17 Jul 1913
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Newspaper
Sugar City Times
Location
Sugar City, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1913
Page
1
After a ten year contest the government has granted permission for automobiles to enter Yellowstone National Park. Army officers are widening approaches to the loop, the main thoroughfare. War department direction oversees the work. Secretary Garrison will visit during his inspection of western posts.
Blackfoot Idaho clubs from Blackfoot Idaho Falls and Pocatello met at the courthouse with about one hundred boosters to discuss reopening Yellowstone Park roads to motorists. Theodore Turner chaired the group. a seven member committee drafted general road rules and extended an invitation to Washington officials with a 50 machine escort pledged.
Mr. Herrin fell from a ladder on Tuesday evening while painting his house roof. He sustained severe injuries to his spine but is reported to be getting along as well as could be expected.
Maybell Smith an 18 year old Lehi resident and fiancée of Hart was found dead after a self inflicted act this morning. Authorities say she killed herself after a troubled courtship and planned wedding in two weeks. An inquest returned a verdict of death by her own hand with no other cause found.
In Ogden July 14 Frank Miller talked with two men in Glenwood Park who brandished revolvers and extorted $17.20 from him after leading him to a large fish story. The two suspects, described as tall and short, fled toward Wall Street were suspected to be from Salt Lake City and rode a train out of town.
A. H. Ensign and family report an escaped Idaho circus elephant charged their auto on an unfenced road near Downey. The chase lasted about a mile before the animal tired and stopped. keeper later captured it. Joe Iams, later editor of the Shelley Pioneer, was seen in Rexburg.
W. J. Graham of the Golden Rule store reports from Baltimore where the Associated Ads Clubs of America convention drew ten thousand attendees. He notes emphasis on truth in advertising, education for efficiency, and examples from Postum, Victor, and Burroughs. America leads in global advertising and commerce.
Major Fred R Reed, Idaho Panama Pacific exposition executive, hires James W Jones to supervise exhibits and publicity. Jones brings exhibit prep, film, and lecture experience and will coordinate Idaho building plans for the fall opening and long preparation season.
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