The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-03-14

tsrprise will enter upon its career
without = cent Of indebtedness.
Kellogg The industrial union of
Kellogg has planned to install com
prehensive ore exhibit In the Y. M. C.
A. here, the exhibit to include speci-
mems from every district In the Occur
d'AIenes. Aside from the display In
the Carnegie library In Wallace there
Il no appropriate collection Of ore
samples In the district. Oscar II.
Hershey, geoIoRist Of the Bunker Hill
y Sullivan, will be placed In charge of
the work Of arranging the exhibits.
Lewiston-~~From the large amount
Of questions and inquiries relative to
the Lewiston-C Charleston country re-
ceived BY the secretary Of the Lewis
ton Commercial club 1t 10 evident that
there will be many colonists, who by
taking advantage Of the low rates
offered by railroads, will make Lewis
ton 4 point in their itinerary. C. W.
Mount, district agent for the o. W.
X. 4 N. company. looks for large
number Of homepeekers In the Lewis
ton country this year.
Peck---Grain buyers here paid out
to farmers for 1911 grain delivered
at Peck more than $4,000 This
does not include the amount paid for
beans. timothy seed and other pro-
duce, which WAS large.
This section will join the businss
mon Of Lewiston in asking the county
to call an election to |
vote bonds for bridging the Clear
water at Lewiston. the plan being
to have the amount Of the proposed |
bonds cover the cost OF bridge at |
Peck.
Lewiston-The Lewiston G. Charleston
Fair association will offer this year a
rash prize for the most corn grown
from rs kernels of any variety, &C.
;ording to j. E. Nickerson, secretary !
If the Fair association. The stalks
must be exhibited at the 1912 fair,
October 7-l2, with sufficient roots to
how that the product il from one
kernel, with corn attached. The offer
s made upon the basis Of 81 kernel
md will be open to every one interest
ID In the cultivation Of corn. II is
'ot solely the object Of the Fair asso-
'iation to encourage the cultivation of
'orn from the quality standpoint. but
I desires to know what can be raised
from quantity standpoint. Neither
d 1t the idea Of the association to
stimulate only school children In the
production Of this cereal. Owing to
he increased interest in the raising Of
i've stock during the last year through
nut the Lewiston country. the matter
y corn cultivation was taken up with
he view Of interesting farmers in
sising the product for feed.
During 1911 more corn was raised
n this part Of Idaho than in any pre-
'ious year. The experiment was met
With success. Corn raised from land
bought not conducive 10 the raising
( the best product showed when
ested at the experiment station at the
University Of Idaho that the germina-
ion ranged from 96 to 100 per cent
ure.
II ia believed by many men interest
d In corn raising that valley lands
dspted to the culture will be utilized
0 a greater extent this year than pre-
iously.
Boise - Idaho will be one of the
oremost Northwestern states 10 make
showing at the Panama Pacific ex-
osition. and II Governor james II.
lswley's plans 20 through the gov
rnors Of the Northwest. accompanied
y their commissions, will 20 to San
ancisco In a special train the latter
art OF March. and select sites for the
espective buildings, thereby securing
he advantage of having them grouped
that the greatest benefit can be
aimed by the Northwest as whole.
Governor Hawley. sponsor for the
iovement, when interviewed gave his
Jews as follows:
II am anxious that proper build
" site be selected for the Idaho
We should be liberal in our
Expenditure in this matter. as II un-
estionsbly will be the greatest ex-
osition the world has ever seen, and
I'LL do vast amount of good for the
Western states. Idaho should be well
! the front. and we can make show
X there by the proper expenditure
money"
Governor Hawley has appointed the
'embers of the Idaho commission to
elect the site for the Idaho building.
hey are; c. L. Hoffman, Of Rath-
rum. chairman Of the Republican
tate central committee: John Nu-
emit. OF Boise, chairman of the Dem