The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-01-04
idaho STATE NEWS

idaho STATE MEN;
i Lewiston This entire section O.
the country il blsnketed with snow t
the depth Of six inches and for thu
first time in three years there !,
sleighing in Lewiston. Reports from
the outlying farming sections report .
heavy fall and the farmers are jubi-
liant over crop prospects,
WalIace-In an effort b conserve
and purify the water supply Of Wal
lace Roscoe C. Haines, supervisor of
the Occur d'Alene forest, proposes to
replant with evergreeus the entire
Placer creek watershed south Of this
city. This was run over by the fires
Of 1910 and now stands bIackened and
unprotected.
Moscow Because the American
Bonding company paid the Farmers
Bank and Trust company of Kendrick,
Idaho, the full amount Of Cashier II.
8. Grant Evans bond Of $40, 900 on
account Of his alleged defalcation the
payment has no bearing on his trial
and acquittaI by = jury In the district
court. according to Prosecuting Attor-
ney George W. suppinger.
Occur d'AIene People In the local
ity Of LyondaIe are asking the Red
Collar line for new dock at that place.
They say the present dock IL too small
and pronounced unsafe by those who
daily use 1t. Lyondale Is an import
ant shipping point and the county
commissioners will be asked to inter-
cede In seeing that q new dock Is
forthcoming. The county bears one
half Of the expense and the steamship
line the other.
Occur d'AIene--On Friday, January
IL. the farmers special Industrial
demonstration train will be here for
several hours.
The train has seven cars and is fully
equipped with displays OF all kinds.
ID. II. Bark IL In charge Of the water
Investigations, and Professor W. II.
Olin, director Of the department Of ex-
tension Of the university. and ]. u.
Mcpherson, state horticultural inspec-
tor, are among the corps In charge
and each will give short addresses.
DR.. Carlyle, Of the Idaho university,
will also be present and speak. devot-
ing his time to agriculture and dairy
ing.
Occur 'Alene-- Word has reached
this city that an attempt Is soon to be
made by number Of Western sena-
tors, led by Borah, Of Idaho, TO have
the homestead laws amended so that
more liberal treatment and privileges
will be accorded reservation settlers
In the matter Of residence. For some
time the request has been made by
many settlers 10 have the reaidence
period cut down from Ave years to
three years. The message received
says that Secretary Fisher Is willing,
and has 80 expressed himself, to give
the settlers relief. and he suggests
that the settlers shall not be required
TO remain on the land continuously
during the first two years, which will
allow them TO 60 elsewhere IL they de-
sire while putting their land under
cultivation.
Senator Borah says that immediate
relief will come and that the settlers
requests will be granted.
Moscow-The Idaho Lumbermen's
association, composed of practically
all timber owners In the state. has
taken steps TO give TO the Forestry de-
partment Of the University of Idaho
S5e, 900 with which 10 construct a for
estry building at the university under
direction Of DIR. c. III. Shattuck, head
OF the department. The association
at its recent meeting in Spokane
passed resolutions and with only one
opposing vote providing for levy of
5 cents an acre upon all the timber
holdings Of the members Of the asso-
which will amount to $5s, 900.
DR.. G. II. Shattuck. who worked up
tho scheme to investigate uses of by
products Of Idaho timber, is elated
over his success.
President James A. Mclean has an
that he will recommend an
appropriation to equip such a building
for the Forestry department.
The building DR.. Shattuck has in
will be three stories
and about so by 100 feet, with full
basement and one-story annex for a
practical sawmill demonstration. The |
entire building and equipment to be
used for laboratories. lecture rooms,
irafting rooms, museum. an auditor
Jun. distilIasion laboratory. herbar-
um and neurological laboratories,
shops and dry kiln.
II is to make possible In the near
future work said to have been com
nenced by DR.. Shattuck investigating
Tor commercial use in the disposition |
II the by products of timber.
II Is claimed less than half of the /
BY. products Of a forest Of saw timber
IN an average goes into actual lumber.
some means OF utilizing the waste
md turning II into profit is the object
ought by DIR. Shattuck and the lum-
,ermen.