Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, March 14, 1919, Page 1

—< “4 wedded life. VOLUME 27, NUMBER 11. TWO DEATHS ~ IN ONE DAY Margaret Lies Dies Within Three Days After Taking Ill—Geisse Old Timer in Cottonwood Cottonwood was greatly shock- ed Wednesday morning to learn of the death of Miss Margaret | Lies, 19 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Lies of this city. Margaret was assisting in nursing her sister, Mrs, Ben Albers, who is seriously ill with pneumonia Schroeder Returns from Boise Representative August Schroe- der returned Monday evening from Boise where he has been a member of the state legislature for the past two months. He re- turned with other north Idaho legislators in a special car from Boise as far as Riparia. Representative Schroeder has made an excellent record for him- self in the*house and was always working for the best interest of the state as a wholeand especially for Idaho county. He more than} took an active interest when the North and South appropriation FARM BUREAU MEETS FAVOR Metting Held In Cottonwood Last Friday Well Attended Elected Officers The Cottonwood local of the farm bureau was organized last Friday afternoon at a meeting held in the I. O. QO, F. hall. A fairly good crowd of farmers and business men were present. to elis- ten to Lieutenant R. R. Gronin- ger, repfesenting the United COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1919. from whom she contracted the! pill was framed and passed by flu Sunday and which quickly de-| the legislature. ‘ i een , The lieutenant explained the veloped into a ‘severe case of/ Idaho county was indeed fortu-| work carried on by a hl bereau. pneumonia and from the effects) nate in obtaining a candidate to Every person in attendance at of which she died Wednesday | accept the office of representative | tho meeting was an enthusiastic morning,.after an illness of only as Mr. Schroeder, being a man of | supporter of ‘the movement and States Department of agriculture. I hear a voice you cannot hear Who says, I must not stay. I see a hand you cannot see, | Which beckons me away. ; Richie-Barker Marriage three days. broad views, and having himself} F ; Miss Lies was born in Oklaho-! made a‘splendid bad his own| pra nets sala ei ma, December 19, 1899 and has] private affairs he used only theo ae inte pos been a resident of Cottonwood same good business judgment at | oP Janes napeidigrves papel wy for about four years. Priortothis the state capitol in voting onto aa nana talon’ Oe time she lived on a farm with her) measures that came before that|:- bien ing Sioa mm fh bad parents in the Fenn section. En- body. ise diti ite f yy Me abe dowed with a sunny and gracious) Mr, Schroeder stated that he! cone peel et ithe pbb disposition, womanly in all/was more than pleased to get the AG DA RBES 00 ot ri i things she was known and loved/ home, as the life of a lawnlicel e meeting were ‘unable by everyone. was beginning to have its effects | Present. elie df Besides her sorrowful parents 'on him, He is’a man, “when at’ 14; fe ih eign oe hat she leaves several brothers and) home spends most of his time in Ons Gena a einen sy: oh sisters to mourn her loss. | the open air. COMMISSION ELS EO AO PIMP I ¢ | |necessary amount of money to employ a county agent, whose j duty it will be to advice and give | the farmers valuable information Earl W. Richie, who has been about preplexing farming ques- Funeral arrangements at the filling the position ‘of agent for | tions and all such other informa- time of going to press were not the Camas Prairie Railroad Co,| tion that pertains to the farmer. completed owing to the expected here during the absense of Geo,, That this appropriation will be arrival of two brothers from Cali-|Poler, and Miss Dorothy Barker, made by the county fathers is the fornia who will arrive probably | Western Union Telegraph opera- | general belief of men prominently tonightor on tomorrow evening’s|tor at Grangeville were married | connected with the work and that train. * lat the home of the bride’s parents /| farmers in Idaho county will re- . Undertaker Nau has charge of; Monday morning, leaving the |¢eive much benefit from the} the body. same day for a ten days honey,|same'is an assured fact. stil moon trip to coast points. In various counties in Idaho} The groom, who has been, in| where the farm agent plan has Bernard Geisse, an old time| resident of Cottonwood died at his| Cottonwood but a short time ‘has | been given a trial the farmers are the governor, passing the senate. 