Bear Lake Valuations Decline Cited By County Auditor
County auditor Sam V. Tunks reports a total property valuation drop of 97 719 dollars in Bear Lake based on county roll abstracts to the State Board of Equalization. The real roll falls 90 888 and personal property 6 881 with merchandise and stock most affected. Exemptions totaled 133 054 with 75 193 granted in Paris Montpelier Bloomington and Georgetown.
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Bear Lake
Sam V. Tunks
State Board of Equalization
Paris
Montpelier
Bloomington
Georgetown
County 4 H Clubs Hold First Annual Picnic in Canyon
Seventeen 4 H clubs of the county held the first annual picnic in Emigration Canyon on Tuesday. The total membership reaches 176. J. W. Barber, state club leader, attended and spoke on club work.
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Canyon
Emigration Canyon
J. W. Barber
Bear Lake sugar beet crop praised as top prospect for harvest
Bear Lake county reports a promising sugar beet crop with Duke stating tonnage will exceed last year despite similar forage. The Utah Idaho Sugar Co sets rate based on wholesale sugar prices when sold. Harvest is planned for October 1.
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Bear Lake County
Duke
Utah Idaho Sugar Co
Worm Infestation Ravages Star Valley Gardens
In Coeckeville Wyoming the west side of Star Valley faces a worm invasion. The pests strip weeds and now devastate carrot onion cabbage beet swiss chard crops while potatoes and peas mostly escape.
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Coekeville
Wyo
Star Valley
Tongue Twister Passenger Delays Train? Porter Explains
A quoted exchange shows a passenger asking why they are late and a porter replying the train ahead is behind, causing a delay. The humorous dialogue captures commuter frustration and miscommunication during travel.
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Porter
Bofoh
Hansen Family Visits Welker Home Last Week
Mr and Mrs James EF Hansen of Providence Utah visited with Mr and Mrs Roy A Welker and their family at the Welker home last week reflecting friendly social ties between the households.
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Myr
James EF. Hansen
Providence, Utah
Roy A. Welker
Mormon Cricket Found on John Boehme Farm
A Mormon cricket was found last week on the John Boehme farm at Geneva near the Wyoming border. The county agent investigated Geneva farms but found no additional crickets and saw no invasion there after comparison with Tyhee district events this summer.
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John Boehme
Geneva
Wyoming
Tyhee
Labor scarce at Idaho state prison farm
Boise Idaho August 2 labor at the state prison farm west of Boise is tight with only a small threshing crew for 500 acres. Prison population stood at 292, the lowest in years, as more inmates complete terms under a good time policy.
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Boise
Idaho
H. P. Pails
Stae
Here
State Penitentiary
Ered
Lukens
Scretary
Board of Pardons
Open season extended for Idaho waterfowl hunting this fall
The 1931 drought prompts a two month Idaho open season from October 16 to December 15 for ducks and brant plus coot. Daily bag limits vary by species with possession limits doubled. Band tailed pigeons gain a two week season in Washington and Oregon. Duck decoy limits set at 25 nationwide.
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Idaho
Reese
Hoover
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Oregon
United States
Prairie
Canada
Parta
United
Biftes
Secretary of Agriculture
Master Jack Cleveland and Genese Attend Lawn Party
Master Jack Cleveland and Sister Genese were entertained at a lawn party Wednesday afternoon at the home of their grandparents Mr. and Mrs. John Cleveland. Games provided the chief amusement and ice cream and cookies were served to Arden Windley Darrol Booth Jay Allred Arlin Floyd Jimmie Cleveland Elda Crossley Elaine Roberts Gwen Pugmire Betty Pugmire Rozella Irwin Mignon and Rae Kendal Audrey Mattson Della Laker and Jack and Genese.
