The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-01-01
IDAHO BUDGET

weeks of December amounted 10 %'i".
The schools at Collister were closed
LAST week when several new cases vi
Influenza developed, one OF the teach-
ers being stricken.
Automobiles in Idaho number 1918
moro for 1918 than for 1917, the total
number being 32,2S1 for this year. ae-
cording to figures In the office OF the
state highway engineer.
Thirty cases of influenza are re-
norted at the state penitentiary, when
f. suffering from the epidemic III spite
of a strict quarantine which mas Deeh
maintained for some time.
Lorine Price of Parma was acci-
dentally killed while duck hunting
when he discharged his own shotgun,
the charge blowing the top OF his head
off and killing him instantly.
A. L. Miller, of Fairfield, last week
received word from the adjutant gen.
eral that his son. Elmer Miller, had
been killed in action October ID. MI.
Miller is the first father OF Camas
county to lose a son on the battlefleln.
Ed Davis. Ed Smith and Blackie
Jordon who escaped from jail ut
Burley after Overpowering the keeper
and dangerously beating one OF the
prisoners, who had testified against
them, were recaptured short time
after they escaped.
After two months worry over not
hearing from his son, Corporal c. f.
Reed. former Boise High school boy,
who enlisted from Ontario, J. A.
Reed received Il letter stating he was
all right except for a machine gun
bullet in the hand
Women of the state are making
progress with regard to filling elective
offices. results of the last election
show-thirty-five out of the forty-one
county superintendent being women.
and twenty-one out of the forty-One
Ounty treasurerS.
According to ii government report on
Fort Hall lands, the Indians on that
reservation last year had under Guilt
walton $685. acres, most of which was
irrigated from government irrigation
system which furnishes irrigation
water for the Indians.
Boise basin, thirty miles north or
Boise, is credited with total output
of gold aggregating $300,000,OO0.
Boise is the outlet of this basin. At
varying distances, but within 100 miles
of the city. are ore resources in golu,
silver, copper. lead and zinc.
The city council of Bull has under
consideration plans whereby the city
would be supplied with water from
Antelope springs. twenty-four miles
south of Bull. The only outlay would
be for installation of pipe line, rs
gravity pressure would force the wa.
ter through the line.
If the direct primary law does not
deserve to be abolished, it should at
least be revised to guarantee the
right of political identity to the re-
spective political parties, the majority
OF members of the next legislature
seem to agree, according to poll
made by the Boise Statesman.
Twin Falls county has the greatest
number of automobiles. judging from
its collection of $63,033.47 for licenses,
the largest amount of any county.
Ada county is next with collections of
500, 1913, and Canyon county third
with $3S,S2S.10, Boundary county col
lected $224O, the lowest amount
AT the meeting OF the Western Re-
tail Lumbermen's association TO be
held at Boise, February 20 to %, rep
resentatives will attend from Wash
lngt0n, Montana, California, Utah,
oregon, Nevada, Colorado. Wyoming,
Arizona and Idaho. Speakers of ma
umal reputation will be present from
as far east as Philadelphia.
Ten per cent of the states share
from this years collections of S144,-
1867 auto license was apportioned to
the sinking fund for payment of in
terest and principal of the 5000. 900
state highway bond issue and the re.
hlalnder, less cost of automobile reg
"a opout p-VO,UUV uurlOy Inc
premium, was available for use in
maintenance of state highways.
The "Americanlzation" of foreigners
IN Idaho may become compulsory If n
certain measure to be drafted and pre.
sehted to the coming legislature is IA
voraDly acted on by the lawmakers.
me framing of such measure will
De one of the principal features of a
meeting OF city and county superin-
lehdents OF schools to be held in Boise.
December q and 90.
Boise is probably the only civ in
.he United States where homes and
buildings are heated by natural hot
water, Or which supports an indoor
'"i,nlliiig resort, the Natatorium. of
Such large proportions where the hot
water supply is natural. PERHAPS It
Is the only city in the world that
spr'hNles It's streets with natural hot
water which comes from artesi,n
wells 400 feet deep.
MISS Augusta Schoonover, n prom,.
'eAa young woman of Caldwell, died