Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, June 14, 1918, Page 6

STENT rE RE RE te a Ee Be Wesley F. Orr Physician and Surgeon Office in Simon Building. _ Pacific and Nezperce Phones COTTONWOOD - - - IDAHO Dr. J. E. Reilly DENTIST Nezperce and Bell ’phones NUXOLL B LOCK COTTONWOOD _ Dr. J. E. Smith te DENTIST - Main Street - Cottonwood : {One Door below Baker's Store) -R. F. Fulton .- Attorney at Law «Probate and Real Estate Law a Specialty. _ Office in Bank of Camas, Prairie Bldg 3 at Grangeville Dr, McKeen Boyce Graduate Licensed ARIAN » Calls answered day or night and satis- faction guaranteed. COTTONWOOD -H. H. Nuxoll ~. NOTARY PUBLIC List your farms with me IDAHO the “Hog Stuff.” | (Kooskia Mountaineer) County-Seaters Must Cut Oo. —SSese— a The Mountaineer isn’t hunting friends. But we do desire to call | attention to the distribution of, officers over thecounty. Ofcourse we realize ‘the fact, that every loyal citizen has the right to as- pire to political honors. This is one of the many blessings which an American enjoys under the laws of our great Republic. How- ever, every politician knows how which a candidate can be elimi- nated if they so desire. There is all the reason on earth to believe that our county seat politicians have their eyes fixed and intend to grab every office in sight, even down to the coroner. We hore of course that this is just a scheme Office in Nouxoll Block, Cottonwood -. Let EUGENE MAUER Bites —DO YOUR— TAILORING , Cortonwoop - IDAHO COTTONWOOD LOCAL * E. & C. U. of A. ILEY RICE, Pres, A. JANSEN, Sec.-Treas. Ist and 3d Saturday of each month at 1 pm FELIX MARTZEN Rear of the Postoffice Will carefully look after your needs ~*~ in real estate and insurance LET CRANKE DO IT. _- I conduct more sales than any other auctioneer in Washington ‘and Idaho. Why? Because I conduct them on business _princi- ples. Harry C. Cranke, auctioneer. ‘ Nezperce, Idaho. JOHN REILAND ‘actor and Builder. Estimates ‘furnished on any Class of Work. Repairing promptly attended to. The Rooke Hotel Has neat clean rooms at 50c ~ and 75c per night or $2.50 to $3.50 seed week. When you are in Cot- mwood give us a trial. Dad Rooke, Propr. NoticetoContractors Bids will be received on the 29th day of June, 1918 by the Commissioners of Cottonwood Highway District of Idaho coun- ty, Idaho, for the construction and macadamizing of 4.25 miles of highway. The construction quantities are, _ approximate; excavation 27,000 629 square yards. The Commissioners reserve the right to let the contract in whole or in part, and to reject any and all bids. All bids shall be accompanied by a check certified bysome bank in Cottonwood, Idaho, for the sum of $3000. Plans and specifications are on file in the office of Highway En- gineer A. J. Warren, Cottonwood, Idaho. All bids must be made on blank forms furnished by the engineer _ of said Highway District. Dated June 7th, 1918, J. F. JENNY, Secretary Cottonwood Highway District. when you look sadly over your fields of ruined grain, it will be too late to think of what a comfort a Hail Insurance of a few would-be politicians. But a canvass of past officers show that a majority of the offi- cers always live in or near our county seat, and just how th’s eubie yards; macadamizing 39,-| Sta was brought about no one knows. But this year there is going to be a square deal given other com- munities and the leaders had just as well take warning, unless they want every man defeated who lives in or near Grangeville. We do not mean that Grangeville has no rights, but we do mean that she is only entitled to her propor- tion and no more and we intend to use our influence during the coming campaign in securing an equitable distribution of officers. Red Cross Report. Receipts for May Personal Donations ...... $124.25 Surgical Dressing Dona- WOMB Se Pacis istics 5.00 Knitting needles......... 1.20 Memberships and maga- BINOR snc Cen tit re 26.00 Keuterville school ....... 100.00 Fenn vs Cottonwood ball AMOR Se oc et 169.60 Lewiston delegates return- Gd Cae ELA Nie hgiek 25.30 Crochet collar donated by Olive Fortine.......... 7.00 DrSchilling’sdancingcoon 2.87 Red Rock Auxiliary...... 28.00 489,22 May balance ..... 1164.11 PUGRS ecto siircaia cout 1653.33 Disbursements for May Lewiston g S i OR aur a rar 1.00 Parker & Parker. . 73.36 | ON BORED. Cees. ( Cottonwood Mere........ Lewiston chapter members and magazines......... 14.25 Lewiston chapter yarn.... ‘the was unconscious and dead to! Artcraft knitting pins.... 2.40 Cottonwood Hardware.... 4.00 Turner Drug Co......... 2.75 Cottonwood Chronicle, re- ceipt books............ 5.75 351.13 June balance ...... 