Forests tinder dry as flames threaten Idaho timber
Fires sweep four districts in southern Idaho burning over 60 000 acres of timber and men from Boise Idaho and other cities battle wind driven walls of flame. Yellow Pine Sulphur Pistol and Indian creeks are aflame and hazard creek rekindled. No rain for 47 days prompts appeal for 100 extra volunteers at 50 cents an hour plus board and transportation.
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Rouse
Ida
Boise
Iran
Cascade
Hurley
Salmon
Idaho
Yellow Pine District
Pistol
Indian Creeks
Yellow Jacket
Weiser
Hazard Creek
Chamberlain Basin
Idaho Wool Growers Association
General Land Office
Forest Fires Threaten Idaho and Montana Towns
Spokane reports nearly a thousand men battled twelve fires across northern Idaho and western Montana. Fires menaced two towns and farmhouses along a several mile front near Sand Point and Peck River, burning white pine and timber on public and private lands. A large crew fought to contain a blaze near Steamboat Creek by the Coeur dAlene river as conditions matched 1910 forest fire scenes.
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Spokane
Idaho
Montana
Sandpoint
Ida
Priest River
Peck River
Steamboat Creek
Coeur d’Alene
Tacoma council bids for Tacoma Railway and Power lines
The Tacoma city council offered 1.5 million to acquire the Tacoma Railway and Power lines for municipal ownership. A citizens committee urged taking over to secure adequate service as fare increases nine months earlier failed to cover rising wages and operating costs.
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Tacoma
Wash
Tacoms City Council
Tacoma, Railway and_ Power
Flour firms in Twin Falls must secure licenses
Twin Falls mills grain dealers and others received notice from the United States Grain Corporation that Julius H. Barnes filed applications for wheat and flour licenses. Licenses must be obtained before July 15. operating without licenses is unlawful. News dispatches indicate the notice was given to local grain dealers and consumers.
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Ekers
Twin Falls
United States Grain Corporation
Julius H. Barnes Ha
Mortimer Cooley Urges Higher Street Car Fares
University of Michigan engineer Mortimer E B Cooley told the Federal Electric Railways Commission that public education cannot quickly build support for street railways. He urged allowing fare increases of at least 50 percent to cover operating costs and protect service and property, plus tax relief and paving exemptions along tracks.
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Federal Electric Railways Commission
Mortimer EB. Cooley
Engineering
University of Michigan
Cooley
Sid
Commissioner Sweet
Mr. Cooley
Ita
Suily 17 Resolu e all electrical work Oakland
Unsure OCR text fragment mentions electrical work and Oakland with a date or title fragment. Readable portion suggests a local notice or brief about completing electrical work or a resolution. No clear names, organizations, places beyond Oakland, or concrete actions to confirm.
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Avi
Suily
Oakland
Bela Kun Ousted Believed Overthrow Dims Budapest Chaos
Paris dispatches report Bela Kun, head of the Hungarian communist government, has been ousted. Troops moving from the Czech front were seen entering Buda and Budapest faced disorder. Herr Boehm and Herr Lander reportedly assumed control of the government.
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Associated Press
Paris
Bela Kun
Vienna
Budabat
Budapest
Herr Boehm
Herr-Lander
Commmunist
Bela Kun in Hungary Splits With Socialist Leaders
A Budapest dispatch reports Bela Kun breaking with most socialist leaders as Soviet troops desert. Kun says he is tired of riding socialist and communist horses together while Hungary’s leadership and foreign affairs post under him face turmoil since March 1919.
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Bela Kun
Budapest
Herr Behm
Vienna
Dela Kun
Hungary
Tasague
Tunssia
Carolyi
Council of Five
Paris
Danube
uly-Be
Pershing Visits British Commons
General John J. Pershing commander in chief of the American expeditionary forces met military members of parliament in the House of Commons committee room in London. Winston Churchill introduced him and praised the alliance. Pershing spoke of American gratitude and shared lessons from earlier cooperation and the resolve of American forces.
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Associated Press
London
John J. Pershing
House of Commons
Winston Spencer Churchill
Churchill
General Pershing
Pershing
Ellie
British license controls to protect exchange in trading
Washington July 17 The British government adds items to the import licensing list to reduce luxuries and protect British exchange. The new licenses apply to imports from all sources, not just American goods, and aim to curb expenditure on foreign luxuries as voiced by Sir Geddes to Parliament.
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Washington
America
England
Ihe Geddes
Old Water Fight Renewed In Cedar Creek Court Battle
Suil W today filed in district court a renewed water dispute led by I dt Trebbs against Cedar Canal Co Idaho Farm Development Co PC Meredith and others seeking an injunction to limit use to 17 feet of Cedar Creek water. The suit revisits a 1914 order by Judge Stockslager granting Cedar Canal Co a 17 foot flow.
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Suil W
I. Dt. Trebbs
Cedar Canal Company
Idaho Farm Development Company
PC. Meredith
Cedar Creek
Stockslager
Governor Davis Opens Hansen Bridge to Public Feast
Governor Davis led the dedication of a new bridge at Hansen with a large crowd. More than six hundred automobiles and thousands of pedestrians crossed, while the city hosted a festive program with music, talks, and a chicken dinner. First vehicles included Judge Lawrence Hansen and party, with local and county officials aboard later cars.
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Gerenkabil
Davis
Twin Falls
Hansen
Lawrence Hansen
A. I. Hoge
August Walters
H. E. Gundelfinger
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