The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-10-25
Pthy News Notes
From All Parts of
IDAHO

Eoise.-Members Of the executive
committee of the Progre sslye party
in Idaho Tuesday met in Boise and
selected Nampa as the site for the
state convention Of the party, to be
held on August -.
BOise.-Notice of the opening Of re-
stored lands for entry rom a power
site previously withdrawn, nave oeea
announced by Bartlett Sinclair, regis
ter Of the. L. s. land office. These
lands are not far from the ArruW-
rock dam, in Elmore county.
Payette-FarIners Of q certain pOr-
ton OF Long valley have petitioned
the state department Of reclamation
to form an irrigation district, using
Little Payette lake as the storage
reservoir. The petition was received
in the office of the state department
Tuesday and was signed by Edward
Poro.
Boise.-With September II set as
the date for opening Boise city schools
for the 1928 academic year, the
school board has decided on a tax
levy of 151z mills (one-half mill low
er than the levy Of the past two
years. for revenue for the new bud
get Of expenses. set al $4,000 for
the coming year.
Boise.-PartiaI payment of the CIV
ernment's share in the construction
OF three federal aid projects in Utah
was Viewed recently by the state
treasurer. A check fog $50 463 50 was
received as the governments share
IN the construction OF federal aid pro-
ject No. q in Carbon county. Other
checks were for SIS. 6p7 20. federal aid
project No. II, in Iron county: So
545,23, federal aid project No. 10A-
Pocatello. - Artesian wells being
sunk near Hamer will no doubt solve
the water problem Of that section and
will bring under cultivation hundreds
of acres of land there. 1t was a,
| first thought that irrigation could be
| effected from a small lake near by
! but this was soon exhausted. 4
/ well sunk TO seventy feet brought ar
/ tesian water and the flow is contin
uing strong. Five wells have beer
drilled and the water will be pumped
to the highest point Of land for use
! These have a combined flow of 26I
gallons per minute and other we'll
| are being bored.
New Meadows-Millions OF feet o
standing merchantable timber in Ida
no is threatened with destruction o,
a new pest just recently discovered
according TO l. H Nash. state LAM
,mmisSioner, who has just returne'
from the Payet-e lakes region where
he says. the evidences are most pro
nounced. 1t is also prevalent arount
New Meadows and Long Valley. Ihi
newest Of pests in the pine forest
II the west first appears in the form
Of a harmless looking white butter
fly. The Butterfly lays eggs in IN
fall and these hatch in the spring il
the form of worms which attack tn
pine needles and gradually kill tn
tree.
Twin Falls, Ida.-With guns leyele
and gunnySacks over their heads I
serve as masks, two msn held up n
Oakley-vihont automobile stage thirt!
five miles southeast of Twin Falls lat
Monday. They lined up the only tw
passengers and the driver and after
hurried examination of the content
Of the vehicle disappeared after Gu
ting the wires on the machine.
Mountain Home.-The 15-year-ol
son OF Ms. Sarah Lyons of Mour
tain Home was rendered unconsciou
for three days following fall int
rocky dugway last week on the farI
of Harry Stott, near Duchesne. A
N-ray was taken of the lads skull
but it has not YET been determine
whether an operation will be nece
sary. Young Lyons was working
, the hay field when a load of hay turl
over and hurled him into the side /
the dugwsay.
) Boise.-Boise'S municipal buset iu
| completed after two months OF wor
, by mayor and city eouncA> and total;r
. >sSe.094. represents SSS.066.1o lie:
than the total operating expense i,
: the last fiscal year, according to fl
] ures compiled in the office of the eli
!. clerk Thursday. In addition, May
. Eugene B Sherman pointed ont, Il
I civic authorities got within the l
mill levy or one mill less than Ia
year and have q optal of SaS4. 500
+ raise by direct taxation on 4 valu
q ton OF S1Sa5S, 1899 for 1923. Tt.