The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-06-03

foise Idaho bonds. bear;.
mt interest, authorized bv ths per
legislature, to the amount Of sao slehth
nave been sold in the com pnovoo
market for a premium of 3 90 ps'lllSs
1873. The bonds were pnrob " w..
Mcdonald, Mccoy & Co - @ BY
who bid s475,es9 for the entire o is1
Boise-The Boise chambar =.
merce is raising 81 900 per mo q, s0 n
the ensuing five months IN aJ lof
Boise during the Lewis and c1 auserll@
at Portland. The fact that po r. IAN
grown from a town Of less than any d. ~
population, in 1900, ACCORDING O'uV
Unifed Sites census, 70 cit e ~ las
600, modernly built and thu. y ~
up to date, will be the centrar 'o .Sy
the folders to be issued, which 4'a a.
reasons for the faith of Boisa;,~a give
their city is destined to be tbe 49, sos 'na'
cial mart of the great intermon u,uls''
section midway between the tssai.
accredited to Portland and thai s =, s
Lake. !" cat
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. To hi. 49,,
ly announced intention. prss Sssas
Roosevelt has signed procl.m s,lsn'
creating four forest reserves in ISaq
two independent reserves and two sds
tional to present reservations IT, a'a
serves created are: Henry's lahe 1so
600; Weiser, 2S5, 900 acres; an sdS
ton to Bitter Root, 1900. 900. an u
dition to Yellowstone, It's OOo s., ss'
Other reserves are soon to be cre.toa !"
Idaho. '' III
All these reserves were STRONGLY -.
commended by the Forestry bureau and
Sentaor Dubois, and their creat;on :.
the final blow dealt Senator Heyba,.
Governor Gooding, Representst,s
French and others who were 6gbtins
the administration. 1t is beliyeed tb,s
the creation of these reserves will eon
vince the Idaho people of the wisdom
OF the forestry policy.
New York-An indication of the Pc.
cent understanding between the I'M
and Hartman interest in Northwestern
railway matters is the announcement
that the Northern Pacific Railway com.
pany and Oregon Short Line will iOiD
In building a road several hundred
miles in length into the Nee Perces
country.
This is the territory involved in VIA.
has been known since 1898 as The
Clearwater fight" Union Pacific and
Northern Pacific interests coming al
that time to inimical relations over The
question of the division Of the Clear
water country, which lies in the west
of Idaho, along the Oregon and Wash
gnton state lines. Neither road enter.
ID in this district pending the Moth.
srn Securities litigation.
The danger of control rising froma
Misunderstanding, it is now said, has
been removed from the agreement BY
which a joint line some 500 miles long
will be built from Culdesac south by
way of the Snake river valley through
he rich Nez Perces country.
Boise-E. B. Caple, special agent Of
he General Land office, has made
lemand upon the Barber Lumber COM
AMY for $4,000 for LOO, 900 feet Of
ogs cut on the south fork of the Boise
nd on Cottonwood creek. The claim
will be contested.
A very interesting point is involved
n the controversy arising from recent
ecision of the United States Circuit
'ourt of Appeals affirming decision
endered by Judge Beatty here con.
truing the meaning of the law, which
the cutting of timber from
mineral lands for domestic purposes.
hat decision was in effect that miner
lands were only lands such as are in
be nelghborhood of lands known to
ontain mineral.
The Barber company has cut thess
ogs on ground which is in the general
of mineral lands and
asts entirely upon this decision for its
efense. AS no definite limits have
cen set by the courts, the decision sd'
tits of great latitude and timber COM
anies may use their own discretion
to the claim now made, IN