The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-01-15
IDAHO BUDGET

tiuSS SOWS 1T auction Ipppnt
~ for $2,26S.
Mrs. ). l.. Kennedy, for ~ Neurs =,
! resident OF Nampn. died last week a,
| the age of 76 years of Briglt'> dis.
| ease.
Sheepmen in 1S south Idaho ,,un,i.,
must dip their fiocks before October Il
under an order issued by DR.. II, G
BOdle, state veterinarian.
Boise experienced IN early frost An
gust 90 when the THERMOMETERS dron.
ped below freezing point. Slight
damage was done the tenderer rruck
gardens.
| The public utilities commission will
| 90 to Mackay September IL to hear tho
application Of the Mackay Telo,bona
company for permission to increase its
rates for rural telephone service.
Tonney Wake, of Burnley. who has
been serving with the artillery diyi-
sion in France, has returned home for
a short visit with relatives and friends
He has returned as an instructor and
will be stationed in North CaroliI.u.
| COrdelia FoOte, widow of III. late
Samuel S. FOote, of Caldwell, fled a
petition for letters of administrators
in the Canyon county probate court
Monday. The probable value OF the
property of the well known Middleton
man was set at $25,O00.
Prisoners ut the peni,entiary 81 or
more, all either l. w. VS. or |. ". W.
| sv-p thtynpS I'm
ment in their cells, denied the use Of
the corridors and are placed ON a
bread and water diet, because of dis
turbances made by them.
The women are to be asked to
bring the citizens Of Valley county to
a realization Of their duty in the mat
ter of War Savings Stamps. The
nppOrtiOnment of Valley county is Sol.
900 and the women will be asked to
take entries charge of seeing that this
sum is subscribed.
Orders for more than 100 cars Of
hay have been received by the state
farm markets bureau at Boise for dis
tributiOn among ranchers of the state
who have hay to market. Thirty cars
are wanted ut once for shipment of
north Idaho, and 100 more are wanted
for shipment to various places begin.
ming October.
Farmers Of Canyon county who are
suffering financially from the infection
of blackleg among their cattle have
been requested to call at the Canyon
county farm bureau office at Caldwell
and II. H. MuSSer, agricultural agent
will arrange to have the animals yac
mated. Efforts are being made to pu.
a stop to the epidemic.
Caldwell public schools and the
Caldwell high school will start the
schOo year Monday, September l6 The
Caldwell high school faculty has been
completed and announced. H. H. Cliff.
ford is superintendent. ID. NJ. Sharer
formerly head of the Boise high school
physical department, is principal of the
Caldwell high school.
The moving Of the grain crops from
MinidOka, Twin Falls and CasSia coun-
ties is assured by the orders received
by the local freight offices TO hold in
the yards all cars fit for carrying
grain. Other cars. not adapted for
grain carrying purposes. are ordered
to the Pacific coast to be used in the
, lumber freighting of the government
Motive power has also been arranged
Wheat threshing is starting in earn
. est in Gooding and the surrounding
country. Deliveries of more than 2UU
bushels per day are being made at the
elevator. 1t is estimated that there
is from 10000 to 100000 bushels OF
q small grain on the GOoding tract tllis
season. The wheat will average pro''
f ably 40 bushels to the acre and yieids
q of 20 bushels per acre are being IT,
. ported from some sections.
q The report of the results of the worn
n of the junior membership OF the he'
o Cross for Idaho for the school yea.
t ending June l, 1918, has been reeeNe'
o by Miss Ethel +. Redfield, state super
e intendent of public instruction. iro"
e Robert NJ. Garrett. director "l 'u'no'
membership, northwestern divlso"
American Red Cross. Seattle. ihe
port is accompanied by letter Oh 'v"
l. graduation upon the splendid s'o""s
d made, which is evident when
3 known that the work WAS mol organ
l. lied on anything like soil" oaS'> "H"
D. the first of February.
+. All Idaho is interested III 'ie f
n posal to open up Il coal riil' III ''m
y county and in the tappinS al 'ie w.
trict with a branch of the we
Short Line in order to NIL 'he s
on the market. Fuel Ndlhiii'o''.. ~
N Frank Il. GOOding the railway "'' ,so,
s. and the federal authorities haNe and
I'd cooperating in this und'f'aNi"s
re there is every prospect no" ," :.sn,
I'd will be carried to su''''S'"'
in short order.
Harold c. Newman. tin'H'la' ajN
tary of the Pocatello Y. w. T. "| n
es leave the latter part OF the mum" .nder
ne entpr tho v NJ C. \, Woik III ~