The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-12-26
Short News Notes
From All Parts of
IDAHO

Ing information coming from George
Pierson, president of the Portland
Union Stockyards company, who re-
Gently visited southern Idaho points
to investigate livestock conditions.
Boise,-Governor c. c. Moore Sat
der plan announced by the mayor
der a plan announced by the mayor
of Cambridge, Mass, for proper dis
tribution of the old Washington elm.
which will cut down and piece sent
to each states museum.
Boise,-Opening a $1,000 acres of
public lands in Owhee county, Idaho,
and 1885 acres in five separate tracts
in Converse county, Wyoming, was
announced by the interior department
The land in Wyoming will be avail
able for home stead purposes January
2, while the date for filing on the
Idaho lands will be announced later
the land office at Boise.
Lewiston, = After January ], Nez
Pierce county will be without county
agent. The contract of the present
agent. w. w. Skuse, expires March !.
and his resignation, to take effect
January /, caused the county com
misioners to decide to employ no
agent for the coming year. Their
reason was that it is necessary to re-
duce expenses in every possible way.
Parma,-Sirs. NJ. Z. Kirkpatrick has
gon to Los Angeles, where she will
meet her sister, Mrs. Long, of Pom
tiac, H., and together they will sail
from San Pedro harbor January 80
for a tour of the orient and Europe.
Before returning they will make
complete tour of the world planning
10 be gone a year.
New Meadows,-Last week marked
the close of the seasons run of the
mill operated by the La Grande Box
4 Lumber company. Logging oper-
atoms through the summer have been
by means of trucks and will continue
during the winter with sleds, the logs
being banked in the pond for the run
to begin next spring.
AIackay,-Elmer Fry, working in the
Horse Shoe mine, was overcome by
gas at the bottom Of the go foot
Shaft last week and his companion,
Paul Pantages was just able to get
to the top and give the warning. When
reached he was unconscious but re-
gained consciousness after two hours.
Boise,-His pride touched by the
assertion in Eastern publications THAI
Che first municipal music week was
held in New York in May 1921, Mayor
Il. B. Sherman has forwarded to the
national music week =, committee a
program of Bosses week of music fes-
tival held in June 1919.
Meridian,-The county commission
ers of Ada county have decided to
contest in the courts statute of many
years standing which requires the
county treasurer to remit state taxes
in full regardless of the amount I'M
collected from taxpayers.
Twin Falls,-Upon felony charge
OF causing a false Imprisonment, 5.
S. Whitehead, Burley, Idaho, chief OF
police was arrested Saturday by
Stephen Mahoney, sheriff of Cassia
county, and later released under
bond to await a preliminary examin-
alton.
Boise,@Tommy Atkins, the Boise
blacksmith, who presented President
Warren G. Harding with silver-plat-
ed horseshoe at Pocatello last July,
has sent horseshoe penrest to Presi-
dent Coolidge. 1t will be presented
by Congressman Addison T. Smith.
catello,-Pocatello is being over
run with worthless check men, ac-
cording to County Attorney r. ]. Hog !
an, who has received numerous COM
plants from local merchants the past
few days. The police and sheriffs
departments are cooperating in an eff |
fort to break up an organized crew
of check passers which seems to be /
making its headquarters in the Gate
City.
Boise-The district court for Blaine
county has dismissed the contempt
charges against Mrs. Nellie Payne
Johnson, widow of o. p. Johnson,
Hagerman valley stockman, after tile
widow testified that she had acted in
good faith. The estate of 0. Z. john
son is involved in litigation which is
attracting statewide interest.
Boise,-The supreme court OF Idaho
has handed down an opinion denying
the petition for rehearing filed by the
Idaho Power company in its case
against the city of Boise over the
cancellation of contracts of the OLD
Beaver River Power company. Sever
al months ago the supreme court held
that under the terms of these cancel
lation contracts the Idaho Power
company must pay the city approx
mately $4,000.
Idaho Falls,-Plans to permanently
establish Bonneville county upon the