State and County News Highlights Idaho Agriculture and Figures
Articles list Idaho county valuations Ada Bonner and Kootenai totals, cattle from Texas, a Apple Valley death in Snake River, 1911 mine output and number of mines, state board of equalization Boise meeting, grain market outlook in North Idaho, Lewis county assessment rise, Tweedy gubernatorial campaign cost, a Coeur d Alene railroad damages suit, teacher examinations August 22 23 24, Lewiston Clarkston Fair plans, Hereford Shorthorn Angus cattle for University of Idaho foundation herd, Idaho Canning Co peas output, Kootenai County fair at Coeur d Alene September, county prize funds, St Anthony industrial school abuse investigation, Miles Johnston campaign expense, grain bag shortages for northwest harvest.
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Taft Vetoes Wool Tariff Revision Bill For Second Time
President Taft vetoed a bill to revise Schedule K of the Payne Aldrich law for the second time in a year. He returned the compromise measure to Congress blaming its low rates for risking the domestic wool industry and urged lawmakers to enact substantial duty reductions without undoing protection.
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Senate
United States
Only Made It Worse
A clipping describes Harry’s first dinner out with his mother, who shews him as a wise woman. He behaves as a perfect gentleman until dessert when she reproves him for wiping his spoon on his napkin. He replies that at home they always get clean spoons.
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Harry
Cleve
Seattle Teacher Falls 500 Feet on Mt Rainier Climb
Miss Helen Hunt, a Seattle school teacher, died after a 500 foot fall on Mt Rainier while leading a party of climbers. She reportedly became dizzy from thin air after reaching the summit of Pinnacle Peak.
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Helen Hunt
Seattle
Mt. Rainier
Pinnacle Peak
Haines Wins Narrow Idaho Governor Primary Lead
John M. Haines of Boise defeated Paul Clagstone by a slim margin in Idaho's Republican governor primary after final precincts gave Haines a 18 vote edge. Final totals showed Haines 12,862 to Clagstone 12,790 with Clagstone pledging to abide by the result and not seek a third party ticket.
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John M. Haines
Boise
Idaho
Paul Clagstone
Clagstone
Haines
J. H. Gipson
Progressive Party
Caldwell
Gipson
Progressive State Committee
Spokane
Milk as Summer Food Safety Advice from Idaho Lab
The piece warns that milk and dairy products spread diseases like tuberculosis, summer complaint, typhoid, and diphtheria when not properly handled. It advises rapid cooling, quick delivery, and consumption, and recommends heating milk to 155 degrees Fahrenheit for fifteen minutes to render it safe. The guidance is attributed to W. R. Wright, assistant bacteriologist at the Idaho Experiment Station.
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W. R. Wright
Idaho Experiment Station
Irrigation Plan for Rathdrum Prairie Grounded in Spokane Firm
Miller and Wallace of Spokane reportedly acquire land nearby to join the Spirit lake Brickel creek irrigation project backed by Chicago capital. Engineers allegedly bypass tunneling by tapping Brickel creek head to Spirit lake, enabling irrigation to Rathdrum prairie without crossing the divide. The plan aims to extend irrigation across Rathdrum prairie, spark land clearing, smaller farms, and population growth.
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Miller & Wallace Company
Spokane
Spirit Lake
Brickel Creek
Chicago
Rathdrum Prairie
Idaho Orchards Show Rapid Growth in Three-Year Span
Idaho horticultural report by Inspector McPherson details orchard expansion across 14 districts from 1910 to 1912. Acreage rose from 56,341 in 1910 to 142,775 in 1912, with district No. 8 Ada Elware reporting 21,800 acres in 1912 and Kootenai Bonner Shoshone leading 14 districts with 14,765 in 1912. Carloads shipped increased overall, from 3,014 in 1910 to 3,920 in 1912, while pruce trees decline in many areas signals shifting fruit trends.
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State Horticultural Department
Gem
McPherson
Ada
Elware
Kootenai
Bonner
ShorSbone
Water shortage praised as village council notes
The village board reported no water shortage this year, crediting leaks fixed by replacing wooden mains with iron. The meeting approved an E W Cady bid of 6050 to build a foot sidewalk along Russell block. The clerk to contact the deputy sanitary inspector over a nuisance near General Sparks’ home. Henry Liere’s refund of farmer’s water rent for 1912, amounting to 8, was approved.
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U.S
General Sparks
Henry Liere
Monster Icebergs Grow From Tiny Gleams At Sea
A historical note describes icebergs five miles long grounding at Cape Race in 1884 and three miles long sighted near Notre Dame Bay in 1892. It details their towering heights, from fifty to three hundred feet, and strange features like kite-like ice drippings and crests with captive cataracts.
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Universiti
Mariner
Labrador
Notre Dame Bay
Newfoundland
Barn Beed
Portia
Cape Fogo
Tve
Wézicht
Summer pruning for five year apple trees explored
The Idaho experiment station reports summer pruning increases yield when timed after terminal buds form. Best results occur pruning after buds set and hardened, with moderate removal of current year’s growth. Northern growers may delay. southern regions begin within two weeks. Summer pruning does not affect the current year’s crop but influences future yields.
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Horticultural Department
Idaho Experiment Station
C. C. Vincent
Idaho Calls Statewide Convention For Panama Exposition
A call has been issued for a state wide convention to be held September 16 to consider steps for Idaho to secure adequate representation of its resources at the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco 1915. Governor Hawley and Secretary Gitford authorized the summons on behalf of the state and by the League of Idaho Commercial Clubs and Idaho-Washington Development League. Commercial clubs chambers of commerce boards of trade from all parts of the state are entailed to one delegate per 10 members. development companies, buyers and county commissioners may appoint two delegates each.
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Ir Fixatin
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Bakersfield boy accidentally kills father after hunting trip
A 10-year-old boy from Bakersfield California accidentally shot and killed his father on August 11 while unloading shells from a vehicle after returning from a hunting trip. In Oregon near Sumpter, lighting recently killed 96 sheep, with one lamb found dead.
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California
Sumpter
Ore
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