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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1929
Page
1
The annual intermountain motor cycle Gypsy tour will run June 22 and 23 at Stock Bros Resort on Bear Lake shore. About 500 riders are expected with a hill climbing contest and prizes, plus a grand ball Saturday night.
Dr Jas H Paul of Salt Lake City University of Utah instructor will lecture at a three day Mutual Improvement Assn Bear Lake Stake institute June 17 18 19 at Lakota Resort Bear Lake. He will speak on nature at the tabernacle Sunday eight oclock with free public attendance. Topics include Idaho flowers insects and birds. Monday and Tuesday focus on stake young ladies Wednesday on Scout Leaders. Institute at Mutual Glen Lakota.
The highway north and south of Paris is in deplorable condition for the season. Boggy spots and holes mar most of the ten mile stretch, risking damage to vehicles and potential accidents as tourist traffic increases. Road supervisor action is urged to prevent harm.
Washington reports a revised Mediterranean fruit fly quarantine shifting reshipment restrictions to southern and western states. The updated rules ban most fruits and vegetables from surrounding zones and restrict moves to many states including Alabama Arizona California Georgia Idaho Louisiana Mississippi Nevada New Mexico North Carolina Oklahoma Oregon South Carolina Tennessee Texas Utah Washington and Puerto Rico. The action concentrates on the new infestation area and limits interstate movement from affected regions.
George King of the O. B. Ry. purchases the 66 acre Lanark farm from Walter Findlay and plans to move his family this week. The farm will be farmed by two of Mr. King's sons. Paris visitors Mr. and Mrs. McKay Pugmire of Pocatello vacationing in Ovid and St. Charles stayed with Mr. and Mrs. John A. Wallis and were joined by Mrs. Pugmire's mother Mrs. George Humphreys of Ovid.
The Star Confectionery moved into new quarters one door north of the Paris Drug Co. on Saturday under owner O. H. Grimmett. Lease from S. E. Hymas ended June 1. The shop features repainting calso mining in bright colors, new lighting, updated tables and chairs, a new candy stock, and staff Misses Vilda Passey and Nadia Hoge aiming to please patrons.
Idaho Attorney General W D Gillis ruled that practice teaching in state normal schools can count toward the required eighteen months of teaching experience for a teacher certificate, but only if the experience occurred in Idaho schools. The ruling tightens the rule that all experience must be in Idaho, potentially rendering about 2000 teachers ineligible to teach under the new law.
Edison argues water power remains largely political, not a major business factor. He warns public ownership risks, noting government losses pass to taxpayers and private monopolies may be less risky. The Portland Telegram counters by noting the hidden costs of damming, generation, and distribution for water power.
Miss Mona Athay returned to Salt Lake Friday to resume her studies at the University of Utah during the summer term.
The Chautauqua season begins with The Cleanup a modern comedy about a woman running for mayor against her husband. The play avoids objectionable lines and provides constructive entertainment appealing to local audiences.
The Bear Lake Fish and Game Club and Montpelier Rod and Gun Club announce an outing on June 28 near Porcupine Cave in St. Charles canyon. The program includes state game officials talks, Paris Band concert, horseshoe contests, lunch with fresh Bear Lake trout, cave visit, and afternoon activities. Members and families are invited.
YT. G. Lowe of Logan Utah aged 78 retired contractor and builder of the stake tabernacle at Paris visited the city Tuesday after a forty year absence. He says he was foreman on the Salt Lake Temple and was sent by President Taylor to Paris to supervise tabernacle work. He altered the plans by Don Carlos Young and reports he still enjoys good health. He recently had 14 houses erected in Logan and completed a 7000 avennng house at 1498 North Main in Logan at age 74 without help.
Mrs. Stanley Bird and son Junior and Mrs. Edwin Johnston of Eastland Texas arrived in Paris Wednesday evening and will visit here and Montpelier during the summer. Mrs Bird is staying with her mother Mrs. Orson Pendrey. The trip was by automobile. R Kelsey drove to Brigham City and other Utah points Sunday for a week of visits.
O H Grimmett a local contractor finished remodeling the Strong building for Stock Chevrolet Co now housing the business The upgraded sales room office parts room and rear mechanics area showcase convenience and attractive design George P Stock bills the firm as a county livewire The contractor's work draws demand in Wyoming and Idaho Falls where he builds a $7000 home in Afton and a $60000 apartment block with Lorenzo Grimmett He also has several recent schoolhouse projects in the county
Idaho Governor Baldridge urges state observance of Flag Day on June 14 and Pioneer Day on June 15. Citizens are asked to display the flag at homes and public places. He quotes patriotic sentiments and appeals to cooperation with Allied Patriotic Societies of America. At least one local note mentions Dr We B Bee and Asa Molson visiting Salt Lake City.
Federal agent John Ferrell and deputies investigated after roosters staggered from under a hen house at 1650 East Thirty-third South Street, singing and crowing oddly. They found two 150 gallon stills in a dugout beneath the hen house, with evidence of fermented mash fueling the intoxication.
Supreme Court ruling holds reproduction costs must be considered in setting transportation rates. It will not inflate freight charges or overall railroad valuation as some reports claimed. The 1913 valuation act already requires consideration, and the aim is to enable fair returns for future investment and maintained public service.
Henry Buckle argued that progress comes from social progress, not government action, and that government control leads to social retrogression. The text praises private ambition and industrial organizations for raising wages and living standards, and cautions that radical theories fail in practice.
A Washington dispatch reports the Department of Commerce is standardizing men's sleepwear. The piece mocks uniform bed slats and other items while venturing that standardized nighties may arrive, prompting reflections on crime, prohibition, and rising costs. It ends by questioning if government will enable sleep in standardized nighties.
Wendell B Stucki of the Oregon Life Insurance Co. delivered a $1002.07 check to Mrs Rosena Jewett guardian for Thelma Stucki for the insured Lena F Stucki who died late last month.
Chautauqua opens June 19 under a large tent on Tabernacle Square in Paris drawing a record crowd. The program features The Clean Up play, radio acts with Miss Jessop Mr Hartley and Miss Zinser, a junior program by Miss Dudley, Mrs Peat a noted speaker, Olivar and his boys music, and the classic Smilin Thru with Bob Hanscom in a staged production.
Ranger M B Athay returned to Paris from the Meadowview ranger station on the Midland Trail where grazing detail duty was carried out. Four feet of snow covered the area, cattle feed along the boundary was fair, rain improved it, and deer seen in the week were in excellent condition after winter.
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