The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-09-12

grain Warehouse at Greer, M. d
Slater, a farmer residing north OF
Nez Perez, negotiated the sale OF a
carload OF feed barley 10 the Kerr
Clifford company last week for 81 per
hundred This price is from 10 10 Is
cents in excess Of the quotations
posted at the warehouses OF the grain
companies.
Lewiston. The commercial club is
engaged in the collection OF a most
comprehensive fruit exhibit represen
tatiye Of the resources OF the Lewis.
Charleston valley The work was
started at the beginning of the fruit
season and only the best specimens OF
any variety are taken for preserving
purposes. The club will place exhib
its at some point on the coast, at Spo
kane and at St. Paul or Minneapolis
Boise.-After investing 10000 in
property as a site for a new hotel to
cost 100000 and making all prelim-
mary plans for the erection of the
structure, eastern capitalists have an
nounced the abandonment OF the prof
ect. giving as their reason the fact
that the Republican state convention
here this week pledged the party to
local option. The promoters claim
the hotel could not be made a paying
proposition without the bar attach
ment
Boise-Thc Idaho state prison
board has taken Warden Whitney TO
account for making Harry Orchard
trusty at the penitentiary. Charges
were made before the board that Or
chard was given the privileges of
trusty almost Immediately after his
sentence was committed from death
to life imprisonment; that he was
never required TO wear prison stripes;
that he was not even given a number.
The board ordered that Orchard be
treated the same as any other life
prisoner.
Lewiston.-Onc thousand of the
best three and four-year-o steers on
the ranges of central Idaho will be
purchased by Fred Miller of Pomeroy
to be fattened for the Klondile mar
kct next summer Miller is in Lewis
ton 20 commence buying. 1t is prob
able all of the stock will be purchased
for early fall delivery The finishing
touches preparatory to shipping north
will be given on the early grass range
of the lower Snake river. The cattle
will be shipped July 1 and are already
contracted at fancy prices.
St. Maries.-All that portion OF sec
ton 20 lying south of the St. Joe
river and comprising over 400 acres is
TO be surveyed and plated at once.
/. {. Havell, a government engineer,
was here recently looking the ground
over and making preparations for the
survey No particulars have been
given out how the lots are to be dis
posed Of but the sale will probably
be by auction. A local agent will be
appointed and the sale made under
his direction. At the same time a
tract of 40 acres for a cemetery will
be surveyed, as provided for by bill
in congress passed last spring.
Nampa Supervising Engineer w.
III Sanders OF the Payette- Boise recla-
nation service was in this city a few
days ago and made the announcement
that the recommendation had been
made 10 the department of the in
terror to establish the permanent of.
fees Of the reclamation service. relat-
ing to the Payette Boise project. in
Nanipa. The temporary offices of the
service since the project was begun
have been in Boise, but when the
proper buildings have been erected
here all of the force now at Boise will
be removed. The recommendation for
the headquarters here will also include
the request for an appropriation to
build the buildings required, which
will include an office building to cost
something like $4,000 and appropri
ate warehouses to handle the para
nhernnlia OF the scr,.ire