Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1921-03-04
news AROUND
THE STATE
Items of Interest From Various
Sections Reproduced for Ben
eft Of Our Readers.

DoAhiSAo ASAAyp AoeAhsos SissAAAAo
to have the oldest house in Idaho
The structure was erected near
the site of the present city in
1907.
Shoshone county commission
ers have completed arrange
ments with the forestry service
for building a new wagon road,
under government supervision,
from the Montana Idaho summit
at Lookout to Mullan. This road
will connect with a similar pro
ject on the Montana side in Min
raj county, which was completed
last fall to within a short dis
tance OF the summit, and will
form a new link in the Yellow
stone trail.
Mrs. w. w. Hammell, age 30
years and wife of Col. Hammell,
one of the men who laid out the
townsite of Nezperce, passed
away at her home in San Diego,
Cal. recently. The family, until
a few years ago resided on their
ranch adjoining Nezperce.
The court calendar of district
court beginning at Lewiston
February % has 140 cases.
There are four statutory cases
and one each for burglary, rob-
berry and forgery.
Charging Miles Cannon, state
commissioner of agriculture,
with misconduct in office, Lafe
Boone, fruit man of Boise, by a
formal petition to Governor ID.
w. Davis filed Saturday after
noon, seeks the removal of Mr..
Cannon as commissioner of agri-
culture.
G. w. Follett Sr. has sold 14S0
acres in the southern part of
Iatah county to John A. Platt
and Will T. Platt for $55,5OO.
The land is largely grazing and
lies along the breaks of canyons
leading to Snake river. 1t was
bought for pasture for Platt
Brothers herd of purebred, reg
istrer Hereford cattle. Part is
tillable land.
The contract was awarded
Friday by the state highway
commission at Boise for the con-
struction of two bridges on pro-
ject No. 33 of the Lewis and
Clark highway, between Arrow
and Spalding, to the Lord Con-
struction company, for $19, 900.
The next lowest bid was from
the Houser Construction COM
pany, for $2O,8OO.
The first case of sleeping sick
ness which has been dealt with
successfully at Coeur d'Alene is
that of Mrs. Walter Borley, who
is now on the road to recovery.
Mrs. Borley slept for ID days
and all hope for her life had been
abandoned until she suddenly
came out of the trance and i'm
mediately began to improve.
Bertha Robertson, who was
tried Tuesday before Justice l. C..
Hattabaugh of Lewiston on the
, charge of battery on the person
, of BILLY" Gruver, a two-year-old
youth who had been placed in
! her care by the Children's Home
society, decided to pay the fine
and costs imposed on her by the
court Wednesday and not appeal
i the case as was her first inten-
tion. The fine and costs amount
, ed to $39.05
: The executive committee of
: the American Legion post of
/ Standpoint wired Governor D. w.
Davis as follows: 1--WE protest
( the anti-cigarette act becoming
a law with so little expression Of
public sentiment in advance of
r legislative action, and urgently
= request your veto to this bill.
E Men worthy of gifts of cigarettes
e as national defenders should not
now be denied the privilege of
their use. If this state must
have such regulation go the
limit-include all tobsccos and
e cigarettes"
/ The Diamond and Ohio Match
I companies, both of which have
r factory units in Spokane, have
: expended jointly over $500, ,000
i within the last year in Idaho
5 white pine stumpage and have
: bought prosperity and industry
d to Idaho forest people. Combined
the two companies have payrolls
!. in Idaho and Washington in ex-
cess of $500 men.