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Newspaper
Caribou County Sun
Location
Soda Springs, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1956
Page
5
Idaho Governor Smylie proclaims April 28 to May 5 as Dont Be a Litterbug week. Mrs. Roy Lovell coordinates activities including bag distribution to travelers and cooperation from women's clubs garden groups and youth organizations to curb highway and campground litter.
Soda Springs residents rally to fund new band uniforms for 60 members. The projected cost ranges from 3000 to 3600 dollars, and with strong community support the purchase could be completed before the next term starts.
Sheriff Marriott warns all residents about blasting caps and their dangers. Caps are small explosive devices used in mining and construction and can cripple or blind a child who touches them. He urges posters in schools libraries and playgrounds and calls for locking up caps and reporting discoveries to deputies.
Idaho Fish and Game Department announces twenty day application window for Beaver Caretaker Allotments in Districts 5 and 8 including Grays Lake area and Meadow Creek tributaries. Applications available from Wendell Twitchell J M Wilkins or the Boise office with residents in the area given first preference. Published April 26 1958 by Director Ross Leonard.
County agent Cecil Alldaffer summarizes Idaho fertilizer guidance from University of Idaho extension specialist Charles Painter. He notes pH and water quality affect aqua ammonia efficiency, recommends keeping irrigation solution pH 8.0 or below, and cautions that high concentrations increase losses through volatilization and evaporation.
Philip Dufford Idaho Division American Cancer Society president praised volunteers as the crusade enters its final week. He said success hinges on volunteers to fund research education and patient services and to raise cancer awareness for early detection and prevention. Dufford noted 7 000 Idaho volunteers with doctors nurses and others aiding programs and stressed the goal of reducing suffering and proving life.
A battered stranger staggers to a hotel desk asking to be shown to room 202, claiming to be Oscar J. Billups of Toledo. The clerk confirms the room is occupied and the man insists, citing no clear purpose.
The article urges forming a spring reconditioning committee to boost outdoor safety as roads and trails worsen with seasonal use. It notes May 1 fishing openings for many lakes and streams in northern Idaho including Benewah Shoshone Bonner Boundary Kootenai counties and parts of the St Joe Pend Oreille and Spokane rivers.
A probate petition for the last will of Nellie V. Blackburn has been filed in Caribou County Idaho. The hearing is set for April 30 at 2:00 PM in Soda Springs Court. interested parties may appear to contest. Attorneys Baum and Brown represent the petitioner from Pocatello. Published April 19, 1956.
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