The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1918-04-12

Idaho met 10 conference Saturday 10
the federal court rooms at Boise TO
discuss food situations and problems.
r. F. Bicknell and every representa-
tive present was called upon for an
expression OF bis views ON all subjects
discussed.
Pardons were given IL prisoners at
the state penitentiary April when
the state pardon board met. Among
those who will be liberated Is William
w. Lottrldge, former cashier Of the
Leadore State bank, Lemhi county.
Applications filed by S. S. Burke,
Kootenal county; Walter M. Mills,
Bannock county; Fred Gruber. Root
enai county, and Cbalmer e. Shuff,
Shoshone county, all up for murder,
we're denied.
Only eight counties are without
agricultural agents and they are to
fall in line this month. according to
II. w. Hochbaum, county agent
leader in Idaho. The agriculture
extension department of the state
university, working 10 conjunction
with the federal department OF
agriculture, is endeavoring to place
an agricultural agent in every county
with a view of stimulating crop
production.
About 800, coo board feet of stand
ing timber in Heyburn park will be
sold to the Milwaukee Lumber
company of st. Maries under The
trespass law by the state land board.
According to reports returned by
appraisers to the board the timber Is
constantly menaced by fire from
passing locomotives. The lumber
company has expressed willingness
to pay SO SO thousand board fee
for the best grade sawlogs.
The state land board Friday ordered
more than $4,000, 900 board feet OF
timber standing on state school land
J Ia Benewah, Kootenai and Shoshone
counties sold by the state land
J commissioner. The board did moi
fix date for the sale. IL is esti
J mated that the state will receive
approximately $4,000 from th'
} timber, or about $40 an acre. There
IS an active demand for sawlogs nov
and most of the lumber companies
operating in the northern part of TIT
state are anxious to get timber.
d A GAO acre farm owned by G. b
] Hurtt, five miles north of Nampa
] has been leased by the state and j
will be farmed this season by prison
n ers from the state penitentiary. Tt
state is giving Mr.. Hurtt half of tn
: crop produced In return for use of tt
place. More than 30 prisoners vii
be used on the farm during th
summer. OF the $40 acres in th
farm, 45O acres is 10 alfalfa, $50 acre
is suitable for grain and potatoes an
the balance of the land is in pasture
The state will plant 20 acres {
ir potatoes aud 100 acres of wheat.
II f. A. Freeland, deputy q. S. Il
inspector at Boise, called attentio
TO section 1901 of the administrati,
= provisions on income tax returns ths
reads: Every person, corporation
partnership or association liable
any tax imposed by this act, or II
the collection thereof, shall keep sue
records and render, under oath, sue
10 statements and returns, and sha
go comply with such regulations as II
ne commissioner of internal revenu
de with the approval of the secretary
te the treasury, may from time to tin
'rS prescribe.
IS.
or The report of the postoffice sales
nd thrift and war savings stamps
Mt March has just been received
nd James H. Hawley. state director
he war savings stamps for Idaho. III
bo report shows the March sales to
sl7s, 991.59. The figures of the toI