The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-01
Harvesting of Crops With bu1
Few Exceptions Shows
Generous Yield.
EXPERIMENTS MADE THIS
YEAR IN WHEAT GROWING
Bluestem and Canadian Hybrid
Appear to Be Best Adapted
for the Climate.

L dl HeIS III The region 6DOul INSZ fcECS
have been experimenting this year TO
ascertain what varieties Of wheat are
best suited to the soil and climate there.
and the result of this investigation in
dicates that there is no wheat yet intro
duced there that can equal blueStem and
Canadian hybrid. Several rows of blue
stem, Canadian hybrid, club. Turkey red
and Alaska wheat were planted side by
side on several farms, and 1t was found
that the bluestem and hybrid have come
through the drouth liz A:le condition, the
berries being solid and well formed, that
the club has been hurt but little; the Tur-
key red shriveled considerably. and the
Alaska badly damag ged, the kernels be-
Ing both shriveled and porous.
Five new members came into the fac
ulty OF the Lewiston State Normal school.
They are Samuel w. Brown, dean OF the
partment OF education; Miss Alba Bales,
head OF the domestic science depart
ment. Miss Eugenia +. Wakeman. as
sstant in manual arts. Guy l.. Ches-
man; assistant In science: Miss Mary
Frazee, rural training teacher, and Mrs.
Theodore r. Brewitt. librarian.
a scheme has been hatched at Grange
vile by which 1t Is intended 10 create
two new counties from portions OF Idaho,
Nez Perce and Shoshone counties. with
the seats at Orofino and either Nez Perce
or Vollmer. and to have that and what
remains of Idaho county set aside as the
Eighth judicial district. leaving only Latah
and Nez Perce counties in the district to
be presided over by Judge Edgar Steele.
Divorced. remarked to his former wife,
again separated; and now facing trial,
charged with failure 10 contribute to the
support of his FIVE children. all in the
last twelve months. Is the matrimonial
record OF j. B. Zumwalt. rancher five
miles above Sites on the south fork OF
the Clearwater, who was arrested Satur-
day on complaint OF his wife, Mrs. Tina
Zumwalt,
Charles Hopkins, miner, was found
dead near his home at Mullen. Acute
alcoholism was the cause. No inquest
was held, however. as alcoholism had evil
IDENTIFY caused his death, He had been
warned on previous occasions what might
be his fate. He was aged "A years, and
leaves a wife and Ave children.
Tally sheets of the assessed valuation
of Shoshoue county show decrease Of
moro than s43l.000, as compared with the
statement OF last year The decrease is
accounted for largely by the falling off
Of proflts Of mining companies,
BY proclamation of May C. 1910. unap-
propriated lands aggregating $500 acres
were eliminated from the Coeur d Alene
and Pend Oreille forest reserves, and
these will become subject TO settlement
August %. 1910.
From the books of the auditors office
in NeZ Perce county IL Is learned that the
sources OF the county are S2iI So ana
the liabilities to be sla6, 1872 Is, an excess
of resources over liabilities OF $50. 939 70.
Three hundred teams and 400 men are
being employed by Nancy Bros. and COM
pany, who are rushing the construction
of the extension Of The Pacific 81 Idaho
Northern from Evergreen to Meadows.
The canning industry in Lewiston pro-
vides employment for $50 persons for the
season, with a payroll aggregating $3.50.
600. The product this year Will approx
mate 175 carloads.
The county commissioners of Nez Perce
county have voted So 500 TO the county
fair association for the purpose of gather
Ing and displaying an exhibit at the fair
this fall
A thief invaded the ranch of ]. P Tay-
lor, six miles above Kooskja. and stole a
stand Of bees This included hive, honey.
bees and everything connected with the
swarm.
The lumber output from the mills and
timber belt surrounding Lewiston this
year Will aggregate 100. 600 900 feet. The
cut last year was only 20, 600 900 feet.
The first thrcshing OF the season in the
region about Cottonwood shows that bar
ley Is averaging above i3 bushels.
Ranchers In the vicinity of Delta have
harvested their grain and find that they
have only half an average crop.
Editors OF the five northern counties
Of Idaho met In Moscow on Saturday and
formed an Editorial league.
Stanley Akin. IS months old OF Wallace.
fell into pan Of boiling water and was
DANGEROUSLY SCalIed.