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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1929
Page
1
The annual County Fair at Paris will run September 23 to 25 with plans for major improvements and new buildings. Committees push education and recreation, arranging a carnival with Ferris wheels and rides, plus enhanced agricultural dairy and art exhibits. An inter mountain wrestling match and various races are being added to the program.
Miss Stella Perry, visiting from the Perry ranch on Smiths Fork, warns there are few sage hens left due to poachers both out of season and in season. She describes a bombardment above their area and urges protection of the remaining birds.
Randolph Utah residents and state engineer Mr Wright joined commissioners Lawrence Johnson Royal Pope and Marshall Eastman for a preliminary survey of the Monte Cristo highway from Rich County to Ogden surveying the proposed route Wednesday morning.
Plans and specifications for a new L. D. S. Seminary at Afton Wyoming cost about $10,000. Bids are being advertised for its construction. The building will be stucco and include offices for the church presidency.
The gas industry has shifted from 90 percent lighting load to 92 percent heating load in a lifetime. Automatic central heating systems emerge as a field of progress, offering economy, efficiency, and dependable operation while saving money and labor in homes and factories.
One hundred fifty descendants of the late David King of Liberty gathered at Fish Haven on Bear Lake for an annual reunion. Activities included a noon banquet, program at 1:30, business meeting, bathing and boat riding, followed by an evening dance with musical talks and readings. The event featured Raymond Wood as toastmaster and a family organization led by Frank King as president.
Marriage licenses were issued at the county office. Thomas Leland Garard of Oakley and Velva Beal Moss of Twin Falls were joined in ceremony performed by Deputy County Clerk W. Smith Hoge. Farrel William Jacobson and Beasle Welker of Bloomington also received licenses.
Boise August 12 There are no cases of leprosy in the Lava Hot Springs sanitarium or in southern Idaho Dr C A Rich in charge of the Lava Hot Springs city hospital advised Commissioner O K Macey today The announcement was made to rest rumors which Macey said had spread over much of that region Neither could state the basis for the rumor
Salt Lake County Auditor James N. Sullivan and family toured Bear Lake over the weekend. He traveled with his son James and wife, Mrs. W. H. Mitchell of Richmond, and Mr and Mrs James Wells and G R Sullivan, staying at Sager's Hill farm with Prof Ezra J. Poulsen and spouses.
The Majestic receiver is selected again for the Graf Zeppelin on its world cruise. Captain Eckener praises the model 12 Majestic, calling its performance remarkable, influencing navigator Pruss to join the Majestic line and take a unit around the world.
Five year old Yvonne Darville of Copenhagen wins first prize in a Denmark competition for the prettiest and healthiest child.
Dr. Milford Shepherd son of Mr and Mrs F T Shepherd graduates from North Pacific Dental University Portland locates in Paris. Renovation underway with Ritter Dental Mfg Co fixtures installed. Building atop the Shepherd Sons store remodeled for two office suites with modern plumbing and fixtures.
Local agent Pearce reports he was robbed of more than two thirds of his stock of famous pullets two weeks after extending duties at a railway station. The thief, a acquaintance known to the agent, he says, caused a sharp decline in his faith in mankind as prized chickens vanished.
W T Smoot of Salt Lake City and William Bowers a resort owner drowned in Henrys Lake after their boat capsized in high winds. Dr Pearson and his family were rescued. Smoot aged 44 and Bowers 64. widow of Smoot and Ruth Bowers survive. Bodies recovered after search by posse.
Gray who had been in California for nearly a year returned last Friday bringing E. M. Bill Stewart who once operated in the locality. They are glad to be back in the mountain air. Stewart suffered a broken leg after a vehicle ran him over in Seattle last year and uses a cane for assistance.
The open season on sage hens for Bear and Lake counties runs August 20 to September 1, inclusive, with four birds per day allowed. Pine tail, ruffle and blue grouse count from August 24 to September with inclusive dates. Hunters urged to exercise restraint due to scarcity.
A New York lady proposes charging 250 dollars per character for analysis. A village gossip society suggests offering the same service for free. A Nebraska driver mistook a bridge for a truck and let it pass.
Idaho fish and game reports sage hen season opens August 10 in many southern counties with good conditions and abundant birds. Some areas start August 20 for a 10 day period, while duck season will follow with open days extending hunting opportunities. Fishing remains strong on the upper Snake River with reports of good angling along its course.
J Carren of Boise plans to attend the upcoming convention of county assessors. The piece notes a major summer task of finding space for belongings once kept in winter pockets and mentions a Shrine hind and Prideys for Boles by chito in a garbled extract.
J R Shepherd and Sons, local contractors and builders, oversee a crew reroofing the county building with composition shingles. The new material is fieldstone green and improves over the old wood shingles.
W R Priebe of the Southern Idaho Mad and Game association reports another captured duck branded February 20. The bird, caught May 10 at Noorvik Alaska by A W Payne, is a pinfall duck. It marks the third such bird tied to Priebe's bands, with previous sightings in California and near Calgary.
Rich County plans a full time agricultural agent soon with Utah State College extension backing. Currently W. R. Smith, the Uinta Wyoming agent, assists part time. A permanent exhibit of a Hereford bull and cow will be placed in the state capitol, with silver foxes likely, and plans for the second Rich County fair September 24–25 at Randolph.
The Pioneer monument bearing Brigham Young’s statue at Main and Temple streets cannot be legally removed. Civic groups urged removal as a traffic hazard while the Daughters of Utah Pioneers opposed it. Attorney General Parker said the site is dedicated by the city for the monument and removal is not allowed. opinion was requested by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers.
The descendants of Nels Nelson, pioneer of 1864, gathered in Paris and Fish Haven this week. About 600 attendees came from Idaho Falls Burley Star Valley Wyo and Salt Lake City. The first day featured a banquet at Hotel Paris with 102 plates while Delbert Nelson presided. Dr. Thomas of Salt Lake City spoke among others. The second day included a lake program and a Bloomington Amusement Hall dance.
Hugh Reed of Prescado is named the new fireman on the Caldwell branch train succeeding Sam. Reed takes assigned duties on the line and assumes responsibilities in the fire department role.
Parley E Dunford aged 68, longtime Bloomington Bear Lake County resident, died at his Logan home after a stroke. He was born October 5 1861 in St Louis Missouri and survived by widow Mary Jacobson Dunford and a large family. Funeral services were held at the Sixth Ward Chapel with burial arrangements by Richards Undertaking Parlor.
Abe Anderson of Soda Springs, in the Logan Journal, recounts experiences as a southeastern Idaho cattleman and cowpuncher in the early days. He recalls sleeping in a winter cave with cattle half frozen, moving bands through the country, and enduring heat and blizzards, including the severe winter of 1879.
The stake presidency launched a summer effort to paint homes and buildings and tidy lots around Bear Lake. The initiative inspired rapid participation with homes, churches, and business houses joining in the brisk campaign.
June Bug, a sorrel mare with a strong reputation, scored well during the Henry Stampede at Soda Springs. Owned by B Brucki of Patterson, she placed second in a half mile race among horses from House Rexburg Utah and Montana. About fifty horses were entered in the Stampede.
Senator Ola Transtrum ships a carload of wool to Liber man and Sons in Chicago. The lower market price this year yields fair pride for the shipper.
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