Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, February 7, 1919, Page 4

1 yearling colt 1 sucking colt 100 Years Ago This Year The city of Memphis was found- ed. Alabama was admittedto state- hood. Arkansas was territory. Maine was separated from Massaclfusetts. Spain ceded Florida United States. The first steamship crossed the Atlantic. First steamboat navigated the Great Kanawha River. First steamboat arrived at St. Louis from New Orleans. First printing-office in Texas established at Nacogdoches. Thefirst agricultural paper in the United States appeared. The first national financial cris- is in the United States occurred. organized asa to the PUBLIC SAL FRIDAY, FEB. 14 Having decided to move to Washington, I will sell at public auction at my place one-half mile north of the Red Rock School house and twelve miles north-east of Cottonwood the following described property Horses Two gray mares, age 7, weight eleven hundred © 1 black mare, age 4, weight twelve hundred 1 bay saddle horse, age 5, weight eleven hundred fifty 1 sorrel mare, age 9, weight one thousand ~ 2 sorrel colts, ages 2 and 3 1 black colt, age 3, weight one thousand 1 gray horse, age 9, weight eleven hundred Farm Machinery and Household Goods One Bobsled, one Harrow, one Monitor Drill, One Cutaway Disc, one Platform Scales, one John Deere Mower, one Deere Rake, one Incubator, 1-2 Barrel Barn Paint, one pile scrap iron, one Cornish Organ, good as new, one Washing Machine, one Heating Stove, Etc., Etc. Free Lunch at Noon TERMS SE - eel Sheep 46 Ewes, Shropshire and Lincolnshire 19 Wethers 1 Lincolnshire buck Hogs 5 Brood sows, three hundred pounds each 5 Shoats, one hundred sixty pounds each 29 Shoats, about sixty pounds each 5 Dozen Chickens OFSALE — All sums of Twenty Dollars or under cash. All amounts over Twen- ty Dollars, six months’ time will be given on approved bankable note bearing ten per cent interest , P! S. GRINER, Owner FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF Clerk HARRRY C. CRANKE, : Auctioneer . COTTONWOOD Northwest Passage. The first lodge of Odd Fellows in the United States was institut- ed at Baltimore. United States was instituted at Baltimore. United States and Great Brit- ain ratified a convention for the joint occupation of Oregon. The famous Danish physicist, Hans Christian Oersted, made his experiments with the magnet- ic needle and laid the foundation for the modern theory of electro- magnetism. —_———o——— Found—Saturday a pair of dog skin gauntlet gloves. Owner can have same by proving property and paying for this ad. 6-2 Don’t forget tocome in Satur- day and see our $ specials. J. V. Baker & Son. Willis Turner of Winona was! Lieutenant Franklin under-,in Cottonwood Monday with i took his second search for the load of hogs. — 4 6-2) Sore VV ee es ee All Issues of Liberty Bonds YOUR BANKER IS OUR REFERENCE. If you are compelled through force of cirumstances to sell your bonds, take them to your banker and ask him to draw a sight- \{ draft on us with bonds attached, or send the bonds to us your- self by registered mail. We will remit you on day received at the best market price. Telephone, wire, or write for quotations on Liberty Bonds or any security quotations. IRVING WHITEHOUSE COMPANY Spokane, Washington. Davenport Hotel Building, Box 25. Ferdinand State Bank FERDINAND, IDAHO | : A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS DONE | Our facilities for serving you are the best, and we aim | to satisfy every customer. Your account is invited HENRY KUTHER, Vice-President E. J. KINZER, Assistant Cashier | E. M. EHRHARDT, President F. M. BIEKER, Cashier { Ce ee a eee eee Tourniquet ensd By R. RAY BAKER STOR RR. ve (Copyright, 1918, by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) “My hermiting business is ruined.” | James Morgan stood in the door; way of his hermitage and gazed re- sentfully across Silver lake, where the |red brick buildings of the new Ash- ton Memorial hospital loomed against a blue June sky. ‘he slight frown developed into a pronounced scowl as his ears detect- | ed a faint humming which originated |some distance back of the shack, The humming became a roar as a motor- car, with eutout open, whizzed past not*far from the dwelling of the de- jected hermit. “It’s the limit the way civilization ; “Here I got a place all picked out for a quiet, unmolested summer of soli- tude, and when I arrive to begin my hermiting I find that some one has built a concrete race track at my back door, and some one else has erected a kill-or-cure place in my front yard. | Between shieking motorcars and