Public Library Gathers Northwest Books for Research
The Pocatello public library builds a Pacific Northwest collection to aid local historians and visitors. A winter fitting room houses rare, old volumes including Life of Colonel Fremont and History of Oregon, with autographed Toll of the Sands from Paul DeLaney now in circulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Potter
Pacific Northwest
Chumber
Pocatello
Bigelow
Colonel Fremont
John A. Sutter
California
Seran
Duniway
Heart of the
Sierras
Frances Fuller Victor
Thompson
Tlistory
Oregon
Lyman
Louisanna Purchase
Rocky Mountains
Paul DeLaney
Local Society Notes From Burley to Missoula
Miss Marjorie Moore visits relatives in Burley. Mrs. Joseph Sheldon returns from a coast vacation visiting San Diego Los Angeles and San Francisco. Mrs. Sheldon's daughter and granddaughters depart for Missoula Montana after two months in the Sheldon home. Miss Hattie Conrad the hospital dietician returns from a east trip. S K Atwood Texas Oil manager returns from Utah visiting parents. Mrs J J Guheen and Ione Jack and Billy plan a motor trip through southern Idaho Wyoming and southern Utah. Mrs H H Locke spends week end at Boise. FE R Cornwell and P E Long of The Tribune depart with BR A McDevitt and J M O'Connell for birch creek gold field for claims work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Sheldon
H. D. McCormick
Caroll
Jean
Gale
Sheldon
Missoula
Montana
S. K. Atwood
Texas Oil Company
Utah
Canyons
J. J. Guheen
Ione
Jack
Billy
Idaho
Wyoming
FE. R. Cornwell
The
Tribune
P. E. Long
Business Department
BR. A. McDevitt
J. M. O'Connell
Birch Creek
Girls at Camp at Tenday Outdoor Week
The Denece Domestic Arts club met at Mrs. C. G. Harris’s Alameda home then socialized. The Tenday summer camp near Tenday continues with a week for women and girls over high school age starting August 2. Reservations available through the Y W C A with departures Monday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. G. Harris
Wayne Avenue
Alameda
Tenday
Water supply plentiful in southern Idaho
Boise reports show streams twice as high as last year with full reservoirs. Payette remains above danger at 1200 second feet, and Wood river, Magic dam, and Snake river run near normal while Weiser uses storage due to low flow. No serious shortages anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
C. G. Paulson
United States Geological Survey
Boise River
Payette
Weiser River
Wood River
Magic Dam
Snake River
Office changes planned for Idaho Falls city offices
Mayor Louis and the Idaho Falls city council surveyed the county courthouse to explore ways to house city offices there. No communication has yet been made to the county board of commissioners, but consensus favors using the county building when feasible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho Falls
Louis
Board of County Commissioners
Opfn
Pocatello Delegation Heads to Hailey Legion Meet
A large Pocatello delegation travels to Hailey for the American Legion convention on August 6 to 8. Attorney Jay Downing leads transportation, with many delegates also train-bound to arrive by noon Thursday. Posts and auxiliary members will participate, with R F Hamilton and E J Thorkildsen among key delegates and possible state and national-level candidacies noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocatello
American Legion
Hailey
Jay Downing
Bannock County
R. F. Hamilton
Lester Albert
Drain
Legion
Legion Auxliary
Auxiliary
J. E. Damron
F. E. Tydeman
G. Nicholas Ifft
Reasoner
Jay M. Tiffany
Walter Service
E. J. Therkildseen
Harry Bryan
Ralph Jones
City officials weigh rebuilding to use county courthouse
City officials say extensive reconstruction would be needed to adapt the building for city offices including a vault room. The move follows a message from taxpayers demanding fulfillment of a campaign promise to affiliate with the county and use the county courthouse for both administrations.
State Highway Bid Opens for Grace Preston Route
P B Wilson district engineer opened bids at 2 PM Saturday for the Grace Preston highway project to be graded and graveled. P A Cutler of Pocatello was the low bidder with P J Anderson Construction of Ogden next in line. Other bids came from Union Construction Provo Utah George Alsop Graeg Gliem Shafer Pocatello and Wasatch Grading Ogden Utah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. B. Wilson
State Highway Department
Grace- Preston
P. A. Cutler
Pocatello
P. J. Anderson
Departments Stay Within Budget in Idaho 1925 Six Months
Boise reports General fund expenditures for state government from January to June 1925 totaled 1,281,901.70, 24.58 percent of the 1925-27 appropriation of 5,214,988.49. Special funds reached 4,688,049.93, including highway spending over a million and bond redemptions. Several departments and institutions exceeded 25 percent of their appropriations in the first six months, among them agriculture bureaus, state auditor, banks and banking, historical society, secretary of state, travel library, Albion Normal, schools for deaf and blind, Industrial Training school, Idaho insane asylum, Lewn Normal, penitentiary, Deho Technical Institute, University of Idaho, and the state insurance fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
George W. Lewis
Lewis
Treasury
Bureau of Plantry
Bureau of Farm Markets
Bureau of ‘Banks and Banking
Department of Finance
Historical Society
Albion Normal
Schoo For Deaf and Blind
Industrial Train School
Idaho Insane Asylum
Lewn Normal School
Deho Technical Institute
University of Idaho and
State Insurance Fund
The Mart Showcases 32 Acres Of Furniture Exposition
Petersen Furniture executive B M Hargraves returns from the American Furniture Mart in Chicago praising the vast plant and its 32 acres of display space. He notes 700 manufacturers, dramatic lighting, and new designs transforming home furniture toward beauty and adaptability for everyday buyers. Hargraves predicts a brisk fall trade as buying power rises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. M. Hargraves
Petersen Furniture Company
American Furniture Mart
Chicago
America
Furniture Club of America
Cool Lake Michigan
Industrial Club of America
Mart
Pocatello
Middle West
Hargraves
13 year old boy shoots bear on Sulphur canyon ranch
Lawrence Justison aged 13 while herding sheep with his father on the Tom Sterrett ranch in Sulphur canyon killed a black bear weighing 300 to 400 pounds with a single shot. The pair found the bear dead after tracking from the scene. The report notes the boy carried a single shot gun and returned to his partner to report the shot. The British Isles contain two million more women than men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soda Springs
Lawrence Justison
Tom Sterrett
Middle Fork
Sulphur Canyon
Maytag Gyrofoam Washes 50 Lbs per Hour
The Maytag Gyrofoam dries and washes clothes quickly with gentle care for dainty garments and thorough cleaning for heavy items. It claims the largest hourly capacity in home laundry units, washing 50 pounds per hour, with a free home demonstration offered by phone.
