Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1922-11-24
NEWS AROUND
THE STATE
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
VARIOUS PARTS OF
THE STATE

any year in the history of the
town. The total enrolment
is 222, with an average attend
ance for last month of 951s per
cent. The attendance in the
high school is 48.
Alexander Gusman, Russian
and a resident of the United
States since 1915; John Simpson
Scotchman, who has lived here
since 1906, and Gustav Kruger,
German, who came to America
in 1911, were granted naturali-
cation papers by District Judge
Z. c. Steele.
Joe Farrarri of Wallace,
charged with killing Joseph ].
Marsden, a logging contractor,
near Clarkia last August, Mon
day pleaded guilty to man.
slaughter in district court and
was sentenced to five to 10 years
in the penitentiary. Far1arl.i
claimed the shooting was accid-
entail.
Mrs. Cora Sample and Grant
Hamblin of Culdesac pleaded
not guilty to a charge of murder
at their arraignment in district
court in Lewison, Tuesday.
Time for trial was not set. The
charge was brought month ago
following the death of a young
woman on whom it is alleged
they performed an illegal opera
tion.
The question as to whether
the pavement between Coeur d.
Alene and Spokane would be an
advantage or a disadvantage to
Occur d'Alene was discussed at
the chamber of commerce meet
ing Monday. T. J. Morrow
stated that the general condition
was that easy access to large
city was detrimental to the bus
mess in a small city.
A plea of guilty was entered
Monday by James Yenney of
Kooskia to a petit larceny charge
resulting from the theft of a
Forest Service bed roll from the
Dry Bar ranger station last
October. Trial was before
Justice J. NJ. Shaw. In addition
to a stiff fine Yenney was re-
quired to reimburse the United
States for the value of the arti-
cles stolen.
Arthur L. Carssow, Lewiston
druggist, failed to appear in the
United States district court to
stand trial for alleged violations
of the federal prohibition law.
His bond of $500 was ordered
forfeited and Judge Frank S.
Dietrich authorized issuance Of
a bench warrant for his arrest
and fixed the bond at $4,000.
Judge Dietrich also ordered the
first restraining writ under the
Volstead law ever issued in
. Idaho.
d. V. Dowd, F. J. Boyd and
wife, and Miss Lillian Berry of
Nezperce, had a narrow escape
from injury Friday on their
Journey to Peck where Judge
Dowd was to speak at a meeting
: of Odd Fellows, when the car in
: which they were riding ran
headon into a team and wagon.
The tongue of the wagon dam
aging the front Of the car almost
| causing it TO overturn on the
narrow grade and the fright of
! the horses caused them to
, plunge taking the wagon off the
. grade. None of the parties
were injured.
Senator Gooding returned to
Washington Saturday, his first
official action being to bring to
the attention of the the inter-
state commerce commission the
deplorable state of Idaho farm
ers, who are suffering untold
| losses because of their inability
. to get their products to market,
: due TO shortage of cars. The
{ commission told the senator
$500 refrigerator cars, west
bound, had been tied up behind
a snow blockade in Wyoming
t and are now being released.
J, OF this number 1400 cars will be
T. sent into Idaho, primarily to
e move the potato crop. In ad-
d dition the senator was promised
d 800 boxcars would be immediate
. lv sent 10 idaho 10 move wheat.