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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1926
Page
4
Editor John A. Wallis reports subscription growth in Bear Lake County Idaho as the publication notes rate changes and wider valley readership. Local editors emphasize service to residents and consistent delivery.
The Norris constitutional amendment would start presidential and vice presidential terms on the third Monday in January and Congress members on the first Monday in January. It would create a January session two weeks before a new president takes office, allowing a prompt transition and potential early congressional policy. The measure faced political hurdles and is described as not vital but potentially beneficial.
The passage critiques mass meetings as forums where people talk without action. It notes a push for crime punishment while criminals exploit legal red tape. It laments old methods of petty financial exchange and observes conversations in shops and shopping women, linking money making and spending.
A Uintah Basin Utah farmer urges timely spring prep to avoid losses. Overhaul machinery inc hatchery gear, repair hen houses, and fix pens. Plan seed cleaning, feed production, and a breeding system to ensure a profitable season.
A verse celebrating range life across river and hillside. The speaker travels with a dog and horse, camps under pines, builds a fire, and drifts to dream of a valley home as night falls.
Elders Torrey Austin Parker of Liberty and Lanark led the 1 PM acting teachers report and the 2 PM sacrament session. Bishop George H Robinson and Joseph Irwin officiated at Round Valley ward. Music by organist Ailene Earley Weston. crowd of about 40 noted for attentive listening. Weather warm with transit by motor car. Washington's Birthday celebrated with a juvenile dance and adult hop. Community thanks janitor Ernest W. Irwin for snow plowing. Chase Kears of Paris and Lawrence B. Johnson from Diamondville visited. Johnson buying beef and pork for His meat market. Sam Locks from Montpelier on hide and pelt runs. William B Batt attended funeral in Logan. Howard Emge of J G McDonald Candy Co. and Carrier Henden hauling mail by sleigh, now using auto. Ice hauling ongoing. Ramona Weston recovering from injuries. The winter period to Feb 21, 1926 deemed pleasant. John H. Weston in Lincoln Neb. reports good health. Lake Town likely well represented at Stake Conference on 27th-28th instant.
Two carloads of hay were purchased by John T. Peterson & Son from Richard Sleight and shipped to Kemmerer Wy. One carload of wheat was shipped to St. Louis by Miles Milling & Elevator Co from Hodges Bros Garden City Utah. A carload of mine timber was hauled to the Idaho Phosphate mine after clearing snow. Engineer Bagley and wife report a delightfully full rail trip south including Paris Los Angeles New Orleans Jacksonville Florida Key West Cuba Palm Beach Washington Chicago and home in 30 days or less. Skinny Moore drives Montpellier Paris and Montpelier each day for the branch run and walked nine miles when his car failed to start to catch the train. A carload of Chevrolet cars arrived and was unloaded by George Stocks.
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