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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1931
Page
3
Former state lawmaker Beorge Van De Steeg recalls sponsoring a statewide direct primary bill in 1921 that failed in the Senate. He maintains he remains in favor today, arguing government by the people requires citizens to directly select candidates, despite acknowledged flaws. He calls for voting on other selections and upholds the principle of public candidate choice.
Idaho will use federal funds to build national forest highways this year totaling 1.4 million dollars in regular and emergency appropriations. An additional 1.9 million dollars will be available for federal aid, with Idaho matching to 1.10006 million dollars.
The machine age rapidly replaces unskilled labor pushing workers toward skilled tasks and mental labor. Schools are filling as hardship proves temporary, and brains replace brawn as workers adapt to new problems to achieve ample income for those who try.
George H. Van de Steeg argues in Lewiston Banner that Idaho’s 1930 convention system deprived voters of choice and led to party defeats. He contends a state wide direct primary would reflect the people’s will, urging Idaho Republicans in 1981 to pass a workable direct primary law safeguarding party integrity.
Col Julian Codman of Boston forecast 1932 as a decisive year in the fight against Prohibition. He said major anti prohibition groups focus on repeal and that Congress and both parties will back modification, returning liquor control to states as the public turns against the amendment. A followup note described two Swedes on a railway line with one fatality as the other survived after returning to check on Ole.
Robert Todd Lincoln, son of Abraham Lincoln, held the post of secretary of war under James A. Garfield and continued in the same role during Chester A. Arthur's presidency, linking two administrations through a single tenure.
Public notice states that on February 2, 1931 at 2 p m in Cokeville Lincoln County Wyoming before notary public Earl O Coziah the proof will be submitted for beneficial use of 0 5 cubic feet per second of water from an unnamed spring under Idaho Permit No 16898 held by J D Noblitt Cokeville Wyoming The water is used for a small reservoir to impound stock water with 1 84 acre feet in storage The reservoir sits in NE corner of NE 4 SE 4 Sec 27 T 158 R 48 E Boise Meridian No irrigation Canal or ditch is used The spring at the reservoir supplies the water for the reservoir The right to take water is based on Permit No 16998 The source is a small spring located at the reservoir unnamed
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