The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1916-11-02
IN THE GEM STATE

farm bureau organizations in The coun
try.
Nampa business men are elated owe
the fact that the city captured thu
grand lodge session of the Odd Eel
lows for 1917.
More than 100 enthusiastic count!
teachers were present at the meeting
of the Ada county Teachers associa
ton in Boise last week.
A case of infantile paralysis was re
ported to the state board of health
last week from Lewiston. The victim
is an 18-months-old child.
Nose Croney of Spencer was con
yicted of killing deer in the closed
season Croney was fined 500 and
costs, amounting in all to SOB.
From what are believed to be very
near the official figures, the wool clip
of Idaho from 100000 sheep covers
a value of $G,94S, 4SO for the season of
1916.
Work has been commenced on the
building of the spur which will con-
meet the tracks of the Oregon Short
Line with those of the Idaho Southern
at Jerome.
Idaho grown celery finds a better
market than the clery of Florida, Cal
ifornia, New York, Michigan and
Ohio, the big producers of the blanch-
ed leaf stocks.
Articles of incorporation of the AL
bion Water company have been filed.
The water company fixed it's capital
stock at $4,000. The water will be
drawn from deep wells.
The extension of the Raft river
branch of the Oregon Short Line,
which was started early in the spring,
is nearly completed and will be in oper-
alton during the winter.
A few cases of blackleg have been
reported in the vicinity of Star
recently. AS result many of the
ranchers are taking the precaution to
have their cattle vaccinated.
During the past three months one
of the leading stock dealers of Nam
pa has shipped out to the eastern
market 100 carloads of cattle and
twenty-six carloads of sheep.
Thousands of bass, perch and carp
have been taken from the Deer Flat
reservoir by the state game warden
and distributed in the streams at
Bruneau, Gooding and Lake
port.
So successful has the secretary of
the Y NJ c. A. at Boise been in hunt
ing up jobs for high school boys, who
want to work their way through
school, that he now has more jobs
than boys.
Betty Dysart, the colored woman
who was shot at Pocatello by man
named Harry Allen, also colored, is
reported to be resting easily at the
general hospital and to have a good
chance for recovery.
Idaho boarding house keepers can
not enforce liens against railroad cor
porations for board bills incurred by
laborers in the employ of contractors,
the state supreme court held in an
opinion handed down last week.
A trip to hospital and the pain Of
a fractured arm were the cost to Ed.
ward, 9-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
L. o. Nelson of Star, to learn by ex-
perience that calf may prove about
as dangerous steed as a bucking
Prisoners now at work on the north
and south highway will be permitted
10 remain at the convict camp near
Whitebird until the first of the year,
unless the weather should become too
severe. There were twenty-five pris-
)ners in the camp.
Two hundred and fifty horses were
asst week sent from Caldwell to Jer.
ey City, where they will be loaded
n shipboard for shipment to France.
he shipment filed twelve cars and
'as the largest yet sent from that
'callty for the battlefields of Europe.
From report of State Mine Inspec-
1r Robert NJ. Bell it would seem that
iaho is prepared to supply the world
lth phosphate. Mr.. Bell claims there
known to be 1O,OOO,OOO,OOO tons of
phosphate, which has been
scoVered by the geological survey.
Inc shortage of cars for shipment
potatoes is creating a great hard
zip upon the potato dealers of Idaho
ans Nearly all the frost-proof cell
rs and every vacant brick or stone
llldlng and basement has been
Ieu' and hundreds of wagonloads
e coming in every day.
That people of the central western
ates are considering Idaho as a nIacs
which to locate is attested by the
Gu that a supply of 500 booklets re-
1lhg Nampa's attractions, recently
nj TO the office of the colonization
.eht OF the Union Pacific railroad at
Iana' has been exhausted.
Inree small children. while nIavine
I, the yard of George Fisher at Idaho
us were struck by an automobile
wen by Joy riders who lost control
the machine and it ran away, Jump
across the sidewalk and into the
WI W, where the children were one
liz being seriously injured
: ,t nc price OF beans in the north end
me i state mas almost doubled within
las, iaSt ten days as result of the
'rket report sent to farmers accord.
~ IN information received at the
''e farm markets bureau.
M t, the afternoon train drew I'D
me uepot at Twin Falls on October
Inc sne Twin Falls band and several
No ~ people were waiting to vel.
ne nome on sick ff,rIo,,t, -