Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-03-14
NEWS AROUND
THE STATE
Items of Interest From Various
Sections Reproduced for Ben
eft of Our Readers.

ed Saturday, that wages Of miners
in the Occur d. Alenes would be
reduced one dollar a day, to take
effect March 16, This cuts the
war bonus from $1.75 day rs
cents a day, and miners hereafter
will be paid $4.25.
Joe Seligo for many years res
ident of Kellogg died March9. Mr..
Seligo will be remembered as
among the champion rock drillers
[of the northwest. He and his part
ner, Elmer Sherwood, have won
many closely contested drilling
matches during the last 10 years.
He leaves a widow and two
children.
Suit, was filed in the district
court of Shoshone county by
Arthur E. Cole and Astoria A.
Cole against the o. w. r.. & N.
company, seeking to recover $15,-
852 damages, claimed to have
been done to their ranch during
the fall floods of 1918. Among
other items, they charge that 15
acres Of their land was depreciat-
ed from $400 an acre to $3.50 an
acre; that the damage to their
last years crop was $3.50, and
that their 1919 crop will be, dam
aged $4,000.
There is a bright prospect for
a big fruit crop this year, and the
future Of the fruit industry Of the
northwest is encouraging" said
Professor G. G.. Vincent, head of
/ 1of the department Of horticulture
Eof the University 81 Idaho, who
has been making a study Of fruit
conditions in northern Idaho re-
Gently. Mr.. Vincent visited the
fruit districts about Lewiston and
examined the trees Of all varieties
Of fruit and says he found condi-
tions very good.
A stranger made his appearance
at Bonners Ferry Idaho and in
formed some of the citizens that
they were paying too much for
their whiskey, that he would sell
them the best Canadian brand at
$3.50 a quart In lots of FIVE gal
Ions each. Several citizens pur-
chased kegs, paying as high a $50
each, but after the kegs were tap
ped it was found that there was
only half pint of whiskey in
the container, the remainder be-.
ing Kootenai river water. The
puveyor has disappeared.
Seven employees OF the Craig
Mountain Lumber company at
Winchester took out their first
naturalization papers at Nezperce
Saturday, to become citizens of
the United States. All were born
in Norway, their names and ages
being: Andreas 0. Lilleaas, 80
years; Edwin Olson, 81 years;
John Lind Lorentson, q years;
.,likal Mikalson, also known as
Mike Johnson, 93 years; Ole Steen
rs years; Esten Samstad, 21 years.
William Kirby, who conducts
pool hall at Ilo, was sentenced at
Nezperce Monday to pay a fine
$500 and serve 80 days in the
county jail, having entered plea
of guilty to the charge of gambl-
ing and also to the charge of
maintaining card tables for gam
bling purposes. Kirby was arrest
ed last Wednesday and his trial
was set for Monday before Probate
Judge Niles. Several witnesses,
who played in the games at the
Kirby establishment, had offered
testimony for the state when the
defense withdrew the plea of not
guilty and entered a plea of
guilty. In pronouncing sentence
Judge Miles called attention to
the fact that this was the second
time the defendant had been be-
fore the court on the charge Of
gambling.