Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-08-03
news AROUND
The STATE
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
VARIOUS PARTS OF
THE STATE


Mrs. Porcia Won Canon, wife
of Cashier w. w. VonCanon of
the Bonner County National
bank, has been appointed Idaho
member of the women's advisory
council of the national republi-
can committee.
A Lewiston colporation-The
Interstate Oil Company--has re-
Gently been organized with
capitalization of $3.50, 900 to
carry on a general business in
oil, with general offices at Lew
iston. The life of the corpora
tion is placed at so years.
The first threshing machine
loss of the season occurred Fri
day at the Louis Anderson farm,
six miles east of Lewiston, when
a combine was destroyed by fire.
The standing grain loss was
three acres. The equipment was
worth $4700 and was insured for
$170O.
Herbert Taylor, II year old
SON of Mr.. and Mrs. Amos S.
Taylor of Lewiston Orchards,
was drowned in Delsol's slough
east of Lewiston at 7:3O o'clock
Sunday evening. The body was
only in the water about as
minutes and every effort was
made to retain life but in vain.
Senator M. E. Lewis of Mos
COW, Idaho, who was recently
elected vice president of the
Spokane Federal Land bank will
move to Spokane August1, to be-
come actively connected with the
bank. His work, for the present,
will have to do with the Inter
mediate Credit bank.
Walter Marsh of Jacqpes Spur
sold a carload OF wheat Satur-
day to the Riggs-Mikk'eson COM
pany, receiving a price of SO
cents per bushel. The grain was
No. Marquis, and came from
the jackson Shutdown field near
the spur, which ran 45 bushels
to the acre. The wheat will be
shipped Monday.
News of the death of President
Harding fell with almost paraly-
zing effect on the national capi-
tal. Fully awakened to the seri-
BUSINESS Of his illness, officials
Of the government had been en-
couraged by the improvement
of the past few days and feel
ing of confidence that he would
soon recover was almost miver-
sal.
Bloodhounds from the Wash
ington penitential-y, in charge of
Guard E. A. McNoll, arrived at
Standpoint Saturday and were
taken at once to Selle, near
where it is believed that Mike
Donnelly, escaped Washington
life-term negro convict, alleged
accomplice with Robert Ford in
the staying Of w. C. Crisp at
! Hope July 16, is in hiding.
A. w. Belrens, who has been
deputy state bank examiner, has
succeeded c. L. Dickinson as
cashier of the Salmon River
State bank at Whitebird. Mr..
Behrens has been deputy state
bank examiner under Commits
sioner of Finance Porter. Before
taking up the state work he was
, for four years identified with a
!. bank at Juhaetta.
i Should future annual appro-
! priations equal those of the past
it will require 10 years to com
plete the Lewis and Clark high.
8 way, the Lola pass route through
!. the Selway forest reserve. Th<
, cost is estimated at 81 ,500,00
: to $2,500,000 the variance beini
: due ito the fact that no com
o pleted survey has been made of {
$ large section of the route.
e Forest service trucks thil
g week took 1000 pounds of salt tt
; the woods for distribution on ths
:. elk ranges of the North Fork
: the state fish and game depart
n ment furnishing the salt in con
Y formance with its policy O.
checking mango among elk, say
the Clearkater Tribune. Thre'
IS cases Of mango were reported fo'
e the first time last fall in th'
e Clearwa ter forest, and are at
IS tributed to the fact that fire
n have driven game to new ranges
/ where licks are farther apart
2 causing a run down condition o
J. the animals, which increase
j. their susceptibility to that dis
ease.