Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, March 8, 1918, Page 1

COTTONWOOD CHRONIC VOLUME 26. NUMBER 10. COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1918. God $1.50 PER YEAR. : were appointed for each of the respective towns: Cottonwood--Howard McKinley Ferdinand—W. J. Adsley. Greencreek—Anton Jansen. Winona—Adolph Hinkleman. Stites—C. M. Butler. Harpster— James Surridge. Grangeville—Ralph Fletcher. FARM BUREAU FOR , IDAHO COUNTY Big Mass Meeting Held in Grangeville Monday. Representative farmers and bus- soe. ; iness men of the county, to the) Whitebird—J. L. Adkinson, number of about fifty, met at| Among those present from Cot- Grangeville last Monday evening, |tonwood and vicinity were A. 0. . to discuss the advisability of or-|Martin, John Meyer, W. B. Huss- ganizing a Farm Bureau in the|man, August Von Bargen and 0.) county.. All present favored the|D- Hamlin. ; plan and an organization com- A box of tobacco—$58 worth— mittee was appointed, consisting| wij] he shipped from here tomor- of the following: A.O. Martin, row, direct to the Cottonwood Edward Nelson, Floyd Church, boys in France. It is a present E.S. Sweet; Jos. Weiss and N. B. that surely will be appreciated by Pettibone. : them. It is the intention to send This committee met Tuesday a similar box every few months. evening and made plans for a county-wide campaign of educa-' tion and for membership.’ ‘It plans to hold a public meet-;and Cottonwood, but new cases ing in each of the following towns: are reported in every town in this Grangeville March 11, Harpster | portion of Idaho. With proper March 12, Stites March 18, Koos- | | kia March 14, Winona March 15,' idemic will no doubt be over with- Whitebird March 18, Cottonwood | in a few days. March 20, Ferdinand March 2 and Greencreek March 22. On the 28rd of March it is plan- ned to havea county meeting of all the people in the county at Cottonwood. On this day the permanent organization will be perfected. E An expert from the Extension Department of the University of Idaho will be in attendance at each of the meetings to explain the Farm Bureau plan in detail. Every one should be present at these meetings and give every as- sistance they can to the move- ment. The following local chairmen pricdnidid 7 Atak The smallpox wave appears to have spent its force in Grangeville Committees. Our Council of Defense officers have appointed the following com- mittees for the different war meas- ures: Red Cross—Geo. F. McKinney, |Geo. M. Robertson, P. A. Gaul. Y.M.C. A—M. M. Belknap. Women’s Work—Tom : Parker, Chairman. Thrift Stamps—J. V. Nash. Food—P. A. Gaul. Liberty Bonds—W. W. Flint, H. C. Matthiesen. K. of C.—Aug. Seubert, John | Hoene, P. A. Gaul. 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 FIRST NATIONAL BANK COTTONWOOD, IDAHO = WHITE 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” COTTONWOOD AND ITS RESOURCES Richest Grain and, Stock Country in United States. Upon request of several of our citizens the following write-up of Cottonwood and vicinity, which appeared in this paper last Sep- tember, is republished in this is- sue. Many outside people make inquiries of our people about Cot- tonwood and tributary country, to compare with the warm fertile valleys and breaks of the Salmon and Snake rivers, where cattle graze on green grass all the year round—requiring no feed in pre- paring them for the market. As a producing district, more stock—especially hogs—is ship- ped from Cottonwood than from any point west of the Mississippi river, The town has electric light and power, and a splendid gravity sys- tem of pure mountain water piped from Cottonwood Butte, a dis- tance of about three miles. For SUIT FOR DAMAGES NOTICE AGAINST COTTONWOOD! ssowesnatersavie exheonte: gai eae The Board of Trustees of the J. W. Hockersmith Sues the bing of of Cottonwood, eget e 21st day of February, 1918, Town for BR0008. Cc hituked is ole closing all Chronicle readers will remem-| public meeting places on account ber that a year ago last September | of the prevalence of smallpox in Jess Hockersmith, age 24 and son| the village, which order was made of Wes Hockersmith of Salmon|in pursuance of the advice of Dr. river, while riding after a steer on|Stockton, the county health offi- the hillside just east of town his| cer. : horse fell and crushed him, result-!_ The Board being now advised and the object in printing this a second time is for our subscribers, | after reading it, to send the paper |to some distant relative or friend who might become interested in |this favored part of the country. It will save you a lot of trouble in _ writing so much information. | Cottonwood, a live up-to-date |modern little city of about a an elevation of 8400 feet the win- ters are not severe, the mercury seldom going below zero, and then for a short- time only. Just enough snow falls to insure good crops. In the town we have two of the strongest banks in the state, with deposits of nearly three-quarters of a million dollars; three im-! ing in his death two days later. It was an accident that could rapidly over a steep rocky hill- side, and no blame was attached to anybody at the time of this ac- cident or was even thought of for many months after, It was therefore somewhat of a surprise to our people when a few weeks ago Mr. Hockersmith began easily happen to anyone riding; by the County Health Office that the smallpox in the village is well under control, at a special meet- ing held on the 7th day of March, 1918, for the purpose of consider- ing the situation relative to the conditions, recalled the order, and all schools, churches, lodges and other public meetings are hereby notified that such Order has been recalled, to take effect Sunday care the danger of a general ep-| ‘\Council of Defense Appoints |thousand people, is located on |Camas Prairie on the Northern | Pacific branch railroad in Idaho ' county, 61 miles southeast of Lew- jiston, Idaho, in the heart of the |richest grain and stock country in the United States, Nowhere in the entire country can be found a more prosperous class of farmers and stockmen than in this com- munity. Idaho county is one of the lar- gest counties in the United States, |as well as one of the richest in re- sources—the principal ones being farming and stockraising. What is known as