The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-01-02
Short News Notes
From All Parts of
IDAHO

the city according TO the announce
ment of railroad officials. In year
past it has been the custom of til,
Short Line to supply ice for the loca
icehouses, from the artificial lake a
Humphrey, Idaho.
Montpelier. A band of twenty
three black tailed deer, feeding few
miles east OF Montpelier, have be
come so tame that many residents
have been going out to get view O.
them during the good weather nov
| prevailing here. Quite a number have
been successful in taking pictures Of
them.
st. Anthony, Idaho. = A disastrous
fire swept the main business district
OF st. Anthony Wednesday night, with
a property loss of approximately $780,
| 0)0.
Pocatello. - Despite the freezing
weather conditions, work on the big
power dam and reservoir which is be-
ing built by the Utah Power & Light
company at Soda Point, six miles
west of Soda Springs, is progressing
very we'll and company officials an
nounced that the dam will be COM
plete by early spring. The estimated
cost of the work is $3,000,000.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to increase the
growing of sugar beets in Bear Lake
county with the possible establish
ment of sugar factory here were
discussed at a mass meeting in the
city hall recently.
dwell,-Refund of taxes on gov
eminent lands recently declared tax
exempt by the United States supreme
court is being denied all Canyon
county applicants by the commits
sioners.
Nampa. = The annual district con-
vention of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs
will be held in Nampa January 10.
Lodges of Nampa, Caldwell, Middle
ton, Parma, Wilder, Homedale, Melba
and Silver City for the 18th district
will be represented.
Caldwell, = In presenting its case
before the interstate commerce COM
mission asking for the extension of a
railroad from Crane to Odel Dre. the
public service commission of Oregon
wants data concerning the freight
tonnage shipped from the territory
extending from Weiser to- Kuna.
Pocatello.-Actual drilling in the
Arbon valley oil region will COM
mence within the next few days. The
last shipment of the drilling rig ana
machinery was delivered Monday;
camp houses have been erected ana
everything is in readiness for work.
Boise.-Governor Charles C. Moore
has been asked by prominent north
Idaho Republican leaders to appoint
Judge Miles Johnston of Lewiston as
Judge to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of Judge Wallace N. Scales
of Grangeville, who died Sundy at
Lewiston.
American Falls.-The large Golfer
dam at the plant of the Idaho Power
company at American Falls will be
removed within the next two weeks
and the water will be tumbling thru
the two big races which have been
built during the last year of construc
ton.
Rockland.-Th Rockland cheese
factory which opened Monday, is the !
twenty fifth factory under the Laab-
all installed within the |
year. A milk delivery of 5000 pounds
is expected and this will increase I'M
til the capacity of the plant is reach
"a.
Pocatello.-A huge trenchdigger.
belonging to the Kennedy Construc-
ton Company of Fargo, N. D., has
been received at American Falls, ac-
,ording to word received here, and |
will set to work within the next few
lays digging sewers for the new city [
Of American Falls. The trencher is
the largest ever shipped to this sec
ton Of the state.
Lewiston.-A. R. johnson, deputy
state game warden, has purchased
tract in Lewiston Orchards to be US
ID as a game farm. Nez Perez cou-
~ being the first county in the state
% hold such a farm.
Boise,-State Reclamation Commits.
;ioner Warren G. Swendsen is a men,
Ter by the new board of inquiry NAM
d by the Boise Exchange club to in
-estigate the feasibility Of reclamation
II the Boise-Mountain Home tract
With water from the Stanley basin.
other members of the commission are
Professor NJ. II. Lewis of the state
and A. ]. Wiley, consulting
engineer of the U S. reclamation ser
ice.
Buhl.-George B. Shea, Bull baker,
convicted of an attack on 10year
I'D girl, was sentenced to from to
ID years in the Idaho penitentiary.