Commissioners Approve Paving Plan for Old Oregon Trail West
Bannock county board of commissioners on Wednesday passed a resolution authorizing a 1250 dollar appropriation for initial expenses and a 36750 dollar federal aided sum for paving the first section west from Pocatello planned across 15.9 miles with 400 thousand dollars total cost. The plan allocates 36150 for Bannock county 15750 for county funds and 72500 for federal aid for the first five miles. Other items include remodeling county steps and uniform terms for hospital board members with term extensions for C E M Loux to May 1 1926 and W H Snyder to May 1 1928.
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Bannock County
Bannock
Power County
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W. H. Snyder
1919 World Series Fix Profits Reported by Chicago Gambler Cleanup
The Chicago Tribune reports the 1919 World Series fix earned the Ark gamblers about a half million dollars from bets on Denham and Firmament at a Miami race. Chicago bookmakers faced a $200,000 loss. handbooks in Detroit Cincinnati St Louis and other cities also felt the impact.
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Chica& Tribune
Newark
Miami
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Tribune
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Cincinnati
St. Louis
Denham
Firmament
Saya
Caldwell Man Tries to Take Own Life
John McGinnis of 807 Belmont attempted suicide Tuesday at 2 pm. He was found in a basement with wrists and neck cut by a razor. He recently moved to be with his sister and suffered a prior sun stroke. He is resting easy at the hospital with a good chance to recover.
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Caldwell
John McGinnis
Belmont
McGinnis
Silver Creek
Bellevue
Mohair Clip Shows Big Increase Across Six States
The United States mohair clip totaling 1 043 000 pounds across six states, which produce 96 percent of the national supply, rose sharply from 1923’s 8 651 000 pounds. Texas led with 8 471 000 pounds, up 1 371 000, with New Mexico, Arizona, California and Oregon also key producers.
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United States
Department of Agriculture
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Oregon
Bomb at Clody's Door Targets Coroner Jury Foreman
Chicago reports say Laureate Clody, foreman of the coroner's jury probing the death of William Nelson McClintock, millionaire heir, survived a bomb attack on his florist shop after a caller and a phone inquiry. The inquest into McClintock's death continued for twenty days amid tensions with Shepherd's attorney accusing bias toward Judge Olsen.
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Chicago
Clody
William Nelson McClintock
William D. Shepherd
Melintock
Harry Olsen
Nomination Approved for Honolulu Customs Collector
Senate confirmed Mrs. Jeanette A. Hyde of Salt Lake City as collector of customs at Honolulu succeeding the resigning Harry B. Murray. Hyde was nominated late yesterday with approval granted for the position pending formal installation.
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Washington
Senate
Jeanette A. Hyde
Salt Lake City
Honolulu
Harry B. Murray
Warren defeat blamed on colleagues tactics in Congress
Washington dispatch notes Charles B. Warren was defeated for attorney general amid Republican infighting. Absences of five key administration senators, including Howell, shifted the vote, raising concerns about party discipline and the administration's leverage as insurgent Republicans gain influence.
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Indarge
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West
United States
Bandits Hold Up Work Train Between Cities
Three armed men halted a Santa Fe work train at Wiseburn siding near Los Angeles, corralling about 100 laborers and taking an estimated 1 000 to 5 000 dollars before fleeing in an automobile. No resistance from workers was reported.
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Los Angeles
Mar
Wiseburn Siding
Here
Redondo Beach
Steel Corporation to Make Report
New York report indicates U S Steel will publish its annual financial statement within a week or two. The disclosure reportedly shows the strongest financial structure since its founding 84 years ago.
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New York
Financial District
U. S. Steel Corporation
Sions Takes Oath of Office
Berlin March 12 AP Dr Walter Simons took the oath as acting president to assume the duties after Friedrich Eber. The ceremony in the Reichstag featured a brief speech by Loebe and the Communist party stayed away. Simons pledged impartiality and to hand over the office unsullied to his successor.
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Berlin
Walter Simons
German Republic
Friederich Eber
Odtor Simons
Reichstag
Herr Loebe
British Forces Slightly Pruned for 1925 26
London reports the British army will hold land forces at 160 600 men for 1925 26 a reduction of 1 000 with maintenance costs set at 44 600 000 pounds compared with 45 000 000 last year. The secretary of war notes weak recruiting last year with over half of applicants rejected for physique education and character and mentions ongoing light tank development and stronger gas defense measures.
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London
Laningorthington Evans
American who freed hostages in Suchow dies in Peking
Roy Anderson, an American noted for negotiating with Chinese bandits to release twenty seven kidnapped foreigners at Suchow on May 6, 1923, died in Peking from pneumonia. He formerly managed the Standard Oil company in this city.
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Peking
Roy Anderson
Suchow
Standard
Money tightness seen to persist into next month
Wall Street bankers expect continued tight money rates in April as interior borrowing extends at least 380 days. Interior withdrawals tax payments and Treasury financing activity were noted to give the market a firmer undertone through March 20.
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New York
Wall Street
Treasury
Wealthy Osage Indian Dies in Council Bluffs
RH A Wickham 38, a millionaire contractor and financier, was found dead in his Council Bluffs home after apparently hanging himself. He had suffered a nervous breakdown and relied on a nurse after a Christmas Eve car crash that killed his nurse and Mrs Wickham and injured his son Bernard.
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RH. A. Wickham
Leo Wickham
J. C. Shafer
Wickham
Town
Nebraska
Illinoig
Mr. Wickham
Kansas Senate Passes Exclusion Bill for Japanese Ownership
Topeka Kansas March 12 the Kansas senate passed the exclusion bill adding new fees and prohibitions on Japanese from owning or leasing land in Kansas awaiting the governor's signature.
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Topeka
Kansas
The
Kansas Senate
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