Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1921-01-07
news AROUND
THE STATE
Items of Interest From Various
Sections Reproduced for Ben
eft of Our Readers.

Fire destroyed the Vollmer-
Clearwater company's mill and
elevator at Auburn, WASH,
Monday. The loss is estimated
at $4,000.
Thomas ]. Beall, better known
as "Uncle Tom" of Lewiston
celebrated his 88th birthday at
Lewiston Tuesday. He came to
Lewiston 62 years ago Tuesday,
or in the year 1859.
Petitions have been circulated
and numerously signed in the
Gilbert section praying for the
forthcoming legislature to pass
bill authorizing that portion of
Clearwater county to be annex
ed to Lewis county.
Word has been received in
Grangeville of the death of John
Mullinix, in Los Angles, CAL,
last Friday Mr.. Mullinix was a
former resident of Grangeville,
He left there about five years
ago. The body was buried in
Los Angeles.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Beardsley
of Moscow on New Year day
celebrated their sixtieth we'd
ding anniversary. They were
married in Illinois in 1861 and
have lived in the same house in
Moscow for 81 years.
Assessor Ratliff of Lewis
county reports that there are
781 cars in Lewis county. AS
to makes the Ford is very much
in evidence with 290, Dodge sec
ond with 85, Buick third with
the Overland and Oakland rum
ming neck and neck.
Twenty days of married life
was evidently enough for Will
liam Verne Miller, whose wife,
Ethel M. Miller was granted
divorce in the district court Wed
nesday by Judge Mccarthy at
Boise on the grounds of deser-
tion and failure to provide.
The largest individual sale of
wheat in the Inland Empire took
place at Walla Walla when Geo.
Drumheller sold 150,025 bushels
of wheat to T-Gifford Grain
company for $1.45. a bushel.
amounting to approximately
$215,000.
Earl Venable, for IL years
secretary to Senator Borah, has
resigned and will return to this
state where he will enter busi-
ness. 1t is announced, Miss Cora
Rubin, for many years assistant
secretary to the senior senator
from this state, has been ap-
pointed secretary.
Governor d. w. Davis at 3
o'clock Saturday afternoon in
person, officially appointed
Frank X. Gooding to the United
States senate to succeed Senator
John f. Nugent, resigned to ac-
cept a position on the federal
trade commission. The appoint
ment is to take effect January
15.
The value of the gold, silver,
copper, lead and zinc mined in
Idaho in 1920, according to the
estimate of c. N. Gerry of the
United States geological survey,
department of the interior, was
about thirty-two million one hun
dred forty-four thousand dollars
an increase of thirteen million
seven hundred seventy dollars
from that in 1919.
The annual report of the Nez
, Perce Indian agency at Fort
Lapwai for 1920, prepared by
Superintendent o. III. Lipps,
shows that nearly 100000 was
paid out to individual Indians
: during the year, a much greater
sum than for any previous year.
This applies to all members of
the tribe who have received
f patents in fee to their land al
, lotments.
e o. V. Allen, former state
r treasurer of Idaho, died ON JAN
n unary l in Los Angles from the
!. effects of a paralytic stroke suf-
fered about two and a half
months ago. Mr.. Allen was at
n Logan, Utah, when he suffered
4 the stroke and was removed to
f Boise, from where he was taken
O to California on account of the
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