The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-12-18
IDAHO BUDGET

:" 'eiis shipped as fast as cars can ha
secured. 10 e"ii We
AN Increase of 45 cents nor 1ooo
|uoic leet was granted the Pocate,lo
gas q POWER company on its gas rates
ny the public utilities commission.
Inc recent bank statements Of tho
banks at Meridian show tota, op
%o'-'ozz'4o in deposits. A large part
'e'ones 10 farmers and reflects the
general prosperity of the community.
BOISE schools reopened December 2
after having been closed down since
0'oper H. under orders Of the state
BOARD OF health during the Spanish in.
tluenza epidemic.
The president and secretary of tba
Idaho Federation of Labor announce
mat the annual meeting of the or.
gahizatlon will open in Boise, January
To- ana continue as long as the i'm
portahce of the business demands.
Immigrants continue to stream into
Nahipa ana for some time it has been
almost impossible to rent house
There. Newcomers are forced to live
at hotels until they find a house, or
build one.
The special committee in charge of
inspecting the Christmas packages sent
by the Boise chapter, Red Cross, to
men overseas, report more than 600
boxes inspected at the Boise headGuar-
nh N
les.
L. +. Collins Of Five Mile met with
an auto accident, when his car struck
a rock and turned over on the Noun.
tain Home road, five miles from Boise.
Mi. Collins was severely bruised, but
his little daughter, who accompanied
him, escaped without injury.
Henry Hesterman, aged %, a young
man from Grangeville was killed in
action in France on November 9, ac-
cording to telegram received from
the war department. He was one Of
the first young men called in the draft
from Idaho county.
Mrs. C. H. Ireton of Boise has re-
ceived letter from her son Emmett
dated October 81, Somewhere in Bel
gium,' saying he had been over the
top twice, taken seven Germans. Five
of them were made prisoners, and the
other two had bad luck.
Plans for the complete reorganiza-
ton of the Latah county farm bureau
We're made this week. The member
ship of the organization is to be
doubled and the work for next year
arranged in a big organization CAM
paign which will close December 81.
The Baptist laymen's convention, an
assemblage of Baptists from all over
the northwest, which is to convene in
Boise December 10, promises to be
great success. Reports from all parts
Of the state indicate that there will be
an unprecedented attendance of lay
men.
David Schultz, II years DID, is lying
in Boise hospital with broken leg,
as the result of being struck by
motorcycle on the valley road near
Riverside station. The motorcycle
rider, who is unknown, continued on
his way, without ascertaining the eX-
tent of the boys injuries.
Mr.. and Mrs. U. G. Hand of Weiser,
have been notified of the death in
France of their son. Walter. Death oc-
cured November . from wounds re.
ceived in battle.
III Of <
ing sown in the Gooding section this
fall, the acreage of this crop being
larger than ever in the history of the
project in the past.
c. A. Reedy and Dellinger McGarry
were bound over to the district court
at Occur d'Alene on a charge of murd-
ering W. A. Rutherford in Fourth of
July canyon on November Is.
Earle Bailey, arrested at Hepburn,
charged with Bookkeeping about two
months ago, last week was found guilty |
of having liquor in his possession and
to four months in Jail.
Men who are guilty of selling Gig
arettes to minors at Moscow are being |
Watcneu, accoruiuS W TIC PoiiSS "N
partment. and arrests will be made
very soon unless this practice stops.
Though not one of the largest in the
state, GoOding's new $4,000 hospital
just completed and now open to re-
ceive patients, is one of the most mod
ern and will soon be one of the most
equipped.
Orders for complete rehabilitation
Of both sections of the s. A. L. q. sta
toned at University Of Idaho were re-
,eived at Moscow last week, the de-
to begin December l, ana
10 be completed by December q.
A merchant at Occur d'Alene claimed
exemption from selective service, 1t
las Just been learned, and feeling
lgainst him is running high. In that
section 1875 individuals claimed eXemp-
ion because they We're not citizeus
# the United States.
That Gooding has substantially in
reased in population in the last two
ears is evidenced by the new directory