The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-12-15
lDAH0 STATE NEWS.

idaho STATE news
Weiser-A few days ago Jack Grim
NETT, of Weiser Flat, killed hog that
dressed the goodly weight Of 400
pounds. He sold the meat for 10 cents
per pound, which Melted Mr.. Grimmett
1880.
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.
Standpoint Bonner county's road
and school fund will be enriched to the
extent Of $12. 900 as result of the
sales Of timber on the Pend d'OreiIle
and Kaniksu national forests for 1910.
The revenue derived from these sales
amounted to $50, 900, and one-fourth Of
this amount must be appropriated for
school and road purposes. Last year
Bonner county received $500.
Lewiston John Baer, of Cotton
wood, who buys stock extensively in
the prairie districts, will ship eight
cars of hogs to the Stanton Packing
company, Of Spokane, two Of which
will be forwarded from Lewiston. two
from Kamiah and -four from Grange
vile.
This will make 555 cars that Mr..
Baer has shipped out of North Idaho
since January I, of which 4l6 cars
were hogs and 1879 cars were beef cat
tie. Nearly all of these went to Spo-
kane packing houses, but Ia small per
cent being forwarded to Coast points,
and none east of Montana.
Occur d'Alene- Between the plant
ing OF nut-bearing trees and acorns
by the forestry department and large
areas sowed to timothy, the recently
burned-over areas should prove a
greater blessing to mankind than prior
to the big fire last summer. A large
majority of the homesteaders in the
burned district have abandoned their
claims, having lost all their buildings,
supplies and farm equipment, as well
as the timber. on the sale of which, in
small lots, many depended to keep the
wolf from the door until the farm
could be made self-sustaining. Only
white pine lumber within three miles
of the river, or its drivable tributar-
les, can be marketed at the present
depressed prices.
Lewiston-Two gasoline pumps are
being installed on the Indian Cache
ranch for lifting water to reservoirs,
the water Of which will be distributed
over the lands of the company now be-
ing prepared for an extensive CONNER
cial orchard.
The pumps to be used will be one
and two-stage turbine, delivering
LOO gallons per minute to 52-foot
head and 600 gallons per minute to
260-foot head. According to the plans
of the company the irrigation system
will be in two parts, one for the lands
on the bench or higher levels, and one
for the lower land along the fat. Two
equalizing reservoirs will be construct
ed. The company has force of rs
men working on the property at pres
ent, rushing the preliminary work.
Lewiston-The announcement that
the North Coast railroad is to form the
connection between thesLewiston- Hunt
lngton branch and Spokane has aroused
lively interest here. The construction
of the line would make Lewiston the
railroad center of large area of rich
country.
The first visit of the North Coast
surveyors to this section was nearly
year ago and the crew promptly took
the field, their initial work being on
Snake River avenue in Lewiston,
where apparently connection was made
with an old survey. They then
crossed to the north bank of the Clear
water and ran line up the stream to
the mouth of the Potlatch. The sur
vey was then carried up the Potlatch
creek, paralleling the Northern Pa
cific to Kendrick, when Pine creek was
followed into the Potlatch country in
the vicinity of Boville. 1t was later
that second crew had been
put in the field at Tekoa or Farming
ton and the lines were connected at