The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-11-03
IDAH0 STATE NEWS

Lewiston - The water department
plans to begin ABBOTT the first Of the
year the work Of installing 1000 feet
Of the pipe on Normal hill. Ten inch
steel pipe ID TO BE- used, . large guam
tity Of this having been removed from
East Main street where larger mains
were placed.
Occur d'Alene- County Superintend-
snt o. r. Shen has received an order
from the state board Of health Danish
ing the public drinking cup. The
state board contends that the public
drinking cup Is Z source Of commune
eating disease. II il TO be abolished
after January, 1911, on railroad
trains, In railroad stations, In hotels,
In stores, in public and private schools
or state educational institutions.
lewiston. e. Nickerson, secre-
tAry Of the Lewiston Charleston Fair
association, has induced G. M. Wilson,
proprietor Of big blooded horse farm
near Wilbur, Wash. to winter the
herd Of thoroughbred draft horses on
exhibition at the fair, in Lewiston, and
ne 10 now endeavoriDg to secure quar-
tiers. Mr.. Wilson has % heaG at the
fair grounds. The horses are nearly ,
all imported, and among them is
Belgian that took grand hon :
prs at the last London horse show. n
Lewiston--T The first days run of the
Desry Clay Products company's plant
that the plant will turn .
'ut 80, 900 brick day. A two hours y
'un produced $3.50 brick, but further
han this the machinery started of a
ike an old plant. A 4O-horsepower r
ngine furnished the power and ran a g
onveyor, the disintegrator. pug mill
nd Freeze brick machine.
The first brick will be white finish
nd will be used for an addition to the A
'eary school house.
Lewiston--L. A. Porter, of Lewis
IN, who planted one of the first or ST
,ards in the Clearwater valley, con- hs
'sts the claim Of Ritzville that the
rgest apple of record in the North tn
est has been grown there, and in sup Go
'rt Of his contention has sent to a CT
'okane photographer, who has a pict- ba
Q OF the fruit he mad on exhibition at of
e Spokane fair in 1890, which he it
serts has the Ritzville specimen Ds
aten. Ba
Mr.. Porter says that his display was WI
ranged by Herman Vessels, now col
tn the Spokane chamber of commerce. of
e apple was fall Pippin, grown in be-
orchard east Of Lewiston, and mo
assured 81 inches in circumference go'
q weighed az ounces, while the Ritz est
lie apple measured 18 inches and the
ighed 40 ounces. pc,
Lewiston-The Nez Perez Coopera-
e Telephone company is engaged in
king extensive improvements to the p,
ITEM in the prairie country and with mel
the next few days connections will
made providing complete metallic
cult between Lewiston and Grange Yol
e. The metallic line was completed No,
Vollmer last year and the improve teri
Mt was extended to Nez Perez sever end
months ago. The work on the 81,
irie has been in progress for some Mrs
e and within week the metallic W.
nection between Vollmer and ing
ngeville will be effected. T
he Neg Perez company has 300 Nor
IS of line in Neg Perez and Idaho 496,
lties and has a switching arrange the
t with an additional 500 miles Six
70 provides an aggregate service tom
500 miles in the two counties. repr
than 5000 telephones are con- 900,
ed with this mileage of lines and 600.
telephones are being added each
tn. The improvements made this
will amount to SO, 500 and when p
p'.se' VIII give the Nee Perce Pell
ions of Nez Perez and Idaho coun- the
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