The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1924-10-30
Short News Notes
From An Parts of
IDAHO

REORGANIZATION OF tne tamas CANAL
and reservoir was let last week to ths
Morrison Knudsen company. which
commenced work Immediately.
Emmett-E II. Fikkan, present
cashier Of the Eagle bank, at Eagle
has accepted the position Of cashier
Of the First National bank Of EN-
nett, succeeding C. b. Polly, resign
ed. Mr.. Fikkan will assume his du
ties here November /.
Areo-Farmer In this vicinity are
on the lookout for huge bear which
d believed 10 have been responsible
for the killing Of so head Of sheep
on the ranch Of the Utah Construction
company at Era Flat and a calf and
. lamb belonging TO Earl Miller. Mr.
Miller shot the bear and wounded il
but by the time a saddle horse could
be procured so that the animal could
~ chased, the bear had disappeared.
Mountain Home - The Mountain
Home hotel, which has been closed
for number Of years, was reopened
last week by Mr. and Mrs. b. ]. Nor
dyke and son. IL has 20 rooms and
will be conducted under the name of
Nerdyke and Nordyke.
Lewiston-The 20 per cent payment
checks, amounting to $4,000, were
distributed to the depositors of the
First National bank Of Charleston last
week. Receiver X. d. McCulley an.
nounces that this dividend was made
possible without single foreclosure
or forced sale, which he considers re-
markable under present conditions
throughout this section.
Twin Falls. -Commissioner OF the
Twin Falls highway district and
Hillsdale highway district at a joint
meeting here. awarded contracts for
refiooring OF the Hansen bridge over
Snake River canyon. involving an
estimate expense OF $4,000. Specifica
tons provide for replacement OF
wooden floor and covering the new
floor with sand and oil.
Emmett.-Over two hundred quarts
Of home canned fruit were shipped
from here TO the Children's home In
Boise. all being donated by indiyt
duals ana organizations Of Emmett.
Kellogg recently award
ed for construction OF a paved high.
way from cntaldo 20 Mullan include
one to the Mohr Construction com
pany Spokane. for grading and sur.
facing from the Bunker Hill smeltei
to Pine creek, for s5i.l47. one to G
NJ. Payne 4 CO.. Spokane. for surfac
ing nom Wallace to Mullan. for SIS,
Go7. and one To Samuel Orlno. Wal
lace. for construction OF two 47-f0ot
span concrete bridges near Mullan,
for Si7.573. or Ss7.0o7 for the three
contracts. or this amount Shoshons
county will pay AZ per cent or s37.
b33. The remainder will be contri
buted by the federal government.
King HiIl.-From his 130-acre farm
on the King HIN tract John c. San
born OF Hagerman valley this season
obtained yield OF 1874 bushels OF
alfalfa seed. or an average OF
little better than thirteen bushels 10
tho acre. From this crop Mr.. San.
born received si2.62s.9S from the
Gooding Seed and Feed company. OF
Gooding who this year have pur-
chased five carloads OF seed from the
King nm district.
Malad.-A sale Of 100000 tons OF
hay, to be shipped to Kansas City
Mo-, where II will sell for $50 per ton,
bids fair to form an important factor
In breaking the deadlock between Ida.
no hay growers and Idaho and foreign
sheep owners. who have been in the
habit Of feeding their sheep In Idahc
and buying hay for this purpose at
price fixed by the sheep owners
Crandview. In owyhee county. viii
supply $4,000 tons Of hay, Chattir
fats will supply $4,000 tons, and the
remainder Of the 100000 tons viii be
supplied by other points.
Caldwell. That the relief given ths
settlers Of the Boise project by Or
Hubert w. Work. secretary Of the
interior. under section Of the Phipps
bill. IL not satisfactory Is the position
taken BY officers Of the Boise Payette
Water Users association. Charges
approximating 1857 900 will be defer
rcd under the relief given and spread
over practically all lands under con
troll u the association.
Boise.-Ches LANCER and r. l.
Jones. alleged robbers Of the Bank
u Eagle. who have been held in the
Ada county Jail pending their trial
made a sensational escape from the
Jail hy saving their way out over.
towering the Waterman and locking
him In cell. cutting the telephone
wires. arniEg themselves by robbins
tho gunease. and. thus armed. going
,ut in the night
Payette-rhe first Idaho potatoes
10 be shipped In baskets. went out