Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, April 4, 1919, Page 1

VOLUME 27. NUMBER 14. COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1919. * “$2.00 PER YEAR WENT DOWN:ON __ | Executive Board Met Last Sat. | =~ se eS eee | Admits He Hauled Booze Here NEWS AROUND : The ‘exeeutive . board. of the| THEY’ LIE IN FRANCE WHERE d oetieenet: © ' Paul Sieffert, of Elk City on/ . ing ; é THE TUSCANIA cas: County Farm Bureau} sa ipa ult af : Pcdeteess eee weiaey Tey THE STATE ; | They lie in France ty fore Probate Judge Campbell that | he had transported liquor into dry ‘ territory. _ Sieffert, whose full Items of Interest From Various jname is Paul Wilhelm Ferdinand) Sections Reproduced for Beri ' August Sieffert, was held to the} fi ¢ . Bes | district court, and now is in the) efit of Our Readers, held a very interesting meeting in Sergeant Delmer Hockersmith Re- Cottonwood last Saturday after- turns Home Monday Evening After a Year’s Absence Where lilies bloom;. Those flowers pale Thatguardeach tomb Are saintly souls That smiling stand /noon to make the necessary arran- gements for the Annual Farm A Bureau meeting to be held at the| Sergeant Delmer Hockersmith, }court house in Grangeville, Satur- ~ NE son of Mr. and Mrs. Wess Hock- ersmith, and a member of the 158 day, April 19 at which time they will also meet with the county Close by them in That martyred land And mutely there the lon airo squadron arrived home Mon-| commissioners and lay their plans day evening from Camp Lewis! before them for either approval or) where he received his honorable rejection. discharge’ March 25, having ar-| In addition to the regular busi- | rivedon’American soil, March 5, ness meeting outlined at Grange- | after a year’s service with the A.| ville a program will also be ar- BEB ranged for the day including able Sergeant Hockersmith was on Speakers, musie and a banquet. | the ill-fated transport, Tuscania) The Farm Bureau is meeting whieh was torpedoed on February | with great favor among the farm- 5, 1918 by a German submarine. | ers in every section of the county | Out of the 2100 passengers on and promises to start out with aj} board the'ship, 210 lost their lives larger membership than any of While o’er them through Whose voice, lamenting, Yet in their faith those | The time when turns fc In France Not g night shadows creep From quiet hills to mourn for them who sleep, the dusk go silently The grieving clouds that slowly drift to sea, And lately round them moaned the Winter wind sounds so coldly kind, waiting hearts abide wever that false tide. they lie - Where lilies: bloom, Those flowers fair For them made room vainly placed by drowning or otherwise being the thirty farm bureaus in the} Sc ae — killed, state had their first year. Not Anaestri ken. land: Young Hockersmith very modes- all of the communities have turn-| Thar: honor. lives. tly told of his experience on this ed in their membership list but it) Their love endures’ occasion and hoped to never bea. is estimated that there is already | Their noble death participant of a scene similar to over 600 farmers of the county The right assures, the one which he witnessed on members of the farm bureau. , the evening of February 5. Some; With this very good member-| of his experience is related as fol- ship to start with and the increas- lows: . We were sailing along ing interest that is sure to follow nicely, when just after it became, Idaho county will soon be classed | dusk, the exact time being 5:50 among the best farm bureaus in| the torpedo hitting the coal bunk-’ the state. Through clouds and mist Qecemerenes vm | For they shall have their hearts’ desire, They who, unflinching, braved the fire Across the fields their eyes at last shall see the hosts of victory, PERCIVAL ALLEN rasa care \ Ae oe a) if : | ers, midship. After the ship was) The business of the annual | ~~~ pe hit heslid down a. rope into the meeting will consist of the follow- | New Cabinet is Now in Power water and was soon thereafter ingr : picked up by a life boat in which) 1. Deciding on a-program. | Idaho went undera new system they were stationed for morethan| 2. Election of executivesboard ‘of state government March 81, two hours when a British patrol members for 1919. “ |the cabinet or commission form. located them and give them as-| 8. Working out budget. | One member of the cabinet, John sistance. | 4. Meeting with county com- Kirby White, qualified by taking At the time of the torpedoing missioners. | the oath of office and filing his the first setting