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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1925
Page
6
The adjourned meeting reviewed the city clerk and treasurer annual reports and the police chief’s figures. Treasurer receipts for 1924 25 totaled 662599 37 up from 445268 16, while the clerk’s year showed 11727 25 in licenses and sales. Chief Lehrbas listed 1160 arrests with intoxication leading at 250 and 29 452 01 recovered property.
Monday evening May 11 the Pocatello Voiture of La Societe des 40 Hommes et 8 Chevaux will stage polo on West Center Street between Arthur and Main to inaugurate Aberdeen venture transfer to Blackfoot and initiate candidates from Blackfoot Downey and nearby towns A polo game will pair two picked teams led by Paul Bryan and Ivan Gasser followed by a banquet at the Bannock hotel.
The Pocatello chamber of commerce luncheon at Bannock Hotel hosts a Music Week program on Wednesday noon to observe Mothers Day. T. R. Neilson leads a musical set including My Mothers Bible Praying For You Mother Mahree Thinking of Mother and Home The Songs My Sainted Mother Sang A Flower for Your Mother Dear Mrs Neilson assists at the piano. J. I. King speaks Give More Thought to Music and Rev George Sloan speaks Mothers Day. A large attendance is expected.
Local residents glimpse the first signs of summer as straw hats appear. Merchants plan to wait until May 15 to feature Milans and Panamas, while Boise shops report early season push. After May 15, Pocatello will lift winter Feodora wearers into summer straw.
April saw 56 percent sunshine per A R Teeple. The highest temperature reached 75 on April 30, the low was 29 on April 28. Eight days were clear, 10 partly cloudy, 12 cloudy. Thunderstorms occurred on the 5th 11th and 17th. frosts occurred on the 3rd 6th 9th 20th 25th 27th 28th 29th. heavy frosts on the 3rd 6th 20th 27th 29th. killing frost on the 28th.
Strong interest grows in a proposed straight line road from Idaho Falls to Arco shortening the distance by 46 miles, enabling quicker access for tourists to Craters of the Moon and Yellowstone. The Pocatello chamber of commerce supports the project, Idaho Falls has raised private funds, and the road would aid inland and tourist traffic across the valley.
A jury in a case against H Harrold and Mrs Harrold over employing a minor in theatrical work reported a hang jury after testimony from Lillian Gibson 15 and other troupe members. Defense and state attorneys presented their arguments amid questions about ages and contracts. The report notes a separate line about the highest price ever paid for a star hockey player in Great Britain at 2500 dollars.
A catalog of unsold items from Reliable Jewelry Shop in Pocatello Idaho lists bargains including a 19 jewel Elgin watch for 20 dollars a Fox portable typewriter for 19 dollars a Deagan bells set for 7.50 a saxophone for 20 dollars a Gibson mandolin for 40 dollars a surveyor level and transit for 65 dollars a Hartmann wardrobe trunk for 17.50 a Winchester rifle 15 dollars a Edison sewing machine 35 dollars a Westinghouse motor 10 dollars a diamond ring 600 dollars and a platinum diamond dinner ring 250 dollars an old Vanguard Waltham watch 25 dollars.
Pocatello visitors Hugh Rankin and George L. Stone discussed the Ashton to Yellowstone Bechler highway with local chamber leaders J Robb Brady and others. They expect three government units to attend with officials from Yellowstone Park and forestry departments, aiming for a concrete plan if funds are available. The route would shorten travel to the Jackson Hole region and boost tourist access, reducing distance from Pocatello to the park by about forty five miles.
George Morrison district leader for the boys and girls clubs of the state visited Pocatello en route from Soda Springs to the upper Snake river valley. He oversees club leaders and agriculture promotion county work while noting Wilson’s notable sheep club progress in Caribou. Caribou county commissioners have halted that work for now. Morrison praised statewide progress and the program’s future impact.
The schedule lists multiple club and church activities. The Woman's Missionary Society hosts a special program at 8 pm at the Nazarene church with songs readings and field reports. The Star of the East club plans a dancing party at Highway Inn on Friday May 8.
R T Kilby of the Burroughs Adding Machine Co moves to Pocatello to serve as local representative and headquarters. He has long been with Burroughs and moves from Ogden to expand service to merchants in the territory.
The senior class will be excused from final examinations at the close of the semester before graduation. The board agrees to waive seniors exams if the students maintain satisfactory work and avoid absences for three weeks. All other classes will take exams as usual.
Plans set the boy scout camp on the east fork of Min creek to run June 20 through July 20 this summer with Floyd Barber, former Pocatello resident now Salmon City schools superintendent, in charge. A father and son outing is scheduled for July 23 to 25. Scout Executive Bury Blevins and associates Earl Boaden F C Terrell John Brady and S E Brady leave in the morning for an inspection trip.
Mrs. H. B. Seydel mother of Mrs. A. W. Lee of this city died at her daughter’s home 421 North Harrison Monday at 3 PM. A pioneer resident long linked to Pocatello social life she spent years in California before returning to live with her daughter. Survived by husband daughter and sister Mrs David Cromwell of Chicago funeral Wednesday at Trinity Episcopal church Archdeacon Stoy officiating. Interment Mountainview Cemetery by McHan Undertaking.
Repair work on the front entrance of the county building began this morning under contract awarded to C. Cragum Jr at Friday’s county commissioner meeting. The project will be rushed to completion.
Advertising copy asserts constipation harms beauty and links to many diseases. It promotes Kellogg's All-Bran as the doctor recommended remedy, claims permanent relief with regular use, notes a 100 percent bran formula, and urges two tablespoonfuls daily with recipes and purchase guarantees.
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