The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-09-07
in The Gem STATE

=" us iiiStoiy tuesday afternoon bet
ween and . o'clock. The damage ia
estimated at $4,000. The storm no.
gan with coudburst a short distance
north OF the city, which was followed
by an electrical disturbance. said o.ver
to have been equaled in this part of
| the state.
Water conditions in the test VOL,
of the Big Six Oil company at Noah
have been overcome at last. The latust
attempt to shut off the water was
successful and the well now presents
a dry hole. After all the water was
bailed out, drilling was resumed and
eight feet made through close
grained limestone formation. A minor
accident to the bit then necessitated
II delay until repairs were made.
Drilling Will start again. and, in the
opinion of the driller fifteen feet per
day Will be made From now on
drilling will be more Interesting, as,
with dry hole, it will be possible to
determine the exact character of each
, formation penetrated.
| Application made by officials of
Kane county to John r. Oldroyd, state
land commissioner. for a loan to cover
certain expenses Of the southern
county between now and taxpaying
I time, has revealed that public funds
of the county are for a time tied up
by the suspension of the State Bank
at Kane The situation in some re-
>peGs is similar to that created in
Grand county, where the State bank Of
! Moab had on deposit some of the
{ county funds at the time of the sus-
pension.
4 Cloudbursts of almost daily regular
y fty in eastern Wayne and Garfield
counties during the last three weeks
70 have seriously hampercd oil opera
q tions at Caineville and Circle Cliffs
10 and practically severed temporarily
10 the lines of communication to centers
of population. The torrential rain'
have hampered the work of the OF
fields by washing out roads as fast a
they could be repaired and prevent
ing or delaying the transportation o
supplies.
Word was received in Salt Lake Cit
of the death at Cedar Rapids. Iowa
of Jules McCoskry. 10 years of age
said to be the last survivor of the uT
ion Pacific train crew attending tn
driving of the golden spike at Prom
ontory Point in 1870. After half
. century of work rs an engineer o
western railroads, McCoskry was r.
- tired four years ago on pension D
the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacit
railway
At special meeting of the Paysc
Commercial club delegation W;
appointed and arrangements hay
been made for others from the ia
. son end of the county to join them
Ln~ meet with the Utah county comm
sionerS soon in an effort to hrl
u! about completion of the state highwi
leu between Payson and Spanish Fork
well as the Benjamin road.
new Utah railroad, 1854 mil
long, and extending from the II
"~ Creek coal fields in Salina Cany
. TO the Juab station. on the Salt La
ieo Route. is the object of the Titan Ia
20 fc Railway company, which n'ed
10 ticles of incorporation with ii.
Crockett, secretary of state II
,ov week.
Plans 70 make the Moab to CALI
" NJ highway one of the finest to-
ist routes in the west are ne'hs 1
tered by the Moab chamber OF cor
MERGE A committee will leave sho
~ IL TO confer with every town a'o
I'm, the route in securing cooperation
lei this project.
n Price. formerly connected W
the general land office at "ash'
ron u. c., has been transferred
tho field service of the Salt Lake ID
office. He arrived there MONDAY
has taken up his new duties as
mineral examiner.
Miss Annie NJ. johnson, MI. fie
ants veteran telephone operator
,,een awarded an honor mccall II
tho Theodore n. Vail memorial III
for distinguished services 'ei'e
her employers and her fellow c'''A'
Ing The city of American Forks
ercrt this season II H'h'- ''
which when completed WI"
$4,000.
R;ds are being asked for the Z
tin of a county hospital '''
County to be erected at Ceoa'
con. Utah.