Great Power Plant at Shoshone Falls Demonstrates Engineering Feats
Report on the Great Sho shone Falls power plant project guided by L. W. Glass and led by T. B. Perrine. Describes the tunnel, concrete dam, diversion works, and the 500 kW turbine with 850 hp, plus future 2000 hp units and a 22 600 hp total potential. A transmission line to Twin Falls readies within weeks and notes court rulings affecting diversions.
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Great Shoshone Falls
Snake River
L. W. Glass
T. B. Perrine
Idaho
W. A. Clark
Montana
Beatty
Federal Court
Bridal Veil
General Electric
Twin Falls
Bert Shullman
Fort Pitt Mine Reopens With 20 Stamp Mill In Stanley Basin
Fort Pitt Milling and Mining Company founder D P Carpenter, with two Pittsburg associates, entered the former Valley Creek mine in Stanley Basin to restart the mill. The reorganized company boasts a 20 stamp mill and cyanide plant to treat tailings, with ore carrying gold up to above 20 04 per ton. Ben Darrah of Shoshone is the largest stockholder and a controlling interest offer was refused.
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D. P. Carpenter
Fort Pitt
Stanley Basin
Pittsburg
Valley Creek
Ben Darrah
Shoshone
New York Miner Charles Popper Tours Wood River Claim
Charles Popper of New York travels to Shoshone on Wednesday to visit his mining property at Bullion. An early operator in the Wood River country, Popper remains confident in the region. He owns the King of the Hills and Queen of the Hills claims near Bullion.
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Charles Popper
New York
Bullion
Mr. Popper
Wood River
King of the Hills
Bob McCollum Plans Jerome North Side Boom
R M McCollum, secretary of Twin Falls North Side Investment and Twin Falls Investment, readies Jerome office move to replicate Twin Falls growth. Three buildings rise at Jerome, no formal opening, October land opening looms. Electric line contracts set for July 15, completion by August 1, Shoshone Falls to Jerome line already laid. Wendle town to open soon with electric service. tract marked for land hunters. McCollum claims to be key driver of regional development.
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R. M. McCollum
Twin Falls
Bob McCollum
Idaho
Jerome
North Side
Milner
Shoshone Falls
Wendle
Gooding
Didnt Need the Money Hobo Spends Fifty Cents in Town
A hobo phoned the Journal office and asked for work. He worked from shortly after five until supper, receiving pay and a meal. He refused a bed and said four bits would last him a long time, proving contentment with fifty cents.
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Journal Office
Sage Brush
Advertising in the Journal Attracts Mail Order Customers
Mail order houses build riches by selling goods and finding customers through advertising. The same method applies to you. Place an ad in the Journal to reach potential buyers.
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Journal
Blue Lakes Fruit Farm a Dream of Idaho Reclaimed Land
The Blue Lakes fruit farm of I B Perrine on the Snake River in Lincoln county Idaho embodies a dream of arid land reclamation. It boasts 20 000 fruit trees and diverse varieties, with Royal Anne cherries and Jonathan apples yielding high outputs. Perrine’s farm has earned medals at world and state fairs, and the Smithsonian preserves its fruit specimens. Perrine plans expanding with 410 more cherry trees near Jerome, hoping the Twin Falls North Side tract becomes a vast cherry orchard and boosts regional fame.
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Blue Lakes
I. B. Perrine
Snake River
Lincoln County
Idaho
Blue Lees Farm
Noah
Twin Falls
Saeet
Jonathans
America
Perrine
Smithsonian Institute
National Museum
Wint R
Persine
Snake
Twin Falls North Side
Eberric
Ble
Blue Lakes Farm
Mr. Perrine
Lincolne County
Hood River
Great
Kansas
Kaneas
Witnesses Push Haywood Trial as Defense Rests on Flood of Testimony
At Boise the Haywood trial moves on with the defense calling many witnesses. Morris Friedman, viewed as the key witness, disappoints the defense as his Pinkerton records reveal little relevant about the case. Other testimonies involve Orchard associates and alleged plots, with mixed reliability and counsel debate over admitting evidence. The timeline hints at a possible final argument next week.
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Boise
Haywood
Morris Friedman
Pinkerton
Colorado
Bar
Patrick McHale
Orchard
Bunker Hill and Sullivan
Borah
Coeur d’Alenes
Mel Hale
Malich
Globeville
Steve Adams
Pettibone
Adams
Joe Mehelich
Butte
Davis
Caldwell
Steunenberg
Lucky Mr Johnson and the Idaho land draw
Louis Johnson owned a ranch near Alberta that had long been cultivated. When the Idaho Irrigation Company surveyed forty acres of his alfalfa meadow, it overlapped government land. Johnson drew number four and promptly filed on his own farm to secure the tract.
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Louis Johnson
Alberta
Idaho Irrigation Company
Johnson
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Bob” McCollum
RM. M'Collcm
Friedman
Lucky Mr. Johnson
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