War Veterans Meet at Boise for National American Legion Convention
Idaho veterans from forty counties gathered in Boise for a two day convention to form the state branch of the National American Legion. Temporary chairman M Booth of Pocatello delivers the charter from national headquarters to elected officers. Delegates and voting rules are set, aiming toward a Minneapolis convention in November for final adoption of the constitution and by laws.
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Idaho
Boise
National American Legion
M. Booth
Pocatello
St. Louis
Canocus
The
American Legion
Paria
Theodore Roosevelt
Eric Fisher Wood
United States
Bennett Clark
France
Minneapolis
Army seeks former sergeants as ROTC instructors
Major A R Emery announces vacancies for assistant instructors in ROTC units at schools. Eligible applicants are former noncommissioned officers with at least one year in service, preferably former sergeants, of good character and sobriety. Discharged men may apply. positions are assigned by the army recruiting officer if vacancies exist.
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A. R Emery
Army
Raonal
Railway Staff Movements And Accident At Twin Falls
Mrs HU D Bachelor left for a Montpelier visit while J C Cark attends safety matters in town. W Prater inspected the west end branches. G S Sweeney, a trespasser, was seriously injured stepping in front of No 4 at Twin Falls. he was said to be demented. Conductor Crawford and Engineer Newton led No 54. J Robbins from Salt Lake joined the Short Line telegraph office. J Buce handles schedule matters for the Utah division O R T. A C Trinckley went west on No 5 on company business. B F McDowell will deadhead from Pocatello on No 45 to Ashton for ten days to handle Yellowstone trains. Engine 1580 doubleheaded for Idaho Falls to prepare Yellowstone trains tomorrow night. Peter J Murphy inspector of dining cars and hotels visited Pocatello and will stop again on return trip. he is in good health after illness. Percy Raynor leads temporary service to Idaho Falls to relieve Harris who is ill.
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G. S. Sweeney
Twin Falls
Sweeney
No. 54
E. Crawford
Newton
B. F. McDowell
Pocatello
Ashton
Yellowstone
P. H. Murphy
Peter John Murphy
Jeaver
Yelowetone
Murphy
Fred W. Gentsch
Percy Raynor
Idaho Falls
Harris
Locusts Strip Guadaloupe Island. Goats at Risk
Locusts have eaten nearly all vegetation on Guadaloupe island, 175 miles south of San Diego. Officers aboard the motorship arriving today say about 75,000 wild goats on the island face starvation as the island belongs to Mexico. The island is one mile long and eight miles in width, with historical notes dating back decades.
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San Diego
Cal
Guadaloupe Island
Mexico
Beet irrigation and frost damage hit Idaho crops
The Utah irrigation study shows small, regular irrigations yield the most sugar beets, with two to three 5 inch applications often matching heavier watering. Irrigation timing affects sugar content and beet size, while late water raises forked beets. Frost damaged prunes and apples in Idaho and Washington. Oregon reports favorable conditions. California reports minor pest damage. Weevils appear in Bannock County alfalfa. farmers urged to use wire drag and obtain Utah Circular No. 31.
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Idaho
Utah
Boise
Payette
Washington
Yakima
Oregon
California
Nevada
Bannock
House acts to return telegraph and telephone properties
Washington on June 11 the House passed without a record vote the Senate bill to return telegraph and telephone properties to private control and repeal the law that allowed government seizure of these systems during the six month extension of fixed rates.
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Washington
House
Senate
Eagles Meet Tonight in Regular Session
The fraternal order of Eagles convenes this evening for a regular meeting including initiation and lunch. A good attendance is expected.
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Eagles
Order of Eagles
Spontaneous Coal Pile Fire Strikes Short Line Yard
A spontaneous combustion blaze in a large Short Line coal pile prompted both fire departments to respond early Wednesday. Much coal was moved to reveal the fire’s location with only slight damage reported. Also noted, John Baker of Pocatello enlisted in the Air Service and will train at Rockwell Field, California. The Colored Citizens Employment League opened an employment office at 244 North Second with Ben Carrothers overseeing job placement for colored laborers and returning soldiers. Virginia Bush, nine months old, died of stomach trouble. burial followed in Mountainview after services led by Bishop M. A. Pond.
