Wage Scale Adopted at Idaho Falls Meeting
A wage scale for all field labor classes was adopted by a Tri Idaho Falls committee after months of work. Representatives from the farm bureau Idaho Sugar company and Potato Growers association attended. The plan sets a three dollar daily rate for day labor until haying time with compulsory scrip as common labor currency. Officials discussed opening an employment bureau and establishing headquarters to assist farmers. Committee members included Carl Johnson Oscar Johnson W Nance John Strate Trask Arther Ball and C J canteens.
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Idaho “Falls
Farm Bureau
Idaho Sugar Company
Potato Growers Association
Carl Johnson
Oscar Johnson
W. Nance
John Strate
Trask
Arther Ball
C. J
Funeral Services for John Balmer Saturday
John Balmer, age 66, a Roberts resident for 40 years, died at home Wednesday. A miner and farmer involved in Market Lake development, he worked with the Greon Short Line project and leaves daughters Lavinia J Mary A Olive L and Ada with sons John N. The Catholic church in Roberts will conduct services at 11 AM Saturday, with burial in Rose Hill cemetery Idaho Falls.
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Idaho
John Balmer
Roberts
Market Lake
Lavinia J. Mary A
John N. Olive L
Ada
Catholic Church of
Rose Hill Cemetery
Falls
Fragmented Idaho names weave through midweek social notes
A garbled Idaho item mentions Tom Kirdson Jr calling on his daughter Mrs Richardson Jr at Tyhee and several locals including Cope and J Wanamaker traveling to Inkom and attending a conference. Names and places blur but indicate social and travel details from the period.
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Tom Krrdson, Jr
Mrs. Richardson Jr
Tyhee
M. Bush
J. i Seabee
Hargraves
C. W. Gardner
E Mire
Idaho Falls Kiwanis Plan Dinner Honoring Ladies March 18
At a luncheon, the Idaho Falls Kiwanis club announced a March 18 dinner at the Elks club to honor the ladies with invitations sent to Kiwanis members from Pocatello Blackfoot and St Anthony. Dr Loose spoke on business and professional cooperation. Jt Samsel criticized mall order houses for draining local money.
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Tribune
Idaho Falls
Kiwanis Club
Elks’ Club
T[tocatello
Blackfoot
St. Anthony
Loose
Alien Samse
New York
JT. Samsel
Montpelier News Briefs Highlight Local Resignations and Events
J B Meredith resigns as manager of the Golden Rule Mercantile in Montpelier. Earl Logan Utah arrives to take charge. The high school play Commencement Days wows the Gem theatre audience with strong cast and coaching. Debating tryouts form a league with Paris Thatcher and Grace. first debates set for March 13. A baby girl arrives to Mr and Mrs Orson Toomer. Various locals travel to Boise Oklahoma Pocatello Burley and California.
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Tribune Stecisl
Montpelier
J. B. Meredith
Golden Pile Mercantile Company
Earl
Helen Hamblin
Tia Juana Orchestra
Paris
Thatcher
Soda Springs
Grace
M. H
Orson Toomer
O. B. Campbell
Boise
Cornwell
Oklahoma
Tiny
Skinner
Gem State
Ma Mage
Businese
Pocatello
Charles Grunig
Burley
Hyrum Burton
George Hunter
Herald
Biliett
Logan
Golden Rule Mercantile Company
Bpongbe
C. ' Y Connor
Kemmerer
Wyo
Mulligan Club
Royal Gidney
California
All Bran Taken to All Walters Leads Constipation Joke
A garbled OCR text notes AL BRAN taking All Bran to walts and jokes about constipation and farting. The readable parts imply a humorous yet crude line about digestion and bowel movements without clear context or individuals.
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Pene Ee
AL Bran
Bran
Walts
Conscience Moves Idaho Student To Pay Longstanding Bill
In Boise in 1890 a man bought 6.50 worth of candy from Pearl Candy. In 1920 a University of Idaho senior Frank Minas sent a 26 check to settle the debt with interest. The elder Minas had died and the company changed hands. the debtor says his conscience urged payment.
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Moscow
Mar
Boise
R. B. Minas
Pearl Candy Company
Frank Minas
University of Idaho
Geman
Ias
Minas
Bolse Candy Company
Tor Minas
High School Honor Students Are Named
The Blackfoot high school honor roll for the first six weeks of the second semester lists first honors: Sonia Kinney, Anna Eleanor Chapman, Margaret Decker, Thelma Hodson, Wanda Parsona. Second honors include Kathryn Lamson, Ina Whitmill, Lucy Turner, Edwine Shawver, Helen Barrus, Randall Wallis, Dorothy Eckersley, Fay Jeppson, Rosemary Cowen, Wilford Beck.
