after leaving the room and alter a verdict upon reassembly, a concern echoed by past civil case experiences with public pressure.
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Roise
Judiciary Committee of the House
Richards
Ada
Exhibits Arrive by Carload for Lewis and Clark Centenary
Portland reporters note that with June first opening day approaching over four months away, exhibit shipments arrive by carload and are stored in finished buildings on the exposition grounds. California Idaho and Massachusetts displays are en route or stored, with mines and metallurgy exhibits and various manufacturing pieces following. All but one exhibition palace is completed, signaling readiness for the fair opening.
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Portland
California
Idaho
Massachusetts
Mines and Metallurgy
St. Louis
Idaho Land Board Seeks to Relinquish 45000 Acres
The Idaho state land board meets to submit proof to the interior department in Washington to relinquish about 45,000 acres in Idaho county. The land, filed under Morrison’s administration, lies along a gulch and is deemed worthless. Officials aim to free the state to file on more advantageous lands.
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Boise
State Land Board
Interior Department
Washington
Idaho County
Whch
Morrison
Norman Jackson
Land Department
Bagley
Idaho Seeks To Reuse Existing Textbooks In Legislature
Boise January 14 The Idaho legislature weighs a bill to retain current textbooks beyond the 1905 deadline with a six year adoption from 1899 and a price cap tied to the lowest price offered in the United States. Representative Smith pushes to prevent flooding schools with new texts and ensure ongoing use of the existing set.
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Boise
Smith
Nez Perce
Board of Text Book Commissioners
Idaho
United States
State Senators Active While House Members Lag in Idaho
Special Staff Correspondent notes the Idaho senate works faster than the house during the eighth session. The senate adjourned early while the house delayed, with 15 fewer bills in the senate. Caucuses spark humor as Ausbach pursues carbon copies to cut costs. district bonds for roads loom. The house passed a bill to create a seventh judicial district and debated printing contracts, while Anderson of Shoshone County fights to retain his seat amid committee guidance.
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Boibe
Ida
Senate
Ausbach
Shoshone
House
Secretary of State
Aulbach
Republican Caucus
Gorby
Kirkpatrick
Idaho
Httle
Seventh Judicial District
Canyon
Owyhee
Washington
Boise
Ada
Stewart
Gooding
Frank J. Smith
Caldwell
W. E. Borah
Anderson
Shorshone County
Judiciary Committee
Gruber to Manage Burlington Lines East of Missouri
J M Gruber general superintendent of the Union Pacific will become general manager of the Burlington lines east of the Missouri river starting February 1. The report from Chicago is believed well founded and cites Gruber taking over duties soon.
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Chicago
J. M. Gruber
Union Pacific Railway
Burlington Lines
Missouri River
Informal probate bill aims to ease estate settlements
Boise January 16. A proposed measure H B No 30 by Representative Smith of Latah county seeks informal probate for fully solvent estates to cut costs and avoid court intervention. If enacted the process would cover will probating and inventory filing with courts only if a creditor or heir petitions.
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Boise, Jan
Smith
Latah County
Immigration Exceeds All Records at Ellis Island
New York January 15 The Ellis Island official record indicates January 1 to 10 arrivals surpassed 14 000, mainly Hebrews. January 1904 total arrivals reached 10 000, signaling a record month ahead for immigration to the United States.
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New York
Ellis Island
United States
Record of Unprecedented Bank Deposits in Chicago
Chicago banks report deposits totaling over 692 million dollars across five national and twenty eight state institutions. The nationwide Chicago deposit growth since last year approaches 100 million dollars, marking an all time high.
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Chicago
Gila River at Maricopa & Phoenix rail line wide flood
The Gila river crossing at the Maricopa and Phoenix railroad was a mile wide and the bridge fully submerged. It is unclear if the bridge washed away as canyon waters rush past. Mails have been rerouted to Prescott via California.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Gila River
Maricopa & Phoenix
Prescott
Santa Fe
California
Heavy stock losses from Kansas cold snap
From western Kansas ranges reports say heavy losses due to severe cold. Last night the weather was the coldest of the winter with below zero temperatures recorded in numerous counties.
