The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-06-13

Lewlston-- Tho acreage to which |
timothy will be sown IN the Craig
mountain county will Be increased
ever Isst year At least 100 seres owing |
20 extensive numbering on the lsnds OF
the Craig Mountain Lumber company. |
The lands that have been logged on
this season have been plowsd and are
being sown to timothy.
Standpoint - The Badly pass road
project IL taking on new life and the
committee from the commercial club
having IL 10 hand has prepared . now
petition addressed to the county com
This road will make the
Priest Lake country accessible from
Standpoint and do much for the dcvel-
,pment Of Priest Lake and Priest
River.
Kellogg-~At mass meeting Of bus
mess men of Kellogg called to order |
by Mayor f. W. Miller II wss decided
10 60 ahead with the plan for = big |
Fourth Of July celebration In Kellogg.
Tho sentiment 1t the meeting was
strongly In favor Of the celsbration,
and II IL proposed 10 raise between
$1,000 and $4,000.
The plan ~ outlined IL 10 have
large number Of events arranged, To
include rock drilling contest for .
$50 prize, horse races, athletic events,
. parade In which all the business
firms will be represented by floats,
dancing and = fireworks display In the
evening.
Lewiston One hundred and thir-
teen head Of choice dairy stock have
been purchased In the middle western
states by Dr.. W. l.. Carlyle Of the un-
iversity Of Idaho and are now en-
route to Moscow.
The stock WAS purchased In Mime
sofa. Wisconain and Illinois, and In
cludes both pure bred and grade dairy
COWS. Prices that Mr.. Carlyle paid
range from $50 to $500.
The first sale Of dairy stock takes
place ut the university bsrns At Mos
COW. Considerable interest il being
shown in the sale In the Lewiston
country and many prominent farmers
will 80 June I'll.
Lewiston More stock has been
shipped out Of the Camas prairie
country this year than In any previous
year at this time. In the last FIVE
months shipments out Of the Grange
Vile, Cottonwood and Nez Perez
country have been many. Buyers are
purchasing the choice stock. In the
last eight weeks 40 cars Of hogs have
been shipped out of the Cottonwood
territory. the value Of which aggre-
gates 500 900. Approximately 20 cars
OF beef we're shipped to Spokane and
coast markets, netting stockmen about
$3.50, 900.
Canadian buyers are purchasing all
the horses they can obtain to be ship
ped into Canada In view Of the open
ing Of farming lands and development
there. Already Is cars Of draft horses
have been sold TO these buyers at high
prices.
Little Of the wool crop on the prai-
rie and IN the Salmon River valley has
been sold. Wool men are reluctant to
sell at the present prizes, but prefer TO
hold for the prices to rise to l5 cents
a pound. Buyers Of the 1912 crop here
are now active and competition bid
certain to be keen before the seasons
clip Is sold.
Lewiston--By the latter part Of thii
week the cherry crop Of the Lewiston
Charleston and Snake River valley will
be on the market With favorabl,
ripcning weather shipments in larg,
lots will commence. and csnneriel
will be operated to their full capacity
All houses In this valley handling
cherries report that the crop will b
more than doubled.
J. II. Sprague. of the Sprsgue Can
ming n Preserving company said:
81 believe that the crop here viii
be double that OF any other year, ant
prospects in every line are favorable
More than 1000 men and women will
be employed this year in placing thu
crop on the market"
Csnneries and packing establish
ments are preparing for the rusl
about June 10. Every person In tn,
valley Is being urged to cooperate
with grower and shipper In obtaining
service for the fruit to Eastern an,
Coast points.
In tho Lewiston orchards this yea
approximately 1900 acres come int
bearing. Orchsrdists report tree
heavily laden. The output from tn,
Lewiston orchards will be handle,
through the Orchards Producers as
ISOLATION. which was perfected thi
year. and to which all growers who's
trees are bearing are members. Tn,
work on the construction Of 4 substan
tisl $4,000 packing house commences
this week. to be In readiness to hsndl
the initial crop.
"The yield from the valley will
make record this year" said Georg
w. II. Peaslee, of Charleston.
There have been rumors Of late re
garding the falling off in the cherr,
crop due to the dropping Of gree
fruit, but this will have no apprecia
Bile effect. All growers report splen
did crops"