The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-02-25
Shcrt News Notes
From All Parts of
IDAHO

generously in order to defray the ex-
pense of conducting a successful ana
highly entertaining event.
Emmett-By vote of three to two,
the Emmett city council refused to
grant the Idaho Power company a
franchise for heat, power and light in
the city for 10 years. The original
application, made more than year
ago, was for so years. This was
amended several weeks ago to read
10 years and on it's last reading, fail
ed to pass.
Twin Falls.-Seven Twin Falls au-
tomobile dealers at meeting
adopted resolution urging Idaho's leg
islature to amend motor vehicle laws
by providing for collection of $40
registration fee "on each and every
automobile in the state" and imposi
ton of a tax of cents per gallon on
gasoline. Petitions in support of this
resolution were circulatd and largely
signed.
Bruneau.-Wllile watching men rop-
ing horses at the Harris Portlock cor
raj, Mrs. Marion Frank was injured
when one of the animals broke
through the barrier, catapulting a
heavy pole, which struck Mrs. Frank
on the right side, breaking two ribs.
Mountain Home.-A strange ailment
which local veterinarians have not
been able to diagnose destroyed more
than 300 head of sheep on the Chat
tin ranch, near Grandview, recently.
The animals have been dying at the
rate of from seven to ten per day.
After death the carcass presents no
unusual appearance, and several of
the dead animals have been sent to
the state veterinarian at Boise for
inspection.
Rupert-Edward R. Dampier, local
attorney has begun serving his SEN
tence of six months in the county
jail Convicted last March in the
federal court at Boise on charge of
sending obsence matter through the
mails, he was sentenced by Judge F.
S. Dietrich to pay a fine of $1,000
and serve six months in jail. The
case was appealed to the circuit
court of appeals at San Francisco
judgment was confirmed. A lengthy
petition for pardon sent to the de-
partment of justice at Washington,
D. c., was also denied.
Cambridge.-The "ton litter" of
Hampshire hogs bred and shown by
John NJ Fruits, veteran BREEDER of
hogs at Cambridge, Idaho, is declared
by the Hampshire Breeders associa-
ton to be the heaviest litter of eleven
Hampshire pigs entered in a "ton
litter" contest in the United States
this year. Mr.. Fruittits eleven pigs,
all of one litter, weighed 2318 pounds
at 1Ss days of age.
Pocatello.-Pocatell council No.
1872, Knights of Columbus, has an
nounced plans for proposed club
house to be erected on the site of the
present st. Joseph's school gymnas-
ium on North Hayes. Tentative plans
call for an expenditure of $4,000.
Rigby.-Fifteen hundred and two
carloads of freight were handled at
the Rigby station during 1924. A to-
tai of 724 carloads was forwarded and
778 received aside from shipments of
less than car lots.
Twin Falls.-Approval of the bid
Of the Utah Construction company,
totalling s1,281, 900, for the building
Of the American Falls reservoir and
dam, was given in Washington by
Secretary of the Interior Work, &C
,ording to word received here. The
awarding of the contract to the Utah |
forecasts early work on the
project, it is stated here.
Rupert Interesting itself in the
bringing of canning factory to Ru-
pert, the local American Legion post |
has gone to work with energy and |
aiken the initial steps in the matter.
Much interest has been created by |
ne move ana also que u LIE ldCl tlieht
t is rather a new form of activitye
IN the part of. the legion and The
progress of the canning factory plan
will be watched with enthusiasm.
Boise.-Herman Taylor of Sand
point, Judge of the Eighth judicial
district has been appointed by Gov
,rnor c. C. Moore as the successor
f the late Chief Justice Robert N.
Dunn on the supreme court bench.
udge Charles L. Hoffman Of Rath-
rum, former chairman of the Repub-
lean state committee, was later ap-
ointed by the governor as the sue
essor to Judge Taylor.
American Falls.-An engineering
arty under Chief Location Engineer
tacey of the Oregon Short Line
commenced work here checking up
he United States reclamation service
urveys in connection with the change
n grade and alignment of the rail