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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1929
Page
4
A parade of visitors and events fills Paris and nearby towns. Richard Pugmire of St Charles recovers from a broken leg. families from Salt Lake, American Falls, and Los Angeles spend weekends with Paris friends. Doctors, piano auctions, lost suitcases, and birthday celebrations flesh out a busy community scene.
Mrs. Joan McBurney the chautauqua superintendent left Tuesday for Whorston Montana to supervise a chautauqua there She secured signatures for a pledge representing 500 dollars and enough signers on a contract to insure a chautauqua here next summer
The Post will go to press a day early and publish a smaller edition to join other county businesses in observance. Readers and advertisers are asked to understand the day off as the celebration takes place.
Earl Haggerty III, sick with a winter illness and confined to bed, was taken to Salt Lake City last Saturday by his daughters Mrs Evans and Miss Berneice. He entered a hospital for treatment and was joined by his wife on Sunday. A Tuesday letter noted he was not improving and very ill due to a nasal condition poisoning his blood.
Randolph notes report visits from Miss Helen Rex in Salt Lake for medical care and from Mr and Mrs J G Sprouse and Mrs J L Gardner of Garden City. Elma Norris and Gladys Kennedy finish at University of Utah. A humorous squirrel tale ends with a nut versus squirrel joke.
A State Highway Commission note says ordering gravel and filling bad spots would aid public benefit. It adds that using the road grader on the dry highway is a waste of public money and only keeps road men employed.
An editorial from Detroit extols Idaho’s romance with potatoes and argues Michigan can learn from Idaho’s adventurous spirit. The piece cites economic and agricultural insights on hog production, climate, and market timing to stress profitable farming practices in the West and Southwest.
Listings describe multiple holiday events across towns and resorts. Montpelier American Legion sponsors a mammoth celebration with parade sports fireworks day and night and dance. Fish Haven Stock Bros Resort offers shade bathing dancing and an evening dance with Salt Lake orchestra. Lakota Resort near Bear Lake features outdoor and indoor sports and a Salt Lake orchestra dance. Idahl Beach hosts sports boating and a dance. Bear Lake Hot Springs near Paris offers indoor plunge bathing light lunches and a large Fourth crowd.
The passage notes Idaho’s rugged landscape and growing agricultural strength. Wheat yields surpass others per acre, apples reach 44 states plus overseas, beans reach 32 states, and potatoes command premium prices. The author suggests Michigan could learn from Idaho’s farm marketing expertise.
The Town Doctor advocates targeting service industry workers in small towns to promote local growth. He suggests hosting staged lunches with gasoline attendants hotel clerks soda fountain and drug store clerks to deliver a booster message about town strengths and opportunities. He urges providing facts on growth trade zone income and unique local advantages to empower sellers and attract more customers.
Sealed proposals will be received by the Paris City Idaho Council in its regular assembly room on July 22 1929 for water works construction. A $5 deposit is required for plans and specifications and will be refunded when returned. W Smith Hoge City Clerk. fy 4 11 18.
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