Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1920-07-30
news AROUND
THE STATE
Items of Interest From Various
Sections Reproduced for Ben
eft Of Our Readers.

iuaiiO, give tnat clty l4,Sol, an
increase of 1851, or 64.2 per
cent in 10 years.
Four valuable cows belonging
to Fitzpatrick Bros, of Bonners
Ferry died Saturday night and
when DR.. White, veterinary sur
geon, was called to investigate,
he found that death had resulted
from eating dynamite.
University of Idaho will have
but one man OH the Olympic
team at Antwerp. Leon ("Pat")
Perrine, alone will represent the
University of Idaho. He sails
Monday for Antwerp. where he
is expected to make a good show
ing.
Workmen excavating in Sand
point on Tuesday came upon
three skulls, evidently of Indi-
ans, as the place where the skulls
were exhumed is supposed to
have been an old-time Indian
burying round. The skulls
were turned over to the sher.--.
Harvest of the new wheat
crop started last week at Hansell
Bros. farm six miles east of Lew
iston, where 400 acres of Turkey
red wheat is being put in sacks
at the rate of 10 acres per day,
and the yield is running from 35
to 40 bushels per acre.
John Roesch of Copeland, Ida
no, held in the county Jail at
Bomers Ferry since Saturday i'm
connection with the burning to
death of his wife and seven
children has been released
No evidence was found by the
officers to justify holding him
longer. w en-
Inability TO get cars has caus-
ed the closing of the Potlatcn
and Elk River saw mills of the
Potlatch Lumber Company. for
one shift, and each is now oper-
ating but eight hours per day,
while lumber is piling up in the
yards at both mills, which are
among the largest in the west.
Taxable property in Shoshone
county for the year 1920 de-
creased in valuation approxi-
mately $5,000,000 according to
equalized values fixed by the
county commissioners and totals
compiled by Deputy Auditor J.
ii. Muir. on of Shoshone county
for submission TO the state hoard
of equalization.
Idaho's commercial apple crop
for 1920 will be about 1000 cars
or 20 per cent less than last year,
according to the July report of
the Idaho crop reporting service
as previously given out. 1t Is
stated that the August report
will show even a larger reduc-
ton, due to the severe hail dam
age done in north Idaho.
Inability to pay as high salar-
les as other states is handicap
ing the board of education of
Idaho in securing a successor to
President Lindley of the Univer-
sity of Idaho, according to a
statement made by DR.. E. A.
Bryan, state commissioner of
education, who is at Moscow
looking after the interests OF
the university.
Arrangements for match be-
tween Young" Ketcnell and Joe
Reager of Spokane have been
concluded and the fight will be
held in Winchester under the
auspices of the American Legion
August 7. An arena is to be
erected on the ball grounds
there, and fight fans in Lewis
ton believe that a considerable
number of spectators will be at
tracted.
Invasion of Idaho by foreign
laborers is causing the depart
ment of labor and immigration
much concern. The sugar beet
industry of the state is response
BILE for bringing immigrants
from Canada and Mexico under
a special ruling by the depart
ment which permits these labor
ers. although ineligible to remain
in the United States, to come
here for the purpose of doing
agricultural work, only. This
arrangement was made at the
, request of United States senat-
f ors from Washington. Oregon