City Council Faces Large Budget for Next Year
The council estimated a $63,620 base required to run city government next year plus $15,000 for water works, totaling $78,620 with water works self supporting. The plan covers police, fire, roads, parks, library, and other departments, and includes $200 to fight a utility company valuation rise. An audit by Howard Snell was accepted, and a touristic park proposal was urged. A water system power alarm was approved for thePump house, with Fueling to decide on shutdown risk.
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Southern Idaho Light and Power Users Association
State Public Utilities Commission
Howard Snell
Nampa
W. H. Blunt
Luther Mitchell
Commercial Club
R. W. Oakes
Retail, Merchants’ Association
Couneil
Tto
F. T. Fueling
Idaho Lettuce Proves To Be Prize Crop
Idaho lettuce looks set for a strong spring as unusually favorable weather boosts finishing quality. Packing began in Caldwell in the old bee supply building, with W. T. McCall of the Idaho Producers Union noting high quality and good prices. growers expect $1.50 to $2.00 per crate, with fields yielding up to 400 crates per acre as movement speeds up soon.
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Idaho
W. T. McCall
Idaho Producers’ Union
Caldwell
Bee Supply
Equity Mill
McCall
Caldwell City Council Approves $2000 Tourist Park Plan
Caldwell leaders back a self sustaining tourist park with a $2000 appropriation though fees for use remain undecided. Representatives from Retail Merchants association and Commercial club urged the grant, citing future budgetary balance and taxpayer considerations. The council also granted Henry Quast permission to manage Fourth of July concessions.
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Caldwell
Retail Merchants’ Association
Commercial Club
R. W. Oakes, Jr
Luther Mitchell
Mr. Mitchell
W. H. Bhunt
Blankiet
Henry Quast
Quasti
Horticultural Specialist Probes Orchard Disease
University of Idaho extension official F R Bennett inspected Canyon county orchards on Thursday to study apple blight and the health of potato fields planted with certified seed stock showing disease indications in Caldwell.
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F. R. Bennett
University of Idaho Extension Department
Caldwell
Bennett
Canyon County
Roy Shel
Fishing trip party departs for Payette Lakes outing
A party led by Fr. Beale accompanied by Edgar and KR W Oakes Jr. departed Thursday evening for the Payette Lakes for a fishing excursion expected to last until Monday.
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Fr. Beale
Edgar
KR. W. Oakes Jr
Payette Lakes
First Hog Cholera Case Reported in Canyon County
County Agent A I O Reilly identified the first hog cholera case in Canyon County in years at the S K Collins farm near Nampa. The herd was immunized, and officials urged prompt reporting of swine sickness to prevent an epidemic amid several spring outbreaks in Idaho.
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Canyon County
A. I. O'Reilly
S. K. Collins
Nampa
Idaho
Places of Honor For Old Documents
Washington announces a marble vault will display the original drafts of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence in the congressional library lobby. Experts bind the parchment sheets and a special glass cover will shield them from harmful light rays for public viewing.
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Washington
State Department
Congressional Library
Government Printing Office
Flag Day Observed at Caldwell Kiwanis Luncheon
Dr W J Boone president of the College of Idaho spoke on the flag s history and meaning at a Caldwell Kiwanis luncheon A young man's remark about fighting for the flag was cited and Boone reflected on Civil War Spanish American and World War eras He praised the flag s global respect and liberty loving ideals W H Redway chaired and noted the piece continues on the last page
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Caldwell
Kiwanis Club
W. J. Boone
College of Idaho
America
Germany
France
Earth
Booper
W. H. Redway
Climate Best Bet for Dako
Otto Jones, former state game warden and Idaho Automobile association manager, urged Caldwell Kiwanis members to promote Idaho as a tourist draw by highlighting climate, mountains, streams, and roads. He compared Idaho to California’s growth strategy and stressed preserving the association to keep Idaho connected with the American Automobile Association.
