Leading Twin Falls farmers showcase irrigation gains in booklet
A Year of intensified farming under good irrigation is highlighted in a booklet by R. E. Shepherd. Farmers on the North Side Twin Falls project report strong profits from apples, prunes, potatoes, beans, corn, wheat and alfalfa, with figures from A. A. Meacham and Fred S. Yarrett among others.
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Wendell
Mr. Meacham
Jonathan
Rome Beauty
Mackintosh
Mr.arrett
J. DD. Jean
Near
Havelton
Hils
Great Northern
Twin Falls North Side
Property Is Adjudged Farm Land Again
Judge Ralph W. Adair ruled in favor of A Iivers in Blackfoot district court, adjudging land adjoining the city as farm property rather than city property. The case arose after Northwest Investment Co failed to develop a Byers ranch subdivision and Ivers sought to restore ranch status.
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Triune Secciar
Blackfoot
Ralph W. Adair
District Court
A. Iivers
Elk Mange Plague Hits Idaho County Narrows
Elk in northern Idaho county suffer mange caused by a demodectic mite. State game wardens cannot salt treat remote areas now. as summer arrives salt treatment may help. Thousands of elk roam Idaho county and hunting season recently closed.
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Boise
Idaho County
State Game Department
A. S. Thomas
Game Department
Barbers Give 100 Kids New Bob Haircuts for Christmas
In Boise on December 16 the Children's Home received an unusual gift as eleven barbers, with aprons and shears, gave 100 children brand new bob haircuts. Mirrors provided for the line of admiring youngsters completed the generous event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Barbers’ Union
Stout Team Wins in Spirited High School Volleyball Match
Blackfoot December 16 A Business men's volleyball contest at the high school gym saw E W Stout and Ralph Chapman as captains choosing sides. Frenk W Brown J T Carruth and John Folk played under the Com banner while Dr W W Beck Al Miller and Dennis Cox defended Chapman. The Stout team won the rubber in a tightly contested series.
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Tribune
Blackfoot
E. W. Stout
Ralph Chapman
Frenk W Brown
J. T. Carruth
John Folk
Com
W. W. Beck
al Miller
Dennis Cox
Chapman
Stout
Sugar factory payroll and beet output rise in Blackfoot district
Blackfoot Utah Idaho Sugar Company mailed out payroll totaling about 115000 with beet payments around 90000 on December 14 and past month labor checks near 25000. Beet production in the district nearly doubles year over year. Blackfoot factory to close shortly along with other plants except Idaho Falls which will close on the 16th.
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Bert Marverst
Blackfoot
Wor
Idaho Falls
Harvest Vacation Deplored by Blackfoot School Principal
Blackfoot Idaho schools will close Wednesday evening December 22 and reopen Monday January 4 after a school board agreement. The farm shop crew will receive water if they complete most shop tasks, while superintendent H R Wallis notes many pupils were absent for harvest and discusses mitigating its impact on learning.
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Blackfoot
Farm Shop
H. R. Wallis
Hoop Schedule Announced For Blackfoot Team
Blackfoot awaits a busy basketball slate with games set at Aberdeen Pocatello Shelley Firth American Falls and Idaho Falls across January and February. Additional holiday matches include two with Episcopal and Methodist teams from Pocatello.
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Blackfoot
Aberdeen
Pocatello
Shelley
Firth
American Falls
1Rth
Idaho Falls
Blackfoot Society to Present Play December 22
The Blackfoot Society announces a Christmas play at the Stake Relief society entertainment December 22. Rich Johnston returns as Slovaky the florist shop owner, Dennis Cox plays the mayor, J Mabten Squires as a middle agent suitor, and Lola Davis portrays Sympathy the sales girl. Other cast members include Claire Whittle Mary Peterson Sylvia Rider Lara Whittle and Owen Beazley in supporting roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Blackfoot
Stake Relief Society
Rich Johnston
Slovaky
Dennis Cox
J. Mabten Squires
Squires
Lola Davis
Blackfoot High
Idaho
Eossession
Claire Whittle
Mary Peterson
Sylvia Rider
Lara Whittle
Owen Beazley
Rotary Initiates Two New Members in Blackfoot
Blackfoot Rotary welcomed two new members at the Tuesday luncheon as L. R. Dustin read the Rotary Charge to W. C. Guile and James Pendlebury. Guests included Carl R. Estensen of Buhl W. Slayton of Firth W. H. Griswold and Ernest Anderson of Pocatello.
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Rotary
Blackfoot
Blackfoot Rotary
L. R. Dustin
W. C. Guile
James Pendlebury
Carl R. Estensen
Buhl
W. Slayton
Firth
W. H. Griswold
Ernest Anderson
Pocatello
Anderson
H. H
County Commissioners Allocate 3900 for Farm Bureau
Mackfoot Dec 16 county officials voted to pay ongoing bills and set aside 3900 from county funds for Farm Bureau maintenance. Despite concerns about finances the commissioners said the county cannot be without the bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Tribune
Mackfoot
Bingham County
Banquet Planned for Blackfoot High School Football Team
Blackfoot December 16. The high school football team is to be entertained at a banquet given by the Girls League in the amusement hall of the tabernacle Wednesday evening. A brief social hour will follow. The expression class and Glee club will present a continued program in the Bish school auditorium Friday evening.
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Blackfoot
Tabernacle
Bish School
Debt Forged: Idaho Falls Church Mortgage Paid
Cielty Methodist Episcopal church in Idaho Falls completed a fundraising campaign to clear its mortgage. The church property, covering Idaho Montana Wyoming areas, is valued at about 90000 dollars encumbrance free. Rev Horace Turner credited local prosperity for support while workers solicited contributions including farm potato donations from nearby farmers.
