Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1922-07-21
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THE STATE
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SOcul u Alciic uidy NC tiiC Wv
ision point for two mail air
routes to Seattle, one from
Chicago and the other from Salt
Lake, according to Lloyd l.. Kel-
so who said: We have just put in
our bids for two contracts.
After shortchanging mer-
chants in Winchester and Craig
mont Thursday, three young.
men were caught in the act of
trying the same game on Alva
McClanahan, proprietor of the
confectionery shop in Nezperce.
County commissioners have
granted the petition of White
Bird residents for the creation
of an independent school district
and August 9 fixed for election
of trustees. Heretofore that
district has sent its high school
students to other schools.
A state tax of 2 cents per gal.
lon on gasoline was advocated
at Haley Saturday at the closing
session of the third annual con-
vention of the Idaho Automotive
Trades association which met
there Friday and Saturday. Pro-
ceeds of the tax to be used in
maintaining roads in the state.
Grasshoppers aie destroying
wheat in many sections of Idaho,
eaccording TO agricultural Off
cials. In Power county one
1200-acre field is declared TO
have been wholly devastated by
the pests. determination CAM
paigns are under way in many
parts of the state.
Between 800 and 400 men are
fighting fire on the Rutledge
Timber company holdings on
Russell creek, about Is miles
northwest of Clarkia. The path
of the flames, according to men,
covers a strip Is miles wide and
80 miles long and is expected to
reach the Montana line at any
time.
| The steamers Lewiston and
Spokane have been destroyed by
fire at their docks i'm Lewiston,
Idaho. The crafts have been in
service on the Snake river since
1896 and were valued at $780,
900. The boats were owned by
the o. w. r. & N railway which
will take steps to secure other
boats to handle the wheat crop.
Secret plans for checking the
liquor traffic i'm the Pacific
northwest of the United States
and Canada, which are based on
definite cooperation among all
law enforcement officers from
local to federal, were adopted at
a secret session of the Northwest
Association of Sheriffs and
Police at their convention in
1Oeui u aitile CIly.
Rev. F. A. Flora of Nezperce
killed a large r. |. Red hen Sat-
urday morning and found she
contained eight large eggs in
soft shells and no small ones.
They ranged in size from one
which was nearly round like a
ball, measuring z 1-2 inches, to
one of medium dimensions. The
eight weighed l 81 pounds,
whereas a dozen ordinary eggs
weighed about pound.
r. L. Spiker, Leroy Southwick
and George w. King, commission
ers Of Nez Perce county, were
acquitted of charges brought by
, l.. l.. Haynes in the district
, court and the action which
, sought to oust them from office
was dismissed. Haynes charged
that by allowing the purchase of
an automobile and supplies from
the firm of Spiker & Jefferys the
commissioners had violated cer-
4 tain statutes
Y Emanuel Arnold, age "a, was
f fined $155 by Justice w. G..
{ Barge of Moscow on a charge of
S disturbing the peace. Arnold was
J. arrested on complaint of two
d girls, charging vulgar and in
e decent language. Arnold had
taken the girls for a ride Sunday
night and, it is alleged, attempt
f ed an assault upon one of them.
n and being unable to accomplish
:. his purpose. slapped the girl and
!. made both get out of the car.