The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-05-24
Pthy News Notes
From All Parts Of
IDAHO

Idaho Falls.-Bird Harris, Is years
If age, escaped from the industrial
school at St Anthony clad only in
his Dajamas, and. after stealing
some clothing. blankets and a bicycle
made his way to Rigby. forty miles
distant where he attempted to hold
up q pedestrian, but, failing in this
took a car belonging TO the Utah Pow
er & Light company and made his
escape.
Lewiston.-The Raymond house,
Known to every cattle buyer and |
stock dealer in the west as Lewiston's
pioneer hotel. is reduced to ashes as |
the result Of q fire.
Shoshone.-Miss Lucille HAddock,
Miss Nina Newman, Wilton Fitzpatrick
Charles Jones, James Obey and Mount
vernicke, under the leadership Of
Steve Rhoads. have organized them
selves into a home talent orchestra
to be known as the Shoshone Serena
ders.
Shoshone, Idaho.-The Shoshons
Shrine club and the Ell Korah Shrine
club OF Boise have united In issuing an
invitation to all Shrine clubs and Ma
IONS from Idaho Falls to Payette to
attend their '"apple blossom" picnic
1t Hagerman. Indications are that q
thousand or more persons will be
present. The famous FL Korah band
will assist in the entertainment. II il
to be an old-fashioned picnic where
everyone takes a lunch.
Pocatello, Idaho.-Four short links
IN the construction of the North and
South state highway will be finished
this summer, according to the state
engineers office, which is calling for
bids for the construction. The first of
these is 275-miles stretch on the
Caldwell boulevard and the second il
, POI miles stretching north On the
Boise highway. The grade Is to have
, A width Of twenty-six feet and the sur
! face eighteen feet, and the estimated
cost Of the two links Ia given at
1929. Culvert draining will cost
over 5000 more. A stretch Of more
' than twenty miles between Tamarack
] and Council will be another OF the
q main links to be finished this sum-
!. ner in completing the highway. This
stretch leads through a picturesque
mountain country. Nine miles Of h;gn
way between Lucille and White Bird
along the canyon Of the Salmon river
another important link. will be built
:, his summer, and while this Is undel
!. way the northern road Will be closed
d 10 public traffic. The narrowness o.
J. The canyon makes it impossible to con
D ,truct detours in that sections.
N Blackfoot-A Jenkins building con
70 tractor has indicated his intention O
n attempting to duplicate trip he ant
u 1 companion made last summer. whei
IT they drove to Salt Lake and returne'
II 10 Blackfoot in ten and one-half hours
Owing to skepticism on the part OF al
~ acquaintance, Mr.. jenkins has offers
20 wager his automobile, valued a
"a $1,000, that he can again perform tn
"a feat, that of travelling the 40 miles il
in A machine sealed in high gear In tn
nj ,rcinal time made. The test wi
probably be held Decoration day.
"a Boise.-State and county taxes TO
u. 1921 in 35 Idaho counties have decrea;
IS ID under 1920 and taxes for schools
Of highways, cities AID villages have fl
ok creased. according to a compariso
mat public at the office OF the ourea
CT If public accounts.
tn Boise.-Harry Buck of Council Wa
70 arrested by deputy game warden fe
TO- allowing sawdust to fall into the Ssl
y! mon river in violation Of a state lay
~ according to a report received at tt
a, office Of the state game warden
MT Soda Springs.-The general scho
re lax Of Bear Lake county was increase
n 1921 more than $1,000 over q
mt amount raised for the Same purpose
he 1870
IN
~. Boise-CharEes were made by L
ng ]. D. Adams, director of the state b.
En- sau Of animal industry. that purcha
En- .rs Of dairy cattle for farmers in Idal
are not sufficiently careful in the sels
ln' ton of the animals they were bril-
~ lng into the state. announcing that
~. series Of intensive drives by state al
n. federal officers to rid the seate
-.v tubercular cattle 10 to begin immetiia
70 "
"A. Parma.-A liberal subscription flu
secured BY the united efforts OF CO
lily mittee of Business men and farms
be- has now MADE 1t possible for Parma
ed have an auto park. Three hundl
try dollars was donated. besides mater
ua' and labor