Heroine in the floods stays at post to warn residents
In Folsom New Mexico the flood swamped the town leaving twenty to thirty dead and many missing. Telephone operator Mrs S J Rooke died saving others as she sent warnings from a doomed building before the waters swept her away. Her headset remained on her ear when her body was found.
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Trinidad
Colo
Folsom
N. M
Colorado Southern
Charles Wheeler
S. J. Rooke
Antonio Salazar
Salazar
Joseph Guerin
J. Rooke
Five Masked Men Rob Provisional Bank at St Eustache
Five masked men dynamited a safe at the Provisional Bank at St Eustache near Montreal and escaped with $10,000 after holding the caretaker at gunpoint. A posse pursued them and two arrests were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
St. Eustache
McLeod Wins Open Championship in Tie at Massachusetts
Fred McLeod of Midlothian and Willie Smith of Mexico battled to a tie at 322 for the open championship after 72 holes. They played an additional 18 holes this morning in Hamilton, Massachusetts to decide the title with the Chicago professional prevailing.
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Hamilton
Mass
Freddie McLeod
Midlothian
Chicago
United States
Willie Smith
Mexico
Brady heads to Boise for Idaho Republican convention
Hon James H Brady the prospective Idaho governor left for Boise to stay until after the Republican state convention. He thanked Pocatello supporters for their aid and expressed confidence in his nomination and the success of the Republican ticket.
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James H. Brady
Idaho
Boise
Pocatello
Mr. Brady
Tribune
Brady Boosters Headed to Boise in 14 Car Special Train
A 14 car Brady themed train departs Pocatello Monday at 12 01 p m for the Republican state nominating convention in Boise. About 800 delegates from across southeast Idaho join at American Falls Minidoka Shoshone Gooding Glenns Ferry Mountain Home and Nampa plus bands from Pocatello and St Anthony. The plan includes dances at Pierce Park an auto ride and a delegate smoker at the Commercial Club in Boise with a return trip to Pocatello planned for Tuesday evening.
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Brady
Pocatello
Boise
Gate City
American Falls
Oneida County
Minidoka
Twin Falls
Cassia
Shoshone
Gooding
Lincoln
Blaine County
Glenn’s Ferry
Mountain Home
Elmore County
Nampa
Southwest
St. Anthony
John J. Hull
The
Tribune
Southeast
Pierce Park
Commercial Club
Buhl
Buhi
General Charles F. E. Maderson Dies In Auto Crash
Omaha reports General Charles F. E. Maderson, longtime Burlington railroad counsel and former United States Senate president, was seriously injured when his buggy overturned after a collision with a passing auto. His age and condition spark concern as details unfold.
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Omaha
Charles FE. Maderson
Burlington Railroad
Manderson
United States Senate
Japan Tightens Budgets as Expenditure Cut Proposed
Tokyo announces cabinet decision to cut overall spending by 100 million dollars with 30 percent from the army and 10 percent from the navy. The postponement of the international exposition to 1917 reflects fiscal constraints and a push for economy while relying on foreign aid to accept the plan.
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Tokio
Kabura
Japan
New York for Taft Says Ferguson Returns Home
Colonel H. V. A. Ferguson, Idaho lawyer, returns from New York where he spent two and a half months. He predicts New York will vote for Taft and that Governor Hughes faces a tough path to re election. He also forecasts tariff relevance to the Democratic Party for years to come.
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H. V. A. Ferguson
New York
Pocatello
Empire State
Idaho
Tribune
Taft
Hughes
Tammany
Ferguson
Democratic Party
America
Will Reclaim 19 000 Acres in Blaine County Irrigation Drive
C M Wickham of Boise, president of the Blaine County Irrigation company, travels toward Salt Lake City to arrange headgates for the Little Lost river dam. The project will supply water for about fifteen thousand acres, with land opened under regulation homestead laws at $25 per acre, nearest Arco on the Mackay branch of the Oregon Short Line.
