Salmon River Railroad plans cut off from Blackfoot to American Falls
The Salmon River Railroad company amends its articles to authorize a 40 mile branch from seven miles west of Blackfoot through the American Falls Carey act tract to a junction with the Oregon Short Line at American Falls. The change, approved May 21 with 1498 of 1500 shares represented, follows the Mackay branch project and prompts field rights of way work managed by agency agents. Directors W. H. Jones G. Ix. Smith J. M. Davis John G. Brown W. H. Bancroft signed the amendment.
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Blackfoot
American Falls
Moreland
Amerdeen
Salmon River Railroad Company
O. 8. L. Corporation
Mackay
Lost River Country
W. H. Jones
G. Ix. Smith
J. M. Davis
John G. Brown
W. H. Bancroft
Poca council to issue bonds to redeem warrants
The city of Poca will issue about $58,000 in refunding bonds at 4 percent to retire outstanding warrants currently bearing 7 percent interest. The adjourned meeting, with Mayor Church presiding, directed drafting of the ordinance to include about $7,000 unpaid warrants from prior administrations. Street work bills were audited and routine business conducted.
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Council
Gate City
Church
Wheat Market: Chicago Close at 1.14 for July
The Chicago wheat market closed June 22 with July wheat at 1.14 dollars. Prices reflect standard market activity in the NL region.
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Chicago
Butte Wins By A Neck In Wild Intermountain League Game
The Butte team defeated the Pocatello Hubs 12 to 11 in a tense Intermountain league contest on Gate City diamond. Fortier hit a critical home run for Butte but was ruled out at third. Brezee’s late wildness helped Butte rally in the eighth and ninth. Big Al and Osborne matched wits until Kafer cleared the bases with a bases full homer as Butte recaptured the lead before final scoring.
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Pocatello
Butte
Intermountain League
Gate City
Fortier
Brezee
Big al
Turk
Moore
Fuller
Nehring
Fox
Dunn
Kafer
Duering
Bistline
Gardner
Hoon
Sorelle
Doering
Sorello
Tennant
Short
Osborne
McAdams
Ginger
Hoey
Osborn
Campbell
Paris Fashion Shock as Bergere Debuts New Bloomer Gown
Paris stares as Mile. Suzinne Bergere of the Opera Comique appears in a dramatic bloomer gown. The costume exaggerates the pantaloon trend seen months before, resembling a pair of Turkish trousers more than a fashion object.
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Paris
Mile. Suzinne Bergere
Opera Comique
Five Billion Dollar Bond Plan For Irrigation Development
Arthur Hooker proposes a national bond program totaling five billion dollars to fund drainage of overflowed lands, irrigation of arid areas, deep waterways, roads, and forest conservation. He argues bonds secured by government backing would spur large-scale reclamation, transport, and economic gains, with broad state support planned after the Spokane irrigation congress.
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National Irrigation Congress
Spokane
Congress
Wash
Arthur Hooker
Board of Control
United States
Llooker
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Kansas
Nebraska
Louisiana
Kentucky
Tennessee
Mississippi
Missouri
Hooker
Irrigation Congress
United States Congress
Important confession in Chinatown murder inquiry
New York reports say Chung Sing, ally of Leon Ling, gave a key statement to District Attorney Jerome under tough cross examination. Initial claims that he saw Leon strangle Miss Siegel were corrected by the DA. In Schenectady Reginald Sigel, brother of Elsie Sigel, said the arrested Chinaman was not William Leon or Leon Ling, the supposed murderer.
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New York
Chung Sing
Leon Ling
Jerome
Chung Sin
Leon
Miss Siegel
Schenectady
Reginald Sigel
Elsie Sigel
William Leon
Gould Trial Seeks Alimony in Separation Suit
The New York trial of Mrs. Catherine Clemmons Gould against her husband Howard Gould continued as Shearn, counsel for the plaintiff, stated he would call about thirty more witnesses and that Mrs Gould would likely testify again. The case is expected to occupy several days more of court time.
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New York
Catherine Clemmons Gould
Howard Gould
Willard Straight Leaves for Europe to Shape China Loan
Willard Straight, recently resigning as head of the Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, sails from New York for Europe en route to China. He travels as representative of J. P. Morgan & Co and other New York banks seeking a portion of the Chinese loan to be issued.
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New York
Willard D. Straight
Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs
State Department
Europe
China
Straight
J. P. Morgan & Co
Train hold up near Kamloops by four men
Canadian Pacific train No. 97 was halted by four men near Kamloops at 10 last night. Believing it to be train No. 5 carrying silver, the robbers fled in a boat across Shuswap Lake without taking any valuables.
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Vancouver
Canadian Pacific
Kamloops
Shuswap Lake
Weston Walking Pace Heads Toward Montello
Lakeside Utah June 22 Edward Payson Weston the pedestrian left at sunrise after seven hours of walking and a sixty two mile day yesterday he aims to reach Montello today continuing his long distance trek and pace through Utah.
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Lakeside
Utah
Edward Payson Weston
Ile
Montello
Senators Visit Reclamation Projects In September
The senate committee on irrigation will tour key reclamation works from September 24 to September 30 visiting Pocatello Boise Nampa Minidoka Heyburn Burley Milner Twin Falls Shoshone Falls and Salt Lake. The trip seeks insights for future legislation and will hear water users' views on existing laws and administration.
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United States Senate Committee On Irrigation
Pocatello
Commercial Club
Boise
Nampa
Minidoka
Heyburn
Burley
Milner
Twin Falls
Shoshone Falls
Salt Lake
Senate
United States Reclamation Service
Roosevelt party bags lions and game in Africa
The expedition reports Theodore Roosevelt shoots another lion and his son Kermit kills a large tawny lion. Kermit also kills a cheetah. The hunt netted three giraffes two eland six topi and many smaller antelope in June near Nai Vasha.
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Nai
Vasha
Theodore Roosevelt
Kermit
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