Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1922-02-17
news AROUND
THE STATE
Items of Interest From Various
Sections Reproduced for Ben.
eft of Our Readers.

Thirty-six of the 145 deaths
reported TO the bureau of vital
statistics in January were those
of native-born Idahoans, accord
ing to the monthly report issued
Friday.
The ownership of the Clear
water Republican at Orofino
changed on February l, passing
from the control of w. Fl. Giles
pie to that of r. A. Hamilton and
Lauren l.. johnson.
jefferson Wood, aged 80, an
old pioneer Of the Woodland
country passed away at his home
Wednesday of last week. He has
lived in that section for the past
20 years. He is survived by a
wife and large family.
The body of Eugene r. Day,
millionaire mining man, who
died at Sacred Heart hospital, in
Spokane, Saturday, was taken to
Portland Sunday, for burial by
the side of his parents. The
body was accompanied to Port
land by Jerome J. Day and other
members of the family.
One thousand eight hundred
forty-seven taxpayers qualified
to vote in the special election to
he held February 2l in Lewiston
on the proposed issue of $25, 900
of municipal bonds for the en-
largement and improvement of
the present Normal Hill ceme-
terry, were reported as registered
last night.
Huntington Taylor of Occur
d'Alene is a new member of the
state board of education, taking
the place of Evan Evans of
Grangeville, whose resignation
contemplated since his accession
to the position of internal reve-
hue collector for Idaho, has been
placed in Governor Davis hands.
\ The change is to take place inn
mediately.
After March / all motor vehi-
cles operated on highways in the
state must display 1922 license
plates. Announcement of the
March l "deadline" date was
made Saturday by the depart
ment of law enforcement and is
in line with its policy gradually
to advance the date for the pro-
curement of licenses to January
l, the date fixed by law.
Opal Morse, white, aged 16, of
Portland became the bride of
Nathan Havird, half-breed Nez
Perce Indian, of Lapwai, Friday.
The young lady presented an af-
fidavit signed by her father CIV
ing his consent to the marriage.
The affidavit for license states
that she is white, but she de-
clared to Probate Judge Woel-
flen, who performed the cere-
mony, that she had Indian blood.
Cocaine to the value of $780,
900 seized in north Idaho by a
special agent of the Northern
Pacific railroad was Saturday
placed in the possession Of
Colonel Davis, and is locked up
in the vault in the federal build
ing in Boise. The cocaine was
seized last week and was sent to
southern Idaho by a special mes
senger and turned over to the
. federal authorities. Advices sent
. with the shipment were to the
, effect that the owner had made
his escape over the Canadian
border.
} Charged with embezzlement
and Justification of records,
= Frank l.. Wicks, until recently
cashier of the Bank of Clifford,
, was placed under arrest in Gif-
, ford Saturday and taken to Lew
iston. where he was arraigned in
, the justice court before Judge |.
: c. Hattabaugh and his prelimin-
= airy hearing set for February 16
: at 10 o'clock. Wicks gave bonds
: for his appearance i'm the sum of
, $4,000 for the embezzlement
I charge and $4,000 for the falsifi-
/ cation charge. Officials of the
D Bank of Clifford states that the
interest of the depositors of the
bank are protected under a sure
k ty bond. Wicks is charged with
q emhezzlement of S11 1854 of