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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1948
Page
16
The 1860s Franklin settlement in Idaho Territory grew from Mormon pioneer families from Utah. A fort protected settlers, with guards at night for families livestock and goods. The town lies near US 91 eight miles from Preston and 19 miles from Logan Utah.
The Frankin settlement story centers on Mormon homeseekers who arrived in 1860 led by Thomas S. Smart. Brigham Young approved local irrigation and a steam engine shipped from the east powered a sawmill before falling into disuse. The engine was saved as a pioneer relic in the Franklin relic hall, marking Idaho’s oldest settlement.
The Maine experiment station says pressure saucepans can work on slow coal or wood stoves if heat builds quickly enough, testing by boiling four cups water for 30 minutes and checking left water. On slow stoves pressure cookers save time, but tender vegetables may overcook. Also notes Mrs Ray Swainston’s return from Oregon after her parents, Mr and Mrs Mortinsen, were seriously injured in an Eugene car crash.
A cooperative trapping and translocation effort by Idaho Fish and Game, aided by federal coordinators and Boise officials, moved 148 pronghorn antelope from problem areas near Mackay to Oneida Twin Falls and Owyhee counties. Aerial netting and corral methods succeeded with few injuries. most released into Copper Basin and Lost River areas to bolster herds and reduce crop damage.
A local hog shipment from Portland Oregon totals 29 825 pounds and 6 280 09 dollars. Next shipment is planned for March 24 1948 with 81 hogs to be listed by March 20. Top hog weighed 195 pounds at 49 8.
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