Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1922-05-26
NEWS AROUND
THE STATE
Items of Interest From Various
Sections Reproduced for Ben
eft Of Our Readers.

The nomination of Chas. Hen
derson to be postmaster at Kam-
iah was sent to the Senate by
President Harding May 9.
j. p. Pope, chairman of the
Democratic state central COM
mittee, has outlined fourteen
points to be considered by the
Democratic state convention, at
Haley, August %.
The saw mill and planning mill
at Winchester are both running
a single shift to full capacity,
with about 160 men, and about
125,000 feet of lumber is teing
turned out, with about the same
rate of shipment.
Work is now nearing compile
tion on a new bridge across
Lawyer creek at the mouth of
Seven-Mile. The Seven Mile
grade is also being worked on,
and it is reported that both
bridge and grade will in a few
days be ready for use.
Almost a centenarian is q
Lewiston pioneer, Isaac Mounce,
who, on April 23, 1922, celebrat-
ed his 98th birthday anniversary
in a reunion of relatives at
Culdesac, where he has recently
been living at the home of his
daughter Mrs. VIM. Ruddell.
T. w. Norcross, chief engineer
of the United States forest SER
vice of the Washington depart
ment, advises Lewiston that
$475,000 has been appropriated
for the construction of the Lewis
and Clark highway between
Lewiston, Idaho, and Missoula,
Mont.
\. Mrs. Loretta Day, widow of
Eugene r. Day, late mine owner
and operator, will receive a tenn
porary allowance of $1,000 a
month from the Day estate. dat
ing from last February Ii, under
an order entered Monday by
Probate Judge John E. Sher1,ard
of Wallace.
Leonard Garros, aged 81, and
Virgil Malcolm, 26, of Pocatello,
were drowned in the Snake river
late Wednesday while attempt
ing to string wire across the
stream. The two men were en-
ployes of power company. At
an early hour today the bodies
had not been recovered.
Sections east of Twin Falls
early Saturday afternoon were
struck by hail and rain storm
which observers declared the
most destructive in years. One
fruit grower in the affected dis
trict expressed the opinion that
his crop had been entirely de-
stroyed. Fifty-six one-hun-
dredths of an inch of precipita-
tion in 80 minutes time.
Leo F. Bracken, former COM
mander of the Idaho department,
American Legion, received from
United States Senator F. R.
Gooding a telegram announcing
his appointment as prohibition
enforcement officer for Idaho.
Mr.. Bracken has not been advis-
ed as to the exact nature of the
duties devolving upon the officer
or the field work.
Charlie George, life-termer at
the state penitentiary and tur-
key tender extraordinary, is all
smiles this spring, in contrast to
his pessimism over last years
turkey crop. With 165 turkey
hens setting, an average of Is
eggs each and the Matching al
ready commencing, Charlie re-
ports a 95 per cent hatch so far.
That means approximately 2700
more turkeys in his flock this
year.
The estate of the late Fred
Follett, valued at $74,500 has
been awarded the widow, Mrs.
Sadie Follett, under the terms of
a decree of distribution entered
by Judge Adrian Nelson of the
Latah county probate court.
Mr.. Follett was a pioneer mer-
chant of Genesee who died on
April A, 1921, leaving his entire
estate to his widow under the
terms of his will. The estate
consists of stocks and bonds
valued at approximately $4,000
and property i'm Genesee valued