Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, March 21, 1919, Page 1

VOLUME 27. NUMBER 12. COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1919. COMPANY E BOYS ARRIVE Soldiers. Were Given a Rousing Welcomning by Cottonwood John E. Gentry, age 62 years, a well-known and highly respected citizen residing four miles north of Cottonwood died suddenly at his home last Friday evening from an attack of heart failure. —Mr. Death Due to Heat Faure TRIPLE FUNERAL HELD IN COT- ~ TONWOOD MONDAY MORNING Mrs. B. C. Albers And New Born Baby Both Died Saturday | ‘| Soldiers to Receive $60 Bonus All soldiers who have been in the service of Uncle Sam are to receive a bonus of $60. Soldiers now being discharged will receive this bonus before being given their final release, but those who NEWS Items of Interest From Various Citizens Saturday Night Twelve. Company E soldiers, two of whom were Cottonwood boys, and the remainder being Grangeville lads passed through Cottonwood last Saturday even- ing enroute home from France; where they have been in oversea | service for the past fourteen | months. They were met at the/| local station by scores of Cotton: | |and in a short time expired. Gentry who has not been in the best of health for some time per- formed his usual chores about the home but during the evening he complained of not feeling well Mr. ‘Gentry came to Idaho county about 14 years ago from North Carolina, his birthplace and has a wide circle of -friends who regret to learn of his death. He was, as_ his neighbors said, was ever witnessed in Cotton- wood took place at the Catholic church Monday, of this week, when the triple funeral of Mrs. Ben C. Albers, her two day old baby, and her sister Miss Mar- garet Lies was conducted by the Sister of Mrs, Albers, Miss Margaret Lies Died March 11—Funeral is Largely Attended Perhaps one of the saddest and 'she leaves a little daughter about most heartbreaking scene that}three years old, her mother, Mrs. Miss Josephine Lies; one brother, Joe Lies besides other felatives and countless friends. Rev. Father Willibrord. : have been discharged before the new law went into effect can procuse this bonus by filling out proper application blanks and forwarding them to Washington, D.C. | Soldiers wishing blanks, which they are required to fill out before they can secure the additional $60 can procure them at the Chronicle office free. of charge. ‘The following is the text of thenew revenue law which allows soldiers this bonus: Lies, three sisters, Mrs. Jacob rentz, Mrs. Peter Bieren and ke The pallbearers carrying the ptaant died March 14, Mr, orchards for the last nine years, and lived near Genesee for many years previously, by his widow and soi ‘raised-in Bonner county, former “THE STATE. efit of Our Readers. : J.L. Clapp, age 70, Lewiston lapp had been a resident of the — He is survived Reed. _ wood people and given a most| who knew him best, a loving hus- hearty welcomning. Due to the| band, a kind father and and ex- Mrs. Ben C. Albers, who was}: fein of Mrs. Albers to its last misunderstanding that. the boys were to have arrived Sunday even- ing many were disappointed in not being able to be present, but with all of this the railroad plat- was crowded. with one living mass ‘cellent friend and neighbor. |Carlonia, July, 1857 were he re- sided for many years, coming |west about fourteen years ago. Besides his sorrowing widow he of humanity long before the leaves six sons and two daughters train’s arrival to welcome the to mourn his death. They are as taken down with influenza some | ten, days ago, and which within two’ days developed into a severe ease of pneumonia, deid at her home Saturday afternoon, and her two day old baby, which was born on Thursday of last week, died two hours before the mother Mr. Gentry was born in North the remains of Margaret were close friends of hers: returning boys in khaki. Owing follows: Frank and Avery who to the courtesy shown by Harry are at the present stationed with Morris, conductor on the high Soldiers in Virginia; Arlie, Tom, line passenger, who held the train Joe and Rufus of Cottowood; Miss for several minutes many Cotton-| Anna and Mrs. Joe Farthing, of wood people were given an op- Cottonwood. : portunity to meet the returning Funeral services were held last heroes and give them a sincere Sunday afternoon under the aus- handshade. All of the returning Pices of the I. 0. O. F., of ue breathed her last. Her sister, Margaret, died March 12, also due to pneumonia, contracted