Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, November 23, 1917, Page 1

“the COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, NOV. 23, 1917. , WAY OVER TOP Subscriptions Will Almost Double the Quota. The American people never do anything by halves. The amount set to be raised for the Y. M. C. A. war camp recre- ation fund was $35,000,000, but total subscriptions will amount to about $50,000,000— surely a magnificent display of } patriotism. Idaho’s quota was $85,000 but the subscriptions total more than $120,000. Idaho county’s quota was $1650; but the total subscribed amounts to nearly $2200. The amount expected from Cottonwood and vicinity was about $250,°-but $340 was sub- scribed. A public rally was held in town Monday evening for the purpose of creating interest in raising this fund. A number of citizens from Grangeville were’ present, including their splendid Cowboy Band; which furnished excellent music for the occasion. All who gave their time and in any way assisted in this worthy cause, as well as everyone who subscribed to the fund are en- titled to all kinds of praise and redit. Grain Prospects Better Here + Than Elsewhere. Waldo'G. Paine, the well known railroad man of ‘Spokane, recent- ly has been gathering statistics about” the grain crop conditions in the Northwest. In a recent issue of the Spokesman-Review he is authority for a long article in which he says_ that the wheat prospects throughout the North- west are very discouraging at the present time. He attributes the cause mainly toa lack of rain during the Fall months. Mr. Paine says the grain pros- pects in the Camas Prairie coun- try are much better than in any other portion of the entire North- west—not even excepting the fa- mous Palouse wheat belt. Con- cerning this section of country Mr. Paine says: In the Lewiston and Camas Prairie territory there was a 32- hour rain on Sept. 23 and 24, The acreage of fall sown grain is about 60 per cent above normal and the acreage of plowing done for spring sewing is about 50 per cent above normal, which I am told is the largest acreage for fall plowing in the history of the territory. Yo M. C.A. FUND [Sig Sawnit for Cottonwood Among the big projects to be in- stalled here next year will be one of the biggest sawmills and lumbering plants in Idaho. Minnesota capitalists are behind the move and they figure the cost of the plant and railroad spur leading to the timber at half a million dollars or more, Representatives of the firm were here last spring and secured a large tract of land on the mountain ten miles west of here. They also viewed out a logging road between the town and timber, which means that the mill will be built here at the town and railroad, and the logs hauled in from the timber, The mill will probably employ about 250 men when the plant is in operation, We understand the location for the plant has not yet been selected. pet ahora Thirty Day Coal Supply. Fuel Administration Gooding has announced that during the existing coal shortage dealers should not de- liver to any customer coal in a greater amount than sufficient for 30 days fuel supply; consumers being privi- leged to order such supply when down to 15 days needs. This order can be abrogated by the State Fuel Adminis- trator for the whole or part of the state whenever circumstances warrant such action. B. C. Barbor of Ferdinand has been appointed local fuel administra- tor for all points on this railroad be- tween Spaulding and Grangeville. Buy Fancy Stock. At the Lewiston stock show last week, Howard McKinley bought three purebred Poland China gilts, at fancy prices, which he will add to his al- ready fine bunch of Poland China hogs. Howard makes a specialty of raising the very best of thoroughbred hogs, and has no trouble in getting fancy prices for them. Joe McDonald of Fenn bought a Shorthorn cow for $340. Arthur P. Mundt and Austin Gor- such of Winona and P. Chamberlain of Boles each bought valuable stock cattle at fancy prices. } a gee Shoes which the government fur- nishes the soldiers at a cost of $4.65 a pair, cost the civilian $7 to $9 a pair. There’s a reason and it should interest the government. sepealeetcanie Attention Firemen. All members of the fire department are requested to meet in Firemen’s hall next Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Bus- iness of importance to attend to. Fred Lange, chief. SECURITY that cannot be questioned, lo- cation that is convenient, a courtesy and ac- commodation that is uniform, are all afforded you as a depositor of eee, TE Oa German State Bank CAPITAL and SURPLUS $30,000 E. M. Ehrhardt, Pres. 30 _ M. M. Belknap, Vice-Pres. H. C. Matthiesen, Cashier You can pay your taxes through this bank COTTONWOOD CHRONICLE VOLUME 25. NUMBER 47. $1.50 A YEAR. LOCAL ITEMS OF INTEREST In and Around Cottonwood and Vicinity. Mrs. J. F. Strickfaden visited her son Charles at Ferdinand Thursday. Hubert Hattrup made a busi- ness visit to Lewiston the first of the week. Mrs. Anna King and children of Keuterville are visiting rela- tives at Lewiston this week. R. E. Wright and Henry Hatt- rup of Keuterville left yesterday on a business trip to Moscow and Spokane. The big event of the season— the K. of P. ball here on Thanks- giving—Nov. 29th. See posters. Euclid