Immense Storage Reservoir Proposed for Fort Hall Irrigation
Former City Engineer W A Samms reports a large natural storage reservoir located on the Blackfoot river below Henry Idaho. The planned dam 125 feet long 35 to 36 feet high would back water 17 miles and create a 195000 acre foot storage to irrigate about 80000 acres with $350000 federal funding. Construction hoped to start next spring.
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Blackfoot River
Henry
W. A. Samms
Washington
Fort Hall
Samms
Reservation
Lac
Tribune
Blackfoot
John Gray
Gray’s Lake
Taft Speaks on Trusts and Rail Regulation in Missouri Tour
Taft arrived in Joplin by train yesterday escorted from Oklahoma by local committee. He addressed a crowd on trusts and rail regulation, then rode to Webb City for a miners’ speech after lunch, and later spoke in Carthage. The secretary heads to Springfield tonight.
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Joplin
Taft
Oklahoma
Joplin Committee
Webb City
Carthage
Springflel
Gun experts to visit Pocatello for reception and trap shoot
The Pocatello Gun Club will host a reception Thursday for six renowned American trap shooters led by Fred Gilbert. The visitors will head squads at a public traps shoot north of town, with ample transport and entertainment arranged for locals and visitors.
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Pocatello Gun Club
Gilbert
Pocatello
America
Spokane
Fred Gilbert
Chris Gottlieb
Tom Marshall
Pat Adams
John Boa
Buster
Pete Holahan
Pete
Twin Falls
Gate City
Blue Rock Shoot Set At Goldfield Nevada
Wm Clayton, acting secretary of the Goldfield Gun Club, announces a September shoot at Goldfield with blue rock and live birds. The event runs September 2 to 4, featuring twelve daily events, 75 dollars added per fifteen bird event, 100 dollars per twenty bird event, and 500 dollars added meat money for the live bird finale. Purses are split 40 30 20 10 with a strong invitation to scattergun shooters.
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Wm. Clayton
Goldfield, Nevada
Fatal Caldwell Hotel Fire Burns One to Death
Aug 26 Caldwell Idaho. R N Jenkins of Rockville Idaho died in a fire that destroyed the Commercial hotel and several other buildings. The blaze started by a lamp overturning and threatened the town. Firemen battled flames after hours of effort. Loss estimated at $10,000 with injuries and a missing person reported.
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Boive
R. N. Jenkins
Rockville
Idaho
Caldwell
Two Oxford Boys Hit by Lightning
Oxford August 26 special to the Tribune reports two young sons of R. B. Cordon were struck by lightning while driving a horse in Cottonwood valley during a heavy storm. The horse was killed instantly and both boys were unconscious for hours. one boy was badly burned and recovery is uncertain.
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Oxford
R. BR. Cordon
Cottonwood Valley
Handcuffed Teacher Visits Jail. Smithy Frees Release
A female teacher was handcuffed by Deputy Sheriff Bob Lewis at Bannock county jail in a visit with local teachers. The group toured cells and sheriff offices, observed gear, and after failed attempts to unlock the cuffs they went to a nearby blacksmith shop where the cuffs were removed.
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Bob Lewis
Bob
Court House
Bannock County
Lewis
Oregon
O’mahoney
East Clark Street
Carpenter Cassell Sentenced for Board Bill Absconding
G W Cassell claimed carpenter status but attempted to skip a board bill from McCammon. He was arrested by Deputy Burnett McGarvey as an absconding debtor and jailed. At Justice Felix Van Reuth he pled guilty and received one month in the county bastile.
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G. W. Cassell
McCammon
Burnett McGarvey
Cassell
Justice of the Peace
Felix van Reuth
Bastile
Telegraph service to resume in Butte after union strike
Under a blanket injunction the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Co. will reopen Monday. Manager Armstrong says many applicants for shore up operations and will import several girls from Salt Lake as switchboard workers. Union strike had left Butte without telephone service for two months.
