The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1914-08-20
IDAHO STATE news

1 KelIogK--An effort is being made b
ths members Of the city council IN
the board Of trade to persuade the o.
w. R. 4 N officials to pave thei
ground around the new depot and tn
street - far ~ the nume- A deputs
tion from the two bodies met Superin
tendent Connolly At the train and dis
cussed the matter with him. While N
definite promises were given the com
mittee, Mr. Connolly seemed to b
much Interested : and asked that cos
figures be furnished.
Ncx< Prece-July and August have
been the driest and warmest months
on Nes Perce prairie for many years
Many of the threshfnR machine mer
state that they win quit threshing soor
unless it rains or the weather turns
cooler. Several fires have started in
the grain, but so foar have done little
damage, a. call for help has been
sent in almost as soon as the fire
started snd sufficient number Of men
have responded to save the grain.
Those who have lost grain on account
Of fires are Felt and Preston, 200
sacks; Erlan Olson, 100 sacks; Mrs.
Walter Booth, so sacks, and Henry
Stems, 200 sacks.
Lewiston - Secretary William Boil
linger Of the Lewiston Charleston Sa-
patkine has anunonced that after
personl conference with T. T. Maroney,
one Of the Curtiss aviatiors, he had
closed contract with the birdman to
make daily flights during the fair. A
contract has also been made with
Aviator A. T. Smith Of the McClelIand
corps Of flyers, which will give those
attending the fair chance to see two
aviators make daily flights. Maroney
will give two flights daily, give
of dropping bombs,
make spiral dives and perform other
difficult feats with his 75-horsepower
Curtiss machine. Mr.. Maroney, after
closing the contract, departed for the
Coast.
Wsllace-Labor conditions at Ward
ner, where the news was conveyed to
he she-if's office that the foreign ele-
nent among large force of workmen
who were laid off were acting in
'urly manner and making threats
against the company's property and re-
Iuited In the placing of guards at the
plant of the Last Chance
nine, have been sifted down by Sheriff
hcCabe, who visited Wardner, and
we're found to be greatly exaggerated.
The facts In the case did not warrant
he precautions taken, and resulted
rom the unfounded rumors that
hreats had been made against the
of the company by employees
Who had been laid off owing to cur
of the production of the mine
'ending the recovery of the metal
market. Sheriff McCabe reports that
here is not the slightest danger of
rouble.
Grangeville-A threshing machine
belonging TO Emil Won Berg of Denver
,lew up Tuesday night on the Joe Nc
Donald farm, west Of town, and
burned completely. The explosion oc-
urred just at quitting time and in
moment the machine was in a blaze,
citing fire to the strawpile and some
acks Of wheat. A hundred sacks
we're burned, but the rest was carried
o safe distance by the threshing
rev. The strawpile was entirely con-
umed with the machine. The wheat
to Dick Geler.
Two serious forest fires have broken
ut In this section, one on Joseph |
'lains west of here. and one near Flor
nee. The fire on Joseph plains is on
tate lands and assistance was asked to
elp put II out. About 10 men were
ent from here and the fire was check
d. but telephone message was re-
eived asking for more help rs it was
gain beyond control. The fire at
florence is on the Nez Perez reserve
nd the local forestry office has sent
ut large crew of men to fight it.
Moscow A general conhagration
'as narrowly averted here this week
'hen the warehouse of David & Ely
ompany burned and igniting three
earby two-story buildings, damaged
he cable of the Moscow Telephone
ompany and started fire in the rear of
~ 0ocihV Ahtatttf thS hfiiipiIt DhhcII
nd G. A. Bostwick's restaurant, all
ear the center of the business section
( town. Four fire companies were
BILE to prevent the spreading of the
ames.
The contents of the warehouse, val
ed at about $4,000, fully insured, were
total loss. IL was located imme-
lately back of the store across an
Hey. An alley is all that separated
he warehouse from the two-story NJ.
!. Corns. all block. the Casino theater,
he Miller two-story building, the city
all. and within a few feet of the CEN
raj bell tower and the city Jail. The
'avid a Ely company has a furnace
INSTRUCTED of brick and concrete To-
ated at the corner of its warehouse,
here 1t burns trash almost daily. and
Is supposed the fire started from a
park that escaped the hood covering
on top.