had just finished; The following committees were|/bond and immediately entered supper, and he was preparing for appointed to work out various | upon his duties. He took over the Were Married in Montana Miss Marie Libby and Thomas E. Hurley, well known young peo- | ple of this section, but now resi- ;dents of Montana were married Libby at one time resided here with her parents and Mr. Hurley jat Great Falls, March 25th. Miss | |county jail thinking over the mat-| |ter of whether it is advisable to’ 'traffic in intoxicating liquor in | Idaho county. | Arrested on Tuesday in the Ten |Mile mining district by A. S. | Johnson of Golden, who was de- /putized by Sheriff Eller. Sieffert | was brought to Grangeville Wed-| |nesday night by Deputy Sheriff | Harriman, who met the prisoner ‘at Newsome, and was lodged, in the county jail. After deliberat- jing through the night, Sieffert, ‘when arraigned before Probate Judge Campbell decided to throw jhimself upon the mercy of the |court, and admitted that he had’ | transported liquor, as alleged. | The probate court, prevented | by law from sentencing the man, jreferred the case to the district court, and it is likely that the next term of the court, Sieffert i will admit his quilt before Judge | Scales. | Sieffert, in December, in com- pany with another man, who has ;not been apprehended, transport- | ed 150 quarts of whiskey by auto- /mible from Elk City to Cotton- wood, The whiskey was hidden in a barn at Cottonwood on | Christmas eve, and it is believed that efforts were made later to sell the booze. The following night, when Sief- fert. went to the barn to get the liquor, it was missing. It is stat- The Idaho supreme court. has reversed the district court in the jcase of Annie Weaskus-Luke vs. William F. Kettenbach. It di- rects that judgment be entered in | favor of the plaintiff for $4,904.35 and her costs in the suit. neville county and Representa- tives Ezra P. Manson of Franklin county and A, H. Morgan of Washington county will supervise t'e expenditure of $25,000 to be used to investigate various state ‘departments to check up their | books and accounts.. | The district court at Wallace, | Idaho was asked to éancel the ap- | plications for citizenship of eigh- teen aliens who, according to a representative of the naturaliza- tion bureau, relinquished their. rights rather than submit them- \selves to the operation of the selective service law. | will go into each of these cases separately, The school of forestry at the University of Idaho is now filling | orders at the approximate cost for ‘forest and shade trees from its nursery. Advance sales are re- ‘ported to be heavy and trees will go to all parts of the state. The greatest demand has. been for | black losust for wood lot planting in the irrigated districts of south |Idaho. Other popular trees are the evening meal, being in the last setting. When he left the trans- | port, all he had in his: possession | were the-clothes on his back and! at that was minus his hat and) coat. | A great majority of the men, he stated were very brave and calm. and took the situation well under the various trying conditions, | Most of the men were killed while | the lifeboats were being lowered, | or after the boats were set afloat | problems prior to the meeting: Program work: Howard McKinley, Cottonwood | George Bentz, Whitebird. Sam Hosig, Kooskia. Enominating committee: James Surridge, Harpster. Joe McDonald, Fenn. Dick Haskins, Cottonwocd. —0- missioners |management of the state sanita-! |rium at Nampa. Seven of the nine cabinet mem- George Cowgill, Grangeville. . | bers have beén selected. The com- | of law enforcement Adolph Hinkleman, Winona. |and immigration, labor and stat-! |isties have still to be appointed. | Governor Davis stated today that | he had two men in yiew and was | endeavoring to get a definite un- Adolph Schroeder, Keuterville. | derstanding with them. Miles Cannon, commissioner of jagriculture; Jay Gibson, commiss- | by being crashed to pieces against | ‘ : the a Out of 2 Sane in which | Cattle Bring Good Prices) C. A. Elmer, commissioner of in- there were between 90 and 100} i - ; |vestment, and W. G. Swendsen, men only two lieutenants and five! John Moriarty arrived in Cot- commissioner of reclamation, en- privates—seven in all were left to | ¢nwood Saturday evening from tered upon their duties today. tell the tale of their fellow com-|the ranch in the Toppenish sec-| Commissioner Gibson takes over rades. jtion of Washington owned by | the insuranceand banking depart- After