Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, March 29, 1918, Page 1

¥ COTTONWOOD CHRONICLE VOLUME 26. NUMBER 13. COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1918. $1.50 PER YEAR. BIG BATTLE IS NOW ON May be Deciding Battle of the War. The greatest battle since the dawn of time has been fought in France during the last week, and promises to continue for weeks to come. For several months both sides— each with perhaps 2,000,000 men— had been preparing for this gigan- tic struggle, which may be the de- ciding battle in the greatest war in history. The first couple of days the Ger- mans appeared to have the best of the fight, and the allies retreated several miles. But it is now known that the retreating was for the purpose of leading the enemy into a trap or ambush. As proof of this, it is estimated that the German loss has been at least 100,000 men each day during the last six days of fighting—about a third of their army. The loss of the allies is very light in comparison to that of the enemy. Rufus Walker this week sold his 680-acre stock ranch 5 miles west of Keuterville—known as the Matt Pedersen ranch—to Goff Eckert. The price paid was $12 anacre. This is one of the very best stock ranches in this portion of the country, and the price therefore may be considered very reasonable. = FARMERS ! ee ATTENTION ! Your Income Tax Report must be in by April first Death of Mrs. Uhling. After many months of suffering with paralysis and other com- plaints common to old age the death of Mrs. Henry Uhling oc--Big Meeting Held Saturday; eurred Monday night at her home near Keuterville and the burial took place in the cemetery at that place Wednesday. Her death had been expected for some time, as she had been unable to leave her bed for almost a year. most of her life in this vicinity, having come to this country from | Germany when only a child. Besides the aged husband she is} survived by eight children—five| sons and three daughters—all of whom reside in the Cottonwood and Keuterville sections. The) sons are Barney, Henry, Herman, | William and Lorenz, and the; daughters are Mrs. Harry Blake, | Mrs. Jess King and Mrs. Gerhard Karnes, Eee eave The Hoene Hardware this week installed a Delco light plant at Sam Hamill’s home at Green- creek. They haye also sold the carload—4—Yuba tractors that arrived two weeks ago to Charley) Buettner, Jake Welte, Gerhard | Uhlenkott and Wilbur Bryant. | Two more cars of them have been | ordered. Third Liberty Loan. T—his is your Uncle Sam’s third call, H— asks the help of one and all I—n raising money, cold, hard cash. | R—emember he’s not acting rash -— D—emanding help in this grand work. L—iberty for all, let no one shirk, I—t is a duty each must bear— B—righten the work and doyour share. E—very dollar which you subscribe R—ings up victory for his side. ‘T—ake up the burden and never stop, Y—our UncleSam must go over the top. L—varn to economize, it is one fine way O—f helping your Uncle in this afiray, A—nd when it’s over, the victory won, N—ever again will we fear the Hun. An institution that is no positive benefit to its commun- ity has no right to exist. -THE- FIRST NATIONAL BANK COTTONWOOD, IDAHO Desires to ‘help you in this as well as in ordi- nary business affairs and will be delighted to serve you. — THE BANK HAS A FARM RECORD FOR YOU. CALL G “™~ Shirtwaists Easter will soon be here and you ladies will need a dainty waist to wear with that new suit and Easter bonnet. Better come in and let us fit you out with a crepe or Crepe dainty Georgette de Chine waist. We also have a fine line of dainty white FARM BUREAU She spent) |a County Agent or Farm Advisor. | the matter. |of legumes, control of animal dis-| | eases, etc. |Farm Advisor for Lewis county, | |the united efforts of the Bureau} {and the Farm Advisor in handling IS ORGANIZED | Organization Perfected Idaho county has organized a Farm Bureau and will now go be- fore the county commissioners and ask for an appropriation for sufficient funds—with what is al- lotted by the government—to hire That the commissioners will grant the request goes without saying, |for they are anxious to advance | the interests of the farmers in ev- ery way possible—as also to assist in the campaign for increased food | production. When the matter | was before the board sometime jago the Bureau had not yet béen| organized and not sufficient inter- est was manifested, in their opin- ion, to warrant this expenditure, but now with a bureau already or- several hundred farmers and the} request of our national govern- ment that every county secure the services of a Farm Advisor there | can no longer be any question of | the commissioners disposition of | A good crowd was out to attend the meeting Saturday, every