Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, October 19, 1917, Page 1

oe COTTONWOOD CHRONICLE VOLUME 25. NUMBER 42. COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, OCT. 19, 1917. $1.50 A YEAR. HELP OUR BOYS WIN THE WAR Buy Liberty Bonds--the Safest Investment in the World. Uncle Sam asks every patriotic American to lend him money with which to win the war. The war cannot be won by men alone. We, the people, must feed and clothe the men; we must arm them abundantly with all the machin- ery of modern war. If we do “not, they will be defeated and massacred. The better we arm and supply them, the surer and sooner will be victory, and the fewer lives it will cost. Every person whose boy has gone into the Army or Navy and who hangs back from supplying the money to buy all of these things is no better than one who sends his son out to the moun- tains to fight wild beasts with his bare hands. He sends the boy to be killed. He wastes a precious life. Therefore, it is the duty of every man and woman to his son and his neigh- bor’s son, who have gone out to fight, to buy liberty bonds. That will put arms in their hands, cartridges in their belts, that they may win and live. Without these things, they will lose and die. The farmer should invest the profits of his two-dollar wheat, the sheepmen the profits of his 70-cent wool, the hog-grower the profit on his $16 to $17.50 hogs, in liberty bonds. These bonds provide a fund for defense of treedom of the seas, which Ger- many tries to destroy. Farmers have a direct interest in freedom of the seas, for it keeps open the way to their foreign markets. If this way were closed, wheat would probably go down to 50 cents a bushel and other farm produce in proportion, for all would then be sold in the home market. Farmers have spent much money and effort on agita- tion for lower rates by rail to the home markets. If some railroad tried to shut them out of these markets, they would spend large sums on agitation and lawsuits to open the way, and would not ex- pect to get their money back. They are now asked merely to LEND their money to a fund for the purpose of keeping open the way to great markets in Europe. They will get their money back and will get interest on it. Money thus invested will not be locked up. It will be invested in the best security in the world, a first mortgage on all the wealth of the United States, which can always be sold for its face value and on which any bank will read- ily make a loan of nearly its full value. The saying, ‘‘Safe as a Government bond,’’ has been common as describing the acme of safety, and men who had Gov- ernment bonds have been re- garded with envy. Liberty bonds are Government bonds, and are placed within reach of all in amounts as low as $50. They can always be turned into money or used as money. They are better than cash in bank, for they earn more interest. All investments in liberty bonds up to $5000 are free from taxes as long as a man lives. Only larger amounts are subject to the income surtax, the excess profits tax and the war profits tax. The man of large fortune will pay these taxes; the man of moderate or small means will escape. Lib- erty bonds pay 4 per cent inter- est, and, if the Government should later. issue bonds at a higher rate, they may be ex- changed for new bonds at this higher rate. While there is no possibility of loss, there is every possibility of gain. Though the highest motives of patriotism should prompt a man to GIVE his money, the strongest motives of self-interest prompt him to LEND it, which is all that the Govern- ment asks. Our boys in France are watch- ing. Ifthe loan is subscribed, and more, too, they will know we are backing them and they will buck up. The Germans, too are watching. If we raise the money, their failing courage will fail faster, But if the response should fall short of the Govern- ment’s needs, our own soldiers’ courage will be dampened and that of the Germans will be re- vived. That is all there is to morale. Itis the moral quality which moves a man to strike the one more blow, to fire the one more shot, which wins. Shall that blow be struck, that shot fired, by the Americans or the Germans? The size of the lib- erty loan will decide. Harvey Allred of Boise, director of farm markets, is closer to the farmers of Idaho than any other man, Asked for reasons why the farmers of Idaho should buy Liberty bonds, Allred said: ‘It is the safest investment any one can make, It is secured by a mortgage on the United States, insur- ed and defended by its: millions of men. For the average farmer a Lib- erty bond is exempt from taxes; if lost, stolen or burned, it is still secur- ed to him. It will double in 174 years. The money he pays for it is paid back to him for the things he produces.” piri caaatreen August Kopezyaski and his mother have gone to Montana for a visit with relatives, Mrs. Lizzie Fryer, postmistress of Keuterville, visited several hours in town yesterday. Frank Hunzinger and his mother are here from Clarkston visiting at tha home of John Knop. