Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, February 28, 1919, Page 1

VOLUME Qt. “NUMBER 9. WANT EX-STATE EXECUTIVE TRIED | Claim a Misuse of Funds —Adju-| tant General in Vigorous De- nial in the House. | Boise, Feb. 27.—Recommend-| ing trial of state officials for ille- galand criminal use of state funds and mentioning in con- nection therewith .,.oses Alexan- der, former (governor, and} Representative C. S. Moody, former adjutant general, the! special investigating committee) of the legislature filed. its report with the legislature today. Both! the house and senate adopted the | findings on strict party vote. A! | Dye Arrived Home Last Friday Sergeant Vern Dye, who’has been in foreign service for over a year arrived home last Friday evening. He received his dis- charge at Camp Funston and came west with Sergeant Don C. Fisher. He was met at the local station by a delegation of the commercial club and by scores of friends. training in gas and this training) took him to ‘many of the battle fronts in Europe. Sergeant Dye was sent to the! British gas school shortly after his} arrival in France and after three months’ training was sent to the| front when the Germans were) making their big spring drive. Later he was sent to the Toul sec- Vern received a special | Under the 1917 act. this exemp- |tion was allowed only for each dependent child. The head ofa family, one who supports one or more persons closely connected with him by blood relationship, relationship by marriage, or by. adoption, is entitled to all ex- emptions allowed a married per- son. The normal rate of tax under the new act is 6 per eent of the first $4000 of net income above | the exemptions and 12 per cent jof the net income in excess of $4000. Incomes in excess of $5000 are subject also to a surtax ranging from 1 per cent of the amount of the net income be- tween $5000 and $6000 to 65 per cent of the net income above | $1,000,000, " mittee had been unfair in its in- > branded as’ slackers’ and: driven minority report was filed by Rep- tor and was transferred to the) Paymentof the tax may be resentative Goff, democrat, in |Chateau Thierry front in June.| made in full at the time of filing which he exonorated the state offi- He was later on the St. Mihiel| return or in four installments on cials, claiming they were within front and was with the Argonne|or before March 15, on or:before their rights in creating the ex-| forest forees when the armistice| June 15 or on or before Septem- penses they did as the country was signed. His special duty was| ber 15 and on or before Decem- was at war and an emergency ‘to secure unexploded shells, gas/ ber 15. existed. | masks and other new war material |; Revenue officers will visit every Representative Moody was de- from the battlefields and send county in the United States to nied the right to answer the, them to the laboratory at Paris. | aid taxpayers in making out their charge Thursday in the senate.) jreturns, The date of their arriv- He denied and answered them | al and the location of their ‘offices in the house this afternoon im- Accepts His Old Position Here| |may be ascertained by inquiring mediately after the report was) Tiron |at the offices of collectors of in- filed. Moody charged the com-| Frank Albers who has been in} ternal revenue, acces and the service of his country for the! banks. vestigations in that it had not past five months at Camp Lewis | Failure to see these officers, permitted him to see the docu- | arrived home last week after re-| however, does not relieve the tax’ ments introduced or to‘be repre- | ceiving his discharge and, is now payer of his obligation to file his sented by counsel. |again filling the position of head | return and pay his tax within the “We were at war,” said Moody. accountant for the Cottonwood | time specified by law. In» this “The Germans were advancing! Milling & Elevator Co., for which| cage taxpayers must seek the gov« toward Paris. The nation was|company he worked prior to his! ernment, not the government crying out for men. Idaho was army life. Mr. Albers also is a ;ty; Company F, from. Lewiston; the taxpayer. trying to supply its share. You ‘stockholder i in hue Ree concern, of the majority never have dared | to make a report criticising the! INCOME TAX TAX | si AWSTRICT wéek received a carload® of Lau- son tractors and also a carload expenditure of needed funds then. | If you had youawould have been | lof Buick H-45s, 5-passenger ears. | Punighineat Awaiting|The Lauson tractor, considered Those Who try to Evade Law | by thany farmers, one of the best —Revenue Must be Paid /make for Camas Prairie ranchers, seis: received in this shipment have all | practically been sold. The Hoene| Pes on the collection of $6,-! people have the agency for. this | 000,000 has been begun by) | tractor in Idaho county and also |the bureau of internal revenue.