Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1920-05-07
NEWS AROUND
THE STATE
Items Of Interest From Various
Sections Reproduced for Ben
eft of Our Readers.

Idaho's university at Moscow
is closing the most successful
year in its history with record
enrolment while the increased
attendance for next year will be
more.
Examination of cherry trees
in the lewiston Charleston valley
shows almost no damage from
frost and all signs point to a
bumper crop in that section.
Charles Clifford, the well
known retired capitalist and
landowner of Lewiston sold 72O
acres of farm land in the Tam
many section and his home i'm
Lewiston Orchards for total
consideration of $4,000 cash,
the purchaser being Perry
Barnes of Asotin.
Chauncey Wallace of Nezperce
returned from two years service
for the Red Cross in Russia and
Siberia. Mr.. Wallace left ST.
IBERIA about three months ago
but encountered many delays.
Latah county, Idaho, is to
have 80 miles of state highway
in addition to probably twice
that number of miles of high
ways built by the eight highway
districts organized in the county
which have voted $1.650, 900
bonds for highway building.
The jurors in Judge Flynn's
court at Coeur d'Alene in the
Eighth Judicial district last
week put in request for short
er hours and more pay.
Hay sold for S55 a ton at John
Schraders auction Tuesday near
Kamiah and is without doubt
the top price ever paid for that
commodity in the Kamiah val
lev. There were several tons
of 1t and 1t was divided among
several farmers.
Lewiston Lodge. No. 1896. Ben
|. , evolent Order of Elks. will take
in another big class on June IL.
The drive for new members
!. which has heen on for some time
will close Thursday. 1t is ex-
pected that about $50 new men,
! bers will hit the mysterious
trail June IL. and the usual "big
time" on such occasions will be
!. put on.
A stork held up passenger
. train No. SO on the Oregon
Short Line railroad from Pocat-
clio TO Salt Lake Friday near
! Downey. An expectant mother
, travelling in a day coach confided
her difficulties to Conductor f.
/ C. McCullow and was immedi-
i ately transferred to the draw
! ing room of standard Pullman
. and a doctor wired for to meet
the train at Downey. Here the
train was held an hour and a
half until baby girl was born
I The young mother was met al
: Salt Lake by her parents and al
I are doing nicely. The conduct.
I or was commended by railway
officials for breaking the sche
q dule under the circumstances.
,. State Timber Cruiser Ber
l. Bush of Moscow and State Lane
o Commissioner Nash are prepar
S ing for the largest sale of tim
Y ber ever held in Idaho. Annom
h cement of the location of tn,
l. timber, the time and places o
IS holding the sale will be given h
Y the public in a short time.
Is Plans for the 22nd annual com
Is mencement of the Lewiston
state normal school are nov
about completed. The class Wi
pumber sc.
t. William Wild, a prisoner o
t. the state penitentiary, is dead a
,e the result of a terrible blow de
D. livered from two by four plan
in in the hands of ]. c. Mcdonald
j. also an inmate of the prison
The body of Wild is in the hand
s. of Coroner Summers who ha
~ summoned an inquest to be he'll
Mcdonald is in solitary conflne
IS. ment awaiting further develop
ments. He will likely be al
IS. raigned later on the charge o
manslaughter.
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