being taken on board the himself and C. T. Flinn and jents, Commissioner Elmer the patrol boat,in about two hours; Where they have wintered and | supervision of investments, -Com- they received a wireless stating Stall fed a large number of steers. | missioner Cannon, the farm mark- that the transporthad sunk. Due! Mr. Moriarty accompanied a 7-| ets, state veterinarian, state hort- to the fact that she was hit mid- car shipment of their cattle from | jeultural and other departments, ship kept her floating much long- the ranch to Portland where the! and Commissioner Swendsen the er then could have been expected cattle, numbering 175 head, were! state engineer’s department and under other conditions. | sold for $31,500, or an average of | other allied offices. When the fleet left the Ameri-/$180a head. The price was 14c,, Commissioner William J. Hall can harbor, it consisted besides the , the market being a little weak, of Wallace willbe in the city this Tuscania, eleven boats, a sister; The cattle were coming three) week to assume his duties as head transport, loaded with about 2000 years old and had been fed on! ofthe department on public works, men, several destroyers and the chopped alfalfa hay and silage for, The land board also held its remainder of the squadron being four months. The portion of the last meeting under the old gov- freighters, cattle owned by Mr. Moriarty | ernment today. The survivors, of which Hock- were Whitefaces while the Flinn Governor Davis wi alata the ersmith was a mem)er were taken cattle were Galloways. appointment of D. S. Wallace of to Larne, Ireland were they re-/ The ranch, nine miles from Lewiston, a preminent farmer of ceived new equipments and were|Toppenish, was _ purchased by|the panhandle, 9 deputy state treated very kindly by the Irish.. Messrs. Moriarty & Flinn last) farm market director for non er They spent some time in rest st and nag ergogt of eee with headquarters at Lew- n i nd recuperating, alfalfa land. Both Mr. Moriarty ston. PP ce eR Fe They were es sat ee Tens and Mr. Flinn started in the The public utilities commission and were under orders to proceed livestock business on a small to the front when the armistice scale in Idaho county and _ their was signed. ‘career have brought marked suc- Less, W. W. Flint has been appoint-) Mr. Moriarty shipped in a Here- ed County Chairman of the Vic- ford buil which he purchased tory Loan Committee, having re-' from Henry M. Thiessen of Sweet- ceived word to that effect yester- water and took the animal to his day from Grangeville. The Vic- tanch Sunday morning. The an- tory loan driye begins April 21 imal was 1 year old and weighed and closes May 10. It is hoped 900 pounds, the price paia being that Idaho county residents will $400. The Thiessen Hereford loan their money to Uncle Sam herd is said to be one of the best as freely as in the loans past. Mr, in the Northwest, he having ad- Flint will do everything in his~ded a bull last year to his herd power to put Idaho county at the that cost $10,000 in the east. head of the list in the state of —— Willard L. Gorton, of Richfield, as engineer for the commission. He is to take office on May 10. SSE EE Take Red Cross Work Home We would like more to come and help with the sewing on Red Cross days Tuesday and Friday, there were only five ladies present last Tuesday. If you cannot come to the rooms and sew come and take the work home with you. We have 75 little girls petticoats on hand to make. Let everyone help and we will soon finish them. Idaho. ‘Subscribe for the Chronicle. Margaret Keith, Secretary. | guties by the illness of her mother. | |ioner of commerce and industry; | announces the appointment of. being a resident of the Fenn sec- tion, The many friends of Mr. ;and Mrs. Hurley in Cottonwood and vicinity wish them a happy ‘and prosperous wedded life. A | Montana paper has the following ;to say about their marriage: Miss Marie Libby and Thomas E, Hurley, were married at Great Falls Wednesday, March 25. Both of the contracting parties are two of Brady’s most popular young folks. The bride is ‘the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Libby, isa fine young lady with a host of friends in Brady. Mr. Hurley is a fine | Progressive young fellow and a | good farmer in the Ashmoor dist- lriet. After a short honeymoon trip |they will be at home on their ranch southeast of Ashmoor, ——o—__ | One of the largest purchases of jfarm lands in Idaho county in many years was made at Grange- ville Tuesday, the purchaser being George Behean, well known stock jand sheep man of the Whitebird |section were he operated for many | years, having disposed of his hold- |ings in the Salmon river country about a year ago. Mr. Behean acquired title to 545 acres of the best prairie land, located within one mile of Grange- | ville and involves an investment ‘of approximately $58,000. As /much as $125 per acre was paid for some of the land. | Mr. Behean and son, Guy, will extensiveiy engage in grain farm- jing. The farms purchased to |make up the Behean holdings are: | William Squibb, 10 acres; J. | Frank Sims, 235 acres; John A. | Powell, 80 acres; R. W.