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Kansas
Topeka
Pioneer Jewish Publisher Dead
New York on January 13 reports K. H. Sara sohn died of pneumonia at age 70. He founded the first U S Jewish newspaper, the Jewish Gazette, in 1874, marking a milestone in American Jewish press.
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New York
K. H. Sarasohn
United States
Jewish Gazette
Bibles Returned to Americans in Constantinople
The American legation secured the return of Bibles seized at Mersina and Trebizond to the Bible Society’s agents in a move announced from Constantinople dated January 16.
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Constantinople
Legation
Mersina
Trebizond
American Bible Society
Gun Fight at Roosevelt Ends in Wounding of Weersing
Boise dispatch reports Jack Weersing was shot in the thigh and critically wounded by George Crooks in Roosevelt on Sunday January 8 after a business dispute. Both men are well known miners in Roosevelt, with Weersing recently married in Boise. The incident, first gun play in Roosevelt, leaves many details unclear.
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Boise
Jdh
Roosevelt
Jack Weersing
George Crooks
Weersing
Weersirng
Winifred Ward
Crooks
Roosevelt Hospital
Spokane men endorse Moscow Spokane electric line project
A Spokane party led by J. P. Graves Cyde Graves F A Blackwell Fred Grinnell and Waldo G Paine met Moscow business leaders on Saturday at the Moscow club and endorsed the electric line project. A committee of J W Lieuallen T Reed and D W Driscoll was appointed to canvass for stock subscriptions.
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Moscow
J. P. Graves
Cyde Graves
F. A. Blackwell
Fred Grinnell
Waldo G. Paine
Spokane
Moscow Club
J. W. Lieuallen
T. Reed
D. W. Driscoll
Will Have New Temple in Kendrick After Fire
Secret societies in Kendrick move from Crews hall to temporary quarters at Crews hall while the Temple company builds a new temple. Stock issuance to subscribers proceeds as Collins Walker hastens the Temple work. Grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias expected in city for lodge entertainment.
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W. M. McCrea
Collins & Walker
The
Knights of Pythias
Action on Soldiers' Home Bill in Idaho House
Boise Jan. 16 The house committee on military affairs has studied Representative Fuld of Blaine bill to allow Idaho Spanish-American War veterans to enter the Soldiers' home and plans to recommend passage.
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Boise
Jan
Committee On Military Affairs of
House
Fuld
Blaine
Idaho
Portland launches bureau to reserve rooms for fair visitors
Portland forms the exposition accommodation bureau to coordinate lodging for visitors to the Lewis and Clark fair. The bureau will operate central and branch offices, including at Union Station and the exposition grounds, offering prebooked rooms in respectable private homes at agreeable rates. It aims to ensure hospitality and easy access via Portland streetcar lines, with five cent fares from grounds or anywhere in the city.
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Portland
Lewis and Clar
State of
Oregon
Lewis and Clark Fair
Union Railway
Exposition Grounds
Exposition Accommodation Bureau
United States
Bureau
Magill Pushes Repeal Of 1899 River Improvement Law
Representative Magill of Nez Perce county introduces a bill to repeal the river improvement law enacted in 1899. The act allowed state land board supervised river works such as deepening channels and building dams, enabling toll charges for log and timber transport. The measure previously died in legislature and is being revived this session.
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Roise
Magill
Nez Perce
State Land Board
Idaho
Two More National Parks Authorized by House Committee
Washington January 13 The house committee on public lands authorized a favorable report on a bill to preserve historic and prehistoric ruins monuments archaeological objects and other antiquities on public lands Favorable reports were approved for two national parks one in Colorado to protect Mesa Verde cliff dwellers ruins and one in New Mexico at Pan
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Washington
House Committee On Public Lands
Colorado
Mesa Verda
Pan Jarito
N. M
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Solons
Mitchell
Culdesac
Judiciary Committee of
Carload
NEW Text Books
Wyckliffe R. Smith
Gruber
Burlington
Satah
Kendrick Secret Societies
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