The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1906-02-10
GENERAL STATE
NEWS OF IDAHO
hens That Are likely to Interest Al
Our Readers.
= Brief Review Of the improvements,
Growth and Development Along
Al Linss Of Industry Throughout
Our Commemorative Mining, HIs-
tor'eai and Commercial.

!. Our Commonwealth Mining, His
tor'cai and Commercial.
II Post Falls Floodgates have beer
placed In tho concrete darn on the thirf
channel Of the river here, snd thu
work on the other two dams Ia beins
rushed. About 175 OF the men EN-.
pIoyed are boarded by the Washington
Water Power company Mt their camp
on the Island and the others board In
lows.
1 A consignment OF 20 carloads of &C.
ment has been received by the Wash
ington Water Power company, and an
other large shipment is expected In a
few days. IL will be used In the con-
crete work on the dana.
Boiee -- In the litigation between
shoshono and Nez Perce counties, both
counties win, in sense, as decided bv
the supreme court. The writ of man
date prayed for by Shoehone county to
compel the authorities OF Neg Psrce
county TO issue warrants to the county
10 shoshone to the amount of t60,-
500 .9s, tie sum found by the account
ants to be due shoshone, Ia ordered
issued.
me court finds, however, in favor OF
Neg Perce county In its contention that
the portion of Shoshone annexed to Neg
Pefce shall pay the indebtedness repre-
aented by the warrants. Ii is held that
theae warrants will be an obligation of
veg Perez county only as an agent for
shoshone county in collecting taxes in
the annexed district levied by sbo- |
snone and certified to Nee Perez county
for collection.
Boil e--Colonel Allen Miller, state
commissioner OF immigration, labor and
statistics, bag given out for publication
a table OF the estimated population of
me state OF Idaho, on June !, 1905, In
which he makes the total $50. 900.
me estimates are based upon the re-
ports oil the school census of June
winch showed school population of
f5,uuU, the vote OF the state at the last
general election, in November, 1904.
and on figures from various other
sources.
In making his estimates, the COM
missioner says he was very conserva-
i've. shoshone county is estimated to
DO the largest in the state, with pop-
llasion last June OF 26.315. Fremont ,
WIN 20, 2o2, Nee Perces with 24.136
-atah with 20 and Ada with 2l 900 !
population follow in the order named. /;
Sext come Kootenai, Bingham, Ban
lock, Canyon and Oneida.
Wardner - The recent discovery of i
arge. numbers OF fine trout found float T
ng in the north fork OF the Coeur t
Alene river, and the fact that dvna- b
Mite 10 being used to kill them. ia q
auaing sensation here and stringent a
measures to suppress this practice are 81
eing demanded by sportsmen and ALI n
Interested in preserving the game fishes 2
the streams in this part OF the state. n
A. l.. Smith, we'll known timber I'll
ruiser and resident OF Kingston, in
gned article in the Idaho press says
aat friend OF his, while going up the
orth Fork river one day last week
one large pool in the river short NJ
lstance above what is known az the
IL jam, saw large numbers of fine
out dead in the water and others ~,
Dating IN the river as he went farther il
p. Dynamite had been used for their ha
'struction and in many instances the IN
IN were not yet dead and the pools a
ere iali OF half dead and dying fish, w;
ihis practice is said to have OBJ nj,
lnea several times during the past th'
rec years and no determined effort m,
IS, as yet, been made TO punish the 90
atty people, but this recent occur-
nee being OF such an enormous extent
8 caused feeling of revulsion and w;,
ompt measures are being asked from hrs
state game warden to bring the NJ
iity ones to trial. o.
boise-Last Thursday in the Office of reg
Engineer ID. w. Ross ~
Reclamation service. bids were
sned tor the reclamation work To ha {
ne on the south side of the Boise WEI
iey The bids were opened NV in .
ard consisting of Mr.. Ross and Con min
wing Engineers A. j. Wiley and r. plo
hopson. There were is bidders in OF
and the bids were on seven Sec face
ns. Following were the low men. aha
'ection THE dam in the Boisa the
~ Utah Fireprooing COMPANY lam
s $50. f"''' Tha
ectlon 2 - The fret section of the face
nj from the dam to Indian creek ousl
obard 4 Carlson, Boise, $2s7. 795 Kno
eetlon - The canal from Indian
x to the Deer Flat reservoir. Con-
Y Wilhitre, Boise, sos, 900. 6.
setion T. Structures, bridges etc can
4 Brinton. Salt Lake. $40 $50 sd iecs
ecsion 5-Upper embankment of the rive,
rvoir and diverting works. p Nc form
nell, Daluth, sSs2, $50. ths i
'ction Slower enbanknarf HI 49,.
4 Carlson, Boise, 1856 $50 ar,,
here were two schedules for ~. go
section. P. Mcdonnell was The and
bidder on the A schedule. AZ ltbou,
loo, and il the government. sbouIs tion
: snat construction be would have firth
go ter.
e company, New York, sI2. eas
'e bids, after being abstraeted viii NJ.
'rwarded to the department gbsra 80
will be awarded. Tbs ~ -
oil the successful bidss is s1.Is7 ~ ~
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