Water power development trends on national forest lands in 1916
In fiscal year 1916 twenty new water power projects on national forest land began operation, an 18 percent rise from 1915. California led in permitted power, Alaska shows growing local interest, and a Senate response report analyzes ownership and control of hydroelectric power with evidence of concentration among few companies and cross ties among holding firms.
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Henry
Graves
The
Forest Service
National Forest
United States
National Forest Land
Rocky Mountain
California
Alaska
Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
South Atlantic
Peace overture hoped amid Christmas spirit in war weary times
In a Twin Falls Times column the writer notes Christmas as a hopeful trigger for peace after two brutal years of war. It argues rulers and citizens yearn for freedom from strife, while German sentiment, pacifist pressures, and international disapproval of Belgian deportations shape possible peace terms. The piece cautions any settlement will not please all, and lasting harmony requires reforms to ease poverty and ensure dignified lives for all, especially the vulnerable.
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Europe
Babe
Bethleham
Angela
Atringa
Henry Ford
Germany
France
Landen
Louis XIV
Wagram
Kris Kringle
Entente
Twin Falls
Revised Portrait of a Gone Cattleman in Town
Agnes Just Reid riffs on a former cowboy’s ascent from thrift to modern luxury. Once a frugal puncher, he spent wisely on hats boots and a bright handkerchief. Now he dwells in a bungalow, buys pianos and tailored suits, and sighs for the cattle range amid mounting debts.
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Ostermore
Agnes
Reid
We Offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for Catarrh
A damaged promotional notice offers a one hundred dollars reward for a catarrh cure. It claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures catarrh by cleansing the blood and healing the mucous surfaces, urging buyers to purchase immediately.
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Hall
War’s Wrath Denounced as Ungodly Cruelty and Hell on Earth
A stark denunciation paints unjust war as savage and dehumanizing. It rails against greed, deception, statecraft, and tyranny propping conflict, warning that war drains wealth, devastates homes, and desecrates faith. The speaker calls for a warless world as civilization’s sole beacon.
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Hell
Earth
Idaho Industrial Training chief asked to resign
J. T. Humphries, superintendent at St. Anthony, Idaho, was asked by the state board of education to resign with no cause given. Past rumors and prior investigations into inmate complaints have not resulted in action against him. The article also briefly comments on skirts and Christmas bills in a humorous aside.
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J. T. Humphries
Idaho Industrial Training School
St. Anthony
State Board of Education
Humphries
Inmat
Reform versus punishment and forest grazing reform debate
The article contrasts Edward E. Dudding's claim of placing thousands of ex-convicts in work with a critique of punitive justice, arguing for reform of offenders. It then discusses national forest grazing privileges, urging higher grazing charges to reflect resource value, with a proposed gradual raise starting March 1, 1917, aiming to exceed two million dollars annually.
Grazing Fees Rise as Range Use Expands on Forest Lands
The piece notes rising grazing returns as more stock use forests following range improvements and new ranges. It discusses contemplated fee increases, aims to fund regulation, and cites historical charges and current disparities between national forest grazing rates and private or state lands across several reservations and jurisdictions. It highlights improved range management, reduced public use, and growing demand impacting future receipts.
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National Forest Administration
National Forest
Meir
Montana
Northern Pacific Railroad
Lana
Crow Indian Reservation
White Mountain
San Carlos Tuedian
Arizona
Fray Rao
Hormes
California
Southern Ucific
Nig National Forest
Civil Service Exam Set for Pocatello Clerks Carriers
The U S civil service commission announces a male clerk carrier examination in Pocatello Idaho on January 13 1917 to form an eligible register for vacancies in the post office Age limit 18 to 45 men only. Application blanks and info pamphlets available from the local secretary post office Pocatello or the Ulth civil service district Seattle Washington. Marriage license clerks are noted as remaining philantrophic though fees persist.
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U. S. Civil Service Commission
Pocatallo
Idaho
Pocatello
Board of Civil Service Examiners
Post Office
Ulth Civil Service District
303 Post Office
Seattle
Washington
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Oregon
Eyrayed
Chesterfilds
Agences
Essary
Chesterfield
Perfor Ces
le Capo
Edwin Taylor
Edward E. Dudding
Huntington
Dudding
Civil Service Examination
Union Pacific
Spokane
Portland
Tacoma
San Francisco
Los Angeles
San Diego
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