The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-03-27

from Bear Lake country are " army
along ut II rapid rate. sung
The farmers of eastern Idoho
in years past have grown porotoo', WHO
turn to wheat this spring # :, VIII
ported. re-
The horticultural department t.
ing Idaho Orchardists to spray ,h sA'
trees within the next 30 DAYS to on" s,
against scale. e""'"
About 100 farmers and otb.r, =.
ested gathered in Pocatello recent,n
the purpose of forming farm hurs'
for BannOck county. '""
Bill Titus, who pleaded gui,,v
transporting eight cases of wbi.l,r
POcatellO, was given 60 DAYS i, !"
county Jail and fined 500.
The minimum wage for oay stro,.
labor at boise has been raised 70 o.
and the city treasurer raised ST. m.r
inG the treasurer's salary 500
Cliff Greenwich last week pleaded
guilty to transporting liquor to poco
tello. He has already been in iai, :,
days, so was dismissed during good
behavior.
The opinion is gaining ground that
before great while Mamma will ho
obliged to either again enlarge tho
high school building or build another
school outright.
Ada county is the first county Voc,
of the Rocky mountains to have com.
plete rural mail delivery service on
the same basis as the mail delivery
system of the eastern states.
AS a result of the theft of about
$500 worth of electrical equipment
from the physics laboratory of the
Caldwell high school, two boys, aged
IA and 16,hav been arrested.
A Hindu was arrested at Twin Falls
last week, charged with having solicit.
ed his fellow countrymen in that dis.
| trict for funds to start revolution
| against the British rule in their native
land.
A general vice cleanup inaugurated
by the Pocatello police department re-
suited in the arrest of eighteen Der.
sons on charge of vagrancy Eight
of these are women who are being held
on Investigation.
Rev. b. +. Shoemaker of Caldwell,
| formerly of Weser and Burley and
other points in southern Idaho, has ac-
cepted call to the pastOrate of the
Nampa Christian church, and will be-
gin his duties at once.
Several children nave been poisoned
from eating candy found on the streets
of Preston. Federal authorities are
making an investigation. The Preston
people are certain that the candy was
put out by German sympathizers.
Failure of the last legislature to so
amend the state militia laws rs TO
make them conform to the national de-
Tense act passed by congress June j.
1916, may result in Idaho not getting
federal aid for the national guard.
A serious compound fracture of the
right foot was sustained by Lonnle
|
it turned the corner on Il paved street
at Caldwell. The bones of the foot
were crushed and were pushed
through the flesh.
The state auditors office is prepaf'
ing to pay claims filed against uie
state by boys who have been catching
ground squirrels and gopherS. ohe
hundred and fifty-One warrants were
drawn one day last week for clillilis
amounting almost to 500.
Following an illness OF se'er"'
hours, during which he was in an uii'
conscious condition, Joseph ID. DAVIS
aged "a, well known young rahchei
of Greenleaf, died of hemorrN"se VI
the brain and other complications lo'
lowing an attack of the grippe.
Three hundred farmers attehoeu
meeting at McCammon last "eeN -
the interests of increasing the sue".
beet production in that vicinity. Mo.'
than 1900 acres have been pleuse' "
sugar beets next season. Last ..".
| lucFc were OILY Il ACN ''"
section.
1--WE intend to keep our i"'" .,,a
estate intact, and insofar as Is Po'''' ,o
carry out his plans for the 1u'"'r nanh
velopment of southern Idaho o. n MO
Brady of Caney, Kan. ana > H. D ,ata
of Ell Reno, Okla, sons Oh '"' ood
Senator James H. Brady, ahi'"A~'
last week. ,..,
Cambridge and the districts "o' ''aod
with her in the Red Cross nav. .,or
reason to feel especially pr'"o % .'.s IA
accomplishments. Total rece'p'I over
February l were about Sl"oi' ,,ao Of
400 pieces of sewing IN 'he '' have
bed linen and hospital sariliei''' "
been turned out. ,,. Of
f. NJ. Larsen dropped deau :, hesn
work at Preston. Mr.. Larsen ''" that
one of the prominent figures 80 in.
city for many years. A 'oroae' dsath
quest arrived at n veraic' "a