Gasoline Contest for War Bonds Details
Maxwell automobile concern will distribute fifty thousand dollars in war bonds as prizes in a national gasoline test to begin June 16. Bonds will be awarded to dealers and owners, both men and women, with twenty five thousand dollars allocated to Libera and a similar amount to another city. Local dealers and owners have an equal chance, and the Utah Idaho Motor Company will supply further information. Two thousand days of the type mentioned were recorded for the test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxwell Automobile Concern
Bert’ Iil
Liberia
Maxwell
Ater
H. Brown
Utah-Idaho Motor Compacy
Indians at Fort Hall Face Draft Registration Confusion
Fort Hall Indians reportedly opposed direct draft after a recent gathering led by division heads Garfield and Tyhee. Full bloods have registered and officials expect no major opposition. Officials noted no anticipated trouble. if needed, troops could be deployed quietly to the reservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Cahcll
Fort Hall
Gibson
Netted Gem Potatoes Offered at Ecoomy for $4.75
Netted Gem potatoes offered at the Eco omy priced at four dollars seventy five cents per hundred for planting or table use.
Your Money Back Razor Sharpening Ad
Your money back if your razor blades don’t cut after we sharpen them on our new automatic velvet edging machine. W. F. Jitie former water office, Auditor in Dldg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Jitie
Water Office
Auditoriun Dldg
Adg
W. F. Gathe
Nettied Gem potatoes advertised for 84.75 per hundred
Advertisement offers Nettied Gem potatoes at 84.75 per hundred for planting or table use. Includes contact phone 525 for order or inquiries.
Weather forecast and report from Pocatello Idaho 1917
The weather forecast for Pocatello and vicinity indicates fair in the south and unsettled with probable showers in the north tonight and Saturday. A weather report lists 24 hour data with highs of 58 and lows of 37, mean 48, with precipitation totals and temperature deficits, issued by the U.S. Weather Bureau observer TTEEPLE. Netted Gem Potatoes advertised at 4.75 per hundred for planting or table use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocatello
Idaho
U. S Weather Bureau
Ida
Eiehes
A. R. Teeple
Razor Blades Ad Offers Sharpening Service
Local advertisement promises sharpening for all razor blades using an automatic velvet edges machine. Signed by W. F. Gathe former water office, Auditorium Building.
Nettend Gem potatoes sale at EKcon bargain offer
Small town ad notes Nettend Gem potatoes priced at 5 for 4.75 per hundred with phone contact listed as S28. Sev. Also mentions finest Sue vinniing or table axe.
Classifieds Seek Tenants for Broad Street Homes
Local classified ads offer immediate housing options, listing available houses and apartments for rent in the Broad Street area. Details include unit types, pricing, and contact methods for prospective tenants seeking quick occupancy.
Building Dedication Promotes Citizenship and Americanism
The dedication speech emphasizes patriotism, respect for authority, and the cultivation of good character. It declares the building a public service for all ages and aims to raise ideals, broaden intelligence, and foster better citizenship and community purposes.
