The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-05-21
NEWS OF IDAHO
Items Of General Interest Gatbr,d
From All Over the State.
COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL po,So,
4 Brief Review Of improvements. oro.-.>
and Development Along All Il...
Throughout Our ststs.

Grangeville-A new telephone cor,
pany has been organized under ~
name of the Grangeville & Salun
River Telephone company, with CAM
tai stock of $4,000. The comnop..
will operate between Granegyille aay
Salmon Meadows. The officers o. u
A. Levanche, president; Rudolrt
Bertsch, secretary; Martin Wavnar
treasurer. ''
Lewiston-The vollmer Clearwa,a.
Grain company and the Kettenho~h'
Grain company have both circnlo,os
flax contracts similar to those of :,
\ past four years among the farmers os
the reservation. Manager Eaves Of ~
former company, speaking of the locaI
fax situation, said:
"The acreage in fax this wear in ,h;.
and Idaho county will be but little -
any, over 5000 acres. Last wear ,ba
acreage was very large. About baI,
was under contract. Most of tho.
who raised Independent fax, as II wss
called, were disappointed, the nr;ca
falling below the minln.um nr;os
offered in the contract of 90 cen,s
bushel, with differential of 25 CON-
from the Duluth price, and if ,.,ev ;n
tended to raise any fax this wear will
do so under contract with one of tho
grain companies. But even those Nh
raised fax under contract last wear oro
generally giving up the cultivation ~
this grain, the greater yields of Lands
sown to wheat and the high prica ~
that grain last year tending to throw
all the land into wheat.
FLAX. apparently, hereafter will ba
raised only as break crop on new
ground. In this way new ground can
be made very profitable the first wear
while with other grains the newly
opened ground usually will not bring q
great return"
Moscow - Congressman Burton
french, in speaking of the work of tba
late session OF congress as it affected
Idaho, stated that the delegation had
been fairly successful in its efforts.
number of matters of importance bav.
ing been decided. Mr.. French said
THE Idaho delegation worked in
harmony throughout the session
Among the important matters accom-.
llshed was the passage OF bill throw
ing open the Fort Hall reservation IN
settlement at s1.25 and so an acre
Heretofore these lands had been
held by the government at $40 an acre
which was prohibitive price. A bill
was also passed appropriating $25, 900
for the survey of the Occur d'Alene res
ervatlon, preliminary to the allotment
OF lands to the members of the tribe.
and the opening to settlement of the
surplus lands of the reserve. A bill
was passed providing that 20 acres Of
the old Fort Occur d'Alene military
reserve shall be appropriated for park
purposes for Occur d'Alene CITY.
Twenty acres of the same military re-
serve have been appropriated for ceme-
terry purposes. A law was passed pro-
vidlng for the validating of oaths on
applications for land made outside the
district where the land is located.
The bill to make the stone monuments
erected to mark the boundaries of min
ing claims the true boundaries of the
,alims in the event OF contest over
.he boundaries or descriptions Of min
'ral lands, was enacted into a law.
The Idaho delegation succeeded in
the military department
o make Boise barracks a permanent
military post and to increase it from
wo company infantry post to four
roop cavalry post. This change will
the expenditure OF $780,
OO, In the erection of buildings at
'oise barracks. The delegation also
Inally secured the approval Of tie de-
to the Minadoka irrigation
cheme, which work will reclaim 200,-
90 acres of arid land in Lincoln and
'assia. counties. This work will be
one under the supervision Of the
lnlted States engineers. There has
cen set apart from the irrigation fnnd
2, 400 900 for this work. The Boise
ayette irrigation project was aleo prac-
cally approved by the department,
ut before an appropriation is made it
Ill be necessary TO complete negotis-
ons with private owners of portion
the lands.
THE Idaho delegation was success
Il in disposing of bills for the repeal
the stone and timber purchase act,
'e desert land act, and the commuta-
on clause OF the homestead act. This
as done by securing adverse commit
e reports. An appropriation off2b.'
70 for fish hatchery was assured. the
mmittee having agreed to report fs-
rably on such an appropriation at
g next session of congress. An appro-
1ation of 80, 900 acres of land for the
pport Of the soldiers home is now
nding, and it is almost certain it will
made at the coming session. The
'mbers of the delegation have tho
ling that appropriations for the i'm,
ovement of the Columbia, Snake and
rivers will be secured in the