Pocatello Council Pushes Pumping Plant Plan After Negotiation Failures
The city council authorized Mayor Loux to hire a hydraulic engineer to design plans and estimate costs for a pumping plant to supply Pocatello. Alderman Bistline reported Dr. O B Steely failed to negotiate with J A Murray of the Butte water company. The council considers legal counsel and possible court action while awaiting Colonel Ferguson’s return.
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Loux
Pocatello
Bistline
O. B. Steely
J. A. Murray
Butte
Pocatello Water Company
Fusz
Dr. Steely
Murray
Steely
Steer
Martin
Special Legal Council
Alderman Smith
Smith
Witty
Colonel Ferguson
Ferguson
City council debates engineering cost in pumping plant plan
Alderman Fast pressed for a cap on engineer fees in the in junction case term discussion. The mayor cited ongoing talks with a Canton Canton pumping plant engineer and said no hire would occur without council report on expenses, keeping the limit under 500 dollars.
Hughes to Be Renominated for Governor
James Sherman announced at Republican headquarters that President Roosevelt and party leaders support Governor Hughes for a second term. The statement signals no organized opposition and suggests Hughes’ renomination is favored beyond New York, with Hitchcock and other leaders in agreement.
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New York
James §. Sherman
Associated Press
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Hughes
Hitchcock
Sherman
Taft
Congress
Free Public Library to Open Next Monday
The board announces that the library building will be opened to the general public next Monday. A reception in the evening will be held by the Civic club and Women's Study League. The public is invited to attend.
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The
Free Public Library
Civic Club
Women’s Study League
Advertising Committee Appointed for Pocatello Race Meet
At a Pocatello Fair and Driving association board meeting Lee Harper Walker and L Bush Livermore were named to an advertising committee. They will promote the big race meet set for September 7 Labor Day and the next two days. The event is billed as the largest and best ever in Pocatello with purses drawing top talent from the western circuit.
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Pocatello
Auto overturns in crash injures four in Los Angeles
One man was killed and two women and two men injured when a 60 horsepower automobile wheel failed near Westy and West Jefferson streets. The car rolled over and trapped occupants under the tonneau before an explosion set the machine ablaze. survivors were rescued from the flames.
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Los Angeles
Wéstey
West Jefferson
Walled City Reforms Prompt Erection of New Building
City council grants a one-story cement block building replacing flimsy shacks in block 371 to improve safety. Alderman Bistline questions morals, but petition approved after debate. The meeting also discusses a stairway, street sprinkling, and sidewalk district 3 with bills audited and city scales flagged for accuracy.
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G. R. Armstrong
Eastern Idaho
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company
Salt Lake
Pocatello
Finance Committee
Monte
Alderman Williams
Chilson
Bistline
Smith
East Side
D. J. Elrod
Sixth Avenue
Center
Bonneville
Lewis Street
Sixth
Seventh
Elrod
Seventh Avenue
First Ward
Williams
Remodelling Courthouse Interiors Alter County Offices
Interior work at Bannock County courthouse progresses with District Judge Budge’s office remade in the southeast corner. A doorway connects to the old county attorney’s office now serving as the judge’s private chamber. Walls repapered, wainscoting installed, and offices rearranged including the county attorney moving to the former county surveyor’s room. The probate judge’s chamber also gets repapering and wainscoting.
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Bannock County Court House
Budge
Indians to Sunnyland Exibits Tour With Idaho Falls
Manager Abe Pierce of the Poca tello baseball team signs with Jolly Jack Neve of Idaho Falls for a game on Sunnyland ground next Sunday. Shamrocks of Boise seek two games in the Gate City and promise a classy, snappy ball club.
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Abe Pierce
Pocatello
Jolly Jack Neve
Idaho Falls Bunch
Sunnyland Ground
Shamrocks
Boise
One-Mill Library Levy Sparks heated council clash
At the regular council meeting in Pocatello Aldermen Fusz Chilson and Martin opposed a one mill library maintenance levy while four members supported it. The initial tax measure failed as a suspension vote, with debate centering on whether the city should spend more than the $1200 annual maintenance obligation. Mayor Loux postponed further action, delaying a special meeting for a couple of days.
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Fusz
Chilson
Martin
Carnegie
Messrs. Bistline
Smith
Williams and Houde
Messrs
Marti
Terrell
Carnegie Library
Pocatello
Alderman Smith
Pocatello Girls
Loux
Bistline
Phone Line to Damsite Advances Big Government Reservoir
A work crew departs Pocatello to string a telephone line from Ross Fork to the dam site on the Blackfoot River. Major Granville leads engineering for the Fort Hall irrigation area as contractor Lanestrom rushes construction of the line and equipment. Completion is expected in 45 days as water storage aims to irrigate a large tract near Pocatello with possible use by Fort Hall or Pocatello American Falls projects.
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Ross Fork
Blackfoot River
Pocatello
John J. Granville
Fort Hall
Robert V. Lannstrom
Idaho
Bell Telephone Company
Jack Lain
Lanestrom
Blackfoot
Granville
Pocatello-American Falls
Jackson’s Lake
Garfield
TILDEN BRIDGE TO BE BUILT
Blackfoot Optimist D W Church of Pocatello confirms to Joseph Coumerilh that the Snake River crossing at the Baughford near Tilden will be built with $500 raised. Tilden residents subscribe $100 and Pocatello adds $400. Bids asked for hauling materials from Pocatello to the site, promising an outlet for valley products and rapid regional development.
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D. W. Church
Pocatello
Joseph Coumerilh
Snake River
Baughford
Tilden
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Alderman Bistline
Empire State
James 8. Sherman
Barney McMahon
Kasiska Sidewalks
Highway Committee
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J. R. Lawson
William Fitzgerald
B. Harmon
Hugh J. Byrne
W. C. Manning
B. W. Copley
Ralph Geer
F. Jones
F. L. McDonald
George Cruse
Sony Worrell Manufacturing Company
Sedalia
Green & Higson
O. K’s
Johnson
J. C. Johnson
O. K
Court House
Temple of Justice
Sunnyland
Idaho Falls
Tilden Bridge
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