The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-03-30
GENERAL STATE
NEWS OF IDAHO
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- Boise--Jt is believed that the Unite
e States grand jury has voted one {
= more indictments, but Information r,
apecting the identity of the persons II
= VOWED has not been secured. Two
the Lewiston witnesses are still here
! They are Austin Justice and Georg
Williams.
II Moscoa--McKeen y. Morrow. d
= Boise, member Of the Junior class O
= the University OF Idaho, has been mott
. lied that he IL the successful cadidat
for the Rhodes scholarship from Idaho
! The course Is three years one at OK
! lord, England, with an allowance o
:, W. 300 per year. Morrow Ia the thirt
: Idaho man to win out, the Others beins
Lawrence Gipson, Caldwell, and Car
roll Foster. Weiser.
Washington President Roosevelt
has turned down Judge j. +. Ailshie,
Senator Heyburn's candidate for Fed
eral judge in Idaho 10 succeed Judge
Beatty and appointed Frank s. Diet
itch, OF Pocatello, who was endorsed by
Senator Borah. ldaho's junior senator
thereby wins % signal victory over his
colleague, and demonstrates at the out
get OF his career that the president
places the utmost reliance in his jude
ment.
sandpoint-The scrap iron in the
ruins OF the Humbird mill has been
purchased by the Union Iron Works
Tor VI 100, the purchasers to pay for
loading and transportation. AS soon
as the ruins have been cleared away the
work of rebuilding will start. A grim
relic OF the conhagration was found
when the workmen uncovered the
Icharred remains of the two horses
which ran into the flames when the fire
was at Its height.
Boise--The United States grand Jury
has returned another batch of indiet- |
menta and three men have since teen
arrested. Those arrested are Patrick |
DowT 8, John |. Wells and l.. M. |
Pritchard. Downs is timber cruiser,
who did much work in the Boise Basin
section in connection with timber af-
terward secured by the Barber Lumber
company. The other two are persons
who took up timber claims. The men
are indicted ON the charge of conspir-
acy. They have not yet been arraigned,
and are being held under guard.
INSTRUMENTATION Finney has in
duced the government to release from
allotment about 30 acres of land adioin-
ing the corporate limits OF Culdesac
That means that the town will now be
given an opportunity to grow Here {
toiore its expansion has been practi- I
'ally limited because the town plat is t
by Indian land. While ii
was possible to rent the land from the j
Indians for residence purposes, few
we're inclined to lease the land and s
men erect a home upon it. Mr.. Fin
ley mas been some time securing the
and. 1t is now his intention to Mat
I and throw it upon the market.
Lewiston-There is every indication \
70 this time that there will be good -
rop yield this spring and summer. n
ne horticulturist is looking forward to =,
most successful season because of the D
utlook. With the farmer the same !.
ondition prevails. Spring is compar- - -
lively early so far this year, and much :. ~
rogress is being made with blowing
he winter wheat is not in as bad con- al,
iuon as was feared during the winter. al,
looks fine at this time, the stand be- o.,
Y good. With the miner there is t.
btle or no complaint to be made Inv ~,
ther the quartz or the placer men. vs.
mere VIII be an abundance CT water
= the placer fields, as the outlook is
Nv, which means much activity in the
arshall Lake and, Pierce sections
ith all these encouraging reports OF
'wisten is looking forward to most of
ccessful spring. summer and fall. ba'
in
Lewiston--One of the last bills 10 he ma
'heu by Governor Gooding, and VET chi
opably the one which more vitality var
ects every farmer i'm the state thas der
other bill passed, is that relative ed
the storage OF grain In warahors.s trio
king the receipt negotiable and ex- Phi
pting the grain from seizure for debts the
the warehouse proprietor. fore
Inc niil provides for the appointment
grain commission which is 10 work Mo
conjunction with similar bodies in
'shlngton and Oregon. This COM stri
ssion Is supposed to establish grade int
all grains each year, and to take a plo,
'htity OF samples of such grades, to wal
supplied TO grain dealers free of out
rye. II is the purpose of the law to an
e the Idaho commission do its grad. drec
ON a par with the grades establish stat,
N Oregon and Washington. SO that Rep
nyer in one state will be familiar the
4 the grades in another. MIN
when a farmer takes his grain IN a 900
ehouse he receives a recent for the and
e, showing the grade of the GRAIN
the variety The receipt is neco.
ne, which was not condition under vi
old law, and the grain once stored mini
warehouse is exempt from all tax cons
u gend
nder the old law the recent jssued tier
'ne warehouse man simply showed ants
variety OF grain received and either start
weight or number of sacks. The opin!
'po was not negotiable, and the office
u was SUBJECT to any debt held by ernm
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