Fort Hall Reservation surveys eyed for future opening
Spofford of the Surveyor General's Boise office toured Fort Hall in the Pocatello area reporting that three major Idaho reservations Fort Hall Lemhi and Coeur d Alene are likely to be opened for settlement within the next year. He notes irrigation water from the Blackfoot river and rich soil favorable to wheat and compares the land to the Palouse.
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Spofford
Utter
Boise
Pocatello
Blackfoot
Fort Hall Indian Reservation
Department of the Interior
Boise Capital News
Idaho
Fort Hall
Lemhi
Coeur d’Alene
Frank Spofford
Surveyor General’s Department
Department
Fort Hall Reservation
Plains
Carlisle
Lemhi Reservation
Lemhi County
Montana
Coeur d'Alene
Kootenai County
Indiana
McDowell to Visit Pocatello for Federal Building Site
Treasury agent J. H. McDowell arrives in the Gate City Friday to evaluate site offers for a proposed federal building. He has toured La Grande Pendleton Walla Walla and Livingston on similar duties and will meet property owners who wish to present their bids. He travels without a railway ecog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. McDowell
Treasury Department
Pocatello
Gate City
la Grande
Pendleton
Walla Walla
Livingston
Mr. McDowell
McDowell
Ecog
Venezuelans Prepare for War in Caribbean Tensions
Willemstad Curacao August 11 colonial government readies for possible conflict with Venezuela. A wireless station is installed, and the Gelderland carries rifles to Aruba. The Felix sails with troops toward Maracaibo bay and the Jacob Van Heemskirk heads to Caribbean waters, with Friesland expected to join.
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Willemstad
Curacao
Netherlands
Venezuela
Gelderland
Aruba
Maracaibo
Felix
Maracaibo Bay
the Hague
Jacob van Heemskirk
Caribbean
Friesland
Norway
Manila Alderman Elected After Bloodthirsty Campaign
August 11 Manila returns show Simon Villa elected alderman in the southern district by a large plurality. A former insurgent army officer who escaped murder trial by amnesty Villa campaigned to slaughter Spaniards in another revolution. Americans doubt the government will seat him for moral unfitness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manilla
Simon Villa
Villa
Oregon Ranching & Lumber president jailed for timber act conspiracy
Henry B. Cook, president of the Oregon Ranching & Lumber Co with a New York office, was committed to jail in Baker City Oregon after arrest July 11 on conspiracy to violate the timber lands act. Co-defendant A Marshall surrendered July 19 and was released on bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Henry 2. Cook
Oregon Ranching & Lumber Company
Baker City
Oregon
A. Marshall
Cook
Bridge meeting Thursday to decide Tilden bridge contract
Nonarrival of Denver company president delayed a citizens meeting at city hall. A Thursday session will decide if $1000 more is provided to push the contract, if the contract is assigned to Bannock Engineering, if the Denver check is forfeited, or if work proceeds at the original $10,500 price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton
Denver Company
Tilden Bridge
City Hall
Denver
Bannock Engineering Company
September Term of Court Postponed to September 14
The September term of district court is postponed because most jurors are busy in harvest. Court will begin September 14 and jurors report September 18. Few cases of note are planned aside from the Ennis murder case which may last several weeks.
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Ennis
Robbers Maltreat Two Lone Women in Washington County
Three masked men battered down the door of Miss Melina Degarmo’s home in a remote area, bound and gagged her and her niece Miss Hartman, and robbed jewelry and cash. They slashed carpets, ripped mattresses, and battered a chest. after failing to find a large sum, they tortured the women until the older one fainted. Hartman freed herself, and they fled. fifteen hundred dollars from a timber sale was later found overlooked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Melina Degarmo
Miss Degarmo
Miss Hartman
Bush fire rages near Sullivan and Kimberley towns
A Cranbrook special reports a large blaze near Sullivan risking the Sullivan mine and another fire near Kimberley threatening the town. Stranded by a CP railway shop strike, 200 workers bound for Fernie cannot proceed.
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Winnipeg
Cranbrook
Sullivan
Kimberley
Canadian Pacific Railway
Fernie
Tornado Strikes Mandan Causes 50000 Dollar Damage
A tornado hit Mandan North Dakota last evening causing about 50000 dollars in damage. Several buildings were unroofed or toppled but no fatalities are reported.
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Mandan
N. D
Special Train of Brady Boosters From Southeast to Idaho Convention
A special Pullman train from Pocatello to Boise will carry Brady boosters to the Idaho Republican state nominating convention on September 1. Bands, badges, and banners will accompany the party as delegates from southeastern counties gather support for James H. Brady for governor. Estimated 200 boosters from Pocatello plus supporters from Idaho Falls Blackfoot McCammon Soda Springs Montpelier Park branch Mackay and other towns will join along the route.
