The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-05-26

Finding society. The last leRislaturs
granted m appropriation Of SEQ. 00(
for the building, and the citixAns Of
The atste supplied the other $40, 900.
WeIser-- The commercial club il ar.
ranging for TIE placing II m electric
sign In sosne prominent place near the
depot. The siRn will have the wortls.
Weiss-. Idaho, = outlined in letters
three feet high. about l43 bulbs being
used.
| Psyetts- The first shipment Of mo-
tcriAl for the PAyette valley railroad
extension from New Plymouth to En-
NETT has arrived in Payetts. It In
| ciudes l ! carr Of steel rails. one car az
switches, 10 cars Of ties and one car
Of spikes.
GrAngeville-The Cranrevflle local
Of the Farmers union has awarded to
The Bsmia Bag company, Of Seattle, 4
contract for carload OF grain bags Tor
July delivery and to J. r. jackson. Of
Grangeville, the contract for q carload
OF binding twine.
Winchester A heavy rain has soak- |
cd the ground ard ranchers report
crops In iina condition. Winter wheat
y Y to 10 inches high. Apple. pear,
plum and cherry trees are through |
blossomlng. L. w. Randall, ! rancher
three miles cast Of here, has 1870 acres
Of winter wheat, with perfect stand.
Not = bare spot II to be seen. He il
building large house and barn. The
foundation Is laid and lumber being de-
livered for Schneberger Brothers
opera house.
Lewiston Scores Of cattle on the
ranges Of the Salmon river district are /
going mad. but II has not been deter
mined surely whether they have been
suffering from true rabies or not. ALI
naddened COW from the range attacked i
md gored to death valuable span Of
,orses near White Bird recently and I
when corraled battered her brains out 1
'gainst the rails OF the pen. There has
'een an epidemic Of supposed rabies In
logs and dog believed to have been
mad was killed in Grangeville. A
abid coyote was killed on the farm Of 6
!. g. Ellsworth, near Waha, after 1t
ad bitten several dogs, and the dogs
sere killed to prevent possible spread r,
I the disease. ~
Weiser--The contract for the con- u
tfuction Of the big dam, bitches. :,
umes and everything connected with +
he first unit Of the Crane irrigation q
reject, has been let to the Slick Con- :
truction company, of Boise. The con- a
ract price Is approximately $3.50, 900. :
he work ID to be completed in time =,
Or water for irrigation purposes In q
oil. =
The land embraced in the project +
les on the south side of the river al =
aost to the city limits of Weiser, and !,
n the north side, to short distance !,
rest of the smelter, where the new :
own OF Appleton Is to be located. / a,
he water will be eventually brought h.
. the city limits north Of the city, but :.
robably not next year. The land to :
Q covered BY the first unit is about /,
.. 900 acres. :, -
Boise--The Hartman system made ~ :,
10 most important move In Southern !;
isho executed In some years when It -,
led plats Of definite location In the 9
nited States land Office for the Mini -
'ka 4 Southwestern road, a subsidi- -
ry Of the Oregon Short line, from :;
pint east Of Bruneau to Nyssa, Or. a 9,
stance of l22 miles. simultaneously =,
ats Of definite location for the same =,
'ad were filed In the HALEY land Office g. g.
n distance OF 25 or 80 miles. ~
aking total distance, for the extern ~
on out Of BAIL to Nyssa, of between -
% and 100 miles. 70
The route Of the Bull extension Ia =: 81
rthwesterly, hugging the Snake riv- ~
most of the distance after IL passes
st and west through the great Bru- a.
au-Twin Falls tract soon to be placed -,
der irrigation. 1t passes through s 49,
9 towns of Bruneau and Grandview as
d then continues west along the ="
lth bank of the Snake river to Nyssa.