The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-01-07
IDAHO AND |DAHOANS.


Seventeen principal field crops were
grown in Idaho this year, and four
teen of them. fruit excluded. were
grown on 2.320,111 acres. The pro-
duct of the seventeen crops was val
ued at $114,6s4.2S5, despite the most
severe drought in thirty years.
In twenty-five counties during the
past eight months a total Of 98,328.41
acres of state lands have been sold,
the aggregate returns being S2.11S.-
754.O9. During the same time timber
on state lands in the several counties
has been sold for $97 $3.50.
At session of the state board Of
equalization, acting as court Of ar
bitratiOn, the prolonged djssensions be-
tween the state department Of agri-
culture and the Idaho State Fair as
ISOLATION were quelled and plans agreed
upon for harmonious work.
As the result of a shooting affray.
which occurred in a cafe at Burley,
Coleman Feamster is in a critical con-
dition. The bullet, fired, it is al
legged, by John A. Johnson, entered the
left side and came out near the back
bone on the right side.
The apple crop in Idaho the past
year, the largest in the history Of
the state, tOtaled 4.119,OOO bushels,
worth $7.62O.15 Peach trees yielded
81 900 bushels, valued at $4,000,
while the pear crop was $4,000 BUSH
| els, worth $685.
An unsuccessful attempt to end his
| life was made at Bull by Martin
Novak. Bohemian, % years of age,
when he shot himself through the left
cheek with a highpower gun. De
| spondency over financial matters was
the reason given.
Officers uncovered fifty-eight cases
| Of high grade whisky in a cache on the
| Charles Moody ranch, three miles east
Of Idaho Falls. Members Of the raid
ing party assert that the whisky was
| brought overland on sleighs from
Cokeville. Wyo.
| Organization Of a farmers cooper
1
heralded by the University of Idaho
extension division as providing model
| form for organization of successful
enterprises of this sort throughout the
state.
| The wheat acreage of Idaho the past
season was the largest in the history
of the state, but because of an average
| yield of 3.3 bushels below that of 1918,
the 100000 acres produced only 49,
7O5, 600 bushels.
| At least three model poultry houses
will be built in Lewis county next
summer, as one of the results of a
weeks work done in the county by
Prem Moore, extension division poultry
specialist.
Range problems. wool prices and the
ing industry were the chief topics of
discussion at the annual session of the
Idaho Woolgrowers' association at
Boise.
A total of $500 acres of alfalfa in
Idaho produced 1880 bushels of
seed in 1919. valued at s4OS. $50 COM
pared with $1,000 bushels from $500
acres with a value Of 1856, 400 in 1919.
movement is on foot in Bingham
county to take the state seed show
and attendant conventions to Black
DOT in 1922. The 1920 show will be
held in Pocatello, January u to 16.
Elaborate plans are being made by
the committee OF the central labor
council of Pocatello for the convention
# the state federation of labor which
is to meet at Pocatello January IS.
There were only 10000 acres in
barley in Idaho last year, 10000 acres
less than the previous year, but the
average yield was &c bushels per acre,
nd the value was S4..O4.OOO.
More than 200 teachers arrived in
Boise on Monday for the annual meet
ing of the Idaho State Teachers as
ISOLATION. which opened a three-day
session in the capital.
Sugar beets were injured by a dry,
windy spring and an uncertain water
supply. The average yield was only
I.o1 tons and the acreage harvested
was 1904
An indication of Nampa's progress is
given in the fact that during the past
year. building permits have been Is
sued aggregating more than $1,000, OOC
in value.
The grasshopper-killing campaign OF
last summer in Lewis county saved
crops worth $327.Oa7. above expenses
of $4,000 for campaign.
A cooperative creamery association
has been formed by $50 farmers of
Power county, under farm bureau
auspices.
A new postoftice has been establish
ed at Terreton. Jefferson county, with
Marshall NJ. Terry as postmaster.
The wool clip of the state of Idaho