The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-09-30
News Notes
It's a Privilege to Lipe in
IDAHO

St COUNTY FARMER and Will be pro
duced this year in commercial quanti
ties according to the inventor. He has
Deen experimenting with the machine
Tor Tour years and now feels that IL
Is perfected to a stage where success
is assured.
Twin Falls.-Ideas for the ceIebra,
ton about November 1 of the compile.
ton OF the Oregon Short Line cutoff
between Rogerson, Idaho, and Wells,
Nevada, were called for by members
OF the general committee appointed to
take charge Of the celebration. As
surance from the San Francisco
chamber OF Commerce that a delega-
ton OF its board Of directors and bus
mess men that they wished to par
ticlpate in the celebration has helped
to stimulate interest in the proposed
event.
Mountain Home.-The old Franklin
mine has been reopened under new
management and is ready to resume
operations. Six men are employed at
present and more will be added later.
The office Of the new company is at
Pine and it is hoped that the resump-
ton Of mining in Elmore county will
again bring that county to the posi-
ton it once held before mining &C
tivity ceased.
Occur d'Alene.-The Occur d'AIene
band, under the direction OF Frank
H. Evans, won the $500 prize award
ed to the best band at the Spokane
Interstate fair. Three bands were en-
tered in the contest, the other two
being the Kellogg Eagles, which won
second, and the Woodmen's band of
the second successive year the Occur
d'Alene band has won first honors.
Emmett-The prune harvest has
closed and apple picking has started
There have been 167 cars of prunes
shipped from this station and 20 from
Letha Prices as far as returns have
been received have been satisfactory,
the growers in most cases receiving
a return of not less than $500 an acre
c. L. Carnage received in excess of
$500 per acre. He has five and a half
acres and marketed 81 tons at $50
ton.
Twin Falls, Idaho.-Dr. D. B. Stein
man of New York. president Of the
American Association of Engineers
and a noted designer and builder OF
bridges, will recommend to eastern
investors, whom he represents. that
they furnish the money required for
construction of great steel toll
bridge to span Snake river canyon
from rimroek at Blue lakes, directly
north of here.
Thirteen former officers. di-
rectors and associates of the Weiser
National bank and the old First Ma
tional bank of Weiser are charged in
an indictment made public by the Uni
ted States district attorneys office
with misapplication Of funds and con-
spiracy to misapply funds of the Wei
ser National bank A separate indict-
with misapplication of funds War
rants were served on ten of the de-
PENDANTS at Weiser by United States |
Frank Breshears and his dep
1ty, R. o. West The indictment con- |
.ains two counts and the second In |
iictment has eight counts.
Boise.-CharIes L. Monroe, for 20 /
rears in the service of Nez Perez |
county and the state department of
aw enforcement, has been named
ieputy United States marshal to sue
ICED George Oylear, it was announced
~ Frank Breshears, United States
marshal. Mr.. Oylear's resignation be-
anne ffective following his appoint
nent to deputy prohibition admins
rator for Idaho.
Boise.-Two more persons, indicted
" the federal grand jury, have been
rrested, according to advices receiv-
d at the United States marshars Of
ice here. The latest arrest was
1ade at Portland when Dora P. Mer-
hon was taken into custody on a per-
1ry charge in connection with the
rial at the last term Of court of Rob
TT Bostic. She was formerly Of Star.
Boise-Gasoline in large quantities
being brought into Idaho and sold
nd the state is not receiving the
Tree cents per gallon tax required
y law it was announced by F. A Jet
:, commissioner of law enforcement.
Nampa.-Copies of the proposed
,ntract between the United States
I'd the Nampa and Meridian irriga-
on district, under provisions Of the
ct finders bill, were reviewed at th ,
flee of c. L. Tucker, district mana
IT. So far as known, this is the first
,ntract to be submitted by the de-
lrtment of the interior under the
w bill. in this section Of The coun
Y.