Camas Prairie isa vast stretch of practically level country about 20x80 miles in size, lying in the northwestern corner of the county, with Cottonwood as its trading center. It is well watered by brooks and springs and is considered the richest and most fertile grain-land in the west- ern country. Such a thing as a complete crop failure has never been heard of on this prairie. Last season when there was almost a total failure of grain crops throughout the west- |ern country, caused by the long | drouth, the yield on Camas Prai- | rie was almost as heavy as usual — | owing to the deep rich soil and its |adaptability to hold moisture. |The grain yield here to the acre is | greater and more certain than in |the famous Palouse grain belt of |Eastern Washington—so say all |the farmers who have farmed in both places. There is very little waste land on Camas Prairie. Within a ra- dius of 12 or 15 miles of Cotton- wood there is a population of per- haps 3000 of the most enterpris- ing and prosperous farmers and stockmen to be found anywhere. Considering the wonderful rich- |ness and productiveness of Gamas Prairie soil the land values are considered very low—the pfices ranging from $50 to $125 an acre —this depending upon location and improvements. West of here is the Craig moun- |tain country and a nice belt of | timber, with half a dozen sawmills | operating within ten miles of the |town. Among the big projects to! | be installed here in the near fu- |ture 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 moun-| | tain ten miles west of here. They! jalso viewed out a logging road| between the town and timber. |The mill will be built near town | jand will probably employ about| | 250 men when in operation. | Farther west and south isan | immense stock country along the |Salmon and Snake rivers, nearly} jallof which is tributary. to this) town and ships its stock from) here. Asan all-round stock coun- | | | mense grain warehouses, two large grain elevators, two of the largest and best flour mills in the state with a daily capacity of about 200 barrels; two big lumber yards, one with a planing and wood-working mill in connection; a thoroughly equipped creamery and cold storage plant of large capacity; two of the biggest hard- ware and farm implement: stores in Idaho; three well-stocked gen- eral merchandise stores; a first- class cold storage meat market, two hotels, two restaurants, two drug stores, furniture store and undertaking parlors, harness shop, moving picture show, two confec- tionery stores, three garages, two livery stables,. two blacksmith shops, two barber shops, plumbing and tin shop, two pool halls, sev- eral soft-drink parlors, three jew- elry stores, photo gallery, second- hand store, tailor shop, shoe shop, laundry, two doctors, two dentists, occulist, veterinary surgeon, news- paper, two real estate offices, two schools—public and Parochial— each with an enrollment of about 160 pupils; 3 churches—Metho- dist, Catholic and Baptist; two telephone systems; lodges—K. of C., I. 0. O. F., Rebekah, K. of P. and Moose. The Evergreen highway from Canada to Mexico is surveyed through Cottonwood and when completed it will prove a great |drawing card to the town, as thousands of auto tourists will travel this road during the sum- mer months. The north and south state highway is also sur- veyed over this same route, work upon which has already begun. Almost a Fire. A big fire was narrowly averted Tuesday night. About 11 o’clock the Bell telephone office was dis- covered to be on fire, and it re- quired some very fast work by the fire department to extinguish it before much damage was done. Olin Hamlin, the night opera- itor, sleeps ina rear room of the building, and before retiring he put too much coal in the stove which became red-hot and set fire to the wall only a few inches from the stove. R.H. Kendall, of the Light & Power Co. residing next! door, first discovered the fire, | which-had already burned through | the wall and ceiling and which would soon have been beyond} control. Where there is any possible danger of this kind, a good plan is to tack tin or zine sheeting on) the wall—and it is also a safer) plan to not place the stove so| close to the wall. bikaieates EES Among the local boys who were passed for military service by the} medical advisory board at Lewis- ton Wednesday are Sherman Cain, Frank and Louis Hatke and} | John Rooke. Art Jackson, from the Salmon river, left this morning for Wyo- || ming, where he will work fora ] tty there is nothing under thesun | cattle company. suit in the district court against the town, through his attorney, C. J. V. BAKER, W. Greenough of Spokane, for| Chairman of the Village Board Ray $25,000 damages for the death of | of Trustees. ” his son. Gro. M. Rosertson,. Acting The case was set for trial at this| Clerk. session of court at Grangeville, ea but no doubt will be continued |yrors to Report Next Monday until the next term, owing to sev- : eral of the most important wit- Judge Scales, of the district nesses being quarantined for|°°U"t, Saturday directed that a amallpox, jury of 24 men be drawn and Judge Ailshie of Coeur d’Alene,|S¥Mmoned to report ‘for duty in ox former Judge of this district, will the district court on the morning * : of March 11. It is expected the represent the town in this case, jury term will continue for ten da t there bi Word has been received here Wtolnl oat con ee five criminal actions and a num- that Wilfred Stoneburger, aged|ber of civil cases to be tried by 17, died at his home at Milton, Ore, the frst of this week, ‘The. the following from this vicinity family resided in Cottonwood sev- are amotig, tbose drawn if. j service: Thos, Randall, J. F, eral years ago, Mr. Stoneburger|Jenny, Ed Blake, Geo. Killmar, following the barber trade, Harvey Miller, Wm. L, Lipps. morning, March 10, 1918. A 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 OE THE German State Bank CAPITAL and SURPLUS $30,000 CO E. M. Ehrhardt, President M. M. Belknap, Vice-President H. C. Matthiesen, Cashier A Large Stock on Hand Library Tables Lounges Dining Tables Davenports Dressers Dining Chairs Rocking Chairs All high-grade goods at lowest prices Complete line of Funeral Furnishings carried EM ehones. Calls answered day or night News Furniture Store | COTTONWOOD IDAHO Bedsteads