Soda Springs Faces Gas Franchise Decision Tonight
The Soda Springs city council will discuss granting a franchise to Idaho Natural Gas or operating gas service municipally. Proponents cite easy revenue and tax boosts from a private system, while backers of city ownership point to Soda Springs’ low taxes and potential profits similar to the electric utility.
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Idaho Natural Gas Company
Soda Springs
Idaho Natural Gas
Idaho
Buhl
Gooding
Lava Hot Springs
Scheduling the Youth Camp at Caribou Youth Camp
The Caribou Youth Camp on Diamond Creek welcomes more youth groups but notes current registrations lag. Officials say the camp is new and offers strong advantages, with optimism that next year’s summer schedule will be fully booked.
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Diamond Creek
Balls Family Pioneer Roots in Soda Springs
Daniel Balls born in England 1885 came to America at age five and settled in Hyde Park. He built a log home in Riverdale then moved with his family to Davisville near Soda Springs. A farmer who fished hunted and sold what he hunted he also worked as water master for the Farmer's Land and Irrigation company for years.
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Zina Horsley Balls
Balls
Daniel Balls
Soda Springs
Grandpa Balls
England
America
Hyde Park
Cache Valley
Eliza Davis
Riverdale
Logan Mole
Earl
Pearl
Davisville
South Mountain
Harold Balls
Soda Creek
Farmer's Land and Irrigation Company
Daniel and Eliza Balls Remembered in Soda Springs Family Portrait
Frances Yost profiles Daniel and Eliza Balls of Soda Springs Caribou County and their large clan. The piece traces descendants across towns and states, noting schooling LDS missions military service and careers from cattle to Monsanto while cherishing home life and pageantry.
Local Notables Share Wedding and Community Updates
The Soda Springs area reports Elma Lowse Smith’s engagement to Don Panting with a ceremony led by Bishop Charles Giles. A public program will unveil the high school alumni plaque honoring armed service members. Dr Lena Sorenson Young of Pocatello is mourned in a fatal McCammon crash. Erma Henrie and Jack Lallatin wed at the Lallatin home. Elizabeth Wallace marries St Henry J Halvey in Gowenfield May 5. The grade school plans a May 15 music festival. Community notes cover births, school staffings, council actions, and local business changes including a new creamery framework and a Bancroft restaurant opening.
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Alease
Soda Springs
Phyllis Haddock
Idaho Falls
Vernon
Monsanto
Kenneth
Zina Ball
Harold
Soda
Florence
Washington D.C
Maurice
Central
Fred
Margaret
Genevieve Oswald
Shelley
Merrill
Gerald
USAC
Lucile
Shirley
Emma
Brown
Mel
Inez Brown
Ruth McCloy
Bancroft
LaMar
Shoshone
Clarke
Ralph
Sheryl
Heneagers Business College
Salt Lake
Lews
Eva Bitton
LaVora White
Cleveland
Junior
Lago
Duaine
Missouri
Keith
LDS Church
Armed Service
Daniel
Rhiza Balls
David Smith Grace
Elma Lowse
Don CL. Panting
Martin Ruggles
Bo Panting
Charles Giles
Soda Springs School
Lena Sorenson Young
McCammon
Erma Henrie
Jack Lallatin
Wroo
Dook Mclean
Elizabeth Wallace
Mre
Lee M Wallace
Henry J. Halvey
John Halvey
Pittsburg
Gowenfield
Frank Davis Moves to American Falls for Summer Work
Frank Davis relocates from Soda Springs to American Falls and takes a summer job with a local employer.
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Frank Davis
Soda Springs
American Falls
Caribou County Sun and Soda Springs Sun Details
Official Idaho weekly newspapers for Caribou County Soda Springs Bancroft Soda Springs Idaho publish Thursday second class matter Feb 11 1954 Walter Wilcox editor Charlotte Wilcox manager logo and masthead data for document record.
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Soda Springs
Caribou
Bancroft
Caribou County
Idaho
Walter Wilcox
Farm Workers Must Apply For Social Security Cards
Notice lists Henry L. Finch filing a noncompetitive phosphate lease in Idaho and details on lease terms, royalties, and minimum expenditures. It urges farm workers who earned $100+ cash wages to obtain Social Security numbers and cards, with contact and publication dates in 1955.
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United States Department OF the Interior
Boise
Idaho
Henry L. Finch
B.M
Jeb
Spencer Ho Klevenuw
Pocatello Social Security Office
ST An
Paul A Shepard
Canbon County Sun
Social Security
North Main Street
Pocatello
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Bill
Montpelier
Bails
Eliza
Star
Ipez
Eva
Denton Harris
Soda Springs High School
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Frank
Pearl Horris
Denton
LaPhene
Saltake City
Berdean
Grace
Mary H B Pawhsen
Cokesaile
Blaine
Albuquerque
Maude Balls
Pearsom
Mis Paulsen
Carter
Sealy
Mane Inclass
Ciara
Pocatedu
H Moo Lay
Frank Winschel
Ays
Hrothern
South Dakota
Satur
Aideo Wertomk Supply
SIS
SA Hargraves
Bancroft Jaet
SUN
Charlotte Wilcox
Joar Roberts
Logan
David Soffe
Bountiful
Utah
Heber Lau
Cari Soda Springs
Monte Riot
Dr. J
Busines Mountain States
Union Pacifie
Alstra Dome
City
Los Angeles
Portitano
Union Pacific
Conkie Tom
Los Aserres
Union Pacific Railroad
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