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Preston Citizen

Location

Preston, Idaho, United States of America

Date

Oct 26, 1944

Page

7

Thorpe Attacks Taylor Background as Idahoan Candidate

Vern Thorpe Idaho Republican state chairman accuses Glen Taylor Democratic Senate hopeful of lacking a concrete program for Idaho. He labels Taylor a former cowboy entertainer and contends Taylor has little firsthand knowledge of Idaho reclamation, agriculture, and industrial needs. Thorpe praises Botto lfsen’s four years as governor and Idaho life experience.

Vern Thorpe Glen Taylor United States Senate Idaho Thorpe Roosevelt Taylor Bottolfsen

Idaho Farm Crops in October Progress and Harvests

By October 1 grain harvest was nearly finished in North Idaho while southern and eastern districts still harvest beans and fruit work moved on. Prunes and apples were largely done, peaches finished, sugar beets and potatoes needed attention as transient workers moved in with early frosts speeding maturity. Some Idaho schools had closed for the potato harvest.

Boise Idaho Twin Falls

Wasteful potato disposal near Bakersfield under WFA plan

B A Disel of Gooding criticizes a government price support project that dumped 550000 sacks of potatoes on a 150 acre Bakersfield field. Tubers weighed four to five pounds and 65 workers hauled them to the dump ground. Disel laments wasting food when famine threatens Europe and Asia.

B. A. Disel Gooding Bakersfield California WFA Disel Europe Asia

Conservation notes on improving Portneuf range through management

Vernon J. Heidenreich reports most Portneuf Soil Conservation District range is degraded from overgrazing and erosion risk. Proper management including salting, fencing, water development, and deferred grazing could restore perennial grasses, seed cycles, and vigor, with seeding limited to tilled abandoned land or denuded areas.

Portneuf Soil Conservation District Vernon J. Heidenreich Downey Heidenreich Hendenreich

Local Social News From Swan Lake Area

Mrs Rex Evans and children of Pocatello visited with her father here Monday. Mrs Martell Thomas spent the week end with her parents in Downey. Mrs O E Hendricks and Mrs James Abbott attended a study club at Downey last Thursday. Mrs Kingley Brown and her baby son returned to Seattle after visiting her mother. Merrill Beckstead and Wayne Millard spent the week end in Ogden.

Rex Evans Pocatello Martell Thomas John Criddle Downey O E Hendricks James Abbott Kingley Brown & Baby Son Seattle Washington Swan Lake O . Hendricks Merrill Beckstead Wayne Millard Ogden

Idaho dry bean crop prospects decline in September

Truck crop notes show September declines of about 74 000 bags with October 1 forecasts at 2 058 000 bags. Frost from mid September damaged southern Idaho acreage, mainly affecting quality. Harvesting reveals limited pods per vine and sparse beans per pod, while lack of summer rains hurt north Idaho. Bean breakdown includes 1 034 000 bags Great Northerns and 450 000 beds of other varieties. Austria peas yield expected at 1 350 pounds per acre on 9 600 acres.

Boise—Idaho Idaho Boise

Range and Grazing Signals Mixed Lamb Feeding Outlook

Boise reports a likely smaller total of lambs and sheep fed for the winter and spring market than last year. Indications through October 1 are uncertain, with a notable shrinkage in Corn Belt feed lots offset by a rise in wheat pasture finishing in Kansas, little change in the 11 Western States, a gain in other states, and Texas wheat pasture areas showing growth.

Boise Corn Belt Kansas Texas

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