Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, May 2, 1919, Page 1

an id Baa Si iii soar a ; VOLUME 27. NUMBER 18. 400,000 SEEN TROPHY TRAIN Out of a Population of 500,000) Four-Fifths of Them Seen the The Trophy Train Red Cross Finished Work ‘Fhe Red Cross workers of Cot- tonwood finished all work that has been assigned to them Tues- | day afternoon and this will close the work done by this organiza- tion for the present time at least. The articles that have just been finished were garments for small There are around 500, 000 peo-| children, to be sent to Europe for ple in the state of Idaho. estirhated that in the neighbor- hood of 400,000 of them have visitéd the Victory trophy special train that has made a tour of the state in the interest of the Victory Lean, Chairman Gwinn, of the} Idaho committee, on his return to! Boise stated that he was positively | amazed at the size of the crowds that: greeted the train at every stopping point. “People i in the towns we visited came out in a body and the farms for miles around were left unin- habited while the families came to sée the train, to look over the trophies and to listen to the speak- | It is| the unfortunate children of that country. The Red Cross ladies celebrated the occassion by givinga luncheon at their headquarters Tuesday af- ternoon after all the work had been finished. About 20 Red Cross ladies spent a most enjoy- able hour over the viands and | then went home feeling happy | that they belonged to an organi- zation that existed only to relieve} ‘human suffering and otherwise fulfil the Golden Rule. Every worker who has put in 800, hours of work for the Red Cross during the past two years is entitled to wear a sleeve band, ers and singers. If there had ever | given out ‘by the Red Cross in been the slightest doubt as to Idaho making good on this fifth loan, it certainly was dispelled by the interest displaped by the peo- "ple of Idaho in this Victory Loan tour. I was not at all surprised ' te learn that sections we had visit- | ed had gone over the top within twenty-four hours after thé cam- paign opened. “T have always been proud of| Idaho and her people, but I must say that my feelings have been so intensified as a result of their in-| terest in this Victory Loan that I) find it impossible to supply words to express my gratfication at the result. “While the reports are not. all} in, and while there is, yet consi- derable work to do, the initial re- sponse has. been most encourag- ing, and the committees in the various communities I feel sure} will experience no difficulty in, raising any remnants of eiuel| quotas. Build Road to Rice Creek, James Aram and William Jones, | commissioners of the Joseph high-| way district were in Cottonwood | honor of the work done for that organization. Anyone who has done the work required and is en- titled to wear the sleeve band will please notify Mrs. Keith, the se- cretary. The work to be counted to make up the 800 hours, is any work that has been done for the Red Cross, of any-nature whether at home or at the Red Cross rooms. : They still have some yarn for knitting and anyone wishing to knit can procure the same from | the secretary. NEW COURT HOUSE SITE County Commissioners Purchase Old School Building at Grange- ville For a New Court House | | Idaho county will have a better courthouse. The board of county commis- sioners-on Tuesday night purchas- ed from the school ,board of the Grangeville independent school | “work at once. -armuch‘easier ‘route of bringing of the old schoolhouse. road committee of the Cotton-|building on West Main street, | wood Commercial club in order, and will convert the building into to ascertