Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1922-01-13
news AROUND
THE STATE
Items of Interest From Various
Sections Reproduced for Ben
eft Of Our Readers.

Southern Idaho will ship di-
rect to Constantinople, as soon
as the shipping orders can be
made out, a car of Idaho conden-
sed milk to be used for the starv-
ing children of the Near East.
d. F. Banks, state treasurer,
Thursday advised Miss Ethel E.
Redfield, state superintendent
of public instruction that there
was S0,200.92 in the public
school fund available for appor-
tionment to the counties of the
state.
Seventy-five hens owned by
William Pyle, a poultry raiser of
Gooding county, netted i'm
SOAPS during the year 1921,
according to figures recently
submitted by him. He has kept
an accurate record Of the activi-
ties of his flock.
Because of the requirements
of the Idaho blue sky" law, the
offices Of the lewiston Clarks-
ton Oil, Gas and Pipeline COM
pany have been removed from
Lewiston to Charleston, and the
business of the company will be
conducted there in the future.
Stock in the new institution
which is to take over the affairs
of the defunct Union State bank
at Nezperce, is now on sale by
the committee appointed by the
stockholders to arrange for the
selling of the stock, and, it is
stated, the sales are meeting
with hearty response.
At the regular meeting of the
city council at Nezperce Tuesday
night an order was made for the
auditing of the books and re-
cords of the city by the account
ing firm of Byron Defenbach &
Sons. This will be the first
complete check-up of the city's
business affairs since 1915.
Senator w. +. Borah, republi-
can, of Idaho, declared that the
senate seat held by Senator New
berry should be declared vacant,
on the ground that "the 1918
election in Michigan was tainted
with corruptions and controlled
through the use of money, is
void"
By vote which seemed to be
almost unanimous members of
the Boise Chamber of Commerce
at the annual meeting Friday
night authorized the board of
directors to resort to the courts
if necessary to collect back dues.
Payments now due the organiza-
ton approximate $4,000, &C.
cording to a financial statement
given the chamber by President
E. A. Crooks.
Indicating improvement in
financial conditions in EASTERN
e Idaho is one of the strongest
> bank statements ever published
in the state, when the American
: National Bank of Idaho Falls
!. Friday issued statement show
r ing an increase of go per cen
: in deposits since the last repofc
to the comptroller. The state
y ment showed the institution had
q no money borrowed and no re-
: discounts.
II Homestead lands patented
n during the past year in the Lew
y iston district, which includes
n Nez Perce, Lewis, Clearwater
b and Latah counties, the southern
!. part of Shoshone county, and
: Idaho county to the Salmon
I river, total 23,468.94 acres. ac-
cording to figures issued from
the United States land office in
Lewiston. Nez Perce county con-
Y tanned 6,670.97 acres of this
r Idaho, 14,376.32; Clearwater
n 1,701.65; Shoshone, $40; Lewis
n, 120. and Latah. 80.
is The body of w. A. Mcdonald
age 45, dismembered and scat.
ll tered along the railway right OF
Id way, was found by a Great
r Northern freight crew a few
in hundred yards west of the depot
n at Standpoint Monday. The body
lie was disemboweled, both arms
lg and both legs were cut off anS
h. the head, torn from the torso
was found several hundred fee
away. Indicating that it was ly
Il ing across the rails when killed
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