Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, November 16, 1917, Page 1

= COTTONWOOD CHRONICLE ~ | “| VOLUME 25. NUMBER 46. COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, NOV. 16, 1917. $1.50 A YEAR. K. ¢. COUNCIL T0 RAISE WAR FUND Work Similar to Y. M. C. A. Being Done in Army. Cottonwood Council No. 1889, Knights of Columbus, have com- pleted an organization to solicit for the three million dollar war fund being raised by the national organization. $1,000,000 of the fund has already been raised among members throughout the country. The local lodge at Cot- tonwood will raise $1000 for this fund. The Knights of Columbus have been granted permission by the war department to construct rec- reation buildings, similar to the Y. M. C. A. “‘huts,’’ at every army concentration point in America and in~Europe. The lodge is working hand in hand -with the Y. M. C. A. in providing amusement for all soldiers re- gardless of creed. Priests are also being supplied to look after the spiritual welfare of Catholic boys in the fighting forces. There are approximately 400,000 members of this faith in fighting units. Two hundred volunteer Catho- lic priests are to be sent abroad with the armies. Thisis in addi- tion to the 181 furnished by the goverment as the Catholic quota of chaplains. The Knights of Columbus first established buildings at war camps a year ago when the American troops were on the Mexican border. They received the commendation of the war de- partment at that time. a Fiat a REI The Lyceum lecture here last night by Rollo McBride was very interesting anda large audience was present to enjoy it. His voice was a trifle husky, caused perhaps by acold, but he handled his subject, ‘‘Making Crooked Men Straight,’’ in a most master- ly manner. By his earnest de- sire to give young men another chance to make good, Mr. Mc- Bride claims to have saved many thousands of them from the dis- grace of jail sentences by defend- ing them, free of charge, when they were arrested on_ trivial charges in the cities of Chicago and Pittsburg. Rasa AE Vaal Mr. and Mrs. Welle of Clarks- ton, Mr. and Mrs. George Fuchs of Uniontown, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kramer of Johnson, Wash., have returned to their homes, af- ter a pleasant visit here with Sound Sense. This from the Wallace Press- Times is the very essence of sound sense: The weak-minded persons who keep on giviag Christmas presents to people to whom they ‘ do not wish to give presents, simply because other people keep on giving to them, may now re- joice. This year the Christmas mon- ey is being turned into more sen- sible channels. There are com- fort kits for the boys in France, Red Cross donations, money gifts to buy food-and clothing for or- phaned and undernourished kid- dies of the war zones. Nor will it be forgotten that big payments on the Liberty bonds wiil be due in December and January. The friends who do not receive the usual gifts will know it is not be- cause they are forgotten or dis- regarded, but that this year Christmas giving has gone where it wasreally needed. The friends themselves have done the same thing thing. If the war should add to its other blessings that of making sane the Christmas madness, as it seems likely to, that would be another compensation. Seelam Idaho Troops Perhaps on Way to France. American troops now seem to be reaching France in very much larger numbers than are general- ly supposed. The department is transporting them quietly as fast as ships are available without giving the slightest indication as to the purpose. All the state troops that served on the Mexi- can border, and many more be- sides, are probably either now in France or preparing to go. Ida- ho is about ready to sail, and may even be on the water now. A dispatch printed yesterday places Idaho in a regular war organiza- tion, the 41st division, an Ameri- ean division comprising about 19,000 men.: The Russian and Italian misfortunes are probably calling for American troops earlier and faster than was in- tended in the training schedule, and they will doubtless be found on the active front also much sooner than has been anticipated. Russell Bonallie, 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. James Bon- allie, accidentally shot and killed himself Sundey at his home at Reubens. While handling a 22- cal. rifle the weapon was dis- their relatives, Mr. and Mrs, |charged, the ball going through John Meyer. his head, killing him instantly. = TAO German State Bank CAPITAL and SURPLUS $30,000 at 8 Oe E. M. Ehrhardt, Pres. M. M. Belknap, Vice-Pres. H. C. Matthiesen, Cashier LOCAL ITEMS OF INTEREST In and Around Cottonwood and Vicinity. Joseph Yeager, a stockman of the Doumecq country, was in town several days ago. John Snyder and Gottfried Halter have just returned from a business trip to Tekoa, Wash. Chas. Buettner left Monday for Montana to spend several weeks looking over different sections. Miss Bernice Edwards has re- turned home from a couple of months’ visit with friends in 1 Spokane, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Russell of Whitebird were among the many visitors to the stock show from that section. Mrs. Herman Wiegand went to Moscow yesterday to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Weimman. Miss