Bear Lake American Legion to Erect Memorial Hall
Bear Lake Post No 84 of the American Legion plans a memorial hall to honor fallen members. At a 2 am supper, over thirty members voted to start the project with Dr C O Moore outlining plans. A $12 000 building will include a swimming pool library offices gym and a large meeting room. Donations and community use of the pool will help fund the project and bond the building at 12 000. Voluntary labor and local avenues for material are under way as architects provide plans and a lot is being sought. Community cooperation is urged for the year ahead.
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Bear Lake
American Legion
Hotel Paris
C. O. Moore
Post
Legion
Card of Thanks From the Bird Family
Mr and Mrs John H Bird and family express heartfelt gratitude to friends for kindness during illness and after the passing of their son and daughter. May the Lord bless you for your sympathy and support.
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John H. Bird
Bear Lake Stake Church Notices Amid Conference Schedule
The stake announces a priesthood meeting on February 19 at the usual time due to conference. The Stake Quarterly Conference gathers February 26 and 27 with visitors from Salt Lake expected. Opening day attendance is emphasized and Home Missionary Day shifts to February 20 because of the conference. Bear Lake Stake wards continue. A funding update notes 1203.80 toward the Near Feed Fund on Sunday January.
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Stake
Salt Lake
Bear Lake
Contile
Garden City Items Chronicle Local Notes
In Garden City over the past two weeks residents report a 10 inch fall of snow and a 14 below zero morning. The rabibt hunt closed last Friday. Married men paid for a dance and challenged the single men for another, which remains unpaid. The Relief Society staged a play "A Girl in a Thousand" to good attendance, followed by the Y M and Y L M IA presenting "Wet Honor," both well received. Milford Love land hosts weekly picnic shows with receipts split with the ward. Elma Pead and nephew visit, Elma sings during the M I A play.
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Relief Society
Y. M Ord Y. L. M. IA
Milford Loveland
Elma Pead
Elma
Mail dispatch changes to trains from local post office
The Montpelier postal system stops segregating mail for trains and dispatches directly from the local post office. Postmaster H. L. Spencer reports the department has abandoned the old custom and will route mail to trains from here.
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Montpelier
Post Office Department
H. L. Spencer
Fourth Class Postmaster Examination Opened at Bloomington
The United States Civil Service Commission announces a fourth class postmaster examination to be held in Montpelier Indiana on March 12 1921. It aims to certify applicants for the Bloomington postmaster vacancy and other openings in the office. Applicants must be 21 or older, residents within the office territory, and U.S. citizens. Forms and details available from the local postmaster or the Civil Service Commission in Washington.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Montpelier
Idaho
Bloomington
United States
Washington, D. C
Miss Deplhia Arnett Hosts Saturday Party in St Charles
A crowd of local young people gathered for games music and social chat at Miss Deplhia Arnett's party Saturday evening ice cream and cake were served and guests reported a good time. Meanwhile several locals returned from Cache valley sugar factory work and changes in the Pugmire family included illness quarantine releases as smallpox cases emerged. The visit of Hon. Jeppa Monson of Smithfield Utah with his sons Edmun and Henry concluded the week with the 80 year old guest in good health.
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Deplhia Arnett
Stanley Pugmire
Robert Hemmerret
Cache Valley
Matthew Pugmire
Nancy E. Pugmire
Junier
Fishermen report cold spell and ice at Fish Haven
Fish Haven records the coldest spell in years with temperatures dipping to 19 below. The lake freezes thick, enabling early ice fishing as residents note community weddings, visitors, and local health updates amid wintery conditions. The rabbit hunt ends with 313 rabbits killed.
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Fish Haven
Clara Winterbottom
Paris
St. Charles
Martha Shirley
Wilford Price
Roundvalley
Visling
Amatte
Stearns Bee
Georgetown
Bear Lake Phosphate Company Expands in Valley Activity
The Bear Lake Phosphate Company doubles its workforce to about twenty five men as government lease on 400 acres boosts access to high grade rock. Eighty thousand tons developed in eight months with shipments soon to Pacific Coast at one car daily, using sleighs now and trucks when spring arrives. The lease and company property create one of the West’s largest accessible deposits of phosphate.
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Bear Lake Phosphate Company
Pacific Coast
Paris
Fremont County Extension Worker Public Notice
Hom iN Demonstra Fyrtle Davidson has been employed as Home Detention Agent for Fremont County. Miss Stepan demonstrated in dress form work age in communities. Lee aided Extension work and county organizers. A list of project leaders and efforts is described. An animal described as unclaimed with no marks will be sold at public auction at a designated spot, fore head, white et. EMARK SUTTON, City Marshal.
