Short Line valuation soars under state cash basis ruling
County officials pressed for cash value assessment. Oregon Short Line main line set at 60 000 per mile east west and 50 000 per mile north south. Boise branch 248 000, Twin Falls 40 000, Wood River and Yellowstone branches graded lower. Paris branch 1 000 per mile. Last year valuation was 16 500 per mile, up by 43 500 per mile. Bear Lake County cut twenty percent on patented lands city plots and merchandise.
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State Board -of-Equalization
Oregon
Boise
Twinn Falls
Wood Rios
Yellowstone
Paris
Bear Lake County
Boosterville Tour Through Montpelier Junction to Paris and Back
A vivid travelogue describes a circuit from eastern states to Oregon and back, stopping at Montpelier Junction and Paris. It highlights irrigation, grain fields, hay crops, and Bear Lake, then notes a planned canal project along a valley with multiple town docks and family launches.
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Bloomington
Telluride
Bae Wallay
Bern
Montpelier
Ovid
Paris
Dingle
St. Charles
Bennington
Georgetown
Wooley Promotes Del Norte County and Wooleyport Harbor
The Del Norte Record lauds Hon. H.S. Wooley for putting Del Norte on the map as a beacon of progress. A San Francisco Callellip report describes a new deep water harbor three miles north of Crescent City, named Wooleyport, with 46 feet depth at the entrance and extensive townsite sales.
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del Norte Record
Crescent City
California
del Norte County
Wooley
H.S. Wooley
St. George Corporation
Wooleyport Harbor
Wooleyport
del Yorte
Trinity Mountains
Rogue River Mountains
Oregon
United States
Special Trains For Quarterly Stake Conference
Special notice announces trains between Montpelier and Paris for the quarterly stake conference on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th. Trains depart Montpelier about 8 30 am arrive Paris about 9 00 am and return to Montpelier in the evening.
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Montpelier
Pars
Paris
Picture Not Due to Prompt Service of Amex Company
A reader states the press is running without the promised prompt service from the American Express Company after waiting one day. The note suggests frustration with delayed deliverables and impending publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Express Company
Heve
Sutton Reunion a Big Success in Paris Idaho
John Allen Sutton pioneer of Bear Lake valley receives tribute as sixty four descendants gather at his Paris Idaho home for a reunion. The event features a large cake and a social gathering at the First Ward meeting house with programs and dancing. Sutton born November 16 1834 arrived in America 1854 and settled in Paris after a life of blacksmithing church service and family expansion.
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John A. Sutton
Paris
John Allen Sutton
Bear Lake Valley
Hugh
Sutton
Idaho
William Gallacher
Utah Mines
Fish Springs
Utah
Richard Sutton
John A. Sutton Jr
Eva
Margret
Libbie
Maud
Grace
Thomas
Matthew
Ebenezer
Richard S. Sutton
Richard J
Mable -Rich
Chicago
Chicago Medical College
Thel
Carl Poulton
Salt, Lake City
Clara
Jane
Herschel
Mary
Pleasant Green
Mark H. Sutton
Edward ‘Sutton
Ernest Sutton
D. J. Sutton
Montielier Idaho
Margrett Sutton
O. H. Budge
Logan
Robert Sutton
Pocatello
Annie Horne
Ida ‘Savage
Della Reid
Mont “Richardson Wm
Tanner
Lorenzo Poutton
First Ward
Thre
Leicastershire
Pnyland
Blue Sea
John M. Wood
New Orleans
Mississippi River
Job
Stafth
Salt Lake ‘Valley
Margaret Hannah Shepherd
Salt Lake City
Sarah Wooley-on
Jake County
Akon
Ward
Mark
Remembering Bear Lake and pioneer days in Arizona
Rose Prems writes from Mesa Arizona recalling 1864 journeys to Montpelier Bear River crossings and a raft bridge tale. He notes renewed water supply with the reservoir and electricity spreading across the valley, and reflects on progress for the present generation.
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Paris Post
Post
Montpelier
Bear River
Paris
Geo. Dana
Frank Odekirk
Bennington
Phidra
Aesiyar
Ort Bulge
Charley
Edrtot
Clarrinda
George
Frank
Walker
Rater
Mesa
Banilare
Mesa Ariz
Bicycle accident injures Leslie Pugmire on ride
A cyclist named Leslie Pugmire, son of Epoon Mr. Pugaire, riding from St. Charles to Paria Wednesday evening, struck an object and suffered a long gash along his tongue and another cut. Eleven stitches were required to close the wounds and the impact on speech remains uncertain.
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St. Charles
Paria
Leslie Pugmire
Epoon
Pugaire
Shoe Repairing at Ladewig Get Prompt Service
Prompt shoe repairing offered at Ladewig second door west of the Bank Building with neatly finished work and reasonable prices observed.
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Ladewig
Bank Building
Local residents feature in town events and health update
Lawrence Johnson of Moscow and Tacoma firm Johnson Cox visited in town last Sunday and Monday. Mrs. John P. Passey, recently operated for gall stones with 128 removed, is recovering and plans to leave bed soon.
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Lawrence Johnson
Moscow
Tate Huave
Eale Alesbian Fortuan
Johnson Cox’ Company
Tacoma
Wash
John P. Passey
Miss Hattie Cook Dies at 11 A.M. Today
Reported this morning that Miss Hattie Cook passed away at 11 o clock. The obituary notice notes her death occurred today and records her age and surviving relatives.
Two Pioneers Laid Away In Quiet Interment
Obituary notice describes the deaths of Hannah Peterson and Mrs Joseph Johnson, longtime pioneers and community workers. Peterson, widow of Thomas Peterson, died of old age after losing her child at sea during migration to America. Johnson, reportedly a steady presence for thirty years, left a husband Joseph Johnson and six children. Services were held Monday and Wednesday respectively with local church leaders offering consoling remarks.
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Hannah Peterson
Thomas Peterson
Peterson
America
Relief Society of Ovid
Richards
Samuel Matthews
F Winters
Bishop
Hall
Alma Hayes
Nels. Johnson
Lt. P. Nelson
Bo. Lindsay
Joseph Johnson
Res. Shepherd
F. M. Winters
Fred Leight
Nels Johnson
Bishop Lindsay
Pear Blight Warns Preston Inspector Sees Risk to Orchards
Deputy horticulture inspector J G Nelson arrives in Paris to warn Bene Lake county fruit growers that pear blight is widespread. He urges immediate removal of dead leaves and limb sterilization with carbolic stations. Nelson and stocker Ulerich Stocker assist in eradicating blight across local orchards.
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J. G. Nelson
Preston
Idaho
Paris
Thay
Bene Lake County
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State Board of Equalization
Boosterville
Washington
Snake River Country
Meeting House
Fish Haven
Bear Lake
Woolley
Great Salt Sea
Lake
Ogden
Bears
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