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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1945
Page
2
The Preston Lions club plans to raise funds to aid a new city swimming pool. They already have several hundred dollars from various events including monthly wrestling bouts and expect to reach several thousand, to be matched by the City of Preston for postwar recreation.
Two months remain until Preston votes on new city officials including mayor city clerk and council members. Citizens are urged to begin planning and consider candidates for the next two years rather than waiting.
Critics argue the Department of Interior plans to raise grazing fees by up to 340 percent on 142 million western range acres. They note the 5 to 17 cent per head cattle hike and 1 to 3 cent per head sheep rise, questioning the necessity given the Taylor Grazing Service's decade of operations and current revenue of $900,000 annually.
Jerome News reports sugar beet contracts between farmers and a southern Idaho sugar company for the 1945 crop. The piece stresses national sugar shortages and warns that reduced acreages could end sugar beet farming in the region, benefiting from labor, improved seeds, and harvesting machinery.
The report states that raising beef and lamb prices cannot be justified at this time and urges restraint.
A Preston reader laments scarce housing, cites Idaho headlines about new homes in Burley Rupert Jerome Weiser Boise and calls for local groups or officials to push for H-2 program projects. The note warns delay risks ongoing shortage and references George W Coplen as regional housing representative in Boise.
County Agent Daniel Roberts says sixty seven head of heifers aged four months to one year were vaccinated for 13 farmers in the Riverdale ward last Thursday. Walter Rindlisbaker William Forsgren and Ray Barrington helped line up the cattle and assisted Dr. Jay Newhall and Gaylord Larson with the project.
A quirky column relays improvised humor and gossip from an editor pretending to sleep in a cafe to gather pranks for the week. It mentions playful jests about King Franklin and Jesse Jones, a Louis Prima record, jokes from a draft board, a judge and defendant exchange, a jawbone icon, and a comically bad breakfast request.
A jumble of humorous lines about marriage surprises and strange phrases. A mix of conversations includes a boy naming a cat Ben Hur and a cannibal complaining about rationing. The tone is light and sly with animal names and everyday banter.
The town invites all ladies to bring basket lunches for a Friday basket dance auction with proceeds benefiting the building fund. Local births, visits, and training updates fill community notes including a baby girl born February six in Preston hospital and various relatives visiting from Ogden and Terreton.
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