Farmers Urged to Plant Wheat Across Idaho Lands
J. W. Shorthill, U S Food Administration Grain Corp member, calls on Idaho farmers to sow more wheat to secure wartime food supplies. He warns wheat is essential, funds debate on profitability, stresses no fixed price losses, and urges lightening demand for substitutes by boosting wheat production.
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J. W. Shorthill
U. S. Food Administration Grain Corporation
Beco Ile
France
Idaho
Wheat Conservation Plan Telegraphed To Idaho Counties
The county food administrator reports telegrams from E M Puemire and Hoover directing a fifty fifty substitution plan effective March 11. Wheat and wheat products to be sold only with equal substitutes, potatoes used as substitutes, and a 4 to 1 substitute rate. Evaporated substitutes and other items to be allocated to meet the goal, with emphasis on conserving breadstuffs for Allies.
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E. M. Puemire
Idaho
Algo
Herbert Hoover
Banos
R. E
Bicknell
Bloomington Relief Society Event Posts Local Social
Last Sunday the Relief Society held a town meeting followed by a social with a 2008 program. Monday featured a Relief Society Social inviting all married residents, with a brass band serenade and an evening of refreshments and dancing led by John Q Welker and wife.
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Relief Society
Raa Relief Society
John -Q
Welker
Jacob
Local High School Basketball Scores and Upcoming Championship
Last Friday F. A. defeated Star Valley High 61 to 14 in a rough game. Fielding beat Soda Springs 61 to 32 with players noting gains from the Paria boys. Paris Mutual beat Star Valley 57 to 26 in Emerson Gym. A Paris Mutual vs Academy title clash is planned for Southeastern Idaho. Farmers urged to sow more spring wheat to aid soldiers and consumers. Saturday night at the Paris opera house Fielding Academy presents Phe-Masquersder.
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F. A
Star Valley High School
Owever
Afton
Soda Springs
Soda Boys
Paria Boys
Paris Mutual
Star Valley
Emerson Gym
Academy
Idaho
Paris Opera House
Dramatic Club
The
Fielding Academy
Ward Tryouts Set For March 26 Across Three Districts
Ward officers were briefed on contest plans including Public Speaking for Seniors with ten minute talks. Music pieces include Ladres Quartet Lullaby in a Canoe and a Dixie arrangement by Prof. Evans Stephens. Retold Junior stories and district panels follow, with district tryouts on April 9.
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Dixie
Evan Stephen
Daynes Beebe Music Co
Salt Lake Music Co
Vents Gymen
Ieee Pean
Guggeateds G
Pune
Liberty
Landrk
Ovid
Bloomington
Paris
St. Charles
Garden City
Fish Haven
Laketown
Dancing Exhibition at Paris Second Ward Hall
The Fielding Academy physical education girls will present a dancing exhibition on April 20 in the Paris Second ward hall directed by Instructor Veda Low. The program features character dancing aesthetic and national dances in costumes. Admission is free and organizers expect a large crowd.
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Fielding Academy
Paris Second Ward
Veda Low
Mrs Rogers Announces Spring Hat and Furnishings Line
Mrs Rogers of the Paris Millinery announces a fall line of ladies hats for spring. A grand spring opening will take place next Monday.
Letter from Lieutenant Moore from Camp Sherman Ohio
Lt O O Moore writes from Base Hospital Camp Sherman Ohio describing hospital facilities 1300 beds 38 wards ward 21 General Medicine 190 doctors and staff departments for ear eye throat surgery mental diseases X Ray laboratory tuberculosis contagion special surgery feet and general medicine notes Red Cross nurses stationed there mentions seeing Senator Rideout's son from Salt Lake City and hopes to return to Paris after the war. He sends best regards to Bear Lake Valley friends.
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Valley of the Post
Tseéhd
Peple
Bear Lake County
Tésias
Ft Paris
Fort Riley
Kaniis
Camp Sherman
Ohio
Rochester
Minn
Senator Rideout
Salt Lake City
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
New York
Bear Lake Valley
Paris
O. O. Moore
M. R
Base
Camp
Sherman
Mr Simpkins Pays His Income Tax
Mr Simpkins studies a portrait of his father Colonel Simpkins, a Civil War veteran honored for promotion and bravery. The scene hints at reverence, aging eyes, and a game leg hindering the man from rising to salute the memory. The fragment suggests themes of memory and duty.
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MR. Simpkins
Simpkins
Colonel Simpkins
Bess
John
Cam
Angriy
Henry Wilkins
Jake Johnson
Henry—Wilkins
Willonghby
al. Simpkins
Mutual Creamery Doing Good Business in Paris
The Mutual Creamery Company expanded in Paris after local businessmen joined to back stock and build a modern facility. In 1917 the plant processed 1,426,800 pounds of milk producing 140,300 pounds of cheese and paying producers $29,778.76, plus about $5,475 yearly for milk hauling, totaling $35,253.76. The operation now yields about 400 pounds of cheese daily with plans to grow in summer, reflecting a community effort to boost the county’s economy.
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Mutual Creamery Company
Paris
O- N. Wray
Jaussi
Commissioners plan grounds and courthouse improvements
County commissioners approved court house grounds improvements including removing old hotels and Paris Post building, leveling and grassing, replacing fences, adding hardwood floors, paint and paper, and two new safe cabinets. They budget 3500 to 5000 dollars and hired Wm Hayward to oversee prep. They also authorize steel bridges over Bear River at Border and at Pegram with completion by early 1919, and seek a road between Bear Lake and Franklin counties.
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Court House
Paris Post
Wm. Hayward
Bear River
Border
Pegram
Franklin County
Bear Lake
Franklin
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