Government seeks site for 125000 federal building in Pocatello
Treasury ad invites proposals for a central site to house a federal building in Pocatello Idaho with an estimated cost of 125000 including site. Proposals due July 7 1908 at 2 pm, must include price, lot details, diagrams and adjacent street conditions with title evidence at bidder expense.
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Sam
United States
Pocatello
Frank Ball
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury Department
Washington, D.C
Idaho
Po‘atello
Secetary of the Treasury
Supervisityrchitect
George B. Cortelyou
Northern Pacific trains run over U S S tracks into Montana disruption
Officials report eight Short Line passenger trains and about a dozen freight trains using the north end today and tomorrow as Northern Pacific equipment operates over the line. Extra passenger trains pass through Pocatello bound for Butte while a 1000 foot stretch east of Butte is out, delaying traffic until repairs.
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Montana
Oregon Short Line
Short Line
North End
Northern Pacific
Pocatello
Butte
Western Points
Huntington
Clarke
Montana Division
Copper State
Paeitle
N. P
Trafic
Igo
Idaho Division
Ternoon
Unen
Idaho
Jones
Silver Bow
Davis
Salt Lake
Bancroft
Two War Dogs Girdle the Globe
San Francisco June 8 The battleships Maine and Alabama of a special service squadron commanded by Captain C B Hasher sailed at 7 this morning for the Atlantic via Honolulu Manila and Suez Secretary of the Interior James A Garfield was aboard the Maine as guest of Captain Harber and is en route to Honolulu to investigate matters within his department.
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San Francisco
Maine
Alabama
C. B. Hasher
Atlantic
Honolulu
Manila
Suez
James A. Garfeld
Harber
Garfield
Billek to Hang in Chicago for Murder
Springfield Alabama June governor Deneen declines to intervene in the death sentence of Herman Billek a Bohemian fortune teller for murder in Chicago The execution is set for Friday The case involves Mrs Varal and an insurance motive claimed to be the cause of the husband and four children s deaths and the verdict was alleged to rest on perjured testimony by prosecutors and police
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Springfield
Deneen
State Board of Pardons
Herman Billek
Chicago
Billek
Varal
P. J. O'Callaghan
St. Mary's Shurch
Landslide Delays Special Park Train to Yellowstone
A landslide on Worm River canyon blocks the Park branch in Idaho delaying a hotel staff train from Salt Lake. About 125 hotel workers are stranded in Pocatello awaiting track clearance, with a plan to resume the Yellowstone Limited service by six this evening. The first Yellowstone Limited trip is scheduled for June 10 from Salt Lake.
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Pocatello
Yellowstone Park
America
Salt Lake
Worm River Canyon
Park Branch
James Grey
W. H L. Jones
Montana
the Park
Taft Platform Sets Tariff Revision Enlarged
Attorney General Wade Ellis reports a draft Taft platform aligning with Ohio's while extending the tariff plank. The document favors maximum and minimum schedules and calls for tariff revision at an extra session after inauguration. Ellis heads to Chicago to liaise with Taft leaders.
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Washington, D. C
Chicago
Wade Ellis
Ohio
Virginia Beach
War Department
Faft
Fast
Mr. Sills
Congress
Ellis
Taft Delegates Seated After Florida District Contest
The Republican National Committee ruled in favor of Taft delegates from Third Florida district this morning. Frank H. Hitchcock, Taft's manager, did not sit as a member. Solomon Luna of New Mexico arrived with Hitchcock's proxy and withdrew when offered other proxies. Allies claim Hitchcock's exit signals protest defeat, while Hitchcock denies link to the protest. Contests in Kentucky and Tennessee were reviewed as Taft managers vow to seat their instructed delegates.
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Chicago
Republicanational Committee
Florida
Taft
Frank H. Hitchcock
Solomon Luna
New Mexico
Hitchcock
Kentucky
Tennessee
No Scab in Gem State In May Inspections
Federal inspectors in Oregon and Idaho reported strong results in May with no scab cases in Idaho and only 7179 affected sheep in Oregon from 880,000 inspected. Most infections were limited to Lake and Malheur counties as dipping compliance lagged there.
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Pendleton East Oregonian
McClure
Northwest
Oregon
Lake and
Malheur
Idaho
Belmont Faces Death Amid Prolonged Illness
New York report states Oliver H. P. Belmont, wounded by appendicitis, remained critically ill at his Hempstead country home. Condition worsened through the forenoon and doctors warned recovery was unlikely.
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New York
Oliver H. P. Belmont
Hempstead
L.L
Reclamation Plan Opens Bannock County Irrigation Tract
The Portneuf Marsh Valley Irrigation Company announces a 20 000 acre reclamation project in Bannock County from a 150 000 acre tract. An interior department granting segregation is sought after state land board approval. Opening expected August or September with a 50 acre entry limit per settler. Townsites Downey Virginia Marsh Valley will arise along the Oregon Short Line near Pocatello. Water from Portneuf River to be stored at a Ches terfield reservoir 1090 acres, 25 foot depth, to supply irrigation.
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Bannock County
Reclamation Service
Portnent Marsh Valley Irrigation Company
State Land Board
Capital News
State and Board
Department of Th Interior
Pocatello
Downey
McCammon
Mcc
Rates Won’t Go Higher in Near Future Says Rail Officials
Washington reports a meeting of railroad presidents and operating officials in New York concluded no general freight rate increase is likely this year. They argued a rise would worsen freight stagnation during a low mood and noted improving railway business conditions with higher freight and passenger revenues and a broad industrial revival.
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Washington
New York
Nebraska Tornado Toll Rises Across Southern Counties
Reports from Friday night storms in southern Nebraska indicate a rising death toll, now expected at 25, with about fifty serious injuries and up to half a million dollars in losses. Eight towns including Geneva Fairfield and Carlton are worst hit, while Franklin Hebron Sehickley Byron and Riverton also suffered. In Kansas affected towns Courtland Phillipsburg and Scandia faced damage but details are unclear due to downed wires.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Geneva
Fairfield
Carlton
Pranklin
Hebron
Sehickley
Byron
Riverton
Kansas
Courtland
Phillipsburg
Scandia
Irrigation Reservoir Plan Near McCammon
A reservoir about 250 second-feet flow is planned for irrigation from an elevated site around McCammon at 4700 feet. The project includes turning water into a canal and laterals to serve the treeed land.
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McCammon
Grace plant on Bear River near Grace Idaho powers mines in Idaho Utah
The Telluride Power Company completed the first unit of its Bear River hydroelectric plant near Grace Idaho at a cost of 2.4 million dollars. The facility will eventually generate up to 80 000 horsepower and serve mines and towns including Provo Logan Bingham Eureka Mercur Silver City and Salt Lake City. The project features a 5.5 mile pipe line eight feet in diameter and impounds water from Bear and North lakes to create a 540 foot head amid extensive canal works and dams to prevent overflow.
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Telluride Power Company
Utah Mines
Tellutride Power Company
Bear River
Grace
Idaho
Utah
Niagara Falls
Soda Springs
Mississippi
California
Bear
North Lakes
Grace Plant
Bear Lake
North Lake
Tellaride Company
Provo
Logan
Bingham
Eureka
Mercur
Silver City
Robinson
Salt Lake
Niagara
Great Salt Lake
Bea Lake
Dingle
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West Center
Carnegie Library
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Belmont
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Portneuf
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Mammoth Bear River
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