The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-02-22
News Happenings
Of the Great
lntermountain States

LUIGI uSO0lll0lu Ol0lCS
For the 6rst time in the history Of
Clark County, New, Farm Bureau &C.
tivities, Clark County farmers have
been represented at the State Farm
Bureau convention. the third since ita
organization in this state.
That at least $1,000 automobile tour.
.sts are expected to pas through Reno
during the coming season 10 the state
ment Of w. NJ. David, secretary Of the
Nevada Highway association, who has
returned fyom San Francisco, where he
conferred with the officials Of the Call.
fornia State Automobile association,
Five children Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed.
Rhodes Of Caber, WASH, near zen.
tralia, died within an hour after their
mother had given them doses Of what
was purported to be epson salts, which
she said she had purchased At q gen.
eral store at Claber, according to q
report to Lewis county authorities. The
coroner 10 Investigating.
With a minimum Of 100000 avail.
able for the northern road across Nov.
ada. the state highway department u
prepared to push the work to the linn.
it, George w. Borden, state highway
engineer, told the delegates present at
the annual meeting Of the Overland
Trail club which opened in Reno, re-
Gently, for two-day session.
Alfonso PasQuale, for many years
the largest individual sheepowner Of
Nevada, died recently after an illness
Of two years. He was q native Of
Italy, u years Of age, and had been a
resident Of Paradise valley since 1883.
At one time he had $4,000 sheep rang.
ing the northern part Of this county.
MIR. PasQuale was linguist, speaking
Arabian, Italian, French, Spanish ano
English, and also being . Latin scholar
A telegram from Reno, New, sent by
District Attorney H. U. Castle, who is
attending the road meeting at that city,
contains the announcement that six
hundred thousand dollars. are to be
expended in Elko county Oh state high.
way contracts this year and that con.
tracts for four hundred thousand dol.
lars worth of the work will be let i'm.
mediately.
w. ]. Huffman Of near Vale, Ore,
has been keeping an accurate account
of his returns from seven dairy cows
He finds that he is getting $22 ton
for his alfalfa by selling it, not in the
stack, but after it has been manufac-
tured into milk. His seven cows bring
him in about $50 month, or $1OSO a
year. His cows are only fair, he says,
and he intends to get more and better
milchers.
February lambing has started in
Vale, Ore, vicinity and Rufino ArrleA
reports out of the first 16 ewes to
lamb there were fifteen sets of twins,
which Is remarkable.
Announcement was made Of the ap-
pointment of the following postmasters
in Idaho and Wyoming: George D.
Guernsey, Princeton, Ida; Daniel NJ.
Williams, Samaria, Ida.; Martin l..
Coy, Node, Wyo.
The body of Chris Binder, GAL South
| Wyoming street, well-known Butte resi-
| dent, was found in a frozen state In
the mountains near Homestake. Mr..
Binder left about 10 days ago to visit
friend, who was lying Ill in his noun
tain cabin at Camp Caroline, about
three miles from Homestake, and with
information lacking on the affair, it is
not known whether Mr.. Binder sue
cumbed en- route to the home of his
friend or while returning from the visit.
Carl T. SOrenson, arrested at a SpO-
kane, Wash, high school, where he IL
student and charged with burglary,
has admitted. according to statement
BY the police, that he participated with
two other youths in thefts from cloth
ing and department stores there total
ing more than $4,000. So fiourishine
did the business become, Sorenson was
declared to have told the officers, tina,
they purchased an automobile truck
for hauling away their loot.
Boise.-To protect Idaho's white pine
forests, said to be the largest in the
world, from blister rust which is pre-
valent in British Columbia and west
ern Washington, Miles Cannon, state
commissioner of agriculture, issued a