State Agured Road Surfacing Discussed by County Board
At a Montpelier meeting of the county board with Commissioner Wood and state highway officials, officials discussed designating a loop road from Sage Wyoming into Idaho and surfacing the Bear Lake highway to the Utah line. Wood urged building the north of Paris bed for drainage and securing federal aid, with about 75 000 to 80 000 dollars total spendable locally.
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Board of County Commissioners
Montpelier City Hall
J DB D. Wood
Oxley
P. B. Wilson
Idaho State Highway Department
Cross
U. S. Bureau of Public Highways
Utah State Line
Mish Haven
Edn C. Rich
Wood
Sage
Wyoming
Bear Lake
Montpelier
Idaho
Utah Highway Commission
Paris
Montpeler
Messers Oxley
Wilson
Ovid
St. Charles
Utah
Caribou
Five Stakes Enter District Contest At Paris
The M I A district contest for southeastern Idaho comes to Paris on Saturday May 17 with Bear Lake Montpelier Star Valley Bannock and Idaho participating. Winners advance from Bear Lake to face Montpellier and others with finals in Preston Salt Lake City and June. Bear Lake stake plans light lunches for the event.
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Paris
Idaho
Bear Lake
Montpelier
Star Valley
Bannock
St. Charles
Montpellier
Preston
Salt Lake City
Idaho Statute Bars Bear Lake Trout Stocking
Sportsmen argue for stocking Bear Lake and its tributaries but a 1929 law prohibits planting fish in exchange for opening the lake to seining. R E Thomas, state game warden, says requests to stock have been denied and locals seek repeal. Bear Lake County sports clubs plan to petition the next legislature to remove the restriction. Mrs Fred McKinley and infant visit relatives for three weeks.
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Boise
Idaho
Bear Lake
R. E .Thomas
Thomas
Bear Lake County
Population Drop in Bear Lake County from 1920 to 1930
Preliminary 1930 census figures show Bear Lake County with 7 865 residents, down from 8 783 in 1920, with the count practically complete as reported by Geo M Jorgensen census supervisor for this district. A snow fall was reported in Antelope Flat district on Monday.
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Bear Lake County
Geo. M Jorgensen
Pocatello
Antelope Flat
Free Cooking School to Be Conducted Here Next Week
The Utah Power and Light Co rents a Browning building store room to host a free cooking school starting Wednesday May 14. Miss Lillian Wennergren will conduct demonstrations on Hotpoint Westinghouse ranges and General Electric refrigerators with no purchase required. Each day features a prize for a lucky woman and samples of frozen dessert.
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Utah Power & Light Co
Browning
Lillian Wennergren
Westinghouse Electric
General Electric
Thanks to friends for help during illness and death
Mr and Mrs L L Ringle and Family express gratitude to friends who assisted during Camora Ringle's illness and death and especially those who provided financial help. The note closes with thanks from the family.
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Camora
L. L Ringle
Ogden Bank Merger Adds Major Local Lender
The Commercial Security Bank and the National Bank of Commerce of Ogden merge, operating under the Commercial Security Bank charter led by President H. E. Hemingway. The new bank totals about 5 million dollars in deposits and links with Bear Lake State Bank through Hemingway’s stock holdings, boosting regional financial confidence.
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UNDAY
Ogden Standard Examiner 5
Commercial Security Bank
National Bank of Commerce
Ogden
Utah
H. E. Hemingway
Hemingway
Bear Lake State Bank
Ogden Institution
Heminghway
Bear Lake Valley
Ogden Bank
Forest Grews Start Work of Burning Pine Beetle Trees
Logans Utah men plus recruits from Paris and vicinity left to mark and burn infested timber in Cache national forest. Two crews under ranger W B Averill, 400 to 500 trees to burn, five men per crew to spot infested trees, work extends to early July with five thousand gallons of fuel oil on hand for burning.
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Logan
Utah
Paris
Cache National Forest
W. 8. Averill
Immigration Canyon
Copenhagen Basin
Pearl Creek
Idaho Advances Strict Voter Registration Law in 1929
The 1929 Idaho legislature tightens voter rules, ending use of prior general election registration. Voters must re register each election year, declare party affiliation, and take oaths promising to support their party and obey all laws. Primary voting limited to those properly registered with sworn party ties.