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Blackfoot
Mar
Blackfoot High School
Sonia Kinney
Anna Eleanor Chapman
Margaret Decker
Thelma Hodson
Wanda Parsona
Kathryn Lamson
Ina Whitmill
Lucy Turner
Edwine Shawver
Helen Barrus
Randall Wallis
Dorothy Eckersley
Fay Jeppson
Rosemary Cowen
Wilford Beck
Idaho Falls Local Health Updates and Aauto Incident
George W. Denning regained consciousness after contact with a high tension wire and is expected to recover. Horace Turner is hospitalized after an emergency operation. Mooney injured playing basketball at the state university in Moscow. foot casted after multiple small bones fractures. Del Cary Smith, former Fraternal Order of Eagles leader, to speak on Old Age Pension at Idaho Falls lodge with a dance to follow. Charles Perry escaped serious injury when his car ran amuck in Teton City, crashing through a fence and damaging the Anderson lumber yard before the vehicle refused to stop.
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Tribune
Idaho Falls
George W. Denning
L. D
Denning
Horace Turner
Turner
Methodist Church
Spencer Hospital
Coveny
Mooney
Arlen Mooney
State University At
Moscow
del Cary Smith
Order of Eagles
Idaho Fats
Smith
Charles Perry
Teton City
Anderson Lumber
Perry
Blackfoot Glee Club Impresses with Balanced Chorus
The Tech glee group delivered a fine concert with a well balanced chorus and evidence of strong training. Notable soloists included Elien Eng soprano and William Goleek, with Sweeney cited for talent. A large audience attended the program.
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Tribune Speviel
Blackfoot
The
Tech
Toon
Elien
Willim Goleek
Aple
Methodist Church
Odd Fellows
of Gooding College
Dent Tenney
Edna L. Swingle
Visits Teachers Association
Pocatello
May Hutchinson Sterling
Gilbert Meyers
Wisneper
Hickcken
Ieee
Wes Marwiee
Bishop Bowker
Bird
He Binckfeet High School
Spirit of Kiwanis Address in Blackfoot Attendance Noted
Blackfoot Kiwanis club held its regular lunch at Eccles with President Collins Rex Dunlap as song leader and accompanist. The first meeting in the annual attendance contest recorded 85 percent attendance. Ida Falls club invites members to its ladies night dinner dance next Monday. Lon Cone hosted W. H. Scott, Portland attorney and former Blackfoot resident.
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Tribune
Blackfoot
Blackfoot Kiwanis Club
the Eccles
Collins Ee Rex Dunlap
Dunlap
Idaho Falls
Lon Cone
W. H. Scott
Portland
Ore
Freming Sketches Spirit of Kiwanis At District Meeting
Rev. J. J. Freming delivered a talk on the Spirit of Kiwanis based on the district trustees meeting held in Pocatello a few weeks earlier.
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J. J. Freming
Kiwanis
Pocatello
Award Approved in Tacna Arica Arbitration
President Coolidge approved the Chile and Peru Tacna Arica arbitration award. Washington dispatches report the decision reached after negotiations between the two nations.
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Washington
Chile
Peru
Coolidge
White House to Deliver Decision to Chilean and Peruvian Ambassadors
Secretary Kellogg announced today that the presidents signature was affixed to the award and that delivery to the Chilean and Peruvian ambassadors will occur at the White House Monday morning. The piece recalls rings and luck from ancient times and Solomon’s belief in a guiding ring for judgments.
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White House
Kellogg
Solomon
Novel wheelless car walks on runners like a horse
A motor vehicle with two pairs of 10 foot runners moves by alternately raising and lowering them as it advances. It runs with a walking motion similar to a horse. The craft has carried loads of eight tons.
Hills Bros Coffee The Recognized Standard
Hills Bros Coffee ships across the West from Alaska to the Gulf and from the Pacific Coast to the Mississippi. The ad promotes Hills Bros as the cream of the crop from plantations worldwide, economical to use, and delivering quality coffee to millions of lovers in a vast western empire.
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Pacific
Mississippi
Alaska
Gulf
Hills Bros
West
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Ine Fearune Service. Inc
George McManus
Helio
Great Britain
State News
Angeles
Irish Free State
Erate
Hills Bros Coffee
Hills Bree
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