Revenue Bill Presented Enlarge Assessor Powers and Penalties
A general revenue measure presented in the house updates exemptions, tax collection rules, and warrants handling. It expands assessor powers to subpoena witnesses, requires abstracts, plats, and title records, and standardizes tax statements. Delinquency penalties rise to 10 percent with 18 percent interest on tax certificates.
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Charles 8. Kingsley
W. H. O'Brien
United States Land Office
State Land Office
Governor Defers Insurance Bill In Idaho House
The house left the insurance bill to the end of the calendar, prompting a message from Gov. Frank W. Hunt urging taxation of insurance firms and the creation of an insurance commissioner or transferring that duty to the treasurer. He asked for strict economy in appropriations and warned against unnecessary increases as session deadlines loom. Traffic on the upper Snake river resumes with weekly O R & N trips between Lewiston and upriver points, Lewiston steamer to Wild Goose rapids, carrying mining supplies and freight.
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House
House of Representatives
Idaho
Frank W. Hunt
Upper River
Snake River
Lewiston
Wild Goose Rapids
Riparia
Reapportionment Push and Oil Claims Stir Washington
The Statesman reports senators Dubois and Heitfeld pushing a legislative reapportionment bill by any means with Speaker McKinlay expected to support it. Oil and gas land claims surge as readers seek guidance on locating and maintaining claims under placer laws. Also active are fugitive Ferguson and associates linked to prison escapes and horse thefts in Idaho, with sightings across Latah and Salmon River regions.
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Dubois
Seator Heitfeld
Washington
Heitfeld
House
Senate
McKinlay
Statesman
Tal Ferguson
Pa'ouse
Clearwater
Patrick Crowe
Ferguson
Granger
Basett
Latah County
Collins
Cheney
P. H. Ferguson
Fletcher
Salmon River
Coyote Farming Promises Growth Under Oregon Bounty Law
The Oregon scalp bounty law shifts payment to county warrants of two dollars per kill issued by county clerks, with state warrants covering two thirds of the amount. It eliminates clerk affidavit fees and promises to spur coyote farming as a local industry, while Anneae Clark Bostwick of Pullman visits on business.
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Oregon
Anne Ae
Succession Laws Across Europe and March Magazine Highlights
The piece surveys European succession rules with Salic, Dutch German, and British systems explained, noting how Belgian Swedish Norwegian Italian Danish and German laws differ. It then previews March Ladies Home Journal items on Theodore Roosevelt anecdotes certain reads and plays, fiction features architecture and music. Z McCall of Leland attends court as witness in Tannahill case.
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Europe
Belgium
Sweden
Norway
Italy
Denmark
Germany
Holland
Russia
Great Britain
Spain
Portugal
England
Theodore Roosevelt
Mareh
New England
Kentucky
Edward Bok
Helen Watterson Moody
March Journal
Bixby Centre
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Burn Mawr
Eugene Field
Curtis Publishing Company
Philadelphia
Z. McCall
Leland
Tannahill
Court witness Joe Brockman from Nezperce listed this week
Nezperce resident Joe Brockman appears as a witness in court this week. An ad notes a dentist named William F Galbraith reachable by Phone No. 906. A room for rent with heat is offered at address box 57 with reasonable prices.
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Joe Brockman
Nezperce
Wm. F Galbraith
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Bode
John P. Vollmer & Company
Clark Bostwick
Pullman
Lewiston Teller
Western Editics
American Agriculturist
Orange Judd Farmel
Western
Mssissippi Valley
Crange Judd Farmer
O. J
Library Corner
Coryoung
T of Bi
Orange Homes
Orange Sun
Chicago
Ill
Orange Judd Farmer
B. F. Morris
W.C. LeHanr
Pennsylvania Grit
Nez Perce County
Cameron, Fletcher
Melrose
Southwick
Waha
Grit’ Publishing Co
Williamsport
Sud
Northwest
C. Sheldon
Burlington
Portland
Russell's Grocery
Bucher
Gibbs
McSherry
Nez Perce Implement Co
A. D. Gritman
Manacen
Harrow
Canton
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