Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1920-08-06
NEWS AROUND
THE STATE
Items of Interest From Various
Sections Reproduced for Ben
eft of Our Readers.

ported in the government timber
and privite holdings tributary to
Orofino, the electrical storms of
the past week being responsible
for the situation.
The five passenger Ford car
stolen from Boville recently, has
been recovered at Grangeville. A
good description of the alleged
thief has been secured and his
arrest is expected soon
S. G. Isaman, who for 40 years
had been a resident of Lewiston,
passed away at the family home
in Lewiston Sunday. Mr.. Isa-
man had been an invalid for 10
years and in recent weeks the de-
cline had been rapid.
The M. p. Miller Co., has filed
suit in the district court of La
tab county against T. f. Wren,
who is doing business at Fem.
Idaho, for damages of $500 on
account of the failure of the de-
fendant to deliver 1000 bushels
of wheat to the plaintiff.
Idaho has backed a republican
for president only twice in its
history, and the third time will
be when Harding carries the
state in the coming presidential
election, said Addison T. Smith,
fourth-term representative from
Idaho, in Portland, recently.
Idaho ranks next to Montana
and Wyoming as one of the three
greatest wool producing states
in the country. It's wool output
last year was 81 100000 pounds.
and it is estimated that the wool
now in the growers hands, not
sold or advanced upon, amounts
to 10000, 600 pounds.
Announcement was made Tues
day by the chamber of commerce
of Moscow that citizens of Mos
cow have raised S101, 500 for
new buildings for the University
of Idaho and that two of these
buildings will be completed and
ready for occupancy by the time
school opens on September IL.
Insurance adjusters have
about completed the settling of
damage claims resulting from
the recent hail storm that visit
ed in the immediate vicinity of
Lewiston, the apple crop on Lew
iston Orchards suffered most,
the d age approxlmating
100000.
C.. l.. Green, Twin Falls real
estate dealer, was instantly kill
ed late Sunday when he was car
ried in his car over a 300-f0ot
drop off a grade in Snake river
canyon, near, Blue Lakes, three
miles north of Twin Falls. His
wife and two other persons had
left the car to walk up the grade
shortly before the accident oc-
Cured.
Senator William E. Borah of
Idaho, active in the pre-cOnven-
ton campaign for Hiram john
son, will take an active part in
the campaign for Senator Hard
ing aid probably will make sew
eral speaking tours in the inter-
est of the Republican nominee,
it was announced at Republican
headquarters Saturday night.
A near tragedy occurred on
the bathing beach at Standpoint
: late Monday afternoon when
Miss Ida Sletager, waitress at
] the st. James cafe, strangling
, and nearly drowning, pulled Mrs.
. Charles Passey of the st. James
, under water with her, both going
. down twice before being rescued
= by the heroic efforts of Miss
r Faith Shepherd, a 17-year old
: Chicago girl who is spending the
: summer with her father on the
! Kootenai orchard tract neal
Standpoint.
AS a result of conference be
tween engineers representing
the government and state ant
b, the commissioners of Bonner
r county, held in Spokane Tuesday
l a contract, was let to the High
: way Construction company ol
{ Colfax, Wash, for the construc
h tion of 1873 miles of the Nortf
: and South highway, the unit e
:. begin four miles north of Sand
g point and to extend to tn.
!. Boundary county line. A con
: tract was also let for the con
n struction of the North and Soutf
+ highway unit in Boundary coun
lty.