Bear Lake County Sets 1931 Tax Levy Levels
Bear Lake County commissioners set the county levy at 62 per 100 assessed value for 1931. State levy stands at .67, general school .83, current expense .40, indigent aid and old age pensions .20. No bond or sinking fund levy. Road and bridge funded from auto license fees. Last year’s county levy was $1.82 per $100. many schools show reductions. Readable school figures include Montpelier City 2.40, Paris City 2.10, Independent No. 1 1.80, Independent No. 2 0.90, Rural High School 1.20.
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County Commissioners
Bear County
Montpelier City
Paris City
Sssschesseesy
O.ucee
Pension Aid For Bear Lake County Old Age Requests
The old people of Bear Lake county may receive monthly aid by pro per applications to the Probate Judge under the new old age pension law. Applicants must be 64, earn under $800 yearly, and have US citizenship for 15 years. If they hold property, county rules apply equally to men. Applications must be made before November 21, with aid from $1 to $5 monthly at the board of commissioners discretion.
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Bear Lake County
Board of County
United States
Board of Commissioners
Change Style of 1932 Idaho License Plates
Boise reports the 1932 license plates will have orange background with black numerals. Western Stamping and Manufacturing won the contract led by local rep J. H. Hoffgarten. Central numerals sit in the main area with county codes along the left and vertical IDA lettering on the right. Ada County designated A 1 Adams A 2. The year 1992 appears small over the numbers.
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Boise
Western Stamping and Manufacturing Company
J. H. Hoffgarten
Ada County
Adams
Bear Lake Gets Trout Plantings From State Hatcheries
A state fish and game department planting brought 10 500 native cutthroat trout 3 to 8 inches long to Bloomington St Charles and Paris creeks from Bennington hatchery. A 40 000 chinook or mackinawa trout shipment from Pocatello hatchery followed to Bear Lake east shore via Bear Lake Fish and Game Club cooperation.
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Bear Lake
Bloomington
St. Charles
Paris
State Fish and Game Department
Bennington
Pocatello State Hatchery
Drought Drives Cattle From Hills Into Low Lands
Randolph Utah reports cattle drifting from mountains to valleys as drought worsens. Cattlemen move beef steers from pasture and start feeding grain to prevent loss of flesh, contrasting with last year’s rain and roundup in the hills.
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Randolph
Utah
You Can t Dodge It Captain Demands Dessert
The captain confronts the officers mess kitchen asking for dessert. A new private replies in a casual manner with the line yes we have no bananas, provoking a stern ROAR from the captain.
John Nugent Idaho Senator Dies at 63
Washington dispatch reports former Idaho senator John F. Nugent died of heart disease at his home. The 63 year old Democrat served 1918 to 1921 before joining the federal trade commission until 1927 and later practiced law in Washington. Born 1868 in La Grande Oregon, he held local party posts and led Idaho Democratic committees. Funeral set for Monday in Washington cemetery. Governor Ben Ross mourned Nugent’s role in Idaho politics.
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Washington
John F. Nugent
Idaho
Nugent
Senate
James H. Brady
Federal Trade Commission
la Grande
Ore
Silver City
Owyhee County
Democratic County Central Committee
Democratic State Central Committee
George
Washington Cemetery
Boise
Ben Ross
Senator Nugent
Techn Defanie
Boundary Clarified for Bear Lake Game Refuge
Deputy Game Warden Joseph Bunderson publishes the Bear Lake Game Refuge boundary. Beginning at the northeast corner of Section 23 near Alf Darney south of Dingle the line runs south to the outlet canal then to the Turnpike east to the Dingle Hot Springs highway north to the starting point. The refuge includes the outlet canal down to the Utah Power and Light pumping plant.
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Bear Lake Game Refuge
Alf Darney
Dingle
Dingle-Hot Springs
Utah Power & Light
Joseph Bunderson
Son Dies in Blackfoot Sharon Burial
Mr and Mrs Walter Hymas former Sharon residents living in Blackfoot arrived with their 4 year old son Whyne Eldon death occurred Sunday evening after a short illness from bowel trouble. The funeral was in Sharon where burial followed. He is survived by his parents and several brothers and sisters.
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Walter Hymas
Sharon
Blackfoot
Whyne Eldon
Grazing fee cut denied by Secretary Hyde
Secretary Hyde refused a 30 percent cut in national forest grazing fees. He recommended keeping at 14.12 cents per head monthly for cattle and 4.4 cents for sheep, citing impact on county funds for schools and roads. He surveyed 81 western officials. most replies urged no change or awaited department action.
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Washington
Hyde
Department
Moscow Democrat Frank L. Moore Dies at 68
Frank L. Moore prominent Democrat and Moscow city attorney died of a heart attack at 68. A former Pa louse Washington arrival in 1897 he was the 1918 Democratic nominee for the U S Senate against William E Borah and sought the governor's chair. He served two terms as prosecuting attorney of Latah County and was a district judge candidate. He is survived by son Lathan D. Moore of Moscow and daughter Mrs Frank Metsiger of Eugene Oregon. Mrs Moore died two months earlier.