com- plaining, convalescent patients and giddy nurses my hermitage bids fair to ripen into a main street of a busy town on a Saturday night.” He shrugged his shoulders in dis- gust_and strode into the shack, which consisted of a living, dining, cook and sleeping room—mill in one. Three open windows permitted plenty of light and breeze to dispel germs and gloom. In one corner were a cook stove and a table,*in another a narrow cot de- |void of bedding. Still another corner held a bookcase in which were some dust-incrusted volumes. Two three- legged stools and one which, possess- Ing four, stood aside in proud disdain, comprised the other articles of fur- niture, The hermit rummaged In his pock- ets and produced a pipe, a sack of to- bacco, a box of matches,and a rail- road guide. Planting himself on the haughty stool, he filled the first-men- tioned article from the second, ap- plied part of the third and began to peruse the fourth. ~ He was not a veteran hermit. His face was clean-shavert and he had clear-cut, youthful features, set off by a pair of piercing brown eyes. He was only twenty-seven years old, and that is altogether too-young for one to be in the business of hermiting. The ‘decision to become a recluse was ‘due to two things. They were the acquisition of a fortune and the loss of an attractive young woman he had intended making his partner in a venture far different from, hermit- ing. Janet Ellison had decided, after all, that she did not care to settle down, so just before she left with her par- ents for a tour of the continent she | broke off her engagement with James. A month later James inherited near- ly half a million dollars from an | uncle who died in the Klondike. money acted as soothing balm Tor his | Shattered heart for a brief period— j until doting mothers heard of his ;Stroke of luck and began snares for him, This haying sweethearts thrust upon him when he had just lost his heart's desire was too much for James. He {got tired of attending debuts of young misses, and listening to their chat- ter of society and fashion and other | subjects that held no interest for him, especially since*he .was still yearning and longing for Janet. The deceit of the whole thing grew on him and made him cynical. He determined to sever the sphere of feminism from his uni- verse. He decided to spend a winter in California, and then in the summer to start hermiting for fair. Before his trip West he located this shack ‘in the Ohio woods, learned- who the own- er was, and rented it for the season. When this transaction took place there was no sign of a habitation or a road in the vicinity. F Only one man knew his present whereabouts, and that was his chum of college days, Ralph Williamson. Wil- liamson helped him locate the place and even offered to ‘spend some of the time with him; but James declined, de- elaring he was going into hermiting “for all there was in it.” Williamson laughed and remarked: “You'll soon be back and you'll marry Janet, after all, when she comes home.” Then, thinking to do his friend a favor, Williamson secretly sent a letter to a certain address in the Canadian wilds, taking pains to de- tail facts about Klondike gold. The day after James arrived at his cabin, to find it no longer a solitude, he set out on a hike, avoiding the turn- pike and heading into the woods that fringed the shore. Heavy underbrush made progress rather difficult, so he took out a long clasp knife to cut a walking stick from a tree. ‘Spying a branch that looked good to him some distance up the trunk, he climbed the tree and, seated on one branch, be- gan to saw at the one he had select- ed, which was just above him. James was not adept as a tree cut- ter or climber, or as an equilibrium artist, and somehow, just as he was taking a final whack at the bratich he desired, he lost his balance and fell, The knife, clutched in his right hand, slashed his left arm and severed an artery, and as he sank in a faint to the. ground blood gushed from the wound in vicious spurts. chases a fellow around,” he growled. | The | setting | he was lying on the cot.in the her mitage. But,alas! It was a her. mitage no longer. A young woman, clad in a white uniform with narrow blue stripes, was holding his left arm aloft while another similarly dressed was busy about the stove, in which a fire had been built. The young woman holding his arm —-a very pretty blonde—smiled pleas- antly and handed him a glass of water, “What's happened?” he asked after he hud drunk the water. She explain- ! ed in a few words. | “My friend and T were enjoying a half day off, strolling