The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-12-22
idaho STATE NEWS

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Grangeville-Ata meeting held to
organize poultry association a COM
mittee composed Of Roy Hammill, the
Rev. Mr.. Crooks and Frank Rice was
appointed to draft resolutions.
Cottonwood With the price of bar
ley between 80 and 85 cents, the farm
ers of this section have disposed of
immense quantities during the week.
Large shipments are being made daily
to Coast points.
Moscow-H. M. Sanborn, of Sand
point, chairman Of the Idaho state live
stock sanitary board, is in Moscow,
making an inspection Of herds. DR..
w. l.. Carlyle, director of the Idaho
experiment station, is awaiting results
Of testing of the herd on the college
farm.
Sandpoint-G. H. Baker, of Porthill,
brought to this city the hide of gold
en- marten he killed near the Canadian
boundary line few days ago. Mr..
Baker claimed this animal to be the
second of it's kind ever caught in this
part of the state. The skin is valued
at $50.
Moscow-A movement is on foot to
have members-elect of the next Idaho
legislature gather in Moscow, from
which point they will inspect all the
North Idaho state institutions before
the meeting of the legislature in Janu-
airy. President George Creighton, of
the Moscow Commercial club, has the
matter of entertaining the delegation
under consideration.
Kendrick - Lewiston and Moscow
fuel dealers have contracted for l, 900
cords of wood to be delivered at Ken
drick during the spring, and between
90 and so men are getting the timber
out of the mountains within a radius
Of six miles of here.
The contract price is said to be
$3.50 cord, f. o. b. cars here, the
lowest price at this season in number
of years. Dry wood is selling for
$7.5 cord delivered, and the supply
is limited.
Boise-The Mormons of Idaho won
memorable victory in this state, in the
appointment of S. ]. Rich, of Black
foot, Bingham county, as commissioner
of immigration. This is the general
verdict.
The defeat of the once powerful in
fiuence of ex-senator Fred T. Dubois,
commonly dubbed the mormon
fighter" is recognized, since he cannot
control James H. Hawley, Democratic
governor elect, nor John Nugent, Dem
ocratic state chairman.
Orofno-The committee appointed
by the commercial club to find out the
sentiment among the settlers in the
North Fork region in regard to the
movement looking to the repeal of the
existing law prohibiting the damming
OF the streams of the state, regardless
of their volume, unless provisions were
made for the passage through the bar
riers of RATS, is meeting with little
opposition, according to report sub
mitted to the club, in which it is stated
that several members of the committee
visited settlers and secured the sigma
lures of all except one or two to petit
ton requesting the repeal of the law.
Lewiston-The firm of White Bros.
& Crum is engaged in the planting of
70 acres of fruit on the Lakin place,
near Wawawai, the land having been
acquired during the last season. The
Lakin place is located nearly opposite
the big LaFollette ranch, purchased by
White Bros. & Crum two years ago,
and when the planting now under way
is completed, the company will have
an aggregate fruit acreage in the
Snake river valley of more than 800
acres.
The company is considering two sys-
TENS for hosting the water from the
river, the one being by current motor,
while the other is the steam or gaso-
line engine pumping plant system. A
decision will be reached, however,
within very short time and suffi-
cient force of men will be put to work
to insure the completion of the system
by the opening of the irrigation sea-
son. The company is making extern
sive improvements to the irrigation
system on the LaFollette place.
The larger per cent of the company's
acreage is devoted to the growing of
peaches, plums and apricots, though
pears and summer apples are grown in
considerable quantities where condi-
lions are favorable. The company has
been particularly fortunate in securing
its orchard lands in sections where the
season is from ten days to two weeks
in advance of the other districts and
where serious frost damage has never
been sustained.