Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1921-01-21
news AROUND
THE STATE
Items of Interest From Various
Sections Reproduced for Ben
eft of Our Readers.

Fory-four county assessors,
called by Governor Davis, ap-
peared at the state assessors
meeting in the chamber Of COM
merce at Boise Monday.
Ex-Governor Frank r. Good
ing, of Idaho, Saturday took his
seat in the United States senate.
succeeding Senator John F. Nu-
gent, who was appointed to the
federal trade commission.
The Bm.ley State bank and the
Bank of Commerce, both of
Burley, Idaho, failed to open
their doors to the public Monday,
having been taken in charge by
the state department of COM
merce and industry.
In order to set forth vividly
the various present day styles in
women's wear, the University of
Idaho home economies depart
ment is arranging to present q
Fashion Show" in which the
different modes will be shown.
Governor ID. w. Davis an
nounces late Saturday night the
appointment of j. nj. Thompson,
prominent lawyer of Caldwell, to
the presidency of the public util-
tiles commission to succeed A. L.
Freehafer whose term expired
Janutry 10.
Bascom Billups, who has been
working in the county treasur-
er's office at Nezperce left the
first of the week for Spokane to
attend business college under the
government educational provi-
sion for soldiers wounded or dis
abled in the world war. Har-
land Moser will succeed him.
DIR. J. N. Clarke, pioneer phys
ician of Moscow, suffered brok-
en- arm and two or three broken
ribs when he fell on an icy side
walk Sunday evening. DIR.
Clarke had called on patient
and as he was leaving the house
slipped and fell, striking the
sharp corner of the stone steps.
Coach Thomas Kelley, former
Chicago gridiron star whose
1920 University of Idaho foot
ball team is considered the ablest
eleven produced at Idaho in two
college generations has signed q
contract to serve for three years
as the university's athletic
director. This was the announce
ment made from the office Of
President A. Fl. Upham.
Cities and villages will receive
go per cent of the automobile tax
money collected on machines
within their corporate limits for
expenditure on streets, and the
state will receiv 25 per cent for
its highway fund and the county
Is per cent to go into the sinking
fund to take up highway bonded
Indebtedness, if a bill recently in
troduced by Witt and Monson
becomes a law.
The funeral of Miss Freda
Anderson of Coeur d'Alene, who
died Thursday, was held Tues
day. Her parents called DIR.
brennan. county physician, Sat-
urday, to make tests to ascertain
if life was extinct. DR.. Dren-
nan said that the body seemed to
have retained life after BREATH
ing had ceased, but that death
occurred Thursday, and issued
burial permit.
William M. Morgan, retiring
chief justice of the Idaho su-
preme court, has donated to the
University of Idaho law library
his personal copies of briefs and
records in all of the many CAGES
that have been heard during his
term of six years on the bench.
"These records constitute a very
valuable addition to the univer-
sity law library" said Dean
Cockerill.
G.. p. Mix, chairman of the
commissioners for Moscow high
way district. states that about
100000 will be available for
road building in that district this
year and expects work to be re-
sumed on the north and south
state highway through Moscow,
Viola and Potlatch as soon as the
ground can be worked. II is es-
timated that $500,000 will be
spent for pubic improvements in
Moscow and immediate vicinity
this year if the cost of labor 10