Idaho Sunday Law Sees National Notion of Reform
Dr. Wilber F. Crafts praises Idaho's new Sunday rest law as a model drawn from forty states. He notes a two year ineligibility penalty for officials who fail to enforce it, and argues Idaho benefits from broader experience while acknowledging some drafting ambiguities. Idaho Falls and Snake River region are highlighted for growth and agricultural potential as development moves northward.
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Idaho
California
Pacific Coast
International Reform Bureau
Wilber F. Crafts
Washington, D. C
Northwestern Christian Advocate
Crafts
Dr. Craft
Commonwealth
Idaho Falls Growth Spurs Census and Directory Worthies
The Idaho Falls directory of 6,000 names is being distributed by Chapin and Whitney. The Post notes Idaho Falls population at 6,000, up from 590 in 1890, with rapid growth and development of nearby towns and counties along the Snake River frontier.
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Idaho Falls
Messrs. Chapin and Whitney
Scimitar
Bingham County
Montana Line
Fremont County
Snake River
Rexburg
St. Anthony
Teton City
The West as a Home for Ambitious Youth and Freedom
Field and Farm from Denver praises the West for opportunity and generous spirit. It notes the older East hesitates over small costs while Westerners spend freely, and describes pioneer days as marked by freedom, chivalry, and harsh trials that forged character. The piece concludes that young people from the East and Midwest are drawn to Western life and its clear skies and adventurous pace.
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West
Field and Farm
Denver
Great New West
Tenderfoot
States
East
Middle West
New West
American Falls Press Calls 1907 Growth Rapid
The American Falls Press New Year edition touts 1907 as a high growth year with over one hundred thousand dollars in substantial business buildings completed and fifty thousand dollars more under construction. It also notes the town’s finest hotel for a city of its size in the United States.
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American Falls Press
United States
New Year edition highlights Idaho Falls growth and photos
The American Falls Press showcases a flouring mill, water works for 12 000, electric streets, and many modern homes with 3000 shade trees. It notes high yields by Lew Sweetzer, ground value from onion sacks, and scenic photos of the Snake River area before a humorous poem about local creditors.
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Lew Sweetzer
H. P. Frodshaw
American Falls
Great Falls
Grand Old Snake River
Spokane
Minneapolis
Fred Reed
Jim Brady
Avery Moore
American Falls Press
G. S. Ellinger
Man Lives On Hot Air Longer Than Wind Record
The Coeur d'Alene Press claims an Illinois man and a Boise citizen have outlived wind and hot air records. The Illinois man lived on a peanut diet forty days losing twelve pounds while Dr. Tanner on a water diet sixty days shed sixty. A local boast cites a man living over seven thousand three hundred fifty days on wind with no weight loss.
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Illinois
Dr. Tanner
Coeur d’Alene
Coeur d'Alene
Boise
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Egin
Oregon Short Line Railway
Pocatello
Jones
Smith
Brown
Smith, Jones and Brown
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