Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, November 9, 1917, Page 1

| COTTONWOOD CHR » ‘ VOLUME 25. NUMBER 45. COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, NOV. 9, 1917. NICLE a $1.50 A YEAR. STOCK SHOW AT LEWISTON Thousands Present From All Over Northwest. This is a gala week in Lewis- ton, marking the advent of the ninth annual meeting of the Northwest Livestock Association which institution has developed into one of the recognized leading livestock shows of the world. The show opened yesterday and closes November 15th, and the program is so arranged that every minute will be abusy one. The Annual Livestock Exhibition has now grown to that importance that it is attracting to it the in- terest and support of the leading citizens of the country. This year, the national admininistra- tion is sending Gifford Pinchot from Washington City to have him carry a message on food con- servation to the people. Vice- president Marshall of the United States will be in attendance on one day. The governors of Idaho, Wash- ington, Oregon, Montana, Utah, Nevada and Wyoming are pres- ent and assembled at a great bar- becue givenon the opening day of the exhibition. Numerous livestock experts are present and it can now be said without hesitance that the livestock in magnitude of exhibits andin standard represents the grandest collection ever seen west of the Mississippi. Although the buildings at the livestock show grounds are equipped to conveniently handle 2000 animals it has been necessary this year to erect ten large tents to meet the overflow. While primarily the program will center as in the past on exalting livestock, yet numerous social events will be provided including many parades, fine music, and the annual night horse show, aside from numerous sessions of stockmen’s associa- tions. The marked interest in the ex- hibition this year is well illus- trated in the fact that three days before the opening of the show more than six hundred animals were assembled at the grounds. A notably large increase is no- ticed in the purebred Shorthorn entries and the indications are that these will this year equal the Hereford exhibit. The restoration of car-lot en- tries to this year’s list has awakened some keen competition and this division will this year surpass that of any other year. Secretary Clagstone reports that teams had been entered for the student judging contest from the Idaho university, Oregon Agricultural college and Wash- ington Agricultural college; also teams entered to date from 12 in- land empire high schools. R. G. Bailey, in charge of the poultry show to be held in con- nection with the live stock show, reports having secured Oscar Nelson of Coeur d’Alene as judge and in charge of the show room. Professor Pren Moore, poultry expert of the University of Idaho, is in attendance and will deliver daily lectures of interest to poul- trymen. The large space under the grandstand has been fitted up and will be utilized for the exhibit. Entries are booked from California, Canada and all northwestern states. The city of Lewiston realizing the magnitude of the exhibition, the importance of the distin- guished visitors, and the heavy responsibility put upon the com- munity, have organized on a basis to assure adequate accomo- dations for all. All the railroads this year have again given full support to the livestock exhibition and in con- sequence, special rates in and out of Lewiston have been allowed on all lines. —_9—_—_. Visitors From Wisconsin. E. L. Petersen, wife and two young sons are here from Hart- ford, Wis., visiting their old friends and former neighbors— the Matthiesen, Schrader and Oesau families. All of these peo- ple were children together at New Holstein, Wisconson. Mr. Petersen is an experienced jew- eler and expects to locate some- where in this state—perhaps in some town north of here, and they expect to leave in their auto within a few days for the north end of the state. * They made the entire trip from via Weiser and Boise. When they were four miles south of White Bird they met with a frightful accident on Oct. 23d, by the car going over an embank- ment. The parents and one of the sons were badly injured, the father and mother having sever- al bones broken, and they were obliged to spend a couple of weeks under treatment at White Bird before being able to proceed on their way to Cottonwood. Mr. Petersen and family left this morning for Coeur d’Alene. aN) «UD German State Bank CAPITAL and SURPLUS $30,000 ———==2. 8 6 ae E. M. Ehrhardt, Pres. M. M. Belknap, Vice-Pres. H. C. Matthiesen, Cashier Wisconsin in their car, coming! CHATAUQUA COMING HERE To be Held Last Week in June Next Year. The people of this portion of Idaho will be pleased to learn that arrangements have been made for a week’s session of the Ellis White Chatauqua Associa- tion of Portland, to be held in Cottonwood the last week of next June. This will be the biggest attrac- tion ever brought to the town and will prove of inestimable val- ue to this portion of the country in various ways—to say nothing of the splendid advertising the town and vicinity will receive by the meeting here of many of the most prominent orators and lec- turers in the nation. William Jennings Bryan—per- +haps America’s greatest orator— makes a specialty of delivering lectures at Chatauqua meetings and an effort will be made to have him here during the session. A number of the most noted speakers of the nation will be here to take part in the session, also many of the greatest singers of the country. These attractions are a little expensive, and very few country