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Air Service
John Baker
Pocatello
Army
Rockwell Field
Sacramento
Cal
Colored Citizens Employment League
League
North Second
Ben Carrothers
Carrothers
Virginia Bush
Earl Bush
Schumacher and Hall Company
M. A. Pond
Mountainview
Chautauqua Arrangements and Local Notices In Pocatello
Mr Tarbell representing Ellison White Chautauqua company arrived in Pocatello to finalize plans for a weeklong event starting Sunday June 22. A Chautauqua guarantors meeting is urged at the YMCA this evening. Idaho Social Club Incorporation filed. principal office Pocatello with no capital stock and annual monthly dues for members. Incorporators are Townsend Leach Peterson and Koseris. Nick Andrews pleads not guilty to speeding. bond set at 50 dollars. A resisting an officer case also pleads not guilty for Friday. A man charged with intoxication serves six days in the city jail.
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Chautauqua
Tarbell
Ellison White Chautauqua Company
Pocatello
Idaho Social Club
J. H. Townsend
Richard D. Leach
Peter Peterson
Mike Koseris
Nick Andrews
Wilson
Idaho Falls Clerk Injured in Mountain Crash
Gorge Th Riehes Idaho Falls city clerk was injured Sunday when his car backed down a steep mountain grade. He is slowly improving. The accident killed Mrs. J R Seodall, wife of Rieles, and left Rieles with a crushed right shoulder and extensive bruising.
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Idaho Falls Gorge
Riehes
Idaho Falla
Water flows restore Crops after Idaho River Work
The Snake River at Blackfoot runs 12 000 cubic feet per second in a 750 foot channel fed by Jackson Lake reservoir. Officials say rotation and 100 900 acre feet of government water help sustain crops. Boise reports Frank S. Lint moves bureau into new quarters on the A Lo Ha apartments second floor as the old building is vacated.
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Gooding
Gooding College
Idaho
Weiser
Blackfoot
Snake River
Jackson Lake
Boise
Franks. Lint
Bureau of Supplies
Bonneville War Veterans to Send Seven Delegates
Idaho Falls Bonneville county war veterans will appoint seven delegates to the state convention in Boise on June 25 to form an Idaho unit of the American Legion. Delegates named by Paul T. Peterson, president of the Bonneville county Great War Veterans' association.
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Idaho Falls
Bonneville County War Veterans
Boise
Idaho
American Legion
Paul T. Peterson
Bonneville County Great War Veterans’ Association
Car Backing Incident Injures Island Park Gun Club Caretaker
George Boylan, caretaker of the Flat Rock Gun club at Island Park, was severely hurt when a car backed into him as he spoke with friends near the Bridge and Main streets corner. He was rendered unconscious with serious bruising.
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ST. Anthony
George Boylan
Flat Rock
Island Park
Bridge and
Main Streets
Boys and Girls Club Festival Set for June 28 in Blackfoot
In Blackfoot the boys and girls club festival is slated for June 28 and is described as a major event for Bingham county youths. Boise note reports Governor Davis plans to return home Saturday after a Washington session and a stop in New York to greet Idaho’s 146th Field Artillery units.
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Bingham County
Boise
Brown
D. W. Davis
New York
Washington
Reclamation Board
Interstate Commerce Committee
The
Senate
Davis
Idaho
146Th Field Artillery
Maguire Wins Idaho Falls paving contract for district 11
J C Maguire a Butte paving contractor awarded the district 11 project in Idaho Falls to pave 48356 square yards at 241 per yard on a bitulithic cement base. Total cost 175069.06 with work due by December 31 1919. Bonds 100000 sold to Farris Hardgrove Spokane at par with 514 percent bonds and 2112 premium. Improvements total near 500000 to be carried out by the city.
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Idaho Falls
J.C. Maguire
Butte Paving
Maguire
Geain Market Corn Price Report
Chicago on June 19 reports corn at 1.31 dollars with oats around 70 percent.
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Chicago
Pocatello Fourth of July Plans Highlight Local Unity
The town gears up for a Home Coming Welcome and Victory celebration with parades sports and a chicken dinner at the Tech. Veterans from three wars and local civic groups will participate in an illuminated pageant and a busy schedule of events across town.
