The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-07-23
IDAHO BUDGET

a bill directing the reclamation service
to report on the feasibility of irrigat-
ing the area, in whole or in part, and
appropriating 100000 for preliminary
surveys.
Final papers have been signed for
the transfer Of Highland park to the
city of Idaho Falls. This gives the
city a fine recreation park within a
short distance of the business section.
Facilities are at hand for making a
swimming pool, and baseball dia-
mond will be laid out at once.
While the Twin Falls section is
threatened with a great decrease in
available water, portions Of the upper
Snake River valley are actually
threatened with complete shutOff of
irrigation water, due to the situation,
because the lower projects have pri-
GRITTY rights.
Representative Smith of Idaho has
brought to the attention of the federal
trade commission and the house Of rep
rsentatives, the matter Of the exorbi-
tain states, which is nearly twice as
much as the price charged in eastern
states.
That the water situation in Idaho is
acute is the substance of report made
by the commissioner of reclamation Of
this state, w. G. SwendsOn, upon his
return to the state capital after an in
spection trip through southeastern
Idaho and the upper Snake river
region.
After successfully eluding the Of
ficers of three counties and score of
cities and villages for more than two
months, Charles Galloway was taken
into custody by the Bannock county
officials at PocatellO on the charge of
being whiskey runner.
OF the 1900 carloads of fruit to be
shipped out of Idaho this season, it is
estimated that 1850 cars will be neces-
sary to handle the apple crop alone,
while 500 cars will be devoted to
prunes, and peaches will make up an
additional 800 carloads.
The state board of education has
decided to make use Of the lesson
taught by the war savings campaign
of last year, and introduce thrift into
the schools of Idaho as an independent
study, carrying the idea through all
the grades.
With officers IN pursuit, touring
| oor 10 1ov, with fo,rtoon COS IF 1innny
collided with a calf a few miles from
Lava Hot Springs and wrecked thu
car, allowing the sheriff and his dep
uty to confiscate the cOntrabant
liquor.
The Canyon county commissioner!
have granted the petition for forma
ton of the new school district, to b.
known as South Side Boulevard school
formed from parts of Happy Valley
Greenhurst, and Sunny Ridge districts
Criminal complaints were filed il
, the probate court at Caldwell by Dr.
Ernest E. Laubaugh of the state healtl
department against Mayor H. H
Keim of Nampa and Ira Beam, charged
. with violating health regulations.
According to report, no water ha
D passed over the Miner dam in tn
h past sixty days. and a campaign for
8 conservative use of water in the Twi
Falls tract is now being undertake.
= by the reclamation department.
The annual outing of the shop en-
ployes of the Oregon Short Line 1
o Pocatello, is scheduled for Sunda!
July 10, Two special trains will carr
!. the employees of the shops and thel
families to Big Springs.
b, L. Gillett and A. w. Piper, G
= Pocatello, have been elected delegate
=, to the national convention of maintel
- ance of way employees of America
!, railroads, to be held in Detroit, Mich
"a September 8.
It Ashby Turner, Of Collister. viii
"a working in the mines in Owyht
Fl county, was caught under a car I
/. ore which fell on him, badly injurir
IN one foot.
b. The adjutant general announce
lc that the state has been authorized
10 muster the various newly organize
n militia companies into the service.
d Almost every business house
'. Idaho Falls was closed July and
J" thus giving their employees a thr'
days holiday for the weekend.
:. Approximately 1900 freight cars WI
!. be required of the railroad to hand
!. this falls Idaho fruit crop in Il
:. Weiser to Pocatello district.
N Fruitiand will ship more apples thi
"a any other point in Idaho this year,
ID being estimated that it will take 4
cars to handle the output.
Business firms Of Caldwell engage
in selling and repairing automobil
and supplies have organized an ass
40 citation.
It is estimated that there will
Ia $50 carloads of peaches shipped fro