Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, July 26, 1918, Page 1

VOLUME 26. NUMBER 30. COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1918. « STATE HIGHWAY DEVELOPMENTS Work to be Rushed to Com- pletion This Fall. The Cottonwood delegation re- cently sent.to Boise toconfer with the State Highway Commission relative to the North and South Highway in the matter of secur- ing state aid on that portion of the highway within the Cotton- wood Highway Dist. seems to have been wrought with quick re- sults, at least in so faras showing a willingness on the part of the Commission to get busy at once. State Engineer Allen has sent a crew of surveyors into the field who are now camped at Denver and who will correct and resurvey several changes made in the route since surveyed two years ago un- der State Engineer Booth. These changes include for one thing the routing of the road _ directly through Cottonwood instead of two miles east as surveyed at that time. Our district commission- ers have already secured the great- er part of the right-of-way and the contract for the grading has also been set. That part of the right of way not yet secured has been held up pending certain changes that the State Engineer is now working on and as soon as completed, right of way will be secured and grading completed some time this fall. Our district commissioners are ready to carry this work to com- pletion just as the State Engineer makes the change in routing and assurance is given our commis- sioners that state funds will be available for the state’s propor- tion for the through the district. If this is done soon we will no doubt see that portion and link of the North and South Highway within our district completed before winter sets in. Our district has enough money on hand, if the state wiil bear one third of the construction cost, to.macadamize the entire stretch within our district and thus Cottonwood may be the first unit to complete its portion and link of this great highway. Our highway commissioners Schroe- der, Jenny and Jessup dererve much credit for their perseverance and untiring efforts in furthering this public welfare work. Just recently the Federal gov- ernment set aside sufficient funds which when supplemented by state money appropriated at the last session of the legislature and that provided by the local high- way districts to guarantee the completion of the road from Grangeville to Whitebird and on up the river to connect with the construction cost! ;alone—including that southern extension of this road somewhere in Adams county. Thus more and more the North and South road is becoming a reality. It has been a slow pro- cess of course under which this} great highway has evolved, but| any project of such magnitude and beset with the many contin- gencies and barriers both in na- ture of financing and _ construc- tion, would of necessity be very slow. But these obstacles have been overcome and the efforts of those public spirited citizens who la- bored incessantly for years in be- half of this great project, first to arrouse a public interest through- out the state, since its magnitude of financing and _ construction placed it beyond local achieve- ment and the benefits accruing to the state made it a state project rather than a community affair, seeing their hopes and dreams of a great State Highway realized, connecting the two sections of the | state heretofore divided by a mountain barrier makes the achievement of this enterprise all the more appreciated and the ne- cessity thereof more apparent. Only those who have taken an active part in consummating this project or have followed it very closely have any idea of the efforts and labors devoted thereto, first to arouse a state wide interest to secure state aid, then co-operation of the National government, then county and finally the local in- dependent Highway Districts. A.movement involving so many factors and requiring the} outlay of such vast sums of mon- ey, approximately a half million dollars being required for that stretch through Idaho county portion now a part of Valley county—by the time’all the construction and surfacing has been completed, is by reason of its sizeand independ- ent nature of financinga slow) process. But it has been accom- plished, not with the expediency | that all of us would like to have | seen, yet it has been done and, thus the first and most difficult | task in any great public enter- prise has been accomplished. Much may be said in criticism | of our State Highway Com mission | in respect to this delay but since it is just now showing its inten-| tion of proceeding with those mat-| ters that have so long held up our| road programme we withold them hoping that from now on this work will proceed without delay. W. B. H, fo Closing Orders Repealed The orders published last week | regulating the opening and clos- | ing hours for various businesses | are suspended in this county. Victor Peterson, Food Administrator for Idaho | County. | |not been found. | were lost. The Chronicle is several hours late today, caused by the electric storm putting our sub-station out of commission—also our power. "Miss Gertrude Schaecher isa visitor with friends at Uniontown this week. ‘ W. C. Poweii and Harry Crow of Boles left Saturday for the Coast to enlist in the marine corps. Dr. McKeen Boyce and family, of Cottonwood, were guests of J. Mills and family at Kamiah over Sunday. Mrs. Mat Seubert and children went to Clarkston Tuesday fora visit at the home of her mother, Mrs. Aichlmayr. Lieut. Governor Parker expects to leave tomorrew morning for Boise on business