Mormon Church Centennial Pageant at Salt Lake City
Thousands gathered in Salt Lake City to mark the centennial of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with a pageant titled The Message of the Ages. President Grant spoke as the pageant traced the church’s history from Joseph Smith’s organization to modern times and featured 1000 performers.
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Salt Lake City
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Latterday Saints Church
Joseph Smith
Grant
Latter-Day Saints
Great Mormon Tabernacle
Latter-day Saints Church
State Chamber Highway Plans for Idaho
The committee of twenty, chosen by the State Chamber of Commerce at its Pocatello meeting, will prepare legislative recommendations for a highway program for the next session. Members span Northern, Western, Central, and Eastern districts, led by secretary L. F. Parsons. The group aims to push an expenditure of five dollars for every eighty one available revenue and accelerate highway development.
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Weiser
W. W. Deal
Nampa
George Hailey
Emmett
Lynn Driscoll
Boise
Charles Faraday
Mountain Home
Alen Merritt
Salmon
J. G. Martin
Arco
Sid Smith
Shoshone
A. F. James
Gooding
RP Parry
Twin Falls
Ed. C. Rich
Montpelier
A. B. Nash
Preston
Hugh Wood
Bear Lake County Idaho Agricultural Figures Summary
Agricultural figures for Bear Lake County Idaho show total farm income around 1.68 million with livestock contributing 43 000 and farm land valuations near 6.83 million. Average farm income about 2 907 and per acre income 3 70 suggesting county rankings and a method to estimate trade territory deposits.
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Bear Lake County
Idaho
Nationa
Paris
Resort to Stage Preseason Dances at Fish Haven
Beginning Saturday April 26 and each Saturday after, Stock Bros Resort at Fish Haven will host two dance series. The opening April 26 dance features Bob Skyles and his Reclamation Plant Orchestra from Evanston Wyoming. Skyles is a noted banjo player with Bear Lake connections from prior resort gigs.
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Stock Bros Resort
Fish Haven
Bob Skyles
Reclamation Plant Orchestra
Evanston
Wyoming
Skyles
Bear Lake
Lions Meeting Friday In Paris On April Eleventh
HL A Hill of Chicago assistant secretary of Lions International will meet with the Paris Lions Friday evening April 11th at 7 30 p m in the county building court room to discuss matters of vital interest to the club. All members are urgently requested to be present.
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HL. A. Hill
Chicago
The
Lions International
Paris Lions
Scout Meeting Notice for April 112th At Fielding High
Scout masters and troop committee men from each ward should attend the meeting at Fielding High School auditorium Saturday night April 112th. These meetings are the main contact between the troop and district councils and should be attended regularly. Summer camping activities will be discussed and dates for advancement through the Court of Honor decided.
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Fielding High School
Court of Honor
Convict Escapes Idaho Farm Prison Patient Records
William Gibson, 30, an Ida ho penitentiary prisoner since September 1928 for auto theft in Bear Lake county, disappeared Saturday from the prison farm after taking French leave. He had prior records at the Washington state reform school and penitentiary.
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William Gibson
Idaho
Bear Lake County
Gibson
Washington State Reform School
Marriage License Issued to Ariel Allen and Edith Howell
A marriage license was issued this week by the County Clerk to Ariel Francis Allen of Grace and Edith Howell daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry E Howell of Fish Haven. The ceremony was performed by Judge Christian Teller.
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Ariel Francis Allen
Grace
Edith Howell
Henry E. Howell
Fish Haven
Christian Teller
Legion Meeting Sunday at Dr Moore's Office
Members of the local post of the American Legion are requested to assemble at Dr Moore's office Sunday afternoon April 13 at 4 p.m. Important matters are to be brought before the meeting for discussion and action.
Sleight Produce Exchange Expands Timber and Building Stock
The Sleight Produce Exchange announces a complete line of timber and building materials. Part of the stock has arrived and the balance has been shipped. Visit to inspect high quality stock with fair prices for both buyers and sellers.
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Sleight Produce Exchange
Ee In
Utah Plans Big Road Idea
Salt Lake City April 7 Utah officials project over 6.3 million dollars for highway construction in the next three years aided by federal funds. Henry A Blood, chairman of the state highway commission, cited the Dowell federal aid bill and the Colton Oddie forest highway bill as sources of roughly 1.085 million and additional funds. With a 74 percent federal match the state expects about 5 million in federal aid over the period.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Henry A. Blood
State Highway Commission
Washington, D. C
Blood
Congress
Colton-Oddie
Young Pendrey Thwarts Hold-Up on Idaho Street
Joseph Pendrey of Idaho Falls and his son Beecher encountered an attempted robbery while Beecher walked home from a service station near Park Avenue and G Street. Pendrey shouted for help, the attacker fled after a glancing blow, and police chased a description of a 5 foot 6 inch to 5 foot 7 inch man in a light cap and dark suit.
