High School Orators Compete In Legion Contest in Boise
Jerome Idaho announces the American Legion high school oratorical state contest will be held at Borah High School in Boise on March 18 1960 with contestants from eight Legion districts. About 350000 students participate nationally each year and about 300 Idaho students will compete in post and district contests for the right to enter the state meet. The Idaho winner earns a 100 scholarship with national prizes ranging from 4000 to 500. Contestants deliver a prepared 10 to 12 minute oration on American Citizens Rights and Responsibilities Under the Constitution followed by a 4 to 6 minute extemporaneous talk on one of six Constitution topics. Since 1938 about 5 million students have studied the U S Constitution through the Legion program.
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Jerome
American Legion
Boise
Borah High School
Legion
Francis Boyd
Boyd
Idaho
Legion Post
United States
Legion’s
Hobbs Home Hosts Logan Visitors for Dinner
Sunday guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Eldin Hobbs included their niece and husband Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Peterson of Logan.
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Eldin Hobbs
Jerry Peterson
Logan
Acorns and Salt Use in Livestock and Weed Control
Dr. Gustav Bohstedt discusses acorns as poor feed for pigs and dairy cows noting high fiber, low protein, and possible poisoning. He explains salt use on hay and silage to improve palatability and prevent hay spoilage, with differing rates tied to dry matter. He adds cautions about salt on driveways for weed killing and references past experiments on salt's dual effects.
Green Manure Crop Advised Before Winter
Soils specialist Charles Painter of the University of Idaho extension service urges a green manure crop this fall to protect soil and improve next year. By planting rye after bean harvest with nitrogen added, yields of beans rose after plowing the green manure, with benefits lasting four years.
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Charles Painter
University of Ino Extension Service
Painter
University of Idaho Experiment Station
Idaho Farm Income Seen Rough Parity With 1958
First Security Bank reports in its News Letter that Idaho cash farm income for 1959 should roughly equal 1958 with non agricultural employment ahead of 1958. Prices for crops especially potatoes hay and grain firming. cattle income near 1958. meat demand high. potato production down 4 percent. lumber and phosphate rock up. Construction value up about 20 percent through nine months. department store sales in leading Idaho cities 3 percent higher with continued gains expected.
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Idaho
First Security Bank
Lloyd J. Hogge
Preston
ElRoy Nelson
First Security
Harvey Frazier
Record steelhead migrations set new Idaho high in 1958 59
Idaho fish records show 1958 59 steelhead migrations reaching 33 216, surpassing 1957 59 by over 12 000 and eclipsing the prior all time high from 1954 55. Government actions and dam developments aided the rise while lower Columbia fishing restrictions helped steelhead return to Idaho streams.
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Clearwater
Idaho
Fisn
Ross Leonard
Columbia River
Sonneville
Celilo Falls
Dalles
All Time Steelhead Spawn Run Record Set
More than 33 000 steelhead trout entered the Clearwater River from the Snake and were counted over the Lewiston dam on their spawning runs upstream during a 12 month period ending June 30. Idaho Fish and Game Department announced this is the greatest number in a July 1 to June 30 fish year since the record began.
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Clearwater
Snake
Lewiston
Idaho Fish and Games Department
Community newspaper aided by local business ads
Advertising support from local firms sustains this newspaper and enables reporting on Franklin County residents. Readers are encouraged to support advertisers to keep the paper’s coverage strong.
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Ac ‘Ivities
Franklin County
Detergent Revolution Expands Across U.S. Households
A showpiece claim traces modern detergents from a single early sale to two thirds of national cleaning today. It credits synthetic manufacture, improved formulas, and widespread use from home dishes to railroad cars and firefighting, touting continual product improvement by Standard scientists.
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Dayton
Electrolux
Logan, Utah
Kraft
Management
Gustav Bohstedt
Animal Husbandey
University of Wisconsin
New Jersey Experiment Station
Bohstedt
C. M. Hatch
Wilcox
Utah
The
Lewiston State Bank
National Finance
Skyline
Federal Avenue
Earth
Best Cleaners
Standard
Oranite Chemical Company
Standard Oil Company
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