The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-03-17
IDAHO AND |DAH0ANS

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by the Bull Chamber OF Commerce.
which, if carried into effect, VIII re-
suit in the Bull cemetery becoming
community property, whereas II ~
now under the control and direction
of the Bull Masonic lodge.
| Forty inmates of the state insane
asylum at BlackfoOt, many or whom
are believed by state officials never
| to have been insane, have been re-
moved from that institution ana
placed in the state ZONE for the
feeble-minded at Nampa.
Thomas L. Kerl, wealthy attor'
ney of Occur d'Alehe, and ct one time
a candidate for congress from TINS
state, has been disbarred from prac'
ticing law in the state CT ldaho by
order of the state supreme court.
Reclamation officials lave set IL
motion machinery which will bring
about a final cleanup of Carey act
lands on the Idaho King Hill project
A request FOR patent Of all such lands
to the state has been forwarded to
Washington.
Representative Addison r. Smith OF
Idaho, in the house on March 8, de-
iivered speech explaining the pro-
visions of the bill he recently intro
duced purpOsing to france the recla'
nation of arid, swamp and other waste
Ian is.
Reports which have been circulated
to the effect that the crop outlook in
that section of the state is discOurag-
ing is emphatically delied by the Arco
Commercial club an6 citizens gener'
ally.
After a search of more than three
days, the body of 9.year-old George
Dale, drowned in the P0rtneuf river
at PocatellO, was found about block
and half from where he was
drowned.
Ralph Glasgow of Twin Falls first
year student at the University of
Idaho. has been appointed by Repre-
sentative A. T. Smith as candidate for
admission to West Point military
academy.
Unusual interest Is being manifested
in the coming celebration at Twin
Falls, April to II, of Western Con.
sumerS' Week. This movement began
at Twin Falls eight years ago, and
has been a yearly event.
Two trappers along the Yellowstone
river in the Teton forest are said to
have taken recently $50 martens,
twenty foxes and ten cross foxes. The
catch is valued at 5000.
A city census conducted privately for
the information of town executives
and the public in general has been
completed, showing Filler to have at
least 1000 residents.
Considerable paving is to be done
at Montpelier this season, and it il
also planned to put in new street
lighting system, using the curb stand
ard design.
The Idaho Democratic state cOnven-
ton to select eight delegates to the
Democratic national convention at
San Francisco will be held at Lewis
ton June Is.
A company has been formed at
Gooding which will purchase air.
planes to be used for commercial and
exhibition flying one machine having
arrived.
The Filler Commercial Club has
shOuldered the responsibility of costs
for establishing and providing pub
licity for an auto tourist park in that
city.
Fire of mysterious origin destroyed
the residence of Richard Sullivan at
Pocatello. The family was away and
all furniture also was destroyed.
Charles Moore Jones suicideG at
BlackfOOt by shooting, after he had
participated in poker game and lost
all his money and his watch.
Whitney is to have a sugar factory,
the Pingree Sugar company having de-
Clucu " luONC I1ClT pant 4IOH SOT.
cOran, CAL, to Whitney.
Members of the Masonic fraternity
have decided to erect a temple Mt
Bull to be used exclusively by the
lodge.
Joe Ausola, sheepman, was fined
$40 and costs in Mountain Home for
exposing range to sheep scab.
Realty dealers of Rupert have in
corporated as an association, under
the laws of the state of Idaho.
A new labor temple to cost $4,000
is to be built at Twin Falls, it is an
nOunced by labor leaders.
Bull exceeded its quota of SUBJ
scriptions to the Y. w. c. A. drive by
$50.
The Idaho Livestock Assc citation
proposes to erect feed mill at PoCa-
tellO.
The Amalgamated Sugar company
proposes to remodel and mOdernize
their Twin Falls plant.