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Joseph Pendrey
Idaho Falls
Oregon Mutual Life Insurance Co
Beecher
Paris
Beecher Pendrey
Park Avenue
G Street
Pendrey
Fielding High School Principal Attends Centennial Celebration
M. D. Low, principal of Fielding High School, attended the Centennial celebration in Salt Lake City this week.
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M. D. Low
Fielding High School
Salt Lake
Grain Growers Plan Joint Meeting and Marketing Effort
J R Pugmire reports Bear Lake Grain Growers tied to Inter-Mountain group with first stockholders meeting held April in Ogden and directors to serve until June. W Webster, a major regional producer, will visit Bear Lake County after Chicago Farmers National Grain Corp meeting to discuss a market price basis and marketing setup for 1929 crop. Local and Intermountain officers will push broader grower interest and coordinated action to advance progress.
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J. R. Pugmire
Bear Lake Grain Growers, Inc
Inter-Mount Grain Growers Inc
Ogden
Follo
J. W. Webster
F. 8. Parkinson
Wm. Corbett
George
Chicago
Farmers National Grain Corporation
Intermountain Grain Growers Inc
Bear Lake
Car Crash En Route to Centennial Hit on St Charles Turn
Charles Porter and family of Ovid were en route to Salt Lake for the Centennial when their car failed to slow at the first turn entering St Charles from the north. Angus Porter, driving, couldn't stop and the car left the road into a ditch, overturning and injuring Mrs Porter who suffered head cuts. The vehicle was badly wrecked.
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Salt Lake
Charles Porter
Ovid
St. Charles
Angus Porter
South End Highway May Be Oiled Later
A Boise public works reply to Paris Lions Club secretary John A. Wallis explains that resurfacing and oiling will extend only as far as the prior fall contract and funds permit. Further resurfacing south of Paris awaits future funds and economic material sources, with no immediate extension planned.
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Department of Public Works
Boise
John A. Wallis
Paris Lions Club
Paris
Local travels and monument dealer visits noted
Tom Green and his wife Mrs George Green traveled to Logan Utah returning the next day. LeRoy Bott of Logan representing Bott Brothers Co monumental experts was in monuments sold in this vicinity.
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Tom Green
George Green
Logan
Utah
Mra. Green
LeRoy Bott
Bott Brothers Co
Paris’s Elder James Collings Recovers From Illness
Paris resident James Collings, aged 85, is recovering rapidly after a siege of illness. He is described as one of the town’s oldest male residents and a long time local figure.
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James Collings
Collings
Paris
Highway Fund Apportioned to States and Hawaii
Secretary Hyde allotted 48,750,000 to 48 states and Hawaii as part of a 50,000,000 federal highway aid for the new fiscal year starting July 1 1930. The act also provides 125,000,000 yearly for 1931 and 1933, with prior allocations totaling 75,000,000. State amounts include California 1,667,447 Idaho 1,621,729 Oregon 1,758,445 Washington 770,812 Wyoming 628,303 and others.
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Washington
Hyde
States
Hawaii
Congress
Hoover
California
Colorado
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
Oregon
Utah
Wyoming
Funeral Rites Held for Montpelier Man John C Stewart
John C Stewart longtime Montpelier resident died last Friday morning from uremic poisoning. Born February 16 1865 in St Charles he married Sarah Floyd February 17 1890. Surviving: widow Mrs Sarah Stewart daughter Theola Oakey and sons Carlton Glenn Russell Reed B. Thelma Monson brothers Chauncey Oscar Lawrence Frank. Funeral Monday at 2 from stake tabernacle with local speakers and choir. Interment in Wardboro cemetery.
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John C Stewart
Montpelier
St. Charles
Sarah Floyd
Wardboro
Sarah Stewart
Theola Oakey
Dingle
Carlton
Glenn
Russell Stewart
Reed B. Stewart
Salt Lake City
Janie Monson
Chauncey
Oscar Stewart
Pocatello
Lawrence Stewart
Frank Stewart
Stake Tabernacle
BP. Louis Perkins
Hyrum Oakey
Ola Transtrum
J .A. Berry
Henry Monson
Rich
First Ward
Isle of Somewhere
Delilah Loveday
Ernest Alfred
R. P. Nelson
County tax burden debated amid Bear Lake report
A reader critiques Bear Lake County annual financial report prepared by County Clerk Amy M. Athay. The piece questions school funding fairness, noting Independent Districts No. 1 and 2 levy to support local schooling while Montpelier and Paris districts share high school responsibilities with Rural High No. 1.
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Binte
Bear Lake County
Mrrs
Amy M. Athay
Upstate
Independent No. 1
Independent No. 2
Montpelier
Paris
Old Glory Film At Novelty Theatre Monday
A one reel picture titled Old Glory showing the making of the flag and its history will be shown at the Novelty Theatre on Monday April 14 as part of an unusual program of pictures under the auspices of the local American Legion post.
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Novelty Theatre
The
American Legion
Woman OF Affairs
John Gilbert
Greta Garbo
Lewis Stone
Michael Arlen
Price family attends Salt Lake Centenary celebration
F J Price assistant cashier at Bear Lake State Bank traveled with his mother Mrs Crissie Price and Mrs Frank Bolton to Salt Lake on Saturday to attend the Centenary celebration.
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F J Price
Bear Lake
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Tabernacle
Earth
State Chamber
Lions Meeting
BOY Scout
Young Pendrey
Inter-Mountain Grain Growers
Charles Road
South End
J. D. Wood
Com. of Public Works
P. E. Qxley
Phoebe Rich
Ricks Normal
Rexburg
Buster Keaton
Dorothy Sebastian
Evanston, Wyo
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