Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-02-22
F0RTUNECONT|NUES
TO SMILE ON
sunny IDAHO
FROM SOUTHEAST TO NORTH
WEST GEM STATE MAKES RAPID
INDUSTRIAL STRIDES
A CHRONICLE OF PROGRESS
Million and Half Lumber Cut at Pot
latch-Nezperce Build Sewer System
old Certificate Brings $26,5O0.

rangeville-Farmers and merchants
to construct 900 flour mill the com.
ing spring.
Buhl-I. o. o. F. lodge plans brick
building, Methodist church will build,
and hospital contemplated.
Wendell-Amalgama Sugar Co.
offers to build mill here if sufficient
beets can be signed up.
Twin Falls-Milner Canal Co. plans
to water 10000 acres near Miner,
Murtaugh and Hensen.
Buhl-100 barrel flour mill starts
operations here.
Wallace-The Hecla Mining company
paid dividend No. 164 in January of Is
cents per share amounting to $15O,00O
making grand total paid by the COM
pany $5,455,000. At this rate the
Hecla will pay $1,soo,ooo during the
current year.
Grangeville-$1o, 900 garage just com
pleted by Henry Book.
Kellogg-Contracts for building Pine
| Creek branch of o. w. R. & N. have
| been let to give transportation to this
mining district.
Potato prowers in Boise valley aver
age $132.33 per acre past season. Onion
seed paid $3.50, popcorn $15709, broom
corn $l25 and sweet potatoes $105.75.
| Boise-First tangible move in the
building Boise to- Wells railroad taken
by incorporation of Boise, Twin Falls
and Nevada f. r. Co. for $3,000,0 900,
surveying to start as soon as weather
permits.
Millions in Lumber.
| Potlatch-Potlatch Lumber Co. whose
mill here is largest in the world, will
cut about 100000 feet during 1917,
will pay its men approximately 81 400,-
600 and its supplies will cost $350,000.
Malad-Big Malad irrigation dam un-
der construction 12 miles north of here
at cost of $125,00O will be completed
about June l. The dam will make a
lake a mile long by half mile wide
and will irrigate 5000 acres.
Idaho gets $120,992 as pro ratio share
of government good roads fund avail
able this year. This is exclusive of
amounts recently allotted for roads in
forest reserves.
Caldwell plans new 100000 high
school building as present school facii
ties are greatly overcrowded
Ealdwell-Deer Flat farm of 76 acres
net owner $500 past season. Alfalfa
brings $40 per acre and red clover
$3.50.
Nampa-Creamery output past year
totalled 100000, an increase of 80 per
cent over year previous. Now market
ing 10000 lbs. butter monthly.
The $30,000,000 of insurance policy
taken by the Union Pacific for it's
. employees is largest in history.
Wallace-A mining certificate laid
away in a trunk and forgotten during
9 the struggling years of the Hecla Min.
4 ing company, 35 years ago, has just
been brought to light and obtained for
? its owner, Mrs. Mary l.. Humes of New
' York, $26,500 in a check for back
: dividends, signed by James F. Nc
: Caldwell-Aggitation on for bridge
Y across Snake river.
{ Nampa-Locker factory to be built
here this year.
Jerome-Sugar beets to be one Of the
chief crops of irrigated district o1
= southern Idaho.
Grangeville-Continen Oil Co. OF
9 Butte establishes distributing point
y here.
: Emmett-10O homes to be built here
: to accommodate men to be employed il
Is new mill.
' st. Maries-Shoshone & Clearwate
q Ry. Co. with headquarters here innor
: porates for $4,000 to build logging
70 road.
- Gooding begins aggitation for suga
n factory.
- Idaho Falls-$60,n0 GOO building ant
loan company organized here.
Arco-Local men sell 2 carloads o
cattle averaging $85 per head.
Arco-Advertiser moves into nev
= brick home.
Sc Boise-H. V. Platt, vice president an
20 20 general manager of Oregon Short Lin
~ announces that by next fall his com
~ pany will have direct line to Utah Goa
70 fields, thus solving Idaho coal trouble
Is Expenditure necessary about $4,000,0OC
'd Nampa-$50, 900 to be spent here b.
Oregon Short Line on improving tn
Yards; 100000 spent past year o
round house and shops.
al Townsite of Careywood, west of Sane
ch point and 720 acres, purchased by pr
v vate parties and being colonized.
ng Lapwai valley highway district Sc
$150,000 road bonds at premium G
$3135.
IT. Plummer-Methodists building ne
he church here.
ed Nezperce-New sewer system. to