The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-07-28
IDAHO AND |OAHOANS


Nampm, awaiting a hearing on the
charge Of larceny. Officers who
searched the SvOrak home found
new silks and other dress goods valued
at more than $500, while wearing APP
parel estimated to be worth $1,000 Ii
also held for It's owners.
In the distribution Of captured Ger
man war weapons, Idaho has been al
lOtted two each of the 75-millimeter,
1O5-millimeter and 15O-mlllimeter guns,
one 21O-millimeter gun, two 76-milli.
meter trench mOrtars, one 17Omilli-
meter mortar and one 245-millimeter
mortar. together with S46 captured
rifles and fifty machine guns.
I: Automobile licenses issued in Mini
doka county this season amount to
11O6, a considerable increase over last
years total. Seventy per cent Of the
license fees is retained by the county
for road work in the various highway
districts.
Thomas Frederigill, employed in
hauling sand, had narrow escape
from death near Pocatello, when he
was caught and completely covered
by sand cave-in at the pits. He is
in the hospital in serious condition.
Three-pound samples Of six varieties
Of pure strain corn have been ordered
from South Dakota for demonstration
planting under a variety Of conditions
in Boundary county. Sunflowers will
be planted quite extensively for silage.
Two 13-year-old boys Of POcatello
are charged with having purloined a
number of old tires and auto radia-
| tors from secondhand store and
few hours later returned TO the same
store and attempted to sell them.
Idaho lost 10 per cent OF the 337, 900
acres of winter wheat sown last fall.
There are left 100000 acres for har-
vest with growing condition Of 80
per cent of normal forecasting pro-
duction of 7,24S,OO0 bushels.
A four-county dairy and silo excur-
sion through Cache valley, in southern
idaho and northern Utah, is planned
by the farm bureaus Of Bear Lake,
| BannOck, Oneida and Franklin cOun-
ties, June "a, % and 26.
Eight small road graders have been
ordered by the BannOck county board
| commissioners. These will be put
to work on the state and county high
ways in Bannock county as soon as
they arrive.
| Mrs. Alpha Holt of the state extern
sion department is in Bannock county
giving illustrated lectures on the anti
fly campaign being conducted in con-
nection with the general cleanup
work.
Bank statements Of the four national
banks of Boise, made at the request
of the national comptroller, show as of
May a decrease in deposits since
February % of about one half million
dollars.
The outlook May LIST was for T.
24S,OOO bushel winter wheat crop in
Idaho. This is little more than a
million bushels in excess of last years
crop, the final estimate of which was
| Losses from disease ana exposure
of live stock the past year exceeded
those of 1919 and 1919, but were some.
what lower than the heavy losses Of
the winter of 1916 and 1917.
| Phosphate, Idaho. will be the name
of the new townsite which will be
built seven miles from Soda Springs
at the end of the proposed railroad
spur out of Soda Springs.
Poultry study in BannOck count
has revealed that one farmer has a
flock Of $50 hens that are plentifully
infected with tuberculosis conveyed to
the yard by the sparrOws.
announced that that section of the
state is short Of farm help and that
harvest hands will be badly needed
about the first Of June.
Ergene P. Trone, "a years of age,
died at Pocatello hospital of uremic
poisoning. He was connected with the
Coast United shows, giving carnival
at Pocatello.
The Oregon Short Line Railroad
company has purchased the Wilder
branch of the Sebree Electric COM
pany, according to word received from
Caldwell.
Squirrel and gopher determination
will be one of the strong features of
the Bear Lake county farm bureaus
activity during the coming summer
and fall.
Guy Whaley of Pocatello and Frank
Lane of Montpelier, two of the lads
who escaped from the st. Anthony re.
form school, were captured in Poca.
tellO.
Through the farm bureau, Jefferson
county farmers have purchased about
200 tons Of hay in the last month. at q
saving of from $40 to $18 per ton.
Joe Kelley, aged TO- was drowned a
the Rock Creek syphon, nine mile.
southwest of Twin Falls, while on
fishing trip.
The contract has been let for tn,
| construction of S1fOOO flOur mill a