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Parker delight- fully entertained a party of friends at a 5-course dinner at their’ home Sun- day evening. For Montana lands see E. F. Bur- meister—the new owner of the Phoe- nix hotel at Cottonwood. See his ad in this issue. In order to be near his business, Geo. Newell, our liveryman, has moy- ed from the Asa Jones place in the north end of town to the Butler house near his barn. fonts Senta Cottonwood Public School News (Contributed) Henry Zodrow is a new student in the Junior class this week. Last Tuesday evening the high school held its second literary meeting. Everybody is invited to come out to the next meeting in two weeks. The high school will give a free program Wednesday evening, Uct. 31st, at the K. C. hall, after which there will be an auction sale of boxes, the proceeds to go to the new gymnasium. All la-|\, dies bring a box and everybody come out. A general average of the first month’s grades in the high school was made last week, and Anita de Courcey held the highest av- erage, 951-5. Others in their order were: Elma Manwaring 94 7-12, Wallace Rhett 94, Henri- etta Manwaring 94, Euclid Rice 94, Aloysius Wagner 92, Ferdie Nacke 911-7, Allen McPherson 90%, Cecilia Nacke 90 1-6, Harold Simon 904, Anna Peterson 903, Harry Hanly 883, Arthur Peter- son 88%, Catherine Nacke 883. Many averaged below 75 per cent. We look for better aver- ages next month. Harry Hanly held the highest grade in alge- bra in his class, 97. Agnes Eck- erman has the highest average in the 8th grade, 97. Evelyn Par- ker has the highest in the 7th grade, 95. Myrtle and Anna Brown have left the 7th grade to attend school in the country. Mrs. de Courcey and Miss Mc- Grew will teach drawing in their respective grades, the new books having arrived last week. Agnes Eckerman leads her room in penmanship having thir- teen drills to her credit. Lester Bryan entered the sixth grade last Monday morning, making 27 pupils in the 5th and 6th grade room. Cremer-Breugeman Wedding The marriage of Mr. Casper Cremer of Dayton, Oregon, and Miss Eulalia Bre eugeman — was solemnized in the Catholic church here Tuesday morn- ing, Oct. 16th, the ceremony being performed by Rey. Father Willibrord in the presence of several hundred people. Ferdinand Breugeman of Moscow, a cousin of the bride, and her sister, Miss Anna, acted as groomsman and bridesmaid. A reception lasting all day Tuesday was held at the bride’s home, one mile | west of town, and at noon a bountiful wedding dinner was enjoyed by about 250 invited friends. Their many friends wish the bappy couple all kinds of happiness in their voyage o’er the sea of matrimony. PENSION ACT ON INDIAN WARS Applies to the Nezperce and Bannock Wars. Many old-time residents of this por- tion of Idaho who participated in the Nez Perce Indian war of 1877 and the Bannock war of 1878 as volunteers will be pleased to know that the gov- ernment is now actively engaged se- curing records dealing with the ser- vices rendered by these volunteers so that they may benefit by the pension act which became a law in March last. A number of residents of this sec- tion, who served as volunteers in these campaingns, have already made ap- plication for pensions under the act, but large numbers have not. Through the Lewiston Commercial club — pen- sion blanks and other data relative to the act shave been prov! idea a number of the volunteers, The latest development in connec- tion with the steps taken by the pen- sion dpartment relative to the act is contained in the following Ce eT received from Boise: “For the past two neck M. M. Brower, special examiner for the pen- sion department of the federal gov- ernment, has been quietly inspecting the records of the adjutant general's department to ascertain the number of living veterans of the Nez Perce Indian war of 1877 and the Bannock in 1878, both of which affairs and cost the Ii es of the pionecr settlers