Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1922-04-21
NEWS AROUND
THE STATE
Items Of Interest From Various
Sections Reproduced for Ben.
eft of Our Readers.

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schools, highways, cities and
villages are tending to force the
total revenue of the state for
1921 above the "a million dollar
mark established for 1920.
Four men were arrested last
week charged with burglarizing
the Long and Son store at Ken
drick, April 10th. They were
found camped about a mile from
Arrow Junction by the county
sheriff and one of his deputies.
J. G. Fralick, state commits
sioner of finance, has arrived in
Nez Perce to install Chauncey
Wallace as agent in charge of
the affairs of the Union State
bank, defunct, in place of w. G.
Suppinger, who has resigned his
position to go TO Moscow.
The safe in the office of the
Lewiston Charleston Traction
company's office at the Clarks-
ton car barns was broken into by
yeggs early Monday morning
and more than $3.50 in cash was
taken. Several dollars worth of
pennies and nickels were left un-
touched.
| J. Arnold Cooley of Vancouver
B. c., a University of. Idaho
student, ate 80 eggs for Easter
breakfast and a hearty chicken
dinner later in the day, and was
able to attend classes Monday.
The feat was performed at the
annual Easter morning break
fast of Beta Theta Pi fraternity.
Sixteen bank failures in Idaho
in 1921 were reported, according
to statement issued by the
comptroller of the currency at
Washington. Liabilities of the
failed banks totaled 50, ,659, ,099.
Four national banks were placed
in receiverships, with liabilities
of $3,997,1
The $4,000 bond issue pro-
posed by the board of trustees of
Kooskia school district No. 36,
was approved Monday by the
favorable vote of 105 for bonds
and 13 against. The purpose of
the bond issue is to construct
and equip a new high school
building, and carry an accredited
four year high school course.
w. p. Brewrink of Lewiston.
has been awarded the contract
for transporting the mails to
points up the Snake river from
that place. Under the new con-
tract the river route will be ex-
tended to Johnson's bar 100
miles south of Lewiston. Here
tofore it ended at Pittsburg
Landing 80 miles up the river.
After some considerable dis
, sension in matters pertaining to
the Genesee Highway during the
past several months, says the
| Genesee News, they have finally
, been amicably adjusted and road
, work will again be resumed and
necessary work done. Portions
of the highway are in a deplor-
able condition and will be looked
, after at once.
5 The head lettuce industry is
$ growing by leaps and bounds in
|, Idaho and throughout the north
west, if the numbers of requests
s for information on this subject
n received by the University of
: Idaho department of horticul-
k ture can be taken as a criterion.
s In an effort TO supply this de-
e mand, the college of agriculture
has recently issued a bulletin,
'Head Lettuce" for which the
demand for copies is unprece-
f dented.
a The board of county commits
k sioners at Lewiston, Monday
5 closed negotiations for the pur.
c chase in conjunction with the
h North Fork highway district in
: Clearwater county of the bridge
t. across the Clearwater river al
e Peck. The closing of the dea
|. automatically brought the bridgs
II into operation as a free carrier
Under the agreement reached
and authorized by the commits
IS sioners -Nez Perce county pai(
g $12,500, and the highway a like
| n r 4.