Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-10-03
NEWS AROUND
The STATE
Items of Interest From Various
Sections Reproduced for Ben
eft of Our Readers.

| EIlTOIlH0nC III Cno Boise
schools, as reported Monday,
showed the largest attendance
in the history of the city schools
a total of $500, which is a gain
of 285 over last year.
c. H.Howell, who has been
for the past five years super
visor of the Selway Forest Res
erve with headquarters at Koos-
kia, has resigned and departed
for Spokane.
Uniontown defeated the Ken
drick team Sun. in a ball game
in which Cook for the victorious
team featured in the box. The
score was 4 to 0. This records
Uniontown s eleventh victory.
Idaho stockmen have been
granted a reduced rate on cattle
and sheep into the southwest,
according to information receiv-
ed Friday by the public utilities
commission from the Union
Pacific system.
Reports reaching Wallace are
to the effect that striking min
ers at Mullen, following a vote to
call off the strike in that section
of the district, have offered to
| go back to work under the same
conditions prevailing at the time
of the strike July Is last.
The seining of white fish in
Payette lakes promises to be-
come an extinct pastime. Otto M.
Jones, state game warden, an
nounced Wednesday that no
more permits would be issued,
and permits now out will be
cancelled.
The sale of the "21" ranch of
1,40O acres and located 20 miles
south of Lewiston near Waha
was made last week by F. e.
Schooler, the consideration being
$81, 800. The purchasers of the
big ranch are Mr.. and Mrs. L. J.
Wright and sons, of Nezperce.
A baby girl about 2 years old
last Sunday fell through an open
vestibule trap on Northern Pac-
ific train No. 4 while the train
was travelling at q high rate of
speed in the vicinity of Cabinet,
Idaho. That she was not injured
beyond a slightly bruised arm
seemed a miracle.
A total of SO registered Short
horns were sold at auction at the
Northwest Livestock show
grounds Saturday the average
price being $2O8 per head. The
Shorthons were from the breed
, ing farm of w. H. Leonard, of
Pomeroy and the auctioneer was
Harry C. Cranke, of Nezperce.
? Bids were opened by the Com
issioners of the Waha-T -Tammany
: highway district for the grading
: and surfacing of the highway
: from the rock crusher on Waha
prairie to the Waha store, a
{ distance of about five miles. The
, lowest bid submitted was by
Albert C. Kester of Lewiston,
and is for $43,7O1.40. The bids
were taken under consideration
George Miller, who has 1919
f acres just south of Moscow, and
has five acres of this in prunes,
says he will get more than $1,000
] net, from his prune orchard this
: year. This means more than
) 5000 per acre for the prune crop
He got $40 per ton for the fruit,
! Miss Lottie Grittman was
severely burned about the hands
and forearms when gasoline II
which she was washing hel
e gloves took fire in her home al
: Lewiston. Miss Gritman had OF
e the gloves which were of heavy
kid or buckskin leather and was
washing them in small pan o.
gasoline which had been warmed
with hot water. Friction caused
I the gasoline to take fire.
4 There was placed on record
3 at the office of the county audi
e tor of Nezperce county Monda!
o a document reciting the article
n of incorporation of the Whit
\ Brothers & Crum Orchard com
y pany, the capital of which il
: $250,000. The directors are W
e A White and E. A. White, O.
l. Lewiston; George E. Crum, o
= North Yakima, and H. B. Fincl
d aud 7. 2. Griffin. Of CranE
Forks, North Dakota.