The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-04-21
IDAHO AND |DAHOANS

"a any hiiu, Will HO ChuiCH VI SdhIAeA-
ton, pastor, minister or priest and no
Sunday school.
1t has been announced at Twin Falls
that the Idaho, Nevada & Tidewater
Railroad company has been organized
to build a railroad from Twin Falls to
Wells, New. This will give a direct
outlet to the coast from that section
of the state.
j. Robb Brady has received author
ity from Washington to carry mail
from Pocatello to Idaho Falls by air
plane, and the postmaster has been
authorized to dispatch the mail in this
manner, by kilograms from Washing
ton.
The city council has decided on
drastic action against speeders In
Bull. A driving limit Of fifteen miles
an hour is fixed, and the town mar
shall ordered to do his duty in bring
ing to justice viOlatOrs of this law.
The Oneida county farm bureau and
Malad Commercial club have started
silO campaign to remedy feed
shortage situation which last year re-
quired the shipping of $4,000 worth
Of feedstuff into the county.
It is expected that the cemetery at
Bull will be municipality owned soon,
committeeman now being engaged in
investigating the proposition of taking
over the cemetery and operating it as
a municipal burying ground.
Miles Cannon, Idaho state commits
sioner Of agriculture, declares that
Idaho interests lost $5,OOOOOO last
year on their wheat crop of 100000
bushels because of the operation of
the wheat guarantee act.
The chamber of commerce at Nampa
is endeavoring to devise means to
care for the school needs of the town
next season, which according to sta
tistics, will call for accommodations
for 800 additional pupils.
Incident to starting of an active
campaign of road building, directors
of the Twin Falls highway district
have announced that double shifts
will be employed at the quarry and
crusher plants.
An amusement hall is to be built BY
the l.. D. S. church at Carey to cost
$4,000. Half the building fund will
be raised by popular subscription, the
rest to be donated by the church.
Boise is considering the ACCESSIBILITY
of staging in the mountains which
skirt it's corporate limits a stupen-
dous outdoor performance which will
give it national prominence.
w. L. Perkins has received the ap-
pointment of postmaster Of. MOntpel-
Ter to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Joseph s. Robinson the
early part of March.
Owners of farm flocks in 36 Can.
yon county communities will cooper.
ate this year in the shearing of 1900
sheep. These animals are owned by
about 600 farmers.
The question of bonding Adams
county for $125,OO0 to assist in the
completion of the north and south
state highway was carried at the re-
cent election.
Ten Minidoka county boys and two
girls have bought purebred ShOrthorn
calves at prices ranging from $3.50 to
1925 each, for carrying on their calf
club work.
There is every probability that
GEORGETOWN will have q new depot,
which has been under contemplation
by the Oregon Short Line for some
time.
The Burley highway district now
has 12O miles of gravel surfaced roads
which were contracted at an approx
mate average cost of $500 per mile.
There is heavy demand for draft
horses for public and farm work in
all parts of the state. They are SELL
ing for from $3.50 to $3.50 per head.
Announcement of definite and Wig
oitus campaign against the alfalfa
weevil is made by the University OF
Idaho extension division.
School district No. 40, comprising
the Pingrec- Rich precincts, has voted
a bond issue of $15,5OO for school con-
struction purposes.
Twelve high schools of southern
trail Idaho will compete In a track
meet which is to be held in Burnley,
Saturday, May 1.
During the month of March the city
clerk at Buhl issued building permits
covering construction of 100000
worth of buildings.
A second Boy Scout troop is to be
organized at Blackfoot, the new troop
taking the overflow from the original
troop.
White fir wood from Latah cOunS
is to be used to help supply the print
paper for the northwest.
Paul Coates, of Carey, who was bit
ten by a rabid coyote. has gone to
Salt Lake for treatment.
State school authorities propose to
definitely determine how many defec-