Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-02-06

pies in Cshristendon, md every other
thing that can be eaten, even down to /
the strong limbcrger cheese and. the I
SCREEN coIored French peas all of T
these are, shipped inep the stahe, from
the outside Shipped in by the. train !
loads, while more than one Idaho
box and holIers at the Standard on |
and the governnssnt, and then gets |
trusted for another two-bits worth Of !
sugar and a long black plus.
Sugar Beta
There are $1,000 acres Of the Idaho |
land In the cultivation Of the sugar
beet. There are four sugar factories
and they take the product from 1850
farms. The Sugar City factory turns
out $50 tons a day during the sugar
making season, making 2s,oo0,o0o
pounds In the entire season. The
Idaho Falls factory makes 100000
pounds less. Nampa turns out 10000
900 pounds. while Biackfoot beats
that record by a million pounds.
Owyhee boasts OF only one newspa-
per. Boise. Lemhi. Bear Lake and
Cucter each have only two, Kootenai
and Nez Perez are we'll supplied with
newspapers, each having nine There
are four magazines in the state, OF
which three are published in Boise.
Boise county is least proud OF its
blooded horses. There are 4,2S4 tax
able horses and they are valued at
61,161, or less than SIS apiece, the
price of the skate variety OF steeds,
and Cassia is the home Of the most
artistic equines. the IF. F. VS." of
Idaho according to the tax rolls, for
their 1884 horses are valued at $134.-
273, almost $42 each. Nez Perez has
the most horses. 1858 head worth
$271.OsO. Shoshone has the smallest
number. only ga. and they are not
very high priced either. about $2S a
head.
) Several Cattle.
Lemhi county is the home OF the
cattle, or was before the raid Of the
big grey wolves. At the time the
3 report was taken they had 2s.29t
head of cattle. Washington second
: with 2O,s49. Shoshone is the tail-end-
n er, with only 1.215. worth $1s.s5o.
. There is hardly a second to Idaho
4 county in the matter of hogs. Tina
: overgrown subdivision Of the STATE
y has 1O.175 swine old enough to pa!
poll tax. Oneida and Gilmore are prac
n tically hogless. according to the sta
tistics; the first has 20 and the has
named only IS In the tax paying list
: Schools Are Filled.
h and second in hogs. showing 1t to b
ir a rural county OF the most pronounce
d kind Is also in the lead In the pecent
Re age of school attendance. Accordin
ar to the reports sent in every child goe
d to school; the lame. the halt and bin
= go in wagons OF other vehicles-bl
n every one is on the school board Ad
T. county is second inthe school percen,
re age record. and only a little benin
en- number of schools. 11s. with II
es teachers. Kootenai, while second
as the number of schools having 100
IS. these. is in the lead as to the nuinb
.. Of teachers, with 1856 OF these educ,
D tors In is employ. Nex Perez coun
Ks. has the remarkable record of payir
tn it's men and women an average of s
no a month. Shoshone pays its men {
C. average of $127.5O per month. al
s. women $500. the best wages in Il
US state, but next to the most dispr
portionate between the two sexs
100 Blaine holds the record In this latt
he respect, paying men teachers an ave
he age OF $77.5O. while the women dra
iai but $4s.5O. Custer with the smalle
yer number of schools, IS, pays It's wom
lily teachers $6s a month. while the ma
n pedagogues who WELD the birch the
draw but $66.6O.
Money in Teaching.
ao There are 1.753 teachers in t
p schools Of the state. The men drs
OF an average annual salary Of $f4O
1to IA, and the women $1143.16. The {
mo timated value OF the school proper
the Is 1899. s66.45. There are IL:
lie children Of school age in the stat
ar OF these S2,72S. or about SO per ce
OF are regular school goers. to some Q
Tor OF the 9O1 schools In the state.
IN The foregoing figures are only
Is small part OF the very complete 81
OF tistical report. 5000 copies Of VIII
ar win be published for free distribute
ans in the state Four thousand ex