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Butte
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company
Armstrong
Salt Lake
Switch Board
Utah
Idaho
Wyoming
Montana
Kathrina Wright Marries Charles Palmer in Tokio Legation
Kathrina Wright daughter of the retiring American ambassador wed Charles Palmer vice president of the International Bank of Manila at the American embassy in Tokyo. The couple will sail for San Francisco tomorrow with the bride's parents.
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New York
Kathrina
Wright
Tokio
Charles Palmer
International Bank of Manila
San Francisco
Murderers Located After murder of Father Vartanian in New York
Three Armenians wanted for the murder of Father Rabah Vartanian are reported located in Bulgaria and sent word via Montreal to the Marshals Service.
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New York
Rabah Vartanian
Bulgaria
Montreal
Marshalls
Compete With Standard Oil Plans Multimillion Oil Syndicate
A fifty million dollar American syndicate will develop several million acres of oil lands in Mexico and ship product to Central and South America Europe and Africa to compete with Standard Oil. It will take over the Mexican Petroleum company which owns about a million acres in San Luis Potosi Vera Cruz Tamaulipas and reported over a hundred gusher wells with oil grade similar to southeast Texas.
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New York
Mexico
Central South America
Europe
Africa
Standard Il Company
Mexican Petroleum Company
California
Samaulihas
Vera Cruz
San Luis
Potosi
Texas
Excursion Fans Grove City Ball Game On Rainy Start
Eighty eight Pocatello residents journeyed to Blackfoot yesterday for a baseball excursion. Organizer George Greenig predicted clearing weather, and the group found Sunnytland’s close 7 to 6 win over Blackfoot and Idaho Falls in Grove City a thrilling ten inning contest.
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Pocatello
Blackfoot
Grove City
George Greenig
Gate City
Idaho Falls
Sunnyland
Postmaster Race Divides Glenns Ferry Voters
At Glenns Ferry the postmaster vacancy after Sam Oliver’s resignation draws two candidates Mrs. Sargent and J W Barger. Mrs. Sargent backed by Republican county chair Corker prompts Democratic support while Barger allies protest to the department and Congressman French.
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Glenn’s Ferry
Sam Oliver
Wyoming
Sargent
J. W. Barger
Barger
Walters
Elnterest
C. E. Corker
French
County Central Committee
Corker
Trouble at Butte Mines Closed by Machinists Strike
The Gagnon Neversweat West Stewart and Daly-Davis crosscut mines near Butte have shut down due to a machinists strike. Local business leaders fear further closures as machinery becomes unusable. Both the unions and mining companies show no signs of compromising.
Two Month Union Pacific Education Campaign for Conductors
A Union Pacific instruction car tours 5000 miles training 5000 conductors engineers and other staff with air brakes signals and a railroad expert faculty. The program includes a new 1000 regulation book and a focus on uniform rule understanding to prevent accidents and delays.
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Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific
Mohler
Harriman Road
Transportation Department
Board of Examiners
Hay harvests progress amid frost and town news in Oxford
Oxford farmers near completion of the first alfalfa crop and starting the second. Hay costs high due to labor. Grain crops good. A light frost touched gardens in town. J South contracted to build a canal for Harkness to move Swan Lake water to a large Harkness ranch. George Hewitt shipped mutton east. Ray and Vic Fisher traveled to the Snake river country. LeRoy Lewis moved his store and resumes business. Mrs. N R Lewis is recovering at home from surgery in Preston. Y S M L A L held a successful benefit party. Hyrum Lloyd family from Salt Lake City visiting. Strong winds blew fruit from trees.
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Oxford
Ida
H. O. Harkness
Swan Lake
Harkness
Mr. South
George Hewitt
Ray
Vic Fisher
Snake River
LeRoy Lewis
N. R. Lewis
Preston
Y. S. M. Lal
Hyrum Lloyd
Salt Lake City
Railroads expand training as path to advancement
The article notes that railroad operations require ongoing instruction and that chiefs examiners may be assisted by skilled conductors engineers and trainmasters. It compares Union Pacific practices to navy promotion, stressing that workers must demonstrate exact knowledge before advancement.
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Navy
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