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Idaho Falls
Cielty Methodist Episcopal Church
Nelena
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
Horace Turner
Trinity Church
Plans for Eastern Idaho District Fair Support
At a Chamber of Commerce meeting in Idaho Falls on December 16 AP reports a unanimous vote to back the Eastern Idaho District fair and circulate petitions to ensure Bonneville county’s participation. Six counties join to form the largest district fair in Idaho with Blackfoot fairgrounds costing 125000 dollars. Winners at Blackfoot last year have performed well at Portland Kansas the country planetree event.
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Idaho Falls
Chamber of Commerce
Idaho
Bonneville
Blackfoot
Fair Association
Portland
Kansas
Wrestler Mik Sesthed Tonight in Two of Three Falls Bout
Local match features Mike Yokel the sheriff and Al Karas known as the Russian lion in a two out of three falls wrestling contest tonight.
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Sesthed
Mike ‘Yokel
Sheriff Bye
Meal al Karas
University of Arizona to lead Nine Mile relic dig dispute
Tucson witnesses a clash over leaden crosses and war implements claimed to prove pre Columbian Jews in America. Dr Byron Cummings to direct excavations while experts dispute pre Columbian dates and Mormon historians show interest from Salt Lake City.
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Tucson
Ari
Nine Mile
America
Spain
University of Arizona
University
Byron Cummings
Arizona Museum
Cummings
O. A. Turney
Phoenix
James T. Shotwell
History Department of Archaeology
Salt Lake City
American
Fort Hall Land Open in Spring
Twenty thousand acres of irrigated Fort Hall Indian reservation land in Idaho will be offered for lease next spring by the interior department. A $760,000 reclamation project cost over 15 months includes Blackfoot dam reconditioning and reservoir enlargement. Leases target outside settlers for farming and grazing with per acre rent and maintenance assessments.
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Washington
Fort Hall
Idaho
Interior Department
Blackfoot
Questions Age of Arizona Relics
Tucson, Ariz. Dec. 16 AP The Latin inscriptions on relics near Tucson are in classical age Latin not eighth century. F Bilsir Tucson attorney formerly of New York and Cornell graduate said one inscription resembles Caesar Debello Gallico. He noted alleged solecisms including Gaul Gallia and Seine Sequana usage.
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Tucson
Ariz
America
Bilsir
New York
Cornell University
Seine
Sequana
PYLE PROMOTING ANOTHER GAME IN LA JANUARY
Drumming up a professional football game to face Red Grange and the Chicago Bears in Los Angeles on January 16 is C. Pyle's main task. He is here negotiating with promoters who seek a high bid to meet Grange's dates.
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Los Angeles
Red Gange
Chicago Bears
C. Pyle
Grange
Bailwick
Pyle
Norton Defends Workers In Maiden House Speech
Mrs. Mary T. Norton new Democratic congresswoman from New Jersey in her maiden House speech defends the working classes and cites fools rush in where angels fear to tread. She proposes an amendment to raise personal income tax exemptions to 2500 for singles and 5000 for married couples. the amendment failed 205 to 64.
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Washington
Mary T. Norton
New Jersey
House
New Mexico Day Law Is Killed
The New Mexico state prohibition law of 1923, adopting the Wyolstead act provisions, was ruled unconstitutional by the state supreme court. The defect cited was failure to implement the full national prohibition act. A 1919 statute remains in force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe
N. M
New Mexico
Wyolstead
State Supreme Court
Montpelier Man Dies After Horse Collision
Carl Anderson, 74, of Montpelier, died of a fractured skull at a hospital after being struck by a horse while unloading animals at the stockyards. He died Tuesday following injuries suffered Monday.
Pinchot Pushes New Plan To End Anthracite Strike
Governor Pinchot moves to settle the long coal dispute with a new plan after two failed efforts. He will discuss the anthracite controversy in an extra session of the legislature in January 1926 and meet with executives from over 70 cities in the region in Harrisburg tomorrow as the strike enters its fifteenth week amid growing reports of starvation among idle miners.
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Philadelphia
Pinchot
Harrisburg
End to Anthracite Strike Sought by Luzerne Officials
In Sitracite region shrinkage of bank deposits noted while Edwardsville opens soup kitchens. A proposed settlement plan for the anthracite strike, approved by seven of eight Luzerne county lawmakers, calls for immediate work resumption under the expired contract to Sept 1. Unagreed items go to a settlement board of miners and operators with five national appointees.
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Edwardsville
Luzerne County
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Board of Settlement
United States
United States Supreme Court
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
United States Circuit Court of Appeals of the
Third Circuit
Philadelpha
Radio restores a girl’s hearing in Akron
Pauline Fenton, 12, who had lived seven years in a soundless world, heard human voices again after a radio test. A Santa Claus broadcast from Station WAWDCU directed to Pauline enabled the moment as her parents, Mr and Mrs Howard Fenton, listened. Santa promised a doll for Christmas and ended the message with a warm farewell.
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Akron
Pauline Fenton
Santa Claus
Wawdcu
Howard KE. Fenton
Santa
Pauline
Fenton
Pauline Learns Santa Brings a Doll for Christmas
A young girl Pauline looks toward the tree with joy and tells Jo that Santa will bring her a doll. The moment captures a warm Christmas anticipation.
Hunger strike student Melia held as courts act
Havana dispatch reports President Machado cannot grant release for Julio A Melia the student hunger striker. Machado calls the Melia case lamentable but notes other prisoners charged similarly remain in custody awaiting court action. Melia and eight students were arrested November 28 after a bomb explosion and he vows to fast until bail is granted.
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Havana
Machado
Julio A. Melia
Melia
Metle
Mella
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Dinty
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Conoco
Continental Oil Company
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Salant
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Outen
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