-Overman, |80 acres. The Squibbs farm is well improved with buildings and farm conveniences. Mr. and Mrs. L. Johnson, of the Redrock district were Cottonwood visitors Wednesday evening to | meet Mrs. Lyons who returned on lthe evening train. Mrs. Lyons is the teacher of the Redrock school and was called away from her Behean Buys Large Tract’ ed the wiskey was stolen, and dis-| Norway maple, syeamore maple, tributed gratiously to Christmas! ted oak, blue spruce and Scotch celebrants at Cottonwood, | pine. , Sieffert declared he bought. the! The school board of the Lewis- beoze from two men, who trans-|ton independent’ school district ported it on pack horses from|last evening decided to increase Darby, Mont., to Elk City. the salaries of teachers in the puh- It is believed that Sieffert|lic schools. The minimum for thought he could escape a severe | grade and high school teachers is penalty by ‘acknowledging his|now $80 and $150, respeetively. guilt. | Looking forward to the erection Sieffert, about a year ago, was | of additional buildings for school before the Idaho county council | PUTDOBES the board has taken an of defense on a charge of disloyal | option on land adjoining the pre- utterances but no action was|Sent campus. taken on the matter: His declar-| After a lingering illness of sev- ‘ation of intention to become apr ryan Mrs, sees Begs citizen of the United States is on|died at her home in Stites, Idaho, file in the courthouse.—Free Press, recently at the age of 90 years, 4 Grangeville. months and 22 days. Mrs. Turn- | bull was born at Pitchtown, New | York, October 18, 1828, and mov- (ee with her parents to the state cs o oo |0f Illinois in 1836 and resided McKinley Lodge, No. 38, there until her marriage in 1854. Knights of Pythias will hold an| My, Howes died on July 32, 1892. informal reception, Tuesday even-| Five children were born to this ing, April 8th in honor of return-| union) ed soldier members, All Knights | Bernice McCoy, former state of Pythias, their families and | superintendent of public ‘instruc. friends are asked. to be present. | tion, who recently resigned as A short program will be given, | dean of women of Lewiston nk: after which lunch will be served. | ma] school, left yesterday for The lunch is guaranteed to give K. of P. To Entertain Soldiers | Omaha, where she will begin ser- satisfaction without any ill after| vice with the Y. W. C. A. Migs effects. Ae ea Ed Blake returned Wednesday evening from a ten days trip spent at coast poiatts. FE AMsHVUNESOUASUNANEL SALLY SOE FTL ONS E Will be Here April 22nd George Robertson receiv- eda letter Thursday even- ing from C. E. Arney of the Northern Pacifie _ railroad company stating that the 2 | E trophy train of the 91st divi- : TOL sion will arrive in Cotton- wood Tuesday, April 22 at 9:15 and depart at 10:00. The train will haveon board many interesting souvenirs of the now famous western division which did such gal- lant work. on the battle field of France. Several PUCEULTRVOEA SASL TSU HE Cottonwood boys are mem- bers of the wild west division. McCoy will be a special field ex- lecutive, with the duty of aiding ‘communities in solving problems | of reconstruction and demobiliza- |tion. Her special field will con- ‘cern women employed in indus- | trial pursuits. A man hunt was on last week in the lava wilds west of Pocatel- lo, the renduvous for many years of Idaho bad men. Heavily arm- ed men were tramping the deso- late country in search of Edward Miller, Joseph Hagar and C. W. Darcy, escaped jail prisoners. The fugitives are said to be well armed and a battle is believed to be im- minent. . The three men broke jail at Shoshone a few days ago at the supper hour, with two other men, Frank Sullivan and Frank Walsh, all exconvicts. They pick- ed up a cache of gunsand ammu- nition. Sullivan and Walsh are | believed headed for Nevada and | another posse is pursuing them, Senator M. B, Yeaman of Bon- _ The court -