Petiers Meters fr an torium and road survey notes
The article describes a new 22 by 70 feet multipurpose space to serve school activities and concerts. It also reports survey crews beginning road work to connect Salt Lake City to Yellowstone via Hoback Wyoming. The proposed scenic route runs through Ogden Logan Bear Lake Paris Montpelier Star Valley and the Snake River Grand Canyon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Canyon
Snake River
Hoback
Wyoming
Yellowstone Park
Salt Lake
Ogden
Logan
Logan Canyon
Bear Lake Valley
Paris
Montpelier
Montpelier Canyon
Crow Creek
Geneva
Star Valley
Bargain Prices in Education for Young Men
The Spokane Daily Chronicle notes education is affordable amid high learning costs and scarce jobs. It urges young men and women to study hard, work through school, and seize open opportunities as the market improves later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane Daily Chronicle
Valley Boosters Plan Two Day Lion to Idaho and Wyo
Officers and Star Valley Chamber of Commerce members plan a 300 mile excursion August 31 and September 1 to enlist cooperation of about fifteen nearby towns. Visits target Cokeville Kemeter Paris Montpelier Soda Springs McCammon Pocatello Blackfoot Firth Shelley Idaho Falls Riggs Rifle Swan Valley Irwin. The drive aims to boost Star Valley through Boosters for Star Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star Valley Chamber of Commerce
Star Alley
Star-Valley
Star Valley
Unchecked forest fires claim two loggers near Payette
A large blaze from the Payette river to Centerville spread rapidly trapping two workers, Herbert Harvey age 24 of Boise and Nolan Warner age 28 of Fillmore Utah, who were found dead after nightfall. The disaster, part of a wider outbreak, burned the Golden Age mine area and forced retreat across the divide as foresters battled the flames with about a thousand men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Centerville
Payette River
Herbert Harvey
Nolan Warner
Fillmore
Utah
Dana Parkinson
Intermountain
Ogden
Divide
Warner
Harvey
Grimes Pass
Lowman
Payette
R. E. Whitten
Boise County
Boise Basin
Mineral Mining Company
Idaho Forest
Placerville
McCall
Senator Whitten
Guy B. Mains
Boise National Forest
Ross
Pioneerville
Rock chuck feast praised by Grace Herald diners
The Grace Herald cites Dave Miles Floyd Smart and Nels Johnson cooking a rock chuck in its own tallow over a campfire and declaring it delicious. It notes Fort Hall Indians visit Gem Valley for supply and a curio plant squaw says whites do not know what is good. The piece identifies rockchuck as groundhog and recalls boys of sixty or seventy years ago enjoying it.
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Grace Herald
Dave Miles
Floyd Smart
Nels Johnson
Fort Hall
Gem Valley
Eiverybody
Woman Refuses To Evacuate In Californian Fire Zone
In Placerville Aug 25 a couple, Mr and Mrs Dave Branson, refused orders to evacuate Grimes Pass as fire advanced. Fire crews tried to remove them by force while 40 firefighters crossed ash and wind to Placerville. Seven men stayed in a Missouri mill building and saved it despite eight hours underground. A deputy sheriff pursued alleged fire bugs as National Guard tents lined Pioneerville streets.
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Placerville
Dave Branson
Uttle
Grimes Pass
Placervile
Missouri
Boiss
Marie Poncla
Pioneerville
Uncle Sam
Floneerville
National Guard
Boise
Daurman
Gin law affects marriage licenses in Idaho counties
In Bear Lake county a Wyoming couple applied for a marriage license marking the first since June 27 and the eighth since the gin law began May 58. Four of eight couples secured licenses, four withdrew or went elsewhere. Ada county reports 68 serious applicants after 70 total, with 132 licenses granted in 1980 through August 21.
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Bear Lake County
Clerkham Tanks
Wyoming
Ada County
Pocatello Tribune
Duck season shortened by drought across United States
President Hoover issued a proclamation shortening the duck season nationwide and in Alaska due to severe drought. Geese brant and coots are also affected with new opening and closing dates varying by region. Officials warn irreparable damage if harvests remain high and call for conservation to protect breeding populations.
