Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1921-07-29
NEWS AROUND
THE STATE
Items Of Interest From Various
Sections Reproduced for Ben
eft of Our Readers.

lightning curing q storm Sun-
day night caused seven fires in
the Nezperce national forset, but
it is believed all the fires We're
extinguished by heavy rainfall.
Frank Rizza, an Italian, COM
mitted suicide in the county Jail
at Bonners Ferry last Thursday
by hanging himself from the top
of a steel cell with a pair of
heavy leather shoe laces which
he had taken from his shoes.
August 10Th has been set as
the date for examining appli-
cants who wish to take the civil
service examination for the Lew
iston post office. The office is
rated as first class and pays
$4,000 yearly.
The Stites-Elk City stage line
which has for some time been
owned and operated by Johnson
and Sutter changed ownership
last week when Messrs Chase
and Fletcher of Circle City, Mont
purchased the same.
1t cost Lewis county approx
imately 18 cents on each $1,000
valuation to pay the salary of its
county health nurse and other
incidental expenses connected
with the office, such as office
rent, fuel and travelling expenses.
A suit has been filed i'm the
district court by the Alexander
company of Lewiston against
Jackson Shutdown, former world
champion luckaroo, who won the
championship at the Pendleton
roundup few years ago, to col
lect an account of $582 alleged to
be due.
Andrew J. Kent of Bonners
Ferry, Idaho, is working hard i'm
relation to work of reclaiming
!. ,480 acres of rich bottom land
lying adjacent to Bonners Ferry
and constituting drainage dist
rict No. / of Idaho, which has
been allotted to Martin Woldson,
. Spokane contractor, for $168, 900
Tekoa defeated the Lewiston
ball team on its home grounds
Sunday before one of the largest
crowds TO witness a game i'm
Lewiston this year. The score
was 3 to 0 in favor of Tekoa.
The victors also took home with
them a purse of $1,000 besides, it
is stated, large amount of Lew
iston money which was wager
ed on the outcome of the contest.
The annual district teachers
institute will be held in Lewiston
in October, instead of December,
it was decided at meeting of
county superintendent recently.
The district includes Latah,
Lewis, Nez Perce, Idaho and
Clearwater counties, and it is
probable that Asotin and Gar
field counties, Washington, will
join in the institute.
The current issue of the Liter
airy Digest devotes almost two
pages to the Modern Caravan
of Prairie Schooners" that is
leaving Brooklyn New York, for
: Idaho, where more than 100
! families plan to find homes. The
story, accompanied by a half
page picture of one of the
!, "schooners" with camp equipt-
ment, appears in the Literary
Digest of July 23rd.
!. The Mikkeson & Riggs Grain
f Co. has organized with offices in
Spokane and Portland. M. B.
Mikkelson has been identified as
manager of the Lewiston Milling
Co. for many years and during
q his entire career of 15 years with
n this company, built up a lucra-
v tive flour trade for the owners.
o the Vollmer Clearwater Co, Ltd.
Q T. A. Riggs has been Portland
n manager of the Lewiston Milling
O Co.
: At the regular session of the
! board of county commissioners
of Lewis county last week an
order was made that the sheriff
require all prisoners in the Lew
:, is county Jail to be employed on
|. public work, so far obtainable.
It The prisoners are to have credit
IS on any fine OF costs imposed for
5 the wages earned by them, less
It the sum of $1.50 per day. which
e liz TO be deducted for their main