Standard Oil monopoly exposed in ICC report
The Interstate Commerce Commission report to Congress analyzes Standard Oil’s grip on petroleum from well to consumer. It condemns parallel pipelines as key to high profits and argues lines must be common carriers to curb monopoly and dividend practices.
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Standard Oil
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Tillman- Gillespie
Mississippi River
Kansas
Texas
Standard Oil Company
Sugar Creek
Kansas City
Portland Storm cripples transit and injures horses
Portland and western Oregon and Washington faced a heavy sleet storm. Ice weighed down trees and knocked out telegraph telephone and electric wires. Streetcar service in Portland was badly crippled with east side service wholly suspended. Three horses were killed after contacting live wires in the streets.
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Portland
Oregon
Washington
Thaw case adds juror as panel nears end
In New York on January 28 an extra juror was secured for the Thaw case during the forenoon session. A fresh panel of one hundred jurors was summoned for tomorrow as remaining talesmen were examined. Thaw's mother sisters and wife attended with Miss McKenzie who denied any family discord over her presence.
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New York
Thaw
Talesmen
Miss McKenzie
Four hundred miners entombed after firedamp explosion
In Saarabuck Rhenish Prussia on January 28 an underground explosion at the Reden shaft trapped about four hundred miners. Two hundred twenty five bodies and seven seriously hurt workers have been recovered so far.
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Saarabuck
Rhenish
Prussia
Reden
Railroad club invites for meeting with Oregon Short Line
The Po catello Commercial club committees met to discuss railroad legislation but took no action. A resolution invited Assistant General Freight Agent Praised of the Oregon Short Line to a talk in the city next Wednesday. Pending a conference with Mr Plaisted, no stance on Boise legislature or a railroad commission bill was decided.
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Pocatello Commercial Club
James H. Brady
J. M. Ingersoll
Oregon
Boise
Railroad Commission
Gooding
Plaisted
Judge Beatty Resigns From Idaho Federal Court
Boise Idaho January 28 Judge James H Beatty who served the federal court in Idaho for sixteen years has tendered his resignation to President Roosevelt effective March 4 The notice lists the resignation as official and dated January 28 1933
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Boise
Idaho
James H. Beatty
Federal Court IN
Roosevelt
New State Lincoln plan aims to redraw regional boundaries
Spokane dispatch reports FP H Mason and C H Moore promote a March convention calling for a new state of Lincoln with Washington and Idaho extending to meet a 120th latitude boundary. The plan adds parts of Oregon to Idaho and shifts western borders while Olympia remains the Washington capital.
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Spokane
Boise Statesman
Lincoln
FP. H. Mason
C.H. Moore
Spokane Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Idaho
Montana
British Columbia
Cascade Mountains
California
Wenatcchee
North Yakima
Ellensburg
Washing
Ton
Olympia
Oregon
Nevada
Baker
la Grande
Pendleton
Storm sinks dozens of Chinese boats in Hong Kong
A heavy rain squall in Hong Kong sank more than fifty Chinese craft within ten minutes. About a hundred natives drowned. No casualties reported among White residents.
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Hong Kong
Rabbits Fall In Gun Club Slaughter North Of Town
The Pocatello Gun Club held a two hour rabbit shoot with two five man teams led by Fred J. Barnes and Ben Bean. Bean’s team won 96 to 93 as Higson led with 33 kills while Roberts and Steger struggled. Carney challenges to a later match.
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Pocatello Gun Club
Fred J. Barnes
Ben Bean
Bean
Barnes
Harrington
Steger
Higson
Roberts
Molinelli
Fuller
Helmes
Jones
Hoss Steger
Blue Rocks
Carney
the Tribune
Fred Barnes
Gun Club
Jacks
Idaho Lime and Stone Company Formed in Idaho
Articles filed with state officials reveal the Idaho Lime and Stone Company formed by T. H. Gathe, FH A. Witthoft of Pocatello, D H Biethan of Blackfoot, N A Just of Preston, and W R Jones of Shelley. Capital is 100 000 dollars with 10 dollar shares. The firm plans a lime deposit mine and a plant for lime cement blocks and building stone near Pocatello, led by Idaho Packing owners Gathe and Witthoft.
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Pocatello
Blackfoot
Idaho Lime & Stone Company, Limited
T. H. Gathe
FH. A. Witthoft
D. HH. Biethan
N. A. Just
Preston
W. R. Jones
Shelley
Idaho Packing Company
Messrs. Gathe ‘and Witthoft
Fort Hall Lands Irrigation Amendment Passes Senate
Washington dispatches report the senate committee on Indian affairs accepted an amendment to the Indian appropriation bills carrying 350000 dollars for acquiring lands building reservoirs and canals for Fort Hall irrigation. Settlers will pay for water rights to reimburse the government. Sixty thousand acres would come under the system.
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Washington Dispatches
Senate Committee On Indian Affairs
Fort Hall
Representative Norris Backs Local Gambling Bill
Helena January 28 Representative Norris announced plans to introduce a bill allowing gambling under local option. The proposal would license games such as faro roulette and poker with proceeds split between the state and the municipality.
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Helena
Jan
Norris
Caribou Forest Reserve Rumored in Idaho Wyoming
President Roosevelt proclaims a vast Caribou forest reserve spanning about 800 000 acres across Bannock Bear Lake and nearby counties in Idaho and into Wyoming. The center is near Gray's Lake with grazing lands north and east of Soda Springs. grazing permits will be required for former free ranges.
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Caribou
Idaho
Wyoming
Bannock
Bear Lake
Jarea
I Bingham
Peter Wrensted
Pocatello
Cassia
Ratt River
Roosevelt
John Gray
Robert T. Miller
Teton
Big Yellowstone Reserve
Wrensted
Raft River
Logan
Big Bear River
Soda Springs
Gray's Lake
Blackfoot
Ammonia Fumes From Ice Machine Kill Four At Armour Plant
Four men died and sixteen injured when an ice machine exploded at Armour's stock yards plant in Chicago. The cylinder head blew off, filling the room with ammonia fumes. several workers nearby were overcome and died before reaching hospital. Victims included Austrians and Hungarians, with difficult removal from the room.
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Chicago
Armour
Fatal Fire Buries Three Firemen in Eight-Story Block
A blaze swept the Columbia building in Buffalo causing an estimated half a million dollars in damage. Firefighter Elliott Norton and Heineke are missing, believed buried under the collapsing wall as crews search the eight story structure.
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Buffalo
Columbia
Elliott
Norton
Heineke
Anti-Lobby Bill Moves to Governor for Approval
Idaho legislative steering committee backs McCutcheon bill for re enactment of the test oath to bar adulterous relations and punish wife desertion. Senate action set for early approval with emergency clause. Mormon question to be addressed via coordinated measures including a state health board and voter qualification reform.
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McCutcheon
Boise
Fribune
Wyman
House
Senate
Yeas—Hart
Jacobs
Jensen
McIntosh
McMillan
Pence
Truitt
Durrell
J. Frank Hunt
Macintosh
Hart
Bradley
Foggy
Ballantyne
Fallon
Idaho
McClear
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Inter-State Commerce Commission
Beatty
Pocatello and
Water Fort Hall
New Caribou
Bannock County
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