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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1930
Page
3
Six gunmen entered the Cottage Inn nightclub in Chicago at opening, used a lookout, fired over the crowd, and held ten patrons. They forced food and entertainment, beat the orchestra leader, and escaped with $400 cash and $700 in jewelry after about an hour.
Downey Utah June 28 Portneuf Stake Relief societies held their annual needlework exhibit at Arimo with nearly every ward represented. The program included music and readings led by Stake President Mrs Dicey W Henderson. Mrs Minnie Price of McCammon shared a lively talk about her Europe trip. A basket lunch followed. About one hundred ladies attended with several Downey residents listed as attendees. The event marked the final exhibit of the year as next year shifts to charity articles.
Aberdeen civic golf project moves forward after a meeting of enthusiasts. Plans include clearing sage brush on six fairways, mowing grass, and building sand greens at six holes on the municipal links. The site sits on land bought by the chamber of commerce for airport use and golf facilities.
A Hailey Adver tiser led goodwill tour promotes the 305 mile Scenic Loop linking Craters of the Moon Wood River valley and Stanley Basin lake region. The Craters of the Moon Travel association distributes literature from West Yellow stone and touts a dirt road Arco Hailey route. Rexburg derby on July 4 offers 6500 in prizes drawing strong outside entrants.
Rexburg prepares for a three day Whoopee from July 2 to 4, touted as the area’s largest Independence Day celebration. The event, born from last year’s successful inaugural year, features a rodeo judged on par with Cheyenne and Pendleton, under continued management from the previous year.
Blackfoot news notes county assessor W A McGowan of Challis visiting Friday. F M Hurdle and wife return from fishing and plan trips to Stanley country and Twin Peaks. Elizabeth Kennedy returns from Phoenix. Mrs James Young and Mrs L B Douney visit Boise friends. Kinney family and Rebecca Archer visit Rexburg. James Lee visits Challis. Jean Bernette attends Mackay Rodeo.
The project will start courses and play soon but no organization will form until more residents join to ensure a representative voice in rules and officer selection. Everyone is invited, especially first time golfers, with H. C. Toews advising on golf course activities.
Senator Wm. E. Borah will speak at the Rexburg tabernacle on July 4. Special loudspeaker arrangements will ensure the entire audience hears the Independence Day address.
Salmon resident Salmon-Lawrence White son of Mr and Mrs Russ White will leave New York next Monday for a concert tour of major European cities. He will be accompanied by Ernest Schelling. White has long played percussion with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and is gaining international fame. He trained musically in Salmon under Claude Coyle.
The initial lot of pooled lambs from Lincoln county, departing Shoshone and Richfield ten days earlier in three cars, brought strong prices. Shoshone stock averaged 9.91 dollars per hundredweight, Richfield lambs 9.95 dollars. A six car shipment followed on Wednesday.
Two cars loaded at Macon, one at Richfield, and three at Shoshone carrying lambs. Charles Dill accompanied the animals to market with expected sales in Omaha or Sioux City. A further loading of pooled lambs is planned around July 15 per County Agent Truman C. Anderson.
James D. Little of Howe sold about 10 000 fleeces of his 1930 wool crop at a sale in Arco last Saturday. A Boston firm won the contract after bids from several bidders, though the price paid was not announced.
ARCO friends report Rev. Geo MacDougall has accepted a pastorate at the Baptist church in Stevensville Montana and began duties a week ago. He left Arco two years ago for Corvallis Montana near Stevensville in the Bitter Root valley.
Final arrangements for the big July Fourth celebration at Lidy Hot Springs are set this week. Next Friday will feature rodeo facilities and activities with programs printing and grounds being prepared for a large crowd and a guaranteed big time for all participants.
Jasper A Toner pioneer editor and founder of The Aberdeen Times died at his Seattle home on Monday evening June 16. Toner arrived in Aberdeen in 1908 with his family to take up a homestead and built a career as a skilled printer and editor.
The founder started the Aberdeen newspaper in 1911 under the name The Gazette with two pages. It later became The Aberdeen Times, grew in size, and after a stroke of paralysis the paper was sold in 1920 to Lee Jenkins, while the founder moved with his family to Seattle.
Plans for a fourteenth Mackay rodeo at the fairgrounds present a color filled program for Friday and Saturday July 4 and 5. Arena directors Bam Jarvis of Ogden and Charles Snook of Salmon lead a financially backed event by Mackay institutions. Cowboys cowgirls Indians squaws bucks and papooses will perform in events designed to echo the days of the old frontier.
The state board of equalization sets the valuation of all taxable property at 1.9 billion dollars, up 71 million from last year. The increase reflects adjustments in property values across the state and will influence tax assessments and revenues for local governments.
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