Fort Hall Indians head to Washington for charter and funds
Superintendent F A Gross and four Fort Hall Indians travel on the Portland Rose to Washington DC to press for a tribal charter under the reorganization act, seek a share of the 10 million revolving fund, and recover 100000 invested in a canal. The delegation includes Ralph Dixey Willie George John Ballard and Frank Randall and will meet Indian Commissioner Collier. They will visit Chicago briefly and be away about three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. Gross
Union Pacific
Fort Hall
John Ballard
Willie George
Buffalo Bill’s Circus
101 Ranch Outfit
Oklahoma
Europe
United States
Ralph Dixey
Hollywood
Washington
Ralph
Dixey
Supt. Gross
Chicago
Fort Hall Stock Roundup Set for June 24 28
At a May 18 1936 board meeting of the Fort Hall Stock men's association it was decided to hold a summer roundup on the association range from June 24 to 28 starting in the north Wood creek area. All stockmen are urged to attend and participate. An auction sale will be held June 30 at 10 am at the Fort Hall stockyards, not a large sale. Indians are urged to sell only stock necessary to finance operations and pay delinquent herd and range assessments, no heifers may be sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Hall
Supplemental water urged by reclamation leaders in West
Additional water must be found or acreage cut across 14 western states. O S Warden of Great Falls Montana, elected president of the National Reclamation Association, told 50 delegates from southeastern Idaho counties at a conference. Leaders urged surveys of western needs to shape storage and irrigation policies and warned that not enough water explains scarcity.
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O. S. Warden
Great Falls
Mont
National Reclamation Association
Idaho
L. A. Campbell
National Association
United Front
West
Northwest
R. E. Shephard
Jerome
Idaho State Chamber of Commerce
Warden
W. P. Havener
Baum
Havenor
Fort Hall
Pocatello Chamber of Commerce
Reclamation Meeting Delayed by Travel in Idaho Visit
A group of local businessmen and officials from Pocatello and Grace met with a visiting reclamationist delegation arranged by Paul Nash of the chamber. The noon Pocatello committee session was canceled due to delays at Twin Falls, while national reclamation leaders held a session in Idaho Falls last night.
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of McCammon
John R. Black
W. J. Hunter
W. Lewis Perkins
Ednn
F. W. Sorgatz
A. E. Thiel
A. M. Thorf
H. R. Toomer
Montpelier
Angus Condie
W. D. McClellan
Preston
O R. Baum
Claud Bistline
Nate Black
F. A. Burton
Robert S. Callis
R. J. Constock
J. P. Halliwell
Mel Darius
T. J. Hetland
John Hood
H. H. Hovey
A. H. McGuire
L. M. Young
Pocatello
Alma E. Hubbard
Grace
Paul Nash
Chamber of Commerce
Pocatello Chamber Reclamation Committee
Twin Falls
The
Reclamation Association
Idaho Falls
Ninety Per Cent of Contracts Signed Fort Hall Project
Fort Hall Idaho June 6 Special Ninety percent of contracts between the government and Fort Hall irrigation project landowners for the regulating reservoir near Blackfoot have been signed. Project Engineer T S Guyn expects construction authorization daily as the Blackfoot storage holds 132000 acre feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Hall
Fort
Blackfoot
T. S. Guyn
Guyn
Services Held for Gray Resident Olive Muir
Funeral services were conducted at the LDS church in Soda Springs for Olive Atkinson Muir wife of George H. Muir of Gray Idaho. Bishop Frank Harris presided. She was born in Bountiful Utah and died Sunday in a local hospital from a stomach ailment. Survived by her husband and children George Jr Clarence Bert Hazel Irene Stock and Beulah Wake man.
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Soda Springs
Olive Atkinson Muir
George H. Muir
Gray
Idaho
Frank Harris
Muir
Bountiful
Utah
George Muir
George Jr
Clarence
Bert
Hazel
Irene Stock
Beulah Wakeman
Train Travels Around Earth On Million Dollar Convention Tour
The first locomotive to pull a train the equivalent of a world tour will be part of the million dollar convention train leased by United Drug Co. It will complete a 29 000 mile U S and Canada run and stop for inspection at the U P station Thursday June 11 from 9 to 10 45 am. The 12 car streamline train includes four exhibit cars two lecture cars a cafeteria diner dancing cars an orchestra and sleeping cars for a 50 member crew. Admission is free for public inspection arranged by H J Enenbach Rexall manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Drug Company
United States
Canada
New York Central Railroad
Albany
N. Y
Commodore Vandergilt
New York
Chicago
U. P
H. J. Enenbach
Cook Drug Company
Rexall
Firth Waterworks Project Underway
Construction began June 2 on Firths new municipal water system by Olsen Manufacturing Boise. The plan includes a 20000 gallon steel storage tank with a 100 foot tower and a cast iron pipe distribution system. The well pump and motor were installed last fall. Cost during completion around 14000 with 45 percent financed by a Public Works Administration grant and 55 percent funded by the village from January bond proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Firth
Olsen Manufacturing Company
Boise
Public Works Administration
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City Coal CO
DR. T. Kihara
Cash Coal CO
Herbert Hoover
Girl Scouts
Hoover
Girl Scouts of
Ross Park
Girl Scout Council
Bannock Hotel
Association
Newell Call
G. G. Fritz
D. W. Grimm
Newell Jenkins
Lorenzo Parker
Bancroft
A. D. Kelley
W. R. Swicegood
Challis
B. M. Almond
H. S. Garretson
C. J. Mack
C. E. Roberts
Downey
F. M. Cooper
George Elrod
Lava Hot Springs
D. P. Jones Jr
Khalil Kingsbury
Frank Metcalf
W. W. Thomas
Malad
R. T. Hale
Cadick Oe
Cervicol Laboratories
Dearborn St
Iver-Johnson Bicycle
Woolley Apts
Link’s School of Business
Carlson
Radio That
BIG Black
Carnes-Roberts Music CO
Earth
L. K. Liggett
Firth Waterworks
Time
NTRAL
FORD
Universal Credit Company
Universal Car
Ford Motor Company
Jesse ‘M. Chas
South Arthur
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