connected with his official position. Our Ladies Aid will havea eooked food sale at the Parker store a week from tomorrow—on Saturday, Aug. 3. Miss Emma Weis of Ferdinand came to town Monday and ex- pects to make her home for awhile with Dr. and Mrs. Orr. Ladies, don’t forget the surgical dressings work atthe Red Cross rooms tonight—also on Monday and Wednesday nights of next week, It was Conrad Bosse who bought a threshing outfit last week from the Hoene Hdw., instead of Hen- ry Bosse, as mentioned by mis- take in our last issue. Of the 71 Idaho county boys in the August draft—to leave next week for Camp Fremont, Cal., Ray told the girl to jump on/ only two are from Cottonwood— the horse’s back, which she did, | in iEatasles er Ed Funke. and had she stayed. there -she| ur next issue will contain the would have reached shore safely, | #2™es of all of them. Roy and the boat drifted down| “The patriotic people of the Red stream and into deep water. The| Rock neighborhood northeast of young lady in her frantic excite-| town have also organized a War ment, jumped off the horse and|Chest. P. A. Gaul and Frank tried to swin to the boat—now a|Simon went out there Wednesday long distance away. By this|to help them organize and boost time the boat began sinking and | along in the good work. Roy jumped into the raging) The heavy rains of last night stream and swam to shore, which | will prove highly beneficial to the he reached with great difficulty. | spring-sown wheat, but came too Little Eva, aged 11 years, on} late for the fall wheat, much of the other shore saw her sister! which is already cut and in shock. struggle for some time and then| The rain will alsc prove a great disappear in swift water at least| booster for gardens, grass, etc. 15 feet deep. |At noon today rain fell in torrents As soon as possible the entire/*—almost like.a cloudburst—for neighborhood was notified of the|@n hour. frightful tragedy and search for| Mrs. Myrtle Pemble has con- the body was begun, but so far|cluded to close her restraurant, without success. To encourage|in’ the Funke building, for a the greatest effort in the search,| whileduring the quiet season in the father—A. E. Lancaster-—at|town when everybody is at. work once offered a reward of $200 for|in the harvest fields. She will the recovery of the body. It is|return to her home on the river the belief of those who best under-| tomorrow. Her daughter, Miss stood the river that the body did| Della Pemble, has just returned not drift over a mile or two down| home froma month’s visit with stream. relatives at Kalispell, Mont. To add to the extreme Sadness of the fatal accident the unfortu- SAD DROWN: ING ACCIDENT Ella Lancaster Drowns in Salmon River. The people of Idaho county were shocked Monday when the news was received that Miss Ella Lancaster was drowned in the Sal- mon river near her home about noon of that day. A dozen or more of our citizens left at once and joined the large crowd that were searching for the body, which up to noon today had The Lancaster home is on the west or opposite side of the river from here, and about 12 o’clock Roy Unzicker reached the river on his way to the Lancaster home from the east side. The two girls —Ella and Eva—went across the | river at once witha large row] boat to get him, it being their cus- tom to carry passengers crossing at that place. A horse belonging to Mr,"Lan- caster was on this side of the river andthey decided to take him along back, swimming him be- hind the boat, Ella holding the bridlé rein. The other girl re- mained on shore. Before reach- ing water deep enough to swim, the horse for some unaccountable | reason began floundering and jumped into the boat. Roy and) Ella at once pushed him out, but in doing so the boat tipped and filled with water, and both oars | GERMANS BE- ING CRUSHED Greatest Battle in all His- tory Now Raging. A report was sent from Lewis- ton yesterday to every town in this portion of the state saying that the allies had captured the German Crown Prince and his en- tire army of 150,000 men. It sounded too good to be true—and sure enough later reports denied this statement, but says. there is no doubt that the greatest battle of the war is raging on the Marne and that the Germans are suffer- ing disastrous defeat. Dispatches in yesterday’s Spo- kane papers say that half a mil- lion German soldiers are caught in a V-shaped trap and that the possibility of capturing many thousands of them are very good. As we go to press, word is re- ceived from a more reliable source that more than 200,000 Germans have already been killed or cap- tured in the present battle, and that halfa million more are al- most surrounded and likely to be captured. Let the good work go on! Bully for our side! pea Every show night at the Orphe- um the balance of this month one of our local citizens will deliver a 4-minute patriotic speech/on the subject, “Meaning of America.” This practice will continue next month, with the subject, “Mobil- izing America’s Man Power.” This practice is in vogue now in every show house all over the United States—and is a good one to inspire and encourage patriot- ism. ney Nueneocon Wage Scale Adopted For Farm Labor The State Farm Bureau of Idaho has adopted the harvest work wage scale at $3 a day, in- cluding board. The wage scaleset for other western states are as follows: Oregon $8, Washington $3.50, California and Nevada $3 Utah and Colorado $3 to $3.50, Wyo- ming $3 to $5, Montana $3.50 to Threshermen’s association has adopted the following prices for this season: ; Oats 6c per bushel. Barley, 6c per bushel. Wheat, 7c per