New Officers Elected for Pioneer Club in Pocatello
At a Pioneer club meeting at the YMCA W B Hopson was elected president with Gus Spangberg as vice president and L D Brown as secretary and treasurer. Hopson, a longtime Pocatello resident and former city marshal, spoke of his U S marshal service and a high arrest tally while noting no firm plans yet for a future program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pioneer Club
Bill
Hopson
Gus Spangberg
L. D. Brown
Sam Cox
Pocatello
Devides
William Tilghman
Oklahoma
Charlie Cavanaugh
Women's Pioneer Club
The
Tribune
Montana agriculturist notes fashion changes in northern city hotel scene
An unnamed Montana agriculturist on his first visit outside the state comments that women’s clothing resembles barb wire fences: they protect property but do not improve the view. A long list follows of hotel registrants across multiple cities, including names such as Carl L. Lab, J. J. Boyle, J. W. Pingree, and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Indian writings studied by visiting scholars near Craters of the Moon
Prof. John E B Rees and wife of Salmon arrived in Arco to photograph and study Indian writings along Antelope Creek and Craters of the Moon. Rees notes the Antelope Creek inscriptions reflect a tribal hunting division and hopes Craters figures reveal a warlike nature. He plans a deeper study if findings justify it before returning to Salmon to resume teaching history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John EB. Rees
Salmon
Arco
Rees
Craters
Boise
Salmon High School
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Northwest
Marjorie Moore
J. F. Moore
Burley
Coast
Hattie Conrad
the General Hospital
East
Mrs. H. H. Locke
Denece
Lewiston
E. J. Thorkildsen
Omaha
Mgr
de Molay
Seattle
Templars
Knights Templar
Grand Commandery
Canada
Mexico
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Post-Intelligencer
United States
Seattle Times
William Wallin
the Tribune
Pocatello Commandery
Grace- Preston Road
the Mart
Bear
British Isles
Maytag
Bruce Music CO
North Main
Intermountain
NEW Officers Pioneer Club
Bill” Hopson
Organization of
Pocatello Oldtimers
Hiawatha
Kan
New York
Yellowstone
Carl L. Lab
H. J. Voge
B. M. Ewell
Salt Lake City
Adulerland
Hershey
Ogden
F. W. Cresman
C. A. Warehouse
H. le Moyne
el FP. Bell
Long Beach
E. Austin
B. C. Woobner
F. L. Groeneck
Coggan
Nicholas Rutherford
Twin Falls
W. M.nicrola
C. H. Strater
J. K. Johnson
Denvers
F. Murphy
Elmo Cunningham
Provo
Carl Fife
San Francisco
George Hellen
Crew J. D. Amundsen
Butte
W. Mahan
J. K. Tanner
Denver
R. C. Huron
Oden
P. v. Wood
Alliance
Neb
Paul D. Walker
Lewisville
B. F. Wyatt
H. R. Mathers
Montpelier
Tony Galleck
Havre
Mont
Jess L. Amy
Hamer
Hemphill
Guy Wackenfield
J. Hagee
American Falls
A. C. Ents
Bannock
Paul C. Robey
Chugwater
Wyo
Charles A. Norman
Louis Zalken
St. Joseph
W. W. Ruth
Walt Altman
Grangeville
J. R. Williams
St. Louis
A. R. Johnson
Rupert
John Browne
C. G. Connell
Meridian
Clyde Bowen
G. I. Moore
Potlatch
Pat Coffey
Spokane
R. B. Wade
St. Marie
HW. C. Pugmire
Salt Lake Mire
John H. Alan
Glenns Ferry
A. Droning
Lima
B. L. Wilver
Jack Crawford
H. H. Mea Preston
C. Rt. Kimball
Portland
A. Christensen
Heber
Thomas Randall
Cache Junction
H. H. May
W. C. Wittle
Blackfoot
H. L. Robins
Rigby
Mrs. Temp Hoskins
Wrights
Schramm-Johnson
Revelation
Lyndhurst
Lysel
Certe Sore
Jeli
Champa
Mifflin Alkebel
Mansage
Ford's
Soc Cedar
Robinson's Patent
Hinkle
Lydia Pinketable
Coleman
Meilin’s Food
Caldwell
Adlerika
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