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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1932
Page
2
The Paris Post notes second class matter status at the Paris Idaho post office under the 1878 act. Editor and Publisher John A Wallis details subscription options: one year two dollars, six months one dollar sixty, three months one dollar, all strictly in advance.
Beverly Hills July 28 Will Rogers lauds editors from small towns and weekly papers as representative Americans who read widely and influence public service. He says country editors lack national ad controls and offer indispensable local insight. The note invites joining The Post by greasing the mahogany with wheels for a year.
In a Pocatello Tribune interview Congressman Ad ison Smith declares the people should vote on the wet or dry question while retaining the Eighteenth Amendment. He frames a popular vote as fair and praises the stance as commendable. Yellowstone Park reports pelicans transporting cod-like fish sixty miles for feeding their young showing unusual animal behavior.
Jean Harlow, famed platinum blonde screen star, appears as the heroine in Red Headed Woman at the Novelty theatre opening Sunday. The Metro-Goldwyn Mayer adaptation of Katharine brush best seller features Harlow in the title role amid the film’s sensational plot.
County fair organizers unveil expanded sheep pens and new dairy cattle sheds for a larger exhibit. A $500 prize fund donated by Montpelier merchants will go to ticket holders, with one ticket per dollar spent at local stores. The program features harness and chariot races, horse racing, concessions, a merry go round, ferris wheel, dancing, and refreshments for all ages.
Garden City praises lake resort business over the past two weeks as Bear Lake recedes to about a block from high water. Visitors from Brigham City Ogden Thayne and Salt Lake report weekend stays and travel, with local officials noting hatchery and road construction plans at Round Valley in readiness for early November.
Mrs. Soren Nelson remains critically ill while sons Clifford and Nels return to Coxneville for work. Numerous visitors and business travelers pass through Star Valley from Pocatello to Logan and Bloomington. Highlights include Miss Bernice Pugmire nursing scarlet fever at Lanark and Yellowstone Park trips by Rulon Keetch family and others.
Mayor Fred J. Price wrote to Myrtle R. Davis seeking a possible junior college linked to Fielding High School. Davis replied opposing new state institutions during financial strain and urged legislative action if a junior college is created. She notes private options like St. Margaret's in Boise and offers to submit the matter to the Attorney General.
The Idaho soils specialist suggests reed canary grass for land near Bear Lake that floods early in spring and grows sedges. It should not be used on alkali ground. Farmers with non alkali wet ground should plow part this fall and plant after water recedes next spring or summer. For details see the county agent. Mrs N E Pugmire.
Boise Aug 24 Mrs Myrtle R Davis Idaho state superintendent opposes a plan for a junior college at Paris Bear Lake county The idea originated from Paris editor and would use the Fielding high school building with one additional teacher Costs and state approval were cited as factors and Davis said she opposed increased higher education expenditure at present.
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