Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, December 14, 1917, Page 1

NWOOD_ CHRO VOLUME 25. NUMBER 50. . COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, DEC. 14, 1917. Pay Your Taxes at this Bank ONFIDENCE. IN THE FEDER- AL RESERVE BANK- I iikING SYSTEM es, Se Played an important part in the recovery of busi- ness from the adverse conditions following the out- break of the European war, and is still helping to keep business on an even keel. Their system, with its immense resources, 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. By depositing your money with us you receive the protection and the new facilities which our membership in the system Pp enables us to offer you. ] on oe . FIRST NATIONAL BANK COTTONWOOD, IDAHO MANUFACTURERS OF UNION FLOUR SHORTS, BRAN & ROLLED. FEED Our flour is warranted not to contain any acids or bleaching compound. Our chopper is now working and we are in posi- tion to do chopping of all kinds. We are in the market for FAT HOGS every Monday We are always in the market for your GRAIN AT HIGHEST PRICES. Farm Machinery Flying Dutchman Gang Plows, Monitor Drills, Disc Harrows, Drag Harrows, Flying Dutchman Manure Spreaders, Gas Engines, Fanning Mills, Wire Fencing, Farm Gates, U. S. Cream Separators. ALFALFA AND CLOVER SEED Farmers Union Warehouse Company A. O. MARTIN, Mer. OUR »' || CHRISTMAS GOODS Are now on display and ready for YOUR INSPECTION Make the little girl happy by giving her one of our Beautiful Dolls Toys of All Kinds We also have a nice line of Sweaters, Jerseys, Caps, Hockey Caps, Neckties, Scarfs Handkerchiefs, etc. J. V. Baker & oe X “WHERE QUALITY AND PRICES MEET” \ Hats MAKING REAL ig Ra emaprer oye rece AMERICANS : Cantonment Camps Bring Out Best Manhood. | Making Americans or rather devel- oping Americans into a great sturdy race that will be worth to the country | and posterity many times the cost of the army cantonments, the expense of trainirg and other expenses incident | to the great war, is what is taking | place in the great army cantonmen ‘This is the impression received by Dr. E. L. White of Lewiston, now at American Lake “as a member of a special board organized to make exam- inations of the soldiers. Dr. White! has been at the camp for several weeks | and in writing of his impressions to the Tribune, said: | This is surely a wonderful place over here, It is hard for one to find | words to express the impression it leaves with you. The enormity of the thing one notices immediately, the next is the good order and possibly last but not the least, it imparts to you that it is one great university or college. Everyone is studying and learning, true the main study is the art of war but the method used for preparation for the bigger things is most impressive. The two things which stand out prominently above all else are obed- ience and respect to superiors and the seeond is the great fight led for the perfection and care of the human body. | Athletics never attained such propor- tions of volume and height in any col-! lege in the land. The colleges would have'no chance in competition with teams from these cantonments once | they Tl et under way. ere are five to seven football games_going on every, gov sm’ the fight, nae Hooverize ood that doesn’t) tonwood who would better take care | size of the basketball sivaation ean be Mreatito.bey up-supplics a day or two of this matter'than John Funke and imagined when it is remembered there are to be four teams in each company in the camp and they are to fight it out to determine the championship team of the camp. Every few days! there are championship boxing and wrestling matches, there are large squads of cross-country runners out each day and preparations have al- ready commenced for the baseball sea- son. You know they have some of the star players from both the Northwest- ern and Pacific Coast leagues here as enlisted men. Another thing that} has been a great boost to sports at the military camps is the decision of the Amateur Athletic Union to hold all rules in abeyance during the period of the war and this allows the amatears to compete with professionals in all contests. This surely opens the way for some great competition during the coming months. Naturally, that which interests me is the hospital and they have surely rounded into shape a wonderful insti- tution here. The base hospital has over 80 buildings and they are not small ones either but are all only one story. There are something over 1,000 patients in now. Colds and foot troubles are, by far, the most preva- lent, especially the colds, bronchitis and pneumonia with men who come from California. Not so much be- cause of the change of climate as it is because California has sent up much poorer specimens as far as lungs are concerned. Nearly twenty per cent of the “Golden state” contingent have been unable to get by because of de- fects and perhaps this percentage will be augmented when our special boards, are there examining them. We have been studying and prac- ticing on the recruits up to yesterday when we started in to examine the whole command at Camp Lewis. As} soon as all of the details are worked out, twenty of us will be examining about 1,000 menaday. Our main work is the lungs but we are expected to detect any defects in any part of the body and order the transfers to the special board the defect comes un- der and the latter board will pass on the question as to whether the defect is sufficient to warrant a