Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-10-26
news AROUND
THE STATE
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
VARIOUS PARTS OF
THE STATE

Edward Martin, for several
years prominent in business cir
cles at Standpoint, Idaho is re-
covering at his home from the
effects of a small quantity OF
carbolic acid he took by mistake.
William Wegle, 17-year-old
Wallace youth, who failed to re-
turn home after a hunting trip
October Ia, was found dead Sun
day, one mile from Sunset. He
was shot through the breast and
wrist. 1t was apparent that
the accident occurred while
young Weigle was climbing over
a fence. His gun was found Is
feet from the body.
Not to exceed 80 per cent of
the wheat harvested in the dis
trict tributary to Moscow has
been sold up to the present time,
in the opinion of George Sievers,
manager of the Moscow Uniol.
Warehouse company. There have
been no large sales, the farr
.ers who have sold being in IL
most every case, those who ere
operating on a comparatively
small scale.
F. A. Jeter, secretary of s te
of Idaho, is in Washingtol in
conference with the war arG
agricultural departments with
reference to the allotmert to
Idaho of it's full share of surplus
war materials suitable for use IN
road construction. Idaho is en-
titled to and will receive a sub
stantial quota of trucks, tractors
scrapers and similar roaG build
ing machinery.
Just little warning to Cot
tonwood motorists who visit
Lewiston, it might b good
idea for them to know that All
edict has been posted that all
auto lights must be dimmed and
that glaring lights will lead to
arrest. The Tribune says that
diffused lenses be employed or
that DINNERS be used. If you
would be on the safe side It
might be well to re:nemEe,' this
fact.
Considerable damn Qe to the
bean crop in the Nezperce vicin-
ity was caused by the heavy
rains. Several acres on the John
. Stellmon place had not been
stacked and the beans are be-
lieved to be severely injured.
Mr.. Stellmon had just completed
stacking ITS acres ard had a
large crew at work covering the
beans before the rain fell. The
water is expected to make the
beans soft and vii delay thresh-
ing for some time.
5 The Clearwater Highway
District bond election carried
handsomely Tuesday. The vote
by precincts was as follows :
Sites 1856 fer, against; IIalDs-
ter Al for, 0 against; Cleaa water
al for, 81 against. The total
being 238 10 35 in favor Of the
issuance of the s35, 900 in bonds
| for the construction Of than
) section Of the South Fork high
= way extending from Sites to
, the national forest boundary
r above Harpster.
4 In nothing as in literature &C
: tastes vary so much. There are
/. often large groups of devotees tc
r one class Of writing or another
4 but there seems to be only one
9 common ground on which I'll
f groups meet. according to Miss
D Margr retS. Roberts, librarian OF
e the Idaho free travelling library
: The ground of meeting is one OF
n concerted dislike, she says, rath
er than one Of united approval
Virtually no person is reading
nor wants to read, books abou'
f the World war. e
i Idaho ranks fourth i'll proper
n tionate number of home owning
" families. according to psmph
d let Just issued by the department
v of commerce. This state, how
/ ever. shows decline from th'
T. 1900 fioures, when it ranket
Y shird. Thirtv-one states showet
> q f,p;a~ off during the 20yea
Le nel.iod. The percenta0e of hom
II a,vnaI.s in 1900 was 70.7 and il
d 1920, so 9 or So families less il
each 1000 who were home own
= ers. The national avera gre o
D, home owners is 45.6 end tn
a aver~ oe for the mountain state