Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1920-04-30
NEWS AROUND
THE STATE
Items of Interest From Various
Sections Reproduced for Ben
eft of Our Readers.

Meeting B. e. Bush at Moscow
|. ii. Nash, state land commits
sloner, will this week complete
plans for one of the largest sales
OF state timber in years.
Preliminary steps looking to-
ward the purchase of 1000 tons
of coal for Idaho state institu-
tlons, including the state capitol,
were taken Friday by the state
bureau of supplies.
Women may sit as jurors in
the Idaho courts. This is the
opinion expressed by Attorney
General Roy l.. Black in reply to
a letter from Mrs. G.. w. Mann
ing on behalf of a woman's club
of Boise.
Shortage of commerclal spray
ing outfits in Idaho makes it
necessary for persons possessing
private equipment to lend aid to
their neighbors in order to pro-
tect orchards, asserted w. II.
Wicks, state director of plant
industry.
c. f. Rose, for 16 years super
i,ltendent of schools in Boise,
who resigned several weeks ago,
has been elected superintendent
of schools at Tucson, Ariz., at a
salary of $4,000 per annum. He
will take up his new duties with
the commencement of the new
school year in the fall.
To celebrate the 50th anniver-
sary of his career as a profess
sional pianist, Armin w. Doern-
er will give a recital at the Tenn
pie theater on April 80 in Lewis
ton. Mr.. Doerner, who is past
20 years of age, is still possessed
of the technique which has made
for him a national reputation.
Southern Idaho is experience
ing one of the most backward
springs in its history due to cold
weather. This is also true of
various parts of the state. Crops
so far have not been damaged
and the fruit buds are being held
back SO that the cold winds and
frosts have not damaged them.
The Nez Perce roller mills at
Lewiston has purchased the
plant operated by A. A. Wor-
nell on Snake River avenue, and
will organize a company with
capital stock of 5000, 900 to man.
ufacture cereal foods in addition
to flour. Mark Miller, an exten-
sive milling operator of Moscow,
is head of the new organization.
The city council at Wallace
adopted resolution placing city
employees under the daylight
saving plan and fixed Sunday,
May 2, at 2 a. m. as the time at
which the time pieces of all such
employees should be set back one
hour and continue under this ar
rangement until 2 a. m. Sunday,
October 81.
The Lewiston Mercantile COM
pany Saturday received telegra-
phic advices of another advance
of cane granulated sugar by the
Observation-Disclosures company
of San Francisco, the company
having been off the market for
several days. The quotation is
$20,50 at San Francisco, an in
crease of $3.50 from the previ-
Gus quotation. This is the high
est price ever quoted on sugar.
What appears to have been an
earthquake shock was quite
plainly felt in kamiah Thursday
of last week about l p. m. 1t
was noticeable in all parts of the
town and for a period of sec
ond or SO and was strong enough
to shake buildings and jar stove
pipes from their chimney holes.
No damage was done however,
and we have heard of no other
disturbances in the surrounding
towns and section.
The Idaho Woolgrowers will
meet in special session in Boise
Saturday, April "a, to discuss
matters of Importance. Wool
growers as a class resent the
, misunderstanding now prevalent
, regarding their business. They
consider the present drive
| against the high price of cloth
; ing purely and simply propa-
ganda to break the market when
: the growers product is just
coming on sale. They especially
/ resent the establishment of so
: called overall clubs in towns oi
southern Idaho, where theii
= business is directly or indirectly
! an asset to the people general