The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-02-22
Pithy News Notes
From, AL Parts of
So, IDAHO

Nampa.-To bring added informa,
ton to the farmers Of this section Of
Idaho regarding crop conditions, the
university extension division and the
farm bureau will hold q farmers two.
Gay Institute In the Nampa Shrine
quarters.
POcatello.-Formation OF one treat
irrigation district to comprise all die
tricts except those with their own ir.
ngation systems was decided on at q
meeting Of representatives Of irriga.
don companies and districts Of south.
ern Idaho. This decision was taken
through the adoption Of resolutions Of.
fered 1t a banquet to 80 delegates.
Weiser.-Three men Of " eiser; Wal.
lace Adams. Buster Adams and Robert
Burns. were indicted at a special ses.
SION Of the grand jury. They are
charged with having robbed q sheep
camp. The holdup was perpetrated at
the point Of drawn revolvers. the sum
of SIS being taken.
Boise.-A. B. Roberts, one Of the
early pioneers Of the west, died in
Portland recently. Mr.. Roberts was
the pioneer marble dealer e the west,
being interested in marble works In
Portland and Walla Walla, and he
opened the first shop of ia kind in
Boise in 1877.
Gooding.-Thirty-two horses were
received here for the use Of Troop A
of the local cavalry organization. The
horses and forage sufficient for 80 days
arrived in charge Of Sergeant Cook,
who will also have charge of the horses
while stationed here. There are now
Is men enlisted.
Caldwell. -Four hundred lettuce
growers and prospective growers gath
cred here to hear the report Of a
farm bureau committee. The commit
tee reported in favor of organizing the
Idaho Vegetable Union, which will sell
through the California Vegetable I'm
ion. The meeting decided to place an
order for two tons of head lettuce
seed, which will be sufficient for plant
ing 1000 acres In this section.
BOise.-Following receipt Of tele-
gram announcing that $3.50, 900 had
been placed in New York city to the ere
dit of the state of Idaho, D. F. Banks,
state treasurer, shipped by registered
mail to that city 1850 Idaho one-year
treasury notes of $1,000 denomination.
The obligations are payable one year
from February l, 1922, and bear 81
per cent interest, although premium
of $3.50 cuts this rate fraction.
Twin Falls.-Eighteen per cent of
tax money collected in Twin Falls
county for 1921 assessments will be
devoted to payment of annual interest
charges on bonded Indebtedness Of the
county and it's political subdivisions,
including municipalities, highway dis
trict and school districts, and upon
bonds issued by municipalities for spe-
cial improvements, according to fig
ures made public at the county audi
iuor's office.
Jerome.-Bert Heasley and Al Lard
arrived home last week from the placer
mining camp on Feather river, about
60 miles north of Mountain Home.
When they left the camp there were
A inches Of snow on the level on the
ground, and it was at that time being
added to by a heavy snow storm. They
came out on skis from Hill City to
Camas Prairie. where they caught a
train for home. 1t took them IL hours
to snowshoe to Camas Prairie.
Moscow.-Student loan funds at the
University of Idaho now total $1O.35O,
and virtually all Of this amount is now
loaned out to students. The various
divisions are the fund of the Federated
Women's Clubs of Idaho, amounting to
5000; Vernon Porter Fawcett memoir
ial fund. $1,000: Moscow Rotary club,
500; Moscow Chamber Of Commerce,
500; Kellogg Chamber Of Commerce,
500; Wallace Chamber Of Commerce.
$50.
Soda Springs.-B. c. Rowland, trap
per and hunter, arrived from the Ches-
terrified country. Mr.. Bowland's catch
for the season 50 far is sixty coyotes
and three wolves. Mr.. Rowland holds
a medal given him by the state Of
Idaho in 1908 for being the champion
hunter for the state, having caught
and killed that season 500 coyotes,
bears, grey wolves and wildcats.
Pocatello-The American Falls re-
clamation project will be pushed to
completion II the spirit of tile 100 DEL
egates from the canal companies at q
recent meeting is an indication of their
final action. Representatives were pres
emit from twenty-seven out of the thir-
ty canal companies and irrigation dis
tricts.
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