sec- After instructing the executi |ganized with a membership of | "i 4 crops, eradicating the squirrel pest and exterminating obnoxious weeds. The labor problem was also ta- ken up, but no definite action was taken, except to express willing- ness to abide by the reeommenda- tions of the Council of Defense as regards wages and working hours. Mr. Overman of Grangeville call- ed attention to the necessity of making a survey of the seed situa- tion at once if such was to be any practical value to the government or farmers. This work has been begun in some sections of the county but so little progress has been made that it will be of no value unless completed, and that at once. It seemed to be the ma- jority opinion that it is already too late, but thanks to the re- sourcefulness of our Camas Prai- rie farmers very few of them, if any, are in need of government assistance in securing their seed grains, committee to make an appeal to the county commissioners at once for an appropriation sufficient to} secure a Farr Advisor, the meet- ing adjourned. The spirit and interest that was manifest at the two meetings held in Cottonwood shows that our farmers heartily endorse the Farm tion of the county being repre- | sented, even such far distant} points as Harpster and White! Bird. About sixty memberships) to date have been secured at Cot- tonwood and it is hoped that this will be doubled. Edwin Nelson presided and} called upon Mr. Wagoner of Post | Falls, Idaho, director of Farm | |Markets for Northern Idaho, to| explain to the farmers the objects | county, Kootenai, in the way of eradicating the squirrel pest, ob- noxious weeds, and the growing He was followed by Mr. Wade, | who explained the organization of the Farm Bureau from the ground up, how every section of the coun-| ty would reap some benefit from | the problems confronting the farmersand stockmen. He spoke} of what the Bureau, assisted by | the Farm Advisor, had accom- plished in Lewis county, but Mr. |we must be guided in this by re- ports from the farmers over there | had not taken out memberships at Wednesday’s meeting were asked to join, to which practically | everyone responded. The election of officers was then taken up and August Schroeder | was elected president, Edgar Frye | vice president and Edwin Nelson | |secretary and treasurer. By vir- |and co-operation reap untold ben- ‘Time to Harvest Squirrel Crop and advantages of a Farm Bureau, | the tails (not less than in lots of | He explained what the Farm Bu-| \reau had accomplished in his} | for less than $2.” | Wade is too modest to fully bring | {out their accomplishments and| themselves. Those farmers who| Bureau and will by their interest efits from the organization and} assistance made available to them through the Farm Advisor. eee J. C. Graves of Grangeville, predatory animal inspector, makes | the following explanation as to how to collect squirrel bounty: “To collect squirrel bounty send 100) to meat Grangeville and I will mail to claimant the.neces- sary papers and _ instructions, | These claims are filed and paid by the state, the same as other) bounty claims. The bounty is 2c jand no claim will be considered In addition to the above, many farmers are also paying 2c each, | making 4c of a bounty—an easy | graft for the boys to make several dollars per day, “on the side.” Pen AA meen Notice of Sale of Municipal Coupon Bonds. Notice is hereby given that the Board of Commissioners of Cotton- wood Highway District, in Idaho County, State of Idaho, intends to is- sue and sell the negotiable coupon | bonds of said district in the sum of $50,000.00; ‘that the undersigned will receive bids therefor until eight o'clock April, 1918; that said bonds shall be in the denomination of one thous- and dollars and bear interest at a rate not to exceed six per cent per annum, |payable semi-annually. Said bonds mature twenty years after date—op- tional ten years, Each bidder shall specify the lowest rate of interest and the best terms of- ferred, and every bid must be accom- | panied by acheck certified by some bank or trust company doing business in Idaho County or Nez Perce Coun- ty, Idaho, in the sum of $5,000.00 | payable to the order of J. F. Jenny, | tue of these offices they are also |members of the executive com- | mittee of nine. The other mem- | bers elected on this committee are Abe Harchlerode of Winona, Geo. |Terhaar of Greencreek, Barney | Luchtefeld of Keuterville, E. S. Sweet of Grangeville, Fred Bentz of White Bird and C. M. Butler |of Stites. All these men are well known all over the county and are leaders in every movement that has as its aim the advance- ment of the farming interests. The program or line of endeav- the Treasurer of said highway district, | to