Old Folks Party Planned For February Eleventh
A local old folks committee met to appoint chairs and plan the annual party. Seth Budge named chairman, with Thomas Caldwell M G Price and others on the general committee. The event will be February eleventh with badges color coded by age and a supper and show at the First Ward chapel and Novelty Theatre, followed by a dance. John Bird is noted as Paris's oldest male resident and Mrs Julia Wilcox the oldest woman. love matches among young men are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seth Budge
A. W. Shepherd
Budge
Thomas Caldwell
M. G. Price
W. B. Stucks
Ira Law
M. H. Sollings
Henry Fox_and
M. E. Rich
Novelty Theatre
First Ward
John Bird
Julia Wilcox
Paris
Idaho Assessors Cut Cattle Valuations for 1931
Ida ho county assessors announce widespread reductions in livestock valuations for 1931. Ewes and yearlings drop to $4 and $4 respectively, wool growers push for $3.50 a head. Buck sheep down to $7, cattle mainly $50 plus, common cattle to $22, Milch cows to $30 and up. Yearlings $11 or $20, bulls $40 and up. Hog valuations stay five cents a pound and goats at five dollars a head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
Panic and Hard Times Echo in Public Mood
A verse laments panic and hardship as buyers balk at prices and government action seems needed. It contrasts looming ruin with consumer woes like washing by hand and modern costs, ending with a note that much of the talk is plain old fashioned fear.
Andrus Named to Land Office in Idaho
Cowles Andrus, former Idaho legislator from Guster county, chosen to be state land commissioner to replace I H Nash. Selection agreed by Republican land board members and set for formal approval later today. Nash will stay until April 1 per the board. Andrus has prior service in military and timber work and has worked as an appraiser and in public works planning.
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Boise
Andrus
North
Idaho
Department of Public Works
Boise Flying Service
Nash
Ovid Matron Passes After Operation
Mrs. Charles Sorenson 40 dies following surgery in Ovid. Funeral services held at the Ovid chapel with burial in the local cemetery. Survived by husband and three children Lucille Le er and two sisters in Norway, her birthplace.
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Charles Sorenson
Ovid
Lucille
Leer
Norway
Idaho Counties Receive Federal Forest Funds
Boise reports Idaho county allocations of 165 521 from timber and forest product sales. Bear Lake 2796, Bannock 2000, Benewah 13, Blaine 3385, Bonner 12676, Boundary 4651, Caribou 4129, Cassia 5299, Clearwater 2516, Custer 6334, Kootenai 17843, Latah 22, Oneida 1044, Shoshone 42938, Teton 1458, Twin Falls 1272.
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Bear Lake
Bannock
Benewah
Blaine
Bonner
Bonneville
Boundary
Caribou
Cassia
Clearwater
Custer
Kootenai
Latah
Oneida
Shoshone
Teton
Twin Falls
Tueller Performs in BYU Recital Amid Vocal Students
Dallas Tueller, son of Christian Tueller of Paris Idaho, appeared among vocal students presented by Miss Margaret Summerhays at Brigham Young University in Provo Utah. Tueller, a sophomore, joined the recital as Summerhays’s first this year.
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Provo
Utah
Dallas
Tueller
Christian Tueller
Paris
Idaho
Margaret Summerhays
Brighay Young ‘University
Summerhays
Wanted old books on Life of Mary Jemison Indian captive
Advert states publisher’s name address and date for old books and pamphlets about Life of Mary Jemison. Signed by Fred Strecker Box 957 Rochester N Y with date 1 29 1 5 12.
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Mary Jemison
Fred Strecker
Rochester
Gasoline Tax Bill Extends to Cities Including Boise
A proposed bill for the highways committee would require municipalities to pay the state gasoline tax to resolve disputes with the department. It would create a revolving fund equal to 10 percent of the tax for prompt refunds and impose bonds on dealers and importers. Delinquent taxes would accrue interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Highways Committee
Fred E. Lukens
Railoays
Oher
Program for Scout Meeting in Paris First Ward Chapel
The Boy Scouts present a February 1 program at the Paris First ward chapel. Opening, talks by Ralph Sleight Eugene Stucki and Ferris Hess. Grand parade of Scouting in America by W Wilford Budge and Dewitt Grandy. Songs by Scott Grandy Scott Hoge and Donald Fuller. Benediction by Clint Grandy.
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Paris First Ward
Scott Grandy
America
Wwilford Budge
Dewitt Grandy
Scott Hoge
Grant-Richr
Ralph Sleight
Eugene Stucki
Ferris Hess
Russell Innes
Clint Grandy
Donald Fuller
Mr. Low
Bear Lake to Become Fisherman's Paradise
The Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce aims to unite Idaho and Utah authorities to turn Bear Lake into a fisherman’s paradise. Idaho may ban seining, then Utah's game commission and the federal fisheries bureau will stock the lake with game fish. Gus P. Backman cites state cooperation and promotional effort as key to economic opportunity.
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Associated Press
Salt Lake Tribune
Pocatello Tribune
Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce
Bear Lake
Idaho
Utah
Utah Game Commission
Federal Bureau of Fisheries
Gus P. Backman
Chamber of Commerce of
Salt Lake
Massive highway program planned nationwide
A reported national plan envisions 9,000 miles of hard surfaced roads across 11 unknown states, funded near 816 million dollars with 293.8 million from federal sources. Louisiana leads states with 2,500 miles paved, 1,000 gravel, at about 75 million and 12,000 jobs, while Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington outline multi million budgets and hundreds of jobs.
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America
Arizona
Vermont
Tennessee
Massachusets
New Mexico
Louisiana
Northwest States
Idaho
Bear Lake Valley Faces Mild Winter With Snow Still Melting
The past winter in Bear Lake valley has been unusually pleasant with temperatures rarely near zero. Some remaining snow on the ground suggests moisture, but open fields show melt while forecasts indicate another month of winter and a chance of more snow, though extreme cold snaps are unlikely this year.
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Bear Lake Valley
Oan
Bern Town Debuts Electric Light Service Tuesday
The hamlet of Bern in north Ovid celebrated electric light service Tuesday evening when power was first turned on in the area. Residents abandoned prior lighting and invested heavily, with 24 electric stoves and 20 electric refrigerators purchased, a local citizen saying the cost was worth it.
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North
Ovid
Bern
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Gosh
Ovid Matron
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George G. Barrett
Dallas Tueller
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Washington
Paris,ca
Greta Garbo
Robert Montgomery
Lewis Stone
Marjorie Rambeau
Greta
Garbo
Scotland Yard
Edmund Lowe
Joan Bennett
Zane Grey
Duanes
George O'Brien
Southwest
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