The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-12-14
IDAHO NEWS REVIEW

The latest report shows approx
mately 10000 acre feet of storage wa
ter in the Magic reservoir. This is more
than twice as much as ut the same
time last year.
Tentative plans for the permanent or.
ganizatiOn of the Southern Idaho Let.
luce Growers association were deter.
mined on at meeting of $50 growers
at the Boise Chamber of Commerce.
Several miles of crushed rock high.
way has been completed and more III
course of construction near Filler. Much
OF the work is being done by farm.
ers. The rock is being hauled from
the surrounding farm lands. Between
~ ana 70 men are employed, the pay
roll averaging $3.50 day.
Idaho Sensation" 01OpOun0
purebred Hereford steer calf owned by
the agricultural college of the Univer-
slty Of Idaho, won second place In
competition with approximately 400 fat
steers at the International Livestock
show, recently held in Chicago.
The trophy cup won by Troop "A"
now the 18th Cavalry, at Boise, last
June has arrived and is now with the
Troop. The trophy was won in CON-
petition with other troops of the Idaho
National Guard for the greatest a.
mount of efficiency displayed at camp
Damage amounting to more than
5000 was reported at the highway
district crusher plant during severe
windstorm recently. The entire screen
house, standing on a turret siXty-tive
feet above the gorund, was blown down
and demolished. Its machinery equip
ment was broken badly.
The work Of building the new road
around the Mock hill near Challis, ia
progressing very rapidly and If wealth.
err conditions will permit the work will
be completed within short time. The
new road will eliminate three exceed
ingly bad grades on the road up the
river.
Building operations In Boise in No
vember totaled $57 $40. the city build
To- :, I.
ly repolt. Much more construction
work had been done in the past month
than noramlly in November of Other
years, due to the mild weather coLdi.
tons.
The county clerk at Twin Falls while
writing down the names OF several ap
plicants for marriage licenses was not
sure that he had all the voweis, con-
sonants and dipthones set down when
he got through. The licenses we're is
sued to Ciracao Oiosa and Lucia Ur
rizarraberena, Hilario acknowledgements.
sd and Juana Urriloabertio. All the
contracting parties are spanish origin
University of Idaho students in for.
estry, will be told how yellow pine
should he cut SO that second vol.
unteer crop will spring up, how china
tic CONDITIONS determine the types of
trees in forest, how new trees will
naturally grow when older trees are
cut down, if the work Is done properly.
now forest fires are prevented and how
they are fought after they start, by
representatives of the United States
forest service.
The proprietor of a Caldwell cafe
posted signs in every pool hall and
with large ones in the windows. invit-
ing persons who could not otherwise
obtain Thanksgiving dinners to come
to his cafe for a free dinner With
pessimism as rife as it is that seemed
Il large order. but the cafe served
exactly two dinners to persons who
came there with the knowledge that
they couldn't pay and wouldn't have
to do 50.
State commissioner of agriculture,
r. ceived resolution signed by 20 fruit
growers and shippers around Payette
and Weiser. compl.menting him and
the state department Oh the conduct
of the inspection system this year, and
suggesting that the present inspection
law be amended so that it would be
compulsory for n state certificate to
accompany every car of fruit shipped,
and that the charge Of S. car for
inspection be reduced to So.
Idaho fruit-growers will be
urged strongly to send exhibits to the
Pacific Northwest fruit exposition at
Seattle next year, according to the
hort cultural department at the Uni.
versity of Idaho. This year most of the