25 Nov 1920
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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1920
Page
1
A civic appeal thanks patrons for supporting local business, notes past unity in commerce and government, and calls for a united Thanksgiving Day to celebrate peace and prosperity for the community and country.
Water supply for the town was shut Monday to redirect flow to a new intake. Churches had issued notices and homes faced hot water risks while furnaces and schools were closed. Past outbursts froze and flooded the previous channel, threatening thousands of dollars in property as crews attempted repairs and rework of the intake system.
Salt Lake representative Robert J. Shilds presented plans for a Utah Chemical & Manufacturing Co. railroad spur eight and a half miles long from Georgetown to its mine. The franchise was granted the company to construct a standard gauge road with an estimated cost over fifty thousand dollars per mile.
The county clerk prepared the transcript on appeal from the fifth judicial district as part of the Sidney Stevens and Jensen case presented to the Supreme Court.
Representatives of the Western Pacific railway purchased the Denver and Rio Grande properties at foreclosure for 5,000,020 dollars in cash. They also agreed to assume Rio Grande obligations totaling 141,175,000 dollars. Buyers included John F. Bowie, John B. Marsh, and Ralph M. Arkush of New York.
Quarterly stake conference will convene at the Paris tabernacle on Saturday and Sunday November 27 and 28. A good attendance is urged by Stake Presidency members WM L Rich Ola Transtrum Roy A Welker. Harold Swift is temporarily employed by Utah Power Company. J B McCarty of Utah Power Light Co. is listed as sick.
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