Democrats Harmonize Republicans Get Into Row in Shoshone
County Central Committee meeting in Shoshone to elect chairs and state committeemen saw Democrats unify behind R H Stevenson and W H Cannon while Republicans split with two chairmen, Dampier and Hastings. Proxies governed votes, Hartzke led opposition, chair Thomas ruled proxy counts valid, meeting adjourned to reconvene.
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Shoshone
E. R. Dampier
Hastings
R. H. Stevenson
W. H. Cannon
Henry Hall
Jerome
Paul R. Hartzke
Dampier
Hartke
Thomas
Thartzke
Archie Bowler
Bowler
Frank R. Gooding
Dommitteeman
Hartzke
Prospects Good for 3 F Road
San Francisco business interests backdrop closer trade with farming districts as Friedlander reports on Twin Falls irrigated districts. Chamber of commerce file details reciprocal trade aims and direct transport links between Twin Falls region and San Francisco. Friedlander’s meticulous account covers reclamation figures of 27000 dollars.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Chronicle
T. ©. Friedlander
Twin Falls
Chamber of Commerce
M. H. Robbins, Jr
Friedlander
Board of
Notable Visitors Coming to Shoshone Reminder Clean Up
Notable visitors from Salt Lake City, a merchant association, arrive September 9 for a noon to 1 pm stop in Shoshone. They will tour Southern Idaho by special train, wish no formal entertainment, meet business leaders, and rely on local groups for a holiday atmosphere while advising residents to clean up yards and hedgerows for a favorable impression. Mayor Andrew J. Newman received a letter noting the plan and the limited stay.
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Shoshone
Salt Lake City
Idaho
Andrew J. Newman
Busy Season In Building With 15 Local A R Yards
Large railroad activity fills Sho shone yards in a presidential year with trains moving in and out. A Kansas City hay rate proposal aims to boost Idaho shipments, with 400000 acres of alfalfa in Idaho. Disney moves his Walrus street office to a new site, planning to reuse the old building’s lot near the Courthouse for a future office, while old tenants adjust.
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A. R
Idaho
Kansas City
Transportation Bureau of the Commercial Club
Kansas City Star
Transportation Bereau
Vrank T. Disney
Disney
Walrus Street
Hugh McQuilla
Zell Tru
Wheat Yield Report From Hansen and Nearby Farms
Hansen in Twin Falls south tract claims wheat yield this year. H Butler four miles south threshed one and a half acres of Dicklane wheat yielding 100 bushels, about 1 3 bushels per acre. George Ibeon one and a half miles from town threshed ten bushels that averaged per acre.
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Hansen
Twin Falls South Side
H. Butler
George Ibeon
Lincoln County to Get College
The Idaho Methodist Episcopal conference authorized by resolution the building of a Methodist college for Southern Idaho to be located at Gooding if land and funds offered by Gooding citizens and ex-Governor Gooding prove satisfactory. The college commission will investigate the offer before locating the college. The Idaho conference session opened in Twin Falls with Bishop Duceock presiding. Two notable resolutions addressed compulsory preacher attendance and conserving conference resources. The Sho shone Public Schools will add domestic science and manual training with a four year high school program approved by the University of Idaho.
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Twin Falls
Idaho Methodist Episcopal Conference
Southern Idaho
Gooding
College Commission
Idaho
Methodist Episcopal Church
Twins Falls
Duccock
Helena
Mont
Minneapolis
Minn
Boise
Board of Educaion
University of Idaho
E.L. Weaver
Ruth Gallaher
Alfa Warton
Hazel Cannon
Mabel Anderson
Florence Johnston
Blanche Gwin
Josephine Parry
Miss Doolittle
Miss Barnet
Laura Gwin
RAISES ON OREGON SHORT LINE RAILROAD
An adjourned meeting in Boise boosted the assessed valuation of all four transcontinental railroad lines passing through the state with the Oregon Short Line receiving the heaviest increase. The board raised system value from 13,7107 to 46,865,510, a gain of 5,195,070, detailing per mile changes for the Great Northern, Northern Pacific, and numerous branches. The valuation of telephone and telegraph lines was also considered, with adjustments discussed for Western Union and the Telluride Power Company’s Grace plant in Bannock county.
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Bowe
State Board of Egalization
Oregon
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Kootenai Valley
Clearwater
Fort ‘Sherman
Palouse
Lewiston
Genessee
Lupwal
Coeur d'Alene
Burke
Sunset
St. Maries
Lake Point
Mullan
Sierra Nevada
Moscow
Western Union
Clearwater County
Tellurite Power Company
Grace
Bannock County
Motion Picture Records of Reclamation Work
Government publicity films document the Eagle Dam project at Elephant Butte New Mexico. A notable sequence shows a camera basket suspended on a cable across the Rio Grande, lowering the operator into the foundation pit and filming while three blasts are exploded from 400 feet above the pit bottom.
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Eagle Dam
Elephant Butte
New Mexico
Alo Grande Reela
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Rio Grande
Operatic
Lost in the Desert Two Days and Nights Endured
A man from Idaho Park named George W Jernberg and his family wandered two days and nights in the desert after misplacing a ditch location. Thirst swollen tongue emaciated, he finally reached Reno ravah and was returned home to recover. The piece notes regional homesteading growth in Mud Lake and mentions Water farming in North Providence Rhode Island with a spring water trade and trout hatchery. Scenes from this farm appear in September Popular Mechanics Magazine.
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George W. Jernberg
Mud Lake Country
Idaho Park
Jernbere
Reno Ravah
Pocatello
Mud Lake District
Pocatello Tribune
Providence
Rhode Island
Popular Mechanics
Lighting rates cut at Gooding spark power war
A price war erupts between Beaver River Company and Kuba Company at Gooding with cent rates as low as 3 cents per kilowatt hour for contracts, while ordinary households face 4 to 6 cents. Beaver River canvassers secured over a hundred contracts as the cut began Wednesday, and Kuba managers foresee deeper cuts and expansion toward Shoshone as the rivals widen the war zone and seek entry into Kuhn preserves area.
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Beaver River Company
Kuha Company
Beaver River
Kuba
Wallis
Kuhn
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A. E. Bowler
Twin False
Shu Praneiseo
California
Wells
Ogden
Portland
Southern Pacific
Western Pacific
Marsons
Shoshor
Lee Yards
Baty
Lincoln County
Oregon Short Line Railroad
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