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Pocatello
Boise
James H. Brady
Idaho
Brady
Idaho Falls
Blackfoot
McCammon
Soda Springs
Montpelier
Park Branch
Mackay
Greek bootlegger nabbed in Wood River saloon sale
A Greek man, unnamed, was caught selling a pint of whiskey to an Indian in a rear room of Wood River saloon on North First Avenue. He remains in county jail awaiting action by U S Commissioner Theodore Turner and later a federal grand jury. Sheriff Quigley plans more detentions of saloon personnel linked to bootlegging to Indians.
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Wood River
North First Avenue
United Sates
Theodore Turner
Federal Grand Jury
Sher- Dave Quigley
Quieley
Pebble Campers Enjoy Life Along Classic Pebble Creek
Local observer William Bell of the U S weather bureau and Edgar Smth returned from Pebble where Po catello residents camp during the dog days. Prof Lo Belle and family and others stay on Pebble Creek’s banks enjoying good fishing and sunny weather with bustling color in camp life. Safety notices warn against drinking creek water for 48 hours after a camp foot wash and against wild beasts roaming the grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bell
United States Weather Bureau
Edgar Smth
Pebble
Pocatello
Rupert SoBelle
Bell
Shores
Mrs. Smith
Pebble Creek
Lo Belle
J. H. Shores
Pearl Roberts
Committee On Safety
Claudians Say He Will Confess To Explosions
Peter Claudians, held in Chicago for dynamiting former San Francisco Alderman Big Jim Gallagher’s home, said he would return to California to make a full statement. He claimed his brother John triggered the blasts in a feud with Gallagher and warned the confession would implicate him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Peter Claudianes
Big Jim
Trolley Collision Cost Many Lives In Ohio
Three persons were killed and nearly forty injured when two Western Ohio Traction suburban electric cars collided near Piqua Ohio. Both cars were late and running at high speed. The south car was smashed and splintered. Motor man Bailey died after leaping from his car.
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Piqua
Ohio
Western Ohio Traction Company
Here
Bailey
Labor Day Observance Plans Without Parade in Pocatello
Labor day will be observed in Pocatello with no parade. The general committee invites all labor union members to services at the Methodist church September 6 where Rev. W S Woodhull will speak on labor. A Labor Day ball follows September 7 at McNichols Wright hall. Stores and shops will close for the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocatello
General Committee
Methodist Church
W. S. Woodhull
McNichols & Wright Hall
Sweetser Candidate for Lieutenant Governor
L H Sweetser of Burie declares his candidacy for the lieutenant governor nomination. An active young Republican and former legislator, he has built a reputation as a parliamentarian and is a leading local businessman in stockraising farming and merchandising. He says Cassia county has lacked state ticket representation for sixteen years and his Cassia constituents endorse him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Sweetser
Burle
Sweetser
Cassia County
Mrs J W Kelly Dies After Lingering Illness
Mrs J W Kelly wife of Pocatello patrolman Kelly died at the general hospital after a lingering illness. Funeral services will be held at the Methodist church tomorrow at 8 pm conducted by Rev W S Woodhull. The remains will be shipped to Logan for interment.
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J. W. Kelly
Kelly
Pocatello
General Hospital
Methodist Church
W. 8. Woodhull
Logan
Boom in Lincoln County Idaho Irrigation and Town Growth
Report from Pocatello by the Shoshone Journal notes rapid expansion in Gooding and surrounding towns. 140000 acres under irrigation this year, 60000 more next year, with plans for a 50000 to 80000 acre spring irrigation and a million-dollar reservoir. Lincoln county towns, including Gooding Jerome Wendell and Shoshone, boom with new streets water works hotels and an electric railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles J. Lisie
Edward T. Barber
The
Shoshone Journal
Pocatello
Ogden
Ancola County
Idaho Irrigation Company
Snake River Valley
Shoshone
Lincoln County
Gooding
Messrs. Lisle and Barber
Faere
Jerome
Wendell
Minidoka
Little Miss Farley Survives Fractured Skull Battle
Harriet Farley a 9 year old niece of Cemetery Jack Burns regained health after a days long coma from a skull fracture. Surgeon Dr. W A Wright performed a trepanation removing brain pressure. Family in Kenosha Wis. rejoiced as she began rapid recovery and her father traveled home grateful.
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Harriet Farley
Cemetor
Jack Burns
W. A. Wright
Harriet
California primaries divide tickets in state contest
San Francisco August 11 Both Republicans and Democrats run two tickets each in today’s California primaries for delegates to the state convention. Voters elect eight congressmen, a full lower house and part of the upper house delegates. A U S senator will be chosen to succeed George Perkins, intensifying the race in both parties.
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San Francisco
United States
George (. Perkins
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Surveyor General’s
Severalty
M’dowell
Federal
Warships Sail
Manila
Mr. Moulton
Dakota
Quigley
Pocatello Colony
Claudianes
Burley Man
Mrs. Kelly
Pocatello General Hospital
Sage Brush
Miss Farley
California
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