Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, January 25, 1918, Page 1

4 = ‘ COTTONWOOD CHRONICLE VOLUME 26. NUMBER 4. COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, JAN. 25, 1918. $1.50 A YEAR. NUGENT NAMED IDAHO SENATOR Boise Lawyer Will Succeed the Late J. H. Brady. The democratic majority in the U. S. Senate gained another member when John F. Nugent, the well known Boise lawyer and politician, was appointed Tuesday by Governor Alexander to succeed the late Senator Brady. The new senator has been a prominent democratic leader in this state for years, having been chairman ofthe state central com- mittee from 1908 until 1912. He will serveuntil a successor is elect- ed at the coming November elec- tion. é Nugent is 49 years old. He be- came well known through acting as attorney for the Western Fed- eration of miners at Silver City, Idaho, and when he was associa- ted with Clarence Darrow and other attorneys in the defense of officers of that organization who. were charged with conspiracy in connection with the murder of Governor Steunenberg in 1905. Senator Borah, senior senator from Idaho, aided the state in the prosecution of these men. Nugent’s entrance into the sen- ate will make Idaho’s representa- tion in that body consist of a for- mer student and pupil, for the new senator gained his law educa- tion in the office and under the direction of Senator Borah, who was practicing in Boise at that time. The new senator was born at La Grande, Oregon, while his par- ents—Judge and Mrs. Edward Nugent—who resided in Silver City, Idaho, were on a visit there. He received his early education in the public schools and was admit- ted to the bar when he was 30 years old. From 1895 until 1905 “he was prosecuting attorney of Owyhee county, Idaho—the only public office he ever held before his appointment to the U. S. Sen- ate. In 1895 he married Della Ainsley. They /have one child— Lieut. G. A. Nugent °of the 318th infantry, U.S. A. Senator Nugent is in Washing- ton now, having gone there im- mediately after Senator Brady’s death. It is expected he will take the oath of office at once and be- gin his duties as senator. ps They are having considerable grief with their train service on the Nezperce branch, which has been out of commission a week or more, caused by defective track. Six Months More. A decision of the war in the next six months is seen by Capt., Tardieu, French High Commis- sioner to the United States, on his return to this country after a two months’ visit to France. He bases this optimistic view upon the superb condition of the Brit- ish and French armies, an increas- ing American army, and a con- tinuous supply of wheat, ships, oil and locomotives to the Allies from America. Thereport of Col. House, special commissioner to the Paris Allied Council, is not quite so optimistic as to the early) ending of the war. The most im- portant recommendations are that American fighting forces be sent to France “with the least possible delay incident to training and equipment,” and that the shipping program be rushed. Captain Tardieu expects a strong German attack on the western front during the winter, but is confident it will be another Ver- dun. The Allied Council, how- ever, urges the United States to increase to approximately 5,000,- 000 the number of troops to be sent to Europe during 1918 and 1919; In all calculations as to the length of the war, the possibility that Austria and Germany may crack should be taken into ac- count. The German war machine is still able to make a strong of- fensive, but it has passed the zen- ith of its power. Germany would not now be clamoring so vigorous- ly for peace if she hoped to secure better terms by force, of arms. Her world trade has been destroy- ed, and under the strain of the war her railroads and industrial machinery are breaking down at a rapid rate. A Swiss engineer has come out of Germany with the report that Germany’s indus- tries are cracking, that the lack of grease has reduced the output of German machinery from its former figure of 80 per cent of its working force to less than 80 per cent.—Leslies Weekly. No Train Yesterday. Owing to a slide on the railroad near Culdesae yesterday the pas- senger train was unable to get through and went back to Lewis- ton. It is expected to have the track cleared so that the train can come through on time this evening, | however. The freight train, this end of the line, left this morning for Lewiston. dollars of resources member banks and cure its protection lar you deposit with Patriotism and Business st Every good citizen at this time should do his share toward strengthening the Fed- eral Reserve Banking System which our Government has created with its billion You can contribute directly to the strength of this system, and at the same time se- money with us, since part of every dol- the new system, where it is always ready for you when wanted. This is a suggest- ion for prompt action. FIRST NATIONAL BANK COTTONWOOD, IDAHO MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE ‘SYSTEM to stand back of its all their depositors. by depositing your us goes directly into LOCAL ITEMS OF INTEREST \In And Around Cottonwood and Vicinity. John Jungert was in Lewiston this week on business. Ray Nims was transacting bus- | iness in Lewiston Wednesday. Henry Uhlenkott was in town yesterday from his Greencreek ‘ranch, Dr. E. A. Schilling was a Nez- | perce business visitor several days this week. J. H. Zodrow left Monday for a | business trip to Spokane and oth- ‘er inland points. Joe Enneking of Keuterville | was among the passengers to Nez- | perce this week, | The Cottonwood basketball club will play their return game | with the Vollmer team there Sat- jurday, Feb. 2. Miss Mary Byam expects to leave tomorrow for Baker, Oregon, |where she will reside with her) grandmother. Mrs. Fred Rustemeyer and chil- jdren returned home yesterday| |from several days’ visit with rela- tives at Keuterville. jed to learn that Max Rehder is! |improving from his long sickness jand has a chance for complete re- | covery. Mrs. Harry Campbell, wife of | the new asst. freight agent at the |depot, came up the last of the week from their former home at | North Lapwai. Grandma Trautmann left Mon- |day for Hot Lake, Ore., where she |will take. treatment at the Sani-| tarium. She was accompanied by} |her daughter, Mrs. Ben Arnzen,| ‘and son Raymond. | Mr. and Mrs. Harry Calhoun} returned to their home in Spokane | Tuesday. Mr. Calhoun had been {doing some millwright work for | the Cottonwood Milling & Eleva- tor Co. for several weeks. | | Mrs. C. T. Houston of Los An- | geles, Cal., a sister of John Hogue |residing north of town, is here vis- | iting her relatives. She also visi-| |ted her friend, Mrs. Ray Nims, in| | Cottonwood a couple of days this week, Felix Funke, who recently un- | derwent an operation in the Lew-| which was at | iston hospital for hernia (rupture) | trators of a number of states re- yesterday successfully passed his | |physical examination for army | Service, and is expected home this | evening. ’ Riley Rice, A. O. Martin, Joe) | Riener, Joe Sattler, Matthies Lau- ier, M. Darscheid, J. L. Eckert and Mike Willenborg were among | those from this vicinity to attend | | the convention of the Idaho Fed- | eration of Agriculture at Lewiston | several days this week. A. S. Walker of Keuterville, | who was in town Tuesday with a} |load of wood, informed us that | his place, from which he cut about | | The Knights of Columbus held | their regular annual meeting in | their hall here Wednesday night. present and enjoyed the evening playing games, dancing, moving pictures, recitations, refresments, etc., etc. | P. H. Dye received a letter Tuesday night from his brother Vern, one of the Cottonwood boys in France, stating that he was re- cently promoted to sergeant in the gas service. Vern said the boys had a fine Christmas dinner |and that six inches of snow cover- |ed their part of “sunny” France. |country this week, having come 14 cords of wood and sold for little | b more than $100. Some tree, that. | farms and ranches of this country St. Claire Sisters at the Orphe- | um tonight. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Casper Wensman on Jan. 24, a son. Commercial Club luncheon at Phoenix hotel next-Monday noon, ‘ Eleven cars of stock went out over this line Tuesday—7 of hogs and four of cattle. Remember the card party in Odd Fellows hall next Tuesday night, 29th, proceeds for the Red Cross. The ladies are asked to bring this time 8 sandwiches, but no pickles. Admission 25c. The little 10-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. McMaster, was operated upon yesterday for appendicitis at her home north of town. Dr. Orr, assisted by. Dr. Blake, performed the operation. Lewis Jones and Jack Rooke were over from the Joseph Plains out for physical examination at! Grangeville. Jack passed the examination, but Lewis} successfully | was rejected on account of being} “short” one of his thumbs, which) he lost some years ago by being) torn of with a rope while lassoing | cattle. " |e OS Fear of Stock Famine. Nezperce Herald For some time now it has been | apparent to those who have given His many friends will be pleas-| the matter thought, that the coun-! Jater on, try is threatened with an alarm- ing shortage in live stock —espec- | ially meat producing animals, | though horses and mules are also showing a shortage. When ‘the war in Europe first | began, it was suggested by our | agricultural department that our) farmers and stock raisers devote greater attention. to increasing the number of meat animals. It was pointed out that the large! foreign demand would make great | inroads in our supply. This was| the result, but not all the result. | The stimulated demand caused | prices to soar to abnormal figures. These prices in turn caused all) who had stock to push them onto} the market at the earliest mo- ment, with the result that thous- ands of head of stock went to the butchers when they should have been kept on the farm. Stock buyers inform us that for the past years the average weight of hogs especially has steadily de- clined, due to the fact that the heavy feeders have been practic- ally exhausted and the lighter an- imals are being pushed onto the market. At a meeting of food adminis-| cently it was the unanimous de- cision, after surveying the situ- ation carefully, that a concerted effort must be made to increase the breeding of hogs and cattle, and each state represented in the conference was given its per cent of increase to be attained. But it is right at this point that the difficulty is encountered. The high prices have not only caused the immature animals to be_ sacrificed, but thousands of valuable females have also been slaughtered which should have been kept on the farms. There is not a particle of doubt that the ‘eountry is alarmingly short of} breeders. he has just sold the last load of} There is but one remedy. No| wood cut from a_ big pine tree on owner of hogs or cattle should sell | or kill females capable of repro- ducing their kind. This should e made an iron-clad rule on the for some time to come. Certain it is that if the past, or even the present rate of consumption of fe- | males is continued for another 12 | A large number of members were Months, the country will face} something little short of a meat | famine. | We are a meat-eating race. | But meat must be grown, and the animals must have dams. The only way to insure the supply is |to conserve the females. This | will have to be done, even at the (risk of even higher prices than now prevail. And, as prices now range, this will be no sacrifice to the farm- ers, but rather a source of greater revenue, as all will see if they will} IMPORTANT BUSINESS DEA Goldstone, Nash & Creelman Store Sold. The most important business deal that has been made in Cot- tonwood for a long time has just been. closed, whereby the stock of the general merchandise store of Goldstone, Nash & Creelman be- came the property of the Cotton- wood Mercantile Co. The business was established by Sam Goldstone in 1891 and was conducted by him until 1908 when the firm of Goldstone, Nash & Creelman was organized. Mr. Goldstone: rétired from the firm about three years ago and since that time the business has been conducted by Postmaster J. V. |Nash and A. L. Creelman. The | deal just made cleaned up the re- |maining stock which has been consolidated with the stock of the Cottonwood Mercantile Com- pany. The buildings in which the business has been conducted are the property of Mr. Goldstone and are not included in the sale. Mr. Creelman will soon join his family, who have been living in Lewiston for the-last year, and where he may engage in business Their many friends here regret to lose Mr. and Mrs. Creelman, but all wish them suc- cess. Hog Price Fixed, A minimum price for. hogs in the Pacific coast states was fixed Monday at San Francisco by a vehintary agreement between more than thirty packers repre- senting California, Oregon and Washington, with the U.S. food administration. The new minimum price, fixed at one cent under the minimum on the Chicago market, which now is $15.50 per hundred, it was said, was expected to result ina tremendous increase in pork pro- duction in the states affected by the agreement. The price from the retailer to the consumer will not be raised, it was announced, the producer alone benefitting and being assur- ed a fair profit for his output from now on, particularly for animals ready for slaughter next fall. It was pointed out that the minimum fixed does not mean the top price that the producer may obtain; it means the bottom price which the packers haye pledged themselves to pay. you as a depositor of Idlers Must Go to Work. The state council of defense, which met at Boise last week, has issued a bulletin which says: ‘*Tdaho’s loafers and_idlers should be put to work. The man who is loafing around public places should be made to see the error of his ways and if he does not voluntarily get to work he must be made to work, When the nation is at war no man’s time is his own. It belongs to the government. If the govern- ment can conscript the young men—the very flower of the coun- try—for military service, it can conscript the idler as well. This should apply to the rich loafer as well as to the ordinary vagrant. If there is no state law to reach this class which is not contribu- ting to the nation’s needs, the first act of the legislature, in the event it is called into special ses- sion, should be to place one on the statute books. It should have real ‘teeth’ in it and be similar in that respect to the criminal syn- dicalism and sabotage laws. Lacking such a law stringent vagrancy ordinances should be passed by municipalities to deal with the loafer until the legisla- ture can act. There are hundreds of able-bod- ied men frequenting places of amusement without a care on their minds. Most of them are either under or over the conscrip- tion ages. While they idle the farms and industries of the state ery for assistance. A census of the men in Idaho should speedily determine who are and who are not usefully employed. It should be taken and the state council of defense will probably see that it is. Lack of labor is one of the big, serious problems before Ida- ho. It isan issue that must be solved. Putting the loafers to work is one way of doingso. Ida- ho can legislate the power to con- script them. Itshould do so with- out hesitation.” PREMISE B. P. Conway, a soldier of Win- chester, Lewis county, died last week in France. General Per- shing reports his death as being caused by measles and pneumonia. He was a member of Co. F, re- cruited at Lewiston. Cow Taken Up. A red and white-spotted cow, mark- ed with under half-crop im each ear; no other brands visible, came to my place 4 miles east of Greencreek about Jan. 10, Owner can have same by paying expenses of keeping and adver- tising. M. F. Rogers. nn SECURITY that cannot be questioned, lo- cation that is convenient, a courtesy and ac- commodation that is uniform, are all afforded German State Bank CAPITAL and SURPLUS $30,000 ——ee. 8 8 ee E. M. Ehrhardt, President | M. M. Belknap, |look at the matter in the right |light, Vice-President | H. C. Matthiesén,-Cashier