City council acts to relieve congestion and plan meeting change
City council moved to ease traffic on Main and Second avenues and to consider relocating the Salvation Army street meetings. They ordered contractors to clear material from the thoroughfare, review the Shoshone viaduct, and discuss water and milk testing costs. A request for 60 cents daily pay rise by city workers was noted but not decided. Memorial day graves in France to be decorated by Knights of Columbus and local schoolchildren.
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Salvation Army
Second Avenue East
Main Morth
Elks
Main Avenue
Second Avenue
Uneli
Dooley
Javeer
Councilmn
Eden
Minnick
Elks Dance Finale Promises Popular Evening
The Elks host the last of seven dances on Wednesday with a Leap Year affair. A silver tea by the Taidies of the G A is set for 2 30 at Mrs John Costello's home. Twin Falls club women and state officials travel to Gooding for the state council events. The Business Women's association holds its regular dinner at Mrs H J Youngs this evening.
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The
Elks
John Costello
G. A
Twin Falls Club
State ‘Council
Clouchel
Wilber Hill
Regan
Fitzgerald
M. J. Sweeley
Woman's ‘Clubs
Business Women's Association
H. J. Youngs
Oregon Summer Expected by Orell Taylor
Orell Taylor left Sunday evening for Oregon where he plans to spend the summer.
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Orell
Taylor
Oregon
Forest fires rage across Minnesota region
Four large fires and many smaller blazes stretched from Grand Rapids to Case Lake as state forestry offices logged the day’s activity. Fire crews battled flames through the day with authorities reporting widespread smoke and urgent containment efforts.
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Associated Press
At. Paul, Minn
Grand . Rapids
Case Lake
Paul Rooters Parade Buries Twin Falls in Funeral March
Several hundred Paul Rooters fans paraded through Twin Falls streets in a somber funeral march from the depot to Sho Shone and Main, then to Rogerson hotel and back to their special train. The crowd’s silent display signaled a strong message as Paul fans claimed dominance over Twin Falls.
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Egul
Twin Falls
Paul
Shoshone
Main
Main Street
Rogerson
Buhh
Reed Wins Salt Lake School Contract Bid
Contractor William G. Reed of Twin Walls was awarded a $159,000 Salt Lake City school building contract. He has bid on about one eighth of a million dollars in the past ten days and plans to bid on a million dollar high school project. T. H. Reed will travel to Salt Lake City this week to arrange for immediate construction planning.
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William G. Reed
Twin Walls
Salt Lake City
Utah
Reed
Salt Lake
T. H. Reed
Utah Capital City
Visitors and Residents Stop in Twin Falls
A stream of visitors arrives in Twin Falls from Jerome Boise Pocatello Lewiston and Kimberly. Notable stops include Mr and Mrs Herman Gaulin of Jarbidge Misses Kendall and daughters en route to Town and local banker A D Pollock visiting for urgent business. A baby girl was born to Mr and Mrs Tagere Yage Saturday evening.
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Twin Ialls
A. D. Pollock
Hansen
Twin Walls
Myr
Friends
Tagere Yage
W. W. Nash
Twin
Malls
Nash
Boise
Is. Larkin
Boston
Lewiston
Twin Wall
Twin Falls
M.’ Barratt
Fraternalism urged by Unitarian social commission
Chicago May 15 More fraternalism in industrial and business life was urged by the Unitarian general conference commission on social reconstruction in a report made public today. It urged profit sharing for workers and managers as partners, reduced hours with free bargaining, and wage levels for families. The document called for land value taxes, inheritance and income taxes, home building funding, education expansion, tuberculosis prevention, child labor protection, and a democratic government responsive to public will. The signers included C W Reese Chicago chair man and George Dodson St Louis among others.
