Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1922-06-30
NEWS AROUND
THE STATE
Items Of Interest From Various
Sections Reproduced for Ben.
eft of Our Readers.

The thermometer at the Unit
ed States weather bureau regis
treed 100 degrees of heat at
Lewiston Sunday, marking that
day as the hottest of the year.
Bert Anger of Grangeville was
chosen grand chancellor at the
thirtieth annual grand lodge of
the Knights of Pythias for Idaho
held in Moscow last week.
One of the happiest events oc-
curing in Juliaetta for many
months was the big family re-
union and the celebration of the
59th wedding anniversary of
Mr.. and Mrs. M. Mitchell of
Juliaetta, Sunday.
o. f. Whitcomb, of Lewiston,
aged 60, local contractor, was
almost instantly killed there Sat
urday when a "gin" pole fell
upon him. crushing his skull. He
ran in the direction of the poles
fall in his attempt to escape.
To fulfill the request of her
husband, expressed shortly be-
fore death, Mrs. Charles p.
Richardson, of Minneapolis scat
tered the ashes of her husband
on the Moose creek placer min.
ing property. between Newsome
and Elk City.
Two of Genesee's garages
We're robbed Sunday night. The
burglars gained access TO the
Ford garage by breaking in the
rear door. They found the COM
bmation on the safe open. but
the inner door locked. Holes
were drilled in the door and it
was blown open. About $3.50
in cash was secured.
A postal examination will be
held in Lewiston on July 15, un-
der executive order of May 10,
1921, TO fill the pending vacancy
in the postmastership at Nez-
perez and other Idaho points.
This office is in the third class
and pays a salary of $4,000, with
a rental allowance of S35 and
fees of money orders, etc.
The four theaters of Lewiston
will be operated under one man.
agement following the merger of
the Liberty Theater company.
owners of the Liberty theater,
with A. II. Hilton, owner and
operator of the Paramount, The
atorium and Temple theaters.
The new corporation will be
known as the Lewiston Theater
company.
Notwithstanding the fact that
the crop prospects in the Palousc
country do not measure up to
average, trey nevertheless look
good to visitors from the many
less favored sections of the coun-
try, and there is reason to be-
lieve that the coming summer
and fall will see considerable
influx of land buyers says the
Moscow Star Mirror.
Unable to raise $500 bail
money, S. L. Reece, convicted
president of the defunct Ban
mock National bank of Pocatello,
was surrendered Friday morn
ing to the United States marshal,
and at 10:35 started for Mcneil
Island to begin serving the three
year sentence imposed by Feder-
al Judge Van Fleet. Apparently
there will be no appeal.
Senators Borah and Gooding
Joined in recommending the ap-
pointment of Miss May Angel to
be register of the HALEY land
office, to succeed Ben r. Gray,
who is to be removed after hav-
ing refused to tender his resign
alton. Miss Angel is now a
clerk in the Haley land office,
and was selected because of her
special training.
The secretary of agriculture
has allotted TO Idaho S625,691
from the recent federal road APP
preparation, this money to be
available after July l, whenever
matched by a like amount of
state funds. The roads on which
this money will be spent have
not yet been determined. but
will largely depend upon the re-
concentrations of tn he state
commission. This al
lotment is exclusive of the recent
q. e.. l.