The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-01-20

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. NEWS OF IDAHO
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ri Paystts--Ths city council has let
70 contract for ssWer system TO r. ~
., Wardssn 4 c.. Of Butte for SEA, S26
4. TAs contnrctoCs ars allowed foul
+ months % cosnplsts TIE work.
II Harrison - Hasrison's new $40. O0t
schooibooss w. opsnsd By reception
: given BY ths trustees 10 TIE patrons
ard citipsna- Speeches Wers made BY
7 Mayor Drisssn, Trustees, Mo-, Kim
/ fnsI, Davis and Burieieh and N. C.
Durney. followed hv ths eaachsrs, Miss
4 0salninGsr md Mis- Odsriin.
4 Wsisce - Wsissr Il 10 have = third
bank Tks charter hes been issusd.
and within 80 days Il will ~ In opera
sion- Il will b known - tho Wstser
Loan 1 Trust company, ard IL incor-
poratsd for $50, O60. The stock in the
new institution h Ill held in WaAhinR-
ton county and comprises some Of the
strongest msn, 6nancially, and most
conservative business men. In the
county.
Winchsster-Ths laying Of steel has
begun ON the Craig mountain railroad.
and Il 10 expected that the railroad will
b completed early next month. In
spits Of bad weather, work has been
carried forward with considerable
promptnsss, but the railroad strike has
caussd some delay, - the steel was de-
layed IN transit several weeks. The
railroad will be i've miles In length
and connection with the Northern Pa
ellie will b. made At the old govern
msnt sswmill near Rusbsns. A large
gang Of workmsn has been EMPLOYED
In bsildinE The big concrete dam,
which will afford = storage basin for
the logs and form tbs lake, which will
be one Of tho features planned In max
Ing the town a Summer resort. A mil.
lion brick will be shipped from Ksnne-
wick just ~ soon ~ trains are In
operation.
Weiser-- Announcement has been
made by the management Of the Pa
cihc 4 Idaho Northern company that
sxtsntions will be built during the pres
emit year indicating tho ultimate inten-
tion Of the company to At least build
tbs north and south road, :" which has
bssn agitated In one form or another
during the past few years. The "Pin"
road. which connects ut Weiser with
the Oregon Short Line and operates as
far north ~ Evergreen, has long been
regarded 10 = Hartman line, though II
has been operated on IN independent
basis ever since it, construction. The
plans of the company, 1t il believed,
are to extend il line on through to
Warrens, and down the Secesh to the
little fork Of the Salmon, and by that
grade to the main Salmon river, where
= connection will be made with the
Gilmore q Pittsburg road, a. projected.
Wciser-To build q fume seven
miles long extending from the reser-
voir OF the water company to Indian
valley and Cambridge, to convey wa
ter 10 ranches under the company's
bitches, the Weiser Land & Water
company has let contract for over l..
600, 600 feet Of lumber. The material
will DO brought from Portland by the
Independent Lumber company.
Tho dam 1t the reservoir has been
completed. and work on the bitches 10
under way. 1t IL expected to have
water On large portion Of the 80, 900
acres to be covered by the ditch by the |
time the irrigation season begins next |
spring. II will place under water a
great portion Of the finest apple land |
Of the Council and Salubria valleys. |
not arid. The promoters Of this big |
project have reason to be proud OF the |
record they have made. Within less
than year from the time the project
was first talked Of, the dam was com.
pletsd and work begun on the bitches.
Lewiston-With q visw of determ-
ming II feasible grade can be Sc
cured across the Bitter Roots into Mon
tana through . different route thnn
through Lolo pass and down the Mid
die Fork, tho Northern Pacific has
just fitted out party Of IL men who
have been directed to proceed up the
Little North Fork to take elevations
and make . reconnaissance through to
tho head waters Of that stream.
The work Of the party will be ex-
tremely difficult and hazardous. Elk
psrienced guides and packers have
been engaged to transport the supplies
and men across the wild country, al
great portion Of which 10 said to have
never teen explored. The Little North
Fork emptiss into the main North
Fork Of the Clearwater, about SO
miles north Of the mouth Of Silver
'reek and its headwaters are north and
sast of Pot mountain, the widest re-
yion In Idaho. The information which !
,as just reached the city 10 to the ef-
'ect that the party has already begun |
be work and that several months a
lime will be consumed In investigat-
ng that country.