The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-06-18
NEWS OF DAN
Items Of General Interest c,s.
From ALI Over the st,,s
COMMERCIAL AND FINAsclA. w..
> prsss Review Of Improv.m.,..
s~A Development Along All
rsrs~xhows owr st.s..

association is mutual protection a' 81 81 The
owners OF aims. Last year th II u 'hs
considerable talk Of valuable ol nsls va
ing jumped. Nearly all msr r'aims BE-
Wallace residents. 7. D. Conn.,. "
president Of the association ana nun H.. \
liam Fishinger secretary. ''' VIII
Burke and the mining s.,.,.
around there are looking hetta s'1la
ever" says r. F. Collins mas so' 'Naa
the 81. Louis and Idaho sitter ang T.
property at Burke, Idaho. "Tb ba 'a
much systematic prospect and ANY s's
ment work being done and Az se'''0P
properties will be opened ". goo
doing only a little work on 4. ~ y
LOUIS and Idaho, hut intend 10 in ~. o.
this force during the summer ae s,'ss
get our claims patented, to which
are giving our attention.
lapwai-Acting Agent Edwin
Chalcraft, representing tine No, n
Indians, and G.. 7. Stranaban . lug
senting the Northern Pacific rs r
company, have gone to Kamiab rs".
an attempt will be made to setts '- ~
right of way difficulties between q ru y"
Der of the Indians and the rs; l
company. These difficulties have bo.S
IN process of settlement four vss~
There now only remains seven unsat,.1
claims for damages on the part If Il
dams for appropriation of rightscfvsv
-Four of these are at Kamiah.
Lewiston-E. F. Gordon has inst son
the Hillside group of seven mimi
claims on the middle west fork Of r.
creek, seven miles east of BuHss
Hump, to company of eastern men
recently organized by ]. W. Killiuga'
of Lewiston. The property will hs
managed by Mr.. Gordon. II isa fss
milling gold property, and has been
developed by 400 feet Of shaft and finn.
mel and about the same amount Of am.
face work. Three parallel veins, with
an average width of four feet. with va.
ues around sl2, have been struck.
st. Maries-The eastern stockhon.
ers of the Tyson Consolidated Gold
Mining & Milling company who were
visiting in the Tyson camp last week
reported themselves we'll satisfied
They were at the cleanup on the Six
teen to One placer claims, one Of the
properties of the company, and aid
the result OF the cleanup was beyond
their expectations. The STOCKHOLDERS
experienced the novel pleasure Of pan.
ming the dirt, and were delighted to find
that they PANIED SIS in gold to PAN
They recognize the need Of a stamp mill
for the quartz, and they intend to push
matters in regard to the ditch.
Kendrick-The representative Of The
Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph
company met with the business mems
association and made them a propc
sition of turning over the local ez
change to local board and allowing
it to connect the farmers in this yicin.
ity with the company's main line snd
reducing the rates to out of town sub.
scrlbers. The project appears to meet
the effort being made among the farm.
ers on the different ridges to be con.
nected with the County Telephone com
pany, having headquarters at Moscow.
The argument advanced in favor OF the
former is that it gives subscribers d.
rect connection with the long distance
phone, an advantage which is not en-
joyed by the subscribers to the otlH
system. The matter was taken under
advisement by the association.
"Thirty-fve or 40 men are working
at the Continental mine" said ". l.
Bailey, Jr., manager of the mine, Sno
is at Spokane. The mine is "
miles west of Port Hill, Idaho, near
Priest lake. "Work has just been
started ON tunnel No 8, about 100 les'
above our lower tunnel. The new tan'
mel is in about n feet, and is following
the ledge. The lower tunnel is IN NV
feet, and has a vertical depth oil ow
feet. The company is considering VIZ
problem of transportation, which, i !
proves successful, may put the mine "
shipping basis this fall. In lls
meantime we are opening up all W.
ore we. can. A strike Of six incnesJ
clear galena on the Little Continents
was reported recently. The LltiieV0
tlnental is just below our mine.
LewistoD-Fruit growers and snp
pers say the strawberry crop has neslg
all been msketed. Rains Throughout
the season lessened the crop greatNS
sides rendering the berries less VsJ
able. Practically all Of the hO ',
River variety have been shipped. l H.,
sized shipments of the later varlsus'
will be made during the coming We
In cherries, the vineland and Le",s'~
crop, which is only about hall as lalg
as last year, is of fine quality n .lsl
of the table varieties are now IN m n,sI
here, including the Royal Anne ,rar.
Republican, Black Tartarian ana U ~.
ernor Woods. So far the demanu ii
all been supplied, but it is expeI sS,.
that by the middle of next week a ,'.s.
will be received for larger quan"
than can be produced.
Weiser-Word has been reo'r Aha
here by telephone message tns' ,,or
Ladd Metals company has secuIeu I,
Thomas Jones, owner OF the l'S nsviIs
Townsite company, in the Seven p' and
copper district, five acres OF ianu al Il
will begin Immediately the eree'lOn =.
a large smelter. The company n waite
cured a lease and bond on the ,, W."
Monument, Blue Jacket ana n s.sis.
mines, three of the leading pr0,pe,s~sr.