Sheep Trailing Near Elimination In Utah Idaho Ranching
Ogden Utah reports that sheepmen are increasingly using mountain roads and trucks to move flocks from remote ranges to loading corrals and railheads. U S Forest Service official R T Rutledge notes trucks double deck carriers move 80 to 210 head, cutting travel time and shrinkage.
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Ogden
Utah
Western Progress
R. T Rutledge
United States Forest Service
Idaho
Rutledge
Sheep Mountain
Marsville
Stanley Basin
Challis Forest
Ketchum
Ford dismisses Eccles as Mormon 'well organized business'
At a White House lunch with Henry Ford and President Roosevelt, Marriner Eccles argued for housing and the New Deal spending, while Ford rejected the approach. Ford later expressed strong dislike for Eccles and noted in New York that Eccles was Mormon, quipping that it was "a well organized business."
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Henry Ford
Roosevelt
White House
Marriner Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Eccles
Ford
W J. Cameron
New York
Electric refrigeration has interesting early history
A historical overview traces the origins of refrigeration from ice boxes to the electric refrigerator. The piece notes early ice storage methods, the Civil War era ice machine, and the shift from ice box constraints to automatic temperature and humidity control driven by engineering advances. It also mentions a new National Progressive party launch and political commentary.
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Francis Bacon
New Orleans
Nature
Stud Poker Pot Totals 340000 in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles a stud poker pot reached 340000 in checks and IOUs as five players bet down to a final hand. Harry T Clifton claimed two pairs while Lew Brice held three sevens. Clifton later said a big bet brought Brice’s counter with a seven on the last card. State authorities note stud poker as a game of chance and illegal without a house take.
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Los Angeles
Harry T Clifton
Enlish
Baron Fitts
Lew Brice
Fitrag ‘Brice
Comedienne
Clifton
Brice
A.S. Webb
Fatal shooting shocks Careywood couple in Idaho farm home
Royal Basom, an elderly Bonner county farmer, is held in jail as police weigh conflicting evidence in the fatal shooting of his wife Georgia Basom, 61, found with a bullet wound in their Careywood bedroom. Their pets lay nearby, and an 82-20 rifle was sent to Spokane for fingerprint analysis.
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Royal Basom
Bonner County
Georgia Basom
Careywood
Warren Rapp
Basom
Spokane
Rapp
Paris district cattle counts completed by Forest Ranger Hann
Cattle counts finished in all Paris district divisions by Forest Ranger Jay B. Hann. Grazing fee statements are being mailed. prompt payment is urged as stock will not be allowed on the forest until fees are settled. Seasons remain as before unless cold weather delays grazing. Associations aided the counting effort and are praised by the forest officer.
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Paris
Jay B. Hann
Thieves Steal Service Station South of Ririe
Report to Sheriff Harry Meppen says a small log service station south of Ririe was moved away overnight. The Idaho Falls company owned station had been closed, dismantled log by log, then partially burned to hide the theft. No suspects or traces were found by deputies. The site had been shut last year after a gambling raid.
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Ribie
Ririe
Harry Meppen
Idaho Falls Oil Company
Bees Inspire A Substantial Subscription Push
The Sundance Times reports a new subscriber who explains a chaotic chain of mishaps caused by a neighbor’s bee hive incident. A boy borrowed the Times, a series of accidents followed including injuries, a fire, and livestock mischief, ending with a request to start the subscription immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sundance Times
MacBride
Sheridan Press
Times
President Roosevelt sails Atlantic voyage on Philadelphia
Charleston reports Roosevelt has sailed the Atlantic aboard the cruiser Philadelphia for an undisclosed destination. A country magistrate presided over his first marriage ceremony, urging the couple to "go and win no more" after a brief service.
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Charleston
S. C
Roosevelt
Atlantic
Philadelphia
Star Valley may join Idaho over road favors
Les Barrus questions Star Valley in Wyoming stance as Idaho oil road links prompt debate on county boundaries. The Star Valley column notes planned oil surfaced roads totaling about 40 miles in the valley with possible forest road funding uncertain.
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Kemmerer Gazette
Les Barrus
Star Valley Independent
Star Valley
Wyoming
Idaho
Idaho Falls
Border North
State Highway Commission
Salt Creek
Jud Witherspoon
Lincoln County
Wyomight
Les
Idaho Income Tax Soars Above 1937 38 Estimate
Idaho taxpayers paid $1,348,270 in 1938 April collections, with half-year payments pending, totaling biannual receipts at $3,276,935 for 1937 38. The legislature had estimated income tax revenue at $3,000,000 for the biennium, so actual collections exceed the estimate by about $276,935.
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Boise
Idaho
Leslie Shellworth
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Thinks
Mormon Church
Ener Neste
Chas. F. Rogers
Montpelier
Junior
Dad
Largilliere Bank
Largilliere Co., Bankers
Federal Deposit Insurance
BANK
Madison
Wis
Philip F. LaFollette
America
University of Wisconsin
Des Moines
Wisconsin
King
Otto Rohner
Ida
LeRoy J. Bott
Brigham City, Utah
Idaho Typewriter Exchange
S. Main
Pocatello
F. D. Williams
John Rogers
Paperhanger
Will
Bennett
Sleight’s Produce
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