Cement Sidewalks Move Gains in Jerome Public Works
Cement sidewalks advance in Jerome with a third reading of the ordinance approving 12 foot walks on Rail Street and 10 to 6 foot paths on surrounding streets. Contractors offer 14 cents per square foot. four new business buildings, a new Main Street sidewalk, and a new electric grade plan are underway as growth spreads. A commercial club forms with officers including F J Ostrander and C H Chapin to foster town development.
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Wernicke
Court House
Main Street
Salmon River
Gooding
Jerome
Adaline Becker
R. H. Trail
Chicago
Twin Falls
Pocatello
J. M. Hale
Carey Act
Hale
Jerome Country Club
Chapin
Ies
Milner
Buhl
G. W. Braxton
Los Angeles
California
Wendell
C. H. Chapin
Jerome State Bank
G. Kinney Jr
Twin Falls North Side Company
Yale College
North Side
F. J. Ostrander
E. Tache
Harvey Harlebaus
Sec
Treas
Reed
W.S Kuhn
Pittsburg
June
Selected Their Fruits In Hagerman Valley Visit
Visitors G W Stoner A W Goodding and W D Vrendenburg toured Hagerman valley and reported plentiful fruit prospects. Early apples showed frost damage while late apples plums peaches prunes apricots cherries and berries looked promising. They contracted for large blocks of ripened fruit for fresh use canning and preserving. The fruit industry could make Irrigated Idaho populous and wealthy.
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G. W. Stoner
A. W. Goodding
W. D. Vrendenburg
Hagerman
Idaho
Unusual Rainfall Boosts Idaho Crops This Season
Idaho irrigation benefits from late May to early June rain. Weather observer reports total rainfall of 1.91 inches from May 30 to June 4, with May 30 snow and ongoing drizzle. Ground soaked, watercourses flushed, irrigation needs met, promises a favorable growing season in Southern Idaho despite widespread flood damage elsewhere.
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Idaho
Shoshone
Lincoln County
Edward L. Wella
Boise
Usbl Weather Service
Weather Service
Shosiwne
Bulse
Zell Truman
Force
Dala Max
Malo
Salmon River Land Sale Sets Record Opening in Twin Falls
A Carey Act sale at Twin Falls draws huge crowds despite steady rain as 60,000 acres go fast over two days. Bob McCollum earns the title King of Land Salesmen as checks totaling 1,374,932.50 secure payments for over 400,000 acres. The Jerome sale’s cash record is challenged, with bidders from multiple states, and early entries list O C Paulson Greeley Miles Thomas Twin Falls and others.
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West Main Street
Booth Mercantile Company
Milner
Harvey Hurlehaus
Twin Fails
North Side Company
Jerome
Ostrander & Reed Lumber Company
Wendell
Salmon River
Twin Falls
Idaho
Bot McCollum
Bob McCollum
Bob
O. C. Paulson
Greeley
Colo
Miles Thomas
Jacob Parrott
Fresno
Cal
J. A. Crownell
Algona
Towa
Charles H. Hempelman
Cozad
Elmer Ingraham
Seattle
Wm. H. Wilie
Denver
William Thompson
Cooper
Neb
Twin Ypulis Company
BASE BALL DOINGS. Swift vs Bachelors in rough rainout series
Two local teams clash in a rain interrupted weekend series. Friday night saw the Bachelors leading 2 0 after four innings before weather halted play. Saturday's game featured dusted bases and two runs produced amid halting conditions.
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Satantay
Big Barbecue Planned for Shoshone Fourth of July
A large barbecue is planned for the July Fourth celebration in Shoshone with wholesale quantities of beef hog and mutton roasted for thousands. The event aims to showcase sociability and generous portions. Arrangements include racing and baseball, with promising purses to attract horses and a strong baseball schedule hoped for, though exact dates are not yet set.
Idaho's stormy duel convention splits Democrats in Twin Falls
At Twin Falls Idaho a feuding Democratic state convention produced two competing delegations led by Judge Perky and Glen McKinlay. The Dubois faction claimed numerical strength while a cross section of delegates backed other contenders. The final platform backed Bryan tax, eight hour day, bank guaranty, and popular Senate election amid state reform measures. Mesdames White and Criswell hosted guests Thursday.
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Gurney
Twin Falls
Idaho
Northwest
Judge Perky
Boise
Glen McKinlay
Dubois
Fred T. Dubois
Henry Heitfelt
L. H. Juckson
Timothy Regan
Henry L. Day
W. L. Eccles
Balters
Denver
W. B. McFarland
Coeur d’Alenes
George Eyle
Nez Perce
J. T. Pierce
Ada
S. H. Lamberton
Elmore
D. L. Evans
Onedia
J. D. Milsaps
Fremo
John C. Rice
Canyon
Bryan
Sage Brush Tonic factory to open in Shoshane this summer
Sage Brush Tonic plans a Shoshane factory with Detroit shipped machinery due this week and full operation by mid July. About twenty workers will be employed year round with potential expansion if sales meet figures. Bottled product stockpiled in the post office basement ahead of bottling.
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Hale
Shoshane
Detroit
Carey Land
Sre
Funston Invests in Idaho Lands After Twin Falls Draw
Gen Frederick Funston attended a Twin Falls land drawing this week and bought an eighty acre tract near Hollister. He also purchased a business lot in Gooding, expressing great optimism for southern Idaho. The Journal notes his boyhood friendship with editor Edward T Barber and his enduring public esteem from a modest, honest character.
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Frederick Funston
Twin Falls
Hollister
Gooding
General Funston
Idaho
Edward T. Barber
The
Journal
Kansas
Cuba
Aguinaldo
Safe Sound Banks Earn Community Confidence in Idaho
The First National Bank of Shoshone and Hagerman State Bank are highlighted as among the state’s staunchest institutions. Idaho’s western region is praised for conservative bankers and calm handling of funds during the panic. Mr. and Mrs. H P Blodgett and family arrive in Shoshone from Knob Nester Missouri to settle, with Blodgett related to Journal staffer Chas J Lisle.
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First National Bank
Shoshone
Hagerman State Bank
Idaho
H. P. Blodgett
Knob Nester
Mr. Blodgett
Chas J. Lisle
the Journal
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Council
R. M. Taylor
S. C. Schooler
Ed Owsley
George Martin
W. van Torns
P. H. Evans
J. C. Nottingham
P. E. DuSault
Ben Brackenbury
Little Salmon Falls
Snake River
Geo. Parton
Arthur Montrose
Hagerman Valley
M"collum
Swift
Mesdames White
Criswell
Gen
Funston
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