The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-12-12
IDAHO STATE news

1WUlW VInuL V6UO
University Of Idaho. In the contest
among the freshmen girIs for the cup
offered by Physical Director Van der
Veer for the best dynamometer test
Miss Tina N. Gregg, Of Charleston,
leads with 4300 pounds. She is closely
followed by Miss Fay Thomas, Of
Occur d'Alene, with 4275 pounds.
Miss Gregg Is sister OF Vean
Gregg, the famous Ieft-hAnded pitcher
OF the Cleveland Americans. who for
merly played in Spokane. An inter
esting test is that Of Miss Anna Will
mot, Of Wallace, 17-year-old girl,
five feet two and one-haf inches high
and weighing 100 pounds. This girl
tested 37A0 pounds. The average
Eastern college girls test 10 1890
pounds.
Lewiston The growers Of timothy
seed In Northern Idaho this year, ac-
cording 70 the best data obtainabIe
here from the supply on hand unsoid,
indicates that the farmers will lose
this year approximately 500, 600 on
their crop. This has been due largely
to the overproduction In this locality,
occasioned by the top notch prices
which seed brought In local markets
last year in this vicinity. II is esti-
mated that fully 20, 900 sacks Of tim
othy grown in the Lewiston territory
will be unsold this season. The above
figures are based upon the "a cents
per pound quotation In the Lewiston
market. Last year the North Idaho
crop brought to few growers about
$500, 600 with prices ranging between
10 and IL cents per pound, figure
never before seen in the Northwest.
Moscow The Farmers union and
many Of Its individual members are to
experiment with movable granaries,
as well as stationary ones, and also
steel tanks and cotton sacks TO large
extent, next season, in an effort to
combat the bag trust. The handling
of grain in bulk has never been done
to any great extent In this section,
and the elevators installed few years
ago for the purpose Of handling the
grain in bulk were removed and the
grain bag was again made use Of.
1t Is argued, however, that there is
no legitimate reason why it would not
be about as practicable to handle grain
in bulk in this country as in the Mid
die Western states, if the wheat was
ground into -four for export, instead of
exporting the wheat unground.
The farmers say that If the price Of
bags only could be saved to them by
this method it would amount to thous-
ands Of dollars every year to the farm
ers Of Latah county alone.
II the milling of all the wheat was
done in this country. there would be
an additional livelihood afforded an
army of employees, besides the saving
in the price of bags, and the industry
would lead to the manufacture in the
Northwest of some of the many by
products of the grains grown in this
country, say the advocates of handling
kFhiH VI bulh.
Boise The Golfers Of the state of
Idaho had $50, 523.79 in lump sum
added to them by the transfer of a
check for that amount to Governor
Hawley, the money representing the
proportion of receipts to which the
state Is entitled as % per cent Of all
the money received from each national
forest during the fiscal year, to be
used for the benefit Of public schools
and public roads.
In addition to this sum $40, Sal. 35
was also received by the governor
from the national government, repre-
senting the sum due from the United
States to Idaho upon the sale Of public
lands here during the fiscal year end
ing June 30. 1912.
Under the laws of the United States
per cent Of the amount of all public
land sales goes to the state in which
the land is situated and the balance
to the national government. The
$40, 54l.35 represents the fact that
ttt'ft Wtit oOit btlWtcu June ou,
1911. and June 80, 1919, public lands
In Idaho to the amount of $210,S2
The larger sum presented to the
state by the national government is
provided for in the act of congress
approved May 20, 1908, which is to
the effect that "25 per centum Of all
money received from forest reserves
during the fiscal year shall be applied
at the end thereof TO the state or ter
ritory in which reserve is situated, to
be expended as the state or territorial
Legislature may prescribe, for the ben
eft of the public schools and public
roads of the county or counties In
which the forest reserves are situated,
provided that when any forest reserve
Is in more than one state or territory
or county, the distribution share of
each from the proceeds of said reserve
shall be proportional to it's area there
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