Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, May 10, 1918, Page 4

staat: <i GES <item vance sheets Farmers Union Warehouse Company SHORTS, BRAN & ROLLED FEED We have just recieved a carload of STOCK SALT ° FAT HOGS every Monday We are always in the market for your Farm Machinery Flying Dutchman Gang Plows, Monitor Drills, Dise Harrows, Drag Harrows, Flying Dutchman Manure Spreaders, Gas Engines, Fanning Mills, Wire Fenc- ing, Farm Gates, U. S. Cream Separators. Dealers in. Hides, Pelts, Manufactures all kinds of Flour We are in the market for GRAIN Alfalfa and Clover Seed COTTONWOOD, IDAHO Charley Johnston, Prop’r. We cater to the Commercial Trade Tables Supplied with Best in the Market Try the hotel under its new management Simon Bros. Wholesale and Retail BUTCHERS COTTONWOOD, IDAHO AUCTION SALES Of Farm and Personal Property Is my special work. Call and talk it over. Or write or phone for terms and dates. I. E. ZUVER, Auctioneer Phone Pacific 201, Grangeville and all kinds of Poultry Cottonwood Ch ronicle ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY ° And entered at Postoffice in Cottonwood, Idaho, as second-class mail matter. al Subscription one year............. $1.50 Six months a Strictly in Ac Independent in Politics Copy for change of ad must be handed in by Wednesday noon to insure change FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1918 Red Cross Drive Begins May 20 Considerable of our space this issue is taken up with Red Cross news, which at this time will prove more interesting to our readers than anything else. Red Cross Week will begin May 20th instead of the 15th, as at first an- nounced. Following is President Wilson’s proclamation: “Now, therefore by virtue of | my authority as president of the | | of the above All the latest United States and president of the American Red Cross, I Wood- | row Wilson, do hereby proclaim the week beginning May 20, 1918, as “Red Cross Week” during which the people of the United States will be called upon again to give generously to the’continu- ation of the important work of | relieving distress, restaring the | waste of war and assisting in . J \maintaining the morale of our Se nr: troops and the peoples of our al- KABO The live model corset i} We have just received a large shipment $1 to $5 Parker & Parker = invite you to trade with us make corset, and_brassieres. styles, ranging in price from “The Corner Store’’ ° a raising so quickly the four billion | Weare confident of receiving this, congratulate themselves upon the| Red Cross, Liberty Bonds, Y. M. triumphant success of the third|C.A., and to every other enter- ening manifestation of their pa- triotism and of their inflexible de- | not going too far to say that none torious decision for America is been for the unselfish manner in achieved. Ishould like to thank | Which the newspaper boys donated the thousands of men and women | their space.’ throughout the country, every = lies by this manifestation of effort | J. H. Gipson of Boise, state|g and sacrifice on the part of those| campaign manager for the Red|# who, though not privileged to|Cross, pays the newspapers the|# bear arms, are of one spirit, pur- folk. 6 taal g aa lag i inaes ; | committe ic - | pee Bas ,, determination with the | operation in ne Idaho’s aisle k - of the hundred million dollars|§ Referring to the wonderful suc-| Which the American Red Cross |i cess of the American people in| must have as its second war fund. | dollar Liberty bond fund, Secre-| because every Idaho paper has|{j tary McAdoo says: ‘The people | freely devoted its columns to all|# of the United States may well|of the war fund activities—the|j Liberty loan. It isa most heart-| prise designed to aid America in |§ winning the war. Indeed it is/@ termination to support our gal-|of these campaigns could have|# lant army and navy until a vic-| succeeded in this state had it not E class of our citizenship, for their| One of the greatest war organi-|j§ . JOSEPH SOUTH General Blacksmithing Machine work a specialty. Horseshoeing. General farm ma- chine repairing. Bring in your plow shares, effective assistance and co-opera- tion in this great victory behind the lines without which a victory | on the front can not be achieved. | I want to especially thank the loyal newspapers of the country. | Without their hearty support these loans could not have succeeded.” | pas cnet cay zations of the country is known as president. A