towns feel able to tackle such a big proposition, but Cottonwood does not ‘“‘play second fiddle’’ to anybody or anything, and what- ever she ‘undertakes to do, is done right. The cost of holding the week’s session will be about $1100 and 40 of our citizens have’ signed a contract guaranteeing the sale of 450 season tickets at $2.50 each, The Chatauqua will be held in a large tent with seating capacity for several thousand people and there will be a double program every afternoon and evening. Ample provision will be made by our citizens to accommodate the hundreds of outside people who will spend the week here. oo Stock Shipments Fourteen cars of mixed stock went out over the prairie line and 20 cars oyer the Clearwater road Tuesday for Spokane, Seattle and Tacoma, at the same prices as were paid last week. More than 100 cars of cattle are being held at various points on the two lines for shipment, but it is impossible to get cars at present. The reason given is that nearly all available cars on this coast have been several weeks in horses and mules to Atlantic coast points. It is expected these cars will commence c&ming back within a few in use for shipping army days, when the congested situation here will be relieved. Prize-winning stock from every point on the prairie has been shipped out nearly every day this week to the big stock show at Lewiston. oat Auto Sales this Week. The Cottonwood Hardware Co. re- ports the following automobile deals for this week: N. Eckerman of Cot- tonwood, a 5-passenger Paige; Enoch Christiansen of Joseph, a 5-passenger Paige and Gus Schroeder of Cotton- wood, exchanged a 5-passenger for a 7-passenger Paige. The Hoene Hardware sold Buicks to P, N. Huffman and Barney West- hoff of Greencreek—to the former a 7- passenger and the latter a 5-passenger. aS eS Jacob Reidhaar, who owns a good farm near Fenn, was in town this morning and made this office a pleas- ant as well as profitable call. Joe Haner, who was in town Satur- day from Keuterville, informed us that he finished his threshing last week, lasting 5 days, and that his yield of wheat and barley was much | better than he expected, Deputy U. S. Marshal Howe of Moscow is here on official business. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Peyer of Ferdi- nand visited friends here Wednesday. E. J. Nau, the Ferdinand harness dealer, visited his brother here Mon- day. Mrs, Nicolas Meyer of Seattle is here visiting her relatives. She is a daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Turner. G. W. Crocker and family have moved from Westlake to Olympia, where he orders his Chronicle sent. Mrs. E.M. DeCourcey, 8th grade teacher in our public school, returned home Monday evening from a brief’ visit in Lewiston. Fostmaster Wisener, wife and little son and Mrs. J. C. Safley of Grange- ville motored over Sunday for a brief visit with friends in Cottonwood. For particulars see ad in this issue announcing Reese Bros. Africander Co's. show at the Orpheum next Tuesday night. Tickets at Randall's store, J. B, Kreger, who recently sold his lumbering plant at Keuterville to the Madison Lumber ©o.. is building a fine residence in the eastern part of Cotten wood, The 6-year-old son of Mrs. Anna Nash fell off an apple tree this morn- ing at the Rowe farm near Fenn and broke his left arm. Dr. Ore is at- tending him. Mrs. Jennie Bailey left Monday for Brainard, Minn., where she will spend the winter. She had been staying at the home of her daughter, Mrs, Elfa Hale, in Cottonwood. . All of the state officials are expected to be in attendance at the big stock show in Lewiston today and tomorrow. Lieutenant Governor Parker and wife went over to Lewiston Thursday morning. It is impossible to get all of the names of the hundreds of people from this county who are in Lewiston to see the big stock show and other doings. Perhaps 200 people from Cottonwood and vicinity are in at- tendance, J. Jensen, of the Cottonwood creamery, left Tuesday for Wallace, Coeur d'Alene and other North Idaho points, to take orders for butter, eggs, etc. He expects to be absent a cou- ple of weeks. Dr. Shinnick reports the following births: To Mr. and Mrs.. Joe Gaul on Nov. 5th, a daughter. To Mr. and Mrs. Tony Nau this Friday morning, Nov. 9th, a son. The mothers and babies are getting along nicely—also the fathers. The fronts of the Hoene Hardware store and the H. H. Nuxoll block business houses look decidedly better under fresh coats of paint, put on this week by Will Kelsey, the painter. A crew of painters is also at work paint- ing the Phoenix hotel, which is sadly in need of a dose of such treatment. A large crowd witnessed the wrestling match here Saturday night between Charley Wilson and George Lambert. Wilson won the contest and the side bet of $200 by winning 2 out of 3 falls in 1 hour and 15 min- utes. All who were present pro- nounced it the most scientific wrest- ling match they ever saw. The largest potatoes we have seen this season were left at this office this week by J. N. McGuire of Keuter- villeand Wm. Harman of Green- creek—all of the samples weighing 4 pounds each and better. They both have several hundred sacks of these extra good spuds for sale at one cent a pound. Ed Harman who brought in the potatoes from his father’s farm, said he dug up one potato having two pounds. These potatoes were of course grown in dry land. “prongs” on that weighed 7 For lively bidding and good prices we are informed that Will Rogers’ auction sale Monday at his Green- creek ranch was one of the best ever held in this part of the country. A very good reason why everything brought such