Opportunity to join scouts offered to rural Idaho boys
Rural boys in Idaho now have access to Lone Scout training via the Boy Scouts of America. Melvin H. Gibson of Gannett oversees Southern Idaho Lone Scouts, inviting boys aged nine or older in areas without troops to apply. The program mirrors regular scouting tests and merit badges, with parent or teacher supervision for certain awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts of America
Lone Scout Division
Melvin H. Gibson
Gannett
Idaho
Lone Scouts
Gibson
Aly Boy
Ideho
Sportsmen to Stock Wood River Tributaries
Jerome June 25 A meeting of the Shoshone club debated rearing ponds at Hay Spur hatchery on Silver creek to stock Wood River and its tributaries with 4 to 6 inch trout. The state game and fish department lacks funds for ponds but will assist if sportsmen finance construction and distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome
O. J. Wilson
Jerome Red and Gun Club
Shoshone Club
Hichfield Ale
State Game and Fish Department
Hay Spur Hatchery
Silver Creek
Wood River
State Department
Fis
Wand River
Donaldson Urges Farmer to Buy More Dairy Cows
Scotty Donaldson superintendent of Kraft Cheese and Elks delegate urges farmers to increase dairy herds. He notes the company can double output and cites territory manager Brown praising the valley's dairy resources. Pocatello shipping eight cars weekly to markets including Kansas City Minneapolis Denver Seattle Portland and California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nampa
Scotty Donaldson
Kraft Cheese Company of
Pocatello
H. & Brown
Stone
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Denver
Seattle
Portland
California
Women’s vacation camp announced for July at Guyer Hot Springs
Hatley news notes a camp for women from Blaine Camas Gooding Lincoln Jerome Twin Falls and Cassia counties to be held July 27 28 and 29 at Guyer Hot Springs Rates for cottages have been set and provisions exist for those bringing tents
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Hatley
Blaine
Camas
Gooding
Lincoln
Jerome
Twin Falls
Cassia
Guyer Hot Springs
First Shipment of Ore From Beardsley Mine
Beardsley mine on Bayhorse creek sent its first spring ore shipment to Mackay and thence to Salt Lake Valley smelters. Ore valued at about $100 per ton in silver and lead. Huffman and Darlington operate under Ramshorn Mines lease. production expected to rise as work advances. The Beardsley is a top Bayhorse district mine with a history of large profits.
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Mackay
Beardsley
Bayhorse Creek
Salt Lake Valley
Messrs Huffman and
Darlington
Ramshornm Mines Company
Bayhorse District
Great Amount of Poison Used in Killing Animals
In Power county, farmers have used more than twenty tons of poisoned oats in a rodent control campaign led by County Agent L. E. Tillotson since spring inauguration. The effort, funded half by county funds and half by benefiting farmers, targets ground squirrels and will run until July 1 with an estimated 5,000 to 6,000 pounds more bait to be used.
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Power
L. E. Tillotson
Lambs Galore Shipments From Shoshone Continue Strong
Shoshone market reports steady lamb shipments with seventy cars dispatched in one day and similar totals on other days. Prices remain cool after a recent high, and Idaho Woolgrowers Association head T. C. Bacon estimates about 3300 cars of lambs will leave Idaho this season, with roughly 1000 cars from the Shoshone center territory.
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Shoshone
T. C. Bacon
Idaho Woolgrowers Association
Idaho
Wood Carver Adelaide Bassett Exhibits Intricate Works
Adelaide Samuels Bassett, aged 82, showcases detailed wood carvings in Los Angeles including Rip Van Winkle and The Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe. She crafts with fine tools, wears no eyeglasses, and says aging does not hinder achievement. She writes children's books and poetry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Adelaide Samuels Bassett
Rip van Winkle
Oliver Twist
Codgers Quotes Foreign Items in Hammers Issue
Ida Hardweed notes in the Hammers weekly column foreign affairs satire about Arabia Russia Turkey and Honolulu. She links these jests to local politics as a jab at the mayoral race while signaling lingering liquor violation cases in Hardwood courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida
Arabia
Sons of the Sands
Hollywood
Budapest
Russia
Turkey
Honolulu
United States
Bill Dodgers
The
Hammer
Completion of Minidoka unit may idle American Falls plants
June 25 report notes the new Minidoka generating unit could leave the Island and West Side power plants at American Falls out of commission. No formal announcement from C. F. Gleavon, Minidoka superintendent, but it is understood both plants will shut down. Power may be redirected from Minidoka for pumping water, with local stations kept on standby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Falls
Minidoka
C. F. Gleavon
Mindoka
West Side
Game Warden Mercer Found Guilty of Second Degree Murder
Norfolk Va June 25 A P State Game Warden A Lloyd Mercer was found guilty of second degree murder in the shooting deaths of Lee Waterfield and J L Bonney, two game club keepers hunting ducks last February. He was sentenced by a jury to a 10 year penitentiary term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
A. Lloyd Mercer
Lee Waterfield
J. L. Bonney
Woman backer of Fonck flight named by The Evening Post
The Evening Post reports Mrs. Robert Dodge of Mill Neck Long Island is the sole backer of Captain Rene Fonck's planned Paris flight. Estimated cost 75000 dollars includes a Sikorsky plane. Takeoff eyed September 1 to 10 with Lt. Thomas W. Curtin likely aboard and a mechanician and radio operator to be chosen. Civilian passengers and newspapermen may join. ten people likely for the flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
The
Evening Post
Rene Fonck
Paris
Robert Dodge
Mill Neck
Long Island
Sikorsky
Franch
Mitchell Field
Dodge
Thomas W. Curtin
Ponck
Fonck
Transatlanic plan from New York to San Francisco details
A getaway plan describes a flight from New York to San Francisco with a 21 000 pound fuel laden aircraft under Captain Fonck. The rival had 28 000 pounds with three engines. Captain Fonck has ties to Paris and the Dodge household. Construction is at College Point under his watch. The Wallace-Sunshine mine in Big Creek District ships ore for two more years. Arco-Wilbert ore shows 759 ounces silver and 40 percent lead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
San Francisco
Wallace—Sunshine
Big Creek
Arco
Wilbert
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Idaho State News
Cotor
Donaldson
Lynn Brothers Hospital
N. Main St
Mrs. Dodge
Harriet Hubbury Ayer Company of
J. J. Scott Nerve Specialist
Oliver Votel
Freight
St. Anthony and
Garrett Transfer & Storage Co., Inc
Idaho Falls
Captain Fonck
College Point
M. & A. Root
Center
Garfield Streets
Rudman & Gottberg Square Deal Jewelers
West Center
Keystone Lines
Salt Lake
Malad
Keystone Hotel
Phoenix Cigar Store
St. Marie Hotel
Bannock Hotel
Salt Lake Peery Hotel
Windsor Hotel
New Whitehouse
Cullen Hotel
Chichester
Pocatello Greenhouse
E. Wyeth
Lynn
Main
Gould
le Crist School of Dancing
Dorothy Cavanaugh
Great American Falls
Indian Springs
Natatorium
Great Dam
East Center St
the National Bank of Idaho
H. G. Berryman
Des Coe
Wight School
North Arthur
Ford
Gem State
Bannock
Shankel Coal Yard
Aberdeen
Shankel
Coal & Ice CO
Martin Spring Works
N. Harrison
Fords
G & J Tires
Star Tire Shop
East Center
Gwe
Duco
Trist Auto CO
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