The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-04-28
IDAHO AND |DAHOANS

The city Of Montpelier will lose no
time in paving the streets, authorize
tiOn for which was almost unanimous
on the part of the voters in the recent
bond election. Bids are already sought
for $145.00O Of bonds for general paw
Ing and $4,000 for the citys portion
Of the expense, and bids for the In
stallation of the paving will be called
for ut an early date.
Commissioner of Agriculture Miles
Cannon is gathering evidence in this
state against the United States grain
corporation. He has been at war with
the grain corporation for months,
charging Irregularities In the conduct
larger concerns operating in this and
other northwestern states.
Poison bait for killing ground squir-
rels no longer Is mixed by the pound
In Idaho, but by the ton, according to
the monthly report of w. Il. Crouch,
rodent control leader of the univer-
sity extension division, who reports the
mixing Of nearly % tons of oats with
strychnlne and saccharine last month.
w. L. Geyer and George Haycock are
In the Bellevue hospital. the former In
a critical condition, with a badly LAGER
ated face and fractured skull, and the
latter suffering with a compound frac-
ture of his left ankle and numerous
~ toll ~
automobiles.
May l has been set as the last day
upon which boys and girls may enroll
In the 1920 pig club contest, the prize
for which is free trip to the Inter-
mountain Live Stock show in Chicago
next winter. The prize is $175 for the
trip and expenses.
Monday Of each week has been set
apart by the Genesee farm bureau
members as poisoning day for SPUR
rels, with the understanding that If
Mondays weather is stormy or threat
ening the first fair day thereafter shall
be observed.
Utah-Idaho Sugar company now
property of Osgood Land & Live Stock
company, located west of Idaho Falls
The deal was contaminated last week.
The consideration is reported to be
$75O,OOO.
Recent heavy rains on the Minidoka
project and the exceptionally encour-
aging snow pack in the mountains
feeding the Snake river practically as
sure ample supply of water for irri-
cation purposes in this region this
season.
The Snake River-Y ellOwstone base
ball league schedule will open on May
u with PocatellO matched against St.
Anthony ut st. Anthony; BlackfoOt
playing Idaho Falls at Idaho Falls;
Rigby playing Rexburg at Rexburg.
A female wolf that has inflicted much
destruction on cattle in the Soda
Springs district was killed by William
Il. Cozens, one of eight hunters en-
ployed in the state by the United States
bureau Of biological survey.
A poll of the town of Middleton will
be made by those anxious to bring the
waterwOrks question before the peO-
pie and IL the issue is favOrably re-
ceived the town council will be asked
for a specialization.
Friday, May "a, the intercollegiate
athletic meet for southern Idaho will
be held at Goodlng, with the College
of Idaho, the Idaho Technical Institute.
the Albion State Normal and GoOding
college participating.
The first aerial mail in Idaho was
delivered from PocatellO last week by
Pilot Barker, when a large mail sack
Of first and second class mail was taken
in Barker's airplane to Idaho Falls.
The taxpayers at Bull have voted
bonds in the sum of $125,OOO for the
extension Of the water system. When
completed, Bull will have one of the
best water systems in the state.
A new order. excluding students of
high school grade from the Albion state
normal school, will red e the required
faculty Mt that institution by three
members.
Reports of the finding Of quite large
quantities of grasshOpper eggs in S. ne
parts of Lewis county are being re-
ceived by the county farm bureau.
The Weiser-Payette Cooperative
Cow Testing association was organized
last month. Several purebred herds
are going on official test.
Last month 1000 doses of blackleg
vaccine were distributed by farm bu-
reau committeeman in Fremont county.
Sheepmen ranging their flocks north
| Of Minldoka complain that bear are
raising havoc with the sheep.
The Pingres-Rich precincts will
erect new school building ut an es-
timated cost Of $4,000.
| To accommodate the west-end
ranches an employment bureau is to
be established In Buhl.
| A new Masonic temple Is to be erect
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