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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1919
Page
6
Pocatello will host a grand Fourth of July event with elaborate decorations. Local merchants and citizens are urged to join as committees to decorate storefronts and homes, aiming for a memorable display to honor heroes and boost the town.
A marriage license was issued to Lloyd J Anderson of Blackfoot and Vernice B Waage of Omaha. S Pace resigned as force sergeant from the police. a new officer will be appointed. Royal Highlanders Kensington meet Thursday with Mrs J H Guyman invited. The infant son of Mr and Mrs Loreine Follick died. funeral held. interment Mountainview. Hi Jones arrested for selling intoxicating liquor to Indians. likely to face federal transfer. N I MeHan of MeHan Undertaking returned from Salt Lake City after Rotary convention duties and local business matters.
Goes to Convention Superintendent W. R. Siders leaves for the NEA convention in Milwaukee. His summer session post at the Tech will be filled by H. G. Blue of Twin Malls, expected to arrive tonight.
The Elks baseball team under Al Breace leaves on No. 18 today for Montpelier to face the Montpelier club this afternoon. The locals have Kemmerer on Wednesday afternoon and a large booster delegation will attend the game in Kemmerer tomorrow.
Marriages occur in Downey with Carl Carrier and Essie Whitaker and another couple William Lamasters and Marguerite Heller wed by Justice Tupper. W. Perry family heads for a week’s fishing vacation to Kirie and Rigby. Deputy Bell reports a woman held for theft of a suitcase of booze in Lava. Idaho County superintendents visit Idaho Technical Institute for a full day conference led by State Superintendent Redfield and President Frazier.
Three auto drivers pled not guilty before Judge Lockhart this morning and trials were set for this afternoon. Frank Gray pled guilty to the charge and was sentenced to 50 days in the city jail. A man charged with intoxication drew 16 days. a woman charged with soliciting pled not guilty and trial set for Wednesday morning. Glass breaking cases noted as mostly stopped after local advocacy and press coverage.
Mowdray returns from Quan tico with honorable discharge from the Marine Corps after service in France with the Fifth Division. His brother Joseph is recovering in a New York hospital from wounds received in action while serving in France. Both were former Oliver Grocery employees. Women and girls swim and gym classes proceed tomorrow until 5 PM, with the pool available all day. Cakes needed for the Fourth of July dinner for soldiers sailors and marines, call Mrs WooR Trapp or Mrs Ron Marta. Victory Club meets at Bonneville school Thursday to organize Fourth of July parade plans for Pocatello youths.
Regular meeting of the Pocatello Knights of Columbus will be held tomorrow evening with record attendance expected. Matters regarding the Fourth of July celebration will be discussed and arrangements assigned by Grand Knight O Malley. New members initiated Sunday are urged to attend. George F Stratton of Country Gentleman is in town researching the role of women farm managers in western territories.
L. R. Wood, recently auditor on the Short Line and new Union Pacific auditing department representative based in Omaha, is in the city for department matters. J. C. Clark of Safety First is inspecting the Short Line, has been in Pocatello today. No accidents have occurred on the Short Line since No Accident week began last Sunday. E. P. Gilbraith is visiting family in Huntington, Oregon, with Parrell temporarily relieving him.
Engineer W. C. Raidy is laid off to handle engineers grievance committee matters. Fireman H. U. Stocker returns after leave and accepts a Second district turn. Fireman H. V. Bonar resigns for service after fishing days on the north branch. The Yellowstore season opens. telegraphic volume rises. Accident Week reports no incidents to date in the yard department.
R. 0. Bruce, third trick operator in the yard office, is assigned to an agency at Sage, Wyoming. He will leave soon to take the new post and will be relieved by operator Joe Galict. L. M. Rush, chief yard clerk, is in for the upper country on short notice.
Francis H. Sweetland of the Evergreen Highway association and a Tacoma booster delegation, including A. Collins and M. W. Sherman, are touring the Evergreen Highways from Tacoma to Salt Lake. They spoke of linking the northwest with Idaho and British Columbia via a contractor-driven, unit-by-unit road program and highlighted Salmon river canyon as key.
Attorney General Black and Land Commissioner Nash left Boise for Priest Lake as the first stop of a 10 day northern county tour to focus on timber fire associations appraisals and land selections. Colonel Patch ruled University of Idaho cadet corps officers are temporary National Guard members not eligible for longevity pay. D P Pratt bought wool at Soda Springs with prices around 50 cents per pound and about 6000 bags remain in the warehouse valued at $900000 as shearing winds down.
Rexburg resident H Turner drew the first number in the U S land lottery and secured a 38 quarter section tract five to ten miles northwest of Drig. B L Sawtelle of Pocatello drew second and T J Edwards of Idaho Falls third, with each winner obtaining the exact tract they previously desired.
