The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-09-19
IDAHO STATE NEWS

|; IDAHO STATE New
| Lewiston Harvesting operation
, again were delayed by heavy rail-
which fell Saturday and Sunda,
throughout the Lewiston and prairie
districts.
Genesee - Owing to a heavy rair
all the threshinp will have TO stop fol-
several days. Much grain is starting
to sprout in the shock.
Juliaetta - The Juliaetta cannery
has all the new machinery installed
and the plant is in operation. The ca
pacity of the plant is 30 cans a min
ute, or 30, 900 cans day of 10 hours.
The rains during the last ten days as
sure an increased yield of tomatoes, of
which there is large acreage in the
Juliaetta section.
Lewiston-A steel bridge is to be
constructed by the people Of Lewiston
to connect Lewiston and Charleston.
Bonds in the sum of $4,000 were
voted with little opposition. A toll
bridge has been in use for several
years. The plan to create a public
park was also adopted. The park will
be used as a site for the Northwest
Livestock show at the Lewiston
Charleston fair.
Sandpoint-George McCombs. coun-
ty commissioner for the Third district
OF Bonner county, has just returned
from a weeks trip to Portland and
Seattle, made with DIR. Sutherland, of
Newport, WASH, chairman of the |
commissioners of Pend d'OreilIe coun. |
ty, to interview the army engineer to
ascertain his attitude with regard to |
the proposed bi-state bridge between
Newport, Wash, and Newport Idaho.
They found that this winter steps will
be taken to have bill passed through
congress permitting the building of
bridge. The two legislatures will be
oetitioned to appropriate $50, 900 each
'or the bridge. The bridge will be
lbout 1900 feet in length, with 20
DOT roadway.
Lewiston-The first official report
I the grain crop fol- Idaho is now be-
ng prepared by the Idaho grain COM
Mission, of which ID. W. Greenburg.
Lewiston, is chairman. The report
made up from the sworn statements
all the warehousemen, who give re-
elpts in return for storage of grain.
lr. Greenburg has just compiled fig
res of the 1911 crop for Lewis and ?
iearwater counties, showing the out
ut of wheat, barley, oats and hay. 5
The statement shows the following II
cures: II
Lewis county = Wheat, $50. OO5 I.
lshels; oats, 1878, 0O5 bushels: bar n
y, 969, 645 bushels; total, 2,297.872
lshels. Hay, gross tons, 1858. I'm "
hcial estimate of production of o'
heat, 1,152, 266 bushels; oats, 453.- pl
q bushels; barley, 1,151, SAT bush al
,; hay, 3105 tons. p'
county-Wheat 1872 4S 81
shells; oats, 1874, 1892 bushels: bar 10
:, 113,489 bushels; total, 48O. $50 pc
shells. Hay. 244 tons. Unofficial
Innate of the production of the Of
lnty: Wheat, 219,417 bushels: tn
IS. 221, 1913 bushels; barley. 1856 Tn
bushels; hay, 2s2 tons. al
Neiser-Plans for irrigation of the ~
ensive acreage owned by the Idaho Wv
ustrial institute, private-con- '"'
lied educational institution. are
j under way and President Paddock
'es to have the system installed and
operation at an early date. Me
he institute, which gives practical
ming in farming methods, as well
IN printing, om-manufacturipe.
chine work, carpentering and sw
ny other branches, is the owner of On
eral thousand acres of fertile land Oh
I north of Weiser. This land oc- u,e
lies high bench and has been in cn'
tiyation in dry-farm grain, or. 90
rd' broom corn and other crops, the o o
cents at the school doing actual an
rk in the fields. WI
{ Is proposed to construct two dams
several miles of bitches and o ss
mes, delivering ample moisture to ne
Institute acres by natural gravity. az
2 of these dams will be located on pee
'kin's Greek, about nine miles am
theast of Weiser and above this me me
H. on Mann's Creek, another dam is nls
course OF construction. The first an
reached height of over 30 feet 'u'
1t will be built to height of 80
:. Its width will be approximately
feet. From this reservoir the
ter will be brought to the institute 81
Dis.
IS the students have already met she
n success in experimental cultiva- 70
OF lemons, tobacco and other the
ps on dry-farm land, it is expected ha,
the delivery of water to the soil fes
materially improve production fra
iss
ing