Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-11-21
NEWS AROUND
The STATE
Items of Interest From Various
Sections Reproduced for Ben
eft of Our Readers.

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history, candidates for state IL
censes as certified public accoun-
tants were required to take ma
tionally accepted examinations.
A class of four men took the
test.
Full power to enforce the nat
ional wartime and constitution
al prohibition laws was Monday
asked of the federal government
for the Idaho state constabulary.
One deer to many cost C. H.
Hoffman of New Meadows a fine
of $1OO and costs.
Mrs. Phillip Baugh, who re-
sides on the Clearwater river in
the vicinity of what is known as
Fir Bluff some distance above
Arrow Junction reports having
seen the body of man floating
down the river Tuesday of last
week.
Bonds IN the amount of $780,
600 were sold last Monday by
the commissioners of the Clear
water Highway District to the
Seattle National Bank, Seattle,
this firm being the highest bid
der. The rate of interest was
five and one-half per cent and
the premium amounted to 1880.
The Idaho commercial potato
crop will amount to $3.50 cars,
according to the November re-
port released by julius H. Jacob
son, in charge of the Idaho crop
reporting service at Boise. While
freezes in late October did some
damage, it was small, as fully 95
per cent of the crop was in stor-
age.
E. c. Boom, state commander
of the American Legion, return
ed Sunday to his home at Mos
cow from Minneapolis where he
went as a delegate to the nation
al convention of the Legion. He
reports a splendid meeting and
the legion getting into condition
to carry on the fight for Am
ericansim at home.
Articles of incorporation were
filed by the Gold Bar Mining
company, and Nezperce was des-
ignated as the principal place of
business. The amount of the
Incorporation is 100000 and
the following directors are nam
ed: w. R. Grim, Frank James,
Ethel Grim, N. B. Schlader and
Jacob Eishenberger.
The present population of Oro-
fino has at last been definitely
determined, says the Orofino
Republican. Rev. J. A. Hoft-
man, pastor of the Methodist
church, has just taken a reli-
gious census of the town and re-
ports 175 families and $50 peo-
pie.
K. E. McCloud, a rancher age
48, residing near Occur d. Alene
was shot Monday near the state
line, the assailant using .38
caliber revolver. The shot en-
tered the left side of the neck
and came out through the left
shoulder, missing the jugular
vein by three-eights of an inch.
Tom Cable is reported to have
done the shooting.
The regular mail service from
Lewiston to Pittsburg Landing
on the upper Snake river has re-
suited in a steady growth in the
volume of mail accumulated each
week for the upper river section
and with the people there gen.
orally availing themselves of the
parcel post advantages. it is ex-
pected practically the entire car
go carrying capacity of the boat
will be utilized each week in
handling the mail business.
Four six-hour relay shifts
have been at work at the Gold
Hunter mine at Mullen endeavor-
ing to rescue the two men buried
by Saturdays cavein. Distinct
signals heard at close intervals
gave hope to the rescue parties.
The men in the mine are P. P.
Grant who has a wife and three
. small children, and Emil Sayko,
whose wife and week-old baby
are in the Providence hospital at