The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-12-04
IDAHO BUDGET

James f. Wall, an inmate Of the
Ada county Jail, was caught in the act
Of tearing hole through the wall of
the Jail In an attempt to make get
away.
After an enforced idleness of six
weeks the Young WOman's Christian
association at Boise announces. Its
winter term of class work to commence
December 2.
| The electric light and power plant
! Installed at Cascade is now completed.
The power was turned on for the first
time Sunday Of last week ana the SER
vice Is first class.
The schools of Ada county will open
December 2 only in places where there
Is no Influenza epidemic, Is the state.
ment made by Miss Peninah Newlin,
county superintendent.
The contractor on the state high.
| way up Salmon river has finished grad.
Ing the first seven miles south of Sal
mon, and the process of graveling or
surfacing the road is under way.
The Albion State Normal school
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Work drive. Its quota as assigned by
the conference committee was $500,
but In spite of the quarantine $1O1O
was raised.
f. JOsephus BrObst, brOther-in-law
Of the late Frank Steunenberg, former
| governor of Idaho, died last week at
the state sanitarium at BlackfOOt. Mr..
BrObst was in the neighbOrhOOd of 80
years Of age.
| Upon Investigation, it was discOv-
cred that John Hating, an applicant
for bed at the Boise police station,
was an enemy alien who had broken
parole In Washington county after be-
ing paroled October IA, 1918.
Eighteen stars have been placed in
the Ada county gold star flag pre-
pared by the chairman of the county
draft board, in honor Of young men
from this county who have died while
in the service of the country.
Boise will start her post war activi-
ties with the erection Of huge pack
ing plant by company capitalized
for $1,OOO,OOO, which will be COM
menced early in the year, according to
statements of men interested.
December 10 and IL number of
strong men of New York and other
points in the east will meet in Boise
with 300 Baptist laymen to discuss the
new problems the great war and the
reconstruction issues will bring forth
Richard Hellar reports to. relatives
chat he was in continuous fighting for
thirty days in the Argonne forest.
while he had many narrow escapes he
came through uninjured. He was in
charge of machine gun and snipers.
Idaho club women are to have two
direct representatives in leave areas
overseas where Idaho men on their 10
days leave of absence granted to every
man after six months service may be
welcomed by woman from his home
state.
Any baker in Idaho who raises thu
price of bread to more than 8 cents
wholesale for the 16-Ounce loaf will
force Food Administrator Bickneli to
move for a cancellation of his license,
according to statement issued by
Idaho's food administrator.
An agreement for the sale of $780,
600 worth of the second issue of state
highway bonds was entered into last
week between the state land board and
| w. A. Scott, agent for the r. H. Rol'
Inns & Sons Bonding company. Par
and accrued interest was the bid.
Lieutenant Drew Standrod, instruc'
tor in the Polytechnic institute al
Blacksburg, Va, has been promoted tc
captain, according to letter received
by his father, d. w. StandrOd, prom
inent Pocatello attorney and food al
ministrator for Bannock county.
At Caldwell the bread war Is backed
by petition of dealers in bread. to
gether with the Commercial club ant
even the county food administrator
all of whom assert the prices de
manded are justifiable, according II
the showings made by the Bois'
bakers.
Bakers throughout the state hav'
been warned by the food administrato
that license will be revoked OF an,
firm that does not adhere to the de
cisiOn Of the administration, and 81
: fur they have been compelled to sci
bread at the old prices ordered by tn
) food administration.
The cost of maintaining the stat
!, council Of defense will probably b
" less than $4,000, which Is small Il
comparison to the amounts that Othe
states have spent. Yet the Idaho stat
council is considered to have one Q
the best organizations for war work
!! be found In the union.
e w. A. Rutherford of Wolf LOdsS
}" Idaho, was murdered, said the verde
Of a corOner's jury ut Occur d'Alen'
G. Il. Reedy, who was with Rutherfor
when the latter was killed, refused
answer questions on advice of his a
tOrney.