Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1920-08-20
NEWS AROUND
THE STATE
Items of Interest From Various
Sections Reproduced for Ben
eft Of Our Readers.

FRANKLIN Roosevelt, democr-
attic candidate for the vice pres
idency will deliver an address in
Occur d'Alene city on his west
ern trip some time this month.
Young Ketchell and Joe Reag-
er will meet in the roped arena
on the Temple theatre stage in
Lewiston on the night of Satur-
day, Sept. 18. These two fight
ers fought to a draw at Winches-
ter recently.
Out of a total of thirteen
pieces of Indian land offered for
sale Tuesday at the office of
superintendent 0. H. Lipps of
the Nez Perce reservation, nine
pieces were sold, bringing a total
OF SGT ,538, or a little more than
SSl per acre on an average.
c. w. Thompson, formerly a
resident of Lewiston and a well
known character throughout the
state of Idaho died in California
Monday. Before removing from
his old home in Lewiston to Call
lfornia some years ago he was a
prominent figure in republican
politics.
The American National Bank,
which opened its doors in Lewis
ton Monday morning for busi-
ness did a fine volume of busi-
ness the first day, deposits
amounting to $4,000. Fifteen
persons were waiting at the
doors when they were opened in
order to have the honor of being
the first depositor.
The newspapers of this state
are being asked to help locate
Manning A. Trea, II, missing
from his home in Ithaca, N. Y.
since June 6. He is said to be q
boy of good habits and it is
thought probably he was lured
away by advertisements of big
wages being paid boys. He is
5 feet 8 inches, tall, dark weight
about 1876, plays clarinet and
cornet well enough to take a pos
ition in band or orchestra.
AS the result of vigorous
campaign by the chamber of com
merce at Standpoint. Idaho. the
S140,000 school bond election
held Saturday carried BAT to 81.
Following defeat of the bonds by
one vote with less than 200 cast
two months ago, the chamber Of
commerce and the civic club got
behind a new election. Of the
$40, 900 voted, S125, 900 is to go
into new high school building
and $4,000 into equipment.
County assessors in session at
Boise last week all agreed that
cattle and sheep in the state are
assessed above their actual value
according to reports made to the
state board of equalization from
20 assessors. Each man was
questioned by the board for rea-
sons for increased or lowered as
sessments. County abstracts
were compared with figures
compiled by John d. Robertson,
tax commissioner assisting the
board.
For the first time the true or
chard acreage of the state of
Idaho is known and files of the
Idaho department of agriculture
give description as to acreage
and varieties of every orchard.
These records show 26, ,759 acres
of apples, 1862 acres of Italian
prunes, 800 acres of cherries,
480 acres of peaches, so acres of
apricots and 2S4 acres of pears,
or a total of 81 ,848 acres. With
such records as a guide it has
been possible to make a worth
while estimte of production from
the visitation and reports of %
horticultural inspectors.
A shot accidently fired from
Il 22-calibre Stevens revolver in
the hands of one of his closest
friends, whose name is being
withheld, entered the abdomen
of Frank Patterson, an engineer
attached to the Missoula office
of the United States department
of public roads, ploughed its
way through his body, penetrat-
ing his intestines in twelve
places and the mesentary or
large bowel in four places, and
leaving him in a critical condi-
tion after bleeding profusely in
ternally for hours. The acci-