Pocatello readies grand Fourth of July decorations
Pocatello plans a gala Fourth of July celebration with extensive decorating. A committee led by Frank Birrill and J K Corbridge coordinates carpentry and painting while Fire Chief Canfield reviews plans. Merchants are urged to decorate their storefronts and promote local pride.
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Pocatello
Frank F. Birrill
Fargo Wilson- Wells
P T Lake
Internation Rotary Club
Mae
Pocatelo
J. K. Corbridge
Mr. Birerill
Jolsen
Canfield
Bannock County War Mothers Association
W. R. Trapp
Roy Marta
Victory Club
Victory
Bonneville School
Lery
License Issued and Local Notices Highlight Daily Briefs
A marriage license was issued to Lloyd J. Anderson of Blackfoot and Vernice B. Waage of Omaha. Various items include a police resignation. Highlanders meet. infant death. liquor charge. civic travels. multiple marriages. vacations. a jail custody case. and a conference of Idaho school superintendents at the Idaho Technical Institute.
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Lioyd J. Anderson
Blackfoot
Vernice B. Waage
Smaha
Two Marines Return Home as Brother Is Wounded in France
A local man Mowlay returned from Quan tito Virginia where he received his honorable discharge from the U S Marine corps after over nine months in France with the Fifth Division Marines. His brother Joseph is recovering in a New York hospital from wounds received in action in France while serving with the Marines. Both were former employees of the Oliver Grocery Company.
Railroads Update From Pocatello and Yellowstone Trips
L R Wood former Short Line auditor and Union Pacific auditing official based in Omaha visits Pocatello for department matters. J C Clark of Safety First inspects Short Line. No accidents during No Accident Week. several crew changes noted and Yellow stone telegraph activity surpasses two hundred messages daily.
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L. R. Wood
Union Pacific
Omaha
J.C. Clark
General Superintendent of Safety
Pocatello
Pocatello Short Lipo
Yellowstone Stato
Evergreen Highway boosters dine with Tacoma Rotary group
Francis H. Sweethand president of the Evergreen Highway association and a Tacoma Rotary party were hosted at a Commercial Club luncheon in Bannock hotel. The group toured from Tacoma to Salt Lake and Yellowstone park while discussing road projects and connecting the northwest.
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Francis HH. Sweethand
Evergreen Highway Association
Party of Good Roads and
Rotary Boosters
Tacoma
Wash
FE. Brady
Commercial Eluob
Bannock Hotel
Sweetland
C. A. Collins
M. W. Sherman
Washington
John Frank
Pocatelia
Yellowshine Park
Ilaho
Great North Country
Puget Hound
Idaho Officials Begin Northern Land Board Tour
Attorney General Black and Land Commissioner Nash left Boise for Priest Lake to kick off a 10 day tour covering northern counties. Timber fire associations appraisals and land selections will be key topics of the visit. In other news Colonel Patch says University of Idaho cadet officers are temporary National Guard members and not eligible for longevity pay. D P Pratt reports wool sales and a large stock in Soda Springs warehouse. In Blackfoot Rexburg resident Lee H Turner won the first draw in the U S land lottery, with Sawtelle and Edwards securing identical preferred plots nearby.
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Boise
Black
Nash
Priest Lake
Land Board
Patch
University of Idaho
National Guard
Lee H. Turner
Rexburg
Idaho
Drigga
Kr. L. Sawtelle
Pocatello
T. J. Edwards
Idaho Falls
Sawtelle
Edwards
Local Vets Elect Veterans Officers in Twin Falls
The G. A. R. department encampment at Twin Falls elected Col. J. B. Parsons of Poca Tell o to senior vice commander and Silas Wilson of Nampa to commander for the coming year. Parsons, aged 19 when he joined Company A, 18th Maine, later served in the First Maine Heavy Artillery and rose to sergeant. His unit suffered heavy losses across eighteen battles and numerous skirmishes, with only about 200 of 2,200 soldiers returning with the colors.
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Department Or State
Twin Falls
J. B. Parsons
Pocatello
Silas Wilson
Nampa
Col. Parsons
18Th Maine, Volunteer Infantry
Heavy Artillery
First
Maine Heavy Artillery
Parsons
Shaw
Massive land draw draws 1000 filings in Idaho tract sale
On record 175 filings per tract mark the eagerness to acquire land proposed for wheat. over 1000 filings indicate intense demand. Tracts are valued at not less than $10 000 each, with some buildings noted. In Boise the state highway department adds 49 Army surplus trucks, bringing total to 147. The trucks will cost only freight to the state. Secretary Brown heads southeast state business on a road trip. Road work near Beaver Dams improves safety and mobility under L C Larsen and crew. Idaho grand lodge Knights of Pythias allocates 1500 for an old age pension fund and reorganizes age limits. Interstate commerce hearing in Portland set to discuss protective freight service charges for the northwest.
