Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-09-26
NEWS AROUND
The STATE
Items of Interest From Various
Sections Reproduced for Ben
eft of Our Readers.

A hunting party from Okla
homa arrived at Sites last Sat-
urday evening composed of H. c.
Jerome, Tulsa, w. C. Brown and
c. A. McMelin, of McAllister,
0. E. Butler, r. L. Higgins and
VIM. Sheldon, of Grove, Okla.
The Lewiston Commercial club
has launched a campaign which
seeks to overcome the serious
situation of inadequate housing
facilities in Lewiston. The or
ganization of building and loan
association is proposed.
After a miners strike, which
has now been in effect for more
than a month at Wallace there
is a strong sentiment that if the
mining companies would an
nounce the reopenIng of their
mines, that practically all of the
idle miners in this district would
welcome the opportunity to re-
port for work.
Nine new cream separators in
cluding a Swedish machine as
well as the various types of sep
arators manufactured in the
United States recently have been
received by the University of
Idaho dairy department for use
in the several courses in farm
dairy work to be offered in the
course of the current college
year.
From $500 to 5000 people
turned out Sunday Sept. 21 to
participate in the Homecoming
celebration at Orofino given in
honor of the Clearwater county
young men who served in the
world war. 1t was the greatest
number of people that ever gath
cred in Orofino at one time,
every part of the county being
we'll represented.
The Orofino highway district
will vote on Oct. 4 on the ques-
tion of voting bonds in the sum
of 100000 for highway i'm
provements. The money will
he used for the construction of
the Greer-Pierce road and other
construction in the district.
About four miles of the Lewis
and Clark highway will be locat-
ed within the district.
Because of the Caldwell Trac-
tion company's alleged failure to
pay it's power bill at Caldwell for
August the Idaho Power compa-
ny Saturday morning at 7
o'clock shut off it's supply Of
power, thus disrupting the car
schedule of the line the entire
morning until 1 o'clock Saturday
afternoon when the public utili-
ties commission forced the pow
er company to turn on the cur
rent.
Dean E. J. Iddings, head of
the experiment station and agri-
cultural college of the University
Of Idaho, announces that farm
ers may send seed of any kind
directly to the university for
analysis. A branch of the state
pure food laboratory has been
opened at the university. Miss
Claire Hobson of Boise, who has
been seed analyst for the state
laboratory for two years, will
have charge of the work.
Leroy Stellmon, a young
farmer residing northwest of
Nezperce was seriously hurt
Saturday by being dragged by a
horse. He was riding after
stock and his horse stumbled and
fell. His foot caught in the
stirrup and he was dragged for
considerable distance. He suf-
fered severe cuts about the head
and face and his body was badly
bruised. He was unconscious
Tor several hours but is reported
doing nicely.
Moscow and Latah county are
to have a seed growing commm-
ity and make an effort to pro-
duce pure seed of many kinds
for the northwest. The work
is to include grains as we'll as
other farm products, but special
attention will be given to produc-
ing pure seed of peas, beans and
potatoes. which are to be made
a speciality. An expert will be
placed in charge of the work and
will assist the farmers in secur-
ing pure seed and preparing it
for planting and also assist in
the raising of the crops.