The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-05-04
IDAHO AND |DAHOANS


representative to Boise May for a
meeting which shall decide on steps
to be taken in regard to the request
OF the different power companies Of
the state for an increase III rates
a movement X on foot 10 secure new
fair grounds at Rupert. the present
! quarters being too small. Several
sites are being cons dtred. II il <ug-
gested that the present fair grounds
be sold to the city school board for
| school purposes. Plans for the new
grounds call for auto tourist park and
picnic grounds.
The Beergrowers' Sugar company at
Rlghy won its suit against the Omaha
National bank Of Omaha, Neh., and re-
| covered s2O5,Occ in bonds which the
| bank held as security on the ground
/ HAT the company had failed to per-
| form certain contracts. regarding the
| sale of sugar for which the bonds were
| deposited.
! An application has been filed for a
I,permit to build a dam around Mud
/ lake. in the western part of Jeffer-
I son county. The water to be i'm
pounded behind the dam will irrigate
I nearly 10000 acres Of land. and the
/ cost Of the construction viii lie ap-
proximately $4,000
Mystery wells the tragic death Of
Night Waterman Patrick Of he Rams
Horn nine at Bay Horse. Patrick
punched the time clock. which Is used
At the mine at i o'clock in the morn
ing. and was discovered shortly after
ward with bullet wound IN the
head.
While great deal OF spring work
/ and seeding has already been done in
The Albion locality, the weather has
been 50 cool that crops are growing
very slowly. The prospects for a
heavy yield Of all crops. however are
! favorable.
The prospects for a very large at
enhance at the summer school ar Al
)ion are bright. Even at this early
| late there are more than 200 reser-
vation. made at the dormitories. be-
sides many reservations made down
town
Matthew C. Mitchell. since 1914 a
member of the faculty and principal
Of the Twin Falls high school. has been
chosen by the board of trustees 10 be
superintendent of Twin Falls schools
succeeding Hal G. Blue, resigned.
\ new high school building is TO
be erected at Lewisville in the near
future. The approximate cost Of the
building will be $4,000, and will be a
complete high school unit with special
departments for extension work.
Three hundred fifty million feet OF
timber on the south fork of the Pay
cite river may be purchased from the
government by a large eastern lum-
Der company and huge sawmill con-
structed at Horseshoe bend.
The Beetgrowers' Sugar company OF
Rigby has already signed contracts
covering 1902 acres of beers for the
coming season. The field men of the
company estimate that 1000 acres VIII
be contracted for.
In potato yield Idaho takes the lead
in the west. with more than 100000
bushels produced from 1896 acres in
1919 The value OF the crop is nearly
Sl3, 800 coo. according 10 the census
figures.
A new organization. called the
Blackfoot Grazing association. made
~, ,F .,v-ar ~ ,,,ar, ha- baan Org, N - a.
TO lease 5000 acres of lands on tn.
Snake river plains for grazing pur
poses.
, Funeral services, military in char
, acJer, were held ar Malad Sunday FOL
Walter Mon>on, who WIS killed il
, Belgium in November, 1918, while
serving with the American forces.
The Rupert school board has gone
| on record as being unfavorable 10 eN
: IRENE dress on the part of Its pretty
school teachers and has permitted
this information TO leak out.
, Owyhee county ha. 100000 worth
D Of outstanding bonds, according to the
2 1920 report of the county auditor filet
: with the bureau OF public accounts OF
5 .he department of finance.
4 Charles Corners. aged "A, and NJ
? Logan. aged 81, were arrested nea
Caldwell. 1t being charged they wer'
making ''moonshiue" in their camp il
the SagebruSh.
= Mrs. ]. NJ. Stark had her collarbou'
broken and Miss Edith Miller her lii
cut in an auto accident near NotuS
when the steering mechanism OF thei
car broke.
Charles c. Bowerman. lumberIuau o
Pocatello. has been chosen as pre>i
i, dent of the Rotary club by the new
board of directors.
, The net equalized valuation of Val
ley county for 1920 was S5,o50,S SIS.
\ net increase of one and one-halt pc
h cent over 1919.
b The business men OF Sho>houe hav
contributed fund sufficient 70 tiuanc
|, a good baseball club fer the season.