The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-06-03
Short News Notes
From All Parts OF
IDAHO

nj az outlined in an oruihdhoo
~ mon its first reading has met
! citvwide approval. it was an
mood by officials. The ordinance
osos 10 reduce the minimum
.h,v water charge from $1.31 to
II is believed by councilmen
IN this way more water will be
,or lawns and fewer will be left
drv out this summer.
bo;se Formation Of the Idaho
te Insurance Mems association
!, completed with the election OF
srles Hickey of s-ampa as presi-
N and the appointment OF a COM
(tee TO draw up rules and bylaws.
Mountain Home.-The drilling OF
IroIl here has been abandoned 1t
reported, as the drill bit had been
1 and the great pressure has caused
ioint of pipe to collapse, making
impossible to continue. The we'll
been drilled down to the HOO
\ level at an approximate expense
ssee9 About $500 worth of pipe
, be salvaged, it was reported.
Burley.-An additional 2-mill levy
the schools was authorized by
ers in the Burley Independent dis
# the vote being 1877 for and 81
inst. The levy will raise $4,000
Mountain Home.-A mass Of docu-
ntary evidence was introduced
q by counsel for Gilmore county
the county's suits against Florence
OMAHA. former county treasurer
tax collector; the Fidelity & De-
il Co.. of Maryland, and the Ma
lal Surety company. Two suits are
ng tried as one. under stipulation
evidence in one case will apply on
other. The county is suing to
over approximately $1,000 alleged
a shortage in the accounts OF Miss
lalia.
vallace.-Thirty damage suits, to-
ng s16O,611 were filed in federal
riot court here against the Nor
IN Pacific as result OF the fire
csh destroyed part of the town OF
Ike, Idaho, July IL, 1923, and caus-
a loss of approximately 100000.
E. Stossel, farmer. liv-
four miles east OF Rupert, was
ed and his Swear old daughter
badly injured when the car he
driving collided with passenger
n No. 155.
W. Caldwell of Mt.
ne, with bid of $4,000 was award
he contract to supply lumber for
new Woodman hall. Three yards
on the contract, high bid being
Z.
oise.-CEarging that Idaho's Blue
law is unconstitutional and void,
Investors Syndicate, a Minnesota
doing business in this
e, brought suit in the federal
t, seeking an Injunction against
'. Porter, commissioner of finance
'estrain him from enforcing the
in question against the plaintiff
grafton.
ampa.-Pioneers of Idaho, railroad
from all along the Union Pacific
EN-, farmers, townspeople. and
ors from far and wide will all |
In merry making at Nampa when |
Retail Merchants Association
es their spring festival. Early |
tents OF Idaho, cowboys, cowgirls, |
ms and miners are all to be seen
ala attire during the celebration, !
n will be featured by mammoth
IL Gras, an Old Settlers Day, a
s program and various other
is.
lse.-Formal petition for the es-
OF the proposed Elko-
air mail route, bearing the sig
res OF postmasters of eighteen
In the northwest was dispatch
Postmaster General Harry S.
according to word received here
W. Thrailkill. local postal head,
postmaster W. R. Cox Of Pasco,
lington.
,o.-Fire Of undetermined origin
Dyed the Central Idaho garage, ..
d at 100000, here. Besides the
ing four new Ford cars. one
noble sedan and new Dodge
were consumed. Quick work
le local fire department saved
'aptist parsonage and { le build
Oh the Boise-Payette Lumber
any, both located next to TIL
e.
'shone. -Four hundred persons
ipated in the Shoshone ice cave
'elebration 20 miles north o.
A picnic was held at noon
'ed by general session Of work
e new road leading from the
highway to the Shoshone ice
The mile and half of good
was built in an hour and a half.
ateiio.-The dedication cere-
5 OF the American Falls dam,