Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1922-09-01
NEWS AROUND
THE STATE
Items Of Interest From Various
Sections Reproduced for Ber.
eft of Our Readers.


show an increase in assessment
for 1922 over that of 1921. Nez-
Perce is one of the nine, the
others being Ada, Bannock,
Boundary. Canyon, Franklin,
Fremont, Gooding and Twin
Falls.
Suit to recover taxes amount
ing to S23, ,555 on lands owned by
the Northern Pacific Railway
company in Boundary county
was filed in the United States
district clerks office by the
company against the county
Tuesday.
Attorney F. H. Rehberg of
kamiah, last week filed in the
district court of Idaho county a
suit of John Oatman and wife of
the same city, VS. Luther Hamp-
ton of Lewiston to set aside a
deed to the formers farm, al
legged to have been procured by
the latter by fraud.
While endeavoring to back
threshing engine to its position
at a new setting, Jack Taggert,
was fatally crushed when he lost
control of his engine and backed
it into the separator, pinching
himself between the two mach
ines. The accident happened
Saturday and Mr.. Taggert lived
but a little over two hours after
ward.
Flaying the present state
administration for what he
termed ruthless expenditures of
public's money, Moses Alexander
Democratic nominee for COVER
nor, fired the opening gun of his
campaign in Horseshoe Bend
Thursday night and spent Fri
day in informally talking polit-
les" with residents of the Boise
basin.
bad office, too much tub
ble," was given Thursday by DIR.
c. K. Fong, Chinese physician
who has been practicing in Boise
and the Basin for Sc years, as
the reason why he has returned
to the United States after leay.
ing for China 13 months ago
with the intention of staying
there. Modern political compli-
cations in China were not to the
doctors liking, he said.
Nezperce and community is
experiencing a severe form of
cholera infantum. Two children
at the Huchin home died last
week. When DR.. Dunlap, of
Craigmont reached the home the
three year old son was in a
stupor and died an hour and n
half later. The six year old girl
died the following day. Another
little girl is rallying from the
same disease owing to the fact
that she received medical atten-
tion before it gained headway.
Senator's William E. Borah
and Frank R. Gooding are max
ing every effort to insure the
speedy granting of the Union
Pacific systems application to
put into effect a reduced rate OH
potatoes, it was announced Fri
day at the public utilities COM
mission. George E. Erb, presi-
dent of the commission, received
kilograms from both Iaaho sena-
tors saying they would do what
they could TO expedite the is
suance of the permit by the in
terstate commerce commission.
With % miles of the Lolo pass
road already completed, this ex-
tending between the town of
Kooskia and the station of
Lowell, the United States gov
ernment is now calling for bids
for the construction or improve
ment of approximately seven
more miles of the pass road.
this stretch to connect up with
the end of the completed portion
and extend in an easterly direc-
tion toward the summit of the
Bitter Root mountains, which
form the dividing line between
Idaho and Montana. The dist
ance between Lowell and the
Montana state line is estimated
at 85 miles, so with the con-
struction of the seven miles the
distance for further road work
to complete the project will have
been brought down 10 78 miles.