The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-08-07
IDAHO BUDGET


the potato crop In the upper Snake
river valley, about HALEY and Mackay,
is reported.
The Boise forest office reported
| nineteen fires in the forest during July,
three of which covered more than ten
acres of territory.
| J. T. Williams of Treasureton had a
narrow escape from drowning the
other day at the Oneida narrOws,
when he drove in his team, which was
drowned, though Mr.. Williams extri- 4
Gated himself from the eddy.
Several men of the 1918 registration
have beaten the gong of the Boise
City exemption board by volunteering
their services to the United States
navy lately. Seven Of these men have
been examined and accepted.
| More than 700 new books have been
received by the state taveling library
| and are being collected into cases of
about so each which will be ready for
distribution among the schools Of the
state as soon as the fall term opens.
''They're having some little battle
these days. The Germans are trying
their damnedest to scare the Yanks
out but are not succeeding very well"
is the way Charles Jennings writes his
mother at Nalmpa from somewhere in
France
The following pensions have been
ganted in Idaho: Minerva A. Kelley,
Jerome, $25; Martha 4. Bryan, Ham
sen, SIS; Andrew J. Robinson, Boise,
$40; Lois Turnbull Sites, 800; Francis
e. Robinson. Forest, $40; Louisa Cope,
Weiser, 500.
A woman may he in the race for the
nomination for Ada county probate
Judge. Miss Helen COstOn. who is
said to have the strong support Of
women's organizations of Boise, Is
being spoken Of for this position by
her friends.
According to word received from
Lincoln county, the farm labor situa-
ton there is well an hand through the
activity Of the Lincoln farm bureau.
Men have been appointed in each town
to supervise the labor distribution for
each section.
Roy Z. Huffman, timber cruiser for
the government in southern Idaho,
Utah and Arizona, has returned from
ar inspection tour of southern and
western Idaho. where he collected sew
eral hundred dollars in fines for I'M
lawful use of timber.
Between 600 and 700 members Of
the boys and girls vocational clubs
of Twin Falls county gathered at
Twin Falls for Il big picnic in the city
park. The dinner was preceded by a
parade of the entire gathering, march
ing in club groups with their banners.
Hamilton G. Park, Nampa's own
playwright has completed the musical
comedy that is to be presented
during the harvest festival at Nampa.
The comedy is entitled Lets Step
Out" and is patterned after Zieg-
fields Follies, New York Winter
Garden.
Plans are being made to improve the
electric light service at Mccall. The
foundation for the power plant has
been made ready at the foot of the
falls on Lake Fork and work will pOr-
coed as rapidly as possible to give the
town up-to-date continuous light
! service.
As a result of receiving SO many
anonymous letters and postal cards
complaining of the loyalty Of certain
citizens, ]. L. McCIear, United States
district attorney, has announced that
there would be little or no attention
paid to such Information reaching his
office in the future.
An effort is being made to introduce
the federal grain standardization sys-
TEN for use in Idaho this fall under
the extension division. 1t is under
stood that Henry Alfred, Idaho di-
rector of farm markets, favors the
plan which would give farmers abso-
/, lutte protection in marketing their
wheat for what it is worth.
Idaho makes a splendid showing in
the latest bulletin issued by the
, wOmen's committee. Council of Nation
. al Defense-its organization charts.
. These charts show that Idaho is one
. of the first Is states to have its
, county organization of the wOmen's
| committee complete, with the city and
town organization under way.
A call for 1O3 more registrants
qualified for general military service,
t who have had a grammar school edu-
) cation or it's equivalent. to report Aug
2 ust Is to the University of Idaho
} cOmmandant at Moscow for instruc-
ton as auto mechanics, blacksmiths,
carpenters, general mechanics and
wireless operators, has been received.
Ada county is preparing an organ
ization to combat the acute labor short
age which is expected to develop with.
in the next few days, when threshing
. and the second hay crop, coming on
simultaneously, make large inroads on
the available supply.
An automobile accident which result.
ed in painful injuries to Richard Cow.
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