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Idaho
The
United States
Assay Offices Restored In Western Cities
The senate approved the conference report on the treasury post office appropriation bill restoring funds for assay offices at Boise Idaho Carson City Nev Salt Lake City and Helena Mont The rest is a stray business-sounding sentence about a salesman and a business concern.
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Washington
Senate
Treasury Post Office
Boise
Idaho
Carson City
Nev
Salt Lake City
Helena
Mont
Fielding High to Hold Commencement at Stake Tabernacle
Attorney A L Merrill of Pocatello will address the Fielding High School graduates at ten o clock Thursday morning May twenty ninth in the Stake Tabernacle. Beulah Morgan of Liberty will be valedictorian and Beth Rich of Paris salutatorian. Prospective graduates include Opal Allred Leith Austin Blanche Barker Hazen Beck Maurice Beck Eleanor Biles Norine Biles Bedford Bird Normen Brown Donald Budge Helen Cook Alton Bunderson Enid Dickson Ida Dunford Lena Dunford LeVere Findlay Ruby Hoge Loyal Haddock Orval Hume Bernice Hymas Cleone Hymas Elsie Hymas Lane Hymas Fondell Johnson Kenneth Loveland Louise Madsen Beulah Morgan Elmo Morgan Eunice Morgan Vers Nelson Archie Parker Leola Passey Warren Passey Helen Patterson Raymond Payne Elsa Poulsen Beth Rich Ora Rich Phyllis Rich Charles Shepherd Chlotelle Shepherd Lowell Shepherd Alex Stevens Horton Trahstrum Hattie Vallentine Elmoyne Ward Wanda Wood.
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Fielding High School
Stake Tabernacle
Maly
A. L. Merrill
Pocatello
Beulah Morgan
Liberty
Beth Rich
Paris
Opal Allred
Leith Austin
Blanche Barker
Hazen Beck
Maurice Beck
Eleanor Biles
Norine Biles
Bedford Bird
Normen Brown
Donald Budge
Helen Cook
Alton Bunderson
Enid Dickson
Ida Dunford
Lena Dunford
LeVere Findlay
Ruby Hoge
Loyal Haddock
Orval Hume
Bernice Hymas
Cleone Hymas
Elsie Hymas
Lane Hymas
Fondell Johnson
Kenneth Loveland
Louise Madsen
Elmo Morgan
Eunice Morgan
Vers Nelson
Archie Parker
Leola Passey
Fishing Season Opens May 18 in Local County
State Deputy Game Warden Jess Dunn said the fishing season opens Friday May 18 though some residents believed May 16. Conditions look favorable with low clear creeks and a potential excellent year. Daily bag limit is 25 fish or 16 pounds with one fish minimum. Licenses cost $2 for all over 14. Licenses available at Paris Paris Hardware, Bloomington Ward, Fish Haven, Cattle Merc, St Charles Wilks, Montpelier Thiel, Lee Rights, Georgetown Cash Store, Pegram Levi Aland, Raymond Hart, Geneva Boehme.
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Jesss Dunn
Montpelier
Dunn
Lver
Paris
Shepherd Hardware & Imp. Co
Bloomington
Thomas Ward
Fish Haven
Cattle Merc. Co
St Charles
Wilks & Anderson Montpelier
Wilks & Anderson Montpelier, ‘Thiel & Olsen and
Leerights
Georgetown
Phosphate Fertilizer Used to Boost Gem Valley Beet Field
About 100 acres in Gem Valley receive phosphate fertilizer from Anaconda Copper Mining, mined at Conda and treated in Anaconda Montana. The Utah Idaho Sugar Company and Gem Valley growers distribute 60 pounds per acre at cost to support higher yields as beet acreage rises to around 400 acres this year. H W Earl oversees the program, noting it aids soil use rather than signaling a deficiency.
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H. W Earl
Agricultural Department
Car Light Certificate Renewal Required for Bear Lake County
Notice to car owners to renew light certificates or face arrest. Official seal from State Traffic Officer C. A. Monson and Montpelier Motor Co as the authorized light testing station for Bear Lake County.
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C. A. Monson
Montpelier Motor Co
Bear Lake County
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James DeWolf Perry
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House of Bishops I
Chicago
Charles P. Anderson
Fred McKinley
M. M. Collings
Metis
Quebec
Montpelier City
Pegram
Geneva
Raymond
Eight Mile
Wardboro
Bern
Bennington
Dingle
Charles
Sharon
N. Ark
Atty Merrill
Gem Valley
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