The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1903-11-07
NEWS OF IDAHO
Items CT General Interest Gathered
From All Over the State.
COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL oGNos


Recent Idaho postoffice appoint
ments are: Kawoka, Minnie ]. Girls
well; Van Wyck. Bona NJ. Whitley.
The North Franklin mining COM
pany, organized for the purpose of
carrying on a mining and milling bus
mess at Wallace, has filed articles of
Incorporation. The amount of CAPT
| tai stock Is 100000.
| c. Andrews and Sons Live Stock
company, limited, organized for the
purpose Of engaging in the business
of general farming and stockraising
at Bates, have filed articles of incor-
poration. The amount of capital
stock is $4,000.
At a meeting of the merchants Of
Wardner and Kellogg at the former
place an association was formed to
! be known as the Grocers Association
of Wardner and Kellogg, for the mu.
tual protection of trade and also look
| ing to the interests of customers.
Another use has been found for the
tailings from the Occur d'Alene
mines. Steward Brothers. of Wal
| lace. have used a mixture of tailings,
sand and cement in the construction
| of the walls of the addition of their
building on Bank street This mater
| ial has the advantage of being cheap.
er than crushed rock and more DUR
able than brick. The proportion used
Is II parts of tailings to about one of
cement and sand.
John +. White has returned to Boise
from 2 11oQ-days, trip to the head If
Black Warrior creek, where he owns
some mining claims While there he
made arrangements to have his as.
sessment work done and left two men
at work on his properties He SAYS
everything is looking bright in that
section and that a great deal of work
is being done. He reports that the
big strike made in the Black War
rior district is all that has been claim
ed for it and makes the prediction
further strikes will yet be made
which will startle the mining world.
Charles w. Ray, New York min
ing expert and promoter, has been to
the Seven Devils, where he had been
sent by a syndicate of New York
moneyed men. He inspected the Blue
Jacket, Queen and other prominent
Seven Devils properties. While Mr.
Ray did not state in so many words.
yet he gives out the Impression that
the people he represented were SER
iously considering the proposition of
taking over some of the copper mines
of the Seven Devils in the near fu-
ture and operating them on an ex-
tensive scale.
M. ]. Shields C Co., of Moscow.
have just shipped a carload of grass
seed raised on the seed farms near
there to Peter ]. Henderson G. Co.. of
New York, and another to the Albert
Dickinson Company of Chicago.
These cars are of the mixture of
grasses designed for the semiarid
lands of the west and. after being
shipped across the continent, will, in
all probability, be shipped back again
to the sandy plains of the southwest.
The firm has received an order for
carload of corn wheat from William
hennle, Toronto. Canada. In addi-
tlon TO the carloads of grass seed
mentioned, the firm has sent out five
Iull cars, besides about as much more
IN the way of shipments of smaller
size. Mr. Shields expects to ship in
al about 20 cars of grass seeds and
10 OF corn wheat. He is now engaged
IN recleaning his seed crop.
information has been received from
Black Lakes, about 100 miles from
Weiser, that the Gold Coin cyanide
plant, located on the Gold Coin Min.
ing company's properties in the Rap
Id river district. has been totally de
stroyed by fire. The plant was of rs
tons per day capacity and had been
N operation about six months. A
number of phenomenal cleanups had
oeen made on the property. The fire
vas discovered about 4:30 a. m.
lhere Yas plenty of water but the
Ire mad gained such Roadway that II
vas impossible to check it. 1t is sup
'osed to have been of incendiary or
GIN as 1t started in a portion of the
'iant where no fires had been started
OF several days. The machinery was
total loss. The mill cost originally
Oout Sl2O.O00 and was insured for
zo,OoO. The sawmill plant and build
ngs We're saved. The company was
'orking about rs men, 60 of whom
III De thrown out Of employment
ne sawmill Will be started immedi-
tely getting out building material 10
ulld This will be done as soon as
lacninery can be taken in. The snow
all Is very heavy and this cannot be
one until spring. The loss is a sad
low to the company aud the mining
istrlct which was just coming to the
'ont as a mineral producer.