Speech Highlights from Burton L French at Twin Falls Fair
Hon. Burton L French praises pioneers and Westward development recalling W H Scott and Lewis and Clark Exposition. He argues against large forest reserves on agricultural land in Idaho and cites a Lewiston debate with Gifford Pinchot. He urges selling public school land from forest reserves at ten dollars per acre to fund Idaho schools. Also notes a timber sale in Bear River National Forest with bids due October 27, 1907.
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French
Idaho
Lewiston
Gifford Pinchot
Great West
Congress
United States
Washington, D. GC
Bear River
Forestat
Forest Service
Washington D. C
Kunz Trollow
Bear River National Forest
Geo. E. King
Hiscal
Washington, D. C
Williard W Clark
Logan
Utah
Wm.t. Cox
Edison Sees Lighting Rod Use Varies By Building
Edizon answers a lightning rod agent with cautious remarks about their value. He notes usefulness may depend on the building and suggests churches might benefit, while hinting at absent minded tendencies elsewhere.
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Mollados Qatok
Edizon
Edison
Proyuente
Galveston News
Had Good Reason To Be Worried With Literary Courtship
A young man recounts love letters and book gifts as his earl left for the West. He sends "Tarry Thou Till I Come" and receives "The Right of Way" in return, then fears a wealthy rival after receiving "Great Expectations" and later "The Crisis" as he contemplates a trip west.
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Ywls
Thérs
Alaskan Winter Hardships Narrated From Klondike
A traveler recalls Dawson winters with frozen ground to 230 feet and neverthaws, urging heavy woolens and oversized boots. He notes touching only wood in Dawson and extreme cold that shapes daily life during the Klondike season.
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Klondike
Dawson
Vice President Adlai Stevenson Exercises Tie-Breaking Vote
Report of Adlai Stevenson using the constitutional privilege to break a Senate tie near the end of his term. The episode involved a bill with no objections, Stevenson voting aye, and ensuing joking remarks about the peppermint offered to Sherman and others.
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Adlai Stevenson
United States Senate
Senate
Mr. Stevenson
Hoar
Sherman
New York Times
Johaim G Harris
Bermte
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the Post
Wannen
Burton L. French
Twin Falls
W. H. Scott
Oregonian
Washington
Scott
Northwest
Wyoming
Wood
Post
Tié Academy of Idaho
Pocatello
Bank OF Montpelier
C. E. Whleland
Pres
J. W. Stoner
Victe-D’re
G. C. Gray
Casiixr
Our Savings Department
Oregon
Finighin Tigi
C& Ar
Robert Price
Briggiett
Manly
Warren Street
New York
R. F. Crawford
Crawford
Denio
Paris
Denlo
Eczema
Pile
J. W. Williams
Manhattan Avenue
Ds W. Hayward
New Bank
Bear Lake Drug Co
Geo. F. Ashley
Bearake State Bank
Walter S, Hoge
Bear Lake State Bank
Walter Hoge
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