Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1920-04-16
NEWS AROUND
THE STATE
Items of Interest From Various
Sections Reproduced for Ben
eft Of Our Readers.

One OF the subscribers to
Lewiston's new proposed $780,
600 hotel was James Pershing a
bfother of Gen. John ]. Pershinp
commander and chief of the
American forces in France.
Increases allowed the teachers
OF the Lewiston public schools
VIII amount to $4,000. The
average increase in salary
amounted to approximately IS
per cent.
Ramsay M. Walker of Wallace
was elected president of the
state board of education at Fri
days meeting of the board. the
iirst meeting of a two-day rou-
tine session.
Definite arrangements have
oeen made by the county com
missioners of Bonner county fnr
the greatest extension of new
,oa1s ana improvements of old
ROADS ever made in one year
j. f. Turner, superintendent
Tor years of the Payette citv
schools, has been elected super
lntendent of the schools at Mos.
COW, and by special a,ran@a
ment will also be associate nro.
iessor of school administration
IN the state university.
To Mr.. and Mrs. C. B. Hol-
brook of Wendell, Idaho has
come the unique distinction of
celebrating their seventietb
wedding anniversary, the rare
event having taken place at
Wendell March %, with Mrs
Holbrook in her ,eighty-eiehth
year and Mr.. Holbrook in his
ninety-first year.
The city council of Lewiston
mas been petitioned to employ n
woman policeman, or welfare
W, worker, to safeguard the youth.
The request was made by a de-
legation representing the wo-
mems organization of that CITY.
Mrs. Charles Smith was chair
man of the delegation with Mrs.
James f. Babb, Mrs. w. ]. Jor-
dan and Mrs. F. S. Randall.
Nearly 800 breeders of pure
bred live stock are listed in the
Idaho Purebred Live Stock Di-
rectory, just issued by the uni
versity extension division. The
name of breeder, breed of live
stock, county, postoffice address
and number of males and fe-
males owned are given.
According to report made to
the directors of the children's
home at the monthly meeting
held Saturday in Lewiston there
are now AZ children in the home
Eight children were received
during the month, four coming
from a home made motherless
by the recent influenza epidem-
ic- -
|. E. Rockwell, senator from
Blaine county, was today ap-
pointed to succeed j. A. Keefer
OF Shoshone as a member of the
state board of education. Keefer
was appointed in January, 1917,
to complete the unexpired por-
tion of the term of T. A. Walters
who resigned to become attor-
ney general.
The dam, which forms the re-
servoir that supplies the town
of Troy with water, has been
washed out during the high wa
ter caused by the continuous
rains and the town is without
water for domestic use and fire
protection. A well is being util-
lied until the dam can be repair
ed. The dam was built several
years ago at a cost of $4,000.
At a special election held Fri
day in Orofino the board of COM
missioners of the Grangemont
highway district were author
lied to issue bonds in the sum of
100000 for the purpose of
building and maintaining roads
in said district. The vote stood
So for to 90 against, being an
even two-thirds majority, which
majority is necessary under the