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Boise
State Highway Department
State Department
Hall
Public Works Department
Twin Palls
Idaho Grand Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Kellogg
Grand Lodge
Supreme Lodge
Thomas R. Jones
Wardner
Charles KB. Harris
Blackfoot
Idaho Grand Temple
Pythian Sisters
Nellie Siggins
Twin Falls
Kate Dyer
Spirit Lake
Laura Edlin
Weiser
The
Order
Northwest
Interstate Ecommerce Commission
Portland
Ore
Public Utilities Commission
Leonard Way
Idaho
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Red River
Fergus Falls
Lake Alive
Grand Hotel
Rhinon
Lake Alice
State Insane Hospital
Wright and
St. Luke’s Hospitals
Minnesota
Frankberg
Idaho Utilities Meet Seeks Tariff Hike for Protective Service
Public utilities commissioners Freshafer Erb and Sweeley prepare to discuss rising costs and a necessary tariff increase to sustain protective services such as car icing in summer and conveyor heating in winter. Attending are attorney Raymond Givens and rate expert Leonward Way, with many Idaho shippers expected.
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Freshafer
Erb
Sweeley
Raymond Givens
Leonward Way
Idaho
Daylight Saving to End in October
Washington reports that House and Senate conferees approved a rider on the agricultural appropriation bill to repeal daylight saving next October 26. The Navy appropriation bill totals 646,272,000 dollars, up 44,803,000, with manpower set to 191,000 and aviation funds up to 35,000,000. The immigration committee advances a deportation bill for undesirable aliens.
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Washington
House
Senate
Senate Naval Committee
Navy
Navy Aviation Fund
House Immigration Committee
Johnson
Wilson May Act On Day Measure
In Washington on June 24 the senate and house judiciary committees planned to report prohibition enforcement bills next week to beat the July 1 dry period. President action is seen as likely but not confirmed. The house panel rejected giving the president power to suspend enforcement for light wines and beer during wartime. The senate panel widened the law by making it a crime to possess any intoxicating liquor recipe.
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Washington
Senate
House Judiciary
Congress
House
Overseas Dead Are Properly Cared For
Secretary Baker replied to Senator Chamberlain that bodies are moved from isolated burying grounds to large cemeteries and that the cemeteries are being cared for everywhere in France.
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Washington
Chamberlain
Oregon
France
Baker
Get the Big Idea and Rest Is Easy Says Major Reed
Major Fred R. Reed executive secretary of the Idaho Reclamation Association discusses water scarcity in Idaho. He urges broad support to unite counties, coordinate with western states, secure federal reclamation funding, and treat the issue as a state wide, long term effort beyond local politics. He notes the dry year underscores the need to end water loss to the sea and to develop irrigated lands and swamp lands.
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Fred R. Reed
Idaho Reclamation Association
Snake River Valley
Huntington
Pocatello
Reed
Idaho
Arrowrock
Boise
R. W. Gooding
Shoshone
Major Reed
Snake
Columbia
State Association
Gooding
Davis
R. M. McCracken
Congress of the United States
Sixty Now Figured Dead at Fergus Falls
Fergus Falls Minn June 24 Telephone lines to the storm stricken area were restored late yesterday and Adjutant General W T Rhinow reported the casualty toll now at sixty with details still incomplete from the Fergus Falls region and surrounding towns
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Fergus Falls
Minn
W. T. Rhinow
Ex-Governor Frank Gooding Stricken Ill in Transit
Ex-Governor Frank R. Gooding was removed from a Short Line passenger train at Kemmerer Wyoming in a serious condition while en route from Washington to Idaho. He was sent to the Mayo Brothers in Rochester Minnesota with his wife supervising, to seek treatment.
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Rochester
Villa Falls in Clash Over Villa Ahumada
Federal forces under General Quiroga attacked Villa positions in Villa Ahumada on Saturday, a three hour fight ending with heavy casualties. Sixty three Villa rebels were killed and many wounded as federal cavalry charged the town.
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el Paso
Villa Ahumada
Quiroga
Italians Ready to Sign the Treaty
Rome reports the Italian delegation to the peace conference expects to arrive in Paris on Wednesday to sign the peace treaty. The group includes Foreign Minister Tittoni and three senators led by Francisco Nitti, who is regarded as favorable to America and aims to improve relations with the United States.
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Rome
Paris
Tittoni
Francisco Nitti
America
Gugielmo Marcolli
Nitti
Fighting for Food in German Centers
Berlin riots in the northern suburbs saw police and soldiers exchange fire with rioters as food shortages prompted clashes. Reports from Mannheim indicate eleven killed and thirty seven wounded, with about two hundred arrested. In Rye Beach two unidentified aviators died when a military plane crashed and burned after a fuel fire.
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Berlin
Associated Presa
Mannheir
Rye Beach
New York
Juno of
Army
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Country Gentleman
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Salt Lake
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