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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1918
Page
2
An open Public Safety committee meeting in Boise featured State Food Administrator R F Bicknell addressing food violations and conservation. He urged reporting infractions, explained wheat and sugar regulation plans, and discussed canning permits and overhead costs affecting substitute grains.
An advertisement urges keeping age from bending posture with GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules. The text touts health maintenance and disease prevention, claiming the capsules aid backache kidney bladder and uric acid related ailments and are guaranteed or money refunded.
German youths of the 1919 class in thirty divisions of the German army have been captured this month. The youths are placed ten per company and used to reinforce losses at the front. They were sent to the front after only five months of training amid Germany’s urgent western offensive.
The Indiana state supreme court today upheld the constitutionality of the prohibition law, ruling it within state authority. Justice opinions were not disclosed, but the decision affirming the statute reinforces enforcement of prohibitions in the state.
Chicago market brief notes corn at 1L477g and oats at TL on June 20.
Local baseball fans will see D company play the Pocatello Wonders, a newly formed colored team, in a 3 p.m. game. The Wonders boast semi pro experience from Kansas City and aim to beat the veterans of the national guardsmen, as D company travels outside the Southeastern Idaho league.
The drive reports more $500 club members and seeks transfers from all war savings groups to pledges. County Director Havenor urges signers to adopt regular campaign cards, notes strong local examples from Salt Lake, and highlights school efforts with Emerson School achieving hundred percent participation in War Savings.
City of Pocatello invites sealed proposals for furnishing about 700 cubic yards of earth filling for Caldwell park block 209. Bids due by 6 PM Friday July 6 1918 with opening at City Hall July 8 8 am. City reserves right to reject any bid and waive informality. Mayor A B Bean City Clerk A R Dawbon.
Army work at the tech institute will begin July 1 with Captain Scott as commander and Lieutenant Thornburg as second in command. Special training covers auto mechanics, general mechanics, chauffeurs and truck drivers, and wireless operators with a six and a half hour daily instruction block plus evenings for noncommissioned classes.
Fairbanks chamber argues a Seattle cannery at Andreafsky would cut incoming salmon to the upper river, endangering native and white fish traps used for summer food. Seattle firm proceeds while bureau of fisheries reviews the protest and ruling.
London reports three German aviators killed in a night air raid on May 19 were buried with military honors in two village churchyards near London. In one site two Germans were interred with honors, and a German aviator’s casket draped in his flag was carried to a cemetery by a Royal Air Force gun carriage as Allied flyers streamed overhead. Inquests into victims’ bodies proceeded in London.
London commentary notes that war experience in employing women as bank clerks has reassured British bankers that women handle confidential financial information as well as men. Directors once feared customer trust would drop if gossip spread, but the article calls this worry gratified by results.
After three years under the new conditions, the Bankers' Magazine reports no ground for the fears previously voiced. The article argues the changes have not produced the anticipated instability and calls for continued observation.
Riverton Wyoming June 28 the anti idler rule now in effect applies to women as well as men All idle women between 18 and 30 are being summoned before the police court to explain why they are not employed in some form of work.
In Sioux City on June 20 the Oscar Ruff building at Fourth and Douglas streets, a three story structure, collapsed this afternoon. Fire followed in the debris as crews tackled the wreckage. The building was undergoing remodeling and a score of persons are believed buried under the ruins.
An American miner reports north Mexico sees a shift from cotton to wheat due to pink boll weevil damage. In Laguna basin near Torreon wheat is planted. nearby valleys report heavier yields. In Ojinaga district wheat harvests prosper. Hacienda De Lores mill resumes grinding. Santa Rosalia water mills operate again after five years. Skirts cleaned and pressed. Regal Cleaners.
Mrs. J. F. Herrick underwent an appendicitis operation at St Anthony hospital and is recovering. The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Beaver of Lava died. burial was in Mountainview with Schumacher Hall in charge. J. E. Zaring attended a grain meeting with State Food Administrator R. J. Bicknell. The Libe chorus prepares for July 4 public appearance. rehearsals set for Monday at the MC. An auto dealers organization was formed at the Commercial club with A. Buete as chairman and Martin Hill as secretary. Alva Norman journeyed from Mackay to Lava for annual ablution and noted good fishing. Elk baseball team members are called to meet in Elk club for Blackfoot trip with many Tans accompanying. James Milton Lake, 18 months, died in Aberdeen. funeral arrangements to be held there. Troops passed through en route from Camp Lewis to eastern camps. a 72-man Military Police unit led the procession.
A large audience attended a high school auditorium talk by Bishop D. M. Gorman Idaho's new Catholic bishop. President Miles B. Reed of Idaho Tech introduced him and praised the visitor. The address urged support for the War Savings stamp campaign and linked American and French ideals of world freedom. The gathering began with America and closed with The Star Spangled Banner.
Zurich June 29 report says Vienna market sold horses for slaughter at an unprecedented 375 to 500 dollars each this week, reflecting a sharp rise amid demand and supply pressures.
The report describes two trains of soldiers arriving at the Washing ton cantonment for a review. The second train carried the same number of cars as the first, with soldiers from different branches. Eirn est Lamar, a popular Pocatello youth, accompanied the contingent but had little time to locate friends during the short stop. he expressed satisfaction with soldier life.
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