Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1921-12-02
NEWS AROUND
THE STATE
Items Of Interest From Various
Sections Reproduced for Ben
eft of Our Readers.

The Hopkins Lumber company
of Spokane, which acquired the
plant of the Nebaho Lumber
company at Orofino a few weeks
ago, has started active opera
tions in Clearwater county, pre-
paratory to making a cut of
100000 feet of white pine dur
ing the winter.
Average daily cost to the state
for maintaining each of the 286
inmates of the Northern Idaho
sanitarium, UP to the end of
October, was $1,O05, it is esti-
mated in a statement of the fin
ancial condition OF all state insti-
tutions under the department of
public welfare.
The Oregon Packing company,
of Lewiston, which has just clos
ed its season, has handled 1850
tons of apples, according to
Manager William Crapo. An
average of 1856 people were en-
ployed at an operating expense
of $32. 900, and almost 800, 900
was paid for fruit.
The University of Idaho col
lege of agriculture has entered
the grand champion yearling
Southdown wether and the
grand champion steer, Idaho
Sensation" a purebred Hereford,
in the International Livestock
show at Chicago, November 26
TO December 3.
Wesley Calkins, of Lapwai,
winner of the grand champion
ship for pig club boys at the last
Western Royal Live Stock show
at Spokane, has left for Chicago.
where he will compete for the
championship of the United
States. Young Calkins was given
a round-trip ticket and 5000 by
Armour & Co. to pay expenses.
While in Chicago he will be the
guest of Armour & Co.
Platt p. Morrow of Wallace
, was unanimously elected presi-
dent of the North Idaho Cham
, her of Commerce and George
Weeks of Occur d'Alene was re-
elected secretary-treasurer at
the last session of the two-day
, convention at Moscow. Wallace
was chosen as the meeting place
j for the semi-annual convention
: in June, 1922, and Lewiston was
named as the convention city for
the next annual meeting.
State Game Warden Otto
| Jones has issued a statement
, showing the receipts Of the fish
1 and game department for the
!. 1920-21 biennium were $207. .722,
and for the first seven months of
| the current biennium $74,977.
l For hunting and fishing licenses
$67. .24S was received. A total of
y $5,198 was collected in fines and
the sale of beaver hides brought
= in 1881.
] Robert Ford, age IL, charged
s with numbering his step-father
: on their ranch near Worley on
e November 81. was arraigned be
fore Judge McNaughton in dist
a rict court at Coeur d'Alene Sat
y urday. The charge was read te
: him and he was informed that
2 he had "a hours in which to OBJ.
s tain counsel. He appeared un.
s concerned and Indifferent anG
calmly told the Judge that hs
would try and get counsel.
One Idaho teacher owns pro
;. perty valued at $38,OO and ont
Il has debts totaling $1,000. Tn.
It average of dependents is two Il
y each teacher. These were among
the interesting features disclos
q ed from the results of a ques
r tionnaire sent out to grade ant
3 high school teachers and princi
u pals and superintendent of tn,
southeastern part of the state
Thirty-two principals and super
intendents replied to the ques
rs tionnaire, their ages ranged
r. from 10 to 81 years. Six hat
& property valued from $1,000 Il
m $4,000. The majority had re
* manned two years in position
ct and four-fifths of their teachin,
of experience had been in the state
rs Debts ranged from nothing b
10 $1,000. Salaries ranged from