The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1906-10-06
GENERAL STATE
NEWS OF IDAHO
hens That Arc Likely to Interest All
Our Readers.
! urssf Review Of tho improvements
Growth and Development Along
Al Lines Of industry Throughout
Our Commonwealth Mining. his~
terIcai and Commercial.

Lewiston--A Assistant United States
Distract Attorney johnson OF this city
| has rome TO Boise. He wouldn't say
what bis mission was, but hon other
sources 1t has been learned that hs
went To BOISE to assiat la The probing
| into and prosecution OF the alleged lane
| frauds In the southern psrt oil the state
| II is known that the government ON
lcals. tier they complete their labors
at Boise, are coming into the panhan
dis section OF Idaho, with headquarters
| In Lewiston. The statement has been |
made that the Investigations which are
now In progress at Boise will be more
extensive than many people are won
to believe. Many prominent men III
various cities In Idaho and Washingf
are exI ected to be dragged into the net
From a reliable source 1t has bsen
learned that the land fraud casen In
this : tste are so gigantic than those =
Washington and Oregon pale, so TO
: sneak. into insIgniheanee. They are
even greater than those In Montana and
> Wyoming. rhe amount OF acreage in
volved. Is not 10 large as In other ate
: becausa Idaho Ia smaller shan they are,
/ but the methods used TO deIraud the
b government are said to be the work oil
; years of careful planning and study
}. rhe methods, on their face, show fraud
40 palpable as to astound government
e officials who are deIving into the mat
e ter.
. L,visson--Frank Mitchell, who was
In the county Jail awaiting trial for
murder In the FIR 4 degree, through the
e assistance OF friends ON the outside en-
Vineered Jail break this evening
y which resulted In + b. Ruby and
s. frank M Intyre, Federal prisoners IRON
tx the Occur a. Alene country, and him
I'd self maxi their escape. Tefore they
d. got out OF i'll they bound and gagged
ie ID D sty Sh riff Charles Farris.
about o'clock FarriH oil ter I'd thu
o. corridor of the Jail to give some medi
tn cine to the pri soners. He was accom-
az panic by huby, who was not In cell
,e As Fa .ris apl no ached Mitchells eel
I'M the latter poked gun through the
at door and ccm handed him to hold D.
,le his hands. Then he told Ruby to tax
the Keys and unlock the do r, whc
In Ruby did. Assisted by d @ two men
nd he then bound and gagged Farris.
,re After leaving the jail the trio Ell tn
w ed Sheriff Foreaman's Office and helpe
ed the m mselves TO thegun an an
md IN, nj ion they could carry. Alter leas
he NJ Flu " and Mcintyre around In tt
~. H. ls b ok of L ,wiston for sewers
III. hours, he hear whistle from frene
~ who nd horses in wairing for hin
NJ H. con m ,nded Mcintyre to q In son
~ other eirec ion while he sni Rut
a,r made Tor Mitchell's ends.
Just before McIntyre reached Il
Jail to give the alarm, the night watc
man at the county courthouse disco
cred the delivery, released Farr s al
. J. notified the sheriff. No trace OF Il
OPP two men CO n be found.
uba
the Lewiston--Title to millions of d.
MIS- lars worth OF valuable timber land
nth this state is directly involved In +
ries outcome OF case filed in the Distri
'nti- court here by Richard ID. Miller va. t
ariy Mort bern Pacific Railroad copmany a
lead the Clearwater lumber compan
Vest Points are raised in the case which,
first won, will invalidate the entire holdir
bet of the Northern Pacific Railway co
iery pany between this city and st. Ps
rage and give the management to otf
sses hands.
uba. Miller seeks primarily TO establi
nba his claim to certain land within
rom boundaries OF timber already patent
ago. bv the Northern Pacific company.
IRAN his argument he attacks the organi
the ton OF the Northern Pacific Railv
company, contending that 1t Is not
legal successor to the Northern Pac
Railroad company, the original OF ga
that cation.
and When the Rainier forest reserve
land Washington was created the North
II of Pacific Railway company was penn
the to make lieu selections of timber la
,ueht In the Clearwater valley. Rich
ct is Miller, laint,h in the case filed hs
ovs. was one of the many settlers who 4
Ihese on this same land under the timber
that stone act or the homestead law.
miss. Ter now contends while his filing
tates ma 70 after the Northern Pacific m
u IN It's lieu land selection it was prior
the approval OF the railroads selects
by the Interior department.
II the case lie won by the plaintiff
this point, over $50 settlers will AGO.
y 'e title 10 lands which they few "
Gnu ago had to give up to the railroad C
Goa, pany. The contention that the No
ana ern Pacific Railway company Ia not
ne. legal successor to the Northern Pa
u inc Railroad company is based on the e
IS nj provisions put forth by similar
n for filed in Spokane last week.
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