| foneth an t of ont | This is the estimated yield of a idaho, oe ere | new revenue bill. The income| tax provisions of the act reach the | | pocketbook of every single person | in the United States whose net! ‘income for 1918 was $1000 or| more and of every married person | whose net income was $2000 or| more. Persons whose net inecme | equalled or exceeded these | amounts, according to their mar-| ital status must file a return of| income with the collector of in- ternal revenue fcr the district in which they live on or _ before ——9 ‘Shipped in Carload Lots The Hoene Hardware Co, last from the borders of Idaho and | you know it. Idid not get one| dollar I was not entitled to and Severe you can’t prove that I did. I did. not spend one dollar that was | not approved by the state board | of examiners and I challenge you. to Prove that I did.” “Concluding our report we feel from a fair consideration of the whole record that there has been | gross, wanton and criminal dis- regard of the sanctity of public, funds of the state; that Mr. Moody and ex-Governor Moses . Alexander took advantage of war) conditions upon the ground ap- parently that people would sanc- | tion any extravagant and illegal expenditure of the public funds upon their statements of military necessity; that the funds appro- priated to the adjutant general’s office were largely expended to serve the political, selfish and Mare h 15. personal purposes of Mr. Moody and ex-Governor Alexander and) Here is what will happen to we feel it incumbent upon us in them if they don’t; for failure to| The carload of Buicks received ‘consists the first shipment and| will be followed by a carload each | ‘month. Mr. Hoene stated that| he expects a very heavy demand | |for automobiles this year and | does not expect to be able to fill | the demand for this favorite car | as they have many prospective | |buyers in view and when the auto season is at its height does not expect that the factory will be able to fill theirdemand. Thirty- eight cars.of this make were sold | by this concern last-year in Idaho ;county, for which they have the exclusive agency. |2nd Regiment of Engineers and |checkers, and with this detach- j;ertson, Harry Meader, Mac Leon- ‘of the regiment were ordered to order to create a proper regard for file a return on time, a fine of not poe the public funds of the state to more than $1000 and an addition- Mi Cinsed’ Sendee.di | recommend that a thorough and @! assessment of 25 per cent of| ission Closed Sunday -Night| searching investigation should be, the amount of tax due, \ made by the attorney general For “willfully refusing” to} The mission services held at the, and the prosecuting attorney of, make a return on time, a fine not| Catholic church last week by the Ada county to the end that those | exceeding $10,000 or not’ exceed-| Rev. Fr. Shutten and the Rev. Fr. | responsible for wanton, illegal) img one year’s imprisonment or | Muller, Redemptonists fathers of | and criminal use of the funds in| both.” |Coeur d’Alene came to a close) the adjutant general’s office may| For making a false or fraudu-| , Sunday evening. The services be brought to trial and that the lent returna fine of not more, throughout the week were excep- people of the state of Idaho may | than $10,000 or imprisonment for tionally wellattended. Saturday | be fully advised as to the con- not more than one fear or both, and Sunday evening’s services | duct of its public officials during; |together with an additional as-| were considered by many to have} the years 1917-18 and we recom- Sessment of 50 per cent of the been the most impressive and the, mend that the attorney general amount of tax evaded. |church was crowded to its capa-| and prosecuting attorney of Ada| For failure to pay the tax on ‘city. county make such immediate time afineof not more than, On Saturday evening the dedi- investigation that the people may $1000 and’ an additional assess- cation of the children to the| be speedily advised of these con- ment of 5 per cent of thesamount Blessed Virgin Mary took place ditions and the responsibility for of tax unpaid, plus 1 per cent in- | and on Sunday evening Baptism-| the criminal use of the public terest for each full month during a! vows were re-newed by the men | funds be properly placed.” | which it remains unpaid. of the congregation. The Rev. The report alsorecommends the! In addition to the $1000 and Fr. Shutten gave an eloquent clos- ; abolishment of. the board of ex- $2000, personal exemptions, tax- ing sermon. aminers unless that body in the| payers