Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, August 2, 1918, Page 1

Te Peli entre "9 ea COTTONWOOD VOLUME 26. NUMBER 31. COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1918.’ 4 CHRONICLE. $2.00 PER YEAR. “NORTH & SOUTH | STATE HIGHWAY Will Prove Great Boon to North Idaho. Every section of North Idaho, and for that matter the entire Northwestern country, will be benefitted by the North and South State Highway, which is to be built as rapidly as men and money ean do the work. The Wallace Press-Times, the leading paper of the north half of the state says: The good news is received from Boise that says the state highway commission is preparing to spend $340,000 in building the North and South Idaho State Highway. This road has been talked for years, but it has never been much more than an irfidescent dream in the minds of those who could not cash their dreams into a loaf of bread or anything useful. It looked fine enough, a broad high- way connecting the two. ends of e the state, a boulevard over which should roll the autos and the mule wagonsand the good wishes of the two great divisions of the state. Now, however, it is to become areality. The Highway Commis- sion, backed by the Council of Defense, and with the great nat- ional need of better transporta- tion so imperatively calling for better communication between the North and the South, has ap- propriated $340,000 of the mill- ion dollar bond issue voted by the last legislature, for this one great road tomake Idaho a compact and know-each-other state, There is moré- or Yess road all the way, at least enough fora ve- hicle to travel over. But the really bad section is the stretch between New Meadows, at the head of the Little Salmon, and Grangeville, on the Camas Pr&i- rie. It covers some rugged terri- tory, over which roads are expen- sive to build. The Little Salmon enters the main Salmon at Pol- lock, and then the road follows the main stream northward to White Bird, where it leaves the river and comes up onto Camas Prairie, a climb of about 2000 feet. South of New Meadows, it would require much money to make it areal state road; but it is in far better condition than the section up to Grangeville. Some work was done along the Salmon by convicts from the state penitentiary—enough to make an appreciable lift in com- pleting theroad. But necessarily they did not have the time, the money or the man power to com- plete so great a task. The pres- ent appropriation will enable the whole road system to be brought FARMERS AND THE NEW BANKING SYSTEM The Federal Reserve Banking System with its thousand mil- lion dollars of resources stands back of its member banks and up to standard fora state high-| way, andrender travel an inesti-! mable service in rubbing out the rough spots that used to make a stage journey down the Salmon an acrobatic and militant feat comparable to a tour of the world in a twenty-foot boat. With the announced determin- ation of the commission to rush this workas a war measure of getting transportation facilities to serve all parts of the state as quickly as possible, the work is to be rushed along at top speed; so that by fall there should bea comprehensive road system well under way over this most impor- tant line. The North-and-South road will be a very popular highway, once it is built. It now leads from New Meadows to Boise, and from there it connects witha series of state roads east and west and west and southwest, that would be hard to surpass if indeed to} equal in any newstate. It might} even be possibleto haul high priced freights from North Idaho} to Boise over the roads as they will be made under the new sys- tem; hauls almost as long are be- ing made by auto truck in the eastern states, with great saving in time and even money over railroad traffic. The connecting link of highway service between the North and the South is now in sight and the whole state is to profit greatly by the action of the commission in doing the work now. War Chest Organized. An enthusiastic meeting of our citizens was held in Odd Fellows hall Wednesday night for the pur- pose of completing the organiza- tion of a War Chest for this com- munity. W. B. Hussman was elected chairman and W. W. Flint secre- tery of the meeting. It was decided to elect five per- sons as memberf of the executiue | board, and the following were | elected by ballot to serve in this | capacity: W. W. Flint, W. B.