The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-11-03
IDAHO AND |OAHOANS

Although the prospects for bumper
crops Of hay in the Gem state never
looked brighter, the farmers are look
ing at things from a different angle.
At present they cannot realize more
than $40 per ton in contract lots for
the best hay they can produce. This
is not enough, they state, to pay for
the cost Of production, so the farmer
Is the loser.
The executive committee of the
Western States Reclamation associa-
ton closed its meeting at Boise by
adopting resolution reported by the
publicity committee outlining an elab
crate plan of publicity work which
will be entered upon Immediately for
the purpose of securing interest in re-
clamation throughout the country
A third trainload of battle-scarred
army trucks passed through POcatellO
last week enrOute to American Lake.
The equipment is some more of the
property of the Fourth division which
is being moved from Fort Dodge to
Camp Lewis. Many of them retained
the camouflage paint put on them
while on duty overseas.
The treacherous water of the Port
neuf river claimed another victim
when William Mcdonald. about 30
years of age, veteran of the Canadian
army and employe of the Morrison
knudsen Construction company camp
at Inkom, was drowned at that place
Sunday afternoon.
A storm at Carey last week assumed
the proportions of cyclone. A build
ing was wrecked and another one over
turned. Trees and fences were laid
low, and the wires of the telephone
and telegraph company and of the cleo
trio light and power company were
broken down and transmission cut off.
The prospect now is for 6,397 600
bushels of potatoes in Idaho, as COM
pared with 100000 bushels in 1919,
late reports Indicate In the early dis
tricts of Canyon county, yields are rum
ming from 90 to 125 bushels per acre
| instead of 40 to $50 bushels as ex-
pected earlier in the season.
Last week near Nampa the owner
| of a melon crop, in an effort to pro-
tect himself from robbery, fired shot
| gun into a party of raiders and so
BADLY wounded one young man that he
| was taken to hospital.
Organized labor in Pocatello will OBJ
| aha wifi n
| fitting program. A large street parade
will be held shortly after noon, parti-
cipated in by all members of the va
rious crafts in the city.
Idahos potato crop has improved so
as to justify the prediction of a 211,-
| 00O-bushel increase over the estimate
for July, according to the crop report
just issued by the crop reporting de-
partment at Boise.
Severe injuries were sustained by
Mr.. and Mrs. August Osterman and
their S-year-old daughter Gladys, when
the Ford truck in which they were rid
ing crashed into a city street flusher
| at Pocatello.
The city library beard at Rupert has
rented new quarters which will be fit.
ted up for the pubic library and read
ing room. The old building was quite
inadequate to meet the growing re
Quirements.
Arrangements are being worked out
for a celebration at Lava Hot Springs
on Thursday, August 26, in honor OF
the formal opening of the states new
natatorium, which is rapidly nearing
completion.
The Pocatello chamber of commerce
has sent in the names of seventy-five
| persons who are thought to have not
been enumerated in the census returns,
to the census bureau at Washington
D. c.
A thief smashed a hole in the big
plate glass window of a hardware
store at Pocatello and made away with
some 500 worth of firearms and equip
ment which were decorating the win
dow
The Sugar City Mercantile com
pany's place at Rexbarg, was entered
by robbers, a quantity of mems cloth
ing. overcoats, fountain pens and silks
valued at about 5000 being stolen.
The states tame hay acreage har
vested this year increased 3 per cen,
over that of last year, and the wild
hay acreage increased z per cent, max
ing a total of 797 900 acres.
Heading and binding Of grain are
nearly over in the Preston section
crops are proving somewhat better
than the dry year gave hopes OF. lr
rigated crops are good.
During the wind and electrical storm
at Standpoint, lightning struck barr
and killed a COW and did some damage
to the barn.
According to reports being issued by
state agriculturalists, more hay In IDA
no is going to the stack this year thar
ever before.