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Chicago
Commission On Social Reconstruction
Unitarian General Conference
Unitarian “Conference
Baltimore
World Federation of Peoples
C. W. Reese
George Dodson
Visitors and shoppers converge on Twin Falls
A stream of visitors and residents traveled to Twin Falls yesterday for brief business or shopping trips. Notable names include William Hines, M K Ketcham of Buhl, Grace M Sechler of Buhl, George Secherdt of Tiler, L J Hansen, A J Schubert of Godding, Scott Flemming of Jarbidge, W D P Rice of Jerome, Le L Davis of American Falls, Oscar Karri of Hailey, and William Iserr state swine inspector, with local farm bureau and business interests involved.
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Salt Lake
Twinalls
Grace M. Sechler
Buhl
Twin Falls
George Secherdt
Tiler
L. J. Hansen
A. J. Schubert
Godding
Twin Walls
Scott Flemming
Jarbidge
W. DP. Rice
Jerome
William Iserr
Farm Bureau
le L. Davis
American Falls
Win Falls
Oscar Karri
Hailey
Bolsheviks Cross Persian Frontier At Ashoka
Dispatches to the London Times from Teheran dated May 11 report Bolsheviks appearing at Ashoka and crossing the Persian frontier. The Bolsheviki say no quarrel with Persia but demand withdrawal of British troops. Ashaka lies in Trans-Caucasia near the Caspian Sea.
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London
Ashoka
London Times
Teheran
Persia
Ashaka
Trans-Caucasia, On the
Caspian Sea
Youth Drowns in Swirling Waters Near Rock Creek Syphon
Joe Kelly ten, son of C J Kelly, drowned Sunday evening at the Rock Creel syphon about nine miles southeast of Twin Falls while crossing a frail footbridge. The bridge plank broke, hurling him into the torrent. Sheriff A N Sprague and Coroner P J Grossman led a search with citizens but found no body until early morning. The fishing trip ended in tragedy as the boy attempted to reach the opposite bank.
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Joe Kelly
C. J. Kelly
Rock Creel
Twin Falls
A. N. Sprague
P. J. Grossman
Kelly
Grossman
British bar aliens from all oil lands policy outlined
Washington May 17 The senate was informed by President Wilson of Britain's petroleum policy aiming to exclude aliens from oil control within the empire and to aid British firms abroad while restricting oil stocks held by British nationals. The State Department report noted Britain plans to deter foreign ownership, finance large ventures, and restrict sales to non-British interests.
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Associated Press
Washington
Empire
Great Britain
Senate
Wil
State Department
Gore
Oklahoma
United States
Turkey
Mexico
Department
England
British Isles
Persia
Opare Parliament Day Demonstration in London
Delegates to the World’s Convention of Temperance Workers in London planned a silent march but were deterred when a London member warned it would be illegal. Mrs. Lee Cowle of New Zealand highlighted how Wellington’s silent march helped pass a temperance bill despite wartime busy Parliament.
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London
Lee Cowle
New Zealand
Wellington
Alaska fish fertilizer plants promise big returns
Anchorag h Alaska reports a new industry emerging from cannery byproducts. Modern waste recycling plants are being built by large canneries to convert byproducts into fish fertilizer, aiming for substantial returns from Alaska’s seafood industry.
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Anchoragh
Alaska
Building and exhibit attract commendations and agency plans
The building and exhibit drew high praise for precise arrangements during the week. One car was sold to Jim M Thietten nine miles from town, with Twin Falls agency possible soon in the near future. Monroe car ownership and agency prospects stretch across applications, as Mr Wilson plans to allocate territory to reliable managers.
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Jim M. Thietten
Monroe
Wilson
Wage Rise Announced at Seven Local Mills
Rockville Conn May 17 notices announce a fifteen percent wage increase affecting about twenty five hundred workers across seven hosiery mills.
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Associated Press
Rockville
Conn
Leaves for Home in Oregon
Orvel Phelps returned to Stanfield Oregon after visiting the family of P J Tucker during the past week.
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Orgeon
Orvel Phelps
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Paul Rooters
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Arlisle
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Russia
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China
Canada
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