The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1913-05-01
IDAHO STATE NEWS

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Lewiston-Heavy shipments of let
tuce and onions are being made daily
from Charleston to Wallace and other
mining towns in the Occur d'Alene
mining districts
Sandpoint-Professor w. H. Wicks,
horticulturist of the University of
Idaho, is in Standpoint looking after
the planting of 80, strawberry
plants on his 40-acre farm, a mile
north of town.
Cottonwood - Oscar Hamlin, living
near Greencreek, shot and killed
monster white bird on pond near his
ranch. 1t is thought to be swan and
measures seven feet across the wings
and is as white as snow.
,Juliaetta Harve Southwick, a
farmer Of the Cream Ridge district,
has freak Percheron colt. The colt
is of normal size, but it has five legs.
The fifth leg is joined to the left front
foot at the ankle, then branching into
perfect foot.
Lewiston-The West Coast Portland
Cement company has obtained patent
to valuable lime rock deposits near
Lime Point on Snake river. This COM
pany is building large cement plant
neat Asotin and the rock will be taken
by boat from the quarry to the plant
at Asotin.
Nez Perce-The Nez Perez band has
reorganized, and arrayed in new uni
forms expects to escort a princess
from the Nez Perez reservation to the
coming Pow Wow in Spokane. The
band has accepted the invitation of the
commercial club of Spokane to attend
the Pow Wow.
Cottonwood = w. B. Hussman, who
owns sawmill at Keuterville, has
closed deal for 16 lots in the Proctor
addition, west of the farmers ware
house, and will open a retail lumber
yard. Mr.. Hussman paid $1,000 for
the property, and it is his intention to
erect a lumber warehouse and a plan
ing mill sufficiently large to permit of
finishing shop lumber to be shipped
East.
Lewiston = 1.-THE present week."
says George E. Crum, of White Bros.
& Crum, large fruit growers and COM
mission men, twill be the critical per-
iod for fruit men. If we can escape
killing frost this week we expect no
more trouble" Some of the other
large fruit growers are provided with
smudge pots and crude oil and could
successfully combat frost providing
it was not too heavy.
Moscow-Nine banks of Latah coun-
ty are paying premiums on an average
surety bond of $40, 900 each to qualify
as legal depositaries for county money,
while the treasurer, Miss Ruth w.
Broman, has on hand less than $4,000
cash. While Latah county has less
money than at any time since its or
ganization, it is out of debt. 1t is
claimed no other county in Idaho has
so good financial showing.
Moscow = County School Superin-
tendent Catherine 7. Dryden is elated
over the condition of the public schools
in Latah county. On her records are
166 licensed teachers, and according
to the last school census there are
$3.50 persons between the ages of
and FL years old. There are 81 school
districts, Notwithstanding that Latah
county is one of the smallest in the
state in area, and most of these have
eight months of school each year.
Lewiston-Mr. Johnson said regard
ing construction work on his new road
from Lewiston to Vollmer: "We have
camps established and have COM
menced grading just outside the city
limits.
More men and teams will be put to
work as soon as they are available,
as we wish to complete the line into
the Tammany district in time to
handle the wheat for that point this
fall. Only portion of the old Lewis
ton Southeastern grade can be utilized,
as portion of it does not give us the
grade desired"
Boise-The smoothest swindle in
the history of Idaho has been exposed
through the sudden departure of Will
liam A. Matthews, all around conf
dence man, with between $40, 1000 and
$50, 900 received from the sale of
stock in what was to be the Overland
Insurance company, domestic corpor-
alton, organized on state plan to sell
fire insurance.
Many bankers and big capitalists of
Southern Idaho were taken in on the
deal and lost heavily. 1t is because of
this fact that the sensational deal has
been kept quiet
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