'Soldiers Coming Home Fast home in the outskirts of thé city) made many friends here, all of more than pleased with its work- Wednesday after an illness of whom wish him happiness in his|ing operations. There are now some time due to infirmities of wedded life. The bride is the 38 counties in the state who em- oldage. Mr. Geisse, ‘was born in | daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George ploy a county agent. : Germany and was about, 76 years | Barker of Grangeville. | In our neighboring county of old. Hecame to Cottonwood in| Mr.and Mrs. Richie after their| Lewis the farmers are more than the early days and resided on his) honeymoon will make their future | pleased with their agent. A farm- farm until some years ago when|home at Ft. Lapwai where Mr. er from that section who was a he disposed of it and removed to) Richie will act in the capacity of | recent visitor in Cottonwood stat- | Cottonwood. station agent. 'ed that’ he had saved many a dol- Little is known of his living, | lar from advice received from the} relatives. He has a son who i Land Brings $110 An Acre County agent since its operation supposed to be engaged in the) aa |in Lewis county and that he knew live stock business, operating be-| Jim Eller, who lives north of of Many other farmers in his home tween Seattle and Alaska but of Greencreek, sold his ranch Thurs-/CO™™munity who had also been whom no word has been received day to Geary Trautman for the helped financially from advice for some time. handsome sum of $110 an acre. | Obtained from the same source. Funeral services were‘held Fri-| This land is considered to be! The local organization elected day morning at 8:30 from the! one of the best quarter sections 25 its officers the following: Catholic church with Father! in the Greencreek section and is) Howard McKinley, president. Willibrord in charge of the ser-| located ten miles from Cotton-| Charles Staal, vice-president. vices. ‘The remains were laid to | wood the nearest railroad station!| M.A. Pierce, secretary. rest in the Catholic cemetery | When men like Mr, Trautman! north of Cottonwood, ° |purchase land at these figures,, Deputy Nau Now. Assessing Undertaker Nau had charge of| paying $17,600 for a quarter it! the funeral arrangements, surely must be about as good land| ' A. H. Nau, who has again been 'as lays out of doors, as he is con- named deputy assessor for Cot- Wortman-Cramer Mairviage | sidered to be an exceptionally tonwood, Ferdinand, Westlake, eS | good judge of farm values. | Keuterville and Greencreek by) Edgar C. Wortman, of Grange-| Mr. Eller’s reason for selling his | Assessor Calvin Hazelbaker is now] ville, and Clara C, Cramer sur- holding was due to the fact that| busily engaged in assessing pro- prised their many friends in Cot- he wishes to farm on a much | perty on the westside, Mr. Nau! tonwood when they proceeded to larger scale. | Was a business visitor in Grange- Grangeville and there were mar- | The deal was made by George | ville last Saturday in behalf of \ ried last Thursday. The wedding M. Reed of Grangeville. the work. Mr. Nau’s assessments | took place at the residence of Rev. | ;in the past has been .of general A. J. Pine, in’ Grangeville who| Named Deputy By Adams) satisfaction to all property hold- also pronounced them man and | se | 3 us this territory and his re-ap- wife. They were attended by the} Dr. McKeen Boyce was ap-|P0intment by Assessor Hazelbak- bride’s sister and Franklin Pet-| pointed deputy state veterinarian € is considered.a good Bits fibone. . _|by J. D. Jones, state veterinarian |. ARR ae tO The groom isa sonof Mr. and/for Idaho and Lewis counties,| Births Reported During Week Mrs. William Wortman who re-| Dr. Boyce was notified of his ap-| side north of Grangeville and has pointment last Saturday. He will | many friends in Cotton wood. The bride is the efficient mana- wood and will take care of the of March. A daughter was borm to Mr. ger of the Nezperce Telephone’ state’s as well as his own private) A-son was born to Mr. andjan appropriation of $3,000 were Co. of this city and her friends business as neither one conflicts Mrs. August Uhlenkott on Sun-) ‘ are numbered by her acquain-' with the other. day, March 9th. : tance. Mr. and Mrs. Wortman | | A daughter was born to Mr.and will make their home in Cotton-| Frank Voskuhler, who has been | Mrs. William Carnes on the 9th. wood. i | spending several months in Cot-| The