Idaho Northern Electric Link To Boise Proposed
Boise Statesman reports that the Idaho Northern railway may connect Boise via an electric line extending toward Middleton and beyond. Visitors assessed Boise Nampa and Thunder Mountain region potential, with plans hinting at Long Valley Payette lakes and eventual Salmon route linking Lewiston to Grangeville, creating a north south business highway.
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Dewey
Idaho Northern
Horseshoe Bend
The
Boise Statesman
Statesman
Boise
Railway Enterprise
Middeton
Nampa
Long Valley
Payette Lakes
Thunder Mountain
Payette
Lewiston
Grangeville
IFFT Urges George Ifft for Consular Post in Idaho
Idaho Senator Heyburn backs George N Ifft of Pocatello for a consular job in Washington with assurances a position will open this summer amid resignations. Ifft has strong local support from Idaho leaders and citizens. Also: Senate Public Lands committee backs bill restricting timber land selections in forest reserves and authorizes preferred land exchanges. Also: Harriman group files petition for Supreme Court review of Northern Securities decisions.
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Washington, D. C
Heyburn
Idaho
George N. Ifft
Pocatello
Hay
State Department
Ifft
Senate Committee On Public Lands Today
Debo
Northern Securities
Washington
First State Legislature Reminiscences of Idaho's Early Session
The Caldwell News recounts Idaho's first state legislature session in 1890 91 at Boise noting it was memorable for its breadth of work and the unique election of four U S senators including Gov George L Shoup W J McConnell and Fred T Dubois A bribery tale involving a railroad agent paying a member 20 to vote no on a fencing bill is told with the member voting no the next day and even against adjournment.
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Boise
Idaho
FE. W. Jones
Caldwell News
United States
Florida
Senate
Geo. L. Shoup
W. J. McConnell
Shoup
McConnell
Fred T. Dubois
Dubois
Wm. H. Clagett
Washington
House
Frank Steunenberg
Canyon
Liverpool opening dull wheat market mixed signals
Chicago futures showed wheat 28 cents higher at times, corn up and down. oats 65. Hog receipts 45,000 and cash markets weak. Northwest showed large arrivals, May futures pressured by profit taking, Minneapolis receipts 37 cars. Describes a fluctuating trade with mixed demand and cautious bulls awaiting fewer northwest receipts.
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Liverpool
Chicago
Minneapolis
Ted Tose
Northwest
Breakfast Table Chat by H E Westgate
A collection of quips and observations spanning weather jokes post office notes and moral maxims. It cites a Chicago dispatch on a new federal post office the fate of a famous trial figure Nan Patterson and comical anecdotes including a mule and a mischievous Kansas mother tale.
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Chicago
Market notes hint at May wheat rise as receipts fall
The report predicts a marked drop in May wheat receipts soon, urging buyers to hold May positions on declines. It notes corn and oats largely steady with some prices unchanged, while hog futures show strength and May pork is advised for hold. Illinois Central strengthens, A C P recovers, and Buffalo Hump mining shares attract bids. A legal case on a 160 acre homestead near Moscow was heard locally.
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Liverpool
Chicago
Illinois Central
Buffalo Hump
E. C. Harris
T. H. Christie
Moscow
State seeks timber lands in Idaho survey plans
The U S land office reports Idaho has applied to survey eight townships in Lewiston and Coeur d Alene districts. Lands are mostly timber reserves, with sixty days preemptive right for unsettled portions after survey plot. Townships listed include 41 42N and others. sixteen patents recently completed. Patents names include Chesley, Cenneld, Ilishie, Burton Benj Crow, Franta, Geines, Headley, McConville, Olson, Mort, Wilson and more.
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U. S. Land Office
Idaho
Lewiston
Coeur d'Alene
R B. M
AN. Rae
Oscar B. Chesley
Chesley
Oscar B. Cenneld
Caunteld
Jurmes Ilishie
Eugene Burton Benj
S. Crow
Chas A. Franta
John
Philip S. Geines
Roy Headley
W H. Hit
Harry McConville
Martin Duneon
Lee J. Mort
Erick Olson
D. Lasenberry
Americus A. Wilson
Concord Mining & Milling Cor
Idaho Governor McConnell Visits Perth Amboy
Former Idaho governor W. J. McConnell, now involved in western mining, toured Perth Amboy with J. P. Holm. He attended the Smoot hearings in Washington, praised the city, and met local leaders including R. Farrington on High Street. A two-term governor and former U S senator, he remains a respected state figure.
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Perth Amboy
Idaho
W. J. McConnell
J. P. Holm
Holm
Gov. McConnell
Washington
McConnell
R. Farrington
High Street
United States Senate
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Nan Patterson
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Missouri
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Empire State
R. H. Peale Springfield
IDEAL
Charles Mains
Pitt
Stee
Clyde J. Vassar
Washington Block
Seattle
Wash
Jamison
Spokane, Wash
Judd
Pendleton
Ore
Charles G. Kress
Thiessen
Naylor & Norlin
Fifth Street
Brownell
Main St
Dray O« Express
E. Mathews
Thatcher & Kling
Dent & Butler
A. G. Bagley ,& CO
Main Street
Seale
Russell Grocery
Lewiston-Clarkston Co
Lewiston Water and Power Co
Clarkston, Wash
Lewiston, Idaho
Clarkston Bridge
Clarkston
Burlington-Northern Pacific
Express
R. B. Wilson
Second Street
Walla Walla, Wash
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