Reclamation Postwar Plans Outlined by Idaho Leader
W E Welch secretary and watermaster of Boise river spoke at a Blue Room Clint’s Castle meeting outlining Idaho State Reclamation Association goals. He cited 1 300 000 acres ready for cultivation with proper water facilities and emphasized a reimbursable program aiding veterans and regional development. Idaho urged federal support and organization, presenting Gov Gossett’s letter to thirteen water districts and related groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho State Reclamation Association
W. E. Welch
Boise River
Boise Valley
Clint
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Welch
U. S. Treasury
Idaho
West
Charles Gossett
Water District
Industrials
Paricntar Pratens
Funeral services held Thursday for John T. Weir killed in crash
John T. Weir 62 former resident of Preston died Sunday at Logan Utah Hospital from automobile crash injuries. Services were conducted Thursday at 2 p.m. in the LDS chapel with Bishop Horace Baugh officiating. Weir, an employee of the Clearfield depot, was en route to Bree when the crash occurred. Survivors include four sons, a convalescing wife in Logan hospital, one sister Mrs. C. Winary of Fort Gamble Wisconsin and a brother Thomas T. Weir of Greybull Wyoming. Grandchildren number five with five great grandchildren.
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Weir
Preston
Logan
Utah
Bree
Ray, Powes
Rosebank
Scotland
Wassory
Thomas
Sainls
Wye
Salt, Lake
LDS Temple
Inza
Logan ‘Hospital
Ethel Crey
Vist
Mace
Wildlife Pictures of Idaho Shown at Preston Rotary
The Preston Rotary club will screen color wildlife pictures of Idaho’s primitive regions next Wednesday. Orange Olsen of Ogden Utah will present the show. January’s program chair is Angus Condie with Homer Johnson G W McCune and Alton Richards as assistants. February’s chair is Ben Johnson with Bill Craner A R Cutler and M W Hendricks as assistants.
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Idaho
Preston Rotary Club
Orange Olsen
Ogden
Utah
Angus Condie
Homer Johnson
G. W. McCune
Alton Richards
Ben Johnson
Bill Craner
A. R. Cutler
M. W. Hendricks
November December Payments Ready To Go
County AAA offices this week began making sight draft payments to milk producers for whole milk and butterfat marketed in November and December. The dairy payment rates are 60 cents per hundredweight for whole milk and 10 cents per pound for butterfat. Receipts weight slips and statements from milk and cream buyers are accepted as evidence of sales and sight drafts are issued by county AAA committeemen as immediate payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Aaa
Ayaa
AAAS
Preston
Fe Ake
Cate
Rene Rein
Train wreck near Ogden leaves family, workers hopeful
Readable fragments recount a fatal train wreck near Ogden. Clarence Russell, an express brakeman, survived with injuries and learned of kin's safety after late Sunday word. Family plans to travel to Chicago for furniture market shopping and stock for their store.
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Espée
Paul K
Ogden
Bauer
Clarence Kendricke
Weel
Chicago
Furnitun
Preston Ps ‘Electric
Prestonas
Sugar Company Leader Named President of U S C Line Tuesday
H A Benning president and general manager of Amalgamated Sugar Co. becomes general manager of the Utah Idaho Central railroad and will supervise while continuing sugar duties. W J Hodge as assistant general manager will lead operations with Ogden Transit Co. and the railroad. Ralph E Titus previously led Utah Idaho Central and Ogden Transit and has relinquished that post due to illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Benning
Amalgamated Sugar Co
Utah- Idaho Central Railroad
Mr. Benning
W. J. Hodge
Sugar Company
Benning
Hodge
Ogden Transit Co
Ralph E. Titus
Salt Lake & Utah Railroad Corp
Utah-Idaho Central
Ogden Transit
Union Pacific Railroad
Franklin County to Swear In Officials and Deputies
Newly elected Franklin County officials and deputies will be sworn in Monday January 8 at the county courthouse. A new chairman of the board of county commissioners will be named, along with regular deputies for county offices and road department employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
County Court House
Board of County Commissioners
Water Prospects Favorable for Utah Runoff Season
So far this winter Mt Logan region in the Cache National Forest shows uniform snowfall aiding watershed reserves. Engineer reports after January 1 snow surveys indicate mild 1944 fall with substantial moisture. measurements show water content at elevations 7000 feet and higher holding 8.4 and 4.8 inches respectively, suggesting good runoff prospects for Utah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
Gineer
Othe Utah Experiment Station
Mt. Logan
Mt. Logani
Franklin
Cache National Forest
Tower
Wang
Jet An
Toye
Pits f vis Dep F:Dra yt r. AL ee weg te SES
Fragmentary text appears to discuss political topics and names in a distorted form. Statem ents reference Idaho and Douglas, with unclear phrases about service, military, and elections. The readable portions mention possible outcomes and notable terms without coherent context.