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Jack Cleveland
Genese
John Cleveland
Arden Windley
Darrol Booth
Jay Allred
Arlin Floyd
Jimmie Cleveland
Elda Crossley
Elaine Roberts
Gwen
Pugmire
Betty
Rozella Irwin
Mignon
Rae Kendal
Audrey Mattson
Della Laker
Jack
William G. Smith Called Home at 71
William G. Smith 71 of Liberty died after a heart attack Saturday evening in Montpelier while visiting his daughter. Born May 18 1861 in England he emigrated to the United States as a youth and recalled a voyage of six weeks three days during which he survived a capsized moment and an iceberg sighting.
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William G. Smith
Liberty
Montpelier
Paris
Burgoyne Pharmacy
Mr. Smith
England
America
Remembering William K Smith Pioneer Mail Carrier and Saint Leader
Obituary notice recounts William K Smith born in Cache Valley Utah who carried mail by horse and boat across rugged routes before joining the Latter Day Saints mission. He served as guard at the state penitentiary, served 20 years as counselor in Sharon ward, married Elizabeth King in 1882, and left nine children, 43 grandchildren, and seven great grandchildren. Funeral held at Liberty ward chapel with Bishopric leadership and choir selections. Interment in Liberty cemetery.
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Phe
Ake
Cache Valley
Utah
Paris
Montpelier
Soda Springs
Latter-Day Saints Church
E. Hymas
Sharon Ward
State Penitentiary
Elizabeth A. King
John Gertsch
William KK Smith
Sharon
William Derricott
Georgetown
Melvin Passey
Irwin Parker
Newel Passey
Lanark
George K. Smith
Bloomington
Wm. R. Morgan
Lfe
Mr. Smith
City dads hold council Monday session in city hall
Regular council meeting attended by all officers discussed marshal Austin and water works head Ezra Passey. The service station at the northwest corner of Main and Seven South streets must install proper support under an overlapping roof over the sidewalk or remove it within ten days. The annual budget ending May 1933 was read, considered, approved, and ordered published.
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Marshal Austin
Ezra Passey
Boosters Appointed for County Fair Effort
A county circular from the secretary’s office informs boosters of the upcoming county fair scheduled for September 22 23 and 24. The letter invites each booster to join the booster committee for their district and urges active promotion to engage neighbors.
Paris Band Delights Crowd With Sunday Concert
A large crowd enjoyed a band concert Sunday afternoon in front of stake tabernacle by the Paris band. After the program, the band traveled to Soda Springs for a similar performance for local residents.
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Stake Tabernacle
Paris
Soda Springs
Post Announces Francis Lynde Novel The Black Box of Silence
The Post reveals it has booked the Francis Lynde story The Black Box of Silence for its readers. Lynde is praised for a compelling serial with action, mystery, romance, and adventure, appealing to all classes of newspaper audience.
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Post
Francis Lynde
Party Enjoys Trip to Bloomington Lakes
A town party left Paris in eight automobiles for Bloomington Lakes traveling via Bloomington Canyon. They admired aspens and pines and a 300 foot limestone cliff, then had a prepared dinner on the shore. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Grimmett, Dr. and Mrs. C. O. Moore, and several others from Montpelier Salt Lake Ogden and Los Angeles.
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Bloomington Lakes
Paris
Bloomington Canyon
O. H. Grimmett
C. B. Hayes
C. O. Moore
Frank Foulger
Wilcox
Ogden
Utah
W. Smith’ Hoge
A. T. Pendrey
A. W. Shepherd
James Bruce
Ells Straw
Montpelier
Stanford Rich
Salt Lake
Stanley Howell
Los Angeles
John A. Wallis
Patrica Walls
M. Durkee
Girls Contest for Hot Springs Trip to Hollywood
A list of entrants for a Bear Lake Hot Springs free trip to Hollywood is announced. Contestants from Georgetown Bloomington Wye Montpelier and other towns are named along with accompanying chaperones. Mrs Frank Dusenberry and daughter Addie May depart for Yellowstone Park.
