The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-17
Short News Notes
From All Parts of
IDAHO


Boise,-Public land reserved as val
liable for water power purposes and
held for disposal now totals 4,762 S44
acres, situated along rivers and
streams in twenty states, it was
shown in a compilation by the interior
department Arizona, with los, 1863
acres, has the largest reserved area,
California is second with GIG, 095
acres, and other states totals are:
Utah, 4s8 ,s73; Oregon, 4s7 ,237; Ne
vada, 3o0,270; Colorado, 2se, 37s; Ida
no, 266 1853; Montana, 214,83O, and
New Mexico, 2O7,54e.
Hoscow,cVernon Stiyers, quarter
back on this seasons University Of
Idaho football team and regarded By
many as the best quarterback in the
Pacific coast conference, played
through the entire season after break
ing his neck In one Of the first
practice scrimmages of. the season
Stivers, carrying the ball, was JAM
med between linemen with head down,
SO that his head was forced violently
against his chest He fell unconsci-
GUS and when taken to hospital II
was discovered that two Of the verte-
orae in his neck had been forced apart
and showed out Of place. An X-ray
photograph showed that one OF the
vertebrae was touching the spinal
cord For two days Stivers lay para
lyzed in the hospital and then ply
sicians succeeded in swapping the dis
located vertebrae back into place.
Following this Stivers recovered from
the paralysis. The fact that Stivers
had broken his neck was kept secret
By Coach Robert Mathews Of the
Idaho team, and in every game Sti-
vers neck was tightly bandaged with
tape to prevent a recurrence Of the
injury
Pocatello.-T. J. O'Brien ana JACK
Croft have been taken To the peniten-
tiary TO serve 80 years, each On bur
glary and robbery charge.
Pocatello,-Mrs. Irene Welsh Girls
som, poet laureate Of Idaho, read a
number of her poems at the monthly
meeting Of the high school Parent
Teacher association at the high school
Boise,-John F. Williams OF Ririe,
was injured severely and Mrs. VII
iams, Bishop David Hughes OF Sa-
maria, Idaho, and Mrs Hughes were
bruised and lacerated when the auto
mobile in which they were riding
turned over on the Oregon Short
Line crossing near Collinston-
Boise,-Advauced proof sheets OF
he proposal 10 present 10 the Iegis-
ature resolution for the introduc-
-oin of Bible reading in the public
schools are being sent out TO patron.
1y the state board Of education, it
vas announced at the office OF the
BOARD IN the statehouse. 4 thousand
persons IN the state, selected by the
BOARD, viii receive the advanced
heets, the forword says, and all are
Urged TO give the matter considerate
'eading.
Twin Falls,-James Wilson Snod-
,rass, aged 81, frontiersman and
riend of Jim Bridger and Kit Car
on has just been buried He was
resent at the beginning of construc-
ion OF the first Snake river ferry.
Boise.-Suit to recover sIs,Ss0.65
rom Bonneville county was fled in
he United States district court by s.
1 Mittry and George Mattey, doing
under the name OF the North /
'acifc Construction company, a Cali
ornia corporation The company al
eyes that the county is this much 1
hort in paying for the construction
( new courthouse at Idaho Falls
everal years ago.
Idaho Falls,-Miss Dorothy Cage
as left for Washington, D. c., where
he has accepted position in the Ill
lg department OF the United States
ANY, Miss Cage is the only daugh-
n Of John Cage, pioneer resident of
iaho Falls She IS a graduate of the
University OF Idaho and last year was
nployed on the staff OF the Lewis
N Normal school.
Boise,-The Ri Rev. H. H Fox,
iffragan bishop Of Montana, will
ave Episcopal jurisdiction over Ida
, until the election OF q new bishop.
-o6ably at the general convention of
e Episcopal church in New Orleans
/ October 25, 1925, according to word
ceived by Dean Paul Roberts from
e Ri Rev. Ethelbert Talbot, preSid-
g bishop of the church
Soda Springs.-Perch are to Dc
snted in the reservoir Of the Utah
GIT & Power company near Soda
rings. This assurance was reeeiv-
last week by Representative c. B
ilson, who recently took up the
alter with R. E Thomas, state game
arden
Idaho Falls,-What was pronounced
2 most unusual fire in the history