The Libby herald., 1913-08-08
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

The peaches are coming to Genesee
and are OF excellent quality.
Ada county has school district
containing 324 square miles.
Standpoint gets the state demonstra.
tlon farm station. President GRAY of
the Great Northern Railway company
agrees to donate $1,000.
Grain is being cut. Most of the bar.
ley Is already cut and much wheat.
There are several threshing machines
which will start the first of the week.
The harvesting of barley and early
fall-sown wheat was started in the
vicinity of Moscow Monday. 1t is said
brewing barley was never of better
quality.
TO build pipe line capable of serv-
ing the city of Lewiston built from
Lake Waha to the city would cost ap-
proximately $150,00O, according to esti.
fates recently made.
Deputy Sheriff Harvey Sawyer of
Occur d'Alene city has gone to St. Ma.
rles and st. Joe to investigate the
robbery of the Milwaukee Lumber
company's safe at st. Maries.
Fred Hooper, aged 10, student at
Spokane, lost his hold on the COM
panlon who was bravely trying to save
him, and sank to his death in the St.
Joe river, about a mile above St. Joe.
According to notice received at the
United States land office at Lewiston
applicants purchasing isolated tracts
will not be compelled to pay the regu-
lar $l.25 per acre fee. BY the new
regulation the payment of fees is held
up until the applicant purchases the
land.
Chief of Police James F. Rice of
Lewiston has personally visited every
place in the city in which it has been
believed that gambling in some form
las been carried ON. He informed
he proprietors of the establishments
hat If such violations did exist and
we're continued that prosecutions
would follow.
One of the biggest reductions made
n assessments in recent years has
'een made by the county commission
rs OF Nez Perce county at it's present
esson. A reduction affecting approx
mately 1000 acres of orchard lands
las been made in favor of the Lewis
on Land and Water company of Lew
ston amounting approximately to
10000. Much of the land was re-
uced to cash valuation of 800 per
ere, formerly assessed at $3.50 per
Gre.
Senator Brady has undertaken a
ask that will be far reaching in re-
ults for citizens of Idaho Upon as
uming the duties of his office he
tarted an investigation on Idaho un-
urveyed lands, classification of ALI
ands, and cases pending before the
apartment of the interior. The Sec
etary of the interior has said that as
oon as he can secure sufficient as
stants properly to handle the mat
n he will have all Idaho land cases
n appeal disposed of. He has fur
ished Senator Brady with list of
II cases now pending. There are
50 of these cases, classified under the
blowing districts:
Blackfoot 80, Occur d'Alene 109.
oise So, Lewiston 35, HALEY 81, on
etition, no office given, l.
The work of getting these cases
'operly before the department is
wv in progress. The next move is to-
ave every acre of land in Idaho sur
Eyed. Senator Brady insisted that
aho was as much entitled to have it's
nd surveyed as Pennsylvania or
hio. He will ask for continuing
for this purpose.
The unsurveyed lands in Idaho totah
,231,360.
AS the land is surveyed it will be-
assified by the geological survey, so
at the homesteader before he enters
S homestead will know just where
g lines are and just how the land is
assified by the government
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