Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-05-17
IDAHO WEEKLY INDUSTRIAL RE-
VIEW.
State Development Proceeds Rapidly
In Payrolls and Factories.

Payette-Work started on new
creamery.
Weiser-Construc work on the
state highway between Payette and
here started.
Arco-New bank building being
planned.
-vicers-Sims Hardware
Co. to erect $4,000 building.
Weiser-Work being rushed on
new theatre here.
Gooding may get sugar factory.
1000 hotel to be built
here.
Blackfoot-New bank organized
here.
Arco-Utah-Idah Sugar Co. to
pay 81 a ton for sugar beets for
1917 crop.
Vollmer-Three grain elevators to
be built here of $4,000, 10000 and
200 bushels respectively.
Chelan-Contract let for mile and
quarter paving on Wenatchee-
Cashmere road at $19,631.
Idaho's mining business is not only
by comparison with other produc-
lions in the state. The metal pro-
duction for 1916, over $40, 100000.
was almost 80 per cent of the total
farm production, livestock, timber,
fruit and dairy output.
Boise-Cannipg factory may be
operated, coming season.
State land department to open
campaign to intensity crop produc-
tion and stock raising on state agri-
cultural and stock lands In every
county in Idaho.
Salmon-s3,000 wool warehouse
to be built here.
Reubens to have new hotel.
Weiser-44,0 900 trees being plant
ed on Peck mountain. in the Weiser
national forest.
Payette-Work started on garage
here.
Paris-Contract let for new garage
here.
State will install canning plant at
Blackfoot asylum.
Nampa-Building activities here
involving an investment of 100000.
Boise-The crops of southeastern
Idaho will be biggest in history of
that rich agricultural belt. If weather
is favorable.
American Falls - Building b 1 g
barn for mules. to have capacity OF
70 head-equiped with automatic
feeder.
Weiser mill and elevator plant
about complete.
Boise-State land board has decid-
ed TO take up matter of having the
Utah Power G. Light Co. wholesale
electrical energy to the Ashton & st.
Anthony Power Co, so that power
can be furnished to operate the
pumps OF the Owsley irrigation pro-
ject.
Twin Falls-Dairy Loan Assn or
ganized here. Capitalized at $685.
900.
Burley-ssO,OOO theatre under
way here.
Murray-s10.OOO building being
rushed to completion.
Occur d'Alenes break records,
gross value of ore mined in 1916 S.
100000 greater than 1915.
The railroads are donating the use
OF thousands of acres OF right of way
for farming purposes.
Lewiston-C.. NJ. & st. P. Ry. to
extend line into Clearwater county
to tap white pine belt. Estimated
stand OF timber in Clearwater Basin
is 100000, 900 feet.
Boise-New wing and other i'm
provements at Boise post office well
under way.
Emmett-Emmett plant OF the
Boise Payette Lumber Co. turned
over, 500 men employed, force soon
to be increased to 700.
Pocatello-Lava Hot Springs to
have new bank.
Lewiston - McClintock Turnkey
Co. to plant 400 acres to beans.
Boise-Contract for IdahoPacific
highway awarded by commission,
cost s23.9S1S0.
Kellogg-Bank Of Wardner-Kel-
iogg has gain of $40. 000d eposits in
last two months.
Governor asks people to lay in
coal supply. Shortage next winter
can be averted II consumers seize OPP
portunity to buy during summer.
Storage only solution in sight. Rail-
roads have agreed to furnish cars for
transportation of fuel from mines to
points in Idaho.
Highest price on record paid for
Idaho beef cattle 5000 per hun