Burglar Caught After Hardware Store Break-In
Vern Walker 28, of 255 South Fourth avenue, arrested at 3 am by Deputy Sheriff Olk for entering the Salt Lake Hardware wholesale house on South First avenue. Officers recovered three carving sets, a Gillett razor, and silverware. Walker confessed after cross examination and says he has a wife and family. no formal charge sworn yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vern Walker
South Fourth Avenue
Olk
Salt Lake
South First Avenue
Denton
Hardware Company
Oficer
Sheriff’s Office
Third and
Halliday
Wilson
Salt Lake Hardware Company
Gillett
Walker
Liberty Bond Talk Set for Pocatello Meeting
A Commercial club gathering in Bannock county will inaugurate a Liberty bonds sales campaign. Citizens are urged to attend at 8 o clock to assist in national war finance. Speakers include H S Boone J C Blackwell Crawford Moore Montie B Gwinn Col Thomas R Hamer F F Johnson and J W Robinson among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Club
Lierty
Bannock
Pocatello
State Liberty Loan Association
H. S. Boone
Federal Reserve Bank
J. C. Blackwell
Idaho State Bankers’ Association
Crawford Moore
Montie B. Gwinn
Col. Thos. R. Hamer
F. F. Johnson
J. W. Robinson
Liberty Loan Association
Formal Dedication of Pocatello High School
The new Pocatello High School building was dedicated with a formal program in the auditorium. Superintendent Walter R. Siders opened, with Jesse R. Budge speaking on the school’s underlying purpose. Irving C. Van Dyke, J. F. Lewis, Alice M. Sandburg, and Elmo E. Whittington contributed, and alumni Joseph H. Petersen shared reminiscences. The ceremony reaffirmed commitments to education, character, and public support for facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter R. Siders
Jesse R. 8
Budge
North West
Helen Brose
Irving C. van Dyke
van Dyke
J. F. Lewis
Joseph H. Petersen
Alice M. Sandburg
Elmo E. Whittington
Exemption Claim Urged For Telegraph and Cable Workers
Chicago June 1 Superint endent Collins of the Postal Telegraph company posted a notice urging all cable and telegraph operators and linemen to claim exemption from draft on the ground they perform higher and more necessary service than soldiers. Clerical employees were also advised to seek exemption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Collins
The
Postal Telegraph Company
Flags of Our Three
Describes flags with up and down lines indicating blue white and the Brazilian flag showing a yellow diamond on green, a purple globe and white stars with the motto Ordem e Progresso on a white band.
Free irrigation water used by fifty seven gardeners in Santa Barbara
In Santa Barbara on June 1 the city council began free irrigation water. Fifty seven gardeners used water overnight totaling 100,905 gallons as meters were read the next morning. Water is supplied at night to ease daytime demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Barbara
Cal
Administration lets newspaper censorship section die
Washington on June 1 administration officials say the newspaper censorship section of the espionage bill will be allowed to expire. The move ends government control over press content in that provision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pocatello High School Holds Largest Class In New Building
The Pocatello High School commencement, held in the auditorium, features 34 graduates the largest class in school history and the first to graduate from the new building. Ernest Smith of Salt Lake City delivers the commencement address with Siders presiding. The program includes a concert by the school orchestra and girls chorus, a farewell address by J F Lewis, and diplomas presented by Dr. O B Steely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocatello High School
Ss. O'Clock
Walter RK. Siders
Ernest ©. Smith
Salt Lake City
J. F. Lewis
O. B. Steely
Smith
Forty graduates receive diplomas at Idaho Technical Institute
The Idaho Technical Institute closed its term with commencement exercises in the school auditorium. Forty graduates were awarded diplomas—eleven from the college department and twenty nine from the vocational school. Rev. John Hallowell Dickinson gave the address on Truth. A reception followed at Turner hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho Technical Institute
Turner Hall
R. T. Blair
Whittlesey and
Driskell
Oldest Native Sons and Daughters in State of Washington
Tacoma based Edwin Eells is identified as the oldest male native of Washington at death but Cyrus H. Walker of Albany Oregon born December 7 1838 is still living older by nearly three years. Abigail Walker Karr of Yakima born 1840 is named the oldest daughter and possibly the oldest white woman west of the Rockies.
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Washington
Cyrus Harmain Walker
Albany
Ore
Mr. Eells
Edmond 8. Neany
University of Washington
Christopher Columbus Simmons
Olympia
Fort Washougal
Vancouver
Wash
Michael T. Simmons
Puget Sound
Cowlitz Prairie
Simmons
Abigail Walker Karr
Yakima
Rocky Mountains
Cyrus H. Walker
Registration Meddlers Face Penalty for Interference
City readers are warned that interfering with the upcoming registration act will incur one year in jail. Commercial club committees will probe violations and ensure compliance. Young men should register as a patriotic duty, noting exemptions may apply after the census. Opposition to registration is described as treasonable.