Rosa Fowler, who is teaching school near Fenn, went to Nezperce yesterday to take the teachers’ examinations. Frank Zika and wife left Wednesday for. their home in Missouri, after spending the summer here. Fred Edwards left Tuesday for Montana for a brief visit with friends and to look after some land business. Joe Kurdy of Winona was look- ing after business matters in town Tuesday, also Chas. Strick- fadden of Ferdinand. H. W. O’dell left Wednesday for Ashmoor, Mont., after a pleasant visit here with his daughter, Mrs. Fred Lange. Ben Albers and son B. C. are at Fort Benton, Mont., visiting another son, John. They expect to be gone for several weeks. Bert Miller came over from Winona Tuesday and took home with him a new Buick 7-pass. car, bought from the Hoene Hardware Co. Joseph Oldham and wife have moved to town from their ranch 6 miles east—for the winter and reside in the Fet Rhoades house near the old brewery. Lloyd Turner left this morning for acouple of weeks’ vacation in Portland. During his absence the drug store will be in charge of his sister, Mrs. Nicolas Meyer. J. B. Hattrup, at the Vollmer- Clearwater Warehouse, has just added to his already excellent brands of flour, the Princess brand, the price of which is $10.40 per barrel. Will Kelsey has secured the contract for painting and paper- ing the Phoenix hotel and began the work of painting the outside this week. Several other paint- ers are helping him. The second card party given by the K. of C. lodge this season was held Monday evening in their hall. The first prize was won by Mr. and Mrs. Barney Tacke and the second by Jake Welte. Frank Wimer moved his family from town to their farm home north of town this week. The residence just vacated by them has been rented for a year from R. S. Curless by R. D. Humphrey and family. A large crowd enjoyed the nig- ger minstrel show at the Orphe- um Tuesday night. A number of people were somewhat disap- pointed because the darkies had not taken the trouble to learn any new jokes since they showed here a year or so ago. Joe Mader lost three fingers in a sawmill accident at the Mader mill near Keuterville Wednesday by coming in contact with a saw. Henry Hattrup, while at work at the Hattrup mill near there also met with an accident the same day by having one of his wrists badly cut by a saw. Mrs. Mel Pierce and her sister, Miss Helen Eckert, returned home yesterday from a week’s visit in Lewiston. Barney and Herman Seubert and Barney Westhoff made a fly- ing trip to Spokane this week in Westhoff’s new Buick car. E. F. Burmeister, new owner of the Phoenix hotel, is expected here next week from Shawmut, Mont., ona brief business visit. Joe McDonald ran into a colt with his car Saturday at his home east of town, badly damaging the car but the colt escaped with little injury. John Knop and wife and Pete Bierren have just returned from auto trip to Chewelah, Wash., having made the round trip in ess than a week, This issue of the Chronicle was gotten out under considerable difficulty, owing to the editor having an over-dose of grippe during the last week or so. While on the way to the stock show last Sunday in his auto, A. O. Martin ran into a big bull on the road near Lewiston, badly th ed the car as well as the ull. Among our people who went to Lewiston to hear Vice President Marshall’s speech yesterday af- ternoon were Lieutenant Govern- or Parker, Mr. and Mrs. August Von Bargen and Dick Haskin. R. A. Lewis is making splendid progress on the well he is drill- ing for the city and is already down a couple of hundred feet. When finished it is not likely the town will ever experience a short- age of water again. The price of cattle is gradually coming down. The prices this week are—best grade of steers 8c, second grade 5 to 7c; best cows 5and 6c, second grade 3 and 4c. Hogs are $15.25—a slight raise from last week’s prices. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Lancaster, who own a good stock ranch on Salmon river, spent several days in town this week, taking back with them a load of winter sup- plies. They own two dwelling houses in Cottonwood, where they formerly resided. Wm. B. Taylor was an arrival from Spokane last week and has accepted the office position with the D. P. Donovan hardware es- tablishment recently vacated by Jess Robertson, who is now a quartermaster-sergeant in the heavy artillery at Camp Lewis. — Nezperce Herald, Al Herboth, clerk for the Hoene Hardware Co., met with what might have been a serious acci- dent Wednesday. While at work with some gasoline in the dark he lita match and thought it was out of reach from danger, but the usual explosion followed. Luckily no greater damage was done than to scorch one side of his face and hair. Stock and Flour Shipments by the C. M. & E Co. The Cottonwood Milling & Ele- vator Co. a few days ago shipped a carof hogs to Spokane and also a car to the stock show at Lewis- ton. The Spokane car brought $3,350 fora full carload, while the 50 head exhibited at Lewis- ton brought 18¢ a pound at the sale and were bought by Armour & Co. of Spokane. These hogs averaged a little under 260 pounds and were pronounced as finea bunch of Duroc Jersey hogs as were ever shipped off Camas Prairie. Besides receiving a check for $2,334.60 the Milling