good prices is that all of his stuff was first class and in the best condition. The cheapest team of horses sold brought $360 and the highest $535. The total sales amounted to $4800—about $1000 more than Mr. Rogers had figured on getting out of the sale. He and his family have already moved into their town residence, which he recently bought from Geo, Downer. FIRST FIGHT FOR AMERICAN Three Killed, Five Wounded, Twelve Taken Prisoner. A cablegram from France, dated Nov. 5, says: In an attack on a small detach- ment of American infantrymen in the front line trenches early Saturday morning a much super- ior force of German shock troops were used. The Americans were cut off from relief by the heavy barrage in their rear. They fought gallantly until - over- whelmed, solely by numbers. The fighting in the trenches was hand to hand. It was brief and fierce in the extreme. Asa result of the encounter, three Americans were killed and five wounded. A. sergeant and corporal and 10 men were taken prisoner. Two French soldiers, who were in the trenches, also were killed. The enemy lost some men, but the number is un- known, as their dead and wound- ed were carried off by the re- tiring Germans. From the beginning of the en- gagement until the end the Americans lived up to all the traditions of the American army, the records showing the bravery of the detachment and of indi- vidual members. The raid was carried out against members of the second contingent entering the trenches for training. These men had only been in a few days. Before dawn Saturday the Germans be- gan shelling vigorously the barbed wire in front of the trenches, dropping many high explosives of large -calibre. A heavy artillery fire was then directed so as to cover all-the ad- jacent territory, including the passage leading up to the trenches, thereby forming a most effective barrage in the rear as weil as in the front. The young lieutenant in charge of the detachment of Americans started back to the communi- cating trenches to his immediate superior for orders. The barrage knocked him down, but he picked himself up and started off again. He’was knocked down again, but, determined to reach his ob- jective, got up. A third time he was knocked down badly shell shocked, and was put out of action. Germans to the number of 210, according to the report, rushed CONFIDENCE | through the breaches and wire entanglements on each side of the salient, their general objective barrage having lifted for a mo- ment. The Germans went into the trenches at several points. They met with stout resistance. Pistols, grenades, knives and bayonets were freely used. For many minutes there was considerable confusion in the trenches, the Germans stalking the Americans and the Ameri- cans stalking the Germans. In one section of the trenches an American engaged two Germans with a bayonet. That was the last seen of him until after the raid when a dead American was found on the spot. Another was killed by a blow on the head with a rifle butt from above. The Americans apparently at the beginning of the attack did not realize what was going on. The first wounded, a private said: _ ‘I was standing in a commu- nication trench waiting for or- ders. I heard a noise back of me and looked around in time to see a German fire in my direc- tion. I felt a bullet hit my arm.” An inspection showed that the Germans abandoned three rifles, a number of knives and helmets. The raid was evidently care- fully planned and American officers admit that it was well executed. As a raid, however, there was nothing unusual about, it. It was such as is happening, all along the line. There is rea- son for believing that the Ger- mans were greatly surprised when they found Americans in the trenches instead of the French. \ The French general in com- mand of the division, of which the American detachment was a part, expressed extreme satis- faction at the action of the Americans, for they fought bravely against a numerically superior enemy, the handful of men fighting until they were smothered, The bodies of the American dead were brought back to di- visional headquarters and buried with honors today. The wounded are at the base hospitals, None of the Americans wha took part in the fight are from western states. The whole American expedi- tionary forces are thrilled by the fight put up by their comrades and all are anxious to get a chance to deal a blow. At 1:30 a. m. Monday morning the American patrol, boat Alcedo, a converted yacht, was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in the war zone. - One officer and twenty men are missing. The ship sank in four minutes after being struck. Several vessels were searching for possible sur- vivors at the time the report was made. The Alcedo carried a crew of seven officers and 85 men. The Alcedo is the first Ameri- can war vessel to go down in the war. The destroyer Cassin on patrol duty was torpedoed recent- ly, but she made port safely with the loss of only one man. N_ THE FEDER- AL RESERVE BANK- ING SYSTEM Played an important part in the recovery of business from the adverse conditions follow- ing the outbreak of the European war, and is still helping to keep business on an even keel. Their system, with its immense re- sources, is a tower of strength to the banks which are members of it, and will assist them in any financial requirements which they may be called upon to meet. positing your money By de- with us you receive the protection and the new facilities which our membership in the system enables us to offer you. QR — fl ae. 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