Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1920-06-11
NEWS AROUND
THE STATE
Items Of Interest From Various
Sections Reproduced for Ben
eft of Our Readers.

Inc summer session of Lewis
ton Normal opened Monday with
the largest attendance in the
history of the institution.
Rev. Father MATHS, pastor of
Thorn Creek Catholic church in
Latah county celebrated his silv-
er jubilee, the 25th anniversary
of his ordination TO the priest
hood, Tuesday.
Governor Davis refused Thurs
day TO grant request from the
governor of New York for extra
dition of Rosa Bancroft, charged
with the crime of perjury by
New York officials.
Two new fraternity houses are
assured for Moscow by the sale
of bonds to Moscow citizens. The
Phi Delta fraternity will erect a
fraternity house costing $4,000
and the Delta Gammas will build
a $4,000 home.
Leonard Hiizel sold his 1,24O-
acre farm 6 miles west of Clark
ston on Mcclure gulch last week
to w. j. Hollingsworth and c.
w. Green of Lewiston. The re-
ported consideration was 500, 900
and no trade was involved. The
price per acre is about $40.
The secretary of state has of
ficially announced dates for the
general election preliminaries as
follows: Primary election Aug
ust 3, county central committee
meetings August Ia, county con-
ventions August IL, state central
committee meetings August "a,
state convention August "a.
Bert F. Savage, for 15 years a
well known newspaper man of
Lewiston, has resigned, and will
become assistant to Secretary
o. p. Hendershot of the North
west Live Stock association. He
will also serve as deputy COM
missioner of agriculture for
north Idaho.
Irving Myers, an employee of
. the Craig Mountain Lumber
company, at Winchester, was
killed last Tuesday by being
caught by the logs at the log slip
where the logs are dumped from
the cars into the lake. 1t seems
the logs jammed and Mr.. Myers
was in the act of breaking the
jam when the logs commenced
to move and he was caught and
instantly killed.
Dr.Ernest ii. Lindley, presi-
dent of the University of Idaho
for the last three years, who has
; resigned to accept the position
of chancellor of the University
of Kansas, at Lawrence, Kas.,
succeeds Chancellor Strong, and
will receive a salary of $4,000
a year, which is $4,000 higher
than he receives as president of
the University of Idaho.
, Anderson, Bolick & Kavan-
, augh of Lewiston who about 80
/ days ago purchased from Ed
ward c. Smith the lot ON Main
+ street at the corner of Seventh,
, for $4,000, yesterday awarded
, to N. r. Lee, of Lewiston Or
, chards, the contract for the con-
/ struction of a one-story brick
! and tile building. The dimen-
! sions of the structure will be 64
by 120 feet and the contract
price is S1S,600.
The largest sale of timber ever
q made in Idaho has just been
> closed, i'm which 9,720 acres of
: land on Priest River, Is miles
\ from the town of Priest River,
v was sold to the Diamond Match
company for S750,000. This is
/ for the timber alone and does
r not include that land nor any
r trees under ID inches in dia-
meter. These are to be left
: standing and the brush is to be
r burned in such a way that young
k timber is not injured.
Lester Wood, age 16, son of
n George Wood of Charleston, was
:, instantly killed Sunday night
= about midnight when the big
e Winton six car which he was
d driving plunged over an embank-
: ment about a quarter of a mile
: west of Kendrick on the Powell
! grade. The car turned over
e several times killing young
/ Wood instantly by breaking his
e neck. His body was removed
g with difficulty from the wreck.
: The car was completely demol-
e ished and is lodged against q big