The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1914-05-28

Lewiston - ID. Ward King, good |
roads expert, addressed joint dele
cation of the Lewiston-C Charleston and
Asotin commercial clubs Monday, later
addressing a good roads meeting at
Charleston Mr.. King addressed large
gathering at the city park, giving
practical demonstrations with the King
split-log drag.
Wallace-The Shoshone Goods Roads
association sent Road Supervisor
Charles H. Burns and eleven men to
Fourth of July canyon Monday to COM
mence the contemplated improvements
of that highway from Shoshone county
to the summit of Burns hill. 1t is
estimated that the work will require
approximately IS days for completion
Potlatch-As result of contest in
attendance during the last school
month the seventh grade of the Pot
latch schools won large silk flag.
Their percentage of attendance for the
month was 5000. They had no cases
of hardness during the month. This
grade has had only one case of tardi-
ness during the school year.
Kooskia-D. r. Landon, the pioneer
sawmill man of the Upper Clearwater,
is up the Middle Fork getting out
boom timber for a boom across the
river just below the mouth of Clear
creek. Mr.. Landon has the mill about
ready for operation, and when the
boom is in will have the advantage of
both the creek and river for driving
timber.
Coolin-After suffering three frac-
tured ribs and a broken collar bone in
combat with an enraged she-bear,
Thomas Bowman of this place man.
aged to insert shell into his rifle and
kill the animal. Weak from loss of
blood, he crawled to the home of
Robert Curry Previous to the combat
Mr.. Bowman had slain two cub bears.
The old bear measured eight feet four
inches from tip to tip and was of the
cinnamon variety
Weiser - An explosion of gasoline
from an automobile which was under
going repairs in the Weiser Shooting &
Repair Shop caused a fire which
threatened to reach the five-story Hotel
Washington, just across the alley.
The automobile, which was owned
by P. Van Gravan, was totally des-
troyed loss about $500.
The interior of the building and its
contents were badly damaged, causing
total loss of fully $1,000. The build
ing is owned by Harry Wolff.
Lewiston-As result of visit OF
members of the ''good roads" commit
tee of the commercial club to Union
town the citizens of that place hav,
Joined the citizens of Lewiston in plac
ing the hill between that place ant
Lewiston in good shape.
The citizens of Uniontown will worl
on the first mile of the road from tn
top of the hill, while the other fou
miles will be worked by the Lewiston
citizens.
The boy scouts will assist as waite
carriers.
Captain Jones of company F, Idah
National guard, has informed the com
mittee that he will take his compan,
out to work on the road Engineer
Booth and Darwin will stake off tn
stretches of road to be improved
while the actual construction will b
under the supervision of George Fl
Kester, contractor.
University of Idaho, Moscow-Th
university committee of the stat
board of education adjourned Monda
night, having finished its work. Tn
committee rounded out the universit
budget for the year; accepted the re
signation of G. E. Frevert, head of tn
department of dairy production, VIII
will leave here for a position with tn
United States government; raised E
V. Ellington to a professorship, max
! ing him head of the combined dair
and milk departments.
The vacancy left by the leave of al
sence granted Mrs. Isaacson, instrue
tor in German, was filled by the ar
pointment of Miss Caroline Shock, a
instructor in the Indiana State Norma
school, Terre Haute.
George Graves, who for the las
year has held a teaching FELLOWSHIP
in the agricultural department, wa
raised to an instructorship and will b
assigned to experimental work wit
the government next year.
Clifford Edmundson, who has bee
taking post graduate work, and Georg
Downing, a senior this year, were al
pointed to instructorships in the hort
: cultural department. Filling of othe
vacancies will be taken up by the stat
board when it meets in Boise in Jun,
Kellogg - The fight over the nam
of the depot in Kellogg, renewed b
the complaint filed by Wardner, wi
be taken up by the Kellogg board {
. trade, according to President c.
Seelig, who said he would call a NEE
ing to have the matter acted upon an
some steps taken to have Kellogg rel
resented at the hearing.
1.-THE impression that the Kellog
board of trade is making a fight
have the name Kellogg alone on tn
I depot is erroneous" he said. "Ol
J body favored the hyphenated nam
, Wardner-Kellogg, from the first, b.
when we were called upon to choo:
/ one of the two names we natural
. voted to have Kellogg given as Il
name.
1--WE still favor Kellogg
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