Council Appropriates 1000 To Dig a Test Well
The Pocatello city council, with a bare quorum, approved $1000 to dig a test well for a municipal pumping plant. Mayor Loux said 200 feet might not reach the water belt, leaving site choices to the fire and water committee and city engineer. Bills for street work and sewer estimates were discussed, with Havener’s $250 bill allowed. other bills referred or approved as read.
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Terrell
Fusz
Smith
Civic Club
Brady
Joint Institute
Loux
Pocatello
Fire and Water Committee
Havener
Ecouncil
J. 8. Sims
Bannock Hotel
Sims
Highway and Light Committee
J. F. Murray
Bannock
Bell Telephone Company
Weezer Lumber Company
George Cash
Finance Committee
Williams
Drought Grips Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia
Drought cripples industry as western Pennsylvan ia and West Virginia suffer prolonged heat and little rain. Farmers haul water from stagnant pools for domestic use while streams dry up. Johnstown reservoirs run dry and Morganstown's American Sheet and Tin Plate plant suspends operations.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Johnstown
Hinckton Run
Morganstown
W. Va
American Sheet & Tin Plate Company
Drouth
Rawhide Nevada Town Fire Disrupts Western Union Arena
Word reaches San Francisco that Rawhide Nevada is burning. The Western Union arena has burned and wire communication is interrupted. No details yet available. Rawhide, a town of 2,500 in the southern part of the state, faces a serious blaze.
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Rawhide
San Francisco
Nev
Western Union
Dietrich Returns from Boise at Noon
C. C. Dietrich the private secretary for Mr. Brady arrived back at noon today from Boise.
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C. C. Dietrich
Mr. Brady
Boise
Highland Valley Rancher Found Dead
William C. Simmons a Highland valley rancher was found dead in a corral this morning at Boise Idaho where he had gone to milk his clothes bloodstained awaiting coroner arrival. Two years earlier Simmons was tried and acquitted of murdering August Stanke in a line fence dispute and wounded Louis Jaeurnig with Jaeurnig testifying at the trial.
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Boise
Idaho
William C. Simmons
Highland Valley
Simmons
August Stanke
Stanke
Louis Jaeurnig
Jaeurnig
Wheat King Dalrymple Dies at Casselton Ranch
Oliver Dalrymple, the Bonanza Wheat King, died at his Casselton North Dakota ranch yesterday from heart disease brought on by old age. His Dalrymple farm spanned seventeen sections totaling 10,880 acres.
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St. Paul
Oliver Dalrymple
Casselton
N. D
Dalrymple
Immigrant Commissioner Frank P. Sargent Dies in Washington
Washington Sept 4 Frank P Sargent commissioner of immigration died in the city today from stomach trouble He was 54 years old Sargent served as chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen for 17 years from 1885 to 1902
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Washington
Frank P. Sargent
Sargent
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Death of W L Escher in Fremont county gun accident
W L Escher of this city was accidentally shot near Driggs Fremont county Tuesday evening and died shortly after. He was in a wagon with his wife and Miss Mamie Taylor when a double barrel shotgun slipped from his lap and discharged, the shot hitting him in the lower breast. Funeral services are planned from Temple C Smith's residence and St Josephs church.
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W. L. Escher
Driggs
Fremont County
Temple C. Smith
South Fourth Avenue
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
St. Anthony
Manassa’s
Mr. Escher
Mamie Taylor
Academy of Idaho
Eschers
Anti Dubois Ticket Filed at Court House
Boise, Sept 4 The anti Dubois ticket was accepted as the regular Democratic ticket by the secretary of state. When the Dubois ticket was presented he refused filing. Mandamus proceedings against the secretary of state will be brought in the supreme court by the Dubois faction.
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Boise
Dubois
Democratic Party
Lansdon
Supreme Court
Taft Plans Speaking Tour From Sandusky to Cincinnati
Chicago reports the Republican presidential candidate Mr Taft will deliver brief speeches on his Sandusky to Cincinnati trip Tuesday. The move signals the start of several speaking tours with states pressing for October campaign participation. Chairman Hitchcock and Taft will discuss the plan tomorrow.
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Chicago
Republican
Taft
Sandusky
Cincinnati
Hitchcock
Bryan Busy at Fairview Home and Fairgrounds
William J. Bryan spoke at the State fair grounds and at the Tabitha Home for the Aged near Fairview delivering dedication addresses. He drew hundreds, did a photograph interview, and discussed politics while visiting in his office. Herman Ridder of New York, a Democratic campaigner, brought by promising western support among farmers.
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Fairview
Lincoln
William J. Bryan
Tabitha Home
Herman Ridder
New York
Ridder
Short Line Seems Well Supplied If Coalis Unchanged
General Manager W H Bancroft and General Superintendent J M Davis report after visiting Kemmerer Wyoming that coal supplies suffice for about 60 days for the Oregon Short Line at current operations. They note mines have been running half time and upriver lines face similar limits and warn residents to stockpile coal in summer.
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Salt Lake
W. H. Bancroft
J. M. Davis
Oregon Short Line
Kemmerer
Wyoming
Bancroft
Oregon
Big Pocatello Race Meet Draws Record Entries
Entries pour in for the Pocatello Fair and Driving association meet opening next Monday. Logan supplies eight horses, Preston six, St. Anthony six, and Ogden nine as records look to be broken in Bannock County.
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Pocatello
Bannock County
Lee Harper Walker
Fair Grounds
Trapp & Mooney
Butte
Tribune
Fairground
Closing Session Of Teachers Institute At Auditorium Tonight
Civic club hosts reception for about a thousand teachers at Hon. James H. Brady home in Pocatello. Electric lights, music, and a punch reception mark a grand social event before the institute closes with Miss S Belle Chamberlain delivering an address on Early History of Idaho at the auditorium.
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Teachers’ Institute
Brady Home
Civic Club
Belle Chamberlain
James H. Brady
North Arthur Avenue
Pocatello
Boise
Jessie Newlin
Dr. Howard
46 Game Hogs in County Jail
Game Warden Lou Wilson and deputies Barnhart and Lightner arrived in Wallace mounted and armed to escort 46 prisoners arrested for dynamiting fish in the Coeur d Alene river to Shoshone county jail. The city turnout accompanied the cavalcade as the prisoners await trial.
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Wallace
Thale
Lou Wilson
Barnhart and
Lightner
Coeur d’Alene
Shoshone
Noted Japanese Official Visits Pocatello
M Hanihara secretary to the Japanese minister to the United States visited Pocatello last night. He toured the city with H P Kinrt before heading to Seattle Portland Los Angeles and other coast cities then to New Orleans and back to Washington. The diplomat declined interviews regarding recalls of the Japanese minister.
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M. Hanihara
United States
Pocatello
H. P. Kinrt
Seattle
Portland
Los Angeles
New Orleans
Washington
Hanihara
Pond Makes Fine Speech at Boise Nomination
N. 8 Pond returned home with his family after delivering the nominating speech at Boise for governor candidate James H. Brady. The eloquent orator received many congratulations for the masterly effort and strong presentation.
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Pond
Boise
James H. Brady
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Shoshone County
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