Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1919-02-25
IDAHO NEWS PARAGRAPHS
Recent Happenings in This State
Given in Brief Items for
Busy Readers.

ne Hldlc dildlIS COlilullltt ilduC
its report on the investigation of the
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. e. Mcneil was dis
covered in the woods near Edgemere,
where he had been working alone, re-
Gently. Both legs we're 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 aSturday session the res
olution, looked upon as 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 ag rand total of $2,151,O
and that this is 1870 of the amount
saved in 33 northern and western
states, with a total of 1850 county
agents as compared with SO 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 $1,5S5,951 of this
sum, or SIG.
Help Cattle Raisers.
In blackleg treatment of cattle the
80 states saved during 1918 $474,953,
of which Idaho saved $50,364, or 1917
per cent. In fighting insect pests the
w oNUtCo ooNOo PAsOAtsOtt, anu ludllO
saved $13494O, or $40. In increased
potato production. due to the work of
county agents, the 80 states made for
the farmers $4S4,542, of which Idahos
share was $132,713, or $3.50. 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
SlS6,5S7, out of a total for the 33
states of $1,925,396, making Idaho's
share $3.50. In smut control Idahos
agents and farm bureaus saved $1g-
$50 of total of $4S4,542 saved in the
80 states, Idaho's share being 4.4el.
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,O45; seed selection.
$1S,329; sugar beet production. s21-
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 S2151. OOO.
ldah0 Auto Roade
The good roads bill before the leg
islature has the Endorsement of the
state highway department and is one
oil the most important measures that
has been introduced. The two-mill
levy on approximately a total valua-
ton of $45O,OOO,OOO 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
Sixteen links in the state
highway road system are taken care
oil and among them the money raised
under the levy is apportioned In ad |
dltlon there is almost an equal sum
raised through federal avenues and
from counties. he mill levy amor |
tionment is as follows:
Idaho-Oregen highway-Canyon Co.
$4,000, and Owyhee, $4,000.
Idaho Utah highway-Bannock Co
Franklin, $4,000.
North and South NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
lai county, 100000; Benewah. $50. 900:
Latah, $4,000; Nez Perez. $40. COO:
lewis, $4,000; Idaho, $685.. 900; Adj
inns, S125,0O0.
Panhandle MISUNDERSTANDING Co
$4,000; Bonner, $4,000; Kootenai.
$1,000
North Pacific NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
20, $4,000; Kootenai, $4,000.
Lewis and Clark highwav-Nez
'erce, $4,000; Clearwater. S27 900.
IDAHO, $4,000.
Idaho Central NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Co
10000; Camas. $4,000; Blaine. SIS
100; Butte $4,000.
Sawtooth Park highway-Lincoln
o., $4,000; Blaine, 10000; Custer
$4,000; Lemhi, $4,000.
Yellowstone parL b;ol,,.., NJ.