Downey Residents Seek $100,000 Damages Over Bond Delays
Downey residents ask Bannock county commissioners to pursue about 100000 in damages from the East Bannock County Taxpayers League. They claim delay in hospital unit construction by bond actions has raised costs and interest rates since the 1946 bond approval for a county hospital at Pocatello and Grace and Downey receiving units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East
Idaho Supreme Court
B. M. Almond
Downey
Bannock County
Almond
W. H
Pete) Jensen
County Commission
Carl C. Christensen
Christensen
Mr. Almond
Elvin Christensen
Reese Davis
Downey State Bank
Glen Molen
Downey Lions Club
Sam Robinson
Downey Graingrowers Co-Operative
Glade Owen
Downey American Legion
Les Young
Young’s Hardware and Furniture
Pacific Intermountain Express to Exhibit Here in Pocatello
A Pacific Intermountain Express half-size tractor semi trailer will tour the nation and stop in Pocatello on March 3 at City Motor Co. Don Robson, the P I E branch manager, says the show demonstrates equipment used for fast freight between Chicago and Los Angeles. Brown Industries of Spokane built the aluminum trailers to western specs. The light-weight design allows greater loads while complying with highway traffic laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Intermountain’ Express
Pocatello
City Motor Co
Chicago
St. Louis
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Don Robson
Western Freighting Company
Brown Industries
Spokane
Wash
Post Features Acclaimed By Readership Survey Group
Robert C. Ruark and the Nancy comic top readership ratings in a quarter 1947 survey by B H Grant Research Inc. for Editor & Publisher. Drew Pearson ranks second among columnists. 17 of 21 top comics appear in the Daily Pot Catello Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Ruark
Nancy
B. H. Grant Research, Inc
Ruark
DAILY
Pocatello Post
Drew Pearson
POST
California
Atlanta
Pittsburgh
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Cincinnati
Dayton
Buffalo
New York
E. & P. Disclosed
Plan Meet To Organize New Co op Organization
A meeting for wage earners in Pocatello to form a new cooperative will be held Wednesday at 7 30 p m in the Irving Junior High school auditorium. Robert Saunders reports about 150 people have shown interest and outlines plans for a wholesale supply store and future farming ventures including a ranch and crop production. Attorney Alfred Cordon will handle organizing details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocatello
Irving Junior High School
Robert Saunders
Saunders
Alfred Cordon
McWhorter Rites Here
Mrs Pauline West McWhorter 67 died in a local hospital after a brief illness. Born January 19 1881 in Marysville Missouri she married J C McWhorter in Ravenwood Missouri and moved to Pocatello in 1939. Survived by husband two daughters three sons a sister and 12 grandchildren. Funeral 2 p m Wednesday at McHan Henderson Funeral Chapel. Burial Mountain View cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline West McWhorter
West
Lewis Street
McWhorter
Marysville
Missouri
William
Harriet Martindale West
J. C. McWhorter
Ravenwood
Pocatello
Stanberry
McHan-Henderson
Leroy H. Walker
First Methodist Church
Mountain View Cemetery
Ready For Tax Influx In Idaho Statistics
Idaho's income tax department readies for last minute filing rush as March 15 deadline nears. Director P G Neill reports 44 880 returns processed of an estimated 140 000 with individuals up to Feb 29 totaling 1 478 458 dollars. Out of state residents earning 90 percent or more in Idaho may file Idaho returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
State Income Tax Department
P. G. Neill
Idaho
Highway Group Gets Fund Aid for Route 95 Promotion
The Route 95 Association, formed to promote travel on U S Highway 95 from Nevada through Idaho to the Canadian border, approved a $4,000 budget. Kenneth Johnson of New Meadows was named finance committee chairman and Jack Howard of Winnemucca was publicity chairman. The group will hold a full meeting here in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weiser
Kenneth Johnson
New Meadows
Jack Howard
Winnemucca
Nev
Commission weighs storage rate hike for grains in Idaho
Idaho grain handlers from Lewiston and Grangeville petition the Public Utilities Commission for higher storage and handling charges. They seek a 5 cent per ton per month increase in storage and a 25 cent per ton rise in handling fees. Present rates stand at 10 cents per ton per month for storage and 1 dollar per ton for handling.
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BOISE
Lewiston
Grangeville
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
State Supplies Government Needs
Idaho manufacturers and dealers supplied the federal government with materials valued at 358202 under the public contracts act in the last quarter of 1947. Elbert Shaw, Idaho wage and hour and public contracts division inspector in charge, announced Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BOISE
Idaho
Elbert Shaw
Wage and Hout and Public Contracts Division
Pocatello Prepares Flood Work. City to Complete Interim Goals
City officials plan rapid preliminary flood control work before requesting federal aid. Projects include widening the Portneuf river channel at three bridges, raising a cross channel sewer on Wyeth Street, adjusting flashboards west of town, and drainage cleaning near U S 30N. Emergency funds of 50000 were noted for snagging the Portneuf channel within city limits.