Rice has returned from a visit with his brothers, who are conducting a big stock ranch near Jeffers, Montana. _Mr. and Mrs. Dick Rieman of Keuterville were in town yester- day having some dental work done by Dr. Reilly. Riley Rice returned home Tues- day evening from Pullman, where he attended a meeting of the Farmers Union, of which he is president. Scott Gharrett had three of his fingers badly crushed on Wednes- day by getting caught in the cog- wheel of a gas engine near his home at Winona. Geo. Scott and family this week moved to their ranch home of 160 acres on Little Clearwater river about 10 miles east of Grange- ville, which he recently bought. Mrs. M. S. Krakan, aged 70 years, died suddenly of heart dis- ease Tuesday at her home in Grangeville. John H. Henley, aged 48 years, died Tuesday night at White Bird, of pneumonia. It has been learned that the reason the Idaho soldiers did not sail for France as soon as they expected is becausé of being quarantined for two weeks on ac- count of measles. Frank Kelsey left yesterday in his Ford flying machine for a couple of days’ business trip to several of the neighboring towns, including Nezperce, Kamiah, Ilo, Reubens, Winchester and Ferdi- nand. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Jenny accompanied Frank for a pleasure trip. A large crowd enjoyed the free dance at Keuterville Tuesday night, given by Mr. Joe Schaef- fer, who was married that day to Miss Anna Gehring of Keuter- ville. Prof. Shattuck, Miss Anna Peterson and Howard Simon fur- nished excellent music for the dance. The Ladies Aid Society of the M. E. Church will give an enter- tainment on Dec. 14th, entitled, “A’ Trip Around the World,’’ using the Parcel Post system. The place for the entertainment will be announced later. Re- member the date and watch this paper for the place. Miss Antonia Breugeman was honored Sunday evening witha most delightful shower party, given at the home of Mr, and Mrs. John Meyer by the Seubert sisters—Misses Amalia, Regina and Margaret. The marriage of Miss Breugeman and Will Kelsey will take place next Wednesday, 28th. Tom Parker, Harvey Miller, Otto Smith and E. Tardy left Tuesday for Pierce City, about 50 or 60 miles east of here in the mountains, where they will spend a week or ten days exterminating the balance of the big game in that part of the country. To load of bacon, canned meats, sal- mon, etc. make sure of having plenty of meat to eat they took along a big Miss Rosie Fowler of Nezperce was the guest here this week of Mrs. Lloyd J. Stevens. Miss Golda Wilson of Palouse is visiting Mrs. T. A. Randall and Mrs. W. W. Blackburn at Grave- creek, We notice by the Oregonian that Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Downer were registered at the Hotel Portland yesterday. By this time they are no doubt on their way to California. W. B. Hussman arrived home the first of the week from Chi- cago, and other Eastern points, where he spent several weeks in the interest of the Jones auto- matic car-coupler invention. Herman W. Funke, whose home is just north of Cotton- wood, and who has been in Mon- tana for some time, has enlisted in the infantry and is now prob- ably at Fort Wright, near Spo- kane. John Moriarty went to Lewis- ton and Vollmer this week on business. He returned last week from his 160-acre ranch near Top- penish, Wash., where his part- ner, C. T. Flinn, is wintering 350 head of cattle. Mr. Lowry, the well known fancy horse-raiser of. Winches- ter, yesterday delivered to Gus Schroeder of this place a pure- bred Clydesdale stallion a year old, and to Henry Boeckman of Keuterville a Clydesdale mare colt, for which he received fancy prices. J. H. Burns, who had been in the employ of the Grangeville Light & Power Co. on Clearwater river, was found dead on the bank of the river Tuesday near the power plant. It seems that he had attempted to cross the river, and perhaps was siezed with cramps but succeeded in reaching the shore, where he ev- idently died from exposure or heart trouble. The body was shipped to Spokane for burial, and where his family resided. Peasy, ane tou Supplies for Captured Americans Arrangements for supplying cap- tured Americans with food and cloth- ing in the German prison camps have been made through the Red Cross which has a committee in Switzerland to send rations and other necessities at regular intervals. As the number of Americans in Germaty hands increases it may be necessary to make further provision for them through the Span- ish Ambassador in Berlin, who is car- ing for American interests there. The capture of the soldiers height- ens interest in the question as to the probable treatment of American pris- oners in Germany. Other military prisoners have been used on roads and in the fields, and presumably the Americans will be treated in the same, way. Secretary Baker would make no comment on the capture. The facts made public were all that had reached the department, he said, and spoke for themselves, As to treatment of pris- oners and reports of brutality in the German camps, Mr. Baker's only com- ment was that the United States was bound by the Geneva conventions, and would live up to them so far as any prisoners falling into American hands was concerned. pa se The food