Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1921-06-10
NEWS AROUND
THE STATE
Items of Interest From Various
Sections Reproduced for Ben
eft of Our Readers.

The postoffice at Standpoint is
one of the first in the state to be
supplied with fire arms in accord
ance with the order of Postmast-
er General Hays in an effort to
check further mail robberies.
The North Idaho Chamber of
Commerce will hold its next
semi-annual meeting at Moscow.
No date has been assigned as
yet, but it will be some time In
the fall or early winter.
Idaho can not look for relief
for excessive freight rates from
the interstate commerce conf
mission, according to word from
George B. McGinty. secretary of
the commission, due to high
wages.
Bee raisers of the Orofino Sec
ton report some strange disease
is working a severe loss to them.
With hives full of honey, and for
nc known cause, they all die in
the stands. One man reports
losing 80 stands, and others have
had similar loss.
The high price of silver and
the increase in the price of lead
are encouraging the mining in
dustry in Kellogg and many of
the smaller operators are pre-
pairing for extensive develop
ment work during the summer.
After beating up John A. Kim
near of Henderson, CAL, and
; stealing his Chevrolet touring
car near Spirit Lake Thursday,
two thugs drove the stolen vehi-
Gle into the town of Priest River,
help up the Citizens State Bank
! and escaped with $1,000 loot.
The Nezperce Herald says that
in view of the disclosures made
in connection with the Kamiah
Bank failure 80 per cent of the
Folks of Lewis county and some
of their neighbors are wondering
?. why that $1,000 bond-why?
The people were trimmed for
several hundred thousand dol
lars.
c. j. Brosnan, author of the
History of Idaho" which is us
ed as a text book in all Idaho
|; public schools and is recognized
as one of the most complete and
authentic accounts of the devel-
opment of the Gem state, was
today appointed to an assistant
professorship in history at the
University Of Idaho.
Fire of unknown origin last
, Friday night destroyed the q
! story brick schoolhouse on the
Vollmer side of the railroad
, track, at Craigmont. Insurance
{ of S9500 will not cover the loss,
= it is said. The building was
! used for grades and high school
and was erected eleven years
Q ago.
D A strange malady has struck
p the sweet cherry crop of the
I Moscow section and some of the
e trees that promised a record
r yield will have but little fruit
this year. The cherry trees,
especially Bings and Royal An
nes. of which there are many in
= that section, were loaded with
blossoms and the cherries FORM
! ed so thickly that a record crop
was expected. But reports from
a number of orchards say that
! the cherries are falling off and
- , the crop will be lighter than last
:. year.
n A Maxwell car. the property of
$ DR.. Croker, of Nezperce, was
4 burned to the ground in Law
v yers canyon last Wednesday
o morning from an unknown cause
II The doctor had parked his car
and was busily engaged in fish
ing when he saw smoke arising
from the spot where he had left
!, the car. Upon examination he
= found the car in a mass of flames
= = Besides the car, four coats, the
= . property of the men accompany.
: = ing him on the fishing trip, were
= also burned, some of which con.
:, tanned money and checks, the
!. automobile was a complet<
: wreck.