Ross Fork road talks and local ball game in Pocatello
Merchants and county officials from five counties gather in Blackfoot to discuss macadamizing the Ross Fork road with a $20 000 state grant amid bids over 30 000. In Pocatello a Blackfoot team loses 23 4 to the Indians with DeKay and Kirkendall shines.
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Ross Fork Sand Road
Good Roads
Commercial Club
Ross Fork Road Commission
Ross Fork
Oneida
Bannock
Bingham
Bonneville
Fremont
Robinson
John P. Congdon
T. R. Jones
Blackfoot
Lyman Fargo
W. A. Staley
Charles Bartlett
Ben Bean
George H. North
E. C. White
Carl Snodgrass
Trist Auto Company
Paul Gartner
G. Gasser
C. W. Gray
R. A. Douglas
Carl Valentine
H. Smith Wooley
N. G. Franklin
R. J. Hayes
H. A. Castie
R. O. Graham
E. W. Mooney
Allan Hanson
D. W. Standrod
Interior Dept Records Search Fails to Link Taft to Controller Bay Scandal
Secretary Fisher told President Taft a thorough review of Interior Department files found no evidence of a "Dick to Dick" letter by C. P. Taft influencing navigation interests in Alaska to gain Controller Bay control. He also recalled no such letter in Miss Abbott's article. White House aides said no executive records show a letter from Charles P. Taft to the president about Richard S. Ryan or the Controller affair.
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Washington
Interior
Fisher
Taft
Interior Department
Dick To
C. P. Taft
Alaska
Controller Bay
Miss Abbott
White House
Fes
Charles P. Taft
Richard 8. Ryan
New York
Wire Trust Will Fight Uncle Sam
Eighty three wire manufacturers indicted on June 29 for restraining trade in wire products entered pleas of not guilty and secured delay until September to file demurrers. Each defendant’s bail was set at one thousand dollars.
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Washington
Dewey Known in Gate City After Salt Lake Killing
Pinkerton agent Ed L Dewey, charged with murder for fatally shooting Salt Lake Police Sergeant Johnston, has ties to Pocatello. Once a Short Line spotter, he allegedly caused two veteran railroad workers to quit and was beaten by a trainman en route between Salt Lake and Pocatello. He shot the officer when Johnston confronted a dispute between Dewey and his young wife.
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Salt Lake
Ed. L. Dewey
Pinkerton
Johnston
Pocatello
Dewey
Fatal Collision on Great Lake Sault Ste. Marie Tragedy
Three lives were lost when the steamer John Mitchell of the Telphicke fleet from Chicago sank after colliding with the steamer William H. Mack off Vermillion Point on Lake Superior. The Mack was partly submerged. thirty-one people, including six women and a child, were rescued or picked up with several injured.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Lake Superior
John Mitchell
Telphicke
Chicago
Vermillion Point
William H. Mack
Mack
Boy Scouts Field Day Delivers Water Fun and Mild Ills
Fifty nine scouts journeyed by river from Nelson Brothers to the fair grounds for a day of feasts and games on the Portneuf. After a long paddle, a lemonade break and a hearty al fresco lunch followed by watermelon feasts left several boys with minor ailments labeled acute goat by scout surgeon Doc Hewitt. A 20 all draw in a nine inning baseball game capped the outing, then a safety drill by Sergeant Field impressed the group before a return trip ending at five o’clock.
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Boy Scouts of America
Nelson Brothers
Bat Landing
Portneuf
Fair Grounds
Doc
Hewitt
Terrell
W. L. Field
United States Army
Mr. Terrell
Sergeant Field
Bunel
Geyser Country Gateway Through Pocatello Draws Tourists
The Oregon Short Line reports a sharp rise in Yellowstone travelers via Pocatello with June entries through the park’s western entrance jumping 148 percent from last year. Travel officials cite improved rail facilities and scenic routes through Utah Idaho and Montana, plus several special tours from Nashville and other points.
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Pocatello
Yellowstone National Park
Oregon Short Line
Yellowstone Park
Park
Salt Lake
Spencer
Yellowstone
Radnor College
A. M. Eshman
Nashville
Tenn
Gillespie and
Kinport
Thomas Cook & Son
Raymond- Whitcomb Company
Hutchinson
Christmas Tree Park
Fair Skies Ahead for Southern Idaho
Weather forecast for Southern Idaho calls for fair conditions tonight and Tuesday with warmer temperatures on Tuesday. Yesterday’s high reached 75 degrees and the low was 46 degrees.