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C. M. Wickham
Boise
Blaine County Irrigation Company
Salt Lake City
Little Lost River Valley
Arco
Mackay
Wickham
Blaine Company
Purdie Funeral Tomorrow In Local Burial
The body of John H. Purdie of this city will be laid to rest tomorrow at 2 PM. Services will be at the family home 807 North Harrison Avenue and interment will follow at Mountain View Cemetery. He was fatally injured Monday near Dillon when crushed between two freight cars while disconnecting an air hose. The Woodmen of the World and Brotherhood of Trainmen supervise the funeral with the Woodmen degree team in uniform.
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John H. Purdie
James Purdie
Tribune Office
North
Harrison Avenue
Mountain View Cemetery
Dillon
The
Woodmen of the World
Brotherhood of Trainmen
Woodmen
Larned Defends National Tennis Title in Newport
William A. Larned of Annapolis defeated Beals C. Wright in the challenge rounds to successfully defend his national championship at Newport Rhode Island.
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Newport
R. I
William A. Larned
Annapolis
Beals C. Wright
Tribune Girls Leave for Yellowstone Tour
Four Tribune popularity contest winners from Pocatello and Thatcher depart on September 2 aboard the Yellowstone Limited with chaperone Mrs. James M. Foley. The six day itinerary includes Riverside camp Gibbon station geysers Upper Geyser basin Grand Canyon Mammoth Hot Springs and return to Yellowstone station before going home.
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Yellowstone Park
Lilliegrace McLaughlin
Florence Fust
Pocatello
Flora Pond
Thatcher
Ida Jemkins
Tribune
Gate City
Yellowstone
America
James M. Foley
Fusz
Yellowstone Limited
Yellowstone Station
Short Line
Park
Wylie Permanent Camping Company
Wylie Com
Mammoth
Natural Bridge
Lake Station
Inspiration Point
Grand Canyon
Canyon
Norris
Gibbon
Riverside Camp
Pocatello to Host 1909 National Woolgrowers Convention
Three thousand woolgrowers, wealthiest in the west, will flock to Pocatello in January to attend the 1909 National Woolgrowers Association convention. A meeting at Bannock hotel tonight seeks to organize entertainment and accommodations, with business leaders urged to participate. President F. C. Stanford of the Idaho Woolgrowers Association plans Boise and Twin Falls support, while Joe H. Daniger chairs the planning committee.
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West
Pocatello
National Woolgrowers’ Association
Gate City
Idaho
America
Bannock
Joe H. Daniger
Pocatello Commercial
Daniger
Tribune
Helena
Montana
F. C. Stanford
Idaho Woolgrowers’ Association
Salt Lake
National Association
Stanford
Boise
D. W. Church
Bannock National Bank
Commercial Club
Mr. Daniger
C. W. Gray
William Wallin
Harry Peterson
Roland W. Holmes
Theodore Gathe
Richard Douglas
Carl Valentine
Victor R. Lanestrom
R. 0. Graham
Twin Falls
State Association
King Hill land opening for Carey act project in Idaho
J W Mehargue of the King Hill Irrigation and Power Co visits Pocatello as the first Carey act land opening is set for October 12 at King Hill. The 12 000 acres along the Snake river in Owyhee and Twin Falls counties will be offered to homeseekers and settlers this fall. The project will irrigate about 1100 second feet via a Malad river system and generate 10 000 horsepower for nearby industries. The land is bottom land with nitrogen rich soil and favorable climate with rare frosts.
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J. W. Mehargue
King Hill Irrigation and Power Company
Boise
Pocatello
King’s Hill
Idaho
King Hill
Clover Creek
Careyact
Twin Falls Company
Snake River
Owyhee
Twin Falls
Woolgrowers' convention slated for historic turnout
The piece notes Pocatello, Twin Falls, and Elmore County will host delegates after the convention with plans for irrigation lands and looming Woolgrowers’ meeting in the next year expected to be the most important in the organization’s history. Danver is cited as a key figure in securing hospitality for visitors.
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Catello
Twin Falls
Pocatello
Woolgrowers
Danver
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Army
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Colonel Ferguson
Little Lost River
Big Dam
Purdie
National
Woolgrowers’ Association
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