Beaver River Power Franchise Sale Sparks City Debate
The Pocatello city council transferred a local power franchise to Beaver River Light & Power amid questions of lack of investigation and ties to General Electric. A sworn Supreme Court filing accuses GE interests of merging regional utilities, fueling concern about control over Idaho's water power and electrical assets.
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Beaver River Light and Power Company
Beaver River Power Company
Pocatello
Things Electrice Bas Armen
Beaver River Light & Power
Beaver Riv- Power Company
Beaver River Light & Power Company
John A. Tap
Ingent
Beaver River Ower Company
Idaho
Ee Ee Eee Ie
Nunn
Og Ap Ag Oe
Supreme Court of
Beaver River
Théldange
General Electric Company
Combet
Beaver River Company
General Electric Combine
General Eleetre
Kuhns
Great Shoebone & Twin False Water Power Company
Southern Idaho Water Power Company
General Electric
Beaver Hiver Light & Power Company
Damage suit on Blackfoot Republican proceeds with testimony
Preliminary hearing in the Blackfoot Republican damage suit against editor Miss Beach continues before Justice Belo Ball. Prosecution presents copies of the Idaho Republican dated March 6 and 13, 1914, and witnesses including Miss Beach, Albert Dickerson, Karl Brown, and N. J. Thorstenberg claim reputational harm and perjury.
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The
Blackfoot Republican
Mises Alice Beach
Supreme Court
Miss Beach
Trego
Hansbrough
Republican
Rev. C. P. Christians
Christians
MJ. Thorstenberg
James E. Good
G. ¥. Hansbrough
William A. Lee
Forest Homesteads Listed in Pocatello Region
The secretary of agriculture and the interior list forest homesteads. Alliance Purnell of Creston Idaho receives 40 acres near Pebble. William W Wellman of Burbank California gains 160 acres about eight miles from Chesterfield. David B Thompson of Idaho Falls earns 160 acres about twenty miles northwest of Bancroft suitable for dry land grazing and use.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of the Interior
Pocatello National Forest
Allance Purnell
Creston
Idaho
Pebble
William W. Wellman
Burbank
California
Potatoes Growers to Meet in Pocatello This Month
The Southern Idaho Producers Association will hold its annual meeting in Pocatello on the 22nd and 23rd with a large turnout expected. Speakers include Bassett from the government agriculture department on cooperative marketing, Carl A. Valentine on cooperative financing, and professors Riker and Satterfield. The program offers valuable guidance for potato growers and marketers and includes a public session and banquet.
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Southern Idaho Producers’ Association
Pocatello
Bassett
Government Department of Agriculture
Farmers & Traders Bank
Prof. Riker
Aberdeen Experimental Station
A. Y. Satterfield
Farmers Society of Equity
I W W Word Behind Big Camp Trouble in Butte
Incoming I W W delegates arrive in Butte as mine trouble escalates. Utah and Colorado members are called to join the revolt, while miners report normal forces have proof of I W W leaders fomenting rebellion. Boise crowds expected, sparking urban fear.
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Butte
Mont
Intermountain
Utah
Salt Lake
Miners’ Union
Colorado
Boise
Hoboes Fall From Train At Speed Near Minidoka
Two hoboes Whitey Fraser and C Smith boarded No 5 at Shoshone and slept on a sleeper car. Fraser fell from the speeding train about nine miles west of Minidoka. Smith reported the incident and found Fraser’s body on the track as the train stopped.
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Kemmerer
Whitey
Fraser
C. Smith
Shoshone
Sonnet Bioe
Onsee
Minidoka
Smith
Syee
Team Falls Into River Near Blackfoot
Sid Busenbark and a Williams boy tied their team to the riverbank near the Blackfoot north east of town for a swim. The team and wagon vanished after slipping into the water about 3 o clock yesterday afternoon. Tracks show a struggle leading into the river and no trace was found by morning. Busenbark used a boat to search the river for the missing wagon and harness. The drowned team was reportedly of considerable size.
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Sid Busenbark
Blackfoot
Williams
Busenbark
Blackfoot Courier
Weather Forecast for Washington Event
Fair tonight and Saturday with little temperature change. Westerly winds. No precipitation indicated and conditions remain calm across the region.
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Washington
For Sale and Rent Notices in Local Listings
Classified snapshot lists oats for 1.65 per hundred at Allen's Grocery 475 with multiple rental options on East and West sides. Items include modern and furnished houses and rooms, electric heat, piano use, and inquiries directed to Gem State Realty and Swan Co at 145 So Main St. J-20.
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Allen’s Grocery
Gem State Realty & Swan Co
Main St
Conference on Eugenics Meets at Columbia University
A national conference on eugenics opened at Columbia University in New York. Organized by the Eugenics Research Association, the two day meeting features member papers a symposium on top research topics and discussions for institutional officers and field workers.
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New York
Columbia University
Eugenics Research Association
Eugenics Record Office
July Wheat Closes Higher in Chicago Trade
Chicago July wheat futures closed at 83 3 8 cents per bushel after a session in which traders weighed crop conditions and market demand. News of weather and export activity influenced bids as traders looked for signals on supply.
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Chicago
Ill
Balloonist Captain Watts Beats Portland Races
Captain John Watts, famed balloonist, won the main event at Portland and is visiting Pocatello with his mother and three sisters before heading to Kansas City for elimination races on July 11. He recounts years in aerial work and plans next ascent eastward training.
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John Watts
Gate City
Kansas City
Pocatello
Portland
Watts
Jaly
City
Mary E. Turner
H. Tennett
H. W. Castle
W. (. Bennett
Young Judea Convention Opens in Newark
The sixth annual convention of Young children Zionist societies opened in Newark New Jersey and will run through Monday Delegates from major cities attend to advance Zionist aims including a recognized Jewish home in Palestine.
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Young Judea
Newark
N. J
Young Children Zionist Societies
Zionist Movement
Palestine
Minnesota trap shoot opens at Minneapolis club event
More than one hundred top amateur and professional trap shooters from the Northwest gather for the Minnesota State Sportsmen's Association annual tournament at the Minneapolis Ro and Gun club. The event runs through tomorrow and Monday with the Tribune offering old papers for five cents per bunch.
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Northwestern Shooting
Minneapolis
Minn
Northwest
Minnesota State Sportsmen’s Association
Minneapolis Ro and Gun Club
Tribune
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