Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, March 1, 1918, Page 1

ae COTTONWOOD CHRONICLE ~ k VOLUME 26. NUMBER 9. COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1918. $1.50 PER YEAR. THE COTTONWOOD ROLL OF HONOR Service Flag in Honor of Army and Navy Boys. It is the custom now through- out the country for every town and city to display “Service Flags” containing a star for every boy in the town and vicinity who is in the service of the army or navy. It is the intention of our citi- zens in the near future to raise a fund with which to procure a Ser- vice Flag and also a large nation- al flag for the town. At present the town appears to be without a large national flag—so highly prized and honored at this partic- ular time in every patriotic nook and corner of the United States. Our local Council of Defense of- ficers—John Funke and Fat Ham- lin—are at the head of this worthy | move, and are prepared to receive subscriptions for the same. It is thought the two flags and pole will cost something like $75. One man has already donated $10 to the fund. It is expected to have all in readiness to raise the Service flag on Memerial Day—May 30th, with appropriate ceremonies, in- cluding a patriotic address, music, songs, ete. Parker & Parker are preparing a large frame to contain the pic- tures of all of the three dozen or so of the army and navy boys from Cottonwood and vicinity who volunteered their services in the defense of theircountry. The frame will appear in their store window. The parents and friends having photos of the boys are asked to hand them in to the store as soon as possible. Already about a dozen pictures have been handed in. A flag will surround the frame and the words “Roll of Honor” will appear above the pictures. id Death of Little Bernard Hoene LOCAL MEWS Bernard, the 9-months-old son | OF INTEREST of Mr. and Mrs. John Hoene, died | Condensed for the Benefit Sunday night, after a brief illness | of only a couple of days, caused | of Chronicle Readers. Wm. Wagner was among the by bowel trouble, known in medi-; cal science as acidosis. The buri-| al took place Wednesday fore- Lewiston visitors this week. noon, Father Willibrord conduct- | P. A. Gaul was looking after ing the funeral services. jhis business interests at Keuter- | ville yesterday. John Hoene, the father, was in | ; : Portland at the time, on his way|, Mrs. John Gibson of Lewiston home thom: tie’ Calitornia trip, | 8 here fora short visit ~with her ‘ father, Pete Bies. and was unable to arrive here be- , fore Tuesday night. Tony. Nau hunted in Grange- M d Mrs. H. naga ys ville one day this week. Ask him r. and Mrs, Hoene have been | what he was hunting. extremely unfortunate in the loss} of their children, this being their secticn forage tn Popular complaint—and all of them when} Geo, Mead left today for the they were about a year old. They Salmon River country, and will have three healthy, robust chil- work for John Platt, the sheep- A i ‘ ; | made a brief d: sixth child to die from this same business trip to Spokane this week. | J. B. Goeckner is building a} | large new barn at his home three | | miles northeast of town. His son | Charley is busy hauling the lum- \ber from the Mader mill at Keu- terville. : Mrs. John Knop, who recently underwent an operation in Lewis- ton, is not yet able to return home, | but expects to return within a few |days with her husband, who has been with her all of this week. Mrs. Harris of Grangeville is a| guest this week at the home of| | her sister, Mrs. G. M. Robertson. | Her son, Paul Vincent, went to Spokane Thursday, and expects | to be joined by his mother Sun- lay. | Interest in raising the tobacco ‘fund forthe Cottonwood boys in _ France appears te be lagging. So dren liying—aged 11, 5 and 3 | years. The sympathy of the entire community is tendered Mr. and Mrs. Hoene iti’their sad affliction. They desire in this manner to thank the kind friends for their sympathy and _ assistance in their hour of trouble. peeicnendeteiniistey Physical Examinations for Draft The following Class 1 men from Cottonwood were recently exam- ined and passed for military duty by the board at Grangeville: Al Herboth, Geo. Seubert, Ed Funke, Frank Gentry, Will Bies, Julius Holthaus, Eric Walser, Huffman and John Seyler. Several were sent to the medi- eal advisory board at Lewiston. Bernard Bieren, Dan Mader and Elmer Pfannebecker were reject- ed and Gus Reiland and Harold Shutt passed by the Lewiston board. i= The Federal Reserve ‘System Helps You It was created primarily— To help the business men and farmers; To provide