rejection. I digressed a little here, as you see, but I am writing this as the different lines of thought come to me. Coming back to the hospital proposition, they have two large surgeries and several small ones for the specialists. There are three operating tables in use a good deal of the time now. The rec- ae show 136 operations were per- formed during October and the way things look now they will pass the 200 mark in November. Digressing again, will say that one can scarcely realize what the intensive training is doing for men. We exam- ined a body of men who have been in training a little better than two months and two weeks ago we were examining men from the same section of the country and the change in their general makeup, attitude and develop- ment can hardly be realized. It does not seem possible that a few short weeks can bring about such a change. When you get these facts brought home to you so forcibly, it makes you feel the education and development which this training secures, will much more than offset the expense it has in- curred for Uncle Sam, even though it costs ten billions of dollags and not one man had to step an inch from the jcantonments. It prepares men not) | only physical giants but makes them| his home yet for several days, 7 d errr wang] ‘alert so that they can better one hun-) dred fold fight the battles of life. There are a good many other things about which one could write if time would permit, but the time is fast fly-| _ ing and I will have to bring this toa |close. However, in closing there are two observances I might make, The class of men met here is naturally | very different from the regular soldiers because they vary from the highest class, the captains of industry drawing salaries from $10,000 to $20,000 an- nually and every varied class, profes- sional men of the highest types, actors, athletes, skilled mechanics and trades- | men to the common tramps and all of these types among the privates. course the ambitious do not remain long in the ranks. For example, I know a case of a man, not a doctor either, enlisting in the sanitary corps | asa private six months ago and he| has just received a commission as a first lieutenant. hay got into the ambulance corps as privates, but the majority of these are climbing right on up even though it is tough on them. And this bri gs | to us the main point, that the spirit} with which everyone works makes you | wonder how it can be done. When you consider the sacrifices so many have made and _ are forced to} make, we must admit that it is evi-) dence of the revival of the spirit that wins wars and the sooner the whole | United States—men, women and chil- dren, can look at these conditions in the same light and all pull together, | the sooner this world war will be over. | If that same spirit could predominate | the world at this time, the road would ‘be paved for a world perpetual peace. Everyone must make sacrifices for these big things which are before us. The time is at hand when we must all | make our stand for or against the gov-| ‘ernment. We can’t sit on the fence ‘and hold our hands, Those who can't | ahead of the Hoover days and then) sneakingly eat the forbidden. People who do are not the red-blooded Amer- icans—that is a cinch. LOCAL ITEMS OF INTEREST In and Around Cottonwood and Vicinity. What do you think of ‘those’ Chi-| nook? - Mr. and Mrs. Casper Cremer left today for their home at Dayton, Ore- gon, Clemance Berning of Mt. Angel, Oregon, visited Jack Back and other friends here this week. George and Lawrence Hattrup of Uniontown are here for a month’s| visit with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Hattrup. Attention, Knights of Regular meeting ‘Tuesday Di 1% Work in third rank. members cordially invited. Mrs. J. W. Turner left this morn- | ing to join her husband at Fresno, | Cal. Her daughter, Mrs. Raymond | Bartlett, went with her as far as Portland. Visiting Miss Rena Seubert has joined the’ force of clerks at the Hoene Hdw. store and Hans Pedersen at the Cot-| tonwood Mere, Co. store during the holiday rush of business, A marriage license was issued last Wednesday to Charley J. Heartburg and Miss Thekla Eckerman, both popular young people of the Fenn country. John Meyer and J. E, Gentry are Portland business visitors this week. Mr. Meyer will also look after busi- ness matters in Seattle and Spokane before returning. Eight cars of cattle and four of hogs were shipped out from here Tues- day for Spokane, Seattle and Tacoma, The price of hogs is still on the down- ward tumble, now being $15.15 per hundred. Miss Myrtle Rhett received an an- nouncement last night of the marriage | of Miss Jennie Howell and Roy Brust, at their home at Fort Benton, Mont., on Nov. 28th, The young couple were formerly popular residents of Cottonwood. A miniature show, bordering on the moving picture order, that is worth coming miles to see, is on exhibition in the window of the Hoene Hard- ware store. It represents a Christ- mas scene and is by long odds the grandest display of the kind ever seen in this part of the country. Drop around and take a squint at it. Felix Martzen’s many friends will be more than pleased to learn that he will not lose his cyesight, after all, as a result of the lime explosion last week. It is almost certain that one eye will be nearly as good as ever, and jt is thought he will be able to see some with the other eye also. It is not likely he will be able to leave ages Aenean peur: une 121m day of This