Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, February 1, 1918, Page 1

‘COTTONWOOD CHRONICLE ~ Jp > NEW WHEAT AND COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, FEB. 1, 1918. ducts and the mixed 1 bread | | ‘ : and other products of the bakes LOGAL ITEMS ‘Non Partisan League Meeting $1.50 PER YEAR. No County Agent This Year. VIOLATED THE which contain an admixture of| Pa age PTS TIC a ets for food-stuffs through the de- MEAT PROGRAM A New Government Order Now In Effect. A Washington dispatch dated Jan. 26th, says: The American people will go on a war bread diet Monday as a part of a war rationing system prescribed tonight by President Woodrow Wilson and the food administration. ‘Victory Bread” the food administration calls it. The reduced rations are asked for the purpose of creating a larger export surplus of food for the Eur- opean allies. Curtailment of con- sumption will be accomplished largely by voluntary effort but force will be employed wherever eos ae under the food control act. President Wilson today issued the following proclamation: “Many causes have contributed to create the necessity for a more intensive effort on the part of our people to save food in order that we may supply our associates in the war with the sustenance vital- dy necessary to them in these days of privation and stress. The re- duced productivity of Europe be- eause of the large diversion of man-power to the war, the partial failure of harvests and the elimi- nation of the more distant mark- struction of shipping, places the burden of their subsistence very largely on our shoulders. The food administration has formulated suggestions which if followed will enable us to meet this great responsibility without any real inconvenience on our/p, C part. In order that we may reduce our consumption of wheat and wheat products by 80 per cent—a reduction imperatively necessary to provide the supply for over- seas—wholesalers, jobbers and re- tailers should purchase and re-sell to their customers only 70 per cent of the amounts used in 1917. All manufacturers of alimentary pastes, biscuits, crackers, pastry and breakfast cereals should re- duce their purchases and con- sumption of wheat and wheat flour to 70 per cent of those of last year or when buying bread, should purchase mixed cereal bread from the bakers. To provide sufficient cereal food, homes, public eating places, | dealers and manufacturers, should substitute potatoes, vegetables, corn, barley, oats and rice pro- Government has cre You can contribute d cure its protection money with us, sinc lar you deposit with the new system, wh a Patriotism and Business st Every good citizen at this time should do his share toward strengthening the Fed- eral Reserve Banking System which our dollars of resources to stand back of its member banks and all their depositors. of this system, and at the same time se- for you when wanted. ‘This is a suggest- ion for prompt. action. FIRST NATIONAL BANK COTTONWOOD, IDAHO other cereals. sumption may be restricted to this extent Mondays and Wednes- | days should be observed as wheat- | less days each week and one meal | Condensed for the Benefit Fellows hall, each day should be observed as a wheatless meal. _ In both homes and public eat- ing places in order to reduce the consumption of beef, pork and sheep products Tuesday should be observed as meatless days in each | ted friends in Cottonwood several week, one meatless meal should | days this week. be observed each day while in ad-| dition Saturday in each week should further be observed asa! day upon which there should be) no consumption of pork products. | A continued economy in the use of sugar will be necessary un- her home at Spokane Sunday. til later in the year. It is imper-| sary consumption of all sorts of! food-stuffs should be rigidly elim- | inated. The maintenance of| health and strength of our people! is vitally necessary at this time and there should be no danger-| ous restriction of the food supply | but the elimination of every sort! of waste and the substitution of} other commodities of which we, have more abundant _ supplies for those which we need to save will | in no way impair the strength of | our people and will enable us to) meet one of the most pressing ob- | ligations of the war. | I, therefore, in the national in-| terest, take the liberty of calling| on every loyal American to take fully to heart the suggestions which are being circulated by the} food administration and _ of beg-| ging that they be followed. I am! confident that the great body of} our women who have labored so| loyally with the food administra- tion for the success of food con-| omitted from the cast of char-|!ators, governor, congressmen and servation will strengthen their efforts and will take it as a part! of their burden in this period of national service to see that the, above suggestions are observed throughout the land. WOODROW’ WILSON, The White House, Washington, | Draft Men Qualified. be held in Spokane Feb. 21, 22, Classifications and results of | of purebred cattle will be sold. physical examinations made this| week of men in the draft have! Mrs, Lillian Kibbe died Sunday | not yet been given out by the board at Grangeville. The following are among those passed last week as qualified for service: Bernard Wensman, John Lloyd Turner, Eberhard Von Oy, Andrew Drube, Jack Martin, Rai- mon Triplett, Cottonwood; Ber- nard Hattrup, Alvin Bensching, Rudolph Schroeder, Keuterville; George Arnzen, Greencreek. Physically disqualified: ke, Keuterville. Al Herboth and Michel Legill of Cottonwood, and Ben Koelker of Greencreek have been placed in Class 1, Goodman of Cottonwood is in Class 2, Division B. In order that con-| | ; : |, Mrs. Lewis Abbl left the first of Waters was accompanied by Mr. ative that all waste and unneces-| the week for Adk |sentative of the Spokane Union| last night where he will speak at Harry Wessell, | ner. Peter e | Bieren, Cottonwood; Frank Hat-| Co. Since Jack Armstrong left Division A. Otto} at Cottonwood. OF INTERES |. A meeting of the Non-Partisan | League was held in Cottonwood |yesterday afternoon in the Odd | . e at hggencr ae number of farmers gathered to of Chronicle Readers. | hear F. P. Waters, district super- Wm. Schiller was a Lewiston southern Tole. © r. Waters business visitor Tuesday. ‘came to Cottonwood from Ferdi- Mrs. Remme of Lewiston visi- nand where he held a meeting Wednesday. He is making a | speaking tour in Idaho, Lewis and | The Chronicle believes in ex-| learwater counties. It was an- pansion, It now sports both tele- ee Se Hptitars as the Wie ore phones—quite a luxury. : 'to discuss the origin, plan and | Miss Ellen Lawyer, waitress at| purpose of the organization and the Phoenix Hotel, returned to outline somewhat the work ahead |in the coming campaign. Mr. nization in ee pe who spent — ~~ igi i ‘ | here last summer and fall doing ha her father, who is seriously | organization werk for the League rae = | in this county. _ Phil Wagner of Gillette, Wyo.,; After being introduced by An- is expected here this week for @ ton Jansen, who presided at the visit with his parents, Mr. and ieetin ‘ ? g, Mr. Waters gave an in- Mrs, Wm. Wagner. | teresting discussion of the organi- | Mrs. Spencer and daughter, | zation and its aims for the state Mrs. Carl Williams, of Keuter-|of Idaho. It was stated by Mr, ville, went to Lewiston Tuesday} Waters that the Non-Partisan ys visit with relatives for a few [eeneue me ahcageree in North lays. | Dakota and that 40,000 farmers'| The Cottonwood Hdw. Co. to-| Signed up and elected a farmer) day sold to the Bimers Haw. Co, | legislature, farmer governor and of Grangeville two Dodge touring @ complete farmer control of the ears, and also took their order for | Lip N : one full carload of these cars. eae 5 Etta ceed ips C. E, Van Osdale, shop foreman | jzation has been going on in any | of the Cottonwood Garage, spent! counties, he stated, and had from several days in Spokane this week | 90 to 97 per cent of the farmers inspecting a line of cars which | signed up. The Idaho farmers the garage will handle this year.