Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-04-25
NEWS AROUND
THE STATE
Items of Interest From Various
Sections Reproduced for Ben
eft of Our Readers.

Governor Davis has appointed
Math Schmidlkofer and Joseph
R. Dunham of Nezperce and Nick
B. Schlader of Russell, commits
sioners for the newly created high
way district in Lewis county.
On May II the Lewiston lodge
of Elks will-initiate a class of $40
candidates. No lodge in the
United States has ever handled
such class. The present mem
bership is 582. Plans are under
way for the erection of a new tenn
pie.
The industrial accident board
organized with the election of
Frank ]. Clayton of Boise presi-
dent, succeeding George H. Fisher.
Clayton is the labor member of
the commission. He was ap-
pointed early this year by Cover
nor Davis.
Liberty Loan officials are pre-
dieting that $4,000 persons from
southwestern Idaho and eastern
Oregon will be in Boise to witness
the astounding, pulse quickening
performance of the dare devil
American avitators who flew in
Boise, April 10.
All enlisted men discharged af-
ter November II, 1918, who re-
ceived less than 5 cents a mile
for transportation furnished by
the government are entitled to
refund of the difference between
what they actually received and
the 5 cent mileage which was due
them, according to Chief Joseph
l.. Slote, in charge of the naval
recruiting office at Boise.
Suit was filed last week in the
district court at Wallace, Idaho in
, which E. F. Gentry seeks to re-
cover from the Northern Pacific
Railway company $39,813. It is
charged in the complaint that the
, defendant was negligent in the
: operation of its engines and that
! a spark set the barns on fire
! Gentry operated a dairy outside
! of the city limits of Wallace.
Plans have been approved BY
State Highway Engineer Allen fol
Y the construction of a bridge cost
: ing approximately $63, ,2O00 across
s the Snake river between Goodini
e and Twin Falls counties. Ap
: proval has also been given by th'
: federal bareau of public works
( The bridge, which is to be o
three spans, will unite two unit
a of the Idaho Pacific highway. On
). of the spans will be 200 feet il
o length.
George Montgomery, one of tn
early pioneers of the Pierce coun
y try, lies in Jail at !Orofno, charges
with the seduction of Grace Bert
n hoff, the 12-year-old daughter G
le Mrs. Mary Eby. The complain
% was made by County Attorney +
a E. Smith and Sheriff F. w. Ca
e, rison placed Montgomery unde
Y. arrest. The preliminary exam
IS nation will be held before ]. "
Of Merrill, probate Judge. MontgC
n merry is over 60 years of age an
t. unmarried.
y An experiment which will be {
- interest to employers of labor ha
been successfully tried by tt
- Moscow Fire Brick company ,
,; Moscow, Idaho. The compar
- q employs a large force in its plal
- at Moscow and its clay beds ;
- Joel. The men had been paid /
the day until it was decided to t.
payment by piece-work, whiC
TX has worked out SO satisfactory
that all work is now being dol
Ter by contract or by piece work. II
lst men are making almost doub
ers their former wages and the co
he of the tile to the company b
ey been reduced a little more ths
or -. .ov.k