The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-06-24
GENERAL STATE
NEWS OF IDAHO

, LeWl5COn-Jne Salmon river cattle
. men met at Forest to discuss rules OF
: grazing and ways to combat the set.
tiers encroaching on the ranges. They
leased s, 900 acres of state land fer five
years at Z u cents an acre. The stock
men now have from rs, 00G to 30, 0O0
head of cattle grazing on the summer
ranges near Forest.
Grange ille-More summer fallow
blowing is being done this year than
ever before and it is estimated that 80
per cent of the farmers are engaged in
summer fallow blowing. The increase
will be fully rs per cent, as II e farm
ers generally left a large amount OF
grain land idle because they plowed up
their timothy meadows and sowed
spring grain. The large amount o
summer fallow acreage also means
heavy acreage next year. The timothy
meadows are in fine condition this year
and the greatest hay harvest ever
n)wn on Camas prairie will begin in
q few weeks.
Ruebens- Mountain mills of Craig
mountain will soon close a successful
season. More than a score of small
Bawmills are operated and the com
bined output will be more than TO-
900, 900 feet, and may reach is, 000,-
900. That the Lewiston country will
mill this season 10000, 900 feet of
lumber is probable.
The price Of timber is steadily ad-
vancing, some Of the mills now offer
ing 81 stumpage for yellow pine. The
prevailing price has been only 70 cents
for inferior grades and 1925 for yell
low pine, the high class timber of
Craig mountain.
Weiser-The most successful state
land sale ever held in Idaho, according
to the statements made by State Land
Commissioner George A. Day, who
conducted the sale, was held in this
city last week. Nearly 1000 acres
were sold at prices ranging from SOL
to $75 an acre, the average price being
close TO $50.
The land was not only arid sage.
brush, but prospects for future water
supply are not known. A small block |
Of timber was sold at the same time. |
The total value of the lands sold was
over $l25, 900, and Mr., Day turned |
over to the state $l5, 900 as the sum |
received from the cash payments.
The lands include some of the finest |
agricultural land in the state and a |
large portion of il is tributary to this
city.
Sandpoint-A petition has been re-
ceived by the commercial club from |
William Potter, Of the Lane Potter
Lumber company, of Clarkfork, adj |
dressed to the county commissioners,
asking them to open a road from six |
miles up the Clarkfork river to the |
lake, giving residents in that section |
access to the lake without having to |
go to Hope.
Mr.. Potter accompanied the petition |
with letter in which he says his com
pany is plating 500 acres of fertile |
bottom land into l0-acre tracts, which |
will be fenced and small houses built |
on them. The letter states that $780,
900 is being expended by the company
in the Improvement of the property |
and as mnchymore will be expended |
next season. Ii is the intention of |
the company to harness the creeks in
that vicinity for power and light.
The county commissioners are ask ed
TO appropriate $500 toward opening
the road, while the residents will con-
tribute one-third that amount in cash
and labor. The commercial club will
take the matter up with the commits
sioners.
Weiser-A gigantic project is now
under construction near here which
means the expenditure of upwards of
81, 900, 900, and when completed means
more to the upbuilding of the whole Of
Washington county and increasing its
than any other project under
taken in years. And that is the con-
struction of the mammoth Crane creek
reservoir, irrigation and power project,
by the Crane Creek Irrigation, Land e |
Power company, which is backed solely
by prominent local business man and
citizens, men who own and control 9TH
er large interests in the county.
The plans of the company carry with
them the irrigating of 20, 900 acres of
some of the very best land in Southern
Idaho, all of which is directly tributary
10 Weiser. About 10, 900 acres of this {
immense tract lie south of the Weiser I
river and will be the first to be placed I
under irrigation. and it is hoped to {
have water supplied in time for next q
crops. The remainder of !
these lands lie north of the Weiser a
river and include all that district ex-
tending from the old smelter site, 10 e
niles east of town, to beyond the In
iustrial institute, northwest of town, ?
md will be supplied the following sea- q
ION.
The mammoth reservoir, which will
nave a storage capacity of 100 acre
'eet of water, capable of supplying
70, 200 acres, Will be constructed some e
distance above the mouth of Crane O
'reek, about 90 miles east of here. c
rhe big dam will be 60 feet long on .
he bottom, S1S feet on the top and il
$50 feet thick. The reservoir will 4
epresent a lake about four and half +
niles long. two miles wide, with an h
Iverage depth Of 23 feet. b
Beside supplying this vast acreage, /
he company plans 70 generate upward h
4 $4,000 electric horsepower. which "
m be slTp'ied to all parts of tn sec a
ion. The land, which will be sold in
mall tracts, will find eager buyers,
md where the stately sagebrush now
will soon be transformed /,
nto productive fields fine orchards and a
appy homeg. Those familiar with the ii
oil declare that it is equal and in r,