about the lake, when we heard you ery out. We found you lying under a tree, a severe cut in the brachial artery, and blood spurt- | ing so profusely from the wound that | we were obliged to improvise this tours niquet with your handkerchief and a plece of wood, We saw this house in the distance, assumed that you lived | here, and managed to bring you here.” « The gir fingers holding the arm were singularly soothing to the eel of his n and her smile was one of the most cheery things he had ever , seen. “My friend is preparing something | for you to eat,” she announced. “It’s ‘ something light, just the thing for you.” . James felt that it was good to have this girl looking after his comfort in | this way. “She knows her business,” he decid- ed, ‘“She’s a very capable person, all right, and that’s what T need,” One day, a month later, while James \ was partaking of a canned dinner, he - heard an-automobile horn emit several crouking blasts, followed by the sound as of a machine coming to a stop back of the shack. Soon thgre was a knock at the door, and it was thrown open to admit Ralph Williamson, radiant with smiles, The two young men clasped hands warmly and Williamson was offered “the four-legged stool as a_ special honor, “Can't stop,” he remonstrated. “T just came out to see if you had enough of hermiting.” Obtaining no answer, he went on: “T've a pleasant surprise for you. Janet Ellison is out there in my car, | and she wants you to be her special | guest at a house party starting to- morrow. She got back just this week, and immediately inquired about you. Come on and get ready.” James held up the coffee pot. “Have a drink,” he invited, and re- ceiving a shake of the head from his visitor, he poured another cupful for himself. Dropping in a lump of sugsir | he stirred it and said: “T've had enough of hermiting, all right, Ralph; but I can't go with you. You see, I'm getting married to-mor- row—to a young lady who tonight will finish her course of training in that | hospital across the lake.” FRENCH PROUD OF DOG HERO Brave Deeds of Artemis Have Won Him Wide Renown Among the ¢ Fighters for “La Patrie.” There was a foggy night once when his acute hearing failed Artemis, who was doing guard duty out on No Man's Land, Artemis, it must be explained, is a popular hero of France, a dog of uncertain pedigree, with a mixture of the Great Dane in \im and a touch of the French mountain sheep-dog. So serious was the result of this treach- ery.on the part of his ears that a sec- tion of his regiment was cut off. Poor Artemis! He hud always been so faith- ful and had so often saved his friends. But they trusted him still and, to prove it, they dispatched him with a_ note attached to his collar warning their comrades of their danger. It was a hot night on the line, and the bullets were flying fast. Phut! phut! they fell round the flying feet of Artemis, but he paid no heed to them, His reputa- tion was at stake, and he redeemed it. He got through with his message. Aid was sent to his squad. It arrived in time. And there followed a celebra- tion in honor of Artemis, arranged by the colonel himself, The hero, however, was not yet sat- isfied that his duty was done. At Ypres he continued to act as courier and patrol, and no accidents interfered with his efficiency now. Finally came a day when the captain commanding him found his own life threatened by the attack of two Boches. None of his men were near him. But Artemis was. The captain managed to kill one as- sailant. As he did so, the other cock- ed his rifle to shoot. Whereupon At- temis, exerting all his strength, sprang atthe man’s throat seized it so vicious+ ly that he strangled him.. The captain was saved. So was Artemis; but both went to the hospital—Mrs. Elphin- stone Maitland, in People’s Home Journal, Will Exercise His Right: “I am probably’—it is Father Van Quentin speaking—“the only man in Kansas City who last winter did not say, ‘If I ever live until another sum- mer, I will never complain, no matter how hot it gets.” I complained last winter, but I reserved the right to com- plain again this summer if the weather doesn’t suit me. So if hot winds come, you may expect to hear from me.” Kansas City Star. ee More to Spend. A captain was recently relating ex- Periences and telling of letters he re- ceived from wives of his men. One letter Tan something like this: “Deur Captain: I hope you wil! keep Jim in the army. I am getting along better than for a long time, I earn my own money and spend it and his, too. He used to spend mine and didn’t earn any of ae own. So don't let him come home.’