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Hollywood
California
Bear Lake Hot Springs
Gordon Olty
Lavern Sprouse
Paris
Margaret Grandy
Virginia
Rich
Bloomington
Ida Dunford
Elmoyne Ward
Georgetown
Vivian Welker
Mildred Munk
Frontier
Wye
June Smith
Signa Mackel
Montpleier
Dorothy Burton
LaVern Hayes
Bernice Davis
Jean Stevens
Carmen Olsen
Sharon—Elna Gambling
Ovid—LaPrielle Carlson
Nis Kunz
St. Charles
Virola Pugmire
Dorothy Gilgen
Geneva
Frankin Hischoff
Frank Dusenberry
Addie May
Yellowstone Park
Short Line Train Kills Teen Sleeper in Dayton
Dayton reports Lloyd Jensen 16 of Cornish Utah died when a freight train struck him as he slept on the tracks. Clair Van Orden 17 says they were riding home from Butte Montana and stopped at Dayton where Jensen lay down on the rails. The train severed his head a leg and an arm.
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Dayton
Lloyd Jensen
Alfred Jensen
Cornish
Utah
Clair van Orden
Young Jensen
van Orden
Butte
Mont
Jensen
Forest road work planned across four states
Forest service headquarters in Ogden reports Washington approval for a Utah Idaho Wyoming and Arizona road program. Projects include Uintah forest Heber to Vernal 25000 Logan Garden City road 85000 Cat Stairs section 50000 Alpine highway 50000 Sevier Cove Fort 68000 Dubois to Monida 50000 bridges near Yellowstone 50000 Montpelier to Afton 75000 Boise route 170000 Sawtooth Park highway 214000 Hoback canyon surfacing 50000 and other improvements totaling multiple five figure sums.
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Ogden
Forest Service
Washington Today
Utah
Wyoming
Idaho
Nevada
Arizona
Heber
Vernal
Heber City
Uintah Forest
Logan Garden City
Logan
Big Cottonwood-Brighton
American Forks Canyon
Sevier Cove Fort Road
Fish Lake Forest
Dubois
Monida
Yellowstone
Warmriver
Montpelier
Afton
Wyomill
Idaho City
Loman
Boise National Forest
Sawtooth Park
Stanley
Challis
Hoback Canyon
Edward G Robinson Stars in Two Seconds at Novelty
Edward G Robinson appears as John Allen in Two Seconds a hardworking iron worker trapped by circumstance The performance marks a radical shift from his gangster personae and critics call it a brilliant achievement of the season at the Novelty Theatre Tex with show Sunday and Monday.
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Edward G Robinson
First National Pictures
Robinson
John Allen
Allen
Edward G. Robinson
Metropolitan
Gas receipts fall in Boise first half report
The bureau of motor fuel reports gas receipts dropped about a quarter of a million dollars in the first six months of this year versus the same period last year. The Book Review Club heard Eugene ONeill's Mourning Becomes Electra on Tuesday with thirty eight members in attendance.
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Boise
Bureau of Motor Fuel
Book Review Club
Eugene O'Neil
Lynn Hayward
Spinning Web Worm Spreads to Thomas Fork Area
Destructive green striped spinning web worm, new to Idaho, has reached Thomas Fork with Star Valley and Bannock County affected. County agent monitors spread as worms are collected for study by the department of entomology.
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Idaho
Star Valley
Wyo
Thomas Fork
Bannock County
Department of Etomology
Idaho Licenses to Change Plate Form Next Year
Idaho license plates will be redesigned for 1933, says EB A Taylor of the Department of Law Enforcement. County insignia remain, but the number will precede the letter, as in New York, to simplify the plate and improve distinction. Ada county will read 1A 1200.
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Taylor
New York State
Heavy rabbit crop expected in Idaho this year
Idaho’s T S Murray reports rabbits increasing west of Gooding due to better feed. The surge, aided by grass, may yield a large late summer progeny. East of Gooding, control efforts reduced numbers, while hunting and poisoning cut thousands near Howe. Pelts fetch low prices, deterring hunting. farmers may process pelts locally.
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Boise
Idaho
T. S. Murray
Biological Survey
Gooddng
Howe
Murray
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