Taft Proclamation Opens Indian Reservation Lands for Homestead
President Taft issues a proclamation opening Flathead Spokane and Coeur d Alene reservations to homestead entry. The order sets registration dates from July 15 to August 5 1909 with locations in Kalispell Missoula Spokane and Coeur d Alene and outlines application rules and entry dates through 1910. It governs eligibility veterans widows or orphans and confirms entry sequences and penalties for illegitimate filings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coeur d'Alene
Spokane
William H. Taft
United States of America
Congress
Flathead
Montana
Coeuur
Idaho
United States
James W. Witten
General Land Office
Kalispell
Missoula
Washington
Phillippine
Theerin
Secretary of the Interior
William
Taft
The Mare and Colt and School Board Finances
The article discusses care for newborn colts with mares, stressing gentle handling, watering, and nutrition to support milk. It then shifts to a school board meeting noting furniture contracts for a new high school annex and concerns about graduation costs exceeding fifty dollars per graduate, urging stricter rules for gowns and related expenses.
Bee husbandry and farm practices from the journal
Guidance on beekeeping urges ample space and stores, proper hive setup, and well ripened honey. It notes foundation use to prevent drone combs, reports modest gains per colony, and emphasizes thorough farm care including rising colt development and mare management for balanced livestock growth.
Public schools in Boise face rising graduation costs
Boise school board acts on graduation expenses. Family outlays for next year’s graduates include gowns, invitations, class rings, pictures, and yearlong activities totaling about 62 dollars per student plus 10 more for extras. Juniors incur similar costs for the year, while a seniors’ party may run around 80 dollars. The board plans recommendations to curb unnecessary expenses as parents struggle with the burden. Also an ad offers 10 acres near Caldwell for 1500 dollars with terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Public Schools of
Boise
Statesman
Auditorium Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Buildings
The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition at Seattle will leave seven university buildings after closing. The Auditorium cost Washington over 300000 dollars and will host conventions during the fair. Other university structures include Fine Arts and Forestry, with plans to repurpose a California science hall. Asphalt paving and landscaped grounds render the campus a fairyland for future use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
University of Washington
Alaska
Hawaii
State of Washington
University
Arctic Brotherhood
Washington State
California
Conditions on Mars and human life in the cosmos
The article argues Mars could host intelligent life given its age and canal-building potential, noting that such life would require advanced engineering beyond Earth’s capacity and broad scientific proof remains required. It challenges scientific and religious resistance, urging a purely evidential stance on extraterrestrial life as a scientific issue rather than sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mars
Poles
Panama
Earth
St. Louis Star
Dry Farming Congress to Convene in Billings 1909
The fourth Dry Farming Congress meets October 26 27 28 in Billings Montana with the International Exposition of Dry Farm Products. Delegates from 17 states and 10 foreign countries plus two Canadian provinces attend. experts predict vast land value increases and irrigation potential transforming 200000000 acres of western dry land.
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Billings
Mont
Mexico
Russia
Texas
Montana
Colorado
Wyoming
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Utah
Maho
Arizona
Key Farm Lane
Trsteeion Ie
Dry Farming Congress
Notice of Sale of Impounded Stock Caldwell Idaho
City Marshal T. H. Dryden announces seizure of a sorrel horse with white facial stripe and three white feet. The horse will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder at the city pound in Caldwell Idaho at 1 P M on June 8 1909 under Ordinance No 18. Dated May 28 1909.
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Caldwell
Idaho
T. H. Dryden
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Meek
the Statesman
breed—Journal of Agriculture
Nbe
Portland
Oregon
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