The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1914-01-29

3 and that they viii be submitted TO ID
i local board Of trade At an early DAFT
= Occur d'AIcne - About rs grower
y attended the meeting addressed b
4. Orris Dormen, of Spokane, and F G
= Carlisle. Of Kettle Falls. Wash, wbic
: had been called for the purpose o
' hearing discussion Of apple cultur'
q and the varieties of apples best adapt
/, Cd TO this section. The visiting speak
! srs also reviewed the work Of tn,
b North Pacific Fruit Distributors dur
Ing the last season.
Moscow--AlthouRh Mrs. Mary Mix,
y Mrs. Stephen Griffith and Miss Kath.
crime Driscoll say they have spent the
= greater part Of seven years holding
J down homestcads near Goat mountain,
! their rights are being contested by
ppecial agents Of the government, H.
j. Brown and A. J. Leonard, from the
land Office, and assistant solicitor from
the department of agriculture, P. J..
O'Brien, before United States Com
missioner H. P. Smith. The special
agents charge that they have not com
piled with the homestead laws.
/ Kellogg George Wedl, an old resi-
dent, has put in a profitable winter
trapping on the hills north Of the city,
his traps snsrlng wesaels, muskrats,
snowahoe rabbits and an occasional
coyote. Wedl reports the trapping in
this vicinity the best it has been in
years, and he has large assortment
Of pelts, which he will dispose of in
the spring The coyotes have been
less numerous this winter than usual
ON account Of the light snowfall.
During the last few years it has not
been uncommon for lynx and bobcats
to invade the henroosts in Kellogg.
but there have been no depredations of
this sort this winter.
Deary-The farmers of the upper
Potlstch have been unable to haul
their grain to market owing to the bad
condition of the roads, but il the pres |
ent cool weather holds, the recent
snowfall will enable them to begin at
once. So far this has been the most
open winter ever known in the upper
Potlatch. All logging operations
have been seriously interfered with by
the lack of snow, whereas last winter
logging had to be practically aban-
doned because Of too much snow dur
ing the month of January.
Kellogg Stanly A. Easton, mana
ger Of the Bunker Hill & Sullivan
company, has returned from Boise and
'eports that the draft of the working
mems compensation act as presented
here apparently met the approval of
III interests, considering the discus
non, and the absence of attacks on
my Of the features in the bill. He
aid that the committee evidently had J
aiken seriously the discussion at the
Irst meeting several months ago, and !
here was apparent a desire to meet
he requirements of the state.
In a state with the comparatively
mall population Of Idaho 1t was evil
lent from the outset that the taxpay-
rs would have to be considered. and
hat the bulk of the expense would
AVE to be borne by the employers. .
AID Mr. .Easton. 1.-THE state is too
Dung to stand the expense of high
alaried commission and heavy an
ropriation each year TO maintain the
york. While the bill was presented
n skeleton form believe that it's
erms will meet with the approval of
he employer and employee If the same
Ian Is followed when the measure is
resented to the legislature"
Thirty nine fires caused by light
ling. OF total OF az, during the fire
esson Of 1918. ia the remarkable re-
'ort OF the Clearwater Timber Pro-
ective association, just published
" the three fires due to other causes
ne, caused by railway engine. was
tut out by section hands, one was
sused by campers, and one. started
rom the burning of slashings by a
armer.
Despite the damage occasioned by
he thunderbolts the Clearwater asso-
iation patrolled more than 900. 600
'cres at cost of but three cents per
'cre OF the 434. $50 acres assessed. and
With fire loss Of but 20 acres burned
yer, with 124. 900 feet Of timber de-
troyed.
The Clearwater association mem
ers number but eight, of whom the
tate OF Idaho Is the largest contribu-
OF, on Isl, $40 acres, the Clearwater
lumber company second. with 142. $50 {
ores.
Other members with smaller acre !
ges are the Milwaukee Land com
any, North Fork Lumber company.
'otlatch Lumber company. G. A. IL
'ubedew, c. A. Smith Timber COM y
any and the Western Land company.
During the year the association /
pent over $i400 in building new tele- .
hone lines and in improving existing Q
mes. The Importance OF the tele- c
hone lines in enabling the association ,
'arden, Theodore Foil. to handle with b
little loss the large number Of fires a
Isrted Is emphasized by President C. b
!. Fsncher in his report. 10