The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-02-09
IDAHO AND |DAHOANS


roads serving the northwest take i'm.
mediate steps toward the adjustment
OF their rates on all products Of the
soil produced In the northwest and
seeking eastern markets. las will
nearly as may be restore the relation
ship Of rates which existed prior to the
war" were passed at the shippers-caI
riers' conference at Boise.
The secretary Of agriculture, in COM
pliance with the recommendation made
by Senator GoOding and Representa-
tive Smith, has issued an order waiv-
ing the requirement that grazing fees
on forest reserves shall be paid this
spring thirty days in advance Of driv-
ing stock into the reserves, and ex-
tending the time for payment to An.
gust l.
Charles A. Elmer, state commission
er of public investments and a men,
Der of Governor Davis cabinet in the
state commission form Of government,
dropped dead while going from his
home to the state house to work. Heart
trouble was the cause of his sudden
passing away.
dad" Allen who was the last sur
vivOr Of the battle between the Kear-
sarge and the Alabama off the coast
Of France, has joined his shipmates
on ethe "Other SIDE" Allen died last
week at the little station of Owyhee
on the Oregon Short Line railroad.
Total cost to the state of Idaho for
the instruction and maintenance in the
higher educational institutions for the
year 1920 amounted to 81 las, 2S6.75 it
is shown in a. report submitted by the
state board of education at the request
Of certain members of the house.
A. A. Amos, former member of the
police force in Boise, turned highway
man recently, and, with Albert Moi
felt, held up q number Of Chinese
gardeners, robbing them Of several
hundred dollars. He is now occupying
. cell in the state penitentiary.
The Carey Valley Reservoir COM
pany, engaged in installing the Carey
irrigation project in Blaine county,
has been successfully financed. Work
on the project has been in progress
for two years. About 100000 has
been spent in the construction.
Minidoka county has a valuation Of
$14,812, 495 in lands and buildings, ac-
cording to figures given in the agri-
cultural census made in 1919 and just
published. The number of farms is
given at 1924. The average yield Of
hay is 3,74 tons per acre.
Apportionment Of the moneys in the
public school interest fund has been
| made by Ethel E. Redfield, state su-
perintendent Of public instruction. The
total amounts to sec, 1881, which will
be divided among the forty-four coun-
ties.
Members of the "Muckers' club" q
University of Idaho organization COM
! posed Of students in the college of
mining engineering, have announced
their decision to wear at all times o.
dcially selected leather ties.
Efforts are being made to get the
federal fish hatcheries to stock the
back waters of the Miner dam, Lake
Walcott at Minidoka dam and back
waters Of the proposed American
Falls dam with game fish.
Directors of the Twin Falls cham
Der Of commerce have passed resolu-
tons protesting against pending legis-
lation, which, it is asserted, woul1
abolish the office of the state com.
missioner of education.
County auditors Of Idaho effected a
permanent organization at a meeting
at Boise. Plans were made for the
| holding Of the next annual convention
Of the auditors and tentative const1-
tutor was presented.
Directors of the Twin Falls Canal
company have announced reductions
in salaries Of employees Of the corpora
lion affecting all salaried departments
trau the general manager to ditch
laborers.
The first cooperative creamery in
Power county opened last week at
American Falls with heavy run of
| fine butter. 1t is operated by nearly
250 farmers Of Power and Bingham
counties.
The outlook for sheepmen is improv.
ing and conditions are better. This is
the view Of Hugh C. Wood, general
manager Of the Wood Livestock com.
pany Of Spencer.
Dozens Of protests are going to Boise
against the proposal to change the tu-
berculosis hospital fund to the credit
Of the state insane asylum.
Loss Of $500 was caused last week
when fire destroyed the home Of A. d.
Boylan. seven and one-half miles west
ST Buhl.
All plans have been perfected for the
fifth annual twenty-mile dog race at
Ashton, scheduled for February -
After being closed for several
months, the Rupert cheese factory has
resumed operations.
The county auditors, in session at
Boise, went on record as being OPP