The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-04-02
NEWS OF IDAHO
Items Of General Interest Gathered
From All Over the State.
COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL DoINos
A Brief Review Of improvements, dro~4.
and Development Along All LInes
Throughout Our State.

Racing ASSOCIATION naF been organized
here and will be incorporated with
capital stock Of 100000. WI. Rama~
was chosen president, X. J. Osterban,
vice president, P. w. Mitchell. secra
tary, and Thomas Kirby, general
manager.
Standpoint The businessmen -
Standpoint have determined to let tba
outside world become acquainted with
some of the advantages OF this part ~
Idaho. A large meeting was held and
an organization formed to take I'M anu
proposition that would be of ADVANTAGE
to the community.
Burke-There are now about 13 feet
Of SNOW at the Hercules mnies and il i
still falling. Since the first of the
year there has been only two days when
there has not been fall of snow and
only one since February L. There was
more snow last winter, but it is re.
naming on the ground this year.
Wardner-The great Kellogg tunnel
of the Bunker Hill & Sullivan mine
after proceeding over two miles, has
broken into the wonderful ore body I'M
covered in Nos 7 and s tunnels. II
was only during the past few days that
this ore body was reached and it will
be some time before its extent il
known, but it will undoubtedly be az
enormous and rich as in the workings
above.
Orofno-Last year all lands in this
section to which settlers had ACQUIRED
title were assessed at IS per acre, and
it has just been discovered that several
acres of the best land in the country.
owned by the Northern Pacific railway
company, were assegssed at less than
81 per acre. An effort will be made to
secure more equitable assessment of
all lands in this part of Shoshone coun-
ty this year.
Moscow-Professor G. A. Crostwait,
who recently became attached to the
staff of the agriculture station at the
university, is preparing to propagate
species of corn that would prove sue
cessful in this section. Professor
Crostwait believes that corn can be
bred that will fully mature in 90 days
from time of planting. Samples of
seed corn from many of the northern
states are being procured, and this
spring systematic series of expert
ments will be commenced.
Kendrick-Taxpayer are seriously
considering the matter of asking one
of the political parties to make the
matter Of taxing timber on state lands
owned by corporations leading issue.
1t seems that under the state law the
timber is sold to corporations with the
understanding that it be removed from
the land within 20 years. For some
reason this timber escapes taxation,
and the corporations do not remove it,
as they deem it a good investment on
which they do not have to pay taxes.
Wardner-Excellant specimens of
galana from the recent rich strike on
the Chester group are on exhibition at
Wesar Bros. bank and are the center
OF much attraction. A long tunnel had
been under way Tor some time to reach
the payshoot, but it was only last week
that 1T was encountered. The tunnel
has now passed through Is feet of the
shoot, which varies in width from two
to three feet. Some extremely rich
assays have been obtained, but the
average is 80 per cent lead and 80
ounces in silver.
Wallace-After five years of litiga-
tion the celebrated Sixteen to One
mining case has been amicably settled
out of court and within short time
this we'll known property will again be
numbered among the producers of the
Occur d'Alenes. Negotiations for q
settlement have been pending for the
past six months, but SO many obstacles
have arisen that the settlement with
out litigation has been despaired of.
Albert Allen of Spokane, acting as
agent for Finch & Campbell, has been
here for some time arranging a settle
ment with other interested parties, and
has attached his signature to the agree
ment. On account of the many persons
interested in the action a large number
OF signatures are required, and only
one or two names are lacking, which
Will be produced soon The basis of
settlement is that the plaintiffs, Bern
Ter and others, are to receive $4,000
shares from the Fink interests, which
hold 100000 shares. The remainder
OF the 100000 shares are controlled
by Finch & Campbell, who yield no
stock in effecting the arrangement.
Pine City-The Nez Perce county
kochdale society held special meet
ing here and received the report of the
committee to which had been referred
the project of building tramway from
craig mountain to Culdesac. The
committee had been asked to select the
most feasible route for tramway and
reported favorably ON the three routes
surveyed, each beginning about three
miles west of Chesley, the lower term
mus being on Lapwai creek, one or two
miles above Culdesac. The commit
tees report estimated the cost of the
tramway at from $1,000 to $4,000,
depending upon the route. There was
large attendance at the meeting and
IL included every prominent farmer in
the Craig mountain region. The Roch-
daie society has ordered complete sur
Seys and profiles of the different routes
which will be made under the direction
Oh the committee and presented at the
general meeting in Culdesac April 8.