The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1920-01-02

special car to carry 10 the national
congress at Washington. d. c.. the
outline Of reclamation needs OF the
irrigated west.
Lieut.. Commander Paul Fos ter who
was appointed To the u S. naval
academy from Idaho and was a
former University of Idaho student.
has recently been awarded the D.SM.
for distinguished service during the
recent war. He had charge Of a
submarine In the war zone.
ldaho's republican state central
committee will be convened 10 Boise
on or about February IL to complete
plans and select date for a special
state convention to select delegates to
the national convention of the party.
which is to be held Ia Chicago the
second week in June
Every dollar of Idaho's share Of
1920 federal aid road building funds
"a total Of $l.159, 976-is already
pledged to road projects thruout the
state, declared William j. Hall. state
commissioner of public works. There
will be no funds for any new projects
from this source" he said.
Figures showing that the total
capitalization of licensed domestic
corpora tionS 10 Idaho has mounted to
1907 547 ,039 and that foreign corpor-
ationS qualified TO do business 10 the
state have a total capitalization Of
$lS3, 1927 500 were made public last
month by Robert o. Jones, secretary
Uf state.
A microscopic worm called the
clover nematode, has beer causing
severe loss 10 clover fields OF southern
Idaho. 1t works 10 the crown and
roots and infested fields have the
appearance of having suffered from a
bard frost. Congressnen French and
Smith are asking for an appropriation
OF $500 toward eradication of the
pest.
The total value of IdahO's II prln-
cipal field cropS--wheat, oats, barley,
corn, rye, potatoes, hay. sugar beets,
clover seed, alfalfa seed, tomothy seed,
sugar beet seed, beans, peas, apples,
peaches aud pears-produced in 1919
is STA, 684, 285, as indicated in the
final report just released by julius II.
jacobson, of the Idaho crop reporting
service. Wheat ranked. first with
$3S, 345, 600; hay was second With
$3S, $4,000.
There is still an acute shortage Of
teachers in north Idaho, according to
the urgent requests that come to
Lewiston normal school for assistance
ln filling vacancies. Many rural
schools 10 the northern counties have
closed because of lack Of teachers and
school boards 10 several towns are
searching vainly for men and women
TO take positions Unexpectedly
vacated.
More was saved by the killing Of
graSshoppers 10 one county (Lewis) of
Idaho, under farm bureau auspices,
last spring and summer, than it cost
to run the entire University of Idaho
extension division last year, according
to statement made at the offices of
the extension division at Boise. And
more was saved in that county than
the appropriation Of state money
$2S5, 00O-for two years, according To
the same comparison.
Idaho has sold 6I6, 100 acres of lahd
since statehood has piled up endow
ment funds aggregating about
$I2, 600, 900, and still has In its
possession unsold land sufficient to
bring its endowmentS to more than
$50, 900, 900. This amount, at per
cent interest, would bring an annual
income of So, 600, 900. reducing state
taxes accordingly These figures were