The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-03-31
IDAHO STATE NEWS

lewiston Work on laying new and
: heavier steel on the STANDARDIZATION
branch of the Northern Pacific, which
was suspended at the beginning of cold
weather, has been resumed. The steel
crews are now between Kendrick and
Troy.
Juliaetta-J- j. Campbell is in the
Juliaetta section buying large teams
for the PotIatch Lumber company, of
Potlatch, Idaho.
Eggs in the Juliaetta market have
dropped to rs cents dozen, but ranch
butter still brings 80 cents two-pound
roll.
Standpoint. P. Dunn has pnr-
chased 80 acres of land of E. B. Moore
for $4,000. The land was purchased Is
years ago from the Northern Pacific
Railway company for so cents an acre.
Mr. Dunn has gone into the raising of
cabbage for making sauer kraut and
this year will plant 10 acres to cab
bage. He expects to market about
500 barrels of sauer kraut the coming
season.
Standpoint Residents of the vicinity
of Hope and Clarksfork are firm in
their belief that the Standard Oil com
pany is after the oil and gas fields re-
Gently discovered near those towns.
William Potter, of Clarksfork, and one
of the largest land owners in that vi
cinity, says an offer of $40, 900 on
30-day option was made in Clarksfork
last week for section in the new oil
district 1t is believed that the man
is trying to make the purchase for
Standard Oil, as he has been known to
be connected with that company in
Spokane.
Boise-A crew of 40 surveyors for |
the Gilmore & Pittsburg railroad are
camped two miles north of the Barber
dam, from which point they will begin |
running survey line up the river to
join the surveyors working south from
Salmon City Supplies for the sur
veying party were purchased at the
Sutton grocery by G. w. Ferris. the
bill amounting to over $3.50, for
which an individual check was given
on the Bank of Emmett, where it is
known that the Gilmore & Pittsburg
surveyors opened an account some time
ago.
Information received in Boise is to
the effect that June l the date set for
actual construction of this West1zs,
branch of the Gilmore & Pittsburg to
begin in this section.
Moscow Fifteen thousand acres of
land on the ridges in Northern Idaho
WI ha Mo Tod 10 /
the largest area being in the Juliaetta
district, where about 10, 900 acres. will
be devoted to production of the vege-
table.
On Big Potlatch ridge scores of
farmers will put in 10 to 60 acres of
beans. No less than 5000 acres will
be planted on this one ridge.
On American and Fix ridges beans
are being planted in larger plats than
on the Big Potlatch ridge.
While beans return a handsome pro
fit as product they return even
greater profit in an indirect way. To
pillow land in the fall and cultivate a
crop of beans on it the next summer is
better for the land than summer fall
lowing. Noxious weeds are more eff
fectively killed and the soil is left in
better condition for succeeding crop.
Juliaetta = The banner year for ,
bean crop in the Potlatch section is /,
ahead. Thousands of acres will be (
grown in the Potlatch district of which ,
Juliaetta is the center. On Big Pot ,
latch ridge scores of farmers will put .
in 10 to so acres of beans. No less ,
than 5000 acres will be planted on
this one ridge. On American and Fix ,
ridges beans are being planted in
larger plots than on Big Potlatch ,
ridge Conservative estimates place :
the total acreage of beans in the Julia !
eta section at 10, 900 acres this season.
While beans return a handsome profit
as product they return even a great
err profit in an indirect way. To pillow
land in the fall and cultivate crop of
beans on it the next summer is better q
for the land than summer following.
Noxious weeds are more effectualIv I
Silled and the soil is left in better con- 8
iition for a succeeding crop. n