13 May 1910
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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1910
Page
1
The article profiles D. E. Burley, long sought to bring irrigation to Idaho, attract settlers, and build a potato industry. It details his campaigns to promote irrigated lands, his network of agents, prize ideas, new packing boxes, and plans to market Idaho potatoes globally from centers like Idaho Falls and Boise.
The May 15 1910 state health board regulation bans selling or offering milk or cream in quantities under one gallon except in sanitary bottles. Milk houses and dairies must display supplier names, vehicles must stay clean and protected from heat, and cans may not be washed in state streams.
The Shoshone Journal announces shipment of a Junior Linotype from San Francisco and plans to install it in about two weeks. The upgrade will boost production as Lincoln county grows, with settlers and new businesses expanding. The move aims to publish more machine set matter, maintaining the paper’s policy of delivering value.
A historic set of dairy sanitary regulations prohibits selling milk across streets or via delivery wagons, mandates washing and airing cans, bans moving milk from homes with disease without health officer permission, and restricts reuse of milk tickets. It details butter storage dates, fat content requirements for milk and cream, and sanitation standards for selling during storage, with penalties for selling milk from crowded stables or contaminated containers.
Two steel motor cars passed through Shoshone last Sunday on the way west that were beauties.
The Idaho direct primary law may trigger debate over ballot instructions and the handling of first and second choice votes. If no candidate gains a majority of first choice votes, second choice totals are added to first choice counts to determine the party nominee, raising questions about ballot validity when only a first choice is marked.
A Statesman analysis argues that withholding a second choice on ballots can deprive the true first choice of a majority. It cautions that excluding ballots lacking a second choice risks altering the party’s real nominee and urges clear guidance and advance information for voters.
A.B. Adair of Boise said the Mig project will open for settlement within a few years. The plan calls for large storage reservoirs in Henry Lake country to supply irrigation water, expanding irrigated land by over 260000 acres in the Idaho Falls trade area.
D Hoxie of Bliss Towensite company visited Shoshone this week to handle firm interests. O S railroad broke ground Wednesday for a new freight depot at Bliss. The townsite company faces many inquiries about the opening with a large expected at the drawing.
Water turn on at Richfield experimental farm drew about six attendees including farmers. Next Saturday the Dietrich tract near the railroad tracks will be watered in. John A. McPherson of Indahn Irrigation and company officials will attend to showcase irrigation methods. Demonstration farms extend across Idaho Irrigation Company tracts to aid settlers new to irrigated farming and to illustrate what can be achieved with proper irrigation.
Eight hundred men including 200 Indians from several tribes will take part in a mimic battle between Clearwater and U S soldiers at the Spokane Interstate Fair October 3 to 5. The infield spectacle, under B E Gregory, recreates General Howard’s clash near Lewiston with scenes from camp meals to final capture.
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