are allowed an exemption| The Fathers left Tuesday morn-| future exercises more care and of $200for each person depend-|ing for Keuterville where they | discretion in passing upon bills ent upon them for chief support} will hold a mission this week, | COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, FFBRUARY 28, 1919. Fisher Is a Cottonwood Visitor Sergeant Don C, Fisher, who arrived home at Grangeville last Friday evening is spending a few days in Cottonwood this week visiting with his many friends here. Sergeant Fisher is one of the organizers of Company E, Idaho county’s own company and a company to which many a Cot- tonwood boy was affiliated with until such a time as army officials saw fit to transfer them to other units which happened to several of the Cottonwood boys who were member of the old company. Sergeant Fisher — received his honorable discharge at Camp Funston and came west with Ser- geant Vern Dye, who arrived in Cottonwood on ‘Friday evening’s train. Don at the request.of the editor has written a short synop- sis of Company E from the time of leaving Grangeville to the pre- sent.time. It is as follows: Company E was placed on in- terior guard in Utah from the time they were called into service until the fore part of August, 1917 when they were recalled to Boise and then sent to Camp Greene, N.C. It-was here that the 2nd Idaho Infantry was divided up. The first battalion being made in- to artillery, the second battalion being made engineers and the third battalion going into the 146th machine gun battalion. Company E from Idaho coun- Company G, from Caldwell; and H, from Boise, with Major D. P. Qlson in command became the second battalion of the 116th En- gineers while the first separate battalion of Oregon engineers un- der the command of Major Bran- don formed the first battalion and Jol, Walker was placed in, com- |, mand, ¢ The regiment sailed from New | York and arrived at St. Nazaire, France the early part of Decem- ber, 1917. Here 141 men from each com- pany were sent td the ist and with this detachment were several of the Cottonwood boys. Later a detachment of 16 men were sent down to the docks as ment were Gus Maugg, Ike Rob- ard, Dennis Howard and several others. From St. -Nazaire the remainder of the regiment were shipped in boxears to Locourtine where sev- jeral, small detatchments * were sent to various stations in France and some were sent to school. It wasat this place that Bert | Schroeder and Vern Dye left the |company. Later the remainder another town and later to An- gers where the engineer school was opened and carried on with great success. As soon as the armistice was | signed the work of the’ regiment |wasatanend and the regiment | was ordered home and _ glad tid- ings.were received Monday that the pattleship Kansas _ had reached dock with the 116th Engineers on board. The boys should arrive home within two or three weeks. —0--—- Ship 3000. Barrels of Flour The Cittoiweod Milling & Elevator Co. this week shipped five carloads of flour to the U. S. Food administration. The ship- ment consisted of 3000 barrels manufactured by the eoncern here ,and milled out of Carhas Prairie |wheat. The company also receiv- ed one car each of poultry feed and digested tankage for-hogs. The W. B. Hussman family has and vouchers {submitted to it for| if such person is under 18 years of | closing Sunday and from Keuter- been confined to their home this approval and payment. age and incapable of self-support } ville will go to Ferdinand. week with the flue. Are Running ‘Double Header The high line commencing with last Sunday evening has been running a double header on its road between Grangeville and Reubens. Snow, which has fallen during the week, and accompan- ied by a wind has been filling up cuts at different points between Reubens and Grangeville but the railroad officials have managed to keep the road open so far with very little difficulty, the trains having been running almost on schedule time except one or two ‘levenings when they were late from 40 minutes to 1 hour. The company has experienced most of its difficulty between Grangeville and Cottonwood and Reubens and Vollmer. eee eenneny Company E Arrives in N.Y. Company E of the 116th Eng,, arrived in New York City Sun- day, the 28rd day of February on the U. S. cruiser Montana.. The voyage across was a stormy one, Corporal Charles E. Nelson of Prosser, Wn., died 9n the Mon- tana during the trip. According to telegrams received by-relatives of boys who were on board the ship about. fourteen, members of the old company are now in New York and hope to he discharged in about two weeks, Of that number six are Grange- ville boys and the remainder ber ing other Idaho county boys. Lt.