Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-07-18
NEWS AROUND
THE STATE
Items of Interest From Various
Sections Reproduced for Ben
eft of Our Readers.


county have decided to call an
election to vote $1,000,O00 in
bonds for the purpose of con-
structing good roads. The cleo
ton will be held some time in
August.
Threshing has commenced in
the immediate Lewiston country
and the reports received show
the yields are better than ex-
pected and will give the farmers
profitable returns despite the
drought and the apprehensions
that the crop would be an almcs4
failure.
John T. Ray, formerly pro.
prietor of the Owl Drug com
pany at Lewiston, and now en-
gagged in the drug business at
Astoria, Ore, must serve a Jail
sentence and pay a fine for un-
lawful possession of liquor, ac-
oording to the decision Of the
state supreme court.
Richard Hawkins, for many
years resident of the Orofino
lection but a resident of Mcdcs-
to, Cal, since 1916, was instantly
killed Saturday afternoon a nile
above Orofino when his car over
turned and caught him in such a
manner as to break his neck. He
was accompanied by his wiz
who escaped with only slight
scratches.
II did not occur to the Sand
point, Idaho citizens when the
Homecoming celebration was set
for Friday, July IL that tie
Catholic soldiers might be hand-
icapped in the enjoyment of the
banquet, hut the embarrassment
was removed by a special
dispensation granted by Bishop
German of Boise whereby the
boys were permitted to eat meat.
When the thermometer at the
United States weather bureau
registered 106 degrees last We'd
nesday afternoon, at Lewiston, a
new heat record was established
for that city to so early in the
year. Not during the 10 years
that the local bureau has been
in existence under federal con-
troll has such a degrees of heat
been attained earlier than the
last week in July.
Hereafter Brosnan's history
of Idaho will be taught in the
sixth grade of the public schools
instead of the eighth if the state
board of education will consent
to the change, DR.. Enoch A.
Bryan, commissioner of educa-
ton, announced last week. The
change is being made because of
the great interest younger pupils
in the public schools are taking
in the history of the state.
Persons are free to purchase
and use explosives hereafter
without the necessity of pur-
chasing license, according to
Clarence Hall, chief explosive en-
gineer, of Washington, D. G. an
nouncing that the explosive reg
ulations had been repealed by
congress, effective June 80.
Licenses are not required on and
after July / for the use of pur-
chase of explosives.
A citation for exceptionally
meritorious and conspicuous SER
vice with the Goth engineers at
Tours, France, has been issued
Captain Alfred D. Kettenbach of
Lewiston by General John J.
Pershing and has been received
at the Kettenbach home in that
city. Captain Kettenbach is in
Canada looking after land mat
ters and if he knew anything
about the citation, had not mem
toned the matter to his parents.
In addition to other fines and
punishments the federal govern
ment imposes a tax of $1,000 on
any one manufacturing or sell
ing liquor in community where
such action is prohibited. This
is found in section 1901 of the
1918 revenue law which took eff
| feet last January. According
to ]. l.. McClear, u. S. district
attorney, this law will be strictly
enforced and a penalty of so per
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