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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1949
Page
3
The United States has become a nation on wheels due to mass production and affordable cars. About 37 million gasoline powered vehicles roam the country with ample fuel and lubricants. Fort Sam Houston in Texas is noted as the world's largest military installation.
Squint Miller reports woodpeckers pecking electrical wires, causing repeated short circuits. The birds inhabited an old pole, prompting the company to donate the pole to woodpeckers and replace it with a new one for service use.
A Rural Electrification Administration study released this week shows Idaho with 40 501 electrified farms and only 997 without power for a 97.6 percent coverage. Nationally 78.2 percent of farms are served, with Idaho trailing only five states and tied with Rhode Island for high rural electricity access. The REA notes dramatic gains since 1935 and warns remaining farms face harder terrain and sparse populations.
The weekly Health This column explains that tuberculosis poses greater risk during adolescence and young adulthood, stressing reduced immunity, the value of rest and nutrition, regular checkups, and chest X ray surveys in schools. It notes that early detection improves cure chances and mentions Bert and Josephine Timothy hosting guests.
The Idaho Cattlemen’s Association hosts its 11th fall bull sale in Pocatello on Saturday November 5 with 133 purebred Hereford bulls and 25 Hereford females entered from Idaho Utah and Oregon. Walter Schodde chairs the bull committee and Worth Hodgson and Lyman Ipsen judge the stock. Bulls must be 14 months old by October 1 and consignors guarantee all animals. The sale opens at noon with Col Walter of Filer starting the market.
Conservation officers report 106 arrests in September for game law violations across 44 counties. Butte led with 11 convictions, Guster 10, Shoshone nine, with sixteenth fines of 50 dollars each for various infractions. Elk hunting began in the Chamberlain basin region. a special antelope hunt occurred during September.
The article describes Idaho canyons along the Snake and Clearwater rivers, noting Shoshone Falls near Twin Falls at 212 feet, Seven Devils canyon near Oregon with a depth of 7 900 feet, and Bruneau canyon in Owyhee County as startling. It mentions Lewiston, Cabinet canyon, and the Salomon river canyons, while acknowledging scarce reliable data and citing a dinner in Montpelier for Luther Boyd and John Meyers.
ORLY after just over a month on sale, the 1950 Studebaker sets a record as the fastest selling model in Studebaker history. The new car earns rapid orders from buyers and showcases strong market demand.
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