The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-10-24
Short News Notes
From All Parts of
IDAHO


Pocatello,-A cross cut saw and a
/ pile OF old railroad ties will be in
troduced by Chief of Police Lebrbras
to persons arrested for vagrancy this
winter.
Boise,-The state reclamation bond
commission has approved the is.
suance of bonds for the Carey Valley
irrigation district to the sum of
$4,000.
Rigby,-The Rigby flour mill was
destroyed by fire which broke out in
the basement.
st. Anthony,-Girl and women en-
ployees Of the Everett B. Clark Seed
company went on strike for high
er wages and shorter working hours.
Pocatello,-Edwin Quereau post,
Veterans of Foreign Wars, was per-
fected last week with a considerable
membership.
Twin Falls, = Melvin Blackburn.
charged by the state with first-de-
gree murder was found guilty OF in
voluntary manslaughter OF his girl
wife, Cecil Hurst Blackburn, by
poisoning last May.
Boise,-In order to make the horse
shoe contest at the Nampa Harvest
festival the official championship of
Idaho, the Idaho State Horseshoe
Pitchers association was formed last
week.
Pocatello,-Jame Thomas, SO, well
known here and at Idaho Falls, died
In an Idaho Falls hospital from in
juries received in an automobile &C
cident some days ago.
Bruneau-Alrs. Hazel Stillinger,
IS, of Glenn's Ferry, Idaho, was in
stantly killed here when an airplane
in which she was passenger fell
into nose dive and dropped 500
feet to the ground.
Twin Falls,-Two of four nurses,
in the employ of general hospital
here, were badly hurt when a truck
struck the four who were walking at
The edge of the highway.
Earnest Bond, IA, of Ola, received
q broken hip when horse he was
riding to school stumbled, throwing
him to the ground.
Caldwell-Idaho will produce about
$4,000 bushels of onions this season
according to forecast based on con-
ditions and received by the Califor-
mia Vegetable union office here.
Twin Falls-Melvin Blackburn, Fill
er youth, held on the charge of MUIR
dering his girl wife, Cecil Hurst
Blackburn, last May by feeding her
poison powders is now on trial here.
Meridian-The first carload of live
chickens to be shipped from Boise
valley left Meridian last week for
California
Blackfoot. - John R. Rogers died
last week from injuries received
when he fell from a truck on the
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Cascade,-Fire of unknown origin
destroyed the Boise Payette, Lumber
company's warehouse at Cabarton.
Hailey,-Blaine county's tax levy
for county purposes is increased this
year to 2.45 cents on the dollars
with 165 cents on the dol
lar last year.
Wendell-Harry Kamman, cheese
maker at the local factory was badly
scalded when he slipped and fell into
a tub of hot water at the factory.
Mackay-Twenty cars of head let
tuce bringing in the neighborhood oil
$1,000 per car, has been recently |
harvested from 16 acres of land At
Leslie.
Parma-The last car Of prunes for
this season was shipped from Parma
last week. making total of 12I cars
to be shipped from this section this
year. Movement Of potatoes is in full
swing.
Nampa,-J. NJ. McCraw, city engi-
1eer, is draughting plans and prepar-
ng estimates for the new storage
house and repair shop for the city
water and engineering departments.
Winchester-Fire last week COM
,letely destroyed the roundhouse OF
he Craig Mountain railway and one
coach and damaged an en-
-ine.
Moscow, - Eighteen hundred stu
Ients of the University of Idaho have
agreed to pay $40 each
oward the fund for building an ar
nory and gymnasium as a memorial
o World war veterans.
Pocatello,-Mrs. Jessie Scott Mil
sner, librarian of the Pocatello pub
&c library, has resigned her position
nd left for New York City, where
ha will mako har home