Idaho Crops Benefit From Warm Days As Planting Advances
Idaho crops last week benefited from continued warmth with light to moderate showers. Northern fields were still et and spring planting was de ed. Potato planting nearly finished in the Upper Snake valley and Twin Falls area. Alfalfa harvest began in southwestern and south central regions with northern Idaho to start soon. Lettuce shipments to begin next week from southwestern fields. Beet thinning faced labor shortages around Wendell and Gooding. Fall and spring grains grew well except on dry Twin Falls farms.
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Idaho
Idaho Weekly Cooperative
Snake River
Twin Falls
Idho
University of Idaho Extension Service
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
U. S. Weather Bureau
Taylor Recall Fails as Recall Effort Languishes
Boise veterans say the movement to recall Senator Glen H. Taylor has died, inactive after Attorney General Smylie's ruling that state recall law does not apply to U.S. senators. About 200 petitions were issued and around 65 returned with signatures.
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Glen H. Taylor
Idaho
E. L. Puller
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Fuller
Robert E. Smylie
U. S
Puller
Richmond elects first Black member to city council
Oliver W. Hill a 41 year old Negro attorney and World War II veteran won a seat on Richmond Virginia’s new nine member city council Tuesday. Hill was the only independent candidate among eight Citizens Association winners and his election marked the first time a Black person joined the city’s governing body in many years.
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Oliver W. Hill
Richmond Citizens Association
Sage commencement advice from Hal Boyle to Jane and Joe College
Hal Boyle offers a candid mock commencement address urging graduates to ditch ivy myth and embrace hard work and practicality. He extols family support, warns against overconfidence, notes the value of genuine effort, and stresses helping others while pursuing new ideas and resilience after college.
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Jame
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Cain
Warrants Issued for Eight Parking Violators in Pocatello
The Pocatello Police department issued eight arrest warrants Wednesday for motorists who failed to appear in police court. Delinquents include Raymond L. Kuhn Chester Belcher George C Peiper Clayton J Goddard Marice Fereday Marion W. Winters Peter A. McDermott and Margaret McDevitt.
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Marice Fereday
Marion W. Winters
Peter A. McDermott
Margaret McDevitt
Mumps Leads Idaho Diseases With 2185 Cases in 22 Weeks
Boise reports mumps as the dominant illness in Idaho for the first 22 weeks of 1948 with 2185 cases. Other diseases tallied include measles 1133, chicken pox 805, cancer 362, tuberculosis 74, polio 39, lobar pneumonia 28, smallpox 1, typhoid 5, gonorrhea 168, and syphilis 260. Rocky Mountain spotted fever not reported this season. John W. Wright heads the state vital statistics department.
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Boise
Idaho
State Department of Vital Statistics
John W. Wright
Want School Needs Twin Falls
Initial steps in a drive to provide adequate school facilities in Twin Falls were taken at a Monday night meeting of civic groups the chamber of commerce and school officials. A 20 member committee was chosen to meet and propose an executive board of 15 to work on school system improvements. Delegates avoided specific issues to focus on formulating an effective plan.
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Civic
Club
Chamber of Commerce
Tick fever danger persists despite fever serum claim
The department noted that 31 810 cubic centimeters of fever serum contributed to a reduction in disease absence but warned the danger season for tick fever has not yet passed.
Indian Warrior Robert Johnson Buried on Yakima Reservation
Robert Johnson 80 a former warrior under Chief Joseph was buried Tuesday on the Yakima Indian reservation. He followed Chief Joseph as a youth and spent much of his life at Nespelerm after leaving the war path years ago.
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Harrash
Wash
Robert Johnson
Joseph
Yakima Indian Reservation
Chief Joseph
Johnson
Nespelerm
First Fever Case Reported in Utah
The state health department reports Utah's first Rocky Mountain spotted fever case of the year. A 33-year-old man from Monticello in San Juan County is diagnosed with the tick borne illness.
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Salt Lake City
Rocky Mountain
Utah
State Department of Health
Monticello
San Juan County
Early lighthouses and New England farming methods
The text notes that earliest lighthouses were towers built by Libyans and Cushites in Lower Egypt with beacon fires tended by priests. It adds that for over two centuries New England agriculture reflected Indian farming methods.
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Lower
Egypt
New England
How to Hold FALSE TEETH More Firmly in Place
Do your false teeth slip, drop or wobble while you eat or talk. Sprinkle FASTEETH on plates for firmer comfortable denture wear without gummy taste. It neutralizes odor and does not sour. Get FASTEETH at any drug store.
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