Blackfoot To Hold Memorial Day Joint Services
Blackfoot officials said Memorial Day events will unite the American Legion Reeas Post No 23 Hugh Martin Post No esa and Co I 183 Infantry National Guard. Graves in Grove City cemetery will be decorated with flags by the American Legion. A parade from the National Guard Armory at 10 a.m. will proceed through East to Broadway to Bridge Street to Main Street to the Union Pacific depot, then by bus to the cemetery for services at 11 a.m. Speakers include Capt. William Stewart of the National Guard and Keith Adams of the VFW.
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American Legion
National Guard
Broadway
Bridge Street
Main Street
Union Pacific Depot
William Stewart
The
Keith Adams
V.F.W
Fate of Parks Up to Washington
Washington observers weigh the impact of Union Pacific’s plan to withdraw from concessions in Zion Bryce and Grand Canyon national parks at year end. Interior Secretary Krug seeks quick renewal talks while Utah Representative Dawson probes for government operation of concessions and Utah Governor Maw laments potential tourism losses.
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Capitol
George Ashby
Union Pacific Railroad
Zion, Bryce
Grand Canyon
Ashby
Interior Department
Secretary of the Interior
J. A. Krug
United Press
Krug
William A. Dawson
Utah
House Public Lands Committee
Dawson
Idaho
Union Pacific
Herbert B. Maw
Blackfoot 4-H Club to Attend University of Idaho Short Course
Sixteen Blackfoot and Moscow 4-H members will travel by chartered bus June 2 to attend the third annual 4-H short course at the University of Idaho in Moscow. The group returns June 8 and is guided by county and local 4-H leaders including Aaron York and Miss Lillian E. Johannessen with Marvin Parrish attending on a scholarship.
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Blackfoot
University of Idaho At
Moscow
Aaron York
Bingham County
Lillian E. Johannessen
Joy Nelson
Shelley
Harold Isaac
Aberdeen
Marvin Parrish
Upper
Snake River
Mexico City drinkers turn to home due to rising bar prices
Bar prices hitting 80 cents for a Cuba libre and 1.50 dollars for Scotch push many residents of Mexico City to drink at home rather than at bars, reflecting a shift in venue and spending.
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Mexico City
Lewiston to Host 14th Lewiston Roundup in September
Idaho hosts more than 44 rodeos this season per the state board of publicity. The Lewiston roundup runs September 10 to 12 billed as the largest and wildest. Other events include Border Days in Grangeville July 3 to 5 and Sun Valley in late August.
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Snake River
Lewiston
Ida
Idaho
State Board of Publicity
Grangeville
Pocatello
Nampa
Blackfoot Trio Named for Boys State
Blackfoot high school juniors An derson Yancey and Clayton were selected to attend Boys State in Boise June 6 to 12. Wendell Morrell announced the sponsorships by American Legion Stewart Hoover Post 23, Boyle Plumbing and Heating, Paschke Hardware, and Frank Fleming plans to accompany them.
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Blackfoot
Ferron Lee Anderson
LeRoy
Dean Yancey
Steven Lewis Clayton
Boise
Wendell
Sandy” Morrell
American Legion
Stewart Hoover
Anderson
William Anderson
South Broadway
Boyle Plumbing and Heating Company
Yancey
Idaho Treasurers Convene in Sun Valley June 2 3
The Idaho State association of county treasurers holds its annual convention in Sun Valley on June 2 and 3. Speakers include Jeannette Y. Chamberlain Burley Norman Keikilla Wallace Gracie Prost Caldwell Claude R. Black Idaho Falls representative of the Idaho public employees association and Max Yost Boise executive manager of the Associated Taxpayers of Idaho.
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SUN Valley
Idaho State Association of
Jeannette Y. Chamberlain
Burley
Norman Keikkila
Wallace
Gracie Prost
Caldwell
Claude R. Black
Idaho Falls
Idaho Public Employees Association
Max Yost
Boise
Te Associated Taxpayers
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Weed Control Report Released by Idaho Agronomists
Blackfoot Idaho extension agent Milton Weston announces a weed control report by Eugene Whitman and Boise agronomist based on 58 analyses with wheat. The study by University of Idaho experimental staff shows 2 4D increases yields by about ten bushels per acre on both dry and irrigated land.