be forfeited to said highway district | ;as due and liquidated damages if said | | bidder fails iv comply with his bid after acceptance thereof by the high-| | way district. | Bids must be forwarded addressed | | to the undersigned at Cottonwood, Ida-! ho, in sealed envelopes plainly mark- ed on the outside “bid for Cottonwood | Highway District Bonds.” The district reserves the right to re- | ject any and all bids. Further information concerning the | legality of the issue can be secured by | addressing Fred E. Butler, Lewiston | National Bank Bldg., Lewiston, Ida- | ho, the attorney for said highway dise | triet. | P. M. on Saturday, the 6th day of]. LOCAL ITEMS OF INTEREST Condensed for the Benefit of Chronicle Readers, Born, to Mr. and Mrs. John Baune on March 28th, a son. Mrs. Ben Arnzen and sister, Miss Anna Trautman, went to Lewiston’Sunday for several days’ visit. Mrs. A.O. Martin visited rela- tives—Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Mar- tin, at Lewiston several days this week, Three cars of hogs were shipped out from here Tuesday —the price paid this week being $16.10 per hundred. Andy O’Brien, who spent a few months here about a year ago, died a few days ago at his home in Watertown, Wis. Don’t forget the big Red Cross dance at the Orpheum. next Mon- day night. A local 6-piece or- chestra will furnish music. H. L. Reed returned Wednes- day night from a six weeks’ visit in California. He says that Frank Bryan, who went with him, will return to Cottonwood about the middle of April. Asa Jones was in Lewiston on budiness a few days this week. His son Lewis and_ son-in-law, Walter Lemon, were also in Cot- tonwood from the Salmon river on business this week. The local Red Cross has receiv- ed the following donations lately: Mrs. R. H. Butler, pillows; Mrs. Jane Butler, pillows and dish tow- els; Mrs. Henry Forsman, dish towels; Ferdinand Goble, $1. Born, to Mr. and ‘Mrs, Ray- mond Crea on March 24, a daugh- ter, Mrs, Ferdinand Nuxoll is now on the road to recovery from her recent severe sickness, Mrs. C. Kendall returned to her home in Spokane Monday after visiting a month here at the home of her son, R. H. Kendall. The Cottonwood Hdw. Co. has received a second car of Oldsmo- biles, These cars appear to go like “hot Missouri corn-dodgers.” The local Red Cross has out- grown its old quarters in the Funke building and is being mov- . ed into the large Goldstone build- ing opposite the Chronicle office. A Firemen’s ball will be given on Monday night, April 8th at the Orpheum. The fact that Ira Newman, Tom Randall and Al Herboth are managers insures suc- cess for the event. Look out for posters, Of course a crowded house will hear “Fighting McKie’s” lecture in Odd Fellow’s hall next Mon- day night. No one can afford to miss it at the low admission price of 25c—for benefit of Red Cross, Lecture starts promptly at 7:30. Red Cross dance at the Orpheum after the lecture. Notwithstanding rough weather Wednesday a large crowd attend- ed the J, F. Jones auction sale at the Benton ranch near Keuter- ville. Everything sold remark- ably well and the total sales amounted to nearly $1800. Auc- tioneer Harry Cranke informs us that horses sold for $400 a span, milk cows $110, range cows $91 and calves $29 a head. The lease on the Benton ranch was also sold at auction for $240 a year for a term of three years. A Checking Account promotes credit and establishes respon- sibility. The advice and the use of the credit of German State Bank will aid in developing the business of worthy patrons. E. M. Ehrhardt, President M. M. Belknap, Vice-President H. C. Matthiesen, Cashier Large Stock Always on Hand Bedsteads Lounges Davenports Dining Chairs Library Tables Dining Tables Dressers Rocking Chairs All high-grade goods at lowest prices or that the Bureau would like to} J. F. JENNY, have the farm advisor take up as Secretary of Cottonwood Highway soon as one is secured, was next | District, Cottonwood, Idaho. | ,worked out and the following Warning to Auto Owners | agreed upon as being of greatest| Get your car license NOW.| interest to the majority of farm-| You are warned against running, ers: The growing of leguminous| on the road without 1918 license| crops such as clover, alfalfa and Plates. See Sec. 23 of Chap. 52, | : | Session Laws. All peace of-| | peas, control of animal diseases | fers are empowered to enforce| such as hog cholera, blackleg, etc., | this act. Calvin Hazelbaker, | smut control, summer fallow County Assessor. waists at very reasonable prices. Come in before they are all picked over. Complete line of Funeral Furnishings carried ccomniaiedieatioanssia 3 _@oh Phones. Calls answered day or night J. V. Baker & Son Nauw’s Furniture Store “WHERE QUALITY AND PRICES MEET”