Selective Inductions Reported for January Training
Fort Douglas notes thirty one men to report January 25 for induction quota completion. Selection covers 2-A-F 2-B-F and 2-C-F classifications with physical examinations and deferments or unfitness recorded under wartime medical criteria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort “Douglas
Idaho
Preston chamber of commerce names 21 nominees for board seats
Nominations were announced Friday for the Preston chamber of commerce with 20 candidates for five regular seats and three for the unexpired term of Avery Conine. Ballots will be mailed January 12 and counted January 17. Hold over directors include Ernest Ebberhard, Joe Oborns, and Bill Geddes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston Chamber of Commerce
Avery Conine
R. B. Gibson
Chamber
Ernest Ebberhard
Joe Oborns
Bill Geddes
Leo Hawkes
Bill MacKnight
Cleo Swenson
Ivan Goff
Harlan Simmons
Mr Gibson
Wendell Rosen
Newell Stevens
Preston Elks Club Formation Underway In Cache Valley
Plans to form a Preston Elks club were launched last week with construction of quarters in a bank building. Sixty five signers back the charter petition to the Pocatello Elks lodge for final sanction, with the national lodge and Pocatello's approval likely. The Preston club would claim jurisdiction over Cache Valley membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elks Club
Preston
Pocatello Elks Club
Pocatello
B.P.O.E
National Lodge
Preston Club
Cache ‘Valley
Demonstration Meetings On Food Utilization Schedule
County Agent Roberts announces Home Demonstration meetings with Miss Alfée Rigby. Sessions cover utilization of lard meat curing storage and sausage making. Attend Banida Clifton Fairview Fifth Ward Riverdale in mid January. dates and times listed. Families of Harland Simmons visited Pleasant Grove Utah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfeé Rigby
Banida
Clifton
Fairview
Fifth Ward
Riverdale
Roberts
Farm Bureau to Convene Annual Meeting Thursday
Franklin County Farm Bureau will meet at the courthouse Thursday evening January 11 at 8 p m. President Carl Nielson calls for full attendance as delegates for the state convention in Pocatello January 18 and 19 will be chosen. Articles of association and by laws are ready for presentation and action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County Farm Bureau
Court House
Carl Nielson
Pocatello
Nielson
Club seeks return of USO books from service
Mrs. Ernest Brutenbeker announced this week that several USO scrap books issued to high school girls have not been returned. The Preston Service club asks cooperation to reclaim the finished books so the town can forward the full quota to the USO for distribution to servicemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Brutenbeker
USO
Preston Service Club
Credit Group To Meet January 13th
Preston will host the Eastern Idaho Production Credit Association meeting on January 13 at the 4th Ward Chapel. Farmers from Franklin Bannock Oneida Caribou and Bear Lake counties will elect two directors and hear reports on the Cooperative Credit System with Otto F Allgaier attending from Spokane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston
Eastern Idaho Production Credit Association
Cor Operative
Thomas Heath
4Th Ward
Franklin
Bannock
Oneida
Caribou
Bear Lake
Clarence Hart
Association
Carlyle Chaffin
Idaho Falls
Leo D. Murdock
Blackfoot
Thomas. Heath
O. E. Hendricks
Swap ‘Lake
Swap ‘Lake, and ‘T. W. Smith, Rexburg
Otto F. Allgaier
Production Credit Corporation
Spokane
Cooperative Credit
4 H and Future Farmers Buy Hereford Calves in Wyoming
Six Franklin Street 4-H members and Raylo Larsen and Claude Keller traveled from Clifton to Jackson Wyoming to buy eight high quality Hereford steer calves from Mosley Hereford Ranch. County agent Daniels Roberts assisted as Bev enty calves were gathered from a herd of 300. The calves will be fed and exhibited at the Ogden Livestock Show and Fair in September by the 4-H club members and Woolf siblings Eugene Dayton Lynn Merlin from Riverdale LaMon and a Keller from Mink Creek and Waldo Talbot of Clifton.
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Franklin Stinty
Mosley
Jackson - For
Eugene Archibald
Dayton
Lynn
Woolf
Merlin Woolf
Riverdale
LaMon
A Keller
Raylo Larsen
Claude Keller
Dri
Creek
Walde
Talbot
Four Casualties Reported This Week In War Front
Reports show one killed and one missing as combat widens. Pvt. George Francis Hill of Franklin, son of Mrs. Mary Janet Hill, formerly listed missing, is now reported killed in action on the German front December 11.
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Pvt
Geo. Francis Hill
Franklin
Elden Larsen
George Francis Hill
Mary Janet Hill
Still Missing and Found in Ways Described in War District News
Reported missing Pfc Richard Henderson of Clifton remained unlocated while word came that Pfc Henderson is safe in the Philippines. Sergeant Elden Larsen listed missing in action since December 5 in Germany. he is a B-17 bombardier stationed in England. Larsen entered the air corps in 1942 and has been overseas since 1944. his wife Fern Naef and two children Darrell and Nadene live in Preston. Additional relatives include four sisters and two brothers. Wounded: Private Wendell Hulse, seriously hurt in France December 17. he is son of Mr and Mrs Wm Hulse of Preston. Pvt James Orville Woodward, son of Mr and Mrs Lynn Woodward, wounded in Germany December 11. He entered service in 1943. Parents Ed and Lola Woodward note received word from him.
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Elden Larsen
Germany
Fern Naef
Dayton
Larsen
England
Air Corps
Darrell Brent
Nadene
Preston
Omer Larsen
Perry Larsen
Wendell Hulse
France
Wm. Hu
Smithfield
Pvt. Hulse
141St Infantry
Pfe James
Orville Woodward
Lynn ‘Woodward
Unclear OCR note on school board vacancy and personnel
Fragmentary text discusses a school board vacancy and named individuals involved in a leadership decision. It references a Tuesday meeting, a person named Hart, and mentions Spilsbury and other figures, but many words are garbled.
Ye et 28s Ee Resigns
A brief item notes that Ye and the 28s Ee resign from a post. No further details are provided in the readable text.
Fragmentary OCR Sees Courthouse Details Aired
A damaged OCR fragment hints at a courthouse scene with references to a name and a date. The unreadable text shows partial phrases about a commission member and a court setting, leaving the core event unclear.
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Gossett
John T. Wier
Wildlife Pictures of
Rotary
Mt Logan
Sind
Douglas
Harland ‘Simmons
Farm Bureau States Annual Meeting
Credit Group
FFA
Richard Henderson
Leyte
Swith
Horland
Becémie
Mark
Hart
Bothell
Washington
Sane
Spilsbury
Tlinois
Aindre
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