Idaho County Good Roads Meeting Promotes State Highway Drive
A large turnout of road boosters gathered to back a North South Highway and local trunk lines. Speakers from Kooskia, Ferdinand, Cottonwood and nearby districts urged funding through bonds and taxes supported by Idaho County residents to connect Stites, Weippe, and Cow Creek with the proposed state road network. Representative Meyer returned from Chicago praising good roads and urging bond support if figures prove feasibility.
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Idaho County
Blake
Rentervale
J. L. Stewart
Lake District
W. G. Hanson
Fairview
John Pow ‘Ell
FE. Quist
Kooskia
Wimner
Cottonwood
J. G. Rowton
J. A. Bushue
Ferdinand
James Surridge
Harpster
Surridge
Stites
East
Henry Meyer
Good Roads
Globe
Meyer
Chicago
Spokane
Charles Hughes
Central States
Meyer ix
Tdabo
With Our Soldier Boys in Camp at Nogales borders
A Boise to Nogales dispatch from the Second Idaho mentions desert contrasts at lava flats and Salton Sea Basin, drift into camp life near Nogales, drills from 7 am to 4:15 pm, and ongoing concerns over border tensions. Troops from Connecticut Utah California and Idaho train for possible action, while rifles and provisions flow as authorities evaluate deployment prospects.
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Boise
Idaho
Mohave
Salton
Great Salt Lake
California
San Bernardino
Salton Sea Basin
Nogales
Wallace Tolaho
Agram
Connecticut
Utah
Tito
Mit
Mexico
Goodrich Road Signs Erected Along County Highways
County Auditor Rimers reports twenty three metal rout signs funded by Goodrich Rubber Company. Signs bolted to creosoted posts set at points on a road map by the auto association. Idaho County likely bonds $500000 for North and South Highway and laterals to connect communities. M. Clay of Riggs reports meeting in Cottonwood and urges regional road financing with Adams, Washington, and Tolabo counties.
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Goodrich
Rimers
Goodrich Rubber
John Key
Barry Wallis
Kimers
Auto Association
M. Clay
Riggs
Payette Lake
Cottonwood
Idaho County
Adams County
Washingtn
Tolabo
New Meadows
Ten Mile mines near Spokane plan new Eureka mill
A. McRea of Wonder Mine in Portland reports Ten Mile district projects in Idaho. The Wonder company will install a Eureka mill with 50 to 60 tons daily capacity, expecting high grade ore to yield strong profits, with tunnels reaching 800 feet and ore averaging $28.64 per ton. Buckhorn mine nearby shows activity with a Chilean mill and a $1400 gold brick found by EB Samples.
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A. McRea
Wonder Mine
Spokane
Portland
Wonder Mt Mining Company
Ten Mile
Idaho
Nat
United States
McRea
Wonder Corporation
B. F. Pennington
Toppenish, Wash
Ten Mile District
Idaho County
Stites
W. Biddel
Tiatatto
Buckhorn
Buckhorn Creek
EB. Samples
Samples
Real Border Days Scenes From Fall Ranch Events
JD Evans reports from Grangeville as local riders prepare for the annual fall bucking contest. Cowboys like Shorty Heath and the Cash brothers performed rides and falls at the Sweet ranch, with Walter Cash earning first place so far. More events await.
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JD. Evans
Globe Reporter
Grangeville
Sweet Ranch
Burns
Buor
Shorty
Heath
Tit
Hinater
Walter
Manford Cash
Young Ladies Send Money to Support Troops
Misses Mary McKates and Bessie Eimers wired 152 to members of Company BE for the needs of the above as commerce Mies arise. Funds raised by the First Aid organization of Grangeville were sent to Sergeant Don Fisher via Western Union with no red tape. The money is for the boys, donors say, and no questions asked. The Civil War toast remains, "The Ladies, God Bless ’em," at Nogales end of the line.
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Mary McKates
Bessie Eimers
Hove
Emerce Mies
First Aid
Grangeville
Don Fisher
Western Union
Nogales
Dr Sims Returns From Postgraduate Course
Dr W B Sims returned this evening from a cast where he has been for weeks taking a postgraduate course and will be found at his office from now on by his patients.
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W. B. Sims
Philadelphia capital to back Idaho mines with $175000 deal
Reports from Hit City district say Philadelphia interests are closing a $175,000 purchase of a Reyes property on the South Fork as part of a broader central Idaho investment. They plan operations aided by new ore treatment processes and expect heavy development and many miners brought in before season’s end.
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Karl Wayland Bowman
Tdaho
Sonora
Drex
Bowman
Nogales
Magdalene
United States
Philadelphia Capital
Idaho
Philadelphia
South Fork
Mile City
Lewiston
Taho
Harvesting at Winona with Barn Construction Plans
In Winona Mr and Mrs Figgins of Winona attended to local business matters and prepared to build a 50 by 56 foot barn with a stone foundation after uncovering prime building sand. Mr Higgins noted many binders in use and planned to cut winter barley starting Monday. White Russian wheat harvests continued with Willis Turner cutting 40 acres. Johnnie Johnson and S W Patterson were harvesting as well. yield expected to be very good.
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Winona
Mies
AL. Figgins
Figgins
Higgins
Willis Turner
Johnnie Johnson
S. W. Patterson
Mrs. Charles Beardsley Dies After Childbirth
Mrs Charles Beardsley died Tuesday night August 1 after a prolonged illness following childbirth. Her husband and children mourn with her parents Mr and Mrs Joseph Beardsley who traveled from Gentry Arkansas upon notification. The body prepared by Todabaker Hancock will be shipped to Arkansas for interment in the old Bowe cemetery.
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Charles Beardsley
Joseph Beardsley
Gentry
Ark
Todebaker Hancock
Old Bowe
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Fom
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Doss Ftesen
Mirtiuc
Phil Hartoun
Dub
New York
Butes
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North and South Highway Association
W. B. Hussman
F. B. Quist
Kooskin
John Nevins
Whitebird
P. B. Ellis
Joseph Bushue
Adolph Hinkleman
Advisory
John Powell
Bert Decker
Luke Stewart
Ed. Smith
G. D. Stanbery
Geo. H. Sheldon
EB. Christianson
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W. A. Shuck
Edwar Blake
B. Meeker
Frank Finn
Woolland
Robert Gill
United Districta
Theo. Tollefson
Lyda
Salmon River
Freedom
S. A. Anderson
E Wimner
F. J. Leeper
Jack Wills
Macury Meyer
Major Farr Can
H.R. Hilbourne
EB Co
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War Department
Arik
Camp Fire
Tiger
Mac Gregg
Imenome
Tost
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Trishman
Utah Cavalry
Beave
Kym
Harold Bell Wright
Ten Mile Mines
DR. Sims
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