Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1921-11-04
NEWS AROUND
THE STATE.
Items Of Interest From Various
Sections Reproduced for Ben.
eft of Our Readers.

Homer Moore, formerly in the
employ of Stevens Brothers at
Winchester, has purchased the
Stevens Brothers store at Craig
mont and will reopen it next
week.
The Nez Perce Oil. company,
of Lewiston has filed articles of
incorporation and will begin
operations near Lapwai within
the near future. The company
has under lease 775 acres of land
in this vicinity, 295 acres of
which adjoins the Swallows Nest
where promising results are be-
ing obtained by a company now
drilling there.
First prize of $50 for the best
gilt in the Armour boys and
girls pig club contest at the
Western Royal Livestock show
at Spokane, was won by Wesley
Calkins of Lapwai, Idaho, who
was also the winner of the prize
trip to the Chicago International
fair in the spring. Wayne Beaver
of the same town won second in
the contest.
Five grandchampionships, IL
championships, 81 first places,
II seconds, six thirds and three
fourths, a total of IA awards,
prizes awarded to the college of
agriculture stock at the Western
Royal Livestock show signify
the prominent position the Uni
versity of Idaho held at the
Spokane show. This is by far
the most notable winning the
university has ever made.
The steamer Lewiston, with
Captain John E. Atkins in charge,
has resumed operations on the
Snake river, after having been
laid up in the Lewiston dock
since last June, owing to low
water. 1t is estimated that five
months will be required to move
the grain from the warehouses
along tn G river to terminal
points. Approximately 500, 200
sacks of grain are now in storage
at Asotin and lower river points.
The first boatload was brought
recently from Asotin and loaded
on cars at Lewiston.
Senator Gooding's fight to Sc
cure a separate agricultural loan
agency for Idaho and to divorce
Idaho from Utah, was crowned
with success Saturday when the
war finance corporation, after
repeated objections, capitulated
and created an Idaho committee
to sit at Boise, consisting of
Crawford Moore, Boise, chair
man; NJ. P. Meholin, Boise; F. F.
johnson, Boise; John Thomas,
Gooding, and Z. M. Kennedy,
Blackfoot. Moore, Thomas and
Kennedy have heretofore been
members of the Utah-Idaho COM
mittee with headquarters at
Salt Lake.
Mr.. Clark, who has been sec
ton boss at Kendrick for some
time, and who is well liked by
the people Of that community,
was bumped" last week. His
place was taken by a Japanese,
who had seniority rights. A
petition was circulated and liber-
ally signed by the business men
of Kendrick TO have white man
put in charge of the section. The
Jap arrived and was allowed TO
see the petition shortly after his
arrival and, probably feeling
that public sentiment was not
very favorable toward his stay
ing, he left. Mr.. Clark is still
in charge of the section.
Four hundred thousand dol
; lars worth of road and bridge
! bonds of Nez Perce county were
+ disposed of Monday to the bond
= firm of Sidlo, Simons, Fels &
Co., of Denver, Colo, at $101.27
!. per 500 plus a premium of
S5.0S0 on the entire amount, to-
gether with the accrued inter-
: est at 6 percent since November
t l, 1919, the sale of the bonds be-
;, ing ordered by the board of
e county commissioners at their
j. meeting held for the purpose of
d opening the bids and for letting
i contracts for the construction Of
s two bridges across the Clear
( water river. Nineteen bid s
were received for the issue.