The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-12-16
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Cascade.-The first "snowmobile'
. to be used in the west, according Il
=, H. II. Bryant, is being used by hin
at his fox farm at Yellow Pine. The
"snowmobile" has been in use in the
, east for several years. 1t is com
bination of light weight auto and a
caterpillar drive mechanism capable
of carrying 1000 pounds.
. Mountain Home.-Portland capital.
lists are interesting themselves In the
Good Samaritan mine at Rocky Bar
and have sent an engineer to the prop
erty to inspect 1t. There is now a
crew of men employed on the proper
ty cleaning out the tunnel and pre-
pairing for further development work.
Emmett.-The Black canyon power
plant, said to be one OF the most mod
ern plants in existence, which is to
furnish electric power to the pump
ing station of the Gem Irrigation
district, was completed last week and
initial tests of the machinery are to
be made late this week.
| McCall--At a recent meeting OF the
Commercial club, Friday and Satur-
day, February ~ and 10, were fixed
as the dates for holding the third an
nual winter sports carnival. Commit
tees had previously been appointed
to make preliminary arrangements for
the affair. The club decided that in
| the future the carnival will be held
Friday and Saturday in February |
nearest Lincoln's birthday anniver-
sary
Kellogg --Announcement Is made |
by Stanley &. Easton, general mana
ger of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan |
Silver mine, that the great ore body
OF the property, which already has
produced more than $100.000,000
worth of ore during the forty years
of it's development, has been encoun-
tered in it's normal condition on the
lowest level of the mine. The lowest
level is 1900 feet below the surface
and mining men interpreted the an
nouncement as insuring many added
ingly large returns.
Council-Indian valley claims the
Idaho champion SOW and litter of
pige. j. l. Linden has a Poland China
sow that at 23 months of age weighed
639 pounds. Her eight pigs at
months weighed 1920 pounds. They
were fed on milk and had the run of
blue grass pasture, without grain until
corn was fit to feed, and then they
had all the corn and milk they could
consume.
Moscow.-Authority to establish a
post office substation at the universi- |
y has been granted by the post office |
department, according to word just :.
eceived by Homer E. Estes, Moscow
postmaster, from Congressman Bur-
on L. French.
Payette-A deal has just been clos L
d by which Mr.. and Mrs. Hughes, ~
roprietors Of the Emma theatre, be- ..
ONE owners Of the Payette National 81
ank building. The building will be
thoroughly remodeled and renovated b.
nd Will be used as an opera house. M
York on the remodeling and decor d
ting OF the new opera house will be NJ
.arted Immediately. nv,
Idaho Falls.-The body of Mrs. T. v
ish Ida, wife of Japanese farmer
wing near Shelby, was found in a
nal near her home, from which she III
sappeared on the night of December nv
The body of her four-months-o TO-
ugnter, who was drowned with her on
other, was found at a point not far no
om where the mothers body was I'm
lated. -,
bolse.-R. E. Shepherd of Jerome.
associated with agricuItur-
and reclamation work in Idaho was
osen president of All Idaho con- snf
'ss' the statewide advertising cam nv
Ign organization, at meeting of cor
executive board of the congress. IF 8
,reston.-The Franklin County Su- mo
company has manufactured slight ath
over 10000 bags of sugar, having
'ed $4,000 tons of beets during the I
son. The rate of slicing has been CON
IONS daily, and is considerable =
ner than the daily capacity of any II
CT year. According to the manage
NJ the slicing will continue until Y
uary Of 5.
ocateilo.-W William Jardine. secre-
OF agriculture, may come to Po- -
'ilo sometime in February to adj r
IS a Joint meeting of the Idaho
sation congress and the Idaho -
oter OF the American Association n
Engineers, it was announced here
warren G. Swendson, Idaho com. &
ioner OF reclamation and presi- ~
Oh the Idaho irrigation con- II
s. W$
county's personal
er'y valuation for 1925 droppod -
20 below the valuation in 1924 IL
luing to the countys abstract re-.
~ at the office of the state audi. -
de total valuation of this class - -
operty for this year is given as =
O'@ as compared with s473 S51 IN L.