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Blackfoot
Bingham County
Milton B. Weston
Eugene W. Whitman
Extension Agronomist
Boise
Lambert C. Erickson
Clarence I. Seeley
K. H. Klages
University of Idaho Experimentalis
Malad High Groups Enjoy Outing at Downata Springs
The Malad High School Pep Club and M Clubs organized visits to Downata Springs this week for social activities. Instructor Evans Woodbury guided New Testament class members from the Malad Stake L D S Seminary, who reported an enjoyable time. Later, Old Testament and Church History classes with Seminary Principal Richard Durham attended another outing.
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Downata Springs
Evans Woodbury
L.D.S
Richard Durham
Doctors Move in to Fight Smallpox Epidemic in Vallée del Bravo
Mexico's Health Department dispatched a brigade of physicians to Vallée del Bravo to combat a smallpox outbreak affecting nearly 200 people. The urgent aid aims to halt spread and treat patients as officials monitor the crisis.
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Mexico
Vallée del Bravo
Reclamation Bureau Main Job Is Irrigation
Washington report notes the interior department budget, with the Reclamation Bureau cut to 226.8 million for fiscal year starting July 1, despite a rise from this year. The House Appropriations Committee warns against hydroelectric focus and criticizes Pacific Northwest power policy while trimming Indian affairs, geological survey, and other agencies.
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Interior Department
Reclamation Bureau
House Appropriations Committee
Truman
Department
Indian Affairs
Geological Survey
Bureau of Mines
National Park Services
Fish and Wildlife
Alaska
Funds Set For 3 Idaho Dam Projects
The House appropriations committee recommended 7.636 million dollars for fiscal 1949 Idaho reclamation work. They earmarked 5.1 million for Anderson Ranch dam, 1.4 million for the Payette division of the Boise project, and 1.186 million for Lewiston Orchards. They endorsed the Lewiston amount but reduced Anderson and Payette from the president's figures. No new funds were urged for Boise drainage or Minidoka and Palisades. existing-year funds may cover those.
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Washington
Idaho
Eere House
Anderson Ranch
Payette
Boise Project
Lewiston
Anderson Dam
Crops Are Good In Southern Idaho
Field progress remained fair to good across southern Idaho last week while northern counties faced delays from rain. Soils dried rapidly in the south central area requiring heavy irrigation as grains and hay crops advanced. potato planting and bean planting began while livestock remained in fair to good condition and milk production edged up.
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Boise
Idaho
Extension Service
Weather Bureau
of Agriculture
Doctor Murray Dies of Heart Attack in American Falls
Dr. Forney L. Murray 42 was found dead at his Kosanke Apartment Wednesday about 4 p.m. Physicians attributed death to a heart attack. Mortuary Davis handles arrangements. Murray had opened an office in American Falls at the start of the year after leaving Twin Falls Medical Arts Clinic. Parents in Oklahoma City have been notified.
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American Falls
Forney L. Murray
Kosanke
Davis
Murray
Iran reports charity hospital for the poor animals
Iran says Lady Skrine wife of British Ambassador Sir Calement Skrine has opened a Teheran hospital for sick animals of the poor.
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Iran
Skrine
Calement Skrine
Teheran
Overall Crop Brightens in Bingham County
County agent Milton B. Weston reports the overall crop in Bingham County is good with earlier delays narrowing. Beet and alfalfa crops look solid despite cold weather, and potato acreage may rise 12 to 15 percent from last year. Some winter kill noted from light snow and freeze cycles. ranges and pastures weaker due to late livestock grazing.
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Blackfoot
Bingham County
Milton B. Weston
Weston
Aberdeen
Freak Crash Claims Life
Mrs Mildred Westervelt 68 died from injuries after a freak crash of two trucks west of Boise on U S highway 20. Ada county coroner and sheriff reported the incident with details of a pickup driven by Mrs Myrtle Butchison Boise colliding with a second truck and striking a tourist cabin and the house.
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Mildred Westervelt
U. S. Highway 20
Ada County
Clyde Summers
Ada County Sheriff's
Myrtle Butchison
T&rough
Abin
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