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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1926
Page
1
The notice outlines filing windows from June 4 to July 3 for county offices ahead of the primary on August 3. It details nomination paper requirements, party approvals, and possible challenges, plus filing fees and dates for conventions and state positions.
Democrats in Bonneville Bingham and Jefferson counties called for fusion with the Progressive party in the fall election if Bourbon party identity is not submerged. Les Dillingham Mackay state chairman led a meeting to gauge sentiment and outline possible fusion strategy across six districts.
A 40 horsepower launch formerly owned by Stick Bros. Re Bort is renamed Meyee Rich and suited for operation on Lake Taxy. The launch will be commissioned by the company with headquarters at Fish Haven. Bee NT and Bi M. Rich anticipate a very successful venture.
The Paris team defeated Grace 18 to 8 at the fair grounds yesterday afternoon. Beck and Bird started the game as battery, Brewer and Mattson pitched in the fourth. Humphreys hit the only home run as the team showed strong fielding and teamwork. Some spectators criticized players from the grandstand, an unsportsmanlike display that marred the contest.
The Paris First Ward hosts a Sunday evening program on June 20 at 8:00 p.m. Vocal duets feature Tressa Rich with Mabel Johnson, along with readings by Mabel Athay and Edith Rich. Mrs F J Foulger and Mrs C G Longhurst provide additional vocal duets. Pres B S Stuck directs the event and Mary Budge contributes music.
The Palmer Bond and Mortgage Company of Salt Lake City bought 333000 of bonds from the City of Paris at 54.4 percent interest. Six other bids were on file. W Wy Romsey of Salt Lake represented the firm and met with the council Monday evening when the bid was accepted.
The Fathers and Sons outing planned by the Bear Lake Stake for June 24 and 26 has been postponed indefinitely.
Pittsburg honors Mrs. Mary Copley Thaw, famed for philanthropy in charity and education, as she turns 83 at a home reunion. Attending are her children including Harry K. Thaw, with health prompting a quiet observance.
A shipboard account from Mayor Dunford details a Hawaii visit anchored by Kilauea and Hawaii island highlights. He recalls Honolulu on Oahu, a 192 mile voyage from Honolulu to Hilo, and vivid scenes of lava, rail trips, and a bustling island culture for over 200 tourists from Hilo.
Bishop N A Skinner of Noonan reports his son Dr C N Skinner earned a 95 average over four years at Southern California University dental school. He won a national Phi Kappa Phi honor as one of 36 from 5000 students. He may join the university as demonstrator while awaiting boards in Utah and Idaho. Mrs Skinner plans Utah Idaho visits.
District court will convene here July 19 with a full calendar of routine work defaults and two criminal cases awaiting action Judge O R Baum will probably preside.
Vernon Budge of Fielding High school was chosen as Idaho's candidate for the national youth award at the Philadelphia sesquicentennial exposition. Catherine Ogden of Boise was the popular choice for a girls’ delegate. Vernon will travel to Philadelphia late June with side trips to Washington and Valley Forge.
Word reached Mr and Mrs R W Caldwell that their son Dan, sent to Albuquerque for his health, is improving with a gain of six pounds since leaving Paris. Mrs Caldwell accompanies her husband.
A June wedding in San Francisco united Miss Maud Dunford and Joy Briscoe of Bloomington. The couple, both well known in Paris and Bloomington, wed after meeting in California where Briscoe was employed and the Dunford family cited many friends wishing them happiness.
About 3000 head of high grade rams and ewes will be consigned to Salt Lake City August 30 to September 1 for the eleventh annual ram show and sale. The National Woolgrowers Association reports Hampshires will lead numbers with Rambouillet second. Rambouillet breeders total around 1175 head, with 30 consignors. Other breeds include Suffolk, Corridale, Lincoln, and Goodyear types.
Nina Rich and daughters Virginia and June return to St Charles after years away. Virginia, previously a county farm bureau stenographer, and June, a Fielding High School student, wed in Salt Lake Temple this week.
The city provided lumber and fittings to repair three plank sidewalks at the north end of Main Street south end of Main Street and Canyon Street. Taxpayers on the streets supplied labor and remaining equipment. A council meeting linked city officials with a few property holders to finalize the project. Work finished this week. No repairs have been done on the southern project in the past eighteen years since construction.
Considerable grain is being bought from farmers in this vicinity and shipped to Ogden elevators. Buyers pay $1.14 per bushel, lower than the $1.50 per bushel some farmers refused last fall when they expected higher prices.
Logan Utah Imperial Glee Club directed by Albert Southwick will present a June 26 concert at the stake tabernacle. Admission 25 and 50 cents. Program includes Moonlight on the Lake Little Old Garden Kentucky Babe o Vergy Bolbell Mountains The Rosary and more with soloists and glee club numbers led by J H Taylor Jr and Gladys Strong.
Funeral services for Mrs. D R Matthews were held at the Second Ward chapel in Providence Utah on Sunday. Speakers included H Campbell C M Hammond J R Shepherd and O H Budge with closing remarks by Bishop H M Zollinger. Mrs Matthews 63 died recently leaving children Enid Crabtree Camilla Olson Leda Dunn Dentoy Mathews Racine Mathews Elizabeth Nye A S Hoge Lucy Horsley and others.
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