Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-03-23
NEWS AROUND
The STATE
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
VARIOUS PARTS OF
THE STATE


to Boise $500,000 in currency,
for use of the membership
banks in that section.
Two north Idaho timber pro-
tective associations will have
ai1planes for patrol work this
coming summer, it was announc-
ed by /. H. Nash, state land COM
missioner.
Moscow high schools basket
ball team won the 1923 Idaho
state inter-scholastic basketball
title in Moscow, Monday, by de-
feating the Oakley high school
five 81 to 13, in the third and
deciding game between the two
teams.
Mrs. Margaret Houghton pas
sed away Saturday at the home
of her son-in-law, Jacob Shar1-ah.
in Lewiston at the age of 81
years, seven months and IL days
and in her death Lewiston loses
its oldest resident and the state
of Idaho possibly its oldest
woman resident.
The average cost of educating
each child of school age in Lewis
county in 1922 was $69.66, ac-
cordings to the annual financial
report of the county auditor.
For the previous year the edu-
cational cost was $62.13, or
decrease for 1922 of more than
So per child of school age.
Ira Small, a pioneer resident
of Lewiston, and among the best
known and most highly respect
cd men in the entire northwest
passed away Sunday afternoon
at the home of his friend, Rob
ert Inghram, who resides on a
ranch east of the Lewiston Or
chards. Mr.. Small expired from
an attack of heart disease, the
end coming about 20 minutes af-
ter he was stricken.
Between $50 and 9:30 o'clock
Saturday evening the eyes Of
hundreds of residents of Lewis
ton were centered on strange
sight appearing on the hills to
the north of that city-a large
fiery cross with the letter X at
taching to the bottom. From
about $50 until 9:10 the cross
and it's emblematic letter stood
out in bold relief against the
dark background, forming a
sight that was weird in view of
its being centered in a broad
area of muntainous country, a
country without homes or build
: ings of any kind for quite a dis
tance from the scene where the
display appeared.
Thomas Pierce, farmer near
Helmar, in the northern part of
2 Latah county, was taken to Mos
COW, Friday, to appear before
Probate Judge Adrian Nelson to
show cause why his children
I should not be in school. Pierce
= has 10 children, seven of whom
are of school age. Five have
9 been kept out of school by the
5 father, in the face of warnings
7 from the authorities. Judge
! Nelson, on showing made by
J! Pierce, granted his permission to
keep two boys, who are within
school age, out Of school because
they are each earning 45 cents
an hour, working for the Pot.
y latch Lumber company. He was
S instructed to place the other
I children in school or actor
{ would be taken against him.
L AS result of heavy loans ant
: shrinkage in value of products
g in that section, the First Nation
: al bank of Nampa failed to opel
its doors Monday morning an(
the vast throng of men ant
women who crowded around th'
building were greeted by posters
10 on the doors announcing tina
o o the bank had been closed Satur
s day afternoon at 8 o'clock by tn
# board of directors and was nov
: in charge of Federal Bank Elk
u aminer Lamm. Walter E. Mil
y Ter is president of the BAN
I which absorbed the Farmers 1
Merchants bank two years age
E. 1t is certain that there will b
n no adverse effects upon the 9th
IS er two banks of the city. Tn
rs last financial statement of tn
lie bank shows deposits of 5000, ,0O
t. and loans slightly in excess o