national meeting of this organization is to be held in Philadelphia on May 16, 17 and 18th, to which representative Americans from every state in Nicolas Meyer, who was recent- | the Union have been invited. | Governor Alexander has honored as “Win the War for Permanent | Peace,” with Ex-President Taft| Light and Heavy Hauling Done on Short Notice Opposite Cottonwood Barn on Main Street Collonwood Barn Run as a feed and sale stable AUTOS FOR HIRE . Best of service and satisfaction guaranteed. Horses boarded by day, week or month. When pleased, tell others; when displeased tell us W. R. ROGERS, Prop. COTTONWOOD BILLIARD HALL ‘Smokers’ Supplies and Soft Drinks R. A. NIMS, Proprietor COTTONWOOD DRAY AND TRANSFER LINE 0. D. HAMLIN, Prop. ly promoted to the position of | i See, aoe Sergeant-Major in the 7th battal-| to attend oe distinguished con-! ion, 166th depot brigade at Camp |vention, but Mr. McKinney re- Lewis, in renewing his Chronicle grets that it’ will be impossible subscription this week concluded | for him to attend. jhis letter as follows: “My wife! Lene me oan . . ;.|. The Winchester Journal also and I greatly enjoy the Chroni fheesthromntup tie tenonte! and cle’s weekly visits and we are) quit and the editor, F. J. Flour-, pleased to read about the patriotic | noy, is now a reporter on the Se- doings in Cottonwood and the|attle Times, He givesasa reason Hail or Fire Insurance You can not take the chances of losing your grain by fire or hail at this time so remember, I write insurance for the a Home Insurance Company New York We pay all losses immediately Hail Insurance same rate for the season CALE, ON J. B. HATTRUP AT VOLLMER-CLEARWATER WAREHOUSE NOTICE FUEL USERS U. S. Fuel Administrator Garfield says: “Every house- holder, every public utility and every industrial user of coal is earnestly advised and urged to place without delay their orders for coal to cover their needs for 12 months beginning April 1. We handle Rock Springs-the best coal in the world The Madison Lumber & Mill Co. MICHAEL JACOBS, Local Manager splendid support the people there| Of being forced to quit at Win-| are giving the boys who are repre- | er bed od myeee she Se! | senting Cottonwood in the various | ee ee reer |per under the old rates charged | branches of the seryice. several years ago, while his ex- P 3 penses in publishing the paper as Red Cross Week will begin May well as his living expenses had |20th. The state’s quota this time | more than doubled recently. is $300,000 and for Idaho county | Many other country papers are | A |hanging on the ragged edge of anni, S000... This smould make | starvation from these same rea-, |the Cottonwood district quota | sons, jabout $2,500. With our usual ————_—___—— , |habit of going over the top first,) It is difficult for the human | Cottonwood at the last Red Cross Mind Mes SYASD Or ig ag ‘a |drive went away over its allot-|{UPendous sum one billion dol- | vay. |lars is. It takes ten hundred ment and raised about $3300. | thousand dollars to make a mil- Nearly $500 of our quota this lion and one thousand million | time is already raised. | dollars to make a billion. If you! | don’t believe it, count ’em your- The heavy rains of this week |Self—all in silver dollars—that is, | will be worth whole stacks of 20- if you happen to have that many |dollar gold pieces to the Camas Silver dollars lying around loose. |Prairie country as crops of all |kinds were needing rain badly.| A large crowd enjoyed the lec- | The prospects for record-breaking ture in Odd Fellows hall Friday | esos on the prairie have never night by Hon. Clarence Van Deu- | looked better at this season of the sen of Boise, state auditor of Ida-? |year, the mild winter and early ho, who spoke on “Good Book- spring making all crops at least a keeping and the War.” Mr. Van |month earlier than usual. Anoth-| Deusen, who by the way, is the! er ten days without rain would best auditor the state has ever have made the situation look had, will likely bea candidate for gerous. re-election this Fall. | Cottonwood Garage Stewart & Jasper, Prop’s. We Guarantee Satisfaction On All Your Work. Give Us a Trial Ferdinand State Bank FERDINAND, IDAHO Our facilities for serving you are the best, and we aim to satisfy every customer. Your account is invited SS Sees E. M. EHRHARDT, President HENRY KUTHER, Vice-President F. M. BIEKER, Cashier E, J. KINZER, Assistant Cashier Ecce Eee Eee (2) eee Reeeeerel Keene