The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-06-22
GENERAL STATE
| NEWS OF IDAHO
Items That Arc Likely to Provo o.
Interest TO Our Readers.
g. Rtef Review of tho News OF '"s
past Week Presented In Shape 70
Annaal to AIl--0rowth and De-
xslopment, Mining, commsrc'a'
and Farm.


here is needing rain padiy- no
grain is coming up slowly ana un-
less the farmers get rain the crops
will be almost failure. In many
cases the grain has not starteu "
come M. and in many others IL is
about foot high, but is not pro-
crossing at all.
uope-John O'Neil. wno owns
farm about four miles east Oh HOPE,
was In town Friday with sample
of brick and clay which looks TO De
of good quality. Mr. omen maae
| the discovery by accident through
the brush taking fire in several
nlaces and finding the clay beneath
II in solid Jumps. There are about
four acres OF this clay ground.
Hope-The Hope Lumber Com
many is now running the sawmill
and planer day and night. They got
big force of lumber jacks from
Missoula this week and are well pro-
vided with help. The tramway for
carving timbers from the mill to
tbe cars is completed and working.
The mill and yards are lit up with
gas every night, and it looks like
small town.
Lewiston-A gushing artesian flow OF
water has developed in we'll drilled
some years ago on the Porter place,
lust east of the city limits, and the
stream continues to Increase and is now
spouting three feet above the top OF the
old pipe and fve-inch stream is flow
ing. A company WAS organized to bore
for oil or water here two years ago and
when the we'll had been sunk to the
depth of 985 feet it was abandoned, as
the drill entered fissure and wedged
in such way as to obstruct further
progress.
Lewiston-Articles of incorporation
for the Idaho Portland Cement COM
pany have been filed in the recorder g
office here. The capitalization is ST.
900, 900, of which $300,000 is preferred
stock, held by the locators of the prop
erty upon which the cement, limestone
and granite deposits are looted and who
are the incorporators Of the company.
The company has 6l5 acres of land on
the upper Snake river, 275 acres CT
which are patented and the remaining
land held by locations. Large deposits
of granite, limestone and shale are
found upon the tract and suitable site
for a manufacturing plant is located on
the rivers bank. The $4,000 worth
of stock will be placed on the market.
Lewiston-The Commercial Cream
company of this city has just paid out
to the farmers approximately $4,000
for the cream delivered to it's plant
during the month of May, an increase
of 30 per cent over the corresponding
month of last year, and an advance of s
cents pound over last years price.
The company has manufactured about
$500 pounds of butter during the
month, the price for cream being 25L
cents. The ice cream output now
reaches 100 gallons per day and this
will be materially increased as the sea-
son advances.
Farmers engaged in the dairy indus
try are finding the business highly pro-
fitahle, and are constantly increasing
the number of their dairy cattle as well
as the grade. The feeding conditions
are being materially improved each
year and now since there is an increas-
ed area coming under irrigation there
is disposition to prepare for the stor-
age OF ensilage and secure proper win
ter food to increase the output when it
is most profitable.
| observation-disclosures have been i'm
posed on the defendants in the North
Idaho land fraud cases. William Dwy-
or was given Is months in the peniten-
tiary, with 800 fine, and also SEN
tence OF eight months in the county
lail. The penitentiary sentence is for
subornation of perjury, for which he
was convicted last fall. Clarence w
Robnet was sentenced to eight months
In the penitentiary for subornation of
perjury, and to pay a fine of 800.
william /. Kettenbach, president. and
George kester, cashier, of the Lewiston
National bank, were each sentenced to
e'ght months in the county Jail and To
pay fire OF 81 1000 each. Anneal
ponds In each case were fixed at So, 800.
hester, Kettenbach and DIVER were
sentenced on conviction of conspiracv
to defraud the government of Idaho
timber lands. '
An effort was made to nravont +ha
sentencing OF Dwye1 and Robnet 1t be-
ing maintained by the defense that
ehe'r testimony would be needed in
iusufe trials, for an appeal will be
taken. However, the prosecution
agreed to waive the bar against them
on account of their conviction and foyn,
al entry was made to this effect.
| within short time civil suits will
pe commenced to set aside the patents
10 the rich tract of land which the CON
Victed men have grabbed by their oner.
a.lons. They would clear more thar
stoo,ooo' according to sworn testimony
M witnesses, If they retain the land
Inc bankers and their friends now hold
u''e 10 9,24e acres of land, for which
sney paid $76,9160. OF this amount
sne government received $4s 100 and
.ne entrymen the balance. The valua-
\ W., "a winch the defendants place on the
aanus Is s4sl 900, anu they will he
timber. 0s 'e'7in lhe
NO cause for Alarm. Says komura
London, June l5.-Tha Ta,,