The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-04-06
idaho STATE NEWS

Delta-Placer miners are busy, az
there Is good flow of water.
Morton Farmers are preparing for
spring seeding and gardening.
Irby-The rural free delivery route
has been granted to the people living
south of Irby.
Lewiston-The Marshall Wells hard
ware company have let the contract
for the construction of warehouse so
by rs feet, on the Northern Pacific
tracks near the Sprague Canning COM
pany's plant to Joseph Lasker.
Julietta--A. Adams, who claims to
have introduced the Alaskan wheat,
which was condemned as worthless by
Professor II. T. French, then at the
head of the experiment station of the
university at Moscow, asserts that he
has just sold carload of the Alaska
wheat to be shipped to Iowa, at %
cents bushel higher than the market
price.
Lewiston - According to statistics
compiled by William Shuldt, who was
special government agent in charge of
the census enumeration in Idaho,
based on the figures announced by the
supervisor of the census, Nez Perce
county still has population of Is, 900
left after both Clearwater and Lewis
counties were severed from the orig
inal territory. Lewis county has
1854 inhabitants and Clearwater
county, embracing more than twice
the territory of both the others, 8, 924.
Sandpoint-Theodore Roosevelt will
arrive in Standpoint Monday, April 10,
over the Spokane international rail
way at 4:20 p. m. The following
committee was appointed by the Com
mercial club to act with the city coun-
Gil and other organizations in enter
tanning Colonel Roosevelt: A. H.
Conner, chairman; B. S. Bennett, w.
S. Foster, DR.. c. P. Stakehouse, DR..
M. McKinnon, P. A. Daggett. H. C.
Olney, F. M. Molyneux, E. D. Farmin
and E. T. Chaplin.
The committee will appoint other
committees to look after funds. the
program and fireworks. 1t is planned
10 name fifty representative citizens
If Bonner county to act as a reception
committee.
Lapwai-That interest in fruit rails
ng in the Inland Empire is not con-
ined to the white farmers is shown at
he Nez Perez Indian agency. The
indian school here has good supply
+ young fruit trees, which have been
ropagated in the school nursery.
Under the direction of Superintendent
'heodore Sharp, during the last 10
avs fruit trees have been issued to
indians, who have agreed to give the
rees proper care. Nearly 1000 ap-
lie, peach, prune, cherry, pear and
'lum trees have been given members
the Nez Perez tribe. The Indian
'omen show a preference for small
ruit and have received raspberry.
trawberry and gooseberry plants.
of the Nez Perces have old
ruit trees about their homes from
took acquired from the Rev. A. H.
padding and other early missionaries
ears ago.
Lewiston-The new mining plant of
lie Interior Warehouse company on
make River avenue will be completed /
thin the next few days and it is ex-
scted the operation of the milling I
achinery will be commenced early
'xt week. The improvements to the
rmer warehouse building, the erec-
on of the grain elevator and the in s
allation of the machinery represents
expenditure of approximately s25,
70, but has provided the company
18th a plant complete in every ap-
'intment. I
1t IS the purpose of the company to 7
aintain the plant for custom service
I'd the new milling in transit rate to c
stern points will materially assist :
is purpose. I
The new rate will become effective :
April Id, and under its provision :
y shipment os grain can be stopped I
d cleaned here at an additional ex- 7
nse Of 80 cents per ton. The use of !
e new plan will make possible the
ipment of grain into the eastern ?
arkets where the extra cost of ship
emit to the coast for cleaning as was a
cessary under former conditions.
cluded the bulk of the crop from
stern grain centers.