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Pocatello
Tech
West Side
American Legion
Bannock County
Rotary convention to Yellowstone opens season for 1915
About 500 delegates from the International Rotary convention in Salt Lake will tour Yellowstone Park with the season’s first parties. D. 8. Spencer predicts the year will be the heaviest and most successful since 1915. The first regular train through Pocatello departs at 1 20 am with three extra cars for Rotarians. Tomorrow evening three trains carrying 700 passengers will leave Salt Lake for the park. Conductor R J Bassett and Engineer I B Carter will lead the first departure. Yellowstone trains will run as No 45 northbound and 46 southbound.
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Salt Lake
Yellowstone Park
D. 8. Spencer
Generall
Pocatello
Yellowstone Transportation Company
Park
Pullman
Yellowstone
R. J. Bassett
I. B. Carter
Missionary Mowry Convicted in Pyong Yang Trial
The Rev. E. M. Mowry of Mansfield Ohio an American Presbyterian missionary was convicted in Pyong Yang and sentenced to six months penal servitude for sheltering Korean agitators in the independence movement. He had no lawyer at trial and one day’s notice. Rev. Samuel A. Moffett reported the conduct to Japanese authorities and the American consul at Seoul.
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Mr. Mowry
Mr. Moffett
Seoul
Boys’ Grammar School
Korea
Tokio
Associated Press
E. M. Mowry
Mansfield
Ohio
Pyong Yang
Samuel A. Moffett
Pyeng Yang
Missionary Dr Cook Honored by Sacaton Church Dedication
A Sacaton Presbyterian church memorial to Dr Charles H Cook pioneer missionary to the Pima Indians was dedicated. The $25,000 building was funded by many donors led by Mrs M C Thaw of Pittsburgh and built largely by the Pima people under an Indian committee headed by Hugh Patton. Dr Cook began work among the Pimas in 1870 and after early slow progress, his efforts yielded many converts and lasting impact on the tribe.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Sacaton
Charles H. Cook
Nodaway
Iowa
Hugh Patton
M. C. Thaw
Pittsburgh
William Thaw
Pasadena
Dirk A. Lay
Dr. Cook
Chicago
Dwight L. Moody
Arizona
Germans Dislike American Officers at Coblenz Station
Coblenz June 19 Major George Cockrell assistant provost marshal and Captain Theodore F Ficker in charge of the billeting office are the two most unpopular American officers among Germans in Coblenz The billet office must accommodate about eleven hundred officers and thousands of soldiers Major Cockrell from St Paul commands more than twelve hundred military police.
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Cockrell
Captain Ficker
Chicago
Coblenz
Captain Fieker
Eivery
Germany
Army of Occupation
Ficker
Associated Press
George Cockrell
Theodore F. Ficker
St. Paul
Young men urged to enter merchant marine training program
San Francisco officials of the United States Shipping Board call for immediate enlistment in instruction programs for the merchant marine. Berkeley marine engineering and navigation classes can take dozens more students, with graduates needed for officers on east coast vessels. Applicants should file at 120 Market Street and confirm addresses with the Sea Service Bureau.
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San Francisco
United States Shipping Board
Merican
C. W. Saunders
Shipping Board
Berkeley
Steamboat Inspection Service
Navy
Ocean
Opera Replaces Bullfighting at Teatro El Toro in Mexico City
Mexico City reports that Teatro El Toro, once a premier bullring, is now a venue for grand opera, dancers, and concerts by decree from President Carranza. A famed bull El Bonito killed three bulls and injured several, then a spectator Miguel Ballo fed it sugar and the beast calmed, eliciting cheers.
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Mexico City
Teatro el Toro
Carranza
el Bonito
Miguel Ballo
Ballo
Costa Rican Outbreak Triggered by Teachers Riots
Reports to the Costa Rican consul say the outbreak in San Jose began last Thursday and continued to Friday. It was led by school teachers who faced pay reductions, with the consul attributing the riots to Bolshevik influence.
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Panawa
San Jose
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J.C. Cark
W. 2. Prater
J. Robbins
J. Buce
Bancroft
A. C. Trinckley
BR. E. Miller
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Aid
Methodist Ladies Aid
Fred Quinn
South Hayes
Walter Fortmeyer
St. Paul, Minn
Ethel Cantrell
Los Angeles
Presbyterian Ladies’ Aid Society
Bannock Hotel
BR. A. M
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Butt
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Winte
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