Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1900-01-26

{bS Efeale5l ount IL any year sim
! fe2orsif have been kept :.
George w. 4amofeall, clerk and ~
corder .of Ada bounty, has been arrest
ed on charge 81 enbezziement. The
compliant waa made by one Of MS
bondsmen, 81 ~ ~
Or. r. J. Aicorn, convicted 1T Rath-
drum of mansiaighter In causing the
death OF Cora Burke through q crimi-
| nal operation. was sentenced to seven
years in the pepitentiary at Boise. SIS
| Latah county will be at an expense
! OF $4,000 to repairSthe bridges and
roads injured by the recent food Ju-
liaetta and Nee Perez will spend $4,000
each in rebuilding two large bridges
across the Potlatch.
The business of the Moscow Sawmill
Company will suffer as result Of the
I food, as many logs are contracted for
which would come from the flooded dis
trict The track was washed out be-
yond Vollmer and no shipments can
| be made.
| M. Grandquist, prominent reserva-
ton farmer residing at Agatha, was
struck by the Orc Elmo train while
walking on the track above the mouth
of the Potlatch and now lies in criti-
cal condition at the Northern Pacific
hotel In Spaulding.
The smallpox scare is abating in Mos
cow. The cases are all of mild form.
| The public schools were closed last
week, but will soon be convened again
IL no new and severe developments
| transpire. The state university has
had its regular sessions each day.
The commissioner of Shoshone coun.
ty have adjourned without taking any
| definite action regarding the county
bonds. The bondholders are willing to
withdraw the suit, settle with the coun-
TVS attorney in the case, and accept
the overdue interest without any pen
atty.
w. H. Poole and George e. Wilson
were arrested at Lewiston on a charge
of passing counterfeit money. The men
on being searched were found to have a
quantity of counterfeit money on their
persons. The money was OF the denom-
nations Of half-dollars and quarters,
bearing the dates of 1881 and 1896.
Governor Steunenberg will go north
to look over the ground preparatory to
the appointment of a commissioner for
Shoshone county to fill vacancy caus-
ed by the resignation of G. Scott Ander-
son. The subject is so important that
the governor felt 1t necessary to consult
with the people before making an ap-
pointment
:. M. ]. Shields, OF Moscow, is handling
q new cereal'which is called corn wheat
The kernals look very much like wheat,
except that they are about twice as
large and the yield per acre is about
twice as large, running from so to 100
bushels. Mr.. Shields has raised 1913
sacks, weighing 100 pounds each, from
only two bushels of seed. Practically
the same kind of meal can be made
from it that Is made from corn, meal
that Is palatable and has superior fat
tening qualities. 1t is believed that
this grain will solve the problem of fat
tening hogs and cattle In wheat coun-
try. Even the straw after threshing has
been found to contain fattening quail.
ties to such an extent that stock thrive
on 1t almost as we'll as they do on hay.
If all the things that are claimed for it
are true, this new grain Is one of the |
most important products over introduc-
ed into the Palouse country.
MONTANA.
The employees of the steam laundries |
at Missoula formed labor organiza-
ton last week, with Joseph Willett as
secretary.
Michael Marley, a lumberman, has
been working in Kendalrs camp near
Florence. He was in the act of reach |
ing overhead with his ak to cut large |
limb. when the AK fell and cut his left |
foot badly.
John N. Wise, an employee of the Big |
Blackfoot Milling Company, has been |
brought to Missoula from the upper |
end of the Blackfoot country with |
badly broken leg. caused by falling |
tree. |
A small wreck took place in the yards |
Of the Northern Pacific at Missoula last |
week. The damage was slight and no |
one was hurt. The trouble took place |
about mile from the station and al |
most at the extreme west end of the |
yard.
Mrs. A. Lacasse. wife of Alphonse La
casse, one of the owners of the renown.
ed Cedar Creek placer mines, died in
Missoula from the effects Of an opera
ton for appendicitis. She had large
number of friends in Montana and 9TH
or M rfa Of thn vack