A Bit of Canada From Ezra J Poulsen
A travel sketch contrasts Chatham Ontario with northern Canadian life, noting slower pace and wholesome atmosphere. The piece highlights agriculture, rising tobacco, wheat exports, debt, and currency, with Niagara Falls viewed from the Canadian side and a reflective dinner at the Sheraton Brock hotel. The narration cherishes the iconic scene and its enduring memories.
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Canada
Chatham
Ontario
London
Virginia
Niagara Falls
Soda Springs
Sheraton-Brock
Alor
Report Apportioned Forest Highway Funds for 1960
At a joint meeting in Boise, the U.S. Forest Service Bureau of Public Roads and Idaho State Highway Board recommended 1960 Forest Highway System funding. An appropriation of 250000 dollars was set for State Highway 34 between Soda Springs and Freedom, with an additional 100000 dollars for engineering surveys. The total recommended appropriation reached 3250000 dollars.
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U. S. Forest Service
Bureau of Public Roads
State Highway Board
Boise
Forest Services
Soda Springs
Freedom
Red White Blue Deer Tags For Hunters This Season
Idaho Fish and Game issues three color coded deer tags for 1958 hunts red for one deer in any open area blue for an extra deer in two multi hunt zones white for a third deer only in Middle Fork of the Salmon D-11 area. Using white in D-11 plus a blue tag area may allow three deer. Most hunters aim for a single deer with red while extras aid herd management.
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Idaho Fish and Game Department
Juniper Mountain
Owyhee—county
Idaho
Middle Fork
Fish and Game Department
Spare the Trumpeter Swans Says Idaho Game Department
Idaho Fish and Game urges hunters to protect trumpeter swans as they recover from near extinction. About 550 winter in Idaho at Yellowstone and Red Rock lakes plus some in Alaska and British Columbia, with roughly 1,000 more elsewhere. Fewer than 73 existed in 1935, and concern grows over birds shot in Idaho due to ignorance or misidentification.
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Idaho Fish and Game Department
Idaho
Yellowstone
Red Rock Lakes
Island Park
British Columbia
Alaska
U. S
Visitors From Texas Headed To Long Beach
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene S. Erick of Corpus Christi Texas visited Monday with Mr. and Mrs. John Payne. They spent time with relatives in Bear Lake and Ogden before moving to their new home in Long Beach California.
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Texas
Eugene
Tendoy Council Finance Drive Training Meetings Planned
A Tendoy Council meeting in Pocatello outlined final touches for a district finance campaign on October 21. Training sessions will be held in Malad Blackfoot American Falls Rockland Fort Hall Inkom Port Neuf Montpelier Bear Lake Caribou and Star Valley ahead of the nationwide campaign kickoff. Funds will support Tendoy Council operations in 1959.
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Tenday Council
Boy Scout
Pocatello
Malad
Blackfoot
American Falls
Rockland
Fort Hall
Inkom
Portneuf
Montpelier
Bear Lake
Caribou
Star Valley
Tendoy
Bennington Highway Worker Dies In 8 Ton Roller Crash
Oliver Jensen a 69 year old Logan resident died when an 8 ton road roller rolled from the soft shoulder into a borrow pit near Bennington. Jensen was finishing oiling work and toppled over as the machine slid down the pit side. He is survived by a wife and two children.
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Bennington
Oliver Jensen
Logan
Borrow
Jensen
O. E. Monson
Bear Lake County
Parson Construction Company
Lyle Stevens
East Fifth North
Federal Boating Act Aims At Water Safety
Congress passed the new Federal Boating Act as it adjourned, seeking uniform state action on water safety. Key provision requires all motor boats over 10 horsepower to be registered, either by cooperating states or by the U S Coast Guard.