plenty of currency at all times; To effect a steadier supply of credit. The system merits the support of all: good citizens; it must have yours in order to reach its full development. You can secure the benefits of this great system and at the same time assist directly in developing it by depositing your money with us. FIRST NATIONAL BANK COTTONWOOD, IDAHO WHITE oo GOODS Part of our shipment of white goods are now on display. Dainty white waists, Princess Slips, white skirts. Exquisite Georgette Crepe Waists in beautiful colors, ranging each from $6.50 to $9.00 A nice line of white shoes is also ready for your inspection. J. V. Baker & Son “WHERE QUALITY AND PRICES MEET” _ A Lester | |far only $50 has been donated | Alois Holthaus has bought the! toward the $100 fund being raised. _Andrew Popp farm of 160 acres, 5 Better hurry—and leave your do-| miles southeast of town, for $100, nation with John Funke. | ‘an acre, man. J. V. Baker receives word daily from his wife that their son Floyd who is sick with typhoid fever in | Spokane is improving. encouraging, only a couple of new | Miss Anna Peterson enjoyed a | cases having been reported during jsaupie or ela — its bbs the last week, and it is thought wi er frien iss Margaret ; fe Viealindlat Winelcsten, that in another week all danger of an epidemic will be gone. Mrs. Fred Lange, who had! . been on the sick list for several | If the people will cooperate and idays, is able to be out again, and| Work with the physicians, this | expects to leave next Monday for trouble would be of short dura- ‘her new home near Prineville,| tion. We understand that the} | Oregon. |only new cases within the last | The usual Com’l Club luncheon week are one family in town and| —held at the hotel every 2nd and ‘one in the country where they did/| |4th Mondays—was not held last not notify a doctor. Some of the Monday, but will be held on the! family remained at home while |next regular meeting day—March | the others were around town the 11th. ; |same as usual. Of course, as ev- | Fat Hamlin is looking—with a|erybody knows, this is the easiest |stocking of mush—for the fellow way in the world to spread the ep- who entered his house one night|idemic—and it must be stopped this week (when the family was at all hazards. |absent) and painted out the word| It is the duty cf. every one to | “German” on his stove. |notify a doctor just as soon as | Anton Reidhaar left Wednesday | they have even the least suspicion |for Camp Lewis to begin his ser-;/that any member of the family | vice in the army. His father and has a contagious disease, Sheriff Yates accompanied him as| ‘ Railroad Passes Called In. |far as Lewiston and another offi-| The railroads operating in Ida- cer accompanied him from there. | | | John Jorgensen this week sold ho are calling in all passes issued to Joseph W. Arnzen 160 acres of to county sheriffs, their deputies |unimproved land, 4 miles from and state officials, in compliance | Greencreek, for $100 anacre. The with the recent order of Director ‘improvements consist of fencing! General McAdoo. The Idaho and a small cabin. H. H. Nuxoll | public utilities commission has | acted as agent for this deal. | sought to have the order modified Grandma Jackson of Joseph for the recalling of the passes will Plains spent several days here|cost Idaho several inousands of |this week visiting with her old dollars. The state departments | friends, Mr. and Mrs. Dad Rooke, that will be most seriously affect- land left for home Wednesday. ed by the recall order are the | She has just returned from Peck, state veterinarians, state horticul- |where she spent the winter with tural inspectors, pure food com- relatives. | missioner, state board of health, Auctioneer Zuver informs us fish and game department and that the Kunze sale near Grange- Others. By the terms of the pub- | ville Monday was one of the best’ lic utilities act, state officials may and liveliest ever seen in this por-/ make application to the commis- tion of the country. Everything|sion for transportation, and if ‘sold remarkably well—hay selling | that body approves the applica-| jat $37.50 per ton, wheat $2.60 a, tion the carriers must thereupon | bushel and everything else accord- issue the passes. -- After taking) ingly. A Red Cross horse sold! over the railroads of the country | for $65, at $1 each bid, and a pen’ Director General McAdoo issued | ‘of chickens brought $40. The to-!an order directing that railroads} tal sales amounted to about $6,000. | recall all passes, and this they are| Ira H. Gentry, son of Mr. and proceeding to do.