The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-11-24
IDAHO AND |DAHOANS

case involved the waters in the Ar
rOwrock dam reservoir. The settlers
consider it IL victory for them. The
statement is made that it saves them
81 100000.
DR.. A. II. Upham. vice president or
Miami university. Ohio, has been elect
ed president of the University OF
Idaho to succeed Or. +. III. Lindley,
who resigned some months ago. This
action was taken by the state board
Of education and the board Of regents
of the University of Idaho in session
ut Boise.
Prem Moore of the extension de-
partment of the state university has
announced IL series of oncday schools
throughout the state for poultry in
struction These will begin first in
the western part of the state and then
gradually work eastward to Pocatello
and Bear Lake county.
The first five acres of the Joe Tay-
lor beet crop yielded 113 tons of beelS.
an average of - 30 tons to the acre.
The next plot of two and One-haf
acres will 90 better. This beet crop
is pronounced by the company field
agents as the best crop of beets in
Idaho Falls district.
|. Idaho is likely 10 rival the famous
moonshine districts of Kentucky, if
| the average number of stills being
discovered in the wildS and mountains
keeps up. The state law enforcement
| department is having its hands full To-
eating stills, destroying and cOnfiScat-
ing the moonshne.
The harvesting of one of the best
crops of sugar beets ever grown in
the Sugar City section is in full swing
and everyone is happy over the pros
poets. The only disadvantage is the
shortage of help to harvest the heavy
crop as rapidly as should be done.
The story comes from Warren that
Robert Carey fought and killed a
2-year-Old black bear with four
pound IN. After he hit the bear with
the AK, it took the ak from him. but
by using Il pole he got the ak back
and put the bear out of action.
The visit of Northern Pacific Off
Gals last week to the Gilmore 4 Pitts
burg railroad out of Armstead brings
the insistent rumor that this railroad
is planning an early extension of its
water grade to Lewiston, down the
Salmon and Snake rivers.
Officials are greatly interested in
the case of DR.. B. F. Brennan, a Chi
cagO physician, who reached Boise
from the east violently insane and had
to be placed in Il straitjacket to pre-
vent him from doing harm to himself
and others.
OF the 80 common school districts
now in active operation in Bingham
county, 30 voted the limit allowed by
law for school maintenance for the
ensuing year, which is dollar for
each hundred dollars of assessed val
uation.
The Twin Falls clearing house has
reported total clearings for September
of $5.S67 ,914O3, an increase of 81 ,403-
1921 over the aggregate for August
and the largest in the history of the
May.
The 1919 Premium sugar factory of
the Utah-IdahO Sugar company. locat-
ed at Sugar City. began its fall cam
paign early last week and is running
along at high capacity. with prospects
for very successful run.
Guy Dewitt. whose life was thought
to have been saved by blood trans
fusion made from his brother, died
at Long Beach. Cal. The boy was Is
years of age and formerly of .POca.
tello.
If railroad is run to the bridge at
Pickle Butte, which connects Canyon
and Owyhee counties, it is said that Il
town of approximately 1000 will spring
up.
county live in Idaho Falls. The coun.
ty has population of 1851. while the
population of Idaho Falls is SO76
Spug Myers, local featherweight
knocked out Art Brugger of Salt Lake
in the fourth round before the Gate
SltS htHIetlC Ciub at IocateIlO.
Negotiations which may bring abou,
the sale of 325,0OO,0O0 feet of saw tim.
Der on the Payette and Boise national
forests in idaho are under way.
BY vote of 104 for, out of 129 cast
citizens of Kimberly voted the issu
ance of $l4,767.1S bonds for the paw
ing of streets.
! Boys and girls of Idaho had an ex
, elusive exhibit at the Idaho state fai,
OF products which they had raised
, themselves.
, Pocatello War Mothers will attend
. the state convention of War Mothers
at Idaho Falls October I and s in q
? body.
: Idaho's wool crop for 1920 will total
21,IO2.OOO pounds, according to an
nouncement by the state farm bureou