Idaho Prepares for 1960 Census Start Next Week
Idaho readies for the 18th decennial census in April 1960 conducted by the Bureau of the Census. The report outlines Idaho’s population growth since 1870, its 1950 figures, urban and rural shares, and county distributions leading to the 1960 count.
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Idaho
United States
Bureau of the Census
Department of Commerce
Census Bureau
Montana Territory
Wyoming Territory
Montana
District of Columbia
Dthe
Clark
Ada
Butte
Power
Bannock
Canyon
Eddiville Village
Boise City
Community Notes From Mink Creek and Nearby Towns
Local residents trace a busy week with visits to Salt Lake City and Pocatello. Families including Smiths, Kinney, and Christensen gather for hospital stays, funerals, and casual visits while ward members attend stake meetings and fireside events at Oneida Station and nearby communities.
Pump irrigation boom reshapes Idaho land use
Governor Smylie notes Idaho moved from surface water irrigation to groundwater in the postwar era. He cites 224 million acres in irrigation since 1945 and a surge of groundwater permits, with key basins in Jefferson, Butte, Bingham, Minidoka, Cassia, and Twin Falls counties. The piece warns of over-appropriation risks and outlines possible regulatory paths.
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Idaho
Snake River
Snake River Plains
King Hill
Geological Survey
Snake River Valley
Jefferson County
Little Lost River
Butte County
Bingham County
Minidoka County
Hart River
Cassia County
Twin Falls County
Family visits span cities and occasions in Utah and Nevada
Franklin My and Mrs P L Robinson visited sons Jack and Howard and families Thursday and Friday. They visited daughter Maurene Bateman in Richmond for her birthday. Mrs Myrtle Woodward Gwen Gibson and Ada Chatterton were guests at the Friendship club meeting hosted by Roberta Elwell in Preston for quilting and luncheon. The Hobbs family traveled to Ogden to see George Howell and attended a blessing ceremony for the adopted baby. They then visited Arvie Anderson and Lorin Larsen in Ogden and Hyrum before Luella Doney joined Mrs Rose Hendricks and Joan Jenne on a trip to Boulder City and Las Vegas to see Floyd and Jenne.
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Wendell Smith
Salt Lake City
Hyrum Smith
Idaho Sk Alls In
Irene
Tay
Pocatello
Frank Kinney
Stake
Arda Smith
Lanette Smith
Berenice Forsgren
Zera Wold
Rea Barrington
Varreta Woolf
Carmen Lewis
Elva i T. Barrington
Myrtle Rindlisbner
Laura Nungesser
Eva Dear- Gorff
Rita Anderson
Gladys T Henrie
Elroy Smith
Montpelier
David Jensen
Curtis Rosen
Oneida Station
Hollingsworths
P. L. Robinson
Jack
Howard
Maurene Bateman
Richmond
Myrtle Woodward
Gwen Gibson
Ada Chatterton
Robrera Elwell
Preston
Leonard Hobbs
Kenneth
Larry Hobbs
Ogden
George Howell
Leonard ‘Hobbs
Howells
Hobbs
Howell
West Side High Girls Earn Praise Despite State Loss
West Side High School basketball team earned praise for conduct and demeanor during the state tournament at Coeur d Alene. The Pirates lost a heartbreaker to St Maries 69 63 in overtime, then West Side defeated Mullan 62 47 to finish third.
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Althouhg
West Side High School
Coeur d’Alene
Orlando B. Merrill
Robert Bliss
Maurice Tingey
Pirates
St. Maries
West Side
Mullan
Orba J. Larsen
Mountain Home
Airman
LaGrand Hunt
Hunt
Emma Kaye Larsen
Dalton Hunt
Preston
Henry Miller
Ed Anderson
Shoshone
Fred Anderson
Cleveland
R. D. Anderson
Pocatello
Millers
Lloyd
Twin Falls
Dean
Salt Lake City
Grant
Ogden
Miller
Salt Lake Clinic
George Fredrickson
Ruben Simper
John Simper
Blackfore
Annie Goodsell
Morris McFadden
Hayward
Calif
Lee Goodsell
Springville
Utah
Lynn Goodsell
Frank Olsen
Norman Fennesbeck
Community Family Visit and Weekend Gatherings
Mapleton Mr and Mrs Orson Olson and family from Preston spent Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs Earl Bowcut and family. Mark Porter and Roy Porter of Ogden visited their parents Mr and Mrs George R Porter and family and Mr and Mrs Fred Porter and daughter accompanied by Mr and Mrs Keith Taylor and family of Idaho Falls left Thursday for California Roger Auger of Preston spent Sunday with Max Sharp.
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Orson Olson
Preston
Earl Bowcut
Mark Porter
Roy Porter
Ogden
George R.porter
Fred, Porter
Keith Taylor
Idaho Falls
California
Roger Auger
Max Sharp
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Riverdale
David Smith
Relief Society
Mink ‘Creek
Wenzell Keller
Vernonammon
Lake City
Deloy Christensen
Iona
Kellers
Bryce Egrey
Dwain Tate
Orson Wright
James Woolf
Marve Packer
Christen Hansen
Mink Creek
Jodie Price
Cult of Lending
Stepatd Becks
Penden
Resaip Soakserie
Ory Gower
Rhein
Gov
Robert E. Smylie
Franklin
Weston
Carl Jensen
Alden Farr
Ruth Shrives
Wilbur Winward
Poca
Tello
Marilyn Vanderford
Boise
Clyde Nielsen
Larry Olsen
Cedar City
Tamara Olsen
Byu
Larry
Joseph Nuffer
Herbert Williams
Dayton Ward
George Hill
LaVon Williams
Rolland Williams
Wayne Bowden
Rigby
Parley L. Dunkley
Leo Geddes
Willams
LaVon Wiliams
Earl ‘Buttars
Weston Ward
Alton Buttars
Delbert Schwaneveldt
Kenneth Child
Evan Keller
Harvey Dewey
Mark Tingey
Angela
Ruth Ann
Shannon
Mae Tingey
Provo
Sydney Johnson
Maurice
Sydney
Salt
Mapleton
Preston Lumber Com
South
Presi
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