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Washington
Hoover
United States
Alaska
Biological Survey
Unitates
Canada
Unite States
Alasaka
Florida
Federal
Dosminion
Orice
Young Woman Travels Alone Across Country With Baby
Ellis Walter of Gooding picked up a young eastbound traveler near Hagerman. She had headed from Salt Lake City toward Portland to rejoin a husband who left for Oregon City. With no funds, she walked with a small baby as she sought rides to reach him.
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Hagerman
Ellis Walter
Mr. Walter
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake
Portland
Oregon City
White House Conference Finds Lighter Housework
The White House Conference on Child Health and Protection in Washington under President Hoover announced that modern labor saving devices free mothers from routine chores allowing more time for children. It found city women spend 51 hours weekly on tasks while farm women spend 171 hours yearly on water carrying and related duties. It urged easing farm workloads and improving health and home standards for farm mothers and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nereid
White House
Washington, D. C
Hoover
Rambouillet ram tops 550 at national sale in Salt Lake City
John K. Madsen of Mount Pleasant Utah saw his yearling Rambouillet ram sell for 550 dollars the high price opening the 16th annual national ram sale at Union stockyards John W Owens of Ozone Texas purchased the top bid Buyers from across the United States and Canada attended the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galt Lake City
John K. Madsen
Mt. Pleasant
Utah
Union
John W. Owen
Ozone
Texas
United States
Canada
Paris Independent School District to Elect Trustee September 1 1931
Notice outlines annual school meeting and election for Paris Independent School District No. 2 Bear Lake County Idaho. A three year trustee term is up for election. Meetings at Emerson School with polls open 1 to 6 pm. Nominations due at least six days before election. Ballot is secret. Clerk Fred J. Price signs notice dated August 6 1931.
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Paris
Bear Lake County
Idaho
Paris Independent School District No
Bear Lake
Emerson
Fred J. Price
Independent School District No
Bear Lake Lake County
Invitation to former residents to write letters to The Post
The Post invites readers who moved away to send letters for publication. Former locals are urged not to hesitate and to write about their experiences, as old friends would enjoy hearing from them, and the newspaper will publish their letters.
Bear Lakers In Los Angeles Meet at Mrs Wallace Home
Visiting guests including Mrs. Wm. Streeper and daughter Olla enjoy a morning gathering under a grape arbor at Mrs. Cora Wallace’s Los Angeles home. J. Sutton is the only man present and jokes about his breakfast in bed before heading home to forget his troubles.
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Los Angeles
Wm. Streeper
Illa
Cora Wallace
Olla
Mary
J. A. Button
Ed. Austin
Mire
Will Crookston
Minerva Wooley
Kenneth Woolley
C. W. Stewart
John Sutton
Big 20 Percent Cut In Irrigated And Dry Land Valuation
Assessor Milford Williams reports a 20 percent reduction in the valuation of irrigated and dry land after the State Board of Equalization hearing in Boise. The board, including Governor Ben Ross and Fred Lukens, considered appeals statewide, with all assessors present to learn from the educational session.
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Milford Williams
State Board of Equalization
Boise
Ben Ross
Fred E. Lukens
Fred Babcock
EB. G. Gallett
George Barrett
Williams
Capital News Fixed by the Act With Provided Interest
A report notes that the act fixed an arrangement with interest provided as stipulated. The article outlines the financial terms and the parties involved in implementing the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capital-News
Idaho Kilowatt Tax Declared Valid By Federal Judges
Federal judges rule Idaho kilowatt tax on commercial energy production constitutional and may raise revenue of about half a million dollars. The Utah Power and Light Company challenged the measure but the court granted an interlocutory injunction pending final determination. The scene shifts to interstate commerce questions and state officials expect the law to stand if not struck by later rulings.
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Idaho
C. C. Cavanah
Oise
Webster
Spokane
Sawtelle
San Francisco
Extraoro
Utah Power and Light Company
Power
Graham
Payette County
Misenhimer
Power County
Foreman
Owyhee County
Utah Power Company
Idaho Power
Washington Power
Emmett Prost
Law Enforcement
Fred J. Babcock
Utah Power
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