The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-06-25
IDAHO BUDGET

II years a resident of POcatellO, shot
himself on Sunday evening and died
shortly after.
A feature of the Memorial day pro-
gram at Salmon will be the shOwering
of flowers on the waters of the Sal
mon river, i'm memory of the sailor
dead of the navy.
Southeastern Idaho potato growers
have been assured refrigerator cars
tatOes, according to Il communication
from the public utilities commission.
Captain Everett NJ. Sweeney. former
| mayor of Twin Falls, an attorney, has
been appointed by Governor Davis as
a member of the public utilities COM
mission to succeed John w. Graham,
resigned.
1t took Nampa Methodists less than
four hours to Oversubscribe their quota
of $1,374 by 20 per cent in support
of national Methodist centenary cam
paign to raise $1OO,OOO,OOO for recon-
StructiOn work.
| Because relatives and others were
convinced that he had taken his own
| life, no inquest was convened in the
case of John G. Koch, 4S, farm Ia
borer, who was found dead Sunday in
the bathroom of his residence ut Twin
Falls.
Governor Davis has decided to hold
a state wide child welfare conference
| in Boise at some time in the near fu-
ture. The heads Of the various organ
izations are being consulted to ascer-
! tain their wishes with regard to the
| matter.
The governor has appointed Lieu
| tenant Colonel L. V. Patch of Payette
as adjutant general of the state to
succeed Albert H. Wilson, who retres
to become pure food inspector under
| the department of public welfare for
northern Idaho.
Although Edna Mitchell, who sui
cided at Boise, did not belong to
Cooks and Walters Union No. 1872 of
Boise, the members of this union, in
the interest of humanity, have made
up purse amounting to 1925 for the
funeral expenses.
A monster sturgeon, weighing more
than 600 pounds, was caught in Snake.
river last week. The fish was more
than II feet in length, and it's head
was larger than that of cow. The
catch was made by Jess Hutchins and
Frank Smith of King Hill.
Although Idaho produces some corn,
it is more definitely barley producing
state. Most of the corn fed in Idaho
must be shipped in. 1t will be of in
terest to Idaho farmers, therefore, to
know that barley compares favorably
with corn as a feed for livestock.
D. NJ. Hopper, an Aberdeen farmer,
has written to the public utilities COM
mission asking for an order which
would force the Idaho Power company
to build transmission line carrying
electricity to be used for pumping pur-
poses by the farmers in his neighbour
hood.
This Snake river basin, it is esti-
mated has possible irrigated area
Of 100000 acres, 20 per cent larger
than the irrigated area of Egypt,
where 100000 people live. 1t has
4O,OOO,OOO acres of range and pasture
land and 5000 square miles of timber
and mineral land.
The two highest salaried men con-
nected with the state government and
institutions are DIR. 4. A. Bryan, state
commissioner of education, and DIR.
E. H. Lindley, president OF the Uni
verSity of Idaho. Each receives $4,000
per annum, which is $1,000 more than
the governor receives.
The Twin Falls Highway district has
closed the deal for the purchase from
James johnson of 40 acres adjoining
Twins Falls on the SOUTH to be devel-
oped as quarry from which rock is
to be taken and crushed for the build
ing of more than 100 miles Of paved
highway within the district.
M. o. Vaughan, a dairyman Of Mont-
pelier, has left for Wisconsin points
to purchase a herd of Thoroughbred
dairy cattle for his dairy farm. He
also will purchase bulls for the newly
organized bull association of Star val
ley and number Of thoroughbred Hol-
stems for dairymen in Bear Lake
county and in Star valley.
Late reports indicate that while the
damage caused by the killing frosts
of May and subsequent nights was
not so severe as at first supposed, the
losses in some orchards is very heavy,
but even in the sections where the
damage seemed the most severe some
fruit remains.
+. Il. Cammack, field dairyman for
the extension department has returned
from an inspection and demonstration
trip through northern Idaho. Mr.. Cam
mack reported the dairying industry
fiourishing in those sectors and said
farmers We're daily growing more en-
thusiastic over dairying prospects.
Nampa pioneers. an organization
composed of those persons who have
made that town their home for M