Wood resigns as commissioner of public works in Boise
J D Wood resigns effective about December 1 after sixteen years in the department. He cites a private transportation sector opportunity with higher pay and asks Governor Baldridge to set the date to avoid hindering the 1930 highway program. He praises the governor and notes joint highway expansion and the one year plan funded by a gas tax increase.
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Boise
J D. Wood
H. C. Baldridge
Wood
Southwest
Baldridge
W J Hall
Wallace
Department
Idaho Prison Labor Dilemma Faces New Plans
Boise Sept 27 The Idaho state prison commission grapples with losing the Par West shirt contract affecting nearly four hundred inmates. The Boise firm will stop taking shirts after December 25 as prison goods face interstate movement limits. The board weighs options such as a packing plant sack making or canning to keep prisoners employed.
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Boise
Idaho Penitentiary
State Prison Commission
Par West Manufacturing Company
Pacific Coast
Sacajawea debate tied to Dr Grace Hebard authority
The Idaho Republican quotes Byron Defenbach sending a letter to Dr Grace Raymond Hebard of Laramie, noting her status as the leading authority on Sacajawea. He cites his work in Red Heroines and a Wind River burial dated 1884, while discussing a 1812 wife of Charbonneau and forthcoming Hebard biography. The piece also notes unclear party platform declarations for 1932 and Roosevelt’s wet strength influence on Republicans.
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Byron Defenbach
Defenbach
Grace Raymond Hebard
Laramie
Wyoming
Sacajawea
Defembach
Squaw
Wind River
Charboneau
Roosevelt
Wisconsin primary seals LaFollette victory over Kohler
The Wisconsin state primary produced a decisive win for the LaFollette faction as Phillip La Follette defeated Governor Walter J Kohler for the Republican nomination. The outcome signals strong insurgent influence, with one La Follette brother in the Senate and the other shaping party policies in the state.
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LaFollette
Wisconsin
Phillip LaFollette
Walter
J Kohler
la Follette
United States Senate
Disputed Death Claims Spark Saca Jawea Historical Debate
A Sunday newspapers dispute a report that legendary guide Sacajawea died in 1613 and question a claim that Lewis and Clark guide was her son. The piece marks renewed attention to Sacajawea as a historical figure.
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Sacajawea
Lewis and Clark
Notice for Publication of Land Claim in Idaho
Department of the Interior notice states Louis H Peterson of St. Charles Idaho filed intent to prove up an enlarged homestead claim in sections 12 and 13 township 16 south range 44 east Boise Meridian. Proceedings before W Smith Hoge Paris Idaho October 2 1930. Witnesses Lorenzo Hemmert Clevé Wilcox Robert Herhmert Bradley Wilcox. Theodore C Peterson actingregister
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Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Office
Blackfoot
Idaho
Louis H Peterson
St. Charles
Range
Boise Meridian
W. Smith Hoge
United States
Paris
Lorenzo Hemmert
Clevé Wilcox
Mon Itpelier
Robert Herhmert
Bradley Wilcox
Montpelier
Notice to Contractors for Ovid Idaho School Construction Bid
Sealed proposals for furnishing labor and materials to erect and complete a school in Ord Idaho will be received by the Bear Lake County School District No 6 at Ovid Idaho until October 6. Bids must include 5 percent certified check and plan deposit. bids may be examined at the district clerk office or Slack W Winburn Architect Salt Lake City. The contract includes plumbing heating and electric wiring. the right to reject bids is reserved.
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Board of Trustees
Bear Lake County
Ovid
Idaho
Ord
Slack W. Winburn
W Winburn
Benson Building
Salt Lake City
Utah
J. P. Beck
District No. 6
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Public Works
Tion
F. M. Williams Mortuary
Bureau of Census
Ada
Adams
Bannock
Bear Lake
Benewah
Bingham
Blaine
Bonner
Bonnerville
Boundary
Butte
Camas
Canyon
Caribou
Cassia
Clark
Clearwater Veenee
Custer
Elmore
Franklin
Fremont
Gem
Gooding
Jefferson
Jerome
Kootenai
Latah
Lemhi
Lewis
Lincoln
Madison
Minidoka
Nez Perce
Oneida
Owyhee
Payette
Power
Shoshone
Teton
Twin Falls
Valley
Washington
Wickersham Committee
Congress
Venes
Theodore C Peterson
Barrett
Barrett Corporation
N D. Peterson
J P Beck
Ily
Skaggs
Jack Frost
Aberdeen
Kemmerer
Frank Lewis Coal CO
Paria
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