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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1920
Page
8
The Pris Post notes travel to Logan Utah and California, local sales ads for wool, blankets, coats, and 10c and 15c items. It records school attendance, snow in West Yellowstone, winter train closures, and birthdays, visits, and home improvements in Paris, Montpelier, and nearby towns.
A house building program is needed before Paris can expect population growth. The family won’t move to a community that offers no shelter or unaffordable housing. Proper, workable efforts over ten years could raise Paris above sixty seven percent and improve its standing.
County commissioners end free poison program and authorize a bounty of 3000 dollars at one cent per rabbit scalp. The county agricultural agent will collect scalps on designated days and sign vouchers redeemable for county warrants.
Miss Hannah Johnson and Miss Isabelle Hughes were seriously hurt when their auto collided with a wagon near Plymouth. Other occupants, including Brennan Thorton, Gordon Udy, and Clark Rudd, escaped injury but the driver Thorton suffered facial and arm cuts. Johnson and Hughes were hospitalized in Tremonton with concussion ribs and facial lacerations.
W A Liyod from Washington D C visited Bonner and Kootenai counties to study farm bureau methods. Bonner farmers say two lots of cattle sold via community shipments earned about 638 dollars more. Sagle farmers report 300 dollars extra from a similar shipment. Franklin county beet program signs 4500 acres and plans factory funding. A stockmen banquet may lead to more hay feeding to use up county surplus this winter.
B. G. Driggs, a familiar figure in the Kemmerer area, reflects on the long view of local life as he recalls watching conies build little hay. The fragment captures a rural memory tied to wildlife and farming rhythms.
The writer notes that ground squirrels’ late moulting and burrow activity after August indicate a shorter winter. He claims these Indian signs predicted by old timers and criticized government forecasts, with squirrels enjoying a longer open life this year and the author reporting in town about nature’s secret.
Commissioners met September 13 1920 to fix the 1920 state and county tax levy under Idaho law. Present were Ezra J Howell J T Peterson and Silas L Wright with D C Kunz and S H Rich. The board computed Bear Lake County assessed valuation at 9 064 627 86 and fixed a levy of 22 8 mills on the dollar.
Report describes a Bantu practice of digging a steam hut with herbs peppers and seeds then steaming for hours. A professional kneads the bather for an hour before dressing and leaving shivering with cleanliness. A Washington Herald note mentions a government housing unit named The Annex used as a hotel for darker race residents.
Most Burmese orchids thrive in private gardens with minimal care, except two sweet scented species known as tazin. These blooms appear only in the most malarial and least visited areas, during the tiger mating season, when danger to people is highest. They fetch high prices, selling for their weight in silver in Rangoon during Christmas week.
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