administration at Washington is urging everybody having turkeys to sell, if possible, to keep all young turkeys until they reach full growth, instead of killing them for Thanksgiving. Local Market Report. Wheat, Marquis, per bu......... $1. Wheat, Bluestem, per bu.... r Wheat, white Russian, per bu. Wheat, club, per bu.......... Wheat, white Oregon.. Barley, blue, per cwt, with sack.. Oats, per hundred, with sack.... Butter, per pound Eggs, per dozen....... Flour, per sack, Tip To; Flour, per sack, Union. Hogs, top stuff, per hundred ..... Cattle, prime steers, per cwt...... OWNS 6h is chew dae van sent an sieaet (@ Corrected every Thursday P, M. ot od RIE BRISAVSsesawaR Moar oad Sac oS Ss . stich $pmartintr eet wth = IDAHO'S LAST MEN GONE 2287 Drafted, 2002 in Guard, 350 Enlist in Regulars. A dispatch from Boise, dated Nov. 15, says: Idaho has contributed the last of its quota, 2287 men, to the first army of 670,000, now in can- tonment camps scattered over the country. The last 15 per cent under the call departed for Camp Lewis this week. In proportion to its population few states in the Union have con- tributed more men to the colors than Idaho. A_ recapitulation shows a grand total of 4726 men have responded to the call of their country, while close to 40,- 000 more are registered for phys- ical examination. The old Second Idaho Regi- ment now merged into artillery, machine gun and engineer com- panies, with headquarters at Camp Mills, N. Y., contributed 2002 men. The state’s appor- tionment under the draft for the first National Army was 2287, all of whom have reported, In ad- dition there were 87 men recruit- ed in the state who made up the field hospital company and 350 voluntarily joined other branches of the service. The total draft registration for the state was 42,000. The state’s population is 450,000. Not only has the old Second Regiment been divided into sepa- rate units but the companies themselves have been divided and their “officers given new as- signments, This has caused grief to the officers as well as the men under them. One of them, Captain F. A. Jeter, of Company C, Coeur d’Alene, wept when he was given a berth as regimental adjutant in the 141st Field Artil- lery. One of our big warships was brought into dock the other day for a cleaning, says Popular Science Monthly. Two hundred men worked all day scraping off 600 tons of animal and plant growth from its sides and bottom. This tremendous quantity of sea life had accumulated in less than two years, during which time the ship had The weight of the barnacles was so great that from 25 to 40 per cent more coal was consumed in maintaining the nor- mal speed of the boat traveled many thousand miles, ING SYSTEM keel. positing your money to offer you. Golden Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Nuxoll. The 50th wecaioe: anniversary or golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs, Ferdinand Nuxoll was cele- brated at their home in Cotton- wood last Wednesday, 21st. A large number of relatives were present for the occasion and all enjoyed the day immensely— a3 well as a very fine dinner, The elderly couple received a number of beautiful presents— all gold. - Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kauffman and family, Frank Kauffman and family, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Arnzen, George and Grandma Kelsch. Mrs. :Amil Haener of Condon, Oregon and Mrs, John Uhlorn of Ferdinand were also present. Their other relatives, who were unable to be present, owing to the great distance, are: Frank Koester and family of Green- creek, Illinois; Tony Aichlmayr and family of Canada; Ferdinand Nuxoll Jr. and family ‘of Meriton, Wisconsin, and John H, puxelt and family of Joseph, Ore; Ferdinand Nuxoll and shar: ine Eske were married in St. Marys church at Greencreek, Ill., on Nov, 21, 1867. Joseph Arnzen and Mrs. John Uhlorn acted as best man and brides- maid. Mr, and Mrs. Nuxoll came to this portion of Idaho in 1900 and resided for many years on a farm at Greencreek, near Cottonwood. Mr. and Mrs, Nuxoll have al- ways been held in the highest es- teem by all who knew them, and their many friends wish them many moreas happy wedding anniversaries as was their 50th. Sheriff Yates After Uncle Sam’s Enemies. (Grangeville Free Press) Sheriff Lafe Yates is on the lookout for the pro-Germans in Idaho county, Several persons in the county have been known to have made remarks derogatory to the United States and the sheriff's office is at work to pro- cure absolute proof against these per- sons, Arrests are expected to follow, and clemency will be shown none, Sheriff Yates attended a meeting of the north Idaho sheriffs at Lewiston last week, called by Governor Alexan- der. The governor in addressing the sheriffs, told them to spare no means in rounding up pro-Germans in North Idaho, “Be sure you have the evidence,” said the governor, “and then go after them.” Governor Alexander author- ized the peace officers to employ as many deputies as is necessary to con- trol the pro-German situation, and to guard property from destruction, Es- pecially were the officers warned to protect stores of wheat and other prod- ucts that German agents might de- stroy. 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