1802.20 TOA Fico: 1653.33 K. of P. Elects New Officers At their meeting Tuesday night the Knights of Pythias elected the following officers for the ensuing year: Joe South, C. C. W. A. Lustie, V. C. Ed Jessup, Prelate. Howard McKinley and Harry Campbell, K. af R. and S. H. C. Matthiesen, M. F. M. M. Belknap, M. E. Dick Haskins, M. of W. Hayward Shields, M. A. John Homer, I. G. T. P. Mitchell, 0. G. The installatign of these new Officers will take place at their meeting next Tuesday night. pie eae Ed Blake, manager of the creamery, had a scare yesterday that he will never forget if he lives a thousand years. While at work at the creamery he acci-| dentally got.hold of a live elec- tric wire, and a stroke of lightning could not have knocked him out more suddenly. Luckily his fath- er, Dr. Blake, happened to be in town from Keuterville, and he “worked Ed over” several hours before he was in running order again. But it was a close call, aS! the world for several hours. Ed! is at work again today. | a controversy with its county seat fl to bring sufficient pressure by |= | = I) SS SS SS >) SS SS SS SS SS SS SS SS SS SS —<|[=| CLEARANCE | Mii During the past week people came from far and _near-- from early until late---to get their share of our June bar- gains. Next week we will be ready. for another big crowd. sale, thus making it worth while for all to come often and share in the new opportunities to save on all needful purchases. Lest You Forget This June Sales merchandise in many instances cost more at wholesale today than we are selling it for, and wholesale prices are going higher every day. ll Our Advice is to Buy Now| Not only for summer, but for your fall needs also. hundred in yours. Do your trading here during this A quarter in your government’s pocket is worth a =] June sale and get the thrift stamps. Help win the war | ) Cottonwood Merc. Co. £ Cottonwood, Idaho New sales offerings, not yet advertised, will be put on 7 | take place on Friday, June 28. Jim Wright was in town Tues- day from Asotin on business. J.P. Manning of Grangeville was a business visitor in town Tuesday. Mrs. Ahlers is having lumber hauled for a new barn at her farm home near Greencreek. Mrs. Geo. Rustemeyer and chil- dren visited friends at Winona a couple of days during the last! week, ‘ J. W. Bailey of Seattle, mana- ger of the Northwestern Life Ins, | Co., visited his local agent here} this week—Felix Martzen. Conrad Tacke, who spent the past several months in Montana, is here visiting his parents before leaving with the drafted men next week for Camp Lewis. Ray Downer, who left here last Spring and filed on a homestead claim at Terry, Mont., is here to spend the summer. His mother, who was with him, also came back. Wm. Summerfield, wife and| children, of Moscow, are here vis-| iting Mrs. S’s parents—Dr. and) Mrs. Blake at Keuterville and brother Ed and family in Cotton- wood, J. B. McDonald and his sister Edna were in Spokane this week attending commencement exer- cises of Gonzaga college, where! several of their. young friends} graduated. Mr. John Reilly, a prominent farmer who owns a valuable farm adjoining the city limits of Mos- cow, visited a couple of days the first of this week with hisson, Dr. Reilly, and family. Joe Gaul is assisting Ed Blake in the creamery for a few days un- til their new butter-maker—a thoroughly experienced creamery man of North Yakima—can ar- range to come here. In order to give everybody an opportunity to attend the after- noon sessions of the Chautauqua, | our business houses will close dur- ing the program between 2 and 4| o'clock. The big tent will be| pitched on the flat near the school- | ouse. H. Floyd Church, who owns a| fine stock ranch ten miles south | of town, was here Monday attend- | ing the annual meeting of the! Idaho County Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Co. His little son Archie came with his father, to see the sights. Elvin Parker will leave on June | 18th for Judith Basin and the Red Water Valley in Montana on lot of good land in that country here who is thinking of making before he leaves. A. W. Ball and sister, | Ruth, stopped in town Tuesday night while on their way to at- tend the big celebration at Fly- blow today and tomorrow. Their uncle, J. G. Jackson of Boles, came out to meet them—and jwhile here he added his name to the list of the Chronicle’s army of readers. Floyd Baker left Sunday for Spokane to attend the Commence- ment exercises this week at the Gonzaga business college, of which | he was a former student. Floyd will drive back a new Buick road- ster—a present from his father. His sister Vivian went over to| Lewiston yesterday to visit friends | and will return home with her brother this evening. P.N. Huffman, who recently sold his fine farm near Cotton- wood, has bought the most beau- erty formerly owned by Rev. N. E. Beach, and for which he paid $5000. Their many friends are pleased to learn that Mr. Huff- man and family gave up the idea | of moving so far away as Southern Oregon, which had been their in- tention, but will remain in this part of the country, where they are so well and favorably known. | They will occupy their new home Additional Local News: A” || A real live rooster, used in land business. Mr. Parker has a/ for sale very cheap, and anyone) | such investments should see him| tiful home in Clarkston—the prop- |. after their auction sale which will ORPHEUM THEATRE For Your Amusement +e TONIGHT Band Entertain- ment and Dance A real “nigger”? show, and will be worth coming miles to see Show 35c Dance 50c the show, will be auctioned off this evening, proceeds to go to the Red Cross Saturday, June 15 Ella Hall, in ‘A Jewel in Pawn’ The story of a girl, her rich father and a pawnbroker Also Victor comedy Sunday, June 16 Gladys Brocknell, in ‘The Soul of Satan’ Dealing with the white lights of a great city. ‘Social Pirates,’ comedy Monday, June 17 Madge Kennedy, in ‘Baby Mine’ The comedy of 100 laughs Come out and see if you can distinguish the three babies Wednes., June 19 The Mystery Ship ‘The Grip of Hate’ A Great Serial of 15 weeks dealing with love, romance and adventure. Featuring Ben Wilson and Neva Gerber This serial started off in vivid style Also other features pnw”.