of Idaho as well as many more of the two Indian tribes involved. “The purpose of this mspection is that the veterans of these wars e the benefits of the act of th 4, 1917, passed by cong: by the terms of which they recei sions for their services to the coun- try. Any information leading to the whereabouts of these veterans, ‘acic service, relatives, documents they may have showing enlistment and service will be appreciated by the special ex- aminer and-may be delivered to him in person or by mail to the adjutant general’s department at the state house Where he is now making his headquarter ions of three regiments en- these wars besides a number yendent companies. Many of rans or the men who enlisted and faced the brutal Indians in those days survived the wars and are still alive. The records of the adjutant general’s office show this to be a fact. The records of many of the veterans still living are possibly not contained in the records of the ad- jutant general and information may be secured from other sources. “I would be very glad to get any authentic information with regard to these ve s, said Examiner Brow- er discussing his work. It is possible that some people have papers and records that may be of value to me in investiyation and if that is the Indian war were bloody of many may consult me or for- Ye want to find all of the living v Forty October 5, 1877,| @ Chief Jc ne Nez Perce tribe & of Indians, s pndered to General qn Miles in the Bear Paw mountains in| yy Montana after having held out against all the forces the government could array against him for nearly four months, and covering over 1500 miles with his entire tribe, men, women and children, The retreat of Joseph, which began r Lapwai, is declared by military s to be one of the most masterful ever executed anywhere. At times he repulsed and evaded forces Tar super- for to his and at times he completely disappeared, taking with him all of his tribe. When captured by General Miles, Joseph was within 50 miles of his goal, the Canadian boundary. Es ne Red Cross Elects New Officers At a meeting of the local Red Cross Monday evening the following new of- ficers were elected: President —Mrs. Geo. Robertson. Vice-president— Mrs, John Funke, re-elected. Secretary—Mrs. Elvin Parker. Treasurer—Mrs. H. C. Matthiesen. A letter received last week from the central forwarding office in the East, and highly Red Cross for the splendid work done, was read at this meeting. Such words of encouragement are highly apprecia- ted by those who have so faithfully and earnestly given their time and efforts for this most worthy cause. Many of the ladies—especially the of- ficers—have devoted so much of their time to Red Cross work that they have neglected their own home duties But have tke sincere thanks of all good people for the part they have and work to a great extent. they taken in the splendid and noble work. The officers whose terms expired at McKinney, Vice- this time are Mrs. Geo. Mrs. John Funke, Pres. (re-elected); Mrs. Frank Simon Sec., and Mrs. J. F. Jenny, Treas. President; Miss Minnie Lange has added her name to the roll of honor. The Red Cross desires to thank Mr. Geo. Winder for a donation of $2.50, also Mrs. McKeen Boyce for coal. complimenting the local NOTED SPEAKERS HERE TONIGHT Everybody Come and Hear Them on Liberty Bonds. Hon. D. W. Davis of American Falls, former can- didate for Governor of this state, and Hon. A. Boone of San Francisco, will address our people this evening at 7:30, SHARP, at the Orph- eum---just before the Red Cross entertainment begins. Train Schedule Changes. Beginning next Sunday the passenger train will leave Grange- ville at 8 o’clock in the-morning, instead of 7, as before. There- fore it will be due in Cottonwood at 8:45, instead of 7:45, as before. No change will be made in the arrival of the train from Lewis- ton. Polish Wheat 120 Bu. to Acre Wm. Wagner promises to revo- lutionize the wheat business in this part of the country. A cou- -|ple of years ago he got a quarter of a pound of Polish wheat from a native who had just come over from Poland in western Russia. Last Spring he sowed this seed in his garden, inarow 210 feet long, and from this he secured 85 pounds of seed wheat, which will seed quite a patch of ground. The great advantage of this wheat is that it will yield about 120 bushels to the acre. Itisa hard wheat and makes as good flour as any wheat grown. see Deeeear In the shipment of stock from here Tuesday the Cottonwood Milling Co. had 