from her sister while trying to nurse her back to health. Mrs. Albers, like her sister was| born in Oklahoma, Feb, 14, 1891, | being 28 years old and came to Idaho seven yearsago making her boys had nothing but praise to order he wasa member. home in the Fenn section up to offer for the courtesy received at. Knox of Grangeville preached the the various stations on their way funeral sermon. A. H. Nau as- homeward bound from Lewiston. sisted by A. J. Maugg, of Grange- At each station were congregated | Ville had charge of funeral ar- scores of people to welcome them ‘angements. home. Especially are they more | then loud in their praise for Lew- ton where they stated they were’ treated like kings, and: the city’ was practically turned over to them, They were mustered out of service at Fort Logan, Col. In Memory of John E. Gentry Whereas the All Wise Ruler of ‘the universe has seen fit to. take} from our midst our well beloved | the time of her marriage. She was married to Ben C. Al- bers January 12; 1915 and to this happy union one daughter was: born. Besides her sorrowing husband Taylor Visits in Cottonwood Hampton Taylor, of Grange- ville'was a business visitor in Cue ton Tuesday and also met a num- ting place were: John Hoene, hn Myers, August. Seubert, J. Fr. Jenny, John Baune and Mat Duclos. The pallbearers carrying | Josephine Kolbeck, May Tacke, Lizzie En- gle, Amelia Seubert, Frances Baune and Lena Toennis. -The bereaved husband and daughter, mother, sisters and! brother have the sympathy of the entire community. <The funeral was largely at- tended by friends who wished to pay their last respects to the de: ceased. The seating capacity of the church was taxed to its capa- | city and well shows the esteem in which the young sisters were held in Cottonwood and vicinity, The funeral arrangements were in charge of Undertaker A. H. Nau, assisted by A. J. Maugg of Grangeville. Public School Notes. pe By Wm, A. Lustie : “he following high school pupils had 160 in merit for the month | Adjutant General C, 8. Moody’s _ home, to employ an attorney to — act approv “Section f the revenue 24, 1919 authorizes payment of a bonus of $60 to officers, soldiers; field clerks and nurses of the army upon honorable separation from active service, service by discharge, resignation or other- wise. This bonus is not payable to the heirs or representatives. of defend Mr. Moody in the crim: nal action brought against h Former Lieutenant Govern H. Taylor has been retained. The University of Idaho have a six weeks’ summer sess : beginning June 16 and closing July 25. The school will be open any deceased soldier. hereafter will receive this bonus on the same roll or voucher upon which they. are paid. their final pay, charged and have received their for high schoo] students, teachers ‘ and superintendents, It is not. expected . to interfere with the . normal school course at Le _ At an auction conducted. commissioners of the Clearwater highway district reeently $112,000 worth of bonds were sold to Seet, Causey, Foster & Co,, Denver, for. . “Those who are discharged “Those who have been dis- final pay without the $60 bonus should write a letter to the zone finance officer, Lemon building, Washington, D. C., stating their service since April 6, 1917, the date of the last discharge and their present address to which they de- sire their bonus checks to be sent and enclosing with this letter dis- charge certificate. or military ord- er for discharge, if both were is- sued, > “Upon the receipt by the zone : Ferris & Hardgrove, Spokane, bid $113,500, and.Murphy, Favre & Co., Spokane, $112,450. for Wednesday, .. March: hospital has been taxed to its ra sed ioc ma Among those returning were: Jess Rogers, Cottonwood. Fred Von Bargen, Cottonwood. Richard Feaster, Grangeville. Claude Fray, Grangeville. Ralph Schwartz, Grangeville. . Albert Guthrie, Grangeville. Alonzo Brown, Grangeville. » Albert Edwards, Grangeville. Charles A. Turner, Grangeville. Ray Church, Grangeville. W.H. Erskine, Grangeville. Lloyd Leach, Grangeville. nese Sees Yates Receives Electric Shock | | | Earl Yates, son of Mr. and Mrs. | Lee Yates of, Grangeville, had a) narrow escape from being electro-| cuted last week while working: on a telephone line near Grange-) 4 ville. He was assisting in repairing the line and had ascended a pole} with improvised climbers. The} telephone wire was carrying a high voltage from contact with a/ high power line and Yates was) rendered unconscious by the shock | when he touched