The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-08-14
IDAHO BUDGET

AiOLCk Ut 1LIlllcLl CduoCu u 1889 VI
$4,000.
Plans for the annual Labor Day
celebration September by the Boise
Trades and Labor council are being
made.
Bumper crops prevail in Idaho. The
farmers, is how to get sufficient help
to harvest the war production.
Drug stores will close hereafter in
Boise every Sunday afternoon from !
to 6 o'clock, according to an agreement
reached by the druggists of the capitol
city.
Nampa gave the drafted boys who
left for Camp Lewis last week a rous-
ing sendoff. A crowd of more than
$500 people were at the depot to see
them off.
There has just been received by the
Twin Falls county Red Cross chapter
$1,000 worth Of yarn to be made into
by September 1.
w. II. Hochbaum, state county
| agent leader, is confronted with the
| problem Of filling seven county agent
vacancies in the state and having no
material with which to fill them.
Plans of the NaInpa Commercial club
committee for the harvest festival are
taking shape and it is assured that
Nampa will this year have the best
celebration that has yet been put on
County agricultural agents and
farm bureaus are making a survey Of
the bean and potato crop supply and
demand in the state, similar to sur
vey Of hay crop conditions just COM
| pleted.
| Upon an offer made by the county
fair association, this years fair at
Rupert has been turned over to the
farm bureau, which organization
promises big county fair September
1S, 10 and 20.
Cooperation in war work and food
conservation was the keynote Of an
enthusiastic gathering of between 600
and 700 members Of the vocational
clubs of Twin Falls county at Twin
Falls on July 25.
Plans are being perfected by trac.
tor dealers Of Idaho in cooperation
with farmers and agricultural agents
to hold power farming school as a
feature of the Idaho state fair in
Boise during September.
The sewer system in Preston has
been practically completed and Is
'eady for the acceptance of the may
or and city council. Resident and
property holders are now busy max.
ing connections with the system.
Refusing to submit to a surgical
operation which would probably have
saver his life, "Tom," a Chinaman OF
Jordan valley, died at the general hos
pital at Caldwell from blood poisoning
which had resulted from broken leg
Golf enthusiasts of southern Idaho
will have the opportunity of trying
their skill in competition beginning
August in southern Idaho amateur
championship golf tournament stageo
by the Boise County club on thei,
links.
Caldwell's engineering department is
installing eight traffic street lights
The lights are being placed on the
principal cross streets at the busiest
corners. If the eight are successful
between twenty-five and thirty will be
installed.
tits learned that so far as statistics
now available show, sheep and cattle
have increased materially IN Idaho
during the past year, while hogs, In
spite Of the high cost of grains fol
feed. will probably MAINTAIN theil
average production.
F. ]. Gary of Boise is in receipt of q
German war helmet and a purse con
tanning paper money in the form of a
flve-mark. piece and a letter of credit
which Jude Gary. his son, sent him
from France. They were taken from
German prisoner by Young Gary.
The public utilities commission has
been advised that the interstate com,
merce commission has set September 4
as the date for the hearing of the
utilities commissions protest agains,
proposed advanced rates on charges
for recOnSignment and diversion OF
green fruit and vegetable shipments.
Emmett HERSHEY, aged 10, died al
Idaho Falls, July %, as the result OF
a mysterious accident. The. boy left
home on motorcycle to attend early
mass at the Catholic church. Several
hours later his parents started to
church in their auto and short dis.
lance from home discovered the body
lying in a partly-filled water ditch be-
side the road.
Bumper crops are predicted for east
I'm Idaho this season, according to an
estimation made by Secretary of State
w. T. Dougherty and State Auditor
Clarence Van Deusen. who recently re-
turned from trip through that part
of the state.
II. +. Hartenbower was recently ap-
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