The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-12-01
IDAHO AND |DAH0ANS

NASNhiey Upton, charged WIIu
grand larceny, pleaded guilty at Twin
Falls and was sentenced last week to
serve an indeterminate term Of one to
fourteen years in the state prison, and
was then parOled during good be-
haviOr. Upton, with Bert Skidmore,
Is said to have robbed several country
houses, setting fire to one Of them.
Jack Merrill was brought to Rupert,
last week from Salt Lake
hospital, where he had been under
treatment for gunshOt wounds inflicted
by Luther Kirk, October 16. The bull
lets have been removed from Merrill's
body, and doctors say that he may re-
cover the full use of his limbs.
That railroads Of the country are
going to be given a full chance to re-
regulation by state and national gov
eminent is concerned, Is the opinion
brought back from Washington by A.
L. Freehafer, president Of the public
utilities commission of Idaho.
Tom Watki, foreman Of a section
gang on the o. S. L. railway, near Or
chard, laid down near the track and
shot himself with a shotgun. The shot
entered the back of his neck and he
died before help reached him. De-
spondency and temporary insanity are
said to have caused the act.
The Rotary club of Pocatello has
Endorsed the plans Of the county COM
missioners for the construction of
three subways under the railway
tracks, one north Of POcatello and
two near McCammon, and requested
that these be constructed next sum-
mer, if possible.
The stOckyards are to be moved out
Of the corporate limits of Rupert, and
/, new tracks will be laid by the rail-
road. according to current report. Side
freight trains and new loading tracks
are being planned.
After a chase which began at Po-
catello and continued through most
| Of the cities of the coast, James D.
Hanson was arrested in San Francisco
upon charge of obtaining money un-
der false pretenses.
John Shut. living near Rupert, ex-
hibited Blue Victor potatoes last week,
| grown on his farm, weighing four
| pounds each. One extra sized one
tipped the scales at four pounds IA
| ounces.
| Farmers have shipped from Nampa
this season approximately 40 car
loads of wheat, but it is said many
are still holding their grain until bet
ter prices are recorded in the mar
kets.
| Permission to reduce train service
on the Wallace-Burke branch of the
Northern Pacific will be granted to
that railroad by the public utilities
commission. The branch is eight miles
long.
Grabbing a shotgun by the muzzle
as he stepped from rowboat at
Warm Springs on the Snake river,
Kenneth Walker, IA years of age,
blew off his right forefinger.
An increased valuation of $4,000 in
Bonner county farm land as a result
| Of cooperative purchase and use of
stamping powder is reported by the
county agricultural agent.
Charged in both Occur d'Alene and
Twin Falls with issuing bad checks,
John H. Frazier. lawyer, said lately
to have acted as an insurance agent,
was arrested at Bull.
During the 1920 grazing season on
the Sawtooth national forest reserve
permits were granted to 3O4 owners
for 106O3 head of cattle and 246.S14
head Of sheep.
Clark county expects to install a
county agricultural agent December 1,
an appropriation for the purpose hav-
ing been made by the county commits
sioners.
Automobile fees in Idaho county
collected by the assessor, including
1ealers' licenses, transfer and other
ices up to November 6, totaled $780,
IA.
District wheat growers of Twin
Falls county have been offered loan
If 81 bushel on their wheat by the
federal reserve bank.
Savings of $S7. 900 of crops are esti-
mated to have resulted from the 1920
campaign for destruction of rodents
n Bonner county.
Ten Idaho counties have reported
100 PEI cent membership of their
:eachers in the Idaho State Teachers
association.
Thirty head of choice purebred
Guernsey heifers direct from the Isle
If Guernsey, have been received at
Wendell.
POcatello's viaduct will be wrecked
and an up-to-date subway will be built,
according to the plans of the city
council.
Two carloads of Jerseys have been
shipped into Lemhi county from Utah
and two herds of purebreds estab-