Chronicle joins their many | tonwood returned to his home at| R. D. Humphrey and O. D. friends in wishing thema happy|Fort Benton, Mont., where he| Hamlin, were Lewiston business , has a homestead. visitors the first of the week. | make his headquarters in Cotton- and Mrs. Tom Geniry on the 8th) public investment act and the of Representative : Richard E; LEGISLATURE AD- | Thomas of Kellogg as chief d ! : |uty game warden for the Couer JORNS SINE DIE. eAtene aistrict was also apnoun; /ced.: Rush to Get Through Appropria- | +p¢ legislature, the one today was tions, Members. Then Rush conspicuous by the lack of | boi to Trains. jterous demonstrations in the throwing of bills, files and books, * Boise, March 8.—-The 15th Idaho| UP until the last moment the be ‘ i |two houses worked steadily on legislat; urne et ! egidlature adjourned sine die ati iin. yn appreciation of the fair 5:30 o’clock sonight, two days, i after the last per diem or sixtieth nd impartial attitude of Lt. day, and following a rush to get Governor Moore and M. I, Kiger, through much important pend- | SPeker of the house, members of ing legislation, including meas-| the two Teppective houses prey ures carrying millions in appro- | sented them with beautiful priations and: bonds. It was the) arene ; ava first daylight adjournment that | he atate affairs committee an Idaho legislature has taken for | presented its report on the state ae time. treasury department, showing it ‘The closing ceremonies were be in excellent condition an marked with simplicity. Imme- | “Sing the treasurer be given ad- diately after the gavels dropped ditional help. . in both houses, senators and rep- : regentatives prepared to leave|Sell Three Cars This Week Boise for their homes. ! The grand total of appropria- The Cottonwood Hardware Co, tions including bond issues and | this\week sold‘three Dodge cars, tax levies approved. by the legis-| The purchasers of this popular lature on’ the final day of the ses-/C@% were: William Fortin, Victor sion is close to $9,000,000. The! Lustig and Charles Strickfaden of joint conference committee of the| Ferdinand. Mr. Strickfaden.put two houses at the closing hours|®h@sed what is known as the busi- agreed on the items in the big|"¢SS model. The company OX, appropriation bills. Practically|Pects another carload of this all'these stricken by the senate) Make, within a few days. \ through amendment were rein-| The concern ‘also unloaded a stated, including the $5,000 for | Carload of 1919 Oldsmobiles yes- the Lewiston livestock show and; 'erday, most of which have al- the Boise state fair; $40,000 for|"e4dy been sold. This is another the new feeble minded institute; C4? that has become very popular, $5,000 for the Blackfoot asylum | With the public and they expec and the $59,000 the senate at-|t0 sell several more of this make tempted to remove from the pub-/ the coming season. lic utilities ‘commission appropri- ation. ted for the bureau of child wel-/°f Cottonwood which ‘he*will ‘use| fave. The Shoshone Falls park |” his farm the coming spring, bill carrying $10,000 was sent to, erence ¢ Among the measures that were approved by the two - houses a8!" saiaices whose homies are locab the result of the conference were | cg Cottonwood and immediate the following: ' vicinity arriving home since our $4,000,000 in treasury certifi- | jast issue are as follows: cates to operate the government;! Edward. Funke, - Cottonwood, the ad valorem tax measure to) Port Russell. raise $2,000,000 and $1,800,000 in| Edward Bensing, Keuterville, treasury notes to secure a loan for! Port Russell. the improvement. of the high-- Ben Gehering, Keuterville, Fort ways. Segregated these appro-| Russell, priations - provide $551,500 mis-| Joseph Schallberger, Keuter- cellaneous for the purchase of | ville, Fort Russell. grounds for the Lewiston Normal| John Hamill, Greencreek, Fort and the Pocatello institute, tuber-| Russel], ; culosis hospitals, etc.; $2,2001,685| Henry Kauffman, Cottonwood, for other state educational institu- Fort Russell. tions; $900,000 for the completion | Loyd Frederick, Ferdinand, of the state capitol building; $1,-| port Russell. 462,035 for state departments.