Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-07-04
NEWS AROUND
THE STATE
Items of Interest From Various
Sections Reproduced for Ben.
eft of Our Readers.

initiated into the Knights of Col
umbus at Wallace Sunday. Bis
hop German of Boise was pres
ent at the initiation.
Lieutenant Otto Stillenger of
Moscow received word Monday
that he had been cited for gal
lantry in action in the closing
days of the war. The citation
was signed by General John ].
Pershing reached him through
the mail and came as complete
surprise.
The surfacing of the north
and south state highway be-
tween Lapwai and jacques Spur
will be completed by the con-
tracing firm of Oxman & Co.
successors of Hoskins & CO. TT 6
forces are now being roo2pan'
ed and it is expected TIC "
will be resumed within the n ~
few days.
The University of Idaho h 9
sold to Charles Johnson OF
Occur d. Alene, a young jersey
bull, Fawn Barnot of Idaho, +
fine young animal from the st.
Mawes and Rosaria strains OF
Jerseys. He was bred end r i
ed on the university farm. The
sale was made through the ef
forts of H. H. Beier, county
agent of Kootenai county.
An offer to bet any sum up
to a large amount that the e.,
tire section Of western Whitlns
county, including the territor
around La Crosse, Dusty, Di
mond, Endicott and Hay W;
yield an average of not less til n
20 bushels per acre, has been
made by John T. Baken of Mos
COW, who owns 1853 ceres be
tween Dusty and La Crosse.
District Judge Wallace N.
Scales decides that the Indian
stick game is not gambling, ac-
cording to the Idaho statue.
Charles Mockton, Alexis James,
John Lawyer, Ralph Armstrong,
Nez Perce Indians of Lapwai
were arrested for stick game
gambling last winter. This de-
cision gives the Indians the
right to indulge in their favorite
tribal pastime.
Transportation of liquor from
Wyoming into southern Idaho
has been stopped, according TO
F. M. Brashears, head Of the
state constabulary. He says
more than 300 cases Of whisky
have been captured since the
drive on bootleggers was started
and several automobiles which
were used in hauling whisky
from Wyoming into Idaho have
been confiscated.
The cherry season in the Lew
iston valley has closed and no
more carload lots will be ship
ped. Packing houses have clos
ed and only small shipments OF
late fruit from the upper Clear
water orchards will be handled.
The total value of the crop this
year is $4,000, by far the great
est sum ever realized. The
yield is considerably below nor
NAL, but the relatively higher
prices made the difference in net
income.
The family of a former Latah
county citizen. w. A. Lang, es-
capped death in the Fergus Falls,
Mimi, cyclone by lowering in
one corner of their basement
when the house was blown from
over their heads and the greater
part of the basement filled with
debris, leaving only their little
corner in which they huddled
against the walls. Several other
buildings were blown over their
hiding place. They saved one
shirt besides the clothes they
wore.
In the case of Chastain's, Linn
tied, VS.. A. E. Carssow, Judge
Scales recently announced q de-
cision dealing with the damages
to be awarded following a ruling
made a few days ago that the
plaintiff is entitled to the trade
name, "The Owl Drug Store"
and restraining the defendant
from the us of such name. The
judgment for damages is as fol-
lows: "That the profits by the
defendants are granted to the
plaintiff and the plaintiff to re-