Potato Moths Threaten Idaho Potatoes
Potatoes arriving at Pocatello carry potato moths, prompting Idaho officials to widen the quarantine from California to Texas and Florida. Professor Taylor warns the gray moth is a dangerous pest. the larvae destroy crops if undetected, with moths measuring about five-eighths of an inch.
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Pocatello
Taylor
University Extension Department
California
Texas
Florida
Pocatello Chronicle sale falls through in Idaho
The Pocatello Chronicle sale to Wood D. Parker of St. Anthony fell through due to the current owner’s refusal to cover outstanding debts totaling several thousand dollars. Parker had issued one paper, but backed out as debts and conditions blocked closing. Rumors say Pocatello Democrats seek to buy the plant, with Governor Moses Alexander possibly backing stock to revive the paper. Louis D. Brandeis’s Senate confirmation as U S Supreme Court justice, amid protests, is noted alongside a report on infected potatoes from the Pocatello shipment showing 1,500 to 2,000 larvae.
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Pocatello Chronicle
Wood D. Parker
St. Anthony
Parker
Pocatello
Moses Alexander
Democrats
Louis D. Brandies
Supreme Court
Wilson
Taylor
Senate
Potato Tuber Moth Tied to Imported Potatoes
Horticulturist C W Brannon at Rupert first linked the potato tuber moth to the havoc seen in imported potatoes. Further investigation confirms his suspicion. Officials urge the immediate need for a state entomologist to address the crisis.
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C. W. Brannon
Rupert
Pipe Dream From Idaho Delegate At Convention
A Pocatello Tribune report quotes a Democratic State convention delegate proposing a future Union with eastern Washington to form a new northern Idaho state. He suggests Pocatello as capital for the southern portion and Coeur d Alene for the new commonwealth, noting slow progress on a north south railroad.
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Pocatello Tribune
Idaho
Washington
Pocatello
Coeur d'Alene
Commonwealth
Sugar crop in Utah and Idaho seen as largest ever
Sugar industry official T R Cutler predicts an unprecedented beet harvest across Utah and Idaho if no more cold snaps occur. Heavy Idaho and northern Utah rains plus deep beet roots signal quick maturation, with Russian colonists aiding fields in Bear River valley and plans for more colonies. Nevada labor concerns and a Japanese agent to oversee Nevada work emerge amid frost-led replanting in Idaho and Utah. a Utah frost incident leads to a $1500 fine for noncompliance.
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Idaho
T. R. Cutler
Vicw
Utah- Idaho Sugar Company
Salt Lake Herald Republican
Cutler
Bear River Valley
Sugar Company
Indigestion Remedy Praised By New York Reader
A Ilion New York resident Mia CEB Riley commends Chamberlain's Tablets for six months use and great improvement. The U.S. Supreme Court ruling last Monday held that interurban electric cars crossing state lines fall under the safety appliance act, with implications for Spokane to Couer d'Alene railroad operations.
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Mia
C. EB. Riley
Ilion
N.Y
U. S. Supreme Court
Spokane & Inland Empire Railroad Company
Spokane
Couer d'Alene
Idaho
Public health bulletin on sanitation and disease prevention
Health messages urge cleanliness and sanitation as keys to happiness and protection. A federal court ruling narrows opium possession to dealers, not users, while cities report lower typhoid rates and emphasize infant care and fly control.
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U. S. Public Health Service
California
Supreme Court
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