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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1932
Page
2
The piece cites Franklin Roosevelt on taxes and low spending. It recounts a dry land Texas host explaining his hiring debt cycle, where a worker earns the ranch back by working to repay what the owner owes.
Stewart Thompson of Lawrence County South Dakota tested super phosphate on sugar beets. On a 683 acre field he split plots with and without fertilizer. Beets with phosphate averaged nearly eleven tons per acre versus seven on unfertilized plots, boosting returns by about $28 per acre at $7 per ton.
Fragmentary report notes wheat planted on a field the following year after fertilization. Mentions temperature effects four to five days earlier and suggests a variance in growth timing.
The passage reports beet strips receiving phosphate showing taller plants by a foot, maturing five to six days earlier, and appearing to yield more than unfertilized plots. It notes 32.15 bushels per acre in one area and 22 bushels in others, with the field previously grown to corn last year.
The twenty fifth annual commencement exercises of Bear Lake county district eighth grades will be held Saturday May 14 at 10 30 am at the stake tabernacle Paris. Public invited.
Last Friday the senior class guided by Thomas Green and Miss Mary Ostand joined other high school seniors for campus day at the University of Idaho Southern Branch. The day’s itinerary included a Lava visit, a city tour in Pocatello, lunch at Fravier Hall, a concert and program, and a track meet among Ricks, Albion and others.
The University of Idaho Southern Branch seniors toured the campus and attended a day of activities. A catered lunch for about one thousand seniors preceded a program with music drama and a May day queen pageant. Night events included field lighting and a bonfire on the hill.
Ernst Lubitsch named director for Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald led musical comedy film One Hour With You. The breezy fast paced picture features musical numbers and draws on stage timing for film performance. It opens at the Rich Theatre for three days starting Sunday May 15.
The Fielding High School senior class presents The Boomerang a three act comedy at the Paris Opera House on May 18 at 8 o clock under Mary Ostlund. The cast includes Grace Tyler Flora Grimmett Gerald Sumner Max Stucks Virginia Xelva Virginia Bunderson Marion Sumner Jean Price Preston DeWitt Harold Peterson Gertrude Ludlow Dora Dunn Emile Grant Grandy Mrs Creighton Woodbridge Dora Alfred Hartley Lewis Shepherd Mr Stone Gordon Austin.
A Sunday birthday gathering for Mrs. 5. 5B. Ludlum hosted thirty guests including children and grandchildren. A birthday cake, ice cream, readings and songs followed a life sketch read by Bishop Sterrett of Conda. Granddaughter Mrs. Joe Davis of Downey read a commemorative verse composed for the occasion.
A Utah focus celebrates Mrs Ludlum’s eightieth birthday with a tribute to her pioneer life. She recalls traveling with the hand cart company under Captain Willie at age four, noting the loss of fifteen souls near Independence Rock and seven in the party. She reports good health and recalls the journey as one of the happiest days of her life.
The May issue of The Improvement Era covers L D S Church missions with locations and organization dates, includes mission headquarters maps, and features photographs of North American mission presidents. Elder David O McKay is highlighted, and Waldo Osmond and Edgar M Jensen contribute pieces with poetry by Stella P Rich and a Paul S Clowes cover design.
A crowded list details visitors and residents: St Charles and Laketown guests Mrs Hattie Mattson and Mrs Inez Bennett. comings and goings of the Irwin sisters Maxine and Rozella. nursing and schooling moves of Bernice Pugmire and Agnes Nelson. parishioners and families visiting for Mother's Day. seniors trips to Pocatello and Lava Hot Springs. school bus outings and a surprise for Miss Phyllis Clark with classmates and teachers attending.
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