Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1921-05-06
news AROUND
THE STATE
Items of Interest From Various
Sections Reproduced for Ben
eft of Our Readers.

The Citizens State Bank of
Kooskia opened its doors for bus
mess Monday morning, as a re
organization of the Kooslkia
State Bank, which closed its
doors April 8. The new institu-
ton opens with Sc stockholders.
1t has a capital stock of $40, 900
with a surplus of $4,000. The
deposits of the bank at the close
of business on the first day were
$195, 900.
The University of Idaho will
this year offer a nine weeks
summer school, beginning June
13, in addition to the customary
six weeks term beginning the
same date President Upham an
nounced.
A permit has been granted to
put in a bathing beach at Lewis
ton along the banks of the Snake
River. Plans are under way to
put in a resort there requiring
the expenditure of $4,000. If
the plans are carried out there
will be a dancing pavilion, bath
ing beach and many other at
fractions.
Members of the Emmett, Ida
no irrigation district by a vote
of 406 for and two against de-
cided Saturday night to sign a
contract with the United States
reclamation service for the con-
struction of a million dollar dam
on the Payette river, five miles
up the river from Emmett. The
dam is known as the Black Cam
yon dam which when completed
will open up approximately 75,-
600 acres.
Steward Pickens, who has
been confined in the county jail
since January at Lewiston await
ing trial in the federal court on
a charge of making moonshine,
; Sunday escaped from the Jail
with the aid of key obtained
,, from some unknown source.
Pickens is about 6 feet tall and
weighs about 165 pounds. He
is 40 years old, with light hair
and blue eyes. Other prisoners
allege ignorance of Pickens' es-
cape.
Dale Cady Blake. ten years old
VI Pocatello, confessed the he
killed his foster father last We'd
nesdap, according to sheriff's
) deputies. The shooting took
place on the Blake farm near
here and, according to the of
ficers, the youth admitted that
he shot his foster father because
the latter had administered
punishment for running away
from home.
Joe Hart, of Lewiston, who
operated a freight boat line on
the upper Snake river, early
; Sunday morning killed with q
shotgun his wife and a neighbor,
Mrs. Charles Wilmarth, immed-
iatelp afterward blowing out his
, own brains in the back yard of
l the Wilmarth home. The triple
tragedy was witnessed by the
Hart and Wilmarth children and
by Marie Walker, a neighbor.
Domestic troubles between the
Harts and Mrs. Wilmarth's 8
: friendship for Mrs. Hart are
thought to be the cause of the
: tragedy.
j. An assessed valuation of $2O,-
q 988, ,427.84 with no bonded indebt
edness and combined capital
e and current surplus of 1924 ,288.-
Y % at the close of business for
}, the year, is the condition of Sho-
5 shone county, according to 1920
!. financial report of the auditor.
: filed Saturday with the bureau
of public accounts of the depart
ment of finance.
Governor ID. w. Davis issued
s two proclamations Tuesday, the
5 first setting aside May IL as
: Hospital day." to be observed in
e Idaho with special exercises for
!, the sick in hospitals, and May %
y to % as a special week for forest
n protection and to call to the at
Il tention of residents the import
r ance of prevention of forest fires
e during the summer months.
The bunker Hill and Sullivan
Mining company has acquired
the INSTRUMENTATION mine, con-
d sisting of six claims, located
o seven miles from Haley. Idaho,
IS in the Wood river district and
l. will commence operations within
q short time.