Elk and deer relocation and county wildlife claims
The report notes 4000 funding for deer transport from southeastern Alaska to Prince William Sound for propagation and supply with five years of protection. In Skagit County Washington the Montana elk released years earlier have increased, entering towns and gardens. Farmers use dogs to deter them and have filed crop-claims as killing is forbidden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Prince William Sound
Skagit County
Wash
Spokane Registration Day to Include Flag Raising and Cannon Fire
Spokane officials plan a patriotic program for registration day on June 5 with exercises, a municipal flag raise, and cannon firing. A 90 foot flagpole will be erected in a business district park on June 4 as a large flag presented by citizens is raised, part of wartime morale duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Spud Club Forms Among San Francisco StreetRail Employees
Fifty municipal street railway workers in San Francisco organize a potato club on two acres beside the car barns. The land rise was donated for the garden project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco Cal
Municipal Street Railroad
Preparedness Salad served from garden volunteers
San Francisco June 1 report notes the university steward serves a preparedness salad made from vegetables grown in a garden planted by children on an adjoining vacant lot. The piece highlights community effort and student involvement in food preparation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
University Elul
Chil
Personal visits stretch through Kilgore and Albion
Olaf Frederiksen of Kilgore arrives in the city today. O. Be Wendricks, an Oxford resident, is a solitude visitor in town. Fe Hillmann spends several days here from Albion on a business trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olaf Frederiksen
Kilgore
O. BE. Wendricks
Oxford
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Carcer
Ciets Garfield
Tendy
Hilly George
Henry Younke
Mac. Vocatello
Pat Tyhee
Bell-Ans
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
Navy
Army
Liberty Bond
Helen Barnard
Agnes Knowles
Siders
Cuba
Panama
Brazil
Theodore E. Steinway
Plano
New York
Breta Alletta Scott
Cora Margaret Nielsen
Loretta Marie Gates
Mary Agatha Scott
Alice Manila Swanson
Helen Laura Mellan
Stella Josephine Pelowska
Clair Laicile Murphy
Harry J. Davis
Aluta Marie Larsen
Nellie Pauline Carroll
Fae Elizabeth Woolard
Vernal Merrill
Evelyn Edna Hutson
Ella May Orton
Willy Beatrice Orton
Chas. Eugene Goranson
Robert Emmett Hood
Harry Amundsen
Dan Campbell McDougal
Frances Alvin Johnson
Gena Huberta Rust
Edith Antoinette Lehmit
Marvy Agnes Knowles
Helen Maurine Barnard
Elmo Ellsworth Whittington
Frank Charles Adamson
Clarence Nael Hewlett
Howard Guy Archibald
Eustace FE. Mullen
Alfred D. Jones
Jack Edwin Armstrong
Nelson Jacob Howard
Charles Edward Alldred
Miles F. Reed
Board of Education
Cearrne Amundsen
Laula M. Atkin
Grace Bean
Victor Bidstrup
Ernest Roy Byrne
Robert David Hoskinson
Lloyd J. Hurst
John F. Liggett
Walter B. Leaf
Margaret O'Brien
Effie I. Swanson
Alice Ball
Madre Butler
Lucile Edwards
Harry Evans
Hazen Thomas Exeter
Mabel David Exeter
Elizabeth Gardner
Gertrude Giesbrecht
Nell Gee
John Griffith
Christian Gravés
Marion Hurdle
Lucile Driskell
Herbert Myers
Ethel M. Purvis
Ida Ream
Douglas Ream
Lionel Richards
Beda Rosander
Guy H. Stalker
Marian Snyder
Gertrude Walters
Mabel Westrom
Rom Kennedy
Henry Kennedy
Vera Norby
Emily Whittlesey
William Rooker
State of Washington
Seattle
Edwin Eells
Tacoma
Spokane Registration
Spud Club
Forster Ranch
A. Porter
Justice of the Peace
S. Main Street
N. Hayes
Johnson
S. Hayes
Hayes
Chewy
W. Benton
Singer Sewing Machine
Call
Ftr
Second Ave
S. Main
Lem Adams
Ben
H. H. Miller
Fort Hall Idaho
South Hayes
Main
Fourth Ave
Hed
IPAIE
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