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Congress
United States Coast Guard
Don’t Blame The Farmer Says Advisor Figures Support
Californian farm advisor C A Salverson argues consumer costs rose far more than farm prices over ten years. He cites that farm food basket value gained 3 while consumer price jumped 243, with labor and transportation costs and taxes shaping the gap. He notes 1957 hours of work buy more food than 1929, suggesting the good old days may be here.
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C. A. Salverson
Los Angeles
Salverson
Frome
Satsverson
Homecoming Friday clash Fielding Spartans vs Montpelier Bears
Fielding High School hosts Homecoming Friday October 10 with the Spartans meeting Montpelier Bears in the town classic. Fielding enters off three straight conference wins and aims to topple the Bears while the Homecoming Queen is announced and alumni flock to Paris for the big game and festivities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fielding High School
Fielding Spartans
Montpelier Bears
Spartans
Rough Bears
Fielding
Intermountain
Paris
Priesthood Meet Heard On Broadcast In Bear Lake Stake
A closed circuit broadcast of the Saturday night general priesthood meeting from Salt Lake City will be heard at the Bear Lake Stake Tabernacle. The service starts 6 46 p m with organ music for setup and the priesthood broadcast runs 7 to 9 p m. Stake leadership urges full representation from both Melchizedek and Aaronic Priesthoods.
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Salt Lake City
Bear Lake
Conference on Uniform Traffic Court Procedures
The fourth 1958 traffic court conference will be held October 16 in Bannock county court house, Pocatello. Governors Smylie and the Idaho Supreme Court, Department of Law Enforcement, and prosecuting attorneys organized the event to discuss a magistrate and justice court manual. Invitations go to courts, prosecutors, and law officers, with citizen representatives invited.
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Pocatello
Bannock County Court House
Robert E. Smylie
Idaho Supreme Court
Idaho Department of Law Enforcement
Idaho Association of Prosecuting Attorneys
Liberty Dairy Herd Sets New Milk Record
The Holstein-Friesian association reports a new lactation average for W. W. and Wilmer Brown of Liberty.27 cows produced an average of 14 455 pounds of milk and 488 pounds of butterfat under a two milking per day mature equivalent basis. University of Idaho supervised weighing and testing. Marvin Hymas and Sons of Ovid granted exclusive use of the herd name Meadow Row for their registered Holstein-Friesian cattle.
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Holstein-Friesian Association
W. W
Wilmer Brown
Liberty
University of Idaho
Marvin Hymas & Sons of
Ovid
Meadow Row
Former Paris Doctor Visits Bear Lake Valley Friends
Dr. A. D. Cooley of Palo Verde California, with Mr and Mrs Ernest Shupe of Ogden, visited Paris and Bear Lake Valley last Saturday. He, a former Paris physician, noted many changes since he resided here 20 to 30 years ago.
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A. D. Cooley
Palo Verde
Calif
Ernest Shupe
Ogden
Paris
Bear Lake Valley
Cooley
U P and L to join in power expansion program
Utah Power & Light will join with four Inter-Mountain electric companies in a 12% billion expansion to raise regional electric capacity by seven million kilowatts by 1975. Plans include new large steam plants and hydro projects at Flaming Gorge and Glen Canyon, plus transmission lines and a Kemmerer unit.
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Inter-Mountain
Utah Power & Light Company
Utah
Wyoming
Colorado
Arizona
New Mexico
E. M. Naughton
Utah Power
Flaming Gorge
Glen Canyon
Naughton
Utah Power Company
Ogden
American Falls
Kemmerer
New Weed Killer Ready for Use in Rich County
A fall application chemical named D. B. Granular will kill Canada thistle and other weeds in Rich County. Extension agent Wesley T. Maughan and Ben Rex announce the program with October and November application planned. Cost is one dollar per square rod plus labor.
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Rich County
Wesley T. Maughan
Utah State University
Ben Rex
Claertd
Former County Youth Serving Jail Term on Delinquency Charge
Calvin Mack 21 formerly of Bear Lake county is serving an 80 day county jail sentence and must pay a $100 fine for contributing to the delinquency of a Montpelier minor. Judge Leeright handed down the sentence in Montpelier justice court. Four years ago he escaped from the county jail during a juvenile hold and stole about $80 from the license bureau before fleeing toward Cokeville and being sent to the state industrial school.
