Shoshone Power Company Formed To Harness Idaho River
John A Bagley says a new Shoshone Power company plans a 165 mile transmission line from a south side river site to Salt Lake Ogden and Provo. Capitalized at 5 million dollars the venture targets 65 000 horsepower with 3 000 second feet of water and a 400 foot tunnel. Governor Gooding praised the Twin Falls dam visit and potential southern Idaho benefits.
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John A. Bagley
Cassia County
Balt Lake
Koise Statesman
Shoshone Park
Utah
Bagley
Shoshone
Salt Lake
A. L. Woolley
Heber J. Grant
John Henry Smith
B. F. Grant
Spencer Clawson
Gooding
Twin Falls
The
Statesman
Bancroft
Schumacher
Portland Fair
Idaho
Minidoka
German Betrothal Customs and Ring Traditions
A description of betrothal in Germany where the sweetheart calls the woman bride after betrothal. Lovers exchange rings upon betrothal to be worn until death. The bride wears the ring on the third finger of the left hand until marriage, then moves it to the right hand. The husband keeps his ring as the bride wore hers to signal mutual commitment.
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Germany
Curious Goose Attends Village Official’s Decree
In a Duchy of Haden village a white and black goose, noted for unusual intelligence, fixed its gaze on the garde-champetre as he read decrees. The bird followed the crier during the rounds and returned to its flock only after completion, a months-long display reported by the London Globu.
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Duchy of
Haden
London Globu
Switch At Deer Creek Brings Rail Survey for Side Track
John Williams of Wood River Zine met with Bancroft and Schumacher of Oregon Short Line in Salt Lake. They agreed to send engineers to Deer Creek to survey a side track and station, to be completed by May first, with a potential spur if production warrants expansion.
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John Williams
Wood River Zine Company
Salt Lake
Bancroft
Schumacher
Oregon, Short Line Railroad
Deer Creek
Wood River
Times
Ballad of the Beach long sea rollers roar
Fragmented verse from a New Orleans Times-Di submission invokes a past romance on the shore. Two lovers sit hand in hand as waves roll ashore, memories rise, and the evening fades toward night. The piece reads as a nostalgic ballad recalled from a bygone era.
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Vinloos
Dreassa
E Twain
New Oriesns Times
Ah Sin Esquire
A reader argues that the title Esquire holds little meaning, noting in Singapore it is widely used for white men and wealthy Asians. The piece critiques the vanity of titles and imagines how it would affect a Rand mine or compound if a Celestial earned enough to deserve such branding.
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Ah Sin
Esquire
Singapore
Ab Sin
London
Sale of land at Shoxhone court house Idaho
Public auction notice for land sale at the Shoxhone courthouse Lincoln County Idaho with terms of sale: ten percent down, six percent interest on the remainder, minimum bid equal to appraised value. Information from County Treasurer or State Land Department. State Board of Land Commissioners orders sale. Auction spans Saturday April 1 to Monday April 5, 1905 at ten o'clock A M. C S McConnell, Register.
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Shoxhone
Lincoln Couty
Idaho
Btste Land Department
State Board of Land Commissioners
McConnel. Register
Public Ferry Licence Application Notice
Notice is hereby given that M I Haller will apply to the Lincoln County Idaho board of county commissioners at their April 1905 session in Shoshone for a licence to operate a public ferry across the Snake River between Lincoln and Cassia counties in section 1% two ten dollars R23 E of B M H. M. H. HALLER.
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M. 1. Haller
Board of County Commissioners
Lincoln County
Idaho
Shoshone
Snake River
Lincoln
Cassia
M. H. Haller
Shoshone Falls Ferry License Application In 1905
The Shoshone Falls Co. through agent W. H. Baugh will seek a public toll ferry license from Lincoln County Commissioners at the April 1905 session to operate across the Snake River near Shoshone Falls. The ferry site is directly upriver from Shoshone Falls, previously known as the Shoshone Falls ferry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners of
Lincoln County
Snake River
Shoshone Falls
Notice For Publication Final Proof Jesert Land
Department of the Interior publishes notice of final proof for claim No. 856 located in Idaho. The notice lists claimant Jamon Mc Dorten of Lincoln and references sections and lot numbers with dates and venues for hearings.
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Department of the Interior
United
Staten Halley
March
Toneerty
Salinds Dar
Ban SS Awe
Jamon
Mc Dorten
Incoln
Zigabe
Idaho
Mas John Schoolee Taert
Bgaccrna
Election Proclamation for Shoshone Village Trustees
Notice sets April 4 1905 as election day in Shoshone Idaho for five trustees to serve two years. H W Anderson to registrar electors. registration Saturdays before election at Lincoln County Auditor's office. Polls open 9 am to 7 pm in the courthouse hall. Judges Whittington Crocker Bowler. Edith Bowler clerk. Leah Burnside Alice Clark clerks.
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Shoshone
Idaho
H. W. Anderson
Lincoln County Auditor’s Office
Court Louse
Polla
F.E. Whittington
W D. Crocker
Archie Bowler
Edith Bowler
Leah Burnside
Alice Clark
J. F. White
Tethanny W. Axpersey
Estray Notice From Bliss Idaho Ranch
Notice that three miles south of Bliss Idaho a blue spotted steer with no brand is at large. Ear marks include an upper and under bit in the right ear and a swallow fork in the left ear. Owners may claim by proving property and paying allocation. Dated February 25, 1000. Wm Burkhard.
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Estray
Bliss
Daho
Burkhard
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