emigrant road, leading from South Pass to Oregon, are the salt springs of Oneida County. The producing capacity of these springs is placed at 4,500 pounds per day. Idaho obtained its principal supply of dairy and table salt from these springs from 1866 until the completion of railroads in the Territory. The cost of transportation to shipping points was too great to compete with these roads, and the result is that the salt product from the springs has for the present ceased; but, in the near future, it is fair to assume that these works will be made to furnish, upon a larger scale than ever, a superior article of salt to supply home consumption. METEOROLOGICAL. I am indebted to Sergt. William A. Korts, U. S. Signal Corps, Boisé City, Idaho, for complete data from the records in his office from January, 1878, to June, 1889. This station is an important one, and should be continued. In past years there was complaint of the difficulty of getting prompt reports. No blame was attached to the officer in charge; there being but one wire, it frequently occurred that there was delay in transmission. This difficulty will in a short time be overcome, as the Western Union is now stringing a wire from Pocatello to this city. I annex the sergeant's report. Meteorological data from the records of the United States Signal Office, Boisé City, Idaho Dash indicates temperature below zero. FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC CORPORATIONS. The following is a list of foreign and domestic corporations duly incorporated and doing business in Idaho from June 1, 1887, to September 16, 1889: American Ditch Company. Bellevue Water Company. Baker Wire Company. Bannock Implement Company. Burke Water Company. Bannock Musical Association. Bloomington Co-operative Mercantile Institution. Canyon Creek Railroad Company. Coeur d'Alene Prospecting and Mining Company. Corbett Slough and Ditch Company. Consolidated Silver Bll Mining Company. Eastern Washington Railway Company. Eastern Washington Railway Company, (sup. p'emental). Emerson, Talcott & Co. Farmers' Commercial Co-operative Association. Fay Templeton Mining Company (amendment). First Congregational Church of Pocatello. Gray Rock Mining and Milling Company. Hailey Gold Belt and Western Railway. Hotaling, A. P. & Co. Helena and Idaho Gold Mining Company. Ives Silver Mining Company. Idaho Mining Company. Idaho Commercial Company. Inez Mining Company. Idaho County Agricultural Fair Association. Idaho and Montana Gold Mining Company. J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company (amendments). Jarves-Conklin Trust Mortgage Company. Ketchum Spring Water Supply Company. Kootenai Railway Company. Kootenai Transportation Company. Lombard Investment Company. Lewiston Water Company. Latah County Fair Association. Mammoth Gold and Silver Mining Company. Mason Creek Ditch Company. Moscow Academy. Milwaukee Mining Company. Moscow Commercial School Company. Masonic Hall Association. Nicholia Building and Investment Company. Nez Perces County Agricultural Fair Association. Odd Fellows and Knights of Labor Association. Oregon Mortgage Company. Oneida Merchantile Union. Oregon Short Line Railway Company and others (consolidated). Parker Mining Company. Presbyterian Church of Rathdrum, first. Pioneer Dixie Ditch Company. Pioneer Irrigating and Manufacturing Company. Presbyterian Church of Caldwell, First. Portland Mining Company. Payette and Emmett Ditch Company. Preston, Riverdale, and Mink Creek Canal Company. Pacific Coast Elevator Company. Bear Lake Outlet Irrigation Company. Quaker City Mining Company. Riverside Ditch Company. Rocky Bar and Mountain Home Telegraph and Telephone Company. Riverside Irrigating Company. Rexburg Milling Company. Spokane and Palouse Railway Company. Shoshone Co-operative Company. Saint Anthony Canal, Improvement and Town site Company. Staver & Walker. Salmon City Cemetery Association. Spokane, Post Falls and Eastern Railroad and Navigation Company. Statesman Printing Company. Silver City Telegraph Company. Union Ditch Company. United Brethren Church of Jamestown. Washington and Idaho Railway Company. Washington and Idaho Railway Company (supplemental). Washington and Idaho Railway Company (supplemental). Washington and Idaho Railway Company (sup plemental). Warring Mining and Milling Company. Washington and Idaho Railway Company (sup plemental). |