the wire. He’ was thrown from the pole but the harness of his climbers caught on the crossarms and he was held. suspended in the air with head downward for a considerable time while his assistants were securing a ladder to rescue him from his perilous position. Yates suffered severe electric burns on the leg, | friend and brother, John .E. Gen- |try, to that realm from which no |ber of his old time friends here. |Mr. Taylor isan ex-Cottonwood traveler may return, and , Whereas in his daily inter- course with men he exemplified that faith and devotion so dear to Odd Fellows everywhere,.and | Whereas a faithful husband and loving father has been called to citizen, having removed to the }county seat some years ago. He |at one time was editor of the Cot- |tonwood Record, having the des- | tines of that newspaper in his | charge in 1894, publishing his first issue, Nov. 17, 1894. Mr. Taylor | Ae rhe chai _ aa einai while irf the city paid the Chro- , Halve ini At sche to the micle ~~ a -glonmeat sa — a . {aa fates f bereaved family the heartfeld pietgis 3 a A got R seat ye ‘| pusher, type setter and etc. e he fei okt asan example retuned to his home the same it to fo 5 : Resolved that a copy of these micas resolutions be sent to the bereaved family and a copy be spread upon the minutes of this lodge. Geo. M. Robertson, —_o-—- Woman Shoots Girl in Fight Miss Vesta Neapan, a young O. D. Hamlin, woman residing with her parents J. N. Bledsoe, on Doumecg plains in the Sal- Committee. | mon river country, was shot last Saturday by Mrs. Newtcn Otto, a neighbor. The shooting followed a quarrel in which Miss Neapan’s brother and George Lynch, Mrs. Otto’s brother, are said to have participated. The bullet entered the leg and unless blood poison- ing should develop: serious results are not anticipated. Reports of the shooting indi- cate that at a dance Friday night Cottonwood is an auxiliary, is!in the Neapan neighborhood the asked to furnish twice the amount | two men had an altercation and then was furnished in the last! Saturday as the Neapans passed Red Cross Wants ° Clothing! The Red Cross is making ano- ther call throughout the United) States for worn clothing for the} poor unfortunate people of Europe and Cottonwood is asked to help \in this matter. The Lewiston chapter, of which finance officer, Washington, D. C., of this information and the | soldier’s discharge certificate, this! officer will cause checks to be drawn and mailed to the claim- jants in the order in which their ;claims were received by him, The |discharge certificate will be re- jturned to the soldier with the check. “Tt is estimated that at least one million and a quarter persons jhave been discharged from the |service who are entitled to the {benefits of this act, and while |payments will be made as expe- ditiously as’ practicable, it will of February: John Hanley, Laura | Hattrup, Mildred Henderson, Allen. McPherson, Rozilla Old- ham, Hilda Tacke. Owing to the illness of Miss Miller we have not yet recorded all of the high school grades. Two highest averages in each of the following grades: Margaret Shinnick, Albert Hale, 8th grade; Burdette Belnap, Hildagarde Old- ham, 7th grade; Jack Parker, Clarence Peterson, 6th grade. After a three week’s siege of the flu, Miss Miller is back on the job again. Freshmen, your vaca- tion is over. $114,000, interest at 6 per cent, x The annual donation day for : be undertaken soon. A training school for nurses has been made. possible and the first class will be- gin training March 19, The Farmers’ Society of Equity of Nampa, Idaho, is contemplat- ing the building of a 100-barrel flour mill in Nampa, Idaho, at a cost of approximately $100,000, and to mill wheat grown in that section by members of the organi- zation. Recently the Equity held a meeting, and it is reported $45,- 000 was subscribed for the mill at this meeting. It is said $30,000 was previously subscribed. P. J. Lorang, who for almost tor and: A supplementary set of drama- tic readers have been purchased for the 7th and 8th grades. Thought and expressson are! equally essential to good reading. Lest we forget: manifestly take considerable time to write and mail this many checks,” ee Death of Joseph Stromberg Joseph Stromberg, age 70 years Good schools cost money. 75) ,. . percent of the men and women| Gied st Ch home ot his jue, Pee rary > a Sal +, _,\ Stromberg, Monday _ evening, in “Who’s Who” in the United ioe : States are. college or university | March 17, after an illness of sev- graduates. 