- Mrs. A. C. G , who had been | . % ‘a law student in Stanford oniver, CaS Of Disloyalty at Stites, a law student in Stanford univer- Henry Brown, known as “Dy-| Smallpox Dying Out. The smallpox situation is more | sity until recently, spent a week with his relatives here, leaving namite’ Brown, is held in the| Tuesday to enter the U.S. avia-| county jail at Grangeville in de- tion school at Berkeley, Cal. Ira fault of bonds in the sum of $20,-| recently took the examination for 000, Brown is charged with dis- admittance to the signal officers’ Joyalty and was given an exami-| reserve corps and was successful, nation before U. S. Commissioner | having just been notified toreport' Garets Monday. | for training. | The complaining witness in the) Mr. and Mrs. Ray Nims yes- case is Edward Hutchins, a resi- terday sold to Mrs. J. L. Kincaid | dent of the Stites section. Brown | their residence property in the is charged with having made ut-| west end of town near the rail- terances against the government | road trestle, possession to be given | when he was solicited by ladies to! about the middle of March. The| subscribe toa fund for work at! consideration was $1900. Mr./the army cantonments. The| Nims and family will occupy one matter was reported and the ar-| of their buildings opposite the rest of Brown followed. Brown elegant style. years. | Rooke hotel, east of the Chronicle | is a miner and has made his head-| | office, which will be fitted up og ame at Stites for two or three | |} FARM WAGE SCALE FIXED Top Wages 30can Hour and Board--10 Hours Work. A Moscow dispatch dated Feb. 1 says: An organized effort to fix farm wages in Idaho has been started by the state farm burean, the la- bor committee of the council of defense and the director of the state farm market bureau anda schedule has been fixed. Locals of the farmers’ union and the grange and kindred organizations are to be furnished with these schedules and asked to be govern- ed by them. Following is the scale adopted for Idaho: The state farm bureau recom- mended that harvest hands or ex- tra help employed by the day should not be paid more than 30 cents an hour or $3 a day of ten hours, with board, and thata maximum of 45 cents an hour be paid such hands for every hour above that, with the understand- ing that time will be taken out for delays caused by storm or acts of providence, It is further rec- ommended that $1a day addi- tional be paid to such hands who board themselves. It is the unanimous recommen- dation of the state farm bureau that for general farm work, where handsare employed by the month that $60 monthly with board be the maximum wage during 1918, It is further provided that married men who board themselves should be paid $80 a month with suitable housing. Growers of potatoes are urged to not pay more than 5 centsa sack of 120 pounds for picking otatoes, said price to include oard. Where pickers board themselves it is recommended that not more than 6 cents a sack of 120 pounds be paid. Income Tax Inspector to be Here March 5. Income Tax Inspector Jas. B. Markle of Helena, Mont., requests the Chronicle to announce that he will spend next Tuesday, 5th, in Cottonwood to assist our peo- ple in making out these income tax returns, The time for filling out these returns has been extend- ed to April 1st. It will be well for every unmar- ried person whose net income for 1917 was $1000 or over, and every married person whose net income for 1917 was $2,000 or over, to call on the income tax man and learn whether or not they have any tax to pay, Two hundred and four Ameri- cans. lost their lives on the Tus- cania, according to the latest fig- ures received at army headquar- ters. Of this total there have been identified and buried three officers and 187 men; unidentified buried one officer and 31 men; missing (presumably went down with the ship) 82 men. pea PS The Lewis county commission- ers were in session the first of the week, their principal item of busi- ness being the transference of the contract for the construction of the Greencreek-Nezperce crossing at Lawyers canyon. This wasad- justed satisfactorily to all con- cerned, and the work will be soon resumed and pressed with due vigor.—Nezperce Herald, CS oe Nothing of particular interest to this portion of the county has come up yet in circuit court, now in session at Grangeville, but per- haps will before our next issue. you as a depositor of ene NE eee German State Bank CAPITAL and SURPLUS $30,000 ——e 8 6 a E. M. Ehrhardt, President M. M. Belknap, Vice-President H. C. 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