Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-02-28
IDAHO NEWS PARAGRAPHS
Recent Happenings in This State
Given in Brief Items for
Busy Readers.

adjutant generals department Mon
day The report was adverse to the
administration of Representative c.
S Moody, former adjutant general,
according to report.
Pinioned for seven hours beneath a
fallen tree, w. +. Mcneil was dis
| covered in the woods near Edgemere,
where ne had been working alone, re-
Gently. Both legs were broken and
his right shoulder dislocated, but is
believed, despite his injuries and the
exposure, that he will recover.
| The republican majority failed to
get through the house of representa-
tives at its Saturday session the res
olution, looked upon as a party pledge
proposing an amendment to the state
| constitution to give the Idaho Power
| company power to control and pro-
mote the development of unused wa
| ter power within the state.
Praise Our Experts.
That extension workers of Idaho
have saved to the state during the
last year a grand total of $2,151 900
and that this is 1870 of the amount
saved in 33 northern and western
| states, with total of 1850 county
agents as compared with 33 in Idaho,
was one of the points brought out at
the convention of extension workers
| in Moscow last week.
Idaho excels all other states in
| saving grain by rodent control"
which means the destruction of
| squirrels, gophers and other rodents
that destroy crops, including jack
| rabbits. The report shows that the
33 states saved a grand total of 81
| 672,91S in 1918 by this line of work
and that Idaho saved $1,5S5951 of this
sum- or $50.
Help Cattle Raisers.
In blacllleg treatment of cattle the
33 states saved during 1918 $474,953,
of which Idaho saved $5O,364, or 1Ob
per cent. In fighting insect pests the
SO states. saved $2,624,044, and Idaho
saved $134,940, or 5.19e. In increased
/ potato production, due to the work of
/ county agents, the 33 states made for
the farmers $4S4,542 of which Idaho's
share was $132,713, or 1870. Idaho got
= $40 of the increased closer seed pro-
| duction as a result of the work of
county agents and farm bureaus, with
$4,000 increase out of a total of $780,
$50 for the 33 states.
Wheat Production Increased.
Wheat is an important item in all
Of the western farming states and
ldaho's increased wheat production,
due to the work of the agents, was
S1S6,5S7, out of total for the 33
states of $1,925,396, making Idaho's
share $3.50. In smut control Idaho's
agents and farm bureaus saved 3d.
$50 of total of $4S4,542 saved in the
30 states, Idahos share being 4.4ee.
Other Items Saved
Other items in which the county
agents and farm bureaus added to
the net profits of the agricultural in
dustries of the state are herd i'm
provement, $16,045; seed selection,
$13,329; sugar beet production, $21,-
600, and weed eradication, $500. Other
items bring the grand total of net
profits to the farmers and live stock
interests of the state up to $2,151 900.
Idaho Auto Roads.
The good roads bill before the leg
islature has the Endorsement of the
state highway department and is one
OF the most important measures that
has been introduced. The two-mill
levy on approximately total valua-
ton of $3.50 100000 will raise a sum
sufficient to build many miles of good
roads during the next two years and
maintain them as well as others now
constructed. Sixteen links in the state
highway road system are taken care
of and among them the money raised
under the levy is apportioned In ad
dition there is almost an equal sum
raised through federal avenues and
from counties. The mill levy appor-
tionment is as follows:
ldaho-Oregon highway-Canyon Co,
$4,000, and Owyhee, $4,000.
ldaho-utah highway-Bannock Co.,
$1,000; Franklin, $4,000
North and South highway
mai county, 100000; Benewah, 1913. 900;
Latah, $4,000, Nez Perez, $4,000;
Lewis, $4,000; Idaho, $2S5,000; Ad-
ans, $l25,000
Panhandle ighway-Boundary Co.
$4,000; Bonner, $4,000; Kootenai,
$4,000
North Pacific highway hoshone
Co, $4,000; Kootenai, $4,000
Lewis and Clark highway-Nez
Perez, $4,000; Clearwater, $27 ,0OO |
Idaho. $4,000
Idaho Central highway-Elmore Co. |
10000; Camas, $4,000; Blaine, $15,-
0O0 Butte $4,000.
Sawtooth Park ghway-Lincoln |
Co, $4,000; Blaine, 10000; Custer,
$4,000; Lemhi, $4,000.
Yellowstone Park highway
ham. Sl2 900; Bonneville, $40. 000; Ere
mont, s5l ,000; Jefferson, $4,000