Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-06-13
NEWS AROUND
The STATE
Items of Interest From Various
Sections Reproduced for Ben
eft of Our Readers.

Fifteen of the leading cherry
growers of Lewiston Orchards
have united for and have fixed
a minimum price of 10 cents q
pound for Lamberts and Bings.
D. S. Wallace, deputy commits
sioner of agriculture, has issu-
ed a statement setting forth
that infected fruit must not be
shipped into Idaho and must not
be sold within the state.
Threshing prices for the fall
of 1919 will be substantially the
same as those which prevailed
last season. This decision was
reached at the annual meeting
of the Southern Idaho Thresh-
ers' association held at Caldwell
last week.
The summer session of the
University of Idaho opens Mon
day, June 16, closing on July 25.
Dean ]. G. Ellredge, will have
corps of 35 assistants, among
these being the heads of several
departments in the university.
President Lindley will deliver a
series of lectures.
Fire loss aggregating approx
imately $4,000 was sustained
last Sunday evening when the
sheds of the Lewiston Fuel COM
pany and the machinery sheds
of the Tri-State Terminal COM
pany were destroyed. The loss
is only partially covered by in
surance.
Three more highway districts
in Latah county have voted
S420,000 bonds for road build
ing. The elections were held
Saturday in Troy, Deary and
Boville highway district. This
makes total of 81, ,125, 900 vot-
ed for highway bonds in Latah
county within the last 60 days.
Almost four pounds Of butter
a day is the record made by Vio-
let Peach Ohmsby, a purebred,
registered Holstein COW belong
ing to the University of Idaho,
in a test just finished. She gave
593 pounds of milk, from which
271h pounds of butter were
made in seven days. This is be-
lieved to be q new record,
Ben Trutton, a farmer of the
Gilbert section near Orofino
drove his auto to a garage at
Orofino to get a fresh supply of
gasoline. He failed to stop the
engine and within 10 minutes
after opening the tank the in
terror of the car was burned and
the body damaged bv reason of
of fire that started when the
gasoline exploded.
Idaho births reported in the
month of May were more than
two and one-fourth times as
numerous as deaths registered
in the same period, according to
figures which have just been an
nounced bv the state depart
ment of public welfare. Exact
w 754 native Idahonans drew
their first hreaths in the course
Of the month, while only 333 re-
sidents of the state were called
to the great majority.
A scale expert will commence
to test the scales used by Idaho
merchants July 1, according to
B. F. Lyons, director of the
state farm markets bureau.
Lyons says failure to make
tests in the past has resulted in
the continued use of faulty
scales by merchants, and as a
result the public has been get
, ting short weights in many in
stances. Under the terms of
the weight and measures act the
merchants are charged with the
task of learning whether or not
! their scales are giving correct
,, weight. Owners of bad scales
can be fined under the law.
Seventy-four head of milch
COWS sold at the A. w. Bradrick
estate sale at Cove station be-
tween Moscow and Palouse last
, week and brought $19,135,
; There were 32 Shorthorns,
' which sold for $9775, and aver
age of slightly more than $3O5
e each. The herd bull, for which
: Mr.. Bradrick paid S1100 in Feb
Y ruary just before his death was
e sold for $500. Forty-two Hols-
: teins sold for S9360. or an aver
n age of S222.80 per head. The
S Holstein bull, King PontiSas Sc
uiS of Rrookside. sold for $500,