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Idaho
Penrose predicts Senate adjournment July 29 or August 6
Senator Penrose, head of the Senate Finance Committee, says speeches will carry the Canadian reciprocity bill to success and予 predicts adjournment on July 29 or August 6. He will renew a request to fix a vote date on the reciprocity and two tariff bills. Democratic Ways and Means members advance the cotton schedule with duties cut 30 to 50 percent and assessed on ad valorem basis.
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Washington
Penrose
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
House Committee On Ways and Means
Will Defeat Amendments To Canadian Reciprocity Bill
Washington July 10 Votes on the Cummins and Simmons amendments to the Canadian reciprocity bill will be taken late today and unquestionably they will be defeated. Senator Simmons of North Carolina opened today's debate.
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Washington
Cummins and Simmons
Simmons
North Carolina
Heiress on Auto Tour Through Yellowstone and West
Baltimore socialite Mrs. J. Platt Stone travels by a Packard touring car with chauffeur and maid. She began May 27 from Baltimore, touring Yellowstone, Portland, Seattle, and a coastal return to San Francisco Los Angeles and on to Texas New Orleans and the Mississippi Valley. This marks her first western auto trip after European tours.
Gates Quiet In Paris Illness Holds Steady
Paris July 10 The condition of John W Gates remains unchanged though his illness has continued to weaken him and render the case more serious for his family and physicians.
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Paris
John W. Gates
No Name Club Heads to Big Springs for 30 day beard gain
The No Name club leaves Yellowstone for a month at Big Springs to gain weight. W. W. Willard Fred Roulet Clem Connors and Britt Hargraves depart with plans to grow facial hair cookouts and card games. Jack Harvey plans to join but stays behind with his wife’s objections. After a month the group rests a week before returning to work.
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Yellowstone
Big Springs
W. W. Willard
Fred Roulet
Clem Connors
Britt Hargraves
Jack Harvey
Freddie Roulet
Ladies’ Home Journal
Willard
Roulet
Hargraves
July Wheat Closes at 885 Percent in Chicago Trade
July wheat finished at 8.85 in Chicago trading on July 10, marking a notable close for the session. The brief report notes the price level without additional context or market factors.
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Chicago
Heat Wave Strains Gotham and Pittsburg as Prices Rise
New York reports a severe heat wave with temperatures near ninety four and high humidity. Demand for ice and milk surges, making these essentials scarce and prices climb as residents seek relief from the scorching conditions.
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New York
Pittsburg Heat Persists as Ice Shortage Bites
Pittsburg reports continued extreme heat on July 10 with rising humidity. Residents endure discomfort as ice supplies remain scarce, worsening conditions during the hot spell.
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Pittsburg
Flight halted by heat forces stop from Atlantic City to Baltimore
Atwood and Hamilton aborted a morning flight from Atlantic City to Washington in a bi plane due to extreme heat and humidity. They landed near Steamers Run station eight miles east of East Baltimore and then traveled by train into Baltimore. Atwood said they would resume the flight later if weather allowed.
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Baltimore
Washington
Atwood
Hamilton
Atlantic City
Steamers Run
HOBO SHOT AT SHOSHONE NEAR TRAIN LINE
Ben Lowrie of Pocatello a Short Line brakeman and son of D. $. Lowrie is held at Shoshone after a tramp was shot last night during a train ejecting three tramps. Lowrie and another brakeman deny firing the shot while investigators seek details and the injured tramp’s condition remains unclear.
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Ben Lowrie
Pocatello
West End
Trav
D. $. Lowrie
Shoshone
D. Worth Clark
C. & Brooks
No. 5
Young Lowrie
Lowrie
Wolgast and Welsh Expected to Sign Labor Day Fight
Ad Wolgast champion lightweight and Freddie Welsh contender are set to sign articles for a Labor Day title bout on the coast with a ten thousand dollar side bet. Managers meet to finalize details in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Ad Wolgast
Freddie Welsh
Great Britain
Welsh
Wolgast
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