The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1913-08-07

made In favor Of the Lewiston Land 4
Water company, Of Lewiston, amount
ing approximately to $176, 900. Mucl
Of the land was reduced to q cash val
ustion Of 500 per acre, formerly as
sessed at 1850 per acre.
Lewiston - The Lewiston state nor
NAL will open for registration Sep
TENDER l6. Miss Marie Blaine, las
year teacher Of history in the Bots,
high school, graduate Of Brown uni
versity, and now q student in the New
England Conservatory of music, hai
been elected dean Of women, to sue.
coed Mrs. George W. Tannshill, nee
Miss Anna Webster Lyle. Miss
Theresa f. Wild, of the Iowa Teach.
ers' college, bachelor OF science and
Columbia University graduate, has
been elected to head the department OF
music.
Moscow--The Idaho National Har-
vester company has shipped two of the
Little Idaho" combined harvesters to
Arthur d. Jones & Co, at Freeman, on
the Spokane & Inland, near Spokane,
where they are to be started immedi-
stely harvesting the company's large
acreage of wheat These machines.
with nine-foot cut, are operated
with eight horses and two men each
and It is claimed will put the grain in
to sacks for less than 81 per acre.
Each machine will cut from IL to ID
acres per day. and thresh and sack 1t
as 1t goes along.
st. Maries recent action of the
school board in voting not to furnish
free textbooks TO the pupils for the
coming year was reconsidered last
evening and a motion was unanimous
ly adopted changing the former decis-
ion. The refusal to furnish books
met with strong opposition from the
patrons. A communication was re-
ceived from the Idaho State Uni
versity to the effect that st. Maries is
now on the accredited list and gradu-
ates from the st. Maries high school
can enter the university without ex-
animation.
Moscow-Haying is practically over
In this. vicinity with the exception of
baling. The price ranges from $12 to
SIS for timothy and grain hay baIed.
The quality Is excellent. 1t has al
most all been cut and cured without
having rain fall on 1t after being cut.
Harvesting of wheat will start on
some ranches In about one week. Es-
Inmates place the total yield of fall
wheat In this county at much less than
produced last year 1t is claimed the
quality will be fully up to the stand.
ard. Indications favor good yield of
spring wheat of fine quality.
Sandpoint-A telegram was received
here by the Bonner County Business
mems association from C. X. GRAY.
president Of the Great Northern Rail-
way company, worded as follows:
I'm view of the circumstances stat
ed in your wire. Great Northern will
subscribe $1,000 toward demonstration
farm"
This removes the last shadow of
doubt az TO the location of the state
farm here, and is received with well
come by the people. ID. c. Corbin.
who was interviewed recently by
party of Standpoint business men.
agreed to donate.
Wallace-The plaintiff closed their
testimony in the case of Kate Nc
boarding house keeper
against the Federal Mining & Smelt-
ng company for $4,000 damages and at
he close Of the plaintiffs case the de-
'endants presented motion for nom
'uit. which was granted. The court
held that the plaintiff had shown only
he methods used by the defendants in
he transaction of their business, that
10 conspiracy had been proved and
hat the evidence had not shown that
he plaintiff had been damaged. The
'laintiff conterded that the mining
company and the United Stores com
'any coerced her boarders to leave her
md eat at the eompany's boarding
,ouse.
Lapwai - An investigation of the
ruit trees Of the Nez Perez Indians
las just been completed by Professor
ballard. of Washington. d. c., assist
mt in the division Of fruit disease in
designations. Mr.. Ballard highly
commended the work done under the
Erection of Superintendent Theodore
'harp and ]. ]. Swartz, experts in the
mploy Of the Indian agency. Mr..
Ballard stated that the reports circu-
ated that the Indians fruit trees are
adly diseased Is not borne out by the
acts. He found the trees of the In
ians as a whole no worse than the
anne number Of trees among the aver
ge orchards of the white farmers. At
lamiah IL was found that the most
orchard Of the community
3 owned by white farmers, and il
GEMS to be the source of the apple
cab which prevails TO a considerable
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