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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1959
Page
3
A critical voice recalls Los Angeles housing evictions as police enforce removals of low income families from condemned private homes intended for a housing project later repurposed as a ball park. The piece questions liberal faith in welfare state and cites Amish livestock seizure and price controls.
Weekend visitors included Hughes Mc Carroll of St Anthony and family. Mother's Day guests Don Lowe family of Preston and Shappard family of Pocatello. Fred Hess and Wanda Hess joined. Melvin Kirby drove to Pasco with Jed Ritchie to Seattle then visited Dell Hymas family in Othello. Picnic day featured at the Barger home with multiple relatives from Pocatello and Preston. Nylon Nelson visited Frank Nelson’s family. Local graduates Vernon Reeder Jack Johnson from Preston seminary marked the Friday night event.
Strawberry season prompts a popular strawberry tart recipe with a 10 inch shell made from flour butter and salt. The process includes baking a filled tart with whipped cream sponge cake cream and fresh strawberries finished with warm strawberry jam poured over.
Craig Paskins and Kirk Paskins attended with Mrs Bessie Reeder Mrs Nedra Jensen of Preston and the Reeder family of Bancroft plus Mr Mrs Eugene Paskins and Mr Mrs George Johnson.
The article recalls how steel industry origins tie to Lake Superior ore and a Chippewa chief, describing Philo Everett’s 1845 search for copper and silver and an encounter with Full Moon, heir of Chief Marji Gesick, who guided him to mineral wealth amid ceremonial traditions.
The Mesabi Range in Minnesota rose from overlooked glacial drift to a vast iron ore source. Merritt brothers pursued ore despite early doubts, discovering high grade ore amid a feverish prospecting era. The 1893 panic felled rivals, while steel magnates like Rockefeller and Carnegie shaped the industry. The ore's importance grew as the economy leaned on steel.
The article notes a historic steel industry capacity and a broad manufacturing base, with steel supporting nearly 40 percent of manufacturing jobs. It highlights Idaho beet sugar’s economic spillovers, including $73 per acre revenue to railroads, and describes the sugar beet as a hardy crop thriving from Imperial Valley to San Luis Valley elevations.
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