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Newspaper
Caribou County Sun
Location
Soda Springs, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1955
Page
4
Mrs Minnie Dray Mrs Evelyn Egil and Mrs Martha Barnes from Montpelier visited Caribou County Sun area in spring and fall 1955 with brief mentions of Mrs AD Weaver and others in Gorton and Pocatello as read.
An advertised classifieds item details numerous farming properties. It lists 46 acre cattle setups with water, 1800 and 1200 acre dry farms, 2200 acres cultivated land, 1400 acres seeded, two equipment sets, a modern home and outbuildings, 440 acre irrigated farm with dairy setup and parlour, a 2 bedroom home, 40 dairy cattle, 200 tons hay, proximity to schools, and prices including 55 000 dollars down 325 000 dollars balance on easy terms plus an 813 acre cattle setup for 60 000 dollars.
The project will start next spring with phosphate ore processing facilities and an electric furnace planned for 1957 powered by Utah Power and Light. The plant will grind and calcine ore to extract elemental phosphorus, producing about 100000 tons of concentrated fertilizer material from 500000 tons of ore for shipment to 22 fertilizer plants in 12 midwest states. The CFFC, owned by 16 midwest cooperatives, will operate from Chicago with Western HQ in Montpelier Idaho under manager Taylor Darn.
The past week saw a high of 174 and a low around 24.8 at the U S Bybee station with precipitation of 0.015. Mrs Gary Poulsen, Jerry, and Mrs Art Kelly visited Pocatello on Saturday for the ISC homecoming parade and football game.
Classified notice invites a responsible man or woman with a car to call on farm women in Caribou county for full or spare time work. Earn up to 40 dollars a day. Write McNess Company P. O. Box 14 Bayshore Station Oakland California. Notify brand inspector Mel Brown about a lost steer with Bar Circle O left hip branding. Oct 17.
Mrs Virgil Empey and Mrs Bill Nielsen hosted the Lakeview Neighbors club at the Empey home Tuesday evening. Thirteen members attended and enjoyed a game of Cootie with prizes to Mr Warner and Mrs Scheffer. Refreshments included doughnuts and hot apple cider.
Mr and Mrs Joe Wright of Madera California and Bonnie Brewster of Portland Oregon were Tuesday overnight guests of Mr and Mrs E Matthews. Bonnie is the Matthews niece.
A decree of divorce was granted in district court to Aaron Leon Gummiersall, plaintiff. Lorain E. Gummersall, defendant. Edith Graham returned Sunday after visiting her daughter in Pocatello, celebrated her 78th birthday with about 50 friends and relatives.
Arlene Colton county hospital bookkeeper and registrar and Mrs Delbert Tingey superintendent attended recent meetings for hospital staff. Colton joined the Western Hospital Assn meet in Salt Lake City to train hospital office personnel and administrators led by California authorities. Tingey attended a nurses convention in Twin Falls from Tuesday to Friday this week.
Mrs Marilyn Perkins, Soda Springs third grade teacher, resigned last Friday to move her home to Arco due to her husband’s new job there. Announcement came from Superintendent Exra Moore. Mrs Orva Ledbetter will teach the third grade in Perkins’s place, previously teaching in Anderson Alabama.
A hospital note lists multiple births with parents and newborns from October including Gibson Max and Edna Grace October 5 a boy 7 lbs 1 oz Farnsworth Milo and Joan Grace October 6 a boy 7 lbs 10 oz DeLong James and Elaine Preston October 8 a boy 7 lbs ? Deaton Doran and Margaret Soda Springs October 8 a girl 6 lbs 12 oz Egbert Marlin and Sharon Grace October 10 a girl 5 lbs 7 oz Jacobs Chariton and Fay Grace October 10 a boy ? Twiss Opel and Arvilla Soda Springs October 12 a girl 7 lbs 9 oz Perkins Morris and Kien Chesterfield October 11 a boy 5 lbs 5 oz Manhart Clifford and Betty Grace October 15 a boy 8 lbs 6 oz. Still confined James Daggett Soda Springs discharged. Robin Martin Soda Springs. Nels Jorgensen Soda Springs. Carson Bennett Grace Andrew Gibbons Bancroft admitted and discharged. Idella Luthi Grace. Susan Rae Brown Soda Springs Kevin Erickson Soda Springs Danny Crawford Grace David Crawford Grace Mildred Crawford Grace Louis Julian Buhl Joyce Bartell Etna Wye Anna Marie Johnson Georgetown. Jimmie Begay Ship Rock NM May Jean Devine Soda Springs George Michaelson Soda Ricky Van Sickle Soda Della Morris Soda Neva Nielsen Soda Jim McCoy Chugebwater Wye Ethel Childs Soda admitted Maggie Madrid Pocatello Carson Bennett Grace Mike Shipley Bancroft August Branford Wayan Helen Burton Grace Terry Lakey Soda Springs Scott Lloyd Soda Springs Mr and Mrs Norman Johnson Salt Lake City visitors of aunt Mrs Nellie Alexander last week.
A white faced steer branded Bar Circle O on its left hip wandered around town after escaping during loading at the local stockyards Monday evening. Producers Livestock Market ing Assn. of Ogden Utah own the animal. Anyone with information should contact Mel Brown, brand inspector, Soda Springs.
20 acres of good farm ground and a nice two bedroom home at Chubbuck. A barn with paved feeding lot and large shop building. Terms make it worth seeing and may trade on income property. Large farm north of American Falls owned by retiree offers 245 acres of irrigated ar y farm with several buildings for a workable operation.
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