3 cars of hogs and cattle and the Farmers Union Warehouse Co. 2 cars of hogs for Seattle. Hogs are ‘com- ing down,” the price now being $16.75 —a drop of 75c from last week. fe PBBGGHHHS x wees 2 ETT You can't afford to miss the home- talent play at the Orpheum theatre tonight, “The Elopement of Ellen.” The proceeds will go to the Red Cross —surely a most worthy cause, It will be one of the best entertainments ever given in the town. Dance after the play—music by Fulton orchestra of Grangeville, The Cottonwood band will also play. —o——_- Road Bond Sale Postponed Attorney Fred E. Butler of Lewis- ton, representing the Cottonwood high- way district, has notified us that the board of highway commissioners for this district has decided to postpone the date for the sale of bonds until a later date—which will be duly adver- tised in this paper. The bond sale date had been set for tomorrow, Oct, 20, and advertised in the Chronicle last week. Sa aTES, Dr. Orr reports Miss Mary Shere, at her home six miles south of town, as making a nice recovery from her operation Wednesday for appendicitis, Miss Trescott, a trained nurse from Clarkston, is attending Miss Shere. The doctor also reports the birth of a fine little daughter on Oct. 16th to Mr. and Mrs. Victor Lustig of Green- creek; also a bouncing 12-lb, son was born to Mr. and Mrs, Godfrey Halter of Keuterville on Oct. 18th, Soldier Boys Want Real Apples A Boise dispatch dated Oct. 13, says: “We must have some Idaho apples. The things we get here are about the size of walnuts, and as bitter as h——.’’ This message, with the last word deleted by the censor, was received by the Boise Commer- cial Club from the boys of the Second Idaho at Charlotte, N. C. “Will they get the Jonathans and Rome Beauties?’ asked Secretary Hyatt. of the club. “Well, I just guess they will!’’ “We are going to get busy and send them acarload immediately. There isn’t any use talking, when an Idaho boy gets away from home, he must have his native apple.”’ HOTEL PHOENIX — CHANGES HANDS Montana Banker and Capital- ist Takes Over Property. The most important business change that has taken place here for a long time was the sale’ this week of the Phoenix Hotel. R. D. Humphrey, who owned and conducted the hotel for the past three years sold the property to E. F. Burmeister, a banker and heavy real estate owner of Shawmut, Mont., the considera- tion being $16,000. Mr. Humphrey takes in as part pay a section—640 acres of land in Wheatland County, Mont., a portion of which has been in cul- tivation. Mr. Burmeister will not give the hotel his personal attention, but will put in charge Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Stabelfeldt and daughter. Mr. Stabelfeldt ar- rived here Wednesday evening and his wife and daughter are expected tomorrow from Shaw- mut, Mont., and they will take charge of the business at once. They are thoroughly experienced and practical hotel people and propose to make the Phoenix one of the cleanest, neatest and most comfortable hostleries in the state of Idaho. The new owner informs us that he will at once have the entire building repainted inside and out- side, repapered, much of it newly furnished and otherwise im- proved, at a probable cost of sev- eral thousand dollars. Their many friends will be pleased to learn that Mr. Hum- phrey and family will remain here and perhaps engage in other business. Itis not their inten- tion to reside on their large Mon- tana ranch, but have listed it for sale with Mr. Burmeister, who no doubt will soon find a buyer for the property. fail them when they come to grip the enemy. The purchase of Liberty Bonds is an invest- ment for the saving of OUR BOY’S LIVES DO NOT FAIL THEM We will waive the conditions governing the withdrawal of time certifi- cates of deposit to depositors making payments on Liberty Loan Bonds and arrange the transfer so there will be no loss of interest. First National Bank SSSSSSSSOSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Loan Your Money To Your Country THE purchase of a LIBERTY BOND is truly a duty, but it is also an opportunity. The lives of hundreds of thousands of our young men will be saved to the nation, in- just such measure as the American public provides the money to equip them properly, to keep them in sanitary surroundings while in training, to give them every possible facility for safety on their journey across the sea, and to provide them with arms and ammunition which will not German State Bank ‘ Sa Ree te EE