| Hussman, J. V. Baker, John | Hoene and Fred Simon. This board will at once draft | the nécessary constitution and by- | laws for the organization, and the| Cottonwood War Chest will then | be ready for business. Each of the ten adjoining school | districts has organized or intends to organize a branch War Chest to} work in conjunction with the} Cottonwood Chest, and each one of the ten districts will have one executivé member or representa- | tive with the same power to act| as have the members of our local | board. cacnaljiahiccsade The local Red Cross feels grate: ful to Mrs. H. J. Barth and A. J. Barth for donations of $5 each. | assists them in taking care of the needs of their depositors. Our membership in this system gives us special facilities }}}]| for oo farmers to plant, gather and store their crops. The next time you come to town stop in and let us tell you how this new sys- . FEDERAL RESERVE tem enables us to help you. THE | FIRST NATIONAL BANK} COTTONWOOD, IDAHO AUGUST DRAFT LEAVES MONDAY), Seventy-one Must go From Idaho County. The following men from Idaho county in the August draft have been ordered to appear at Grange- ville tomorrow and will leave next Monday, 5th for Camp Fre- mont, Cal. Emmett Lee Mulhall. Ernest Cris Nissen. Clinton Reeves. William James Jewett. Clifford Paul Powell. Josh H. Alkire. Parke Forrest Butler. Floyd Clinton Barnette. John Edward Thomas. Enoch Oatman. William Kellum. R Roy Simler. Niles Solberg. James Lott Adcock. Myron Erba Campbell. Bernard Henry Gehring. Glenn R Snyder. James Stanley. Charles Edward Simler. Melvin E Sewell. Grover Sharp. Alvin Henry Bensching. Joseph Schallberger. Fred Marion Poe. John Hamill. Avery A. Gentry. Henry Kauffman, Joseph Loren Tribe. Orval Booth Trueblood. Marvin John Smith. Thomas Large. Edward Funke. Charles F Anderson. Joe Weholt. Fred E Morris. John Otto Duus. Grovef B Pollan. Marshall Engle. Benjamin S Taylor. John Lloyd Turner. . Earnest D Lemons, David Bruneau. Sivert Juvet. Randolp Randall. Ben Koelker. George C Dobbins. Aaron R Calvin. William Hassler. Leslie S Huffman. Edgar G Pickler. Frank H Gentry. Henry H Hattrup. Albert J Hughes. Edward R Allen. William Bies. William E Zumwalt. Henry Dempewolf. John Deputat. Beecher Sims. William Allison. Carroll D Ward. Zeb James Hallett. Harry Patterson. Joe L Roberts. Albert H Herboth. Edward H Clarke. Otto John Olson. Harry Wayne Bryant. George Washington Hockett. R. Casper Manwaring. Forty young men of the 1918 registration were called at Grange- | ville for examination last week and of that number only three} failed to meet the army’s physical It is expected that | | requirements. | the August draft calls will de- | plete the ranks of class 1 men in |Idaho county and unlessa re- classification is ordered men in| | class 2 expect to be called in Oc- | tober or November. A reception and grand ball will | be given at Grangeville in honor lof the boys on the evenings of |Saturday and Sunday—the dance} |in Dreamland hall Saturday night ,and a patriotic reception the next evening at Hall’s Grove. These boys will go through here next Monday morning. As usu- | al, a big crowd, including the | band, will be at the depot to yell good luck at them. LOCAL ITEMS OF INTEREST Condensed for the Benefit of Chronicle Readers. Lester Rush was in Lewiston on auto business Wednesday. Miss Beulah Clark is visiting relatives in Walla Walla this week, Dr. Shinnick was in Lewiston on professional business Wednes- day. Mrs. Jack Gibson of Lewiston is here visiting her relatives—the Bies family, Misses Violet and Verus Chi- cane returned home Tuesday from a visit with relatives at Palouse, Wn. \ Gerhard Gehring yesterday made proof on his Keuterville homestead before U. S. Com. Gar- ets at Grangeville. Mrs, V. Seyler left Wednesday morning for Gainesville, Texas, where she will make her home with her daughter. Eugene Baldeck returned to his home at Lewiston Tuesday af- ter a pleasant visit with the Toen- nis family near Cottonwood. A fine little daughter was born July 31st to Mrs. Leo Robertson at Nezperce. The father is in army service at Camp Lewis. Hubert Hattrup returned to his home at Clarkston Wednesday, after working several weeks for the Hussman Lumber Co. Ray Nims has gone to Ellisport, | near Seattle, to spend a month at the home of his mother, where hisgon and daughter are spend- ing the summer. Don’t fail to see the great mov- ing picture, ‘Gerard’s Four Years in Germany,” at the Orpheum next Wednesday night. See ad in this issue. W. B. Hussman took his big accompanied him. | Lewiston visitors Sunday. Their daughters, Mrs. Bart Simon and |Mrs. J. McMahon, left Monday for a visit in Spokane. Roy Hatke of Keuterville, a draft man, left Wednesday for | Vancouver, Wn., where he has been assigned to the spruce squad- ron of the aviation corps. the winter in school at Genesee, jreturned to her home on the Sal- mon river the first of the week. Her parents came to Cottonwood to meet her. Barney Tacke, who went from Montana to Camp Lewis in the July draft, was in Cottonwood for several days visiting relatives before returning home. He was rejected on account of physical disability. P.N. Huffman and wife and son Leslie of Clarkston spent a couple of days here and at the Huffman ranch this week. Leslie is in the August draft of boys from this county who will leave nae Monday for Camp Fremont, | Cal. | A large number of young peo- ple greatly enjoyed a lawn party and supper at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Peyer near Fer- dinand Wednesday night, given in honor of Mrs. Peyer’s_ brother, |Edward Funke, who is in the | August draft and will leave next | Monday. Miss Helen Rehder has return- jed home from a visit with’ Mrs. |Fred Lange, at Prineville, Ore., |and has resumed her old position in the Cottonwood Mercantile store. On her way home Miss Rehder visited her brother Carl, who is in the spruce division ar- my camp at Vancouver. ~ auto