Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1920-06-04
NEWS AROUND
THE STATE
Items of Interest From Various
Sections Reproduced for Ben
eft of Our Readers.

Gilbert Swenson of Troy, Ida
no, who pleaded guilty to a stat
utory offense against his 16-year
old daughter, was sentenced to
from five years to life in the
state penitentiary by Judge
Edgar Steele of Moscow Satur-
day.
The contract for the erection
OF the new addition to the st.
Joseph hospital at Lewiston has
been awarded to Beezer Bros. of
Seattle, on the percentage basis
and the estimated cost is $14O,-
600. '....a
Frank r. Coffin, age 82. presi-
dent of the Goise City National
bank, died in that city May 25.
He was pioneer of the state
and was for many years engaged
in the hardware business in
Boise. He was the first state
treasurer of Idaho.
United States Senator John F.
Nugent will be President Will
sons personal representative at
the Lewiston state convention
June Is when delegates are
elected to the democratic nation
al convention at San Francisco,
and will deliver the keynote
speech before the conclave.
Joel Jenifer, for 10 years a
member of the faculty of the
Lewiston public schools, and for
l6 years principal of the high
school, was chosen to the super
intendency of the schools by the
board of directors to succeed F.
w. Simmonds.
What is believed to be the
first wedding to be solemnized
in the new capitol was perform
ed Saturday evening at 10
o'clock when the Rev. ID. ii.
Jones married Miss Eva S. Sc
vier of Portland and Fred Lester
Edele of Buhl. in the suite of the
secretary of state, which had
been specially decorated for the
occasion.
Attendance at the University
of Idaho from communities in
the southern part of the state
will be substantially increased in
the coming collegiate year if re-
ports recently made to President
Ernest II. Lindley, who has just
returned from a speaking tour
through south Idaho prove ac-
curate forecasts.
The contract for the road from
Moscow to Genesee connecting
with the Lewiston highway was
awarded Wednesday at Boise by
the bureau of highways to the
Standard Asphalt & Paving COM
pany of Spokane. The success
full bid was 1921 ,460.81. This
is at the rate of $14,246 per
mile for the 221a miles of high
way to be constructed.
Report made by Superinten-
dent o. II. Lipps of Lapwai
shows the banks are bidding for
the Indian deposit. A Montana
bank has made an offer of 6 per
cent. The last sale brought in
very large sum and at the pre-
sent time there is nearly a mil
lion dollars of Indian money for
deposit.
The commissioners of the Ft.
Misery highway located near
Kamiah held a meeting to open
bids for the $4,000 worth of
bonds the district voted recently,
but they were unable to dispose
of them. No bids were receiv-
ed for less than z per cent inter-
est and as the law prohibits pay
ing more than 6 per cent, the
sale was declared off and propos-
ed road improvement of the
district will have to be abandon
ed for the present.
Otto M. Jones, fish and game
commissioner of Idaho, is spend
ing his evenings hunting bull
frogs. Caught rs Wednesday
night. Big ones too, some weigh
ing as much as three quarters of
a pound. These frogs, which
are caught in the sloughs of the
Boise river, are being shipped to
Clarks Fork, Glengary and Sal
mon City for propagation pur-
poses. Mr.. Jonues never uses a
net or pole to catch them; simply
takes a pocket flashlight and
when Mr.. Bullfrog sings flashes
tho Eerbt IN, hso faca oud x,oorhou