The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-04-14

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Emmett-~-The Marsh A Ireton ranc
has been sold 10 Ira Folsom and Judr
Bronson. ne ranch consists Of so
acres, and s:ae purchase price Is be
lisved 70 have bean near CSC, 600. I
y believed that the purchase was mad.
for townstte purposes, in connection
with the extension Of the Dewey roat
north this summer.
Lewiston The Open River Trans
portAtion company hxs reopcned it,
once here, with r. s. Dautrick In
charge, and the first boat Il cxpscted
In from Cello the latter part Of this
week. A soon - the service ID re-
established the merchants Of Lapwai.
an important trading point on the Cam
- Prairie railway, is miles east Of
here, on the Nex Perce reservation.
Will insu9urate freight wagon trans-
portation system In connection. ARD
will boycott the railway, which thew
claim y discriminating against them
IN every way possible.
Payetts-W. d. ChafFee il planting
la0 acres 10 orchard on what II known
= the Mesquite nat In the Dead OK fIat
district. This land lays across the
snake river In Oregon, and IL about |
'even or eight milAs from payette. |
Water will b. pumped from the Snaxe
1yer. 4 6b~horse power dynamo il
.einx Installed for the pumping plant. /
he water will b. lifted so feet. The
aparity Of the pumps will be 5000
'Ailons minute, and power will be
applied BY the Idsho-Oyegon Light 4
over company. This orchard Il but
Ne beginning Of operations In this dis
rict and Il u expected with the sue
cssfui watering Of the land by pump
~ several other projects OF like ma
are viii follow within the next year.
Lewiston Northern Pacific enrin-
m will BE- placed on the North Fork
complete the survey into the timber :
1T within 40 days. Word has been :
'ceived In the city that there IL de-
re on the part Of the company to COM /,
etc IT. surveys and that a soon a. !
q snow has receded sufficiently from
9 mountains the men will be sent :
i. Engineer E. /. Dorsstt, who has :,
en- directing the work In that section. :
= been In st. Paul for some time :
st, but Is expected TO return here 4
ring next month, when he will again =
AXE his headquarters at Ahsahka. :
The resumption Of the Northern Pa
nc surveys will be the signal for the
iwsukee road to send its engineers
. the same district, and it Is expect q
that the summer will show the same
'ount OF activity that was manifest
. year. The country tributary to
wiston Ia honeycombed with pro- Il
'ed lines for railroads. In the past sc
years no less than 100 lines have di
m projected to this point. XII
In the meantime the Northern Pa III
e engineers in charge of Engineer pr
rriam, who have been engaged in ar
Ford's creek district. are camped SO
era' miles above the mouth of that eli
cam, having worked back, and are n
king a permanent location of the
into the Weippe section for dis ci,
&C Of 30 miles. wi
smmett-- Water will be running in CO.
Canyon canal by May /. re.
very large amount of work on this ins
al system has been done since last tn,
to improve 1t along permanent
., and considerable work IL yet to i'm
lone before May |. ses
he lining of Ia. 900 feet of fumes cal
malthoid roofing Ia finished. uss
ne work OF retimbering and relin-
OF tunnel No. /. which is l,700 mai
long, Is finished; 800 new sets evi
imbers we're put into this tunnel. SO
ew timbers have been added to the it
. under fiume No. 10, and new AIDE
put In. This is the high Gro
and formerly was the least sub
tial fiume In this system. This as
. Is 400 feet long and so feet tols
!. Now all the timbers In the
are bolted and the whole frame Pro
good condition. "
10 l,7oo foot siphon, SO inches in uin
letter. which crosses the river at the,
head OF the south side canal, and frol
n last year caused considerable Uni
Die by coliapsing at certain ing!
|, Is being put In the very best the
e. About 100 feet of new pipe is farr
Z put In. fror
g estimate Of $44, 900 for addi- pou
\ construction work on the canal soil
. expected to be exceeded. prai
ere are 400 men and rs teams s20t
at work on this system. More poul
a are wanted.
ere are % miles of main canal
e north side, which includes the NJ
\, and 30 miles of main canal on
outh side. There are rs. 900 acres r ts.s
ait land ON the bench, and 1000 ~
ON the south side, all of which :. ~ =
:, "' eo'nPany Dire,
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