The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-09-03
Short News Notes
From All Parts of
IDAHO

to j. B. Bond, manager of the BoIs
Payette project. The reservoir sup
ply is being husbanded as CAREFUL
as possible to protect fruit, but prob
ably cannot last beyond that time
the manager added. Increase Wed
nesday in the flow of the Boise rive
was falling off but still the flow wa
greater than before Tuesdays rair
This, however, if of no benefit to pro
ject farmers, since the entire flow a
present is appropriated under oh
water rights.
Filer.-A stroke of lightning caus
ed several thousand dollars worth O.
damage to the substation of the Ida
no Power company just east of town
last Tuesday evening and shut off al
electric lights and power in this vi
cinity for "a hours. Towns of Bur
ger, HOLSTER and Clover district
were also affected.
Boise.-Idaho sheop are free from
scabies, and have been since last
September, according to DR.. ]. S
Dade, Idaho inspector. in a statement
before the meeting Of the sheep COM
missioners Saturday, Oregon sheep
are now free from this disease, and
trailing of sheep across the state
lines has been adjusted between the
officials of both states.
Boise.-Idaho's state board of edu-
cation will meet at Moscow Septem-
Der II for the first meeting of the
scholastic year, it was announced
Saturday by Miss Ethel E. Redfield,
executive secretary of the board.
Boise.-Work will start on the
s450,000 hydroelectric power plant to
be built at the Black Canyon dam
within the next few weeks, accord
ing to ]. P Bond, director of the
reclamation service for this section.
The power generated will be utilized
by the farmers in the Gem irrigation
district for pumping water for that
tract.
Boise.-Idaho Socialists will hold
their first state convention since re-
organization of the party Tuesday at
noon in the Knights of Phythias hall
party leaders announced Sunday IN
der state laws, each county is entitled
to one delegate, but it is not certain
whether there will be a full attend
ance, since some counties are not yet
organized, while some regularly chos-
en- delegates are not certain of their
ability to attend.
Ashton, - Registration records just
made public by the Yellowstone ma
tional park service for tile present
season show that the west entrance
is the most populated one. This
season 29,479 had passed through
this entrance. OF this number H.
1874 came by railroad and 1887 by
automobile. In addition were fifty
six miscellaneous visitors, those |
who hiked rode horseback or in
wagons.
:racts were let in the past week, ac-
,ording to Director of Highways H.
". Gregory. They amounted to a
otal of $1,000. Hank Nipple was
he successful bidder for surfacing
76 mile of the main highway in Carl
,ou county for the sum of $37T6.
When this is finished it will make
continuous improved highway
rom Soda Springs to Montpelier,
some very bad road
Boise, - Tile ruling prohibiting
amping on the Boise national forest,
which went into effect July 81, has
cen rescinded and campers will be
flowed to use the forest as hereto
ore, if permits are obtained it was
nnounced at the office of the forest
Y service here. Smoking, however,
roved camps and places of habitation
aid Robert Strong, deputy super
isor
Malad.-Oneida county shows a re-
uction in state taxes for 1928 of
&c per cent, as compared with 1920,
to comparative statement
lst issued by the Idaho state audi
II. Shoshone county, with a reduc-
on of 1873 per cent, shows the larg-
It reduction in the state. Jerome
unity, with a reduction of 6.2 per
mt, shows the smallest proportion
reduction.
Idaho Falls.-P. J. Donohue, we'll |
Town Camas Greek rancher, was in 8
antly killed in Dubois when he at I
mpted to stop his runaway team.
,nohue was knocked down by the t
ightened horses and heavily load q
wagon passed over his body, one g
the wheels hitting him at the base 6
the skull and crushing out his \
e, almost instantly. J
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