bushel. Mowed Grain and Rye, 8c per bushel. Set Job, $14. Clover and Alfalfa Seed $1:50 per bushel, or $6 per*hour, farm- er to furnish coal and also board for crew. |Cottonwood’s Com’! Club The Commercial Club meets at the hotel at noon on the second and fourth Mondays of each month to discuss matters per- taining to the welfare and devel- opment of this community asa whole. The club is not interest- ed in the town alone, but any matters pertaining to agriculture, live stock or rural developement always receive close attention. Many farmers within our terri- tory are members of the Commer- cial Club, as they realize that it isa tremendous force of cooper- ation for fostering movements for the upbuilding and prosperity of the Camas Prairie and surround- ing country. Cottonwood has a Commercial Club that is a credit to any town of this size, and any one who has the best interests of this commun- ity at heart should be ‘a member of this club, as they are constant- ly doing things that. make for a better community in which to live and in which to make a liv- ing. The things that they accom- plish are not hearalded by the blare of trumpets and much ora- tory, but in their quiet effective and business like mannerthey come to pass. Many times has the writer seen towns and cities possessing natural advantages far above their: neighboring city, yet not making the progress and growth thattheir less fortunate neighbor is making, because of the fact that the other town has a live commercial organization backed by an energetic bunch of live workers who are not so busy piling up the almighty dollar that they have no time for community development, Did you ever stop to think that if the town in which you live isa good place for you and your family to live it is be- cause someone is giving some thought to matters of public wel- fare and progress, and you should be one of those—it is your duty to . the community in which you live. Moral—join the Commercial Club and become a, booster. The net receipts from the Schroeder barn dance last week is $72.15, which was turned over to the local Red Cross Chapter. The first dance, held at Schroeder’s. last month, netted $101.00 for the Red Cross. The ladies desire in this manner to thank Mr: and Mrs. Schroeder for their hospital- ity, and in helping make these dances the splendid success they were. SE aT DY The good news has been receiv- ed that the 91st division, com- prising nearly 25,000 men who left Camp Lewis last month, have arrived safely in France. Among these are Jess Robertson, Leo Funke and Herman Seubert of this place. Mass Meeting Next Wednesday Evening A mass meeting of all voters in this school district, No. 8, is call- ed for next Wednesday night at 8 o’clock in Odd Fellows hall, to complete the organizati®n of the Cottonwood War Chest and to elect an executive committee, which will have charge of all the War Chest funds. All signers of the pledge are urgently requested to be present. The Cottonwood band will give a street concert before the meet- ing. There are ten other nearby school districts signed up as auxil- | iaries to the Cottonwood War Chest and plans have already been completed at Keuterville. All the others are expected tobe in line by August lst. Each of the other districts have one com- mitteeman, and they are expect- |nate young lady, who was aged |17 years, 2 months and one day, ' expected to be married next week |to Roy Unzicker, and it was their | intention to get the license yester-| |day. Roy isin the next army} | draft, to be called perhaps the lat- | | ter part of August. | The heartbroken parents and} The Federal Reserve Banking System with its thousand mil-|}}}| family have the sympathy of ev- erybody in their terrible misfor-| lion dollars of resources stands back of its member banks and}}}}| tune. [copy of letter from state bank commissioner) State of Idaho Department of Banking G. R. HITT, Commissioner ee ee FARMERS AND THE NEW BANKING SYSTEM " Boise, Idaho, May 14, 1918 Mr. M. M. Belknap, Vice-Pres., Cottonwood State Bank, Cottonwood, Idaho. Dear Sir: We are in receipt of the Examiner’s report of ydur bank for close of business May 8th and permit us to congratulate you on the fact that the Examiner has no-criticism whatever to make. This is an exceptionally good showing and we surely trust that you will always be as successful with your bank. Very truly yours, E. W. PEARCE, Chief Deputy Commissioner. IN Oscar Heartburg of the Fenn} country brought to town Wednes- | day the first load of white barley | for this season and sold it to the} | Farmers U. W. Co. A heavy hail | storm over that way Tuesday| p AS | knocked down_ considerable bar- | in and let us tell you how this new sys-I1}\ je, but no serious damage was tem enables us to help you. | done. | Walter Young, the eight-year- |old son of Mr. and Mrs. John | | Young, lost on Craig mountain | Sunday forenoon and found late Monday night in a hay field near} : the mouth of Captain John creek,|ed to meet at regular intervals was brought to the home of his| With the executive committee at parents Wednesday forenoon by | Cottonwood. a party who went up the Snake| Everybody should become a river on the Washington side. member of the War Chestat once. assists them in taking care of the needs of their depositors. Our membership in this system gives us special facilities for enabling farmers to plant, gather and store their crops. The next time you come to town stop MEAIBER FIOCRAL RESERVE Wm svsten ese THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK COTTONWOOD, IDAHO + <pomeernegpgn paRaRRRRSPRERONES Ne lieettes a tar oem