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Calvin Mack
Bear Lake County
Montpelier
Leeright
Mack
Driver License Bureau
Cokeville
State Industrial School
Air Force opens pilot training to more high school grads
The Air Force invites high school graduates to apply for aviation cadet training as the program expands. Eligible applicants include single male citizens aged 19 to 26 with a high school diploma and suitable health. Interested individuals should contact Sgt. Val G. Anthony at the Post Office Building in Pocatello on October 11 or 12 or call collect for an appointment.
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Air Force
Val G. Anthony
Pocatello
Union Pacific to Buy Long Flat Cars for Piggybacks
Union Pacific will purchase 100 new flat cars designed for highway trailer vans. The 85 foot long, 70 ton capacity cars feature roller bearings and will carry two 40 foot trailers. Delivery is planned for the first quarter of 1959 at a total cost of about 1.0 million dollars.
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Union Pacific Railroad
First Ward Rammage Sale Planned for October 14
The Paris First Ward Relief Society plans a rummage sale at the church next Tuesday October 14. Proceeds will support local relief efforts and church programs.
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First Ward
Paris
First Ward Relief Society
Paris postmaster 300 years dies in Utah
Herbert Leo Spencer 72 of Magna Utah died Sept 6 in Provo hospital after a heart attack. He served 30 years as postmaster at Paris from 1921 to 1951. Funeral was Oct 8 in Magna and graveside at Paris. He was born in Paris June 11 1886 and married Psycheden Engelse. she died 1955. He remarried Vera Collings Dalrymple in 1957. He is survived by six children and four stepchildren and several siblings.
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Herbert Leo Spencer
Magna
Utah
Paris
Provo
Spencer
Sim Rich
Green Ward Chapel
Mr. Spencer
George B
Lenora Taylor Horne Spencer
Psycheden Engelse
Salt Lake Temple
Vera Collings Dalrymple
Aletta Jacobs
Ruth Spencer
Milbrae
Calif
Earl] Spencer
Vista
Lawrence H. Spencer
Portland
Ore
Charles Wyler
Grace
Orson L. Spencer
Bloomington
Joseph H. Spencer
Salt Lake
Seymour Spencer
Fillmore
Edwin Spencer
State Police Use Radar Drivers Given 613 Tickets
Idaho State Police conducted a statewide enforcement over the weekend issuing 613 traffic tickets. Radar detections accounted for 193 of the tickets as Farle E Koehler noted there was no Monday morning rise in traffic deaths, keeping the toll at 204. The department estimated 604 convictions from the arrests.
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Idaho
Farle E. Koehler
Idaho expands waterfowl limits for 1958 59 season
The Idaho Fish and Game Department announces a five duck daily limit with a 10 duck possession limit. A nine duck daily limit and 14 in possession are allowed if four pintails or four widgeons are included, with Sundays restricted. Snow geese may be hunted in most counties with limits of six geese, up to three dark species, and Canada goose limits vary by county. Refer to the 1958 1959 Idaho Migratory Waterfowl Regulations leaflet for details.
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Idaho Fish and Game Department
Clark
Fremont
Madison
Canada
Bear Lake
Caribou
Bonneville
Social Security Man to Visit Montpelier
A Social Security representative will be at Montpelier City Hall on Tuesday October 21 from 10:30 to 2:00. The official will provide information and assistance to those unable to reach the office in Pocatello.
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Montpelier
Social Security Office
Pocatello
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Ezra J. Poulsen
Idaho Game Department
Tendoy Council
Liberty Dairy Herd
California
Valley Friends
Ireland
Blarney Castle
Blarney
America
U.S
A. F
Union Pacific
H.L. Spencer
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