The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-31
Short News Notes
From All Parts of
IDAHO


and reservoir was let last week to the
Morrison Knudsen company, which
commenced work Immediately.
Emmett-E. 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 L.
Arco-Farmers in this vicinity are
on the lookout for a huge bear which
IS believed to have been responsible
Cor 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 it
but by the time saddle horse could
be procured so that the animal could
We 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. j. 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
nounces that this dividend was made
possible without a single foreclosure
or forced sale, which he considers re-
markable under present conditions
throughout this section.
Twin Falls, Commissioners of the
Twin Falls highway district and
Hilsdale highway district at a Joint
meeting here, awarded contracts for
reflooring of the Hansen bridge over
Snake River canyon, involving an
estimate expense of $4,000. Specified,
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 indivi
duals and organizations of Emmett
Kellogg 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 smelteI
to Pine creek, for $51, 147, one to C.
M. Payne & Co., Spokane for surfac
ing from Wallace to MuIlan, for SIS,
607, and one to Samuel Orino, Wal
span concrete bridges near Mullan
for $17,573, or $S7,607 for the three
contracts. Of this amount Shoshone
county will pay ~ per cent or $751;
533. The remainder will be contri-
Duted by the federal government
King Hill,-From his 13O-acre farm
On the King Hill tract John c. San
BORN of Hagerman valley this season
obtained a yield of 1874 bushels OF
alfalfa seed, or an average of a
title better than thirteen bushels to
he acre. From this crop Mr.. San
,orn received $12,62S.9S from the
Cooling Seed and Feed company. OF
5ooding 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
o 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
rice fixed by the sheep owners.
in Owyhee county, will
upply $4,000 tons of hay, Chattin
ats will supply $4,000 tons, and the
emainder of the 100000 tons will be
applied by othe- points.
Caldwell THAT the relief given the
sttlers of the Boise project by DR..
hubert W. Work, secretary of the
lterior, under section of the Phipps
III, is not satisfactory is the position
ken by officers of the Boise Payette
1ater Users association. Charges
oproximating $887,OO will be defer
d under the relief given and spread
yer practically all lands under con-
oil of the association.
Boise,-Chet LANCER and E. L.
mes, alleged robbers of the Bank
Eagle, who have been held in the
da county Jail pending their trial,
AIDE sensational escape from the
il by saving their way out, over
wering the Waterman and locking
m in cell, cutting the telephone
res, arming themselves by robbing
e guncase, and, thus armed, going
t in the night.
Payette-The first Idaho potatoes
be Shipped in baskets wont ont