Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1921-02-18
NEWS AROUND
THE STATE
Items of Interest From Various
Sections Reproduced for Ben
eft Of Our Readers.

ruLy per ceflL OI the WHeaI III
the Lewiston country is sold ac-
cording to grain dealers of that
city.
James H. Hawley, "Idaho's
Grand Old Man" was admitted to
practice law in the state of Idaho
just so years ago this month.
More than 400 breeders of
purebred poultry are listed in
the Idaho Purebred Poultry Dir
ectory, which has been issued by
the University of Idaho exten-
sion division.
Arrangements are being made
by the Lewiston Elks whereby
the Grangeville Cowboy band
will officially represent them at
the national convention of the
Elks to be held in Los Angeles
in July.
The Cherrier Meat Market in
Lewiston was the scene of a rob-
berry Thursday evening. The
lobber took about $50 in cash
from the cash register while he
forced Mrs. Cherrier, the only
occupant of the market at the
time to face the wall while he
rifled the register.
A lone masked bandit held up
the police station at Blackfoot,
Thursday, forced the city clerk
into a vault and robbed the Of
flee of $3.50. Firemen in the
fire station adjoining the police
station heard the clerk taping
on the walls and rushed to re-
lieve him.
Fifty-nine quarts of good old
Canadian whiskey were discov-
cred by the sheriff of Bonner
county in the home of J. E. Cole
man of Standpoint Sunday. The
booze is valued at $1,000. He
pleaded guilty to the charge of
having intoxicating liquor in his
possession and was fined $500
and 60 days in Jail.
J. G.. Gibson, mayor of Moscow
had a narrow escape from seri-
GUS injury Friday morning when
a team he was driving ran away,
crashing into telephone pole,
smashing the rig and thowing
Mayor Gibson out on the ice of
the street. He was badly bruised
about the face, right leg and one
side was painfully hurt.
University of Idaho students
have been offered an opportun-
ity by the Italian American Soc
iety to enter an essay writing
contest with a trip to Italy as a
prize. The essay is to be on the
subject of 'Ttaly's Contribution
to Modern Culture" The essay
is to be more than 10000 words.
Entrants must be under gradu-
ate college students.
Alfred A. Grow was arrested
Friday by Sheriff Smith of
Lewis county on the charge of
embezzlement, Grow is accus-
ed of acting as an agent for the
Averill Machinery company, of
Spokane and is alleged making q
number of collections for ma
chinery sold on the prairie and
using the funds for his own
personal benefit. The complaint
was made by an agent of the
company.
The 15-month-old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Bolish of Carl
in bay, Lake Coeur d'Alene, was
burned to death Saturday in a
fire which completely destroyed
the home. Mrs. Bolish had gone
down to the lake, about half a
mile distant, to bring home one
of the children who had run
away earlier in the day and upon
returning found the home in
ashes. Three other children
were at home at the time and
escaped the flames, but were un-
able to rescue the little one.
In what was termed the most
spirited auction of state land
ever held in the Gem state and
also one of the best leases ever
entered into by the state. Idaho,
Thursday, through I. H. Nash,
state land commissioner, leased
to j. l.. Wells of Payette for five
years, the 92-acre tract of play
ground land around Payette
lakes for the price of 1926 per
year. For the past few years
the tract has been rented to
Outdoor Life" for the yearly
rental of $3.50. This organiza-
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