The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-04-09
NEWS OF IDAHO
Items Of General Interest Gathered
From All Over the State.
COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL DoNos
A Brief Review Of improvements, Crow.
and Development Along All Lines
Throughout Our State.

IN rIne olst-lct nave just completed the
construction of four new bridges ha
tween the mouth and forks of ~
creek. These are most substant;all,,
built, so as to Withstand high water
which is expected this spring.
Weiser-It is stated that information
has been received in the city from Pres.
ident Hall of the Pacific & Idaho North
ern railroad that work on the extension
of the road from Council, the present
terminus, to Meadows will begin 90
soon as the snow is off the ground and
will be extended from Meadows to Rio
Creek, in the Thunder mountain min
ing district, as rapidly as possible.
Boise--It seems likely that the sheen.
men will suffer severely as the result
of recent heavy rains. The fiocks were
on their way from winter quarters 10
the lambing grounds. The grass was
good and it was not supposed the storm
would harm them, as it was not cold
The ground, however, was soaked from
previous storms, and this one made il
SO soft that the sheep mired and ex-
hausted themselves in their struggles
Ewes about to drop lambs suffered.
and it is thought the loss on that ac.
count will be very great in this vicini-
ty, while reports from other sections of
the state are of the same tenor.
Wallace-The rules governing the
empolyes Of the Federal Mining &
Smelling company, which were formu-
lated by Clayton Miller, assistant gen.
eral manager of the company, are at
tracing much interest in mining cent.
ers of the West. Mine owners through
out Utah and Colorado have written
here requesting copies of the rules.
which are believed to be the most com.
plete and satisfactory of any in use
throughout the West. Mining journals
throughout the country have spoken in
most complementary terms of the rules.
Larson & Greenough, operating the
Morning mine, will adopt them at an
early date.
Lewiston--C. w. Deeming, govern
ment inspector of cattle and sheep for
the Spokane district, is here inspecting
a large number of cattle about to be
taken out of the state. Mr.. Deeming
has recently been enforcing the rules
against shipping cattle and sheep from
one state into another without inspec-
ton, and stock shippers generally are
anxious for the government to appoint
an inspector for the Clearwater dis
trict. 1t is commended that shipments
from points in the Clearwater valley
are so considerable in amount and are
so numerous that the services of one
man will be constantly needed here If
the inspection rules are to be enforced.
Lewiston-County Treasurer G. A.
Hastings has just received 81, 300 from
the state land board Seven hundred
OF this is to be applied to the credit Of
joint school district No. IL, and is to
be used in building a schoolhouse,
Joint district No. IL is in the PotIatch
country, and was formed last fall, part
OF the district being in Latah county
and the remainder in Nez Perce. The
remaining 5000 is deposited to the
credit Of district No. Is, and is also to
be used to build a schoolhouse. Treas
urer Hastings says the state land board
has over million dollars of the trust
funds of the state loaned out The
greater portion of the loans are in mu-
nicipal and school district bonds, al
though considerable amount is loaned
on farm lands. The state board has
made it practice to invest these trust
funds by preference in school district
bonds. On these bonds only per cent
interest is charged, while Oh other
loans of state funds per cent is
charged. In this county several other
districts are making arrangements to
issue bonds to be taken by the state.
The Culdesac district last fall voted to
issue $4,000 bonds. Later it was dis
covered that there were irregularities
In the manner of holding this election
and another election has been called.
Moscow--Several students at the Uni
versity of Idaho will take examination
April Is for Cecil Rhodes scholarship.
This examination is not competitive but
qualifying. After the papers are
passed on by the examiners of Oxford,
England, three of the best qualified
will be sent back to the committee
here, who will select one of the three
as the Rhodes scholar from the state OF
Idaho for the present year. These
scholarships are requests left by the
late Cecil Rhodes.
President Mclean, chairman of the
committee, has issued the following in
formation in regard to the examine
ton:
The conditions of eligibility are as
follows:
(a) All scholars shall have reached
at least the end OF their sophomore or
second year work at some recognized
degree granting university or college of
the United States.
(b) Scholars must be unmarried;
must be citizens of the United States,
and not less than 10 nor more than 20
years of age on the first day of October
OF the year in which they are elected.
(e) Candidates may elect whether
they will apply for the scholarship OF
the state which they have acquired
their educational qualification, or that
OF the state in which they have their
private domicile, home or residence.
1hey must present themselves for ex-
animation in the state they select. No
may apply in more than one
state.