15 percent have a oral years. Death was due to in- high school. education only and, | flamation of the bowles. 10 per centghave a common school | Mr. Stromberg was born fi Cin- education. |cinnati, Ohio and came to Camas A poor community can not af- | prairie about a year ago from his ford not to have a good school. | former home in Colorado and had Every child has a right to the since been making his home with best possible education af public! his son who lives east of Cotton- expense. | wood. Funeral services were held “A popular government with- campaign for worn garments of the Otto ranch hostilities were re- lat the Catholic church. Wednes- out a public education is but a prelude of a farce ora tragedy or; day. Having lived here but a short time he had many friends who and side of the neck but appears practically recovered now from | his experience. Meeting to be Held Monday It has been thought bya num- ber of the citizens of Cottonwood that steps should be taken to im- prove the appearance of the two cemeteries. Every one that is in-; terested in this movement is re- quested to meet at the Council room next Monday evening, March 24th at 7:30 P. M., that this matter may be discussed and | some arrangement made for the caring of the cemeteries. every discription. |newed. While the men were | Garments of all kinds, all sizes fighting the women became en- and for both sexes can be used. | gaged in a dispute and the shoot- Persons having old shoes, even| ing followed. Sheriff Eller and though worn are requested to tie| Prosecuting Attorney Augur left them together and bring them) immediately for the scene. jalong as they can be properly mended and used. Anyone hav- ing any of these articles to give are requested to leave them at} the Parker & Parker store at any time between now and March 28. RES Pe Clarence Peterson, the young lad who had such a narrow es- cape from fatal injuries while coasting last week is able to be epee | out and around again. spe The parties involved are prom- | inent in the Salmon river country. George P. Kelly, an “old-time |miner of the Newsome. country | who has been spending the win- |ter here with friends departed Thursday morning for Lewiston where he will attend to some business matters and from there will return to his home by way of|the opening. See their full page regret his death. He leaves to | mourn his death his son, Felix, ‘other members of the family, Hoene to Have Spring Opening which consisted of his wife and janother son, having proceeded him to the grave some years ago. A. H. Nau had charge of the funeral. both.” SER Se Cael aa An event of unusual interest to take place in Cottonwood will be the spring opening in the im- plement, automobile, truck and) tractor departments of the Hoene) Card of Thanks. Hardware. It will take place, We wish to thank all our kind Saturday and Monday, March 22 neighbors and friends who assist- and 24. They will have on exhi- ed us so nobly in therecent death bition the newest models in var- of our beloved daughters, and ten years was in the First Nation- al bank at Lewiston has been ap- pointed national bank examiner, with headquarters at Minneapo- lis, Mr. Lorang is the son of John Lorang, a prominent farmer of the Uniontown section, About three years ago he left Lewiston to accept the cashiership of the First National Bank, Burley, Ida. H. F. Samuels, who was demo- cratic candidate for governor of Idaho last November, has been appointed a special agent of the department of labor. His duties are to travel in Europe to collect data on conolization and to study industrial and economic condi- tions. He will sailon the Caro- nia March 10 for Liverpool. His passports permit him to visit the British Isles, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Itly, Denmark, Nor- way and Sweden, ~ Miss Bernice McCoy, dean of women at the Lewiston normal school, will leave April 1 to take up important work under thé di- rection of the war camp ‘commu- nity service bureau, Miss Mc- Coy will trayel throughout the United States aiding in the solu- |tion of community problems of | demobilization and reconstruetion especially as regards the organi- zation of women and girls in in- . ious lines, Souvenirs will be dis-' wife, as their many acts of kind- tributed to every person attend-, ness are beyond words to express. Mrs, Rosa Lies and family, B. C. Albers and family. advertisement in this issue. dustry. .She will be subject to call from any cities or smi o munities in the district as