The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1910-03-17
IDAHO INKLINGS
As told by the Teller.

Over 60 carloads of choice potatoes
were unloaded at the warehouses at
Idaho Falls during one day last
week
An electric railway is being pro-
Jected from American Falls to Ma
lad City, distance of rs miles. The
cost will be $4,000 a mile.
American Falls will have a new To-
cation for its postoffice at an early
date. According to statistics the bust
ness done in the postoffice during
February amounted to $4845O against
$118.72 during the same month last
year.
The Farmers union of Peck dis
trict will build a warehouse and
tramway at Peck on the Clearwater
river. The warehouse will be con-
structed on the south side of the riv-
er and the tramway used to carry the
grain across the river.
The Humbird Lumber company of
Standpoint plans the construction of
logging road into it's valuable tim
Der holdings In Bonner county
The opening day for filing on the
Occur d'Alene Indian reservation has
been postponed from April to May
2. June 2 is the last day that filings
will be accepted according to numer-
ical arrangement after which filings
will be accepted promiscuously.
According to new incorporation pa
pers filed at Occur d'Alene recently
by R. E. Strahorn of Spokane, the
North Coast road will build a line
from Tekoa, Wash, to Lewiston.
The bond issue at Caldwell to raise
! $4,000 for the erection of new high
school building carried by a hand
some majority this week.
A convention of laymen and prom
inent ministers of the state is be-
ing held at Boise this week. Several
hundred are in attendance.
Three townsites are planned for
the new irrigation district known as
the Bruneau project in which 100000
acres will be irrigated. 1t is proba-
BILE new county may be formed of
the district.
The Bonner's Ferry Lumber COM
pany is building dry kiln that will
have capacity for holding 100000
feet of lumber.
A big apartment house, to cost
$4,000, is planned for the city of
Boise Such structures are giving
the state capital a metropolitan ap-
pearance
The Srand total raised among the
mining towns Of the Occur d'Alenes
for the Mace and Burke avalanche
sufferers amounts to nearly $4,000.
The business men of Idaho Falls
located on the principal street not
being satisfied with the electric
lights in service held a. mass meet
ing and voted to establish a lamp
post on both sides of the street go
feet apart. The city council cooper
ated in the movement.
1t is reported that 30,000,000
pounds of freight was handled to and
from Twin Falls by the Oregon Short
Line during the month of February.
More than 1920 cars of wood, lum-
Der and ties were shipped from Troy
during last year.
Maude S, small mule, famous in
the Occur d'Alene country, known
far and wide by the miners in that
section as the oldest animal in SER
vice, is broken in health, and from
now on win become charge upon
Shoshone counxy, and spend the rest
of her days insiuxury and ddleness.
The capacity OF. the Long Tom res
ervoir of the Elmore County irriga.
ton project is to be doubled. The
reservoir contains more than 5000
J acres of land and will have a capac
} ity of over $4,000 acre feet of water
| or have an average depth of 100 feet