Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-11-02
NEWS AROUND
The STATE
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
VARIOUS PARTS OF
THE STATE

State departments and institu-
tions as whole are keeping well
within their appropriations made
by the 1923 legislature, accord
ing to the quarterly check made
Wednesday by George w. Lewis,
state budget officer.
Notice of appeal in the case OF
Noah Arnold, colored, under
sentence to hang November 1,
was filed Thursday in the state
supreme court. A. T. Aronson
of Standpoint and Judge William
M. Morgan of Boise are attor>
neys for the appellant.
Charging that the policy Of
the Union Pacific system in
Idaho is one of exploitation and
discrimination, Senator Frank
R. Gooding Thursday evening
called on Idaho to organize a
campaign for freight rates on
parity with other western states
equally distant from market.
Harry v. Lane, prosperous
farmer of the Aberdeen district,
Committed suicide early Thurs
day. He is declared to have taken
a poison after being served with
divorce papers, his wife seeking
separation alleging extreme
cruelty. Mr.. Lane was so years
old and had been married for 26
years.
Fines collected from persons
arrested for violations of the
state fishing and hunting laws
in September of this year were
$103.15 more than in the same
month year ago, a compara-
tive statement issued Monday
shows. The record shows that in
! September, 1923, a total of AZ
arrests were made, and from
these fines were collected
-. amounting to 1855. Total fines
, for September a year ago were
! $761.85.
Fish Commissioner Geo. Isaac
, handed his resignation to Gov.
:, Charles C. Moore to take effect
I. November Is. A change Of
climate for Mr.. Isaac's daughter
!. and an excellent opportunity in
: California has made the change
necessary from the standpoint
of the commissioner. Geo. Isaac
has been connected with the fish
and game department since 1908
having previously been employed
/ for several years with the U. S.
e bureau of fisheries.
4 The Clearwater Timber COM
! pany Monday completed tests of
4 soil conditions at the Porter
millsite, east of Lewiston, which
e the company has been invest-
eating with a view of purchas-
e ing. The tests have been made
by hydraulic engineers of Port
: land, Oregon. One of the steps
e taken was to build a large pond
! into which water was pumped
y from the Clearwater river, with
the view of determining the
"holding" qualities of the soil.
The test covered a month.
Coolidge impresses me as q
e man who has taken up the lead
8 ership of a new business and is
finding out all about it before
9 he starts talking about how he
thinks it should be run" This
!, is the, impression gathered by F.
> A. Jeter, SECRETARY of state,
after short visit with the
:, president while in Washington
u recently. Mr.. Jeter made the
trip as director of the motor
transport bureau, to obtain some
five-ton tractors for the high
e way department. This equip
l. ment will arrive after the first
IS of the year, he said.
le No less than 10000 sheep,
brought from the summer noun
tain range with the approach OF
6 the snow season, are being fed IN
= the grain fields of Nez Perce
:" ,, prairie that were hail-swept last
,e !, summer. The sheepman is able
~ to salvage some grain that other
- wise would be a complete loss,
- getting the feed at compara-
!, IN lively small cost, while the farm
L. er obtains some direct cash re-
turn, has his field cleared, thus
eliminating the necessity OF
is burning of lodged straw, and his
or ground will be benefited by fer
Ie tilization. Farmers are making
IA grazing rate to sheepmen AZ
n low as one-quarter of q cent
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