Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-10-05
NEWS AROUND
THE STATE
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
VARIOUS PARTS OF
THE STATE

Supplies for the state insane
asylum at Oroflno We're purchas-
ed at a greater saving this fall
than they have been for many
years past, was the statement
made by David Burrell, state
commissioner of public welfare.
Striking evidence of the popu-
lar usefulness of the Lewis Clark
hotel of Lewiston is seen in the
fact that from Sept. 27, 1922, to
Sept. 27, 1923, the actual hotel
registration of guests was 37,548
or an average of more than 100
per day.
Mrs. LYDIA Southland, confined
to the Idaho state prison for the
murder of her fourth husband
and accused of numbering four
other men, merely smiled when
informed that her fifth husband.
Paul Southland, had recently Sc,
cured divorce in California.
She wauld make no statement of
any kind regarding the divorce.
Arnold E. Smith was SEN
fenced to 18 months at Mcneil
island penitentiary, and Richard
ID. Waltermire was sentenced to
three fines of $1,000 each by
Judge F. S. Dietrich in the feder-
al court. Both men had been
found guilty of misapplication of
bank funds and of making false
entries in the books of the de-
funct First National bank of
Burley. Smith being held on
seven counts and Waltermire on
three.
Authorities of the lewiston
Charleston Interstate bridge win
inquire into whether Harry
Anderson age ID, will be allowed
to climb TO the topmost girder
of the big structure stand on his
head there, swing free, with
hand holds only and perform
other stunts. The youth gave
crowds a thrill Monday when so
doing. The bridge floor is 85
feet above the water and the
girder is 80 feet higher. The
boy offered to perform again if
people felt justified in paying to
see the stunt repeated. Ander-
son is not professional but just
boy with an inclination to
climb and a high sense of bal
ance.
The case of Noah Arnold, alias
Robert Ford, the negro who
pleaded guilty to the murder of
w. A. Crisp at Hope on July 16,
and who was last week given the
death sentence in the Bonner
county district court, is receiv-
ing considerable attention in
Boise, where Arnold is now con-
fined in the death chamber of
the state penitentiary. William
M. Morgan, former chief justice
of the state supreme court, has
become interested in the case
and plans are underway for in
vestigation of the circumstances
surrounding the sentence of
Arnold, according to a Boise
news dispatch. An appeal to the
supreme court for a review of
the case and petition for new
trial are likely.
A 7-year-old youngster walk
ed into Tim Sullivan's garage at
Moscow, Monday and requested
that SIS check be cashed. The
check looked good, but the age Of
the youthful financier was
against him and the sheriff was
called. Investigation showed
that the youngster had stolen
the check from the home of
Thomas Mathews Sunday.
When payment was refused, the
boy expressed indignation and
said he would take it to the
bank. The boy is known to au-
thorities as an unusually bright
and troublesome youngster. Re-
Gently he appropriated the keys
from 25 automobiles parked in
the business district while auto
owners walked home. This es-
capade caused the police depart
ment considerable trouble in re-
: turning the keys to the right
+, owners. Another activity of the
youngster has been to drive a
f. horse and buggy into the coun-
: try, unhitch the horse and ride
: it into town again, leaving the
younster has been cool and hard
: buggy. Under examination, the
: boiled" When caught in con-
= tradiction, he has denied that he
2 lied, but that he must be mis-
taken"