The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-06-04
IDAHO BUDGET

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to Caldwell.
The new school building on the east
side at Boise is to be named the
Roosevelt" building.
IdahOs university track team was
defeated by Washington State college
at Pullman, 20 to so.
Thirty-one students will receive GER
tificates of graduation from the Cald'
well high school May 20.
| Now that the bonds have been voted
work is to start as soon as possible on
| the new wings to the state capital.
Governor Davis has notified sheriffs
to see that boxing exhibitions staged
by travelling carnival companies do not
violate provisions Of the new boxing
law.
The Caldwell Commercial Club has
become sponsor for French orphan.
adopted by Company D Of the 10th
engineers, which has gone out of ex.
istence.
A campaign on large scale for the
upbuilding of Pocatello is being under
taken by the Commercial club, and big
things may be looked for in the not
distant future.
Joseph G. Campbell, a trusty en-
plOyed as teamster at the state pen
itentiary, walked away one day last
week and has not since been seen by
the prison officials.
The damage to Emmett orchards by
the freezing weather is estimated at
| $75O,OOO. The amount left is, how
ever, more than was at first estimated
and will likely reach $50 carloads.
With an area of some 5000 acres in
this state and condition of 1O1 per
cent of normal May 1, production
of 121 200 bushels Of rye is forecasted,
compared with 10000 bushels last
year.
Idaho has made it's Victory Loan
quota of $11, 100000 She claims to be
the second state of the u in the
twelfth federal reserve district and the
fourth state in the entire United States
to do so.
Request of the Spokane Merchants
association has been received by the
public utilities commission for enforce
ment of graded freight rates promised
the intermountain sector several
months ago.
Three fires within period Of four
hours in the Cottage hotel in Black
foot kept the fire department busy
one night last week. The fires in part
are believed to have been the work of
an incendiary.
The fruit situation in the Payette
section is not so bad as was thought
a few days ago. While there is large
damage in particular areas, in general
there is good crop in prospect, par
ticularly of apples.
Orchardists in the Bull section re-
port that the fruit crop has been great
ly damaged by recent frosts. Prunes
and apricots will be almost an entire
failure and the apple and peach crop
has been greatly impaired.
Shoshone county is the banner coun-
tons, according to state headquarters,
which reported that county as having
subscribed $913,6OO with quota of
$S50OOO; an oversubscription of $685.
600.
Jack Marshall, in charge of the state
construction work of the $4,000 bath
house at Lava Hot Springs, states that
the big carpenters strike there is over
and the men are back to work. A
daily wage scale of SIS was granted by
Governor Davis.
Besides the large amount of hay fed
in the state, shipping has been active
from the irrigated sections to outside
points. Only per cent or 1920 tons
Of last years crop still remains on the
farms, compared with 257,OOO tons on
hand at this time last year.
Shearing is in progress at several
Lemhi camps and sales of wool are
reported at 50 cents, although about
10000 ffeeces are being held by sheep
men for So cents. The wool is being
bought by local buyers for eastern
houses and is being shipped out.
Wilbur Strand is at home at Salmon
on furlOugh, still suffering from
wound in the thigh received at Cha.
teau-Thierry, when he went through a
fearful experience, lying on the field
severely woundd for sixten hours, I'M
der fire all the time from enemy snip
erS.
Driving at high rate of speed off
the bench at the junction of the Meri-
dian and White Star roads and sliding
down a straight, 3O-foOt embankment
into the Settlers canal below, G. w.
Whiffen. driving large touring car.
and six other occupants, had narrow
escape from death, the machine being
badly damaged.
For the first time this season. an
automobile was able to make the trip
from Nampa over the Owyhee noun
tains Sunday to Boulder. where the
Demming mines are located.