action is bro was) hristmas Candies and Ni Enlanie 8. ‘cai aati Thames as witnessest ments, but io . ught to quiet title Baker & Son, ute from |i tage Tdwerd oe Wratt ae Source from There are a lot of | | young doctors who were drafted and zation to handle all matters connected counci| ciation, Tes j will be here tomorrow to take over} | next Spring to buy another section of’ Grain According To Your Wishes i [aod caointtg Chinn meng toy] We are ready to clean your “seed grains,” having the Most come” Nl” Chetasya that eines, Montana is to| plete line of cleaning ‘machinery in the country. ‘ go dry next year he wanted to make| Our prices are right and you do not have to work hard or wait, all the saloons in Montana, | ‘weeks hunting trip near Pierce City, | noted hunting dog, which is consider- i the best in the state, COUNTY COUN- CIL OF DEFENSE Organized at the County Seat Wednesday Night. The Idaho county branch of the! state council of defense was organized | Wednesday night at a meeting held | at the Grangeville city hall. The SECURITY that cannot be questioned, lo- cation that is convenient, a courtesy and ac- commodation that is uniform, are all afforded meeting was addressed by Dr, E. H.! you as a depositor of | Lindley, Pe of the University f of Idaho; Lieutenant Governor E, L. “NEE 7 THE Parker and State Senator F. 8. Ran- dalt of Nez Perce county, who isa member of the district organization, | The principal address was given by) Dr. Lindley, who urged the import- ance of organization. Those named to head the several departments are $30, authorized to select assistants as the | occasion demands, the purpose being| to provide an effective county organi-| German State Bank CAPITAL and SURPLUS 000 08a E. M. Ehrhardt, Pres. M. M. Belknap, Vice-Pres. — H. C. Matthiesen, Cashier | with the war. The following are those named for the several branches of work at hand: W. W. Brown, county defense and | ‘ | Liberty bonds sale. You can pay your taxes through this bank F. L.)Leonard, Red Cross. - Ps M. R. Hattabaugh, Y. M. ©, A. - Mrs. A. F, Parker, women’s defense Next Liberty Loan Payment will be Due Dec. 18 R. F. Fulton, thrift stamps. Victor Peterson, food administra- ALF. Sims, county protective a880- | The members of the general execu- | e committee are: Cottonwood—John Funke and 0.) | D. Han Ferdinand—W. J. Adsley. Kooskia—F. E. Quist. Whitebird—M, A. Roos. Stites—M. P. Strecker, No two men could be found in Cot- | tiv Cottonwood M: & Elevator Co., Ltd. MANUFACTURERS OF HIGH PATENT HARD & SOFT WHEAT FLOUR ~=Graham, Whole heat Flour and Farina ‘Watch t their smoke,”’| ee (. W. Thompson Trades a: for Land. Chester Thompson has bought a 1360-acre stock ranch near Great Falls, Mont., and expects to take| charge of it next Spring. The deal | was made through the Coleman-Sher- | man Iny, Co. of Spokane, and this | company takes as part pay the Cot- | tonwood garage. An experienced ga-| rage man from La Crosse, Wash., will | 2s be put in charge of the garage and he Fat t Tamlin? If It’s Made of Choice Milling W hea, ) me (I We Are Always In Th For Your Grain“, and guarantee the day’s highest price mm times, and pay a premium for grain sto with us. Also buy fat and stock hogs at times, if delivered at our feeding yards. On regular stock days we receive hogs at our yard near the old mill. We Can Steam Roll, Chop or Pulverize ‘Yout the business, Herman Von Bargen, father-in-law of Chester, is interested with him i in| th® ranch and it is their intention | sure of having plenty to drink, so he selected this ranch because it has an| artesian well that flows 60 gallons per| minute—which will do more good than Feed is packed or run loose in your wagon, Tom Parker Shoots a Grizzly Tom Parker, Harve Miller and E. Tardy have returned from their 3-| about 80 miles east of here. They bagged two fine bucks and lots of small game, but got no elk or bear. They tell this story on Tom Parker, which, if true, entitles him to the whole bakery. One day he saw what All Kinds Just Received — Bedsteads Library Tab he thought was a grizzly bear on the Lounges Dining Tables tain side nearly half ile dis 5S lant, After shooting all ofhivemms-|f © Davenports Dressers nition at it—some 150 big shells— his companions rushed up to see what all the noise was about and found that the trouble was caused by a grayback | on Tom's eyelashes, which to him | looked like a grizzly bear as big as a| haystack, Dining Chairs Rocking Chairs All high-grade goods at lowest prices Complete line of Funeral Furnishings carried Both Phones. Pte, Young Men’ Enlist. About 35 young men from this} county went to Spokane the first of’ this week to enlist in the army and| navy. By enlisting before the 15th of this month they had the privilege | of entering the branch of service that best suited them. Bob Forsman of | Rocky canyon was among the naval | recruits. Calls answered day or night Nau’s Furniture Stony COTTONWOOD, —— Xmas Service Engraving ae Ring Repairing Watch Repairing You need this service now. The Gift ae Watch our Jim Rooke and his nephew, Elvin Rooke, recently returned from a hunt-| ing trip in the mountains of Wallowa county, about 40 miles southwest of) here, Each got a big buck and lots} of small game. Several stockmen of that country have employed Jim to} hunt down a family of big cougars! that have been “playing smash” with their stock this winter. Jim will be-| gin his “drive” against the cougar | regiment within a few days with his TT Saget ee