Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-06-20
NEWS AROUND
The STATE
Items of Interest From Various
Sections Reproduced for Ben
eft of Our Readers.

county chapter of the Red Cross
shows the organization in 70
bust financial condition. The
cash balance June / was SIT,
528.85.
Judge Wallace N. Scales Of
the Tenth Judicial Dist.i1t Or
ed court at Lewiston M n6
The largest class of cases on Tie
calendar are those involving di-
vorces, there being so of these
out of a total of $50 cases.
At a special meeting of the
city council in Boise last week
minimum wage of $3.50 was es-
tablished for all city employees.
This is an increase of 20 cents
over the former minimum wage,
and as this is about the average
wage paid by, cities and towns
in Idaho, it was felt to be all
that the city could afford.
N. Williamson of Moscow re-
ceived on Monday a shipment Of
purebred, registered Shorthorn
cattle he bought in Missouri and
Iowa. There are 16 head that
cost Mr.. Williamson $4,000.
Mr.. Williamson at one time was
prominent merchant of Mos
COW but sold out this spring to
enter the stock business.
The price of cherries in the
Lewiston country was again
boosted Saturday when offers of
t3 cents for Bings and Lam
berts were made. Although
the Lewiston valley has a short
crop the cherry growers will not
suffer financially. It is estimpt-
ed that 20 carloads Of cherries
viii Re shipped from Lewiston
and Charleston orchards this sea-
son.
The Idaho state board of edu-
cation Saturday awarded to the
Roth Construction company of
Lewiston and Pullman the con-
tract for the construction of the
new administration building of
the Lewiston state normal
school. The bid was $136,312.
The Peterson Plumbing COM
pany of Lewiston was awarded
naIt of the plumbing contract
for $4,000.
Because the Western Union
Telegraph company failed to de-
liver a telegram for him which
might have meant the sale of
80 shares of the capital stock of
the Idaho National bank at
Boise, before the bank went into
liGuidation. j. A. Czizek filed
suit in the district court at
Boise last week asking iudg-
'nent for $4,000. the amount he
expected by selling his stock.
c. V. Allen, former state trea-
jurer of Idaho, serving SEN
yence of from 5 to 10 years in
the penitentiary for the embez-
Element of $4,000, has again
oeen denied a parole by the state
BOARD of paroles at it's regular
quarterly meeting last week. It
is likely that Allen will be parol-
ed next fall after he has served
the full minimum of his SEN
tence. Under the rules of the
penitentiary he has served the
minimum at the present time,
counting in good time to his ere
dit. Members of the board APP
pear to feel that until the full
five years has been spent by
him in the state prison he
should not be liberated. He has
asked for parole on several oc-
casions.
T. j. Keelan, well known
Boise business man is speeding
in a Pullman to Graham, Young
county, Texas, to reap a fortune
that dropped into his lap in a
most unexpected manner the
other day. Some years ago he
received from his mother deed
to 100 acres of land in Young
county" She received it from
her mother who in 1882 paid
$1.25 per acre for it as school
land. Keelan has been paying
taxes on it amounting to 500 a
year. A few days ago repre-
sentative of one of the big oil
operating companies stepped in
to Keelan's establishment in
Boise city and offered him $780,
900 in cash for his property,
Keelan refused it. consulted a
lawyer. and started for Texas.
He ascertained an, oil well flow
ing thousands of barrels of oil
had been sunk ON his lanl.