The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-03-25
GENERAL STATE
NEWS OF IDAHO
Items That Are Likely to Prove Of
Interest TO Our Readers.
A Brief Review of tho News Of the
Past Week Presented In Snaps to
Appeal to AII-0rowth and De-
vslopment, Mining, Commercial
and Farm.

Appeal to AII--0-owth and De-
vslopment, Mining, Commercial
and Farm.
Boise Governor Brady has signed
the bill prohibiting breweries, distill-
cries and. Wholesale liquor dealers from
owning or having an interest in more
than one saloon.
Moscow For the first time in the
history of the University of Idaho the
enrolment Of students has passed the
500 mark, there being 515 actually
listed. Since the university was found
ed, in 1892, there have been 2l4 stu
dents graduated.
The university is one Of the youngest
in the United States. Notwithstand-
ing this, the Carnegie trustees, who
gave the rating of the universities Of
the United States an exhaustive exam
ination, places Idaho in with the front
class of great universities.
Moscow-The expense to the state
for the education of the young men and
women who attend the University of
Idaho has been the subject of much
discussion and was up for comparison
at Boise during the session of the legis-
lature, which caused friends of the uni
versity to get the facts from the pub
lie records Of many other universities.
The actual maintenance expense of
the University of Idaho for 1908 was
S75, 900. There were 444 students,
who in round figures cost $3.50 per stu
dent. 1t was learned that it costs the
state of Montana 1886 per student each
year; North Dakota 1892; Illinois
1882; Wisconsin 1922; Wyoming 1888 /;
California $277; Utah SPIT; Oklahoma
1916; Oregon $242; South Dakota
$3.50; Washington $3.50; Colorado 1897 I;
Iowa $195. Nebraska, Kansas and
Minnesota spend slightly less per stu
dent than Idaho
Considerable pressure has
been brought to bear on Governor
James H. Brady to induce him to sign
the bill appropriating $780, 900 for a
wagon ROAD along the north FORK OF tne
Clearwater river from Ahsanka, Inc
Clearwater Timber company will con-
tribute SIS, 900, Nez Perez county ST.
600 and Sc, 900 will be secured by sub
scription and fund Of more than $50,
900 is assured if the bill is signed by
| Governor BRADY
Inc roao WIZ open an expansive
scope Oh country large portion OF
wnich belongs 10 the state. IL pene-
nus large NUMBER Oh hosnes'eauers
ana anorus an easy means Oh coininuni'
cation wnicn VIII oe dement, 70 nre
patrolmen' Inc state pays no taxes
on i's 'snu, 50 .he approPriu''on wss
secured because the state WIZ penen'
CONSIDERABLY py the roaa wniie ,ne re,
ouction OF .ne nr@ rlsk Dy making II
easier ior nre nghters 10 penetrate the
usitrict VIII De shareu IN Dy ene s'a'e'
Lewiston The high prices Tor grair
which are prevailing will tend to in
crease the acreage at least 20 per cent
according to the estimate OF farmers
and grain men familiar with the situa
tion. The summer fallow plan IL
passing and less IDLE acreage VIII De
ever before. =,
Low nay prices VIII cause farmers
10 piow thelr meadow ianus ana so"
wneat instead Oh timotny' limotnS
nay 10 drug on the market at @lz
ton ana large quantity wiz De car
REQ over TINS summer. nay ware
houses are plugging win an unsaiaoi'
crop, whiie tne gram warehouses; are
empty ana tne demand ior gram a.
hign prices continues. Inc reuuc,ioi
oil the timothy nay acreage VIII IN
crease the gram acreage materially.
Two years ago timo'hy nay price'
went soaring until the merchants Dull
ed the market past 'ne SZV marx
NOW conditions nave oeen reversed
HAY Is sluggish ana gram is active
AS consequence the iarmres are Try
ing 10 get on the winning sioe ana val
liable nay meadows VIII De converted
INTO wheat neius' Inc diminishing
summer iailow practlce Is cue larger,
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