The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-04-13
IDAHO AND |CAHOANS


ed with poisoned bait for the destruc-
tiOn of rodents. From ten acres not so
| treated he received no yield whatever
| The cost of treating the five acres was
about 1925.
| H. NJ. Force aged 60 years, narrow
| ly escaped death by drowning while
cutting firewOOd along the shore of
| Blue lake. A heavy block rolled
down upon him and threw him into
| the water. where he lay pinned be-
meath 1t win only his head and Shout
ders above water for two hours, until
rescued by passerby.
A jury in the district court at Twin
Falls, after fifteen minutes deliber-
| alton, declared J. Hawai-, japanese,
guilty of fraud in connection with
| charges made that Hawai- had stolen a
| certificate for 1GO yen from fellow
misrepresentation procured 500 for
| the certificate.
Jesse s. Richards Of Virginia. Be
| miles south of POcatellO, has returned
! from three months tour of the fairs
| and livestock exhibitions of the north
west, and reports that his DurQc Jer.
sey hogs in this circle of competitions
won a total of 326 prizes, 1877 of which
were champion and first prizes.
| Idaho has been designated as the
headquarters of both regiment of
cavalry and Il regiment of heavy ar
| tillery. The units in the cavalry reg
iment are to come from Idaho and
| Utah. The units of the heavy artil-
lery regiment are to come from Idaho,
Utah and Montana.
| A new trial in the case of H. F. Ram
seyer, Filler, who was this spring con-
victed of second degree murder in con-
nectiOn with the death of j. r. abb, IA
neighbOr. alleged to have resulted from
wounds inflicted by Ramseyer by
shooting, has begun at Twin Falls.
1t is announced that the postOffice
at Nampa will probably be rated first
class, as receipts for the past ten
months are SAL ,S41 40 and the United
States requires an office to have an
annual business of $4,000 before it
can be ranked thus.
The farm bureau organization of the
Lewiston Orchards community in Nez
| Perez county has set as one of its
| goals the soil Improvement of 1000
acres by use of green manure or cover
| crops. Orders are being pooled for
peas and fertilizers.
Suffering from what doctors declared
was conclusion of the brain as a result
of hitting his head against the sidewalk
when he fell from a blow alleged to
have been delivered by Harvey Sandy,
Joe Stockdale is in a serious condition
Mt Boise.
Walter " eaver, q boy farmer, mem
Der of a farm bureau junior club in
Filler, won second prize on white spring
wheat at the International Hay and
Grain show at Chicago, in competition
open to the world.
The reprieve of Henry Poynter, SEN
fenced to the penitentiary for viola.
! ton of the state and national prohibit
| ton laws, was severely criticized by
Judge Fred Bale in an address at PO-
| catellO.
The cOroner's jury impaneled to in
| vestigate the death of William Treen,
who was shot and killed by Roy Eichel-
| berger while hunting near BlackfoOt,
returned verdict of accidental shoot
ing.
Bosses schools are free from fire
| hazards and the lives of pupils at
tending them are not in jeopardy, ac-
cording to the opinion of principals,
| janitors and supervisors OF the schools,
Proposals for abandonment of an ir-
rigation ditch travesing the city of
Twin Falls to eliminate damage to
street pavements through leakage and
seepage are being considered.
| Washington county beet growers are
organizing and have appointed a COM
mittee to get a definite statement from
any sugar company that will erect a
factory in the county.
| Minors are not to be allowed to
dealers who sell cigarettes are to be
arrested, according to announcement
made ut Moscow.
Money that has been due the state
of Idaho from the government on
various highway projects in the state
will probably be paid during the pres
ent month.
Spug Meyers, Pocatello lightweight,
won the decision over George Soils of
Salt Lake in one of the fastest twelve
round bouts ever seen Il. PocatellO.
About 5000 acres devoted to sugar
oeets in Twin Falls county this year
produced an average yield of twelve
| tons per acre
A new passing track, capable of TAX
Ing 100 cars, has just been finished
ut the top of the King Hill grade.
TwinsFalls defeated Idaho Falls, ID
TO 3, for the 1920 Idaho high school
football chnmDiOnShiD