Colonel J J Warsons of Poca tello elected senior vice commander and Silas Wilson of Nampa named department commander at the G A R encampment in Twin Falls. Parsons, who enlisted in 1862, served in Co A 18th Maine Infantry later reformed as First Maine Heavy Artillery. He survived battles with heavy losses totaling about 1428 killed or wounded including prisoners.
On record 175 filings were made with over 1000 people seeking to secure land worth no less than ten thousand dollars each. The parcels are to be planted to wheat and include some buildings. A large turnout at the drawing underscored the high demand for the select ground. Boise State highway department gains forty nine trucks from federal government, bringing total to 147. Trucks served army duty and were retrofitted. state bears only freight cost. Frank W. Brown travels on state business through southeastern Idaho visiting Hagerman Valley Twin Falls Shoshone and other towns. Grace road work improves route to Beaver Dams from Turner supervised by L. C. Larsen and crew as county officials fund major upgrades for automobile travel.
The Idaho grand lodge of Knights of Pythias concludes its twenty seventh annual session by dedicating 1500 from the general fund to an old ascension fund for the benefit of members in the state. A plan committee is to start at Kellogg next year. The limit for new members is proposed to drop from 21 to 18 years. Thomas B. Jones of Wardner retires as grand chancellor and is named junior supreme representative. Installation of officers is led by Charles E. Harris of Blackfoot. The Idaho grand temple of Pythian Sisters installs new officers with Mrs. Nellie Siggins of Twin Falls, assisted by Mrs. Kate Dyer of Spirit Lake and Mrs. Laura Edlin of Weiser. Installing officers are past grand chiefs. A Boise hearing on proposed protective freight service tariffs for the Northwest is set for Portland July 16 with Idaho public utilities commission and Rate Expert Leonard Way presenting. The conference follows Interstate Commerce Commission programs on refrigeration charges for perishable goods nationwide.
Idaho officials and several shippers prepare for a meeting on protecting service costs. Discussion covers icing cars in summer and heating conveyors in winter with public utilities commission members and rate experts attending. Wool sales and mine wage disputes also appear in brief notices across Boise Montpelier Lewiston Wallace.
Washington reports House and Senate conferees approved a rider repealing daylight saving law next October 26. The action is viewed as certain. The 1920 naval appropriation bill totals 646,272,000 dollars, up 44,805,000, with enlisted personnel rising to 191,000 and aviation funds to 35,000,000. The immigration committee voted to report a deportation bill for undesirable aliens.
Washington June 24 Congress moved to issue enforcement bills next week aiming to pass before July 1. Both the senate and house judiciary committees plan swift action, expecting a presidential move to halt the dry law. The house committee rejected giving the president power to suspend enforcement on light wines and beer during wartime prohibition. The senate panel widened the crime to possess liquor recipes while prohibiting sale and possession of formulas.
Secretary Baker replied to Senator Chamberlain that American cemeteries in France are being improved. Bodies from isolated burying grounds are moved to larger cemeteries and the sites are cared for everywhere.
Idaho Reclamation Association leader Major Fred R. Reed urges statewide unity to tackle water scarcity. He cites flood waters wasted to the Columbia, calls for organized action, federal support, and continued state cooperation to reclaim Idaho lands and boost prosperity. He intends to sequence visits and seek western state coordination to present a strong case to Congress.
Fergus Falls Minnesota June 24 telephone communication from Fergus Falls and the storm stricken territory to other cities in the state was restored late yesterday and over the telephone Adjutant General W F Rhinow gave an.
Ex Governor Frank R. Gooding, en route from Washington to Idaho, was seriously ill and removed from a Short Line train at Kemmerer Wyoming. He was sent with his wife to the Mayo Brothers Sanitarium in Rochester Minnesota for treatment. The nature of the illness was not disclosed.
El Paso reports sixty three Villa rebels killed and many wounded in a three hour battle as General Quiroga’s federal cavalry attacked Villa Ahumada to seize control.
Rome reports the Italian peace delegation led by Foreign Minister Tittoni and three senators including Francisco Nitti aims to reach Paris by Wednesday to sign the peace treaty. Gugielmo Marconi calls Nitti a friend of America and notes his desire to build closer ties with the United States.
Berlin dispatch reports police and soldiers exchanged fire with rioters in northern Berlin outskirts during food protests with no casualties among security forces. Other wires cite Mannheim tolls of eleven dead and thirty seven wounded from Sunday rioting. two hundred arrested. A separate note from Rye Beach, New York, records the death of two aviators in a crash when a plane fell and burned.
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