The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-05-13
GENERAL STATE
NEWS OF IDAHO

! Weiser-The pumping plant for the
Riverside Irrigation & Power company
has arrived from the East and is being
removed from the cars to the site Of
the station on Snake river. The plant
carries 80 horse power electric moters
and twin pumps with capacity Of
!, 900 gallons per minute. The land
to be watered comprises 1000 acres
located diyecsly across Snake river
from We;ser.
Grangeville-For the first time since
Whitebird and the Salmon river valley
became noted as a fruit district the
crop has been so seriously damaged by
frost that the orchard men say they
will not attempt to harvest the tender
fruits. The Snake and Salmon river
valley fruit orchards have become fam
GUS for fine early fruit and the loss of
the crop this year handicaps the fruit
men, although apples, pears, plums and
hardy fruits are not injured.
Vollmer-The bridge timbers for the
Nez Perez a. Idaho Electric railroad
are being received and a conditional
order for the steel is said to have been
placed. The right of way has been
freed of entanglements, the grading
has been completed and all that is
needed now Is the material for the
track. Most Of the ties are on the
ground and as soon as the steel is dis
tributed track laying crews will begin
the last work which will provide Nez
Perez with a railroad.
Genesee-The c. II. Murphy farm,
five miles east Of Genesee, has been
sold to Arthur C. Linehan for $50 an
acre. there being 100 acres on the
farm. This is one Of the finest i'm
proved farms in the country. Aside
from the excellent house and outbuild-
ings, Mr.. Murphy had separate build
ing for billiard table, which afforded
a great deal of amusement for the peo-
pie of the district. Mr.. Murphy came
here number Of years ago from New
York, where he served on the police
force.
Wallace-The Wallace commercial
club has been reorganized and pub
LEFTY campaign will be conducted with
81, 400 raised by merchants TO insure
the 0. r. & N. company against loss
in running daily train between Wal
lace and Mullan. This money was not
needed, as the service was self sus-
tanning from the first, and is now
available. Shoshone county and the
city of Wallace are in better shape
financially than ever before. Many
improvements in the way of new build
ings and additions and engagements
are planned for the coming season.
Washington - Senator Borah has
invited and urged President Taft to
visit Idaho this summer. The presi-
dent said he would certainly include
Idaho in his itinerary if he makes the
contemplated trip to the Pacific coast,
though at this time he is unable to say
what points in Idaho he can visit or
how long he can remain in the state.
Mr.. Borah, who opposed the appro-
priation for the presidents travelling
O pthooo iaot ocooioif ohih his dtllbuut
toward that appropriation might be al
tered IL he became convinced that the
defeat of the appropriation would pre-
vent the presidents visit to Idaho.
Lewiston-A pipe line irrigation sys-
tenn, which it is believed will furnish
water for 10 acres more of fruit land
in the Alpowai Orchard company's big
fruit farm on the Snake river between
Lewiston and Riparia, is soon to be
started by that company. The Alpo-
wal Orchard company already mas 500
acres of growing fruit in the vicinity
Of Alpowai, Bishops bar and Wawa-
wal, and il is figured that the saving
of water that will be enabled by Tire
use of the pipe line will be sufficient
to irrigate another ITO acres.
At Bishops bar and Wawawai the
company will likely harvest crop of
about 70, 900 boxes of peaches, as the
fruit acreage is shielded by canyon
walls which make frost in peach sea-
son practically unknown. This com
pany has already placed an order for
SO, 900 feet Of pipe to take the place of
the open canals being used at the pres
ent time.
Lewiston-That the big timber syn
dictate realizes the necessity of timber
conservation is growing more apparent
with every meeting of the lumbermen,
according to we'll known timbermen.
That policy of scientific deforestation
and conservation is soon to be adopted |
is certain.
Ripe timber only will be cut from
the forests if the wisdom of the big
leaders is followed, while the young