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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1938
Page
4
A notice records 2 dollars entered at the Paris Idaho post office for transmission through the mails as Second Class Matter under the Act of March 3 1879.
The latest business index shows only a faint uptick, with overall activity muted after seasonal adjustment. Consumption sits around 30 percent capacity while inventories deplete, and automakers report a post-October low with little plans for 1939 changes. Home building stalls, though some foresee stimulated construction lifting industry later.
Mrs. L. W. Johnson endorses converting the Main Street Strobelt property into a supervised public playground. She argues it offers low cost recreation, engages idle youth in constructive work, and would benefit Paris families with safe outdoor games and sports. She urges community support to adopt the plan.
The Stuart Nebraska Ledger editor extols mountains as health restorers and notes rising popularity of mountain resorts for pleasure and exercise. A Lander Post quote predicts mountains will attract summer pilgrims as loyal worshippers. The piece contrasts shore and lake visits and ends with a quip about government spending and mathematics.
Idaho in Washington discusses federal power development in the Pacific Northwest, possible sites like Bonneville and the Salmon River, and the Pettengill bill’s fate. It notes Sun Valley land issues near Ketchum, a patent-titles fix bill, and transmission plans from J D Roses of Bonneville Dam. Senators Borah and Pope are in Washington with potential June adjournment.
The Bear Lake Aggies bid farewell to seniors including LaVell Ward and Darlene Shurtliff, thanking their officers and helpers. Eldene Lewis is praised as secretary, with tributes to LaVell Ward, Darlene Shurtliff, Mary Hayward, Forrest Jensen, and Grace Teuscher. New club reporter Harold Hulme takes over, while a mock ending describes a gala western event and a 1938 crowning.
The Frontier club of Idaho selects Sun Valley Idaho for its annual six gun shooting match set for July 1. Competitors fire six shots at an ace of spades from five and fifteen paces with six shooters. Automatics barred. Grand prize a Colt frontier single action pistol. The event runs all day in Elkhorn gulch near Sun Valley.
Agricultural notes discuss a sharp push in demand for grain fed steers and heifers in Los Angeles. Prices for good and choice fed steers run 8.50 to 9.50, while grass fat stock sell 6.75 to 7.75. The piece warns feeding as a crop-selling method, not a sure profits plan, and notes low summer prices for live stock feeds due to strong crops and a large forthcoming wheat harvest.
A vintage beauty column suggests curling lashes with a harmless mechanical curler for a rapid upward sweep. It recommends smooth natural eyeshadow with a camel hair brush, a perfumed lash tint mascara in a black bottle, and a curved-tipped applicator to lift lashes.
agronomist Thomas L Martin argues for crop rotation to boost yields and soil health. He cites beets nurse crops, alfalfa cycles, and manure to improve soil structure, reduce wind erosion, control diseases, and equalize plant food supply across a ten year plan.
A discussion notes that poor soil defects are being addressed by a tiny permanent soil fertilization system. It suggests improving farming morale and the growing boy will see farming as worthwhile as the community adopts this method.
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