The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1913-09-25

idaho STATE news
| Potlatch- Thirteen dollars per ton
II the record price paid 1t Potlatch fol
No. ! hay. This prizes va paid last
week BY Coast buyer who was forced
% pay the price to get the farmers 70
haul for prompt shipment
| Plummer - Sparks from ! freight
trsin ret IRE 70 grain field three
miles eaat Of Plummer. About so
/! acres we're burned and five ions Of hay
and grain destroyed. The fire was ex-
tinsuished BY special crew OF rs men
sent out BY the 0.-W. n. &N. rail-
road from Tskoa.
Ferroil- Bears are plentiful in tfis
locality ard ars committing deyfesJa-
tions, such - breaking down fruit
trees 10 net the frdit. Prune trees
ssem to b. their choice, although the
apple suffers to sons extent. A calf
was found by John FerreIl that had
been killed by bear near his place.
Occur d'Alene - Articles OF incor-
poration were filed by the Webber
Logging and Timber company, with
Offices Ia this city, the capitalization
being 500, 900. W. n. Weber OF
this city will be IN charge Of the bust
ness, the Office location being the
Harding block. The business is to be
manufacturing, exporting, importing
and general dealing in lumber.
Boise Major Fred r. Reed. COM
missioner Of immigration, labor and
statistics. and executive commissioner
OF the Idaho Panama Pacific exposi-
ton commission, hes had architects
draft the plans fer the Idaho building
at the exposition and the commission
10 soon to meet and pass on them. The
building IL planned to give a spacious
exhibition rnasn on each of its two
floors, room forlmoving pictures, re-
ception rooms, offices for the commits
sioner and attendants and spacious
balcony overlooking the bay. The
edifce will cost from SIS, 900 to $2E,
900.
Kendrick--Bean harvest Is In full
swing and by the end OF the week this
crop will be In the sack IL the present
fine weather holds out. Never in the
history of the bean industry in the
Potlatch country has as fine quality
been harvested. The yield averages
from 700 to 800 pounds to the acre.
This, together with the increased acre
age and the fact that the entire crop
will be saved, will make the total
tonnage the largest ever shipped from
this point. The price Is n cents
pound now, but growers are predict
ing higher price before the season is
over.
University Of Idaho, Moscow--Near-
" $50 students have registered at the
University OF Idaho and many more
are waiting to be enrolled. The ENROLL
ment this year thus far equals the en-
rollment Of last year at the same time, /
but the time the registration is COM 1
plete 1t Is expected to show an in !
crease over last year.
There Is good increase In the
freshman class. More than lao have
registered in this class, making the
largest first year class in the history :
If the institution. There are many a
Did students who will return to college s
within the next few weeks. d
Occur d'Alene- Poultry fanciers of 9
kootenai county are preparing for =,
heir fourth annual show, announced o
% be held December 16 to 20. The E,
went this year will be on a consider 8
IDLY larger scale than former years, 1t
md the exhibit will extend over tt
greater variety of birds. L. C. Shad- in
luck, of the Shadduck poultry farm, eS
his county. has been selected as the
superintendent of the 1918 show, and
viii take charge Of the event from the =.
tart. The president of the Kootenai r ra
'ounty Poultry association is f. H. al
feidelbach, and the secretary II. o. 70
'ytherleigh, of Couer d'Alene. Ex- pa
ensive preparations are already I'M in
er way and exhibits will come from ne
Il parts of Kootenai county and adj sy
lining counties, and some from East ~
m Washington. Va
til
Deary-Record crowds marked the on
'ening day of the Upper Potlatch ag- m
cultural fair. Much enthusiasm was I'll
own by the business men of Deary e,
I'd the ranchers of the surrounding
untry over the many fms exhibits.
The organization, under the direc-
On of II. B. Warren, acting manager h,
the fair, was splendid and every de- q
Irtment has as good showing as I,
" of the district fairs of the Inland :,
npire. /,
The fine arts department Is especial b
to be commended and the magif-
mt display of poultry has never be- o
re been equaled In the Upper Pot Il
tch section. .
The fruit exhibit is not up to that y
last year in quality, but ranks high ).
quantity, and the grain and grass !
Ihibits are the best ever made
are. The amusement features hold a