The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-01-11
IDAHO NEWS REVIEW

r,tv families in Nampa % former
..,vlce men and % civilians were
..,,od In November by the Nampa
.honter American Red Cross, Miss
c..ce NJ Coffman, secretary reports.
Tho meeting Of the Idaho Falls
.xoo, hoard disclosed the fact that the
,,..r;ct is In better condition financial
" by $4,000 than at this time a year
ago.
GALAXY slashes and curtailment Of op-
.,otinp forces in various county depart
,onts. designed to save the county be-
,ween $4,000 and $4,000 have been
o,,ered by the board Of commissioners
At Twin Falls.
The new road to Wendell was conf
Melted by the local highway district
FOR the first time In the history Of
The county really excellent highway
now connects Wendell with the county
seat.
Directors of the Twin Falls Chamber
Of Commerce Endorsed proposals for
establishment of an interstate highway
10 shorten the route between Boise and
Utah points. The proposed route passes
through Twin Falls, Burley and
Strevele on the way to Ogden and
Salt Lake and materially lessons the
distance Of travel as compared with
the route passing through Pocatcllo.
4 divorce suit at HALEY was filed
In the clerks office at $50 O'Clock one
afternoon, and the plaintiff was
granted decree at 4 o'clock. only
half an hour intervening between the
AIng Of the papers and the granting
Of the divorce. being about the record
for expediency in this district.
While Captain and Mrs. ]. F. Pur.
dy Of the Salvation Army were conduc-
ting divine services on the streets In
Twin FaNs, mimScreants entered their
residence and lugged off nearly all
Of the canned goods and other cOmesti-
bes 6erlated by the public for charity
purposes at Christmas time. There
were several hundred cans Of preserves
and canned fruits stored In the cellar,
9daho Apples,' packed in fancy
baskets. bid fair to become a we'll
Known commodity on the fruit market
ssthe result of a trial given this year
os Idaho apple growers. Growers
FOUND this year that trey could get 80
cents more by packing In baskets and
hence plan to put this type of contain
Ut INTO more general use next year.
T'"eeh elghty and ninety claims of
turner service men were handled BY
,he veterans welfare commission in
rocatell0. TO date the commission has
considered about $50 claims and has
paio s20,OU. The last Legislature eS-
'ao''shed fund of 100000 for this
purpose
'"hl Robertson and Raymond earn,
y, graduates Of the Idaho Falls high
,''oo' and Low second year students
Ut Tue agricultural department of the
.u''o Tech ut Pocatello, are doing re
,'e'eh work in the department of
.a"'"'S' This.is the first work Of the
N'nd ever done in southern Idaho Re
.u's OF the tests will be put into prac,
s "' use throughout this part of the
'''e ny the dairy interests.
4, -'ofe Wete II fires in the Boise ma.
~'O''a' forest during the past season.
~u' or the 81, the supervisor states
..a a , ''',e We're Sman-lnade and in ali
['S'aoliity caused by smokers.
""eepstake h0nors in the certified
s ..u section of the Pacific northwes,
an' snow at Spokane, Wash, were
=. "'ued to X. ]. STUFF of Dudley, Ida.
,s, "r. Stutz entered twenty netted
~ ~" potatoes. scoring $50 points ou,
- sosslble 1000. Eisie MCPHERSON of
I y, Idaho. winner OF the Idaho rural
w.t.. ~. was a close seoand with OTIS
nc Nsz Perez county commissioners
s. .ss gone On record as ready to COOP
. e wfta the state ana federal gov
eAt III furnishing funds to build
w., proposed bridge across the Clear
m,,s. , f'Ver at Spauiding. The esti.
ssOo. cost of the Snaulding bridge is
en- w. Inc county will furnish So6,,
ga %, '' is now available; the state,
sMHSo' and the federal government
Do,,, 49, The estimated cost of that
1Iss on OF the North and South State
ps, ""ay not yet completed in Ncz
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