Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-04-20

club, the county commissioners and
the Yakima Horticultural union
plans were laid for fruit exhibit
at the Alaska Yukon-Pacifi exposi-
ton that it is honed will land the
blue ribbon. IT is probable that
Yakima county will expend 100000
on it's exhibit. The county has au-
thorized the anrronriation of $4,000.
Other funds will he raised bv the
Commercial club and the Horticul-
tural union.
enatchee.-Wells & Morris have
on exhibition at their store a worm
that has infested the fruit trees Of
the Quincy country. and 1t is said
tc he considered the. worst enerv the
| fruit grower has to contend with. II
is rennrted that the larvae DESTROY
ed a 2O-acre orchard in that section
| in four days A samnle ri the insect
has been sent to the horticultural
station at Pullman. and way will
be devised to n~evert its spreading
through the fruit country.
DAYTON The Booster cl,,h is
now "booe+irp'' tho fairgrounds and
race track proposition. The COM
mittee ~, fn;~ o~ounde and county
fair ranorted that the Bririrc tr"ot
corld ha nurnhoe ed also what 22-
acre tract down the creek would
cost. It is estimated by the COM
mit+oa +hat ehort $4,000 would he
reou'red to secure grounds and nut
on the recessary improvements FOR
a fa,~ tt has boon recon1r' on Il ad
securoa anw-+owr nra h"i)dfn oe
| erected for fruit exhibit this fall
! wa~+o- To r-oars arn heconsng
| ,rtnree+ed IN -,ule raising rsino
them on tho h'r wheat ferrne T,o~t
week Amasa phillips shinDad IL
r,,,las ora cold +ho--, Of farov nricnr
Two ~ th~an lacks have hnen sold
haro th,e cv,~'-r nv ph'l1'rs hos
ji,s+ race,voa eua thnrouohh red Per-
4
two e+all,ore ero-, an Iowa h~aedav
for his fa~-,. These animals cost
4 nearly $1,000 each.
| Rathdrum.-The county commits
isioners who convened here this week
have been asked by representatives
/ Of several lumber companies doing
business and owning propertv IN
this county to lower the valuation
I! on timber land Pursuant to an
agreement reached at the assessors
meeting held at Boise last year. al
property, including timber lands, Is
being assessed at half its actual val
no This has raised the average
valuation of timber land from - u
AZ an acre TO about six times thai
amount. and the timber companies
deem the raise excessive.
4 wa1,a Walla.-Two carloads o
Russians have left for La Grand'
IN work in the sugar beet flelde
work for common labor is reported
scarce this spring. Heretofore mos
of the Russians have found work OF
the streets and in Improvements OF
the water system, but the CIT
spent $250,000 last year, and ces
sation of improvements is now IN
order,
North Yakima. to IN
formation received here. the North
ern Pacific railroad has refused
negotiate for claims of fruit snip
ners from the Yakima valley 10
damage sustained last season nv IN
failure of the railroad to furnls
cars for apple shipments. ard sui
will probably be brought in St Pau
AGAINST the road. aggreeating be
tween $4,000 and 100000.
Weston. INSTRUMENTATION in roa
building is an experiment now to D
tried here. The farmers, the eoun
} Nv Of ITtatilla end the town OF Yves
ton will join interests in maxim
three miles of roadway leading fron
here to Wildhorse creek,
Kamiah.-At meeting las
r,rht Of the Kamia Valley CONNER
!. c,al club 1t was decided to nave
big celebration july 3 and 4. 1t !
prohable that the Nez Perez Indian
win hold their annual celebration
and war dance here then. The com
!. mittee in charge is J. F. Bridweil
T. M. Davis, G. A. Guetzloe. Ro