Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1921-09-16
News AROUND
THE STATE
Items of Interest From Various
Sections Reproduced for Ben.
eft of Our Readers.

A packing plant costing $780,
600 was formally opened to the
public at Standpoint Sunday for
their inspection. For its size
it is said to be one of the finest
plants in the northwest.
Idaho has won the interstate
loving cup to capture which
school children in 4S states part
icipated in a modern health cru
SADIE. This is the first time
that the beautiful silver trophy
has come west.
A picture starring Roscoe Ar
buckle scheduled for Roundup
week at Idaho Falls has been
cancelled by the biggest theatre
in that city, which says no film
of Arbuckle's will ever be shown
there again. The cause of the
cancellation is due to the recent
murder scandal in which Ar
buckle is the main figure.
With a per capita tax of $3.50
for instruction for the school
year the Lewiston high school
stands lowest in the state, ac-
cording to an announcement
made Thursday by DR.. Z. A.
Bryan, state commissioner of
education, following the receipt
of a report from the principal of
the north Idaho institution.
Twenty-eight new loans total
ing $4,000 were made by the
state department of public in
vestments, according to the Aug
ust report made public Wednes-
day afternoon. Practically all
of these loans were made with
Liberty bonds which the state
has been lending to farmers.
School bonds purchased amount
to SAL 800.
Work will begin October on
the new hotel building at Lewis
ton, TO cost approximately $780,
600, exclusive of furnishings.
The Hurley-Mason company of
Portland and Tacoma was award
ed the contract and has agreed
to take the hotel company's bond
issue of 100000, will subscribe
for $40, 900 worth of the stock at
par and agree at the option of
the company, to furnish a re-
sponsible tenant for the building
when completed.
At 10 o'clock Sunday morning
according to a statement made
by Patrick Gibbons, geologist for
the Lewiston-C Charleston Oil &
Gas company, Incorporated un-
der the laws of the state of
Washington, with their head
quarters in Lewiston, flow of
genuine crude oil was encounter
ed in the well being drilled at a
point on the Snake river near
Swallaw's Neck, Asotin county,
Wash, near Charleston, about
five miles south of Lewiston.
lnfantile paralysis has broken
out in north Idaho and several
deaths have been reported to the
state department of public well
fare, according to announcement
from that offic Friday afternoon
Later reports indicate that there
are no signs of an epidemic and
state authorities have made pre-
parations to combat the spread
of the disease. Heath officials
think the infection was import
ed from Washington state where
100 cases and 30 deaths were re-
ported in July and August.
Edward Farrand, only son of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Farrand,
well known farmers of the Mos
cow district sustained injuries
from which he died at an early
hour Thursday morning. The
boy, who was 10 years old, was
playing "crack-the-whip" with
four other boys at school, and
fell, striking on his head and
shoulders. A physician was cal
led from Pullman at once and at
first examination thought that
the boys shoulder was broken.
1t developed later, however, that
his neck had been broken in the
fall. After sustaining the in
jury, he walked home. He was
able to talk. but could not swal-
low and his condition gradually
grew worse during the afternoon
and night, until, death came. An
examination made by the physi-
clan, after death. proved that
the neck had been broken.