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Fyrtle Davidson
Fremont
Miss Stepan
Lee
Old Folks of Paris to Be Entertained Reunion Thursday
The annual reunion of Paris elderly will be held on Thursday February 17 at the Paris Pavilion. Guests over 65 and widows will be treated to a program starting at 1 pm followed by a total feast at 5 pm in the First Ward. An evening dance will close the event with public amusement.
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Paris
Lst
The Noble Life
The poem speaks of true worth in action not image and kindness as royal. It emphasizes doing daily good, rejecting dreams of grand deeds, and choosing a narrow straight path for humanity.
Subscription note from Brigham City donor expresses thanks
A letter from Frank Greenhalgh of Brigham City, Idaho, enclosed a two year subscription payment and praised the Post. The note adds that some local subscribers receive the paper weekly but fail to pay when statements are mailed.
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Frank Greenhalgh
Brigham City
Biah
Dance at Stock pavilion draws a large crowd
A dance hosted by the losing side at the Stock pavilion was successful despite many being unable to attend due to a blizzard. Bert Erickson visited Evanston last week and faced one of the season’s worst storms returning home Friday. Mrs Theressa Stalder returned from Providence after a pleasant visit with relatives. Mrs Ada Howell has been ill with the grippe confinement at home.
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Bert Erickson
Evanston
Theressa Stalder
Providence
Ada Howell
Idgrippe
Idaho Taxation Debates Local Tax Cuts And Agencies
Idaho lawmakers discuss broad tax relief with focus on local taxation and state authority. Proposals include cutting county and school taxes, abolishing certain state offices, and reforming the highway commission to improve roads while trimming costs. Debate centers on balancing efficiency and public benefit amid a 1921 tax bill outlook.
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Idaho
Lon Ta
Ae Highway Commission
Ion
Electrification of the Oregon Short Line Proposed
Westinghouse chairman Guy E Tripp argues electrifying the Oregon Short Line could relieve railroad financial strain. He says rising wages and costs pressure earnings, hindering capital for extensions, and electrification offers a broad cost-cutting path benefiting both railroads and the public.
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Oregon
Guy E—tripp
Westinghouse Company
Local Soda Springs Basketball Defeats Reported
Two games played Friday and Saturday evenings at Emerson gym feature Soda Springs MWA and Fielding versus Paris Athletic, with Fielding winning 33 to 18 and Paris Athletic beating Soda Springs 28 to 22 while Bennington edged Emerson 21 to 20.
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Emerson Gym
Soda Springs M. W. A
Paris Athletic
Paris Athletic Assn
Bennington
Emerson Echoel
Emerson
Bear Lake County Dairy Cows Seen As Key Income Boost
County Agent Kearl says dairying will raise farmers incomes in Bear Lake County more than any other activity.
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Bear Lake County
Kearl
Abolition of State Education Commissioner Urged
State tax cuts face opposition with calls for a full belt tightening. Proposals include abolishing the education commissioner position as unnecessary, arguing the state board and local authorities suffice, and that the office wields dictatorial power. Supporters claim education funding can continue at lower total cost without harming schools.
Death of Lavilla Bird Echoes Through Community
The community mourns 17 year old Lavilla Bird who died after a brief illness. Funeral services were held at a family home with speakers PressKoy Welker and Bishop M D Low, a mixed quartet, and flowers plentiful. Speakers praised her bright life, kindness, and active ward involvement as comforting words were offered to her grieving parents. The obituary describes her as honest, loving, cheerful, and a sunshine in the community, concluding with religious reflections on resurrection.
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Joe Bird
Lavilla
PressKoy A. Welker
Bishop M. D. Low
Bertha Cook
Frank Lewis
A W Shepherd
H. L. Spencer
Mother Earth
Winter horse racing attracts interest in Paris
Farmers and stock raisers from the valley witnessed cutter races on Main Street last Monday. Contenders included King and Hunter of Ovid, George Watton driving Dr R J Sutton, Robert Rosen driving Farrel Jacobsen of Bloomington, and Alf Rogers of this city. Sutton and King and Hunter won two of three heats. A boxing bout followed Stocker and Garfinkle. A large crowd then attended the opera Robinhood at the Gem Theatre in Montpellier, returning on a special train hours later.
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Main Street
King and Hunter
Ovid
George Watton
R J Sutton
Robert Rosen
Farrel Jacobsen
Bloomington
Alf Rogers
R J. Sutton
King
Hunter
Stocker
Garfinkle
Gem Theatre
Montpellier
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