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City of
Pocatello
Army Engineers
Les Ballif
Portneuf
Wyeth Street
U. S. Highway
O. E. Walsh
Portland
Ore
Ballif
Mark Kulp
State of Idaho
O. A. Lewis
Boise
Army
Ross Park
Col. Walsh
Marsh Valley
Lewis Street
Carson Street
Halliday Street
Merit Council Sets Exam Times
Merit Council for Idaho schedules open competitive exams for stenographers typists accounting clerks and lab assistants for April 10. Applicants must apply by March 30. Forms available at state employment service offices health units public assistance offices and merit system Boise Box 987. No prior experience needed for many tests if high school graduate or will graduate by June 30 1948. Entrance salaries start at 150 monthly. Examinations aim to build employment registers for state vacancies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho Merit System
Thomas H. Charrey
Charrey
Public Assistance
Merit System
Boise
Grange Head Is Consultant
Idaho grange master George Hersley of Boise has been named the special farm labor consultant by the Idaho employment service. The service now handles farm labor placement, a duty previously managed by the Idaho extension service during the war years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho Employment Service
Idaho Grange
George Hersley
Idaho Extension Service
Writ of Mandamus Seeks Blackrock Village Incorporation
A writ of mandamus orders Bannock County to incorporate the village of Blackrock under Idaho law. The document, dated Feb 28 and signed by Judge L. E. Glennon, directs the county to appoint five trustees and record the incorporation. Petitioners Ab sher, Laign, and Jackson allege taxpaying inhabitants support the action despite petitions from both sides. The proposed village spans about eight miles along U S Highway 91 from Ross Park to beyond the Portneuf station, including Shamrock club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bannock
Blackrock
Idaho
Bannock County
Henry McQuade
L. E. Glennon
F. Spencer Absher
Paul Laign
R. T. Jackson
Ross Park
U. S. Highway 91
Portneuf Hill
Portneuf
Shamrock Club
Bob Jackson
Arimo Man Dies Sunday In Idaho Community
Benjamin Williams Henderson 77 of Arimo died Sunday evening at his son Earl Henderson’s home in Salt Lake City. He was born November 24 1870 in Logan and served three terms as Bannock County Democratic state senator. Survivors include four children nine grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral is Wednesday at 2 p m at Arimo High School with burial in Arimo Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Williams Henderson
Arimo
Earl Henderson
Salt Lake City
Logan
James
Mary Williams Henderson
Idaho
Dick Elizabeth Woodland
LDS Church
Portneuf
Henderson
Bannock County
Ben W. Henderson
Los Angeles
Eral W. Henderson
Robert W. Henderson
Bernice Gamble
Preston
State Farmers Boost Milk Total
Idaho dairy farmers produced about 1.271 billion pounds of milk in 1947, up one percent from 1946 and below the 1944 record of 1.405 billion. Per cow production reached a record 6110 pounds, while cow numbers fell to 208000, the lowest since 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Idaho Falls Club Elects New Eastern Idaho Shorthorn President
Ross Byrne of Rexburg was elected Saturday to lead the Eastern Idaho Shorthorn Club after its annual show. He succeeds J. A. Silverster of Roberts. Grand champion bull prize went to J. C. Price of Conrad Morf, while the grand champion female was consigned by James O. Beck of Mayfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho Falls
Ross Byrne
Rexburg
Eastern
Idaho Shorthorn Club
J. A. Silvester
Roberts
J. C. Price
Conrad
Morf
James O. Beck
Mayfield
Ida
Eight Aviation Breakfasts Set For Idaho Pilots in 1948
Boise AP reports state aeronautics schedules eight aviation breakfasts for Idaho pilots in 1948. Events run April 11 Weiser to Oct 10 Challis with July 11 Sun Valley gathering and a July 11 bus ride from Hailey to Sun Valley. No accidents in two years. last year 1 940 attended across seven breakfasts and covered 247 600 plane miles.
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BOISE
Idaho
Weiser
Chett Moulton
Monty
Pocatello
MacKay
Sun Valley
St. Maries
Twin Falls
Lewiston
Challis
Hailey
Moulton
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Merit Council
Grange Head
Bob Getty
Fil Value
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Firestone Stores
Pacific Intermountain Express
Mighty-Mite
Pac. Intermountain Express
Firestone
Pacific Intermountain Express Lines
Pocatello, Idaho
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