Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-04-04
NEWS AROUND
The STATE
Items of Interest From Various
Sections Reproduced for Ben
eft of Our Readers.


reversed the district court in the
case of Annie Weaskus-Luke VS..
William F. Kettenbach. It di-
reefs that judgment be entered in
favor of the plaintiff for $4,904.35
and her costs in the suit.
Senator M. B. Yeaman of Bon
neville county and Representa-
tives Ezra P. Manson of Franklin
county and A. H. Morgan of
Washington county will supervise
tie expenditure of $4,000 to be
Used to investigate various state
departments to check up their
books and accounts.
The district court at Wallace,
Idaho was asked to cancel the ap-
plications for citizenship of eigh-
teen aliens who, according to a
representative of the naturaliza-
ton bureau, relinquished their
rights rather than submit them
selves to the operation of the
selective service law. The court
will go into each of these cases
separately.
The school of forestry at the
University of Idaho is now filling
orders at the approximate cost for
forest and shade trees from its
rursery. Advance sales are re-
ported to be heavy and trees will
60 to all parts of the state. The
greatest demand has been for
black losust for wood lot planting
in the irrigated districts Of south
Idaho. Other popular trees are
Norway maple, sycamore maple,
red oak, blue spruce and Scotch
pine.
The school board Of the Lewis
ton independent school district
last evening decided to increase
the salaries of teachers in the pub
lie schools. The minimum for
grade and high school teachers is
now $50 and $3.50, respectively.
Looking forward to the erection
of additional buildings for school
purposes, the board has taken an
option on land adjoining the pre-
sent campus.
After lingering illness of sew
eral months, Mrs. Lois Turnbull,
died at her home in Sites, Idaho,
recently at the age of 80 years, A
months and % days. Mrs. Turn
bull was born at Pitchtown, New
York, October 18, 1923, and NOV
ed with her parents to the state
of Illinois in 1886 and resided
there until her marriage in 1854.
Mr.. Howes died on July 80, 1892.
Five children were born to this
union.
Bernice Mccoy, former state
superintendent of public instruc-
ton, who recently resigned as
dean of women of Lewiston nor
NAL school, left yesterday for
Omaha, where she will begin Ser
vice with the Y. w. C. A. Miss
Mccoy will be special field ex-
ecutiye, with the duty of aiding
communities in solving problems
of reconstruction and demobiliza-
ton. Her special field will con-
cern women employed in indus
trial pursuits.
A man hunt was on last week
in the lava wilds west of Pocatel-
10, the renduVous for many years
of Idaho bad men. Heavily arm
ed men were tramping the desc
late country in search of Edward
Miller, Joseph Hagar and C. w.
Darcy, escaped Jail prisoners. The
fugitives are said to be well armed
and a battle is believed to be inn
minent. The three men broke
Jail at Shoshone a few days ago
at the supper hour, with two other
men, Frank Sullivan and Frank
Walsh, all exconvicts. They pick
ed up cache of guns and ammu-
milton. Sullivan and Walsh are
believed headed for Nevada and
another posse is pursuing them.