Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-07-20
NEWS AROUND
The STATE
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
VARIOUS PARTS OF
THE STATE

Cralg mountain LUMBER CO., az
rived in Winchester the first of
the week and assumed charge of
that company's affairs Monday.
The state license bureau and
law enforcement bureau, under
Secretary of State F. A. Jeter,
will assist in the recovery of
stolen automobiles, according to
a recent announcement of this
department.
Louis Goldsmith, 6-year-old
son of Mrs. Anna Goldsmith,
widow, of Lewiston, was downed
on the Charleston, Wash, side Of
the Snake river Monday after
noon. The boy was wading when
hhe got beyond his depth.
The town of Mace, Idaho, and
the business section of Burke,
together with the surface build
ings of the Hecla mine are in
ruins as the result of a fire thar
broke out in the former town
Friday and was brought under
control only after it had caused
damage estimated at $1,000,000
to $1,500,000.
The funeral of Isaac Mounce,
the Culdesac resident who died
Thursday afternoon at 80 years
and 3 months of age, following
paralytic stroke with which he
was afflicted from the morning
, of July 4th, was held at 10
! o'clock Sunday morning at the
> Vassar chapel in Lewiston.
e Official opening of the North
:. and South highway between
A Culdesac and Winchester sched-
G uled for August 8, will be the
:. occasion for a two-day celebra-
tion at Winchester, August 2
t and 8. Lewiston Elks have been
n asked to handle the first days
G celebration and have already
/ planned a program of stunts and
s entertainment to cover the night
g and day. The two-day event is
open to the entire public.
A blue-eyed baby, four months
old, was found at 6 a. m. Satur-
u day on the doorstep of the farm
> home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer d.
: Nichols, extensive farmers in
u the Thorncreek district, nine
I miles south of Moscow. There
y was nothing to identify the child
and no message save slip Of
! I wrapping paper on which was
u written "Baby is A months old" +"
:, :, The baby was in a basket, and
}, }, with it was a complete wardrobe
u of good material and imnacul-
ately clean.
> Mrs. John A. Humbird, moth
er Of Thos. Humbird, of the
Clearwater Timber Co., died at
her home in st. Paul last Thurs
=, day. Mr.. Humbird was member
% Of Governor Moore's party in
n specting timber conditions in the
= - Clearwater country when he re-
- ceived word Of his mother s
=. serious illness on last Monday.
y the party was at that time camp
~ ing at Pierce City and arrange
- ments were made to convey Mr.
Humbirl To a railroad station at
80 once.
~ Phil Hartman, a well known
10 hardware merchant of Sites, in
,e passing another car went off the
3 Waha grade during Sunday
* afternoon and fell 80 feet with
ID his automobile before the ma
chine came to rest with Mr.
g. Hartman under it. A number o.
IS persons at the water trough
~ near which the accident occur
n, red, rushed to Mr.. Hartman:
assistance and found him practi
cally uninjured. The Hartma,
Or car was also, it is said, no
of greatly damaged.
u The alleged brutal assault OF
k Nathall Jones, pretty II yea
ed old Montpelier girl, as she la.
IT. drugged and drunken in th'
as ranch house near Cokeville
an Wyoming, of Joe Kinney, mil
lionaire sheepman, will result il
the prosecution of Kinney, Les
ar discs and Lou Roberts, on |
ne charge of conspiracy to violat
pc. the white slave act, it was an
nd nounced Friday by United State
Attorney E. G.. Davis, who ha
of authorized White, representa-;
fr. the department of justice, t.
in swear to the warrants in Poca
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