| Ceci] Humphrey, Cottonwood, $265,715 for overdue claims! overseas, ty against the state and $390,174 for] This is perhaps the largest num- other purposes, ber of soldiers to arrive in Cot- Important among the measures) tonwood since the signing of the that were defeated in the final | armistice. hours of the session were the! following: , | The senate measure to increase Narrow Escape From Death the salaries of elective state offici-| als with the exception of attorney | Clarence Peterson, the second general and mine inspector, lost 80n’of Mr. and Mrs, John Peter- on a tie vote of 26 to 26; the sen-/0n, had a narrow. escape. from ate bill to add another judge to/ death last Friday evening on the the sixth judicial district, defeat-| the Robins hill in the south part ed by a vote of 25 to 23; the Nel- of the city where a number of son log boom toll bill for naviga- boys and girls were coasting. ble streams, which Was definitely; Young Peterson was coasting postponed. ‘That was »the last| down the steep hill when in some bill acted upon by the house: | manner he ran into a barb wire In the senate the the student fence meat the foot of the hill. traveling expense bill, the sena : act to amend the law providing and cut for three inches or more for an increase of judges to the toward the ear, making an ugly supreme court, the department of| rages. bots enetner™ er ae 0.4 nick dressed the wound and stat- ed if the wire had struck the lad’s ;neck, without a doubt would have ‘cost him his life. At present he 'is doing nicely. under Dr. Shin- nick’s care. Boise summer school bill carrying’ defeated. The senate made its last con- | firmation when it ratified the ap-| | pointment of Lawrence E, Wor-| stell, Wallace -attorney, as a} Rete teacattk member of the industrial accident W. W. Flint was~a Lewiston board, sent to the upper house by | business visitor Sunday, returning jee governor. The appointment) home on the evening’s train, Unlike former adjournments.of| ‘Jed from, $400 an acre to $150 an - Mr. McKinney, manager of the fat, The $40,000 for the adju-|Company also stated that they|! tant ‘general’s department was| délivered a 12-28 Case tractor ‘to|# nefuged and $8,800 was appropria- |, William Fortine, who lives east|of te| The wire struck him in the mouth | _Me STATE efit of Our Readers. Mine owners at Wallace announe ed Saturday, that wages of mine in the Coeur d’ Alenes would” reduced one dollar a day, to take effect March 16, ‘This. cuts” war bonys from $1.75a day 75 cents a day, and miners hereafter will be paid $4.25, . Joe Seligo for many year ident of Kellogs ded Mare Seligo will he remem| among the champion of the northwest. He, ner, Elmer Sherwood, many closely.. cont matches during the la He leayes a widow and two children, ek Suit, was seettobe sa court..of Shoshone. county Arthur E. Cole and J ot Cole against. the 0. W. R. dN.” Mr acre;. that the damage. to, their last. year’s crop..was $850, ‘and that their 1919 erop will he, Fn aged , iat “There is a bright; -progpeet: fo a bg frat crop thi crand OL h u conditions in. northern. rate smined the trees of all varieties of fruit and says he foynd’ condi- tions very good. : ¥ A stranger made his appearance at Bonners Ferry ‘Idaho, and. in; formed some of the citizens. that they were paying too much, for their whiskey, that he would. sell them the best. Canadian brand at $4.50 a quart in lots of five gal. lons each. Several citizens .pur- chased kegs, paying as high a $90 each, but after, the kegs. were, tap- ped it was found that there, was only a half pint of whiskey in the container, the remainder, be-, ing Kootenai river water. The puveyor has disappeared. Seyen employes of the Craig Mountain Lumber company at Winchester took out their first, naturalization papers at Nezperce Saturday, to become citizens .of the United States, All were born . in Norway, their names and. being: Andreas 9. © Lilleaas, 32 years; Edwin Olson, 37 years; John Lind Lorentson, 27 years; «aikalMikalson, also known as Mike Johnson, 33 years; Ole Steen 25 years; Esten Samstad, 21 years, ‘William Kirby, who conducts a pool hall at Ilo, was sentenced at Nezperee Monday to pay a fine $300 and serve 30 days in the county jail, having entered a plea of guilty to the charge of gambl- ing and also to the charge of fnaintaining card tables for . gam-' bling purposes, Kirby was arrest- ed last Wednesday and his trial was set for Monday before Probate Judge Niles. Several witnesses, who played in the games at the Kirby establishment, had offered testimony for the state when the defense withdrew the-plea of not guilty -and. entered a. plea of guilty. In -pronouncing sénitence Judge Niles called attention to the fact. that this was the. seeend time, the defendant had. been | gambling. » ‘| Vincent vision i