The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1914-04-30

, Great Northern locomotive engineer.
on charge Of being criminally re-
sponsible for the recent wreck Mt Tha-
ma. In which two lives were lost. F..
G. Robertson, Of Spokane. appeared
for Giese. II was shown by the testi-
mony Of brakemen that Giese received
the signal 10 pull out Of Laclede.
i Kellogg "A SO limit has been placed
on the graduating dresses of the
eighth grade girls Of the Wardner- X ell
logg schools. and 1t has been further
stipulated that each girl shall make
her own dress in the domestic science
department under the supervision of
Miss Lois Johnson, instructor. The
SO IN TO cover the cost of the material
and the trimmings. The plan has
been approved by the school authori-
ties.
Lewiston--H. Harland, Of Payette.
Walter s. Bruce, Of Boise, ID. l.. Ev-
ans, Of Malad, Evan Evans, Of Grange
vile, and II. j. Rossi, Of Wallace,
members Of the state board of educa-
tion. and State Commissioner of Edu-
cation DIR. f. o. Sisson, met at the
state normal Saturday. President
George II. Black presented his report.
Needs Of the institution for the com
Ing year were discussed. Matters per-
tanning 10 the public schools also re-
ceived the attention Of the board.
The next session will be held In Boise
In June.
Lewiston The goods roads commit
tee Of the Commercial club has launch
ed campaign for building perma-
nent highway up the Lewiston hill rs
tho link to connect the Wala Walla-
Charleston state highway with the Pa
louise state highway, which leads to
| Spokane. The board Of county com
missioners Of Nez Perez county have
directed County Engineer Booth to
make survey Of the road, and IL is
reported construction will start soon.
This action ia the result of requests
from citizens Of Washington that steps
be taken for the construction Of this
road
Notwithstanding to an estimate
prepared by the National Wool Ware
house n Storage company, copies of
which have been received here. sheep
in Idaho have decreased numerically
10 per cent in the last two years. An
even larger decrease is shown for
some Of the ether intermountain
states.
The figures are as follows: Idaho.
10 per cent Montana, 40 per cent
Wyoming, 20 per cent; Utah. 10 per
cent; Oregon. 10 per cent.
II Is estimated that there will be
decrease of 20. 900, 900 pounds in the
1914 wool clip Of the five states.
Moscow The war declared on dan |
delions by the women's auxiliary 10 |
the chamber OF commerce last week |
when they adopted resolution propos-
ing to pay 10 cents per sack for dan
delions delivered on Saturday. resulted
in more than 500 bushels being de-
liverod ut the several stations and
wiped out the funds set apart for this
purpose by noon. Such great success
was little dreamed Of when the idea
was suggested by Mrs. w. NJ. Morgan.
chairman OF the women's committee
on streets and alleys. One boy en-
ployed a dray and brought TO the cen
trial station n gunnysacks holding two
bushels each.
Mrs. Richard Burk. president of the
auxiliary, took up the matter of funds
shortage for afternoon payments with
h. t. Byrns, president Of the chamber
Of commerce. who ordered that every
sack delivered by the children during
the day be paid for at the stipulated
price from funds in his control.
Potlatch- Much interest Is being
manifested by the boys and girls OF
the public schools IN the garden con-
test. About 100 have enrolled. The
contest is divided into three sections.
one for early vegetables. one for late
vegetables and one for flowers. Only
girls are allowed to enter the last
section.
The early vegetables will be raised
at the homes Of the children, but the
late vegetables will be raised in the
school garden plot. which has been
furnished By the Potlatch Lumber
company. IL contains about three
fourths Of an acre.
The lumber company has given $50
TO be used in prizes and there are sew
eral prizes offered by the Latah Coun-
~ Fair association. A special prize
Of s. u to be given 10 the boy or girl
who keeps the yard. alley and street
about his or her home the neatest
during the summer.
In addition to the above garden
prizes the lumber company has offered
$50 70 be used for prizes for the ex-
hibit Of the work Of the manual train
ing and home economies departments,
which Is b be held during the Last