City considers municipal pumping plant plan
L C Kelsey a hydraulic engineer from Salt Lake meets Mayor Loux and Aldermen to survey water sources and propose a preliminary plan for a city pumping system. He suggests Brinson well as main source and may oversee construction for four percent of cost, with a one percent survey fee. The council also weighs the annual tax levy and library levy at one mill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Party Council
L. C. Kelsey
Salt Lake
Kelsey
Loux
Culson, Martin, Houde
Williams
Brinson
Big Springs
Brinson Place
Alderman Chilson
Ecoureil
Sheepmen to Bust Trust Move Defines Central Wool Market
Salt Lake Aug 26 The wool growers representing 12 500 000 dollars worth of fleece vote to form a large corporation with six members to create a central wool market and storage near large buyers bearing the risk of stock in the venture. The plan aims to end western traveling buyers and unite growers under one market with substantial storage facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake
Flood Devastates Augusta as Three Die and Property Sinks
Augusta Ga faced one of its worst floods with the Savannah River rising six to eight feet. Three drowned bodies reported. warehouses damaged, fires sparked by lime storage in water, and extensive business and residential flooding. The Weather Bureau warned early, aiding evacuations as water receded later that day.
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Augusta
Savannah
15Th Street
Nixon Wholesale Grocery Company
Nixon & Danforth
Weather Bureau
Green Street
Reward Offered for Imposter Solicitor in Idaho
Salt Lake Herald offers 25 dollars for the arrest of a man who forges signatures of E. H. Arnold E. H. Nelson and W. H. Jones and falsely claims to be a Herald solicitor and collector in Idaho. The paper says he has no authority to collect money or receipt subscriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake
Wool market committee to tour cities for pledges
President Gooding postpones appointments until every member pledges to join the wool market committee. After soliciting written pledges from representatives of 13,000,000 pounds of wool, the session adjourned. The plan calls for a junket to survey cities seeking a wool market and then full work on the project.
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Gooding
Winners listed in regional pageant results
Miss Lilligrace McLaughlin of Pocatello Miss Florence Fusz of Pocatello Miss Ida Jenkins of McCammon and Miss Flora Pond of Thatcher are named as winners in the small regional competition results.
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Lilligrace McLaughlin
Pocatello
Florence Fusz
Ida Jenkins
McCammon
Flora Pond
Thatcher
Ida Weflington
Zina Hawkley
Tribune popularity contest ends with last minute votes
The Tribune’s popularity contest concluded at 8 pm amid suspense and street crowds. Subscriptions poured in on the final day, and the ballot count used a Burroughs adding machine to tally results. Florence Fusz won chaperon honors. other district winners named. prize recipients announced.
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Tribune
Tere
F. D. Clements
Bannock National Bank
Clements
R. R. Wilson
Bannock Abstract Company
Ed Gallet
Wm. N. McCarty
Clement
Burrows
Florence Fusz
Miss McLaughlin
Ida Jenkins
McCammon
Flora Pond
Thatcher
Woffington
Pocatello
Burroughs
Race meet prompts store closures in Pocatello
Plan approved by business men to close all saloons and stores in Pocatello during September 7 to 9 afternoons and reopen at night. Authorities hope reduced daytime business will be offset by evening crowds from the race track. The event promises the fastest horses yet, with Mooney Trapp from Butte and Utah entries joining Bannock county entries. An hourly train service to the fairgrounds will aid attendance.
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Pocatello
Pocatello Fair & Driving Association
Clerks’ Union
Bannock County
Mooney and Trapp
Butte
Montana
Utah
Fairgrounds
Beet campaign on Rexburg Idaho set to start soon
Sugar City factory officials expect to begin this season's campaign about the end of September. Applications for work are now being asked for by the company. About 3000 tons of beets have already been received and unloaded at the Sugar City factory. Active preparations are being made in the mill for this season's run. The crop is generally in good condition with potential yields of sixteen to twenty tons per acre in many areas.
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Rexburg
Ida
Sugar City
Federation of Idaho Women to Meet in Mackay on September 3
The First District Federation of Women's clubs of Idaho will meet at Mackay September 3. A number of Pocatello club women will attend. The sale of 50 tickets here will entitle the clubs to a rate of one and one half fare for the round trip, tickets good for one week. The federation has prepared an elaborate and most interesting program for this meeting.
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District Federation of Women’s Clubs of
Idaho
Mackay
Pocatello Club
Senator Vilas Dead in Madison Cabinet Figure Passes
Col William F Vilas former postmaster general in Cleveland's first cabinet and later U S senator from Wisconsin died this morning in Madison after suffering a brain hemorrhage weeks earlier.
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Madison
Wis
Col
William F. Vilas
Cleveland
United States
Wisconsin
Trains Claim Life of Jack Purdie in Dillon Accident
Jack Purdie 27, a Short Line brakeman and son of Mrs. James Purdie Sr., died in Dillon after a railway accident. He was unwed and employed by the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and Woodmen of the World. Remains will come to Pocatello for interment. his mother was visiting in Lima.
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Jack Purdie
Pocatello
Lima
James Purdie
Tribune
Butte
Dillon
William
Haileyville mine explosion claims 29 lives
In Haileyville at Hailey-Ola coal mine No. 1 rescuers completed search after yesterday’s explosion. Authorities report 29 bodies recovered, with the final body removed early this morning.
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McAlester
Okla
Hailey- Ola
Haileyville
YMCA Contest Sparks Friendly Rivalry Among Railroaders
A thirty day YMCA contest fields three teams led by Allen Criswell J W Starr and Dave Howell to recruit new members. Scoring rewards four points per member paid, with a social program planned by the lagging team. Forty nine new members already linked to the Short Line Rail road company and a total railroad senior membership reaches 386 across many trades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Criswell
the Hustlers
J. W. Starr
The
Flyers
Dave Howell
Short Line Railroad Company
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L. ©. Kelsey
Atlanta
Georgia
Florence Fust O
Della Cooper
Sophronia Bassett
Lillie Laurenson
Margaret Olive
Pocatello Meet
Fair Grounds
Vilas
Gate City
Y.M.C.A
Railroaders
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