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Moore
Palouse
Wash
United States Senate
William E. Borah
Latah County
Lathan D. Moore
Moscow
Frank Metsiger
Eugene
Oregon
Fair at Randolph Postponed One Day
Word reached Paris over the radio that the fair at Randolph is advanced one day due to wet weather. Report today says it has started.
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Randolph
Paris
Ndphana
Marriage Licenses Issued in County Clerk Office
This week, licenses issued to George Lorenzo Mallory of Afton Wyoming and Beatrice Katerine Crook of Idaho Falls. Russell Crook of Smoot Wyoming and Haze Turner of Fairview Wyoming. Deputy County Clerk J B Peterson performed the ceremonies.
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George Lorenzo Mallory
Afton
Wyo
Beatrice Katerine Crook
Idaho Falls
Russell Crook
Smoot
Haze) Turner
Fairview
J. 8. Peterson
Monson Approved for Land Office Job
Washington report shows Ezra P. Monson nominated by Senator John Thomas for register of the Blackfoot land office. Commission to be signed by the president, likely early next week.
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Washington
The
Land Office
Secretary of the Interior
John Thomas
Ezra P. Monson
Blackfoot Land Office
Paris Grows With Seventeen New Homes Underway
Paris shows steady expansion with over seventeen new homes and additions built or under construction this year. Construction activity in the city surpasses levels seen in the previous decade.
Idaho Ducks Season Shift Sought to Align With Neighbors
Idaho state game department requests a change of the duck season from November 16 to December 16 to match Oregon and Washington. Paul Redington of the U S Biological Survey is asked to approve the shift after 14 states altered seasons. Sportsmen protest, saying late November flights would be missed and hunting would be degraded.
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Boise
State Game Department
Paul G. Redington
United States Biocogical Survey
Idaho
Sea~sons
Oregon
Washington
Redington
City Marshal Resigns to Take NYC Post
City Marshal Ezra T. Passey resigned to accept an offer as custodian of stake tabernacle and grounds in New York. The city council accepted the resignation at the regular meeting Monday evening, and Passey will remain as superintendent of city water works. No successor was named yet. a appointment will occur at the next council meeting.
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Ezra T. Passey
Stake Tabernacle and Grounds
City Water Works
Passey
State Game Officials Visit Paris For Fish Planting
State Game Warden M. P. Bailey and Commissioner Clyde Drake of Boise visited Paris on Monday. They oversaw a consign ment of fish planting in west side streams and met with officials on game propagation. They discussed the county table of the game preserve and a legislature enacted measure on hunting closures. Bailey announced Bear Lake county petitions showed 40 percent against and 60 percent for the closing, and the area would be closed for a test season.
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M. P. Bailey
Clyde Drake
Boise
Paris
West Aide
Bear Lake County
Is THIS YOU? Woman Sought by The Paris Post
A Paris Post notice asks a woman matching a five foot five frame with blue eyes and brown hair to claim a payout. Describes attire and a shopping trip at F T Shepherd & Sons, offering one dollar in cash if she responds at the Post office within a week.
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Paris Post
F. T. Shepherd & Sons
Paris
Utah Idaho School Supply Ad Promotes Equipment and Stationery
An OCR fragment advertises OMeco Furniture and Supplies and theater church pulplture, Edison Dick Simeog and Supplies, and a full line of stationery and paper. It notes a long standing supply house in Utah-Idaho with address 135 Se Stata Rifrest and items for schools.
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Omeco
Edison-Dick Simeog
Avping Paper
Ate
Utah-Idano
Quimet Wins National Amateur Golf Cup at Beverly Club
Francis Ouimet of Boston reclaimed the national amateur golf championship at Beverly Country Club in Chicago by defeating Jack Westland. Ouimet first won the cup seventeen years earlier and had spent years attempting to win it again.
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Francis Quimet
Boston
Beverly Country Club
Chicago
Jack Westland
Ouimet
Relief Society Holds Annual Convention in St Charles
Members of the Paris First and Second wards Bloomington and St Charles Relief Societies met for their annual fall convention in St Charles on Tuesday with good attendance. Lunch was served to visiting ladies by St Charles ward members. Interleaved remark about free speech and barking dogs follows.
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Paris First and Second Wards
Bloomington
St. Charles
St. Charles Ward
U.S. Freight Rates Cut to Pocatello and Idaho Falls
The Oregon Short Line says effective October 22, 1981, tariff No. 2074 N lowers less than carload rates from Salt Lake City Ogden and Provo Utah to southern Idaho. Examples include electric batteries drugs fresh meats radios and more with new rates to Pocatello Idaho Falls Montpelier Twin Falls and other cities.
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Oregon Short Line
Salt Lake City
Oges
Provo
Utah
Idahho
Pécatello
Idaho Falls
Ontpelier
Falls
Pocatello
Montpelier
Twin Falls
Twin Falk
Buhl
Ross Names Tax Chief For State
Governor O. Ben Ross names Ben Diefendorf state tax commissioner and finance chief to oversee the new income tax law. Diefendorf, a Jerome County livestock farmer, previously worked with New England National Bank in Kansas City and led the Standard Steel Works.
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Ross
Boise
Ben Diefendorf
O. Ben Ross
Diefendorf
Jerome County
New England National Bank of
Kansas City
Standard Steel Works
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