Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-06-13
~ STATE NEWS


Work has been ordered commenc
cd at once on the lewiston Ripa ria
RAILROAD, are the latest adyices
Washington, June 9.-The cen
pus bureau today issued a repor
on the agriculture of Idaho, show.
ing that 7,471 farms enumerated
on June l., 1900, were valued al
R42,318,182. The value of farm
supplements and machinery was
&3,295,000 and livestock $2l, $751;,
974, making a total value of farm
property $67 ,271, 900.
Supt. Elsensohn has received the
reports of the school census mar
shall throughout the county, and a
summary of their reports shows a
total of 8277 pupils of school age
in the county, comprised of 1922
boys and 1926 girls. The total
last year was 1880 of both sexes,
showing gain of 1877 for the past
nine months.--Free Press.
Many ranchers will begin out
ting alfalfa next Monday. The
crop will be large, estimated at
fully two tons to the acre the val
ley over. This considerably earlier
than hay is usually cut, but is in
line with the theory that 1t should
be cut when about ten per cent of
she field is in full bloom. This
method is claimed to prevent the
leaves from falling off and makes
more palatable eating.~Welser
Signal.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank L. Mary of
Omaha will arrive in Boise today
TO make this city their future home.
Mr.. Mary was formerly private
secretary to Governor Poynter and
is well connected. He has orga-
nized a company to put on an au-
tomobile line to run between Boise
and Thunder Mountain. The au-
tomobiles have been contracted for,
but will not be shipped until Mr..
Mary has inspected the road and
learns definitely how near he can
get to the gold camp.-Statesman.
Florence, June 4.-Palmer &
Skeggs passed through here today
with 4S head of pack horses bound
for Grangeville after supplies for
Thunder Mountain. These men
are just back from Thunder mount
ain, having taken in a train load
of supplies for that camp three
weeks ago. They went in by way
of Salmon river. Two hundred
and five head of horses crossed the
new ferry at the state bridge site
by IL o'clock today. These were
the first horses to cross the river on
the new ferry.
George Brant, one of the luckiest
prospectors that ever came down
the pike, left Thursday on another
trip to Thunder Mountain. He
went into the district some time
ago with $50. He sold over IS, 900
worth Of property last week for
cash and bonded a group Of claims
for 100000, which he does not
care whether he sells or not. He
is going in this time to represent a
syndicate of wealthy Kansas City
operators and is certain to give a
good account of himself.
Statesman.
Michael Doran, a we'll known
railroad contractor, arrived in the
city yesterday. Mr.. Doran SAYS |
he has received the contract for
the first twenty miles out of Lew.
iston on the lewiston Riparia rail
road. He will leave this morning
accompanied by two of his assist
ants, A. Chadahl and Andrew
Johnson, to inspect the ground.
Mr.. Doran says his outfits will ar
rive here within a week, which
would make the Inauguration of
the work conform to the 18th, the
date heretofore announced for the
resumption of construction, 1t
was stated by parties arriving from
Spokane that 800 men were being
assembled there for this work. =
Tribune.