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Idaho
Otto Jones
Idaho Automobile Association
Caldwell Kiwanis
California
Mr. Jones
Association
American Automobile Association
British Tang Sparks New York School Textbook Claim
Washington David Hirshfield, commissioner of accounts, told Mayor Hylan that eight New York school history texts are un-American and pro-British. He links distortion to international financial propaganda traced to Cecil Rhodes, accusing figures such as Andrew Carnegie, Lord Northcliffe, Sir Gilbert Parker, Lady Astor, Elihu Root, Owen Wister, William A. Neilson, Smith College, the Sulgrave Institute, the English-Speaking Union, the Pilgrim Society, and the Sons of St George of promoting it.
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Washington
David Hirshfield
New York City
Hylan
New York
United States
England
Hirshfield
Andrew Carnegie
Lord Northcliffe
Gilbert Parker
Lady Astor
Elihu Root
Owen Wister
William A. Neilson
Smith College
Sulgrave Institute
The
English-Speaking Union
Pilgrim Society
Sons of St. George
Elks and College of Idaho Honor Seniors With Award Method
Elks lodge and College of Idaho faculty detail the process for awarding the Highest Honor Award to two College of Maho Senior class members. An Exalted Ruler initiated the plan, a faculty committee reviewed records, and recommendations named Frank P. Hartkopf and Mrs Brenice Weymouth Hernberg as recipients.
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Elks
College of Idaho
College of Maho
Elks’ Lodge
A. I. Myers
W. J. Boone
Commissioners Deny Caldwell Discrimination Claims at Club Meeting
Caldwell Commercial Club hears Henry Beck deny reports of county discrimination. Beck urges local business leaders to present timely matters for county consideration. He stresses he would be last to discriminate against Caldwell and notes past events are forgotten.
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Caldwell
Old Oregon Trail Pageant Set For Blue Mountains July 3 4
The Old Oregon Trail celebration will stage July 3 and 4 atop the Blue Mountains near Top O Blue Mountains midway between La Grande and Pendleton. The pageant reenacts the crossing of the Blue Mountains by the first wagon train 80 years ago and the completion of the trail. President Harding and party are expected to attend July 3. The site is accessible by well paved roads and marks frontier life vividly.
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Top O'Mae Mountains
Foorthwest
Blue Mountains
Oregon Trail
Harding
Weather boosts farming in Southwest Idaho
Light to moderately heavy thundershowers gave way to abundant sunshine and warm temperatures, producing the best growing week of the season. Crops advanced with corn aided by warmth, wheat in full head in early fields, and meadow, pasture, and range feed improving. Head lettuce matured and early fields were market ready while alfalfa first cut harvests grew general. Beets, corn, and potatoes also progressed in Twin Falls area.
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Idaho
Twin Falls
Mr and Mrs Glenn Krater Take Trip Through Eastern Oregon
Mr and Mrs Glenn Krater left their home for Harker and other eastern Oregon towns to spend a week end on a brief business and pleasure trip. Mr Krater is employed at The Tribune. Partridge and Ned Jenners were business visitors in the city Wednesday afternoon.
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Glenn Krater
Hy Auto
Harker
Oregon
Krater
the Tribune
Partridge
Ned Jenners
Caldwell’s Early Years Remembered At Kiwanis Luncheon
Mrs Blatchley recalled Caldwell’s founding in 1883 and its early band that grew from 17 players to a state fixture. She noted the first Caldwell circus in 1884, a $15,000 harvest, and credit to Mrs W J Boone for College of Idaho ties.
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Caldwell
W. J. Boone
College of Idaho
H. D. Bintchley
Kiwanis Club
Blatchley
Idaho
Boise
Middleton
Presbyterian Church
Boone
Dr. Boone
College of Idaho’s eastern friends cited in Kiwanis note
Montie B. Gwinn of New York writes that the College of Idaho has many friends in the east due to Dr. W. J. Boone and other workers. The message, read at the Caldwell Kiwanis meeting, notes Gwinn and Robert McCormick are promoting the college and its building program in New York, Pittsburgh, Chicago, and other large eastern cities.
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College of Idaho
W. J. Boone
New York
Montie B. Gwinn
H .D. Blatchtey
J. H. Lowell
Gwinn
Robert McCormick
Pittsburg
Chicago
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Presley F. Horne
Caldwell Sanitarium
Horne
John
W. H. Barnett
Farm Bureau
Uncle Sam
Stars and Stripes
Dako
Beck
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