lumber truck to Lewiston|for human use. the first of the week to have the! wheels re-tired. Mike Zedzierski | Catherine McMahon, who spent | Several non-partisan speakers| held a meeting at the Orpheum last night, which was attended by a number of farmers. Mel Pierce is nursing a pretty sore hand, the result of blood poi- son caused by injuries received while sewing grain sacks. The concrete work is being done this week on the new city well near the Catholic church, preparatory for the electric motor which willarrive ina few days. J.L. Chapman of Waha this week shipped to Spokane a Here- ford steer that weighed 1700 pounds, for which he received 134¢ a pound, amounting to $229.50. Some rip-snorter! Mrs. Joe South and little son are visiting friends on the river for afew days. Joe says he’ll be glad when they return, as his sys- tem of moulding flapjacks don’t make a hit with him, and that he can’t even boil water without burning it. a TE John Meyer and Fam- ily Visit Lewiston John Meyer and family visited Lewiston the first of this week. To the Tribune editor Mr, Meyer gave this information: “The fall grain of the Cotton- wood section will yield from 25 to 30 bushels per acre and the spring crop promises from 20 to 25 bush- els per acre. The year will bea very profitable one for the farm- ers of the Cottonwood section. “The crops are in good shape, but the yield per acre will not be quite up to the normal because of the excessive heat and the long dry: period, but» there ~is:anin- creased acreage which will bring the production for the Cottor-! wood region fully up to the nor- mal. “The output of hogs will be much below normal because of the necessity for conserving wheat Summer fallow crops, suitable to provide a winter food for hogs, have not been suffi- ciently developed in the prairie Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Poler were| country to wafrent farmers in de- pending upon summer fallow crops to prepare their hogs for market. Barley is too high on the market to be fedto growing hogs and the result is the hogpro- duction in the prairie country will be much below normal this season.” Mr. Meyer left this morning for Portland on business connec- tion with the mill and elevator. He will also visit Mr. and Mrs. John Hoene at the Portland Sur- gical hospital. pit OSES ES Less politics and more help toward winning the war, is what the people want from the politi- cians right now. (Copy of letter from state bank commissioner] State of Idaho ' Department G. R. HITT, Commissioner Boise, Idaho, May i, 1918 Mr. M. M. Belknap, Vice-Pres., Cottonwood State Bank, Cottonwood, Idaho. Dear Sir: We are in receipt of the Examiner’s report of your bank for close of business May 8th and permit us to congratulate you on the fact that the Examiner has no make. and we surely trust that successful with your bank. Very truly yours, Chief This is an exceptionally good showing , BODY OF DROWN- ED GIRL FOUND Remains of Ella Lancaster Buried Here Monday. The painful and exciting hunt for the body of Ella Lancaster, who was drowned in Salmon river 14 miles west of here on Monday of last week, was ended Saturday morning when it was found float- ing in the river about 5 miles be- low where the drowning occurred at the Lancaster home. Continuous, seatch had been kept up during daylight along the — river by a number of men ever since the accident. It was the general belief that the body sank near the spot where it went down, in alarge eddy where the water was comparatively still. Their surmise seems to be correct, as the body evidently rose the 5th day and was seen floating down the river about three miles below the Lancaster home by Bert Tefft and Pres Mitchell. A short time after, Roy Un- zicker and Dan Hill, who were two miles farther down, saw the body when it reached a large ed- dy and went out with a boat and secured it. Men were watching at every eddy along the river for this purpose, The body was in such condi- tion that it was. decided to drag it behind the boat, which was done as far up as the home place and was left in the water until next morning—the cold water be- ing the only way to preserve it, since there was no ice to be had. Tony Nau and A, Maugg were summoned by-phone and arrived: » ,there at 1 o’clock Sunday night,. Early next morning they started to town with the body, accom- panied by the relatives anda number of friends, The undertakers prepared the body for burial, which took place in the cemetery here Monday at 3 o’clock. Rev. Wm. Gornall conducted the funeral services, which was attended by a large number of friends of the family. The family, consisting of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Lancaster and their son Ed and daughter Eva, desire in this manner to thank the kind friends for their assist- ance and sympathy in their be- reavement, \ Nem PON TP The scores of threshers have been put out of business on the prairie for a couple of days, owing to the heavy rains. The price this season for threshing in north- ern Idaho is 18¢ a bushel—where the crew furnishes the board and all expenses, . of Banking criticism whatever to you will always be as E. W. PEARCE, Deptity Commissioner. §