Preston Night Rodeo Promises Best Stock and Live Contests
The City of Preston and the rodeo committee invite fans from southeast Idaho and northern Utah to the three night event August 1 to 3. J R Doc Sorenson will bring top stock, with more live rodeo contests each night and fewer feature acts. A large rodeo turnout is expected for the liveliest Preston show yet.
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Preston
Rodeo Committee
Idaho
Utah
J R
Doc) Sorenson
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Ogden
Salt Lake City
Meat Shortages Spark Local Ration Backlash and Black Market
Citizens and clerks in Franklin County decry OPA controls as meat and poultry vanish from shops. Stores implement voluntary rationing while shortages grow, and the black market expands as restaurants close and points rules bite. Many residents blame the OPA for restricting supply and driving scarcity.
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OPA
Franklin County
Red Point
Preston
Milk Prices and Public Cooperation in Austerity Debate
The piece argues voluntary retailer action can reduce rationing if customers cooperate. It critiques a Federal Trade Commission report on milk, saying it avoids labor, tax and feed costs. It contends higher wages and taxes drive up prices and warns of a falling standard of living under current policy.
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Federal Trade Commission
Big Mine Strike Reported in Black Pine Mountains
Time July 26 1917 notes a major cinnabar mining strike in Cassia county near Preston with reported rich deposits. Party of Preston men searched the area by auto to locate the strike and confirm the ore high in value.
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Black Pine Mountains
Cassia County
Here
Preston
Pranks and Trials in a Fractured World
A bizarre mix of jokes and courtroom vignettes unfolds from a world of mistaken beliefs and comic mishearing. Soldiers recall frigid Alaska nights while a judge handles deaf litigants and a stale lamp joke ends with a burned cabin. The navy teases new bell bottom reforms as sailors await truer comfort.
Idaho Health Tops Nation in Surprising Statistic
A quirky anonymous column blends verse and jokes to claim Idaho has the nation’s lowest death rate from a recent statistical report. It mocks other states and riffs on regional stereotypes while weaving puns about work, money, and national identity.
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Idaho
South
Texas
Iowa
Idaho Hills
New York
Boise
State Announces Game Bird Season for Pheasants
The state sets pheasant hunting dates October 14 to November 25 in multiple counties with a three cock bag limit and Sundays Wednesdays and legal holidays only. Hen pheasants kill prohibited statewide. Open seasons for Hungarian Partridge and Valley Quail vary by county with five birds bag limit in many counties. No open season on several grouse and doves. bird preserves enforce closures. Shipping permits required for nonresident licenses with 50 cent fee and limits on weekly shipments.
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Bonner
Boundary
Benewah
Kootenai
Shoshone
Latah
Lewis
Clearwater
Nez Perce
Idaho County
Salmon River
Little Salmon River
Ada
Canyon
Elmore
Gent
Owyhee
Payette
Washington
Adams County
Meadows Valley
Boise County
Payette River
Gooding
Jerome Blaine
Lemhi
Lincoln
Custer County
Big Lost River
Twin Falls
Cassia
Minidoka
Butte
Fremont
Franklin
Oneida Power
Bingham
Bonneville
Madison
Jefferson
Sarah Lewis
Nez Force
Main Salmon River
Little Samon River
Boise
Gem
Jerome
Farm Labor Shortage Drives Seasonal Harvest Push in Idaho
Idaho farms race through hay making and harvest as Western diversification grows. Sugar beet thinning proceeds in Eastern Idaho while pod peas lettuce and fruit picking bolster Southwest operations. A labor squeeze prompts pooling shared labor saving devices and use of local workers as crews move from area to area including Mexicans and prisoners of war to cover peak needs.
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Boise
Idaho
Southwest
Farm wage trends reflect tightening labor market
Reports indicate farm wage rates rose above April and July 1944 levels as shortages persist. The notes imply ongoing efforts to alleviate the worst shortage conditions through higher pay to attract workers.
Farm Record Books Aid Tax Ready Income and Expense Tracking
Farm record books help farmers keep accurate accounts of income and expenses for the past year. Prepared especially for new income tax records and reporting needs.
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William Mucknight
Belva Hart
Preston Citizen
Franklin County Citizen
Cache Valley Clarion
Leland Chatterton
Shirley Chatterton
Deane Auger
Ae Foreman Pressman
Otttelal
Idahogstate Editorial
Cass “Ni
LeVerne Olson
John A Carver
Olson
P W Olson
Oxford
Carver
S. E. Nelson
Benedictines
Logan
Ada Robinson
Star Valley
C A Canfield
Canfield
Ceu Hac
the _ stork
Lawrence Farnes
Whitney
George T McDermott
Clifton
James B McQueen
Wm P Shumway
Angus Maughan
Hyrum Tippetts
George Crockett
Western States
Old Mexico
G L. Tanner
William Whittle
Ezra T Benson
Beet Growers Meeting
Greeley
Colorado
Ernest Yaussi
Montpelier
Mountain States Telephone Company
Erastus Schwaneveldt
Weston
J P Rasmussen
Cedarville
Secres
Bart Urs Ogden
Wallvile
ENPON
Uewiston
Smithreld
Hyrum
Provo
Murray
Downey
Horace
Alaska
Navy
Pat
Casey
Mike
America
Indiana
David E. Davis
Preston Co-Op Drug Company
U.S.A
Conoco
W.H. Bosen
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