Co. also won the second prize of $150 in the hog exhibit and of course feels justly proud of their success. The Cottonwood Milling Co. al- so shipped a car of cattle to the) Spokane Union Stockyards this week, receiving the highest prices paid. This company has just shipped two cars of flour to the South— one to Georgia, the other to Ten- nessee, netting $8000. This mill has a capacity of 140 barrels every 24 hours, but is now limited to its pro rata out- put by the government. Mana- ger Meyer informs us that were it not for this ruling the mill could grind out from 650 to 700 bushels daily and easily dispose of all of the wheat delivered at Cottonwood. TRANSPORTS OP- ERATED BY NAVY Civilian Officers “and Crews Replaced by Trained Force. A Washington dispatch dated Nov. 14th says: Blue jackets will man and nav- al officers will command army transports hereafter. Officials believe this will insure more efficient operation of the ships, particularly in the war zone, where the strain on a crew is greatest, and so lessen the risk of destruction by subma- rines. Decision to have the navy op- erate the transports, announced today, is believed to have been hastened by the sinking of the transport Antilles, manned by civilians. It was pointed out that the highly trained and disciplined naval force is far more effective than a constantly changing civil- ian personnel. This is regarded as particularly true of the fire room force, upon which a ship’s speed largely depends. The manning of the transports will make necessary a large in- crease in the naval personnel and the general board is understood to have recommended that con- gress be asked in December to authorize an additional 80,000 men, 30,000 for the permanent naval forces and 50,000 for the period of the war. With the transports turned over to the navy, it was decided to have the shipping board oper- ate all cargo vessels, including those carrying supplies for the armed forces abroad. Thus was settled a question between the navy and shipping board that began with the decis- ion to build and commandeer merchant ships. In anticipation of the agree- ment today, the navy has been training men especially for the transport service and a large force is understood to be avail- able now. Others will be trained as rapidly as possible, so that not only all existing transports can be manned, but also the new ones now building. These latter have been especially designed and will be much faster than the standard cargo vessels. They are planned for a speed of at least 18 knots. The high speed will furnish one protection against subma- rines, but still another will be supplied in the ships themselves. ING SYSTEM keel. positing your money to offer you. they may be called upon to meet. They will be so constructed as to be safe against one torpedo and it is believed that two probably would not sink them, The manning of the transports by bluejackets will release many men for the cargo vessels opera- ted by the shipping?board. The crews of these ships present an even greater problem than does the personnel for the navy ships, but the shipping board is train- ing large forces at several schools along the coast and expects to be able properly to man the cargo carriers as fast as they are built. eee Wada Traitors Being “Taken Care Of” Edward Hofstede, the Orofino attorney, who was found guilty of inducing young men to violate the military registration law, was sentenced last Tuesday to one year in the Clearwater coun- ty jail. Judge Dietrich, who pronounced the sentence, said he would have made it longer were it not that Hofstede had already served several months in jail while awaiting trial. Americans are at last’ waking up and have concluded to put a stop to traitorism and disloyalty toward the government during the war. Within the last week at different places throughout the country more than a score of traitors who had been in the hab- itof making disloyal remarks about our government, were tarred and feathered and severe- ly beaten by loyal citizens whose patience had been worn out. In nearly every case hanging was threatened if the practice was continued. A Boise dispatch dated Nov. 18th, says: Thirty enraged Boise citizens piled into automobiles this after- noon and went to the ranch of a farmer named C. G. Goetling, a few miles out of town, where they forced Goetling to kneel in his own dooryard and kiss the American flag. The rancher had been reported as having made disloyal utterances, and had re- cently painted a big derrick on his place with the German colors. Not satisfied with making Goet- ling kiss the Stars and Stripes, the Boise vigilante committee forced the farmer to paint his derrick with red, white and blue paint, and also compelled him to hoist the Stars and Stripes ona 20-foot flagpole which they took with them and planted in his front yard. ici cceksbima It is estimated that the extra war tax on postage alone will amount to $4,000,000,000 a year. CONFIDENCE IN THE FEDER- AL RESERVE BANK- a, a 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 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 By de- with us you receive the protection and the new facilities which our membership in the system enables us FIRST NATIONAL BANK COTTONWOOD, IDAHO 3 | I i i ' i i