The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-09-21
IDAHO NEWS REVIEW

Following a rainstorn Friday night,
| tbe first snow of the season fell on the
! high mountains south OF ALBION ea''!
Saturday morning. The fall was very
! light.
/ As one Of the means by which ldlho
is 10 be advertised through the caS
during the near future, a series OF NOV
ing pictures of the Sawtooth range are
being taken by experts in the work.
The University of Idaho officially
opens its next years work on Saturday,
September II, 1t was announced re-
Gently. Students will register MONDAY
and Tuesday, September 10 and 20, ana
class work will start Wednesday.
Within the next few days construc
rion work will be started on S3"'
900 dredging boat which will be com
pleted and put in operation by the Isl
of May, 1922, on rich placer ground
situated along the Boise and Feather
rivers, in Gilmore County.
Completion and acceptance by the
state, federal government and coun-
ties Of federal aid projects 40 and u
in Washington and Payette counties
were announced Saturday by II. W.
Gregory, office engineer Of the bu-
reau of highways, state department OF
public works.
On the ranch OF H. s. Green, two
miles east of Jerome, on a measured
piece OF ground containing 2.17 acres,
DicklOw wheat was threshed Thursday
which totaled PIC bushels and &c
pounds. This is believed to be the
record yield in southern Idaho, if not
in the United States.
The Marsh Basin Oil and Gas com
pany has resumed drilling operations
at Albion again. They were delayed
somewhat on account of shipment
of large easing which did not arrive
when expected. All indications are
very favorable for the development OF
oil in the near future.
c. S and E "A. Maxwell, operating
the w S. Stewart farm north q Kin,
berly, have completed threshing and
report yield of 1890 bushels of wheat
from u 21-acre patch. BY bushels the
result from the patch is 66 4-21 bushels
per acre. The farm operators have
sold about so per cent of the yield, the
remaining half being stored in bins.
Fred L. Williams of Boise, former
county agent leader OF the University
of Idaho extension service, has been
appointed county agricultural ugent
for Gem county, according to an
nouncement Saturday by L. ". Flu
harty, director. Mr.. Williams sue
ceeds A. L. Berry, who resigned to go
into the sheep feeding business at Man.
haitian, Kan.
Joel Jeni1er, superintendent OF the
Lewiston city schools, and Miss Eliza
beth Shotwell, teacher and supervisor
of the Twin Falls city schools, were
named recently on the board of teach
ers' retirement fund at a meeting IT
Governor Davis, Roy L. Black, state
attorney general, and Miss Ethel Z.
Redfield, state superintendent of pub
lie instruction.
A barn ana forty tons Of alfalfa hay
belonging to August Hofer, two miles
east of Blackfoot, we're destroyed by
Ire last week, in, diving a loss of
$1,000, without insurance. It is as
sumed that threshers blew straw over
smoldering embers, resulting in the
blaze. The dwelling and various other
outbuildings were saved by bucket
brigade formed by neighbors.
With the four big packing houses of
Emmett all filled to capacity with
packers, the Emmett prune crop Is be-
ing handled at a lively rate these days.
The prune crop this year is the largest
ever gathered in this section, and the
fruit is Of excellent quality. Growers
will receive on an average Of $40 per
ton for the crop. 1t is estimated that
from 40 to 200 cars will be shipped.
The Ada county commissioners are
preparing to sell the old county farm
comprising about $50 acres, North Of
Colilster. 1t is their belief thnt the
taxes on 1t will bring in greater rev.
enue than money they would obtain
by leasing It. A survey Of tn. land
will lie made at once, with the view of
taking definite action on the sale Of
the property. 1t will be advertised for
sale in compliance with the comp:.ed
statufe~ of 1iahmo.