The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-08-31
IDAHO news REVIEW

WAUV NEWO wVAAU
The building of the new fish hatch
cry near Salmon is progressing rap
idly.
Idaho will this year produce 467,OOO
tons of sugar bects, G3,OOO tons OF nay
over 1920.
Farmers and merchants of Or0fino
have Incorporated a banking institu
ton with Il capital of $25,OOO.
The irrigated wheat fields of WASH
,ngton county are producing wheat
crop this year of IS bushels per acre.
Work on the new highway in the vi.
entity of Wallace is progressing rap
idly, and 1t is but matter of a short
time until the road will be open for
travel.
Otto NJ. Jones, Idaho state game
warden, finished in second place In
the 1OO-bird race at Tacoma Sunday
at opening of Pacific zone trap shoot
ing tournament.
Friedrich Wiedmer. 9-ycar-old son OF
DIR. and Mrs. F. Il. Wiedmer, was
drowned late Friday in Ethel pom
near Dewey Palace hotel, Nampa.
Idaho has a 9,OOO,OOO- bushel crop OF
potatoes in sight for the year 1921, &C.
cording to federal agricultural sta
tistician.
The Consolidated Mining Co., which
has property near Buhl reports the
striking of a large body Of radlum
hearing ore.
| Preparations for the testing for tn.
herculOsiS Of all cows whose milk Is
sold in Boise is being undertaken by
Robert H. Pratt. c'+" health officer.
Approximately 40 per cent Of 1daho's
prune crop has been contracted at $40
ton, delivered at the packing hous.
es, according to statements and re-
ports issued from the state department
OF agriculture.
approximately 70 bankers of south
ern Idaho and eastern Oregon attend
ed the banquet at the Owyhee hotel
Friday evening in honor OF John U.
CalkinS governor of the Twelfth fed
eral reserve district with headquar-
tiers at San Francisco.
Two bobcats, said TO have killed
more than 200 lambs in the Black
iOck creek district during the spring
season, were trapped recently by
William Nesser, government trapper in
this section. One of the cats is said to
be the largest caught here in many
years.
According to r. w. Irwin, Nampa
manager of the Mountain States Tel
ephone & Telegraph company, approx
imately $4,000 will be the cost of
completing the improvements at Nam
Ia of removing telephone poles from
streets, and placing the wire system
background.
lddho's department of the American
Legion lis after" all aliens engaged
IN commercial activities in the state
VINO have neglected or forgotten to es.
tablish themselves in citizenship, &C.
cording to statement Saturday by
Lester Z. Albert, state adjutant of the
American Legion.
Advance estimates place this wears
prune crop at approximately 1900 cars
representing valuation of nearly
Sl'ooooU. 1t is estimated that the
percentage vf the crop to be shipped
out OF the State will be much larger
imam last year, due principally to the
unfavorable market conditions which
'Xlst within tin state.
1t is expecte that stimulus will i,
added to the Idaho potato crop move
ment as result of the emergency re.
auction in freight rates made bv tho
union Pacific System at the reouest
OF farmers and commercial organiza.
tons through the public utilities com.
mission, which went into effect Mon,
day.
On request of Frank Brown. nrivate
secretary to the governor, w. G. Lar.
sen, president Of the Snake River Vo,.
icy Community club, has furnished
oooV feet of moving picture film to
the Scout caravan, for use in adver
using Idaho and Idaho irrigated lands
along the route this caravan is trave,
ing hom Brooklyn, N. Y. to Bull, Ida,
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