The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-03-22
>Pfhy News Notes
From All Puyfs Of
IDAHO

valley will be saved travel Of 4OO
miles u day in the Aggregate as the
result Df changes in the rural mail
service, II. r. Ballard. rural delivery
| expert, announced.
Idaho Falls.-Merchants Of Idaho
Falls have arranged a cow, pig and
len campaign to be held from Feb.
ruary 10 to March 10. At that time
livestock consisting Of high-grade HOl-
stein cows, purebred pigs, hens and
chickens to the value Of $1,000 will
lie given away to farmers.
Boise-While no bids have been nc
cepted, the board of county commits
stoners announced that an examination
Of the opened bids on a years con-
tract for maintenance Of the Ada coul-
ty portion of the Idaho City road
showed 20 bids ranging from $74 to
$156 per month.
Nampa--Prospects for good peach,
apricot, and sweet cherry crop are
good this year, says Il. F. Stephens,
we'll known Nampa orchardist, who has
just completed careful examination
OF large number of orchards. "Espec-
tally in districts IKE Central Cove and
Sunny Slope, where the air drainage
iS good, the buds are in fine shape"
Boise-A movement has been started
to raise fund for the purpose OF
erecting memorial at the grave of the
late Major Fred II. Reed, Of whom it
has been written: HE gave his life
for Idaho" 1t Is not intended that tho
memorial shall be unduly elaborate but
merely of character to perpetuate in
enduring granite the memory Of man
who did so much for his state.
Lake View-The water In Lake Low
ell southwest Of here is frozen over
solid to depth Of twelve or fourteen
Inches. A number Of teams have been
driven across where the equalizer
bridge spanned the canal during the
fall months. Several tons Of ice have
beer, stored by farmers for use, if warm
weas her ever arrives.
Nampa.-Disabled during service in
the world war, Ronald e. overly of
Nampa. Idaho. has been awarded sos
month government compensation,
beginning Immediately and For an
indefinite period. by the United Sta
ties Veterans Bureau in Seattle. The
Rating Board also awarded the claim
ant $134.S4 back compensation.
Notwithstanding to the forest.
ry service officials, water storage in
the Jackson lake reservoir is above
the record set last year. At this time
there are $4,000 acre-feet stored,
while at the same time last year
there were 2SS,S2O. At the same time
the precipitation since the first Of
September has been only 1920 inches,
with Hop of the same per.
lod last year.
Nampa.- Nampa is soon to have
. National Guard unit, the headquar.
ters detachment of cavalry squad.
ron. Lieutenant A. H. Clifford; was
designated by the Acknowledgement OF
Idaho to commence at once the organ.
cation Of such detachment, which
will be comprised Of two officers and
Il enlisted men. The detachment will
include a radio section, which will
'e equipped with the latest type of
ado sending and receiving appara.
us.
Hailey.-There are nearly three
limos as many acre feet of water in
he Magic reservoir as at the same
late year ago. There was a de.
:reased inflow the past week on ac.
'Ount of the extreme cold weather
which caused an Ice jam at the mouth
II the Bellevue bypass. which turned
he water into the old river bed. As
'oon as the weather turns warmer
"Ac JoAA Will ~ Out anu ! mas D0Gn |
bought inadvisable to go 20 the e..
'ense of removing the jam.
BOISE An important conference
etween chiefs Of the Forest Service
nd the Department of Public Works
elative to road development in Ida.
o's forest areas was held at the Can.
tol in Boise recently. This confer.
nee Is the result Of the determination
I the Forest Service to send repre.
entntives In person to highway de.
artments in each state concerned
A the expenditure of federal forest
Id rather than to hold a joint con.
arence with all state representatives
t a common meeting place. Such
procedure will enable Forest Ser.
Ice officials to obtain first.band
nowledge of conditions within tina
ederal forest boundaries in each
tnts. [
Boise.-DeWitt =. Olson pf Boise
major in the Second Idaho .