Citizens Win In Tight Village Tax Vote
In a heated village election held last Tuesday two tickets contested the saloon tax and broader license policy. The Citizens' Ticket won comfortably with C F Borden 98 votes and W C Custer 98 leading a slate as compared to the Taxpayers' ticket.
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Taxpayers
Citizens’ Ticket
C F Borden
W H Baugh
W C Custer
M McFall
R J McMahon
M Silva
Hl Gooding
CW Dill
CW Wernicke
Gutches Sentenced to Boise Penitentiary for Burglary
Frank Gutches, tried in district court this week, was sentenced to three to five years in the state penitentiary at Boise for entering the cellar of Dr. Baugh at the latter's ranch and sealing a quantity of meat. A guard will transport Gutches to Boise, along with John Terry, who received one year for grand larceny.
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Frank Gutches
Boise
Gutches
Dr. Baugh
John Terry
Gladstone's Rare Cigarette Moment Recalled
Bir Algernon West recalls Mr Gladstone in an 19th century Cornhill Magazine piece. He notes Gladstone rarely smoked, only once at Downing Street when the Prince of Wales dined there, a scene that sparked more discomfort than pleasure for the former prime minister due to his aversion to tobacco.
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Prince of Wales
Downing Street
Bir
Algernon West
Gladstone
Cornhill Magazine
Twin Falls North Side project promises fertile lands and prosperity
Settlers eye the Twin Falls North Side irrigation plan as W S Kuhn and J H Furdy plan to award canal contracts in Milner around April 2 3. The first 15 miles will irrigate about 30000 acres and open that land for sale and settlement. The canal costs total about 2500000 with rock work ahead. more contracts and land booms follow as prosperity grows in Twin Falls and nearby Bliss. Local real estate figures tout rapid gains and booming opportunities amid the ditching drive.
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Twin Falls North Side
Messrs
W.S Kuhn
J. H. Furdy
Milner
S.H Hays
Canal Company
North Side
Twin Falls
Bliss
Whale Snake River
S. F. Hamilton
Stoutmeyer
Boise
Ordinance Establishes Street Grades in Shoshone
Ordinance No 33 sets a grade on Rail street between Carlow and Greenwood and on Walnut street between Rail and LaPayette. It defines datum elevations at key intersections south and north of the Oregon Short Line railroad, notes gradual grade transitions, and specifies effective date April 1, 1907 with signatories J W Wurrtre and Harry W Aspersox.
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Shoshone
Walnut Streets
Rail Street
Carlow
Greenwood
Walnut Street
Rail
LaPayette
Oregon Short Line Railroad
Stockgrowery’ Mercantile Co
Sail Railroad
Lafayette
Lozan
Wainnus
Post and Walnut
Walnus
S. Ba'l
Oregon
S. Rail
S.rail
Soaih
Greenwout Street
N. Rail
Greenwood Streets
N. Rail Street
Call for Warrants Notice for 1906 Current Expenses
Notice states payment of all 1906 Current Expense warrants including STF at the office of UW Weesices Co Toons. Public alert invites claimants to present warrants and seek payment.
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Uw, Weesices, Co. Toons
Also Mentioned on This Page
Citizens Ticket
Mr. Gladstone
Opera House
Texas
Ranger
Stockgrowers’ Mercantile Company
Hamilton
S. H. Hays
Hays
Ditch-Waiver
LB. Perrine
Sagebrush
Methodist Episcopal
C. Arnold Edwards
Village of
Block B
J. W. Wurrtre
Attest
Prom
Harry W
Aspersox
Ted
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