Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-05-23
NEWS AROUND
The STATE
Items of Interest From Various
Sections Reproduced for Ben
eft of Our Readers.

Inc hot weather of the last
two days have been ripening
cherries rapidly through Lewis
ton-Clarkston, valley, and the
strawberry season is opening.
Prospects for good crops of all
varities of fruit are bright.
The public utilities commits
sion at Boise ordered the Boise
Gas Light &,Coke company to
reinstate all quarter prepay gas
meters taken from consumers,
where the latter desire them.
and to install such slot meters
for all consumers applying for
them.
Suit has been filed by Chas-
tain's, Limited, of Lewiston,
druggists, against A. E. Cars
SOW, who conducts drug store
in the same town to restrain
the latter from using the name
"OwP in connection with the
drug store name and advertis-
ing. Plaintiff also ask $4,000
damages for loss of trade.
In the federal court, at Mos
COW, AL Arthur, charged with
failing to make return to the
internal revenue department,
was fined $500 today. Arthur is
the man who was arrested a few
days ago in. the Salmon river
country on the charge of con-
ducting a "still." He pleaded
guilty to the indictment return
ed.
At a meeting of the building
committee, held in Lewiston
last week, the plans for the live
stock pavilion and coliseum for
the Northwest Livestock show
were accepted and Secretary
Hendershot was authorized to
issue a call for bids for the
structure, these bids to be open
ed on June 7. The plans were
prepared by Architect r. S.
Loring.
Bringing an average of S144.-
70 the dairy herd Of L. N.
Chase on the G.. N. Lamphere
farm in the northern part of
Latah county, sold at auction
has established a new record
for grade milk COWS. There
were 25 cows in the herd and
they sold for a grand total of
$2867.50. Eleven of the COWS
were bought by a dairyman at
Vallevford. in Spokane county
and the others were scattered
over the Palouse country.
| Seized with a sudden heart
attack Thursday, Mrs. Anna
Gardner, of Boise, fell against
her ironing board, knocking the
electric iron off which struck a
gallon jug of gasoline sitting
on the floor. A violent explo-
sion resulted, followed by
burst of flames which would
probably have burned Mrs.
Gardner to death had not her
little daughter, Elenora, caught
her and dragged her back.
The Nez Perce county COM
missioners on May 16, made an
appropriation of $250O for the
employment of county agri-
cultural agent to be supplement
ed by $1,000 available through
the federal department of agri-
culture, the state university
department, and the state farm
markets bureau, w. B. Kjosness
of the extension department of
the state university, has recon-
mended for the new position F.
Skuse, who has been successful
in county agent work in Mont
ana.
The state of Idaho is ready to
proceed forwith with construc-
tion work on the two wings of
the state capitol building. On
the desk of Governor Davis are
piled high 100000 in capital
building bonds, each of a demo-
minatfon of $1,000, delivered by
Ferris & Hargraves of Spokane.
They bear A 3-4 percent interest
and were sold at a substantial
premium for the state. When
the states chief executive gets
through signing them he may
have to call in a specialist to
treat a mild case of writer's
cramps.