Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1921-04-01
news AROUND
THE STATE
Items of Interest From Various
Sections Reproduced for Ben
eft of Our Readers.

Mountain Lumber Co., at Win
chester, resumed operations last
week, after having been closed
down for a period of three
months. No outside men will be
given employment at this time.
The parent-teacher associa-
ton at Harrison, Idaho authoriz-
ed the appointment of a COM
mittee on law and order from
among its members to assist in
enforcement of the state law
regulating the use of cigarettes.
and the completion of the physi-
cal examination of the school
children by a physician.
Fire of unknown Origin destroy
ed the plant of the Sommers
Brothers Match company of Sag
inaw. Mich, a mile east of Sand
point, causing a loss of $27 500,
virtually covered by insurance,
according to Assistant Manager
John Lidbaum and Accountant
E. M. Hamilton.
The first link of the Grange
ville-Elk City highway will be
completed about April Is, cover
ing a stretch of 18 miles. Eight
miles of this road follows along
the south fork of the Clearwater,
which is one of Idaho's north
and south streams. When COM
pleted it will open up section
of country for automobile traffic
which has heretofore only been
assessible by pack train.
Judge f. c. Steele has been
confined to the Moscow hotel,
the last three or four days, suf-
fering from a severe attack of
rheumatism. For a short time
his condition was considered
serious, but he is now improving.
He is being looked after by the
Elks, being past exalted ruler of
the order.
The city hall and courthouse
: of Occur d'Alene was damaged
!. Tuesday by fire and water to the
, extent of thousands of dollars.
, A large amount of condemned
walnuts was being burned in the
furnace and the heat caused the
flue to burn out. A defect in
the flue allowed the flames to
escape and fire broke out in the
attic directly over the courtroom
on the third floor.
Work on the North and South
state highway in the Moscow
district will be begin April a, un-
less the weather should be bad,
according to Chief Engineer Gill
, cite. A camp will be establish
, ed. Men will be paid 40 cents
. an hour for eight hours and
! charged 81 a day for board. The
F.. foreman plans to hire teams by
the month and will pay $50 a
month and feed them. This is
SIS less than last year and feed
l is worth about half what it was
during 1920. Last year men
t were paid 55 cents an hour and
/ charged S1.50 a day for board.
= Clyde and Harley Hill, grown
o sons of Samuel Hill, a well
0 known farmer of the Reubens
y section, were taken into custody
d last Saturday at that place by
n Sheriff Smith of Lewis county
It and brought before Probate
II Judge G. II. Ellis, where they
Y plead guilty to a charge OF
e drunkenness and disturbing the
a peace. They were each fined
IS $3.50 and sentenced to three
q months in the county jail. They
d paid their fines and the jail SEN
le tence was suspended pending
good behavior.
John Louma, Finlander, liv
. ing on a ranch near Wallace wa:
h shot and killed by his wife in {
Dr. family quarrel, Louma nearl,
n butchered the woman before th'
at tragedy. He beat her face to
n pulp and with his teeth complete
at ly severed her nose. Half dea'
re she escaped from his clutche
n and going into an adjoining room
ed returned with 32-caliber Win
m chester rifle and finding he
husband crawling after her Of
re his hands and knees the madden
he ed woman placed the muzzle o
he the weapon close to his head AM
ir- pulled the trigger. The explo
lis sion and the soft-nozed bulle
that the gun contained complete
ly decapitated Louma, blew M
hn - 4 70 hitc and made q shamhl