The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-08-06
Short News Notes
From All Parts of
IDAHO

d and Roundup TO be neld IN AhieiiSa'
| Falls, September II, 18, and Is
which, according to the officials o.
H the association will be bigger ane
H better than any of the previous at
H fractions in that city.
Boise.-Mrs. George White, 20. liv-
ing three miles southeast of this city
killed her 10 month-old daughter by
shooting the baby four times with a
.32 caliber revolver. "Give me a
speedy trial and shoot me or hang
mel want to meet my baby in a
happier land than this" she pleaded
after emptying the gun into the lit
tile one.
Twin Extension of the I'm
ion Pacific railway west from Buhl
to furnish direct connection between
Boise and Twin Falls is one of the
major detectives now being considered
by the Twin Falls chamber of com
merce, is statement issued by Shad
L. Hodgin, mayor of Twin Falls and
a director of the chamber.
Mountain Home.-J. R. Prentice,
operating a drilling machine on the
James Alberts quarter section in Lit
tie Valley, struck a vein of what he
believes to be platinum and gold last
week The best prospect came from
a depth of forty feet, with another
good showing at ITO feet. A fine
flow of artesian water was struck
There is much excitement in this
neighborhood over the strike, and
many claims are being staked out.
Boise-Bacteria were so thick in
the water samples taken from the |
drinking water supply of the resi-
dents of Spirit Lake that they could
not be counted, the state bacteriolo-
gist reported to the public utilities
commission.
Boise-William Townsend Yates,
20-year old son of Mrs. Georgia T.
Yates and the late Captain John T.
Yates, was instantly killed when he
fell from the swinging trapeze, %
feet above the water of the Natator
ium swimming pool and struck his
head against the sharp edge of a
four-inch water pipe.
Pocatello.-Twelve hundred en-
ployes of the Pocatello shops of the
Oregon Short Line with their wives
and guests, enjoyed an excursion at
West Yellowston last week. 1t re- =
quired two full trains to transport the
merrymakers.
Arco.-Bids for the grading of the
Lost river highway in Bingham coun-
ty will be opened at Pocatello, Aug
ust. 16. Advertising for bids is be-
ing conducted. The project is on the
between Blackfoot and Arco
across a desert. The grading only
will be done at this time, and it is
estimated the work will cost approx
mately $4,000.
Twin Falls-A tax levy of % mills
will be necessary to run the Twin
Falls schools for the coming year,
it was decided by the local school
BOARD at meeting with the new sup
E. D. Bloom.
Idaho Falls.-The committee on ar
for the holding of the
Republican state convention here on
August 26 has begun work. 1t is
expected that fully $50 delegates
will attend the convention. There is
great deal of interest and it is pre-
icted that it will be the best at
ended convention held in the state
or many years.
Twin Falls.-Efforts are. being
lade to secure a special train for :
IDAHO delegates to a dairy exposi- =
ion being held in Milwaukee the last y
September. Charles Dwight, sec u
etary of the local chamber of COM
'erce tells of the plans being made =,
18th the Idaho Falls chamber of com to
erce to secure a special train for hi,
lie Idaho delegation to the EXPOSE
on. ~
Boise.-Total deposits of Idaho's Cal Ca,
" state banks at the close of bust
ass June 80, 1924, were $27,928,112.- -
}, according to the summary of the BU
'nditions of the banks issued by E. =
y. Porter, commissioner of finance. ~
his is an increase of 100000 over SOl
9 showing made by 1OS banks on =
arch 81, 1924.
notwithstanding post No. of Bel
e American Legion is rapidly com 'ho
citing arrangements for the annual
ate legion convention to be held -
re August z to 9, inclusive, and nom ON
operations are being made to well ton
me several hundred delegates from s.
sections of the state.
bolse'-Reports that cattle in Owy Reg
county were suffering from a 81