The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-09-17
IDAHO STATE NEWS
Items of General Interest to All o.
Our Readers.
COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL DoIHGs
nr,sf Rsview of the Improvements a'o"'A
and Development Along All Lines Oh IN
Industry Throughout Our State

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nassing on a telephone contract ne'o
that The Rocky Mountain Bell 1eie-
phone company was not Legally qua'l
ssd 10 transact business in this state'
having failed to comply with the new
T. r. - reouirino the filing OF articles OF
;ocornoration. The case will be aP,
nealad to the supreme court. Ii
affirmed, the effect will be lai resi-
inc. invalidating every contract WIN
the company in this state.
WaIlace-One OF the largest mining
deals made in the Occur d'Alenes III
accent wears was contaminated last Fri
dav when final consolidation Of the
Frisco. Bernier and Flynn groups was
Effected. The Frisco, which Is one OF
the Oldest producing properties In tne
dist,i t, has total output OF seveia'
millions OF dollars. The other groups
are not so well known. The new COM
pany will be capitalized for 81 500, ooo.
The Frisco is owned by New YORK cap
itaIists. and the BIenier and flynn
properties by local mining men.
Wallace-Warrants have Eeen issued
for the arrest of two Finlanders upon
the charge of dynamiting fish in the
north fork of the Occur d Alene river.
Their names are not known. The FIN
landers are working in logging camp,
and while near the mouth OF Beaver
creek two of them threw heavy charge
Of dynamite into the river to obtain
some fish. The explosion killed hur-
dreds Of fine trout. Some Wallace
fishermen were near the set ne and they
saw the two violators OF the law and
also the stream filled with dead fish
7 he act was repoi ted to the officers and
the arrests will be made.
Wallace AT a meeting of Wallace
citizens, P. J. Holohan and T. +.
Smith we're appointed a committee to
wait on the railways and learn If ar
engagements could not be made where
by train would be run to the canyon
towns early in the morning and would
return at night after the day shift in
the mines had finished work. Ii sat-
isfactory arrangements can be effected
it is the opinion of citizens who started
the movement that many of the miners
working in the canyon properties
would make their homes at Wallace,
going to work on the early morning
train and returning in the evening.
An endavor is being made to have the
railroads fix the fare at 10 cents from
Burke to Wallace fol persons using
this train. Another me, ting will be
held to further consider this matter.
Blackfoot-The weary line of home
seekers who for two weeks have camped
in front of the United States land
office at Blackfoot were given an oppor
tunity to file upon what is Known as
the Five-Mile Limit lands, lying adj
jacent to Pocatello. These lands are
embraced in the Fort Hall reservation,
and are being disposed of at $3.50 per
acre. In anticiation of trouble, a half
dozen edputy sheriffs we're stationed at
The land office, and the crowd, fearing
an attempt to break their line, was
we'll armed and was N an ugly mood
that brooded no inter ference. but the
day passed without any untoward in
cidents. The land Office was we'll pre-
pared for the rush, and put through
the applicants at the rate of 80 ar
hour. The first to file upon land wal
S. M. Nixon, of Pocatello, who took 6
1850 acre tract near the reservoir site o
the city of Pocatello, upon which h,
had squatted for two years. Nixon
had been in line two weeks and wa
almost exhausted by the strain an,
hardship. Nixon was followed by w
B. Barthoft, also of Pocatello, VIII,
also had camped before the land offic
for two weeks. OF the lands opene,
today only 6,400 acres are classified a,
agricultural, these being desert in char
actei and valueless without water
The hopes of the homeseekers are baset
on prospective irrigation canal
which it is said will be pushed through
to Pocatello.
Mocsow-The wheat season in Mos
cow is at its height, and between 2Ol
and 25O farm wagons arrive here ever,
day hauling grain to the warehouses
Almost constant stream of wagons
can be seen passing down Main street
Harvest IS nearly ended, threshers ar
commencing to pull in and this weel
and next will tax the elevators to thei
capacity. Orlers have already bee,
placed for cars to relieve the conpeste,
condition. The wagons bring an aver
age OF 80 sacks Of grain to the load
sack contains little over two bush
els. Thus between $4,000 and IA, 0Ot
bushels OF wheat are being HANDLED
here every day. Wheat buyers of Mos
cow expect to handle between $50 90,
and 400, 900 bushels of wheat this sea
son. Last season they handled 200 .OO
bushels. In addition to the wheat
there is some oats and barley, but thes
Two DO not amount to oven a third a
much as the wheat. 1t represents IN
crop of radius of five or six miles. a
grain beyond this limit finds an Quite
thr ugh other channels. Buyers de
clare they have never known the farm
ers to bring in such fine quality q
gram. 1t is clean and hard. The Re
Russian variety is chiefly grown, an,
demands the same price as club wheat
% cents at present. This is bette
than the average price secured las
year, but it is not finding many sell
ers' The farmres are demanding 2
cents, and are holding with the exr,e
'atlon OF getting that figure. AS i
otnef parts OF the country the crop
only an average one.
Desire for Peace GROWING.