The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-10-31
Short News Notes
From All Parts of
IDAHO

and reservoir was let last week to the
Morrison Knudsen company, which
commenced work Immediately.
Emmett H. 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 1.
Arco-Farmers in this vicinity are
on the lookout for a huge bear which
is believed to have been responsible
for the killing of so head of sheep
on the ranch of the Utah Construction
company at Era Flat and calf and
a lamb belonging to Earl Miller. Mr..
Miller shot the bear and wounded it
but by the time saddle horse could
be procured so that the animal could
be 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. 1t has 20 rooms and
will be conducted under the name of
Nordyke 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 r. d. McCulley an
no11pcac fbo+ THE .Jiv;1ooJ ,,,,. ,o.o1o
possible without single foreclosure
or forced sale, which he considers re
markable under present conditions
throughout this section.
Twin ls,-Commissioner of the
Twin Falls highway district and
Hillsdale highway district at a Joint
meeting here, awarded contracts for
reflooring of the Hansen bridge over
Snake River canyon, involving an
estimate expense of $1,000 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 tile Children's home in
Boise, all being donated by indivi-
duals and organizations of Emmett.
Kellogg-Contracts recently award.
ed for construction of a paved high
way from Cataldo to Mullan include
one to the Mohr Construction COM
pany. Spokane, for grading and sur
facing from the Bunker Hill smeIteI
to Pine creek, for SOL ,147, one to C.
NJ. Payne & Co., Spokane, for surfac
ing from Wallace to Mullan, for S1S,,
COZ, and one to Samuel Orino, Wal
lace, for construction of two 47-foot
span concrete bridges near Mullan,
for $17,573, or SS7,6O7 for the three
contracts. OF this amount Shoshone
county will pay AZ per cent or $751;
533. The remainder will be contri-
'uted by the federal government
King Hill,-From his 130-acre farm
On the King Hill tract John c. San
BORN of Hagerman valley this season
obtained a yield of 1874 bushels OF
title better than thirteen bushels to
he acre. From this crop Mr.. San
,orn received S12,62S.9S from the
iooding Seed and Feed company, OF
iooding who this year have pur-
,hased five carloads of seed from the
King Hill district
Malad,-A sale of 100000 tons of
lay, to be shipped to Kansas City,
No., where it will sell for $32 per ton,
ids fair to form an important factor
n breaking the deadlock between Ida
% hay growers and Idaho and foreign
heep owners, who have been in the
abit of feeding their sheep in Idaho
nd buying hay for this purpose at a
rice fixed by the sheep owners.
in Owyhee county, will
upply $4,000 tons of hay, Chattir
ats will supply $4,000 tons, and the
of the 100000 tons will be
upplied by Other points.
Caldwell, THAT the relief given the.
ettlers of the Boise project by DR..
hubert w. Work, secretary of the
lterior, under section l of the Phipps
Ill, is not satisfactory is the position
lken by officers of the Boise Payette
Water Users association. Charges
pproximating $685. 900 will be defer
ID under the relief given and spread
yer practically all lands under con-
ol Of the association.
Boise,-Chet LANCER and E. L.
,nes, alleged robbers of the Bank
Eagle, who have been held in the
da county Jail pending their trial,
ade sensational escape from the
ii by saving their way out, over
'wering the Waterman and locking
m in a cell, cutting the telephone
Tres, arming themselves by robbing
C guncase, and, thus armed, going
t in the night.
Payette-The first Idaho potatoes
be shipped in baskets, went out
ON Payette last week. The car was
pipad RI NnoLopa N;-o4.-