The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-02-27
IDAHO BUDGET

h. ~! HdIl, which is To
w "sed Tor fire station.
neuIhoila was responsible this
".eh Ior the death of two of tho
o.'iureh OF Mr.. and Mrs. A. O. Poland
of Melba. : ''""''
Even ice has gone up. The icemen
VI hoise have announced an increase
vi the price of about Is cents !. him.
bred pounds.
"A fifty-gallon barrel of whisky
M'''cll was discovered in a haystack nj
Naihpa' has been turned over to the
federal authorities.
Matt Spang of Grandview. while ro.
turning home with Il load of freight
ieii IRON his wagon and was run over
receiving serious injuries.
The high school at Emmett last weel,
| oealcated service flag of fOrty-three
stars representing students who have
ENLISTED in armed forces of the United
States.
Eli Jones, pioneer Boise valley ranch
en- dled at Star from RELAPSE after
he mad apparently begun to recover
from an illness of several weeks. He
was 81 years of age.
Militia companies in the First bat
TALON of the Third Idaho guard regi-
ment will be located in American Falls
ana Standpoint, according to an an
houhcement by the governor.
Inc governor has issued a proclama-
tlon calling upon the people of Idaho
10 furnish their quota of men for the
shlpbuiding program for war purposes.
This quota has been set by the national
| government at 800.
| All settlers living on the Twin Falls
Oakley and Twin Falls-Salmon river
irrigation projects, who received wa
ter for their lands in 1917, will be fur
nlshed water this season, the state land
board has announced.
News of the death of the first soldier
IRON Blaine county to die in the Serv-
ice Of his country was received at
Halley last week, when relatives were
notified of the demise of Jesse L. Lee,
| aged is, at Douglas, Ariz., from pneu-
mOnia.
The ODD Fellows held their first dis
| trict meeting at Filler last week. Lodge
work was put on during the afternoon
and a banquet was served in the Rey-
brcco gardens in the evening. About
100 people from out of town were
| present.
An enormous reduction, which has
italy reduced exports, has taken place
in the hog population of southern Ida
no, according to Dean E. ]. Iddings of
the University of Idaho, who addressed
farmers and livestock men at d meet
! ing at Eagle.
A meeting of the farmers interested
in the growing of sugar beets was held
at Rupert last week and an agreement
reached between the growers and man
ufacturers. The price agreed upon was
50 per ton; the farmers to get all of
the pulp back.
The Nampa city council has voted
to instruct the city engineer and the
street committee to proceed with the
work of reSurfacing and grading Ele\
enth avenue from the Short Line tracks
to Eighth street. The improvements
will cost $500. it is estimated.
According to the insurance commit
tee of the home service section of the
Boise Red Cross, 200 Boise men have
been written to relative to taking out
| Nd Of
Der fifty-one have replied, and forty
seven have taken out insurance.
Copies of 12210 sale certificates is.
sued by the state land department since
statehood began have been made under
the direction of the state auditor. Thu
work was ordered year ago by the
state legislature when it asked for an
| investigation of the state land depart
ment.
That Idaho may do its part toward
'eleving the congested transportation
situation which confrOntS the United
! States. the emergency fleet corpora
| ton at Washington has made a request
that this state supply 900 men. either
qualified or who can shortly become
qualified, in Ship-building.
Governor Alexander will not convene
the state legislature in Il special SEES
sion unless some unforeseen occurrence
makes ii necessary for him so to act,
he announced last week. The decision
WAS reached after he had conferred
with the attorney general and many
members Of both the house and the
senate.
In resolutions passed at a meeting
at pocatello of the potato growers and
shippers of the Upper Snake River
valley. the United States food adj
ministrator is urged to call upon no.
tels and restaurants again TO serve
potatoes with all meat orders With
out extra charge.
Bonds have just been voted at Twin
Falls. 551 to 43. for new municipal
waterworks system, to cost S3'oOOO.
This matter has been under discussion
for several years. but no unusual in
terest marked the election day and
only one-third of those entitled to vote
cast their vote on this issue.