-Col. John P. Olson of Boise, Idaho was also a passenger on the boat. _— Farm Bureau Meeting Set For That Date—Other Dates Set for Surrounding Community The Farm Bureau, which is holding meetings i in various sec- tions of the county at the present time, and which are being’ well attended, and those present at these meetings are heartily in| favor of the Farm Bureau and the county agent work accord- ing to information reaching Cot- tonwood and vicinity will hold a meeting in Cottonwood, Fri- day, March 7, under the direction of Lieutenant Groninger, district agent. All farmers who are interested in this work are requested to be in attendance at this meeting, A. O. Martin has been selected to take charge of the organization work in Cottonwood. After the farmers are organized under this bureau, the farmers themselves name problems con- fronting them, such as the squir- rel prohlem, grasshoppers, smut, livestock diseases, or shipments, etc., or whatever problems arise in the respective communities.in which the Farm Bureau. exists: The farmers then get together and with the cooperation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture College, set about solving these, problems by killing off the squir- rels, controlling grasshoppers, smut, etc. When the federal gov-.| -/ernment gets behind 350. farmers in a county and thestate univer- sity adds its assistance to this,| something has got to move. Following is a list of Farm Bureau meetings to be held next week at 1:30 p. m. of each day: Greencreek, Mon., March 3, Ferdinand, Tues,, March 4. Westlake, Wed., March 5. Keuterville, Thurs., Marech-6, Cottonwood, Fri., March 7. Fenn, Mon., March 10. Lake, Tues,, March 11. NEWS AROUND THE STATE Sections Reproduced for Ben- efit of Our Readers. Byron Deffenbaugh, expert ace counting of Lewiston. has been awarded a contract for auditing the. books of: Latah and. Lewis counties, Mr, and Mrs, J. C. Hansen, of Genesee, Idaho celebrated their golden wedding at Genesee, Feb- ruary 17. Mr. and Mrs, Hansen settled in the Palouse. co in 1872, They were married in ise consin in 1869. Electors of the Central High+ way district at Ilo on Tuesday of last. week voted to. bond the dis trict for $150,000 for the purpose of constructing highways in the district. The issue carried by a handsome. majority, the vote be- ing 196 to 25, Lieutenant. Harald ‘Weibae, of Lewiston departed February 2 for Siberia where he has been dis rected to report for service. Mr, Porter.has been home.on a brief ~ f to visit his mother, Mrs, Manne : The county commissioners of” Lewis county have called an elec+ tion for March 11 for the purpose of voting on the creation of what is to be known as the Prairie highway district, which will-coms prise. Nezperce and); Russel: pres cincts, . Ben .E, Bush, a pioneer of Latah county, has been . del begin timber cruiser and will his dudes at once, Be will, nt pester ‘patt of thie timbers tn tht north. The appointment was made at Boise recently. A, Weitz of Stites, Idaho, was fined one do}lar and. costs before Justice of the Peace J. B, Burney, of that city for descecrating thé flag. The trial was held Wednes+ day and Prosecuting Attorney Auger represented the state, while the defendant handled his own case, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fuchs and family, pioneers of Nezperce prai- rie, departed last week ‘for south- ern Idaho where they will make their future home. The Fuchs family has many friends in Cot tonwood and are quite generally known here, having made num- erous visits to this city in the past with relatives and: friends who wish them the best of success. in their new home. The University of Oregon de feated the University of Idahoat basketball Saturday evening bya score of 27 fo 26. The Oregon players were awarded two points on professional fouls. The stand- ing of the teams in the intercol- legiate contest shows Idaho leads, the following showing the games won and lost: Idaho, 81; W.: S. C., 7-4; Oregon, 6-3; Whitman, 2-5; O, A. C., 3-8. Idaho has three more games ta play with the W. S. C. and two with the University of Washington, The funeral of Charles L. Me- Donald, for many years a leading lawyer and prominent citizen «of Lewiston was held at the Catho- lie.church at Vancouver, Wash, at 80’clock last Wednesday morn- ing. The services at the church were in-charge of the local clergy- man,and Rey. Vincent Chiappa of Lewiston officiated at the grave. The services both at ‘the church and the interment -were very im pressive and very beautiful, At the grave, Father Chiappa, almost unable:to control his emotions:by - reason of his warm friendship for Mr. McDonald, paid a glowing tribute'to the life and chatacter ‘ithe dd “i pas o