Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-05-02
VIEWS AROUND
The STATE
Items of Interest From Various
Sections Reproduced for Ben
eft of Our Readers.

Baxter Godfrey, age A, son of
John Godfrey, Kellogg, fell into
the Milo creek flume, and except
for G. A. Gotter, who came to his
rescue would have been carried
into the Occur d'Alene river. The
creek has been cribbed through
the city, but at this place was
open.
At meeting Of the directors of
the Northwest live stock show
held in Lewiston April 26th they
selected the plans of Architect r.
S. Loring for the new $22, 500
pavilion and also authorized the
erection of three cattle barns.
Mrs. Jesse Hackett, age 70 pass
ed away while seated in an arm
chair at the home of her daughter
in Occur d. Alene April 26. Short
ly before Mrs. Hackett had been
in conversation with her daught-
er. With her arms folded and in
natural repose she died.
The animal husbandry depart
ment Of the University Of Idaho
is in receipt Of two finely bred
Poland China gifts from Missouri.
One is Model Giantess I'd, from
the Lockridge herd at Fayette,
Mo-, and comes from a line of
ancestors one Of which sold for
$4,000. The other is Orpheum
Girl, from the herd of the Uni
versity of Missouri.
Posses of men and officers are
securing the wooded country
about Bovill in search Of Victor
Brown who is charged with at
tempting murder. Doctors are
working over his alleged victim,
John Hoge, trying to save his life.
Brown was taken in charge by
some lumberjacks, but escaped
from them and fled into the
woods. Sheriff Woody Of Latah
county and some deputies left
Moscow April 26th to take part in
! the search for the missing man.
Burglars entered the drug store
of A. r. Tiss at Priest river last
week and stole every ounce OF
narcotics in ock-about $3.50
worth of morphine, codein, heroin,
opium and cocain and also the
records of sale of the same. The
strict regulations in the sale OF
"dope,", combined with the recent
passage of new laws in Canada
covering the dispensing of the
drugs, is supposed to be the rea-
\ son why the coke sniffers are get
ting so desperate.
Capt. Frederick c. Erb, son OF
George E. Erb of the public utili-
ties commission, has landed at
San Francisco and expects to re.
=. turn to Idaho within a few days
according to word received from
him last week by relatives. Capt
Erb was in some of the fierest
fighting on the western front, and
was promoted to the rank of cap.
tain week before the armistict
was signed. Some celebration,
, he writes of the reception being
given the company to which he il
attached. people all wild. An
having the time of my life"
} The Moscow highway districr
voted bonds last Friday in tn,
) sum of $375,000 by an oyerwhelm
, ming vote of 1,201 for the bond
! and 130 against. The ThorI
| Creek highway that will connec
: the Moscowand the Genesee high
/ way districts, voted bonds in th'
| sum Of $160,000 by a vote of 10!
: for the bonds and Ia against
e These two highway districts viii
5 provide for the permanent i'm
= provement. of the highways from
a point near Potlatch to the Lew
: iston highway district where'per
S manent highway construction hai
already been completed. Tn,
Potlatch highway district will vot,
o bonds at an early date that vii
O provide for carrying the highway