Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1921-04-15
news AROUND
THE STATE
Items of Interest From Various
Sections Reproduced for Ben
eft of Our Readers.

luanO pOpulaIiOn III lSZO Dy
color announced by the census
bureau follows: White, 25,668,
an increase of 1873 per cent;
negro 920, increase, ALB per
cent; Indian, 3,09S; Chinese, 585
Japanese, 1859, all others, 26.
c. T. Strananhan, who has
maintained for years one of the
finest orchards in the valley of
North Lewiston, reported that
the cold-snap of last Wednesday
caused a loss of rs per cent of
the buds of the sweet cherry
trees, embracing the Bings,
Royal AIMS and Tartarians.
Floyd Decker. the twelve year
old boy who left his home Mon
day at Grangeville and headed
toward the mountains imbued
with wanderlust, was found
about twelve miles from his
home in the Clearwater river
region, by Jess McComas, as he
was heard walking across
bridge.
A daring escape took place
between 5 and 6 o'clock Friday
evening when C. w. Williams
between So and 60, being taken
from Great Falls, Mont, to
Spokane in charge of Deputy
Sheriff F. l.. Bradeen of Spok-
ane, gave the officer the slip and
jumped from Northern Pacific
train No. 3 east of Clarksfork,
Idaho.
The Idaho industrial accident
board placed the maximum COM
pensation for the loss of the
sense of smell at $3.50 in a case
which was closed by the board
Friday. This is the first in
stance on record where the sense
of smell was involved and the
board was guided by a California
decision in a similar case, there
being no Idaho law to cover.
Work has been resumed on the
new st. Joseph hospital at Lewis
ton, though but to a limited ex-
tent. For the past few days a
small crew of men have been
busy plastering the rooms, but
when that portion of the work
is finishedethere will be nothing
further done for the present.
Lack of funds is given as the
reason for not completing the
hospital at once.
About thousand dollars
worth of morphine and cocaine
was found in a suit case in a
Great Northern boxcar (estimat-
ed by Spokane papers as $4,000
WORTHY at an early hour Tuesday
at Standpoint when Special Agent
Holz of the Great Northern and
Sheriff Kirkpatrick of Bonner,
pounced down ON a fellow riding
in boxcar and who was suspect
ed of having contraband booze in
his suitcase.
The Triangle Construction
company resumed work on the
North and South highway west
of Craigmont Monday. They ex-
pect to finish grade work on this
contract within the next 80 days.
The company is now moving two
rock crushers to their site on
Cold Springs canyon and expect
to begin laying macadam in a
short time. Their steam roller
: will arrive from Spokane in a
few days.
The result of the Nez Perce
County Sunday School associa-
tion's recent Sunday school cau-
Gus is announced as follows:
Catholic schools, 234, Methodist
: Episcopal, 172; Christian, 124;
: Presbyterian, 1928; Baptist, ia;
: Congregational, 101; Lewiston
Orchards community, 60; Episco
pal, Sc; Christian Science, SO |;
: Adventist, %; East End mis-
> sion, 20; Salvation Army, Is;
Lutheran. 13.
? Fred Follett, age SO. a pio-
neer of Genesee died at Genessee
2 last week after a years illness.
: Mr.. Follett spent the winter in
California and when he began to
fail rapidly, was brought to his
home a honth ago. The Follett
e family located in the Genesee
y valley 40 years ago, driving in
5 with an OK team. For many
o years Mr.. Follett had been as
C sociated with his brother, Leon
y Follett, in the general merchan-
r disc business. retiring two years