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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1921
Page
4
Entry notes the Paris Idaho post office as second class matter and gives subscription price at 32.00 per year. It lists publishing details for John A. Wallis and outlines advertising rates by items, months, and line charges including front page readings and locals notices with per line pricing.
County commissioners cut common labor wages on county roads to 2.50 per day for 1921, about 1 less than 1920. The reduction aims to reflect nationwide wage cuts during a hard winter for the laboring class, affecting workers who depend on road labor jobs.
A letter urges the Commercial Club and city to organize a cemetery repair effort for Memorial Day. The writer proposes a half holiday to invite all residents to clear roads, trim shrubbery, and plant flowers, noting such community action has been done before and could be done again.
The piece argues that prosperity depends on individual effort rather than government aid. It criticizes state and federal commissions as profit sources for insiders and warns that expanding government reduces opportunity and increases taxation. It urges people to spend less than income and save to begin prosperity.
The Idaho State teachers association reports on a committee's findings about salaries last year rising about 26 percent, noting this lags behind living costs and salary increases in other fields. It calls for public cooperation among citizens, teachers, and boards as the state approaches next year’s elections.
A letter from Idaho educators warns salaries must rise to match higher living costs and new state certification rules. They cite food prices housing shortages and rail fares, urging boards to maintain pay levels or risk losing qualified teachers to other fields. Names include HR Wallace American Falls and Lewiston among others.
Department of the Interior notices Oliver Co. Dunford of Bloomington Idaho files three year stock raising homestead proof for Lots 23 4 SE4 NW 3% SW in Township 1B S Range 43 E near Paris Idaho witnesses Fred Jacobsen Frank Payne Alvah Welker John Werd. Action before W Smith Hoge U S Commissioner May 10 1921.
Notice announces the annual school meeting and election in allCommon School Districts on the third Monday in April the eighteenth. Land office notice records a homestead entry by Eletha Dunford filed May 22 1916 with intent to prove up by May 20 1921 in Paris Idaho. Witnesses Holgar Bunn Joseph P Beck Lyman A Hymas Henry Parker reside Ovid Idaho.
Willie Gallbreath pleads guilty in March 1920 to assault with a deadly weapon in the District Court of Bear Lake County Idaho and is sentenced to 2.5 to 14 years in the Boise penitentiary. He will apply to the State Board of Pardons at its next regular meeting after legal publication for an absolute pardon.
Notice published for separate sealed bids to construct cement sidewalks in Paris Idaho. Bids due six o clock p m April 18 1921 to W Smith Hoge City Clerk. Districts cover Second South First South Center First North Second North and First West streets with four blocks and three crossings each. work to be finished by September 1 1921. Bids require bond. Mayor and Council may reject any or all bids. Dated March 21 1921.
Land Office notice from Blackfoot Idaho dated March 26 1921 states George B Spencer of Paris Idaho filed a homestead entry for Lots 2 3 and 4 and sections 1 and 42 in township 15 south range 46 east Boise meridian with intention to claim. Hearing set before Wm Smith Hoge A S Commissioner in Paris Idaho on May 5 1921. Claimant witnesses listed all residents of Paris Idaho.
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