| have 70 per cent of the vote of In printing the bills for. the the state, stated Mr. Waters, and| by mistake Were going to go into the cam- i South was| Paign this year to elect state legis- in, Minn.. to |“Oak Farm’ play, the name of Floyd acters. Floyd performs a leading U.S. senators. The campaign is part in the play, and a large DOW started and it is expected to crowd will enjoy the entertain-| have a most interesting run from ment tonight at the Orpheum |now on until after the primaries : and general election. : Hugh Chittick, traveling repre-| Mr. Waters went to Grangeville Stock Yards Co., was in town on|a meeting billed for tomorrow business yesterday. He says _a| afternoon. ‘He will beat Winona big stockmen’s convention will next Monday afternoon. County Commissioners Select Jury for 1918. lof pneumonia at the home of) Last week the county commis- Mrs. Kibbe’s parents—Mr. and sioners selected the jury list for Mrs. John Forsman at Keuter-| the terms of the district court for ville. Much sympathy is felt for this year. The list includes the the bereaved parents. The father | following: is in the army at Camp Lewis. | . oe —— ; heed ‘Nick Jacobs and wife arrived | X@" W. 4. Crawiord, Henry Dow- | here Monday evening and are vis- | ch, Fred bebrie ele BF Tanah | iting at the home of Mrs. Jacobs’ pe 2 bes he Hanley, 7 ‘parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wag- Jenny, Ed L. Jessup, J. L. Kin- Beginning next week Mr. caid, Chas. McDonald, S. J. Peter- Jacobs will take charge as local | i" Ce _— foc sae manager of the Madison Lumber | Frank Ra » Wm, iler, %. d. Greencreek Precinct—James El- ler, Harvey Miller, Wm. Rogers, | Barney Stubbers, Ben Twilegar. Geo. Harmon of Los Molinos, Keuterville Precinct—Edward Cal., madea brief visit with his| Blake, Rufus Gentry, B. H. Luch- relatives here this week. He tefeld, Hans Pedersen. made the trip north at this time! Fenn Precinct—J. W. Crea, E. \for the purpose of disposing of L. Dufur, James L. McHugh, some property he owned at Walla| Marion Weber. Walla. George has 65 acresof| Westlake Precinct—Wm. Lipps, excellent irrigated land at Los J. C. Wilson. | Molinos, nearly all of which he ——o-—_—- {has had i Ifalf: d wheat. | ° He has concluded to plant allot, Help This Worthy Cause. The Women’s Council of De- and 28, at which a large number | The 5-months-old baby girl of |two weeks ago the business has ‘been in charge of Elvin Parker. | the 65 acres to almonds and has! jalready about half of it planted’ fense has endorsed the Y. W. C. |to these nuts. Mr. Harmon and | A, drive for the purpose of raising |family are very much pleased funds for the building of “Hostess ated with its billion irectly to the strength by depositing your e part: of every dol- us goes directly into ere it is always ready | with their California home. | Homes” in towns and army camps. int | The Women’s Defense organi- |_ Mr. and Mrs. Charley J apni zation, represented in this section the well known restaurant and by Mrs. G. F. McKinney, will aid | hotel people of Grangeville, have the Y. W. C. A. in Idaho county. secured a lease on the Phoenix Women relatives and friends | hotel at Cottonwood, taking wish to see our boys before they leave for “over there.” The Y. jcharge today. They are old and) WG ‘4 provides a suitable place | experienced hotel people and no fo their entertainment. Unless doubt will make a success of the they daso, women are not allow-| | business here. Their son will con- ed to remain at the camps. |tinue to run the Silver Grill at The purpose isa vy ope) Grangeville. Mr. Stabelfeldt and et Se meee eae | family, who have had charge of week at both of our banks or by| | this hotel for some time, expect’ Mrs. McKinney at the Red Cross| |to soon return to their former rooms. The quoto for Idaho| | home at Harlowton, Mont., where county is $250. |they own considerable property. | Let each help a little. ISIE : Stockholders’ Meeting. One Delivery a Day. A special meeting of the stock-| Beginning Monday, Feb. 11th, |holders of the Farmers Union| our merchants will make only | Warehouse Co. of Cottonwood, one delivery each day—in the af- ‘Idaho, will be held in the I. O. O. ternoon. F. hall on Saturday, Feb. 2,at1, This custom—as our readers |p.m. A full attendance is desir- perhaps know—is now in effect in | ed, as there is important business every town and city in the United to dispose of. | States, and will remain so during | DRAFT LA Anton Reidhaar, a young Ger- man-American farmer residing about ten miles northeast of Cot- tonwood, was arrested Monday by our local defense officers—John Funke and O. D. Hamlin—on the charge of failing to register for the army draft. He was taken before U. S. Commissioner Garets at Grangeville for a hearing, and that official placed his bonds at ks | $10,000, and he is being held for further investigation by the fed- eral authorities, This bond was not furnished and the young man is yet in the county jail, but it is expected he will be taken at once to Camp Lewis and placed in the army. He was examined and passed by the county board of ex- aminers at Grangeville. Reidhaar lacked about a month of being 31 years of age at the date of registration on June 5th. Being so near the limit of regis- tration age he thought he might be able to dodge the draft, but in- terested neighbors and our coun- cil of defense officers applied to the church authorities at Meona, Wisconsin, and learned that he was born there on July 18, 1886, Reidhaar is s prosperous young farmer and owns 120 acres of ex- cellent land, considerable stock and nearly 3000 bushels of wheat not yet sold. It is reported he was having a new house built on his farm and_ expected to be mar- ried soon. He came to this part of the country about 5 years ago with his father, Jacob Reidhaar, who owns a large and valuable farm adjoining that of his son, and who testified at the hearing Monday that he is the father of fifteen children. “Smileage” Book Campaign On. Under the direction of the sec- retary of war, a national military entertainment council has been created for the purpose of raising a fund for providing the men in the various cantonments with clean, wholesome entertainment. The plan is to sell ‘“Smileage Books,” which come in two sizes, $5 and $1 booklets. The book is a little pasteboard folder, full of coupons, which are sent direct by the purchaser to the boy in camp and admit him to the govern- ment-maintained theatres. P. A. Gaul has been appointed by headquarters at Washington chairman of this district. Mr. Gaul and John Funke have the books for sale, and as the cam- paign lasts only a few days you are urged to get a book at once. you as a depositor of A. O. Martin, Sec. | the duration of the war. Idaho county will have no coun- ty agricultural agent. The board of commissioners at its meeting Saturday, turned down the propo- sition, as offered. by the U. S. de- partment of agriculture, and sup- ported by a number of Camas Prairie farmers, The board of supervisors was asked to provide $2000, or two- thirds of the annual salary of a county agent, and the U.S. gov- ernment agreed to furnish the re- maining third, or $1000, of the county agent’s salary. Twenty-six counties in Idaho now either are employing agricul- tural agents or are ready to do so. Of the north Idaho counties, all but Boundary, Shoshone, Clear- water and Idaho have lined up for county agents, The board of county commis- sioners, it is said, felt that the de- mand for an agent for Idaho county was not of sufficient mag- nitude to warrant the appropria- tion of $2000 toward the salary of an agent. It is declared that the board, although not in a receptive mood for the proposition at the recent meeting, is not absolutely opposed to the proposition. When, in the opinion of the board enough farmers declare themselves in fa- vor of a county agent, the appro- priation will be made.—Frée Press, Unnaturalized Germans to Reg- ister Next Week. The time fixed for the registra- tion of German alien enemies within the district of Idaho, is to commence Monday morning, Feb- ruary 4th and continue on each day successively thereafter up to Saturday evening, February 9 at 8 o’clock. For further informa- tion inquire of your postmaster, who is the registration officer. All German males over fourteen years of age are required to regis- ter and they should understand that inso doing they are giving proof of their peaceful dispositions and of their intention to conform to the laws of the United States. PaRSERIER IRS's All of the merchants of Idaho county have been notified to meet at Grangevilie next Tuesday even- ing, Feb. 5th. The purpose of the meeting is to effect an organi- zation and.understanding as to the duties of the merchants in the “Cash and Carry’ system, in vogue now throughout the United States, and also to better under- stand the new food program out- lined by the government food ad- ministration. SECURITY that cannot be questioned, lo- cation that is convenient, a courtesy and ac- commodation that is uniform, are all afforded RE / THE German State Bank CAPITAL and SURPLUS $30,000 C6 E. M. Ehrhardt, President M. M. Belknap, Vice-President H. C. Matthiesen, Cashier .