The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-11-16
IDAHO NEWS REVIEW

what Is believed to be the first ra.
aio club In the state of Idaho, was or.
sanized recently at Bull.
The Oneida Farmers Union of Nal.
ad' which is capitalized at $25O,OOO
is planning reorganization.
flans for organizing classes In sew.
ing, millinery and home nursing by the
J.. W. Z. A. at POcatellO are on foot,
James Russell Baker, a resident Of
the Boise valley since 1862, died at his
nome in Caldwell few days ago.
The Victory theatre at Portland.
Ore, was badly damaged to the extent
81 $1,000 recently.
Caldwell made an Armistice day
membership drive. Inc quota is SET
ut $500.
The report Of engineers of the In.
dian office recommended the expendi.
ture of 100000 to rehabilitnte and en-.
large the Fort Hall irrigation project.
board consisting of representa-.
yves from the federal water power
commission to be known as the Col.
uihDia river board was recently appoin.
ted.
One OF the most important gather.
ings ever held at Malad will take place
In the near future. when a celebration
under the auspices Of the ex-service
men Of Oneida county will be held.
Mrs. Luck Stiffler who died recently
at ketchum was q years of age. She
had the novel experience of being cap
tured by the Indians when IL years Of
age and lost to her people for a mum.
Der of years.
The members Of SCOTS modern cal
avan located near Buhl met a short
time ago and voted to keep the name,
"Scott's Modern Caravan" as their
group name.
The Oregon & Washington Limited
No. II. was held up by a lone bandit
eight miles west of American Falls q
rev days ago. After robbing the pas
sengers he ordered the brakeman of
the train to stop at Coolidge, where
an automobile was waiting for him.
george Carter, of the state reclama.
ton department has finished the SUR.
vey Of the Boise county aoina oinaoinoi
vcy of the Blaiu county, Little Lost
River project, and reports most of the
construction work having been finish.
ed.
coyote poisoning campaign is now
on, conducted by officers Of the bio
logical survey. in corporations with
the SawtOoth forest reserve permit.
tees. poison line extends from EN-.
nett to Little Lost river, and the Saw.
TOOTH reserve is made into three dis.
tricts. The poison line will extend
for 200 miles.
Completed extensions of real Drop
er1y tax assessment rolls show Twin
rails county property valuations to be
$3O,953,O94.15 this year. These values
are based on action taken at the last
session of the state board of euualixa.
ton, which advanced the value of farm
and agricultural, city property and
general Improvements.
AT the recent meeting of the First
District Federation at Rupert, it was
decided to ask each member of n fed.
Grated club and as many more as
would be interested, to donate 81 to.
ward the loan scholarship fund. Many
pupils now attending school will not
be able to continue after Christmas
unless given financial aid.
President o. M. Elliot of the Lew
lstOn state normal school announces
that the new normal administration
bulldog is to be dedicated soon. The
new building will cost one hundred
fifty thousand dollars and is one of
the most modern and complete edu.
cationM edifices in the northwest.
The citizens of Boise and Ada county
will be asked to give $1,000 to the work
of the army in Ada county, particularly
the rescue home. The money is to be
collected the week commencing Novem.
Der 2l and the campaign committee
has plans through which it hopes to
raise the money in one or two days of
careful soliciting.
Jerome has a high grade Jersey cow
konwn as Brown Betty and her rec.
ord to date is as follows: The heifer
came fresh ut the age of twenty-five
he