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Newspaper
Preston Booster
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1912
Page
8
Local items report visits by Bishop Hugh S Geddes and Bishop C Parkinson to Preston and Franklin. Articles mention business visits by H E B Smoot of Idaho Utah Electric, Joseph Pond bringing cattle, Roy Cardon jewelry in Logan, and 600 acres bought by Thomas Smith at Driggs Idaho. The theatre announces Alias Jimmy Valentine.
Chaunce Williams of Preston underwent an appendicitis operation on Sunday March 10. N C Carlson sold a two building lot in the Fourth ward to Yanuippe of the Cache Valley Implement Company.
Dr Taggart Parkinson will lecture a parent class for the First Ward on Social Enll Sunday March 24th. The event aims to inform local families about social studies and community programs in the ward.
Mr Sidney Beckstead leaves for a mission to Rugland on the 29th of this month. He has resigned to the south on a prior occasion.
James Geddee and aides moved a one room house on poles through mud south of Preston on Wednesday. Mrs Frank Waters of Riverdale was committed to an Idaho asylum after investigation by Judge C R Thomas on Monday. Mr and Mrs F W Fail of Grangeville visit with their son Sr George Fail manager of the Cache Valley Supplemental company.
A garbled report describes a mishap involving John Bodily in a biagkantith shop with a finger injury during a near miss near a machine. Other names appear oddly and inconsistently with no clear events or dates, including probate activity and hero roles, plus stray phrases about a couch and a tarted event.
A brief film program at Lae featured a changeover to a landing room while Alaskan cinema played earlier in the week, noting the sequence of screenings and venue activity.
The Isis Theatre will present the Shree film Tha Crusad era in the near future. The program highlights a feature reel from Shree with plans announced for show dates and admission details.
Three plumbing firms are on the job including Mr Beverage of Smithfield formerly of Salt Lake City. The dispute centers on wooden conduit versus iron and galvanized iron pipe. The matter will be taken up in next week's issue.
The Dew eret News clarifies that water from Birch Spriog will not flow in an open channel. Water will be piped from the spring using a regulated pipe system.
Word from the Booster Club meeting mentions Hon. David Eccles in Logan receiving news that the interurban line will be pushed north as rapidly as possible.
Mr and Mrs Soren Jacobson will leave Saturday for Brigham City Gish where they will live in the future. They were pleasantly surprised Wednesday evening by friends and a real good time was had. They leave many friends who will miss them from the city.
Preston Plumbing and Heating starts in the J. G. Smith building with Hyrum St. Ged des and B. A. Raymond. The firm offers all kinds of plumbing work and comes recommended for expertise in pipeology.
Mr George Eidt will conduct Sunday School at the Presbyterian church of the city next Sunday No Sunday evening services are planned Pastor Hurd has closed his work with the church and leaves today for Portland Oregon to live with his daughter for the fixture Mex Hurd preceded him a little over a week ago Mr Hurd has been with the church for the past giz yaéern and has made many friends here He leaves with the beat of feelings for the people of this regcioh.
An enthusiastic farmers institute was held in Preston on Wednesday during the second wave, with many farmers from Preston and surrounding counties present. The gathering covered farm and dairy procedures and was deemed one of the best Held in Preston.
Notice of sale of 4000 dollar coupon bonds by the Village of Franklin Oneida County Idaho. Bonds bear 6 percent interest, payable semi annually, maturing twenty years after issuance, redeemable after ten years. Bid deadline April 6, 1912 at 2 p.m. Sealed bids to be received at village office. Certified check required. James Robinson and A W Fank signatories.
Notices sealed bids will be received and opened March 20 at 2 p.m. at the office of A Hendersoan architect Clifton Maho for the erection of a two story concrete block house for Mr Jesse Hudson at Round Grove Tinh the pines near Oxford.
Notice instructs all taxpayers who paid their note to banks to visit the banks for their recertification BoM. Accessor.
Fragmentary OCR mentions livestock and produce items with no clear event or entities. Reads like a brief agricultural notice listing wares and quantities but lacks coherent details to identify people, places, or organizations.
A county notice urges immediate reporting of contagious diseases within 24 hours of onset. Noncompliance may lead to prosecution under the law. Authored by L L Hatch and Y T Parknon Medical Commissioner.
Estray notice states property will be sold according to law on a specified date from January 4. The document lists names Constarle Weston and Premact and mentions a March 9, 1922 date. Handles potential bid actions and legal sale conditions.
The Cub River Worm Creek Canal Co invites sealed bids for a joint watermaster and ditcher at the Preston Mink Creek Canal. Bids will be received until March 23 at 2 p.m. by Cub 2th&15, with details available from the company.
A six month old red and white heifer calf with white legs is claimed to be at the residence of James Wolf Jr in Riverdale Idaho. The animal is claimed and charges paid and will be sold in 40 days to the highest cash bidder. Date April 23 1 pm. Constable L M Wright signs.
Rates for the spring conference from points north of Ogden to Ogden via the Oregon Short Line are published. Tickets on sale April 1 1915 with travel up to April 15. visit U S L Agent for exact rates and details.
A court notice from Malad City Idaho seeks to authorize transfer of certain real property. The auction or bearing hearing is set for the 2nd day of April at 2 o clock in the afternoon. Judge West presides with clerk Witsasa recording proceedings.
J Rallison of Fairview reports a two year old unbranded heifer strayed to his property around the new year. The animal is claimed to be the property of James M Eghart and will be sold to the highest bidder for cash in four days from the date of the notice at 11 p.m. in 1942.
At a Monday meeting of the Weston Reservoir and Power company stockholders the old board was reelected with Peter Mickelsen as president and Thomas Uresten as secretary treasurer. Contracts were signed, noting a 73 cent per hundred load rate and plans to raise potatoes. The correspondent predicts land values will rise as the project proceeds and the public works advance.
A notice announces a March 2 date in 1912 for submitting an apprenticeship for the use of nine hundredths of water from Rattlerwiske Creek. It lists applicant John Redry of Portastisia Idaho and details the lands irrigated, priority under State law, and the irrigation place along Raedlernakg Creek with the case file number 4673.
Ten year old Oxie Frame farmer boy seven miles from Michigan City and Otto Freme shoot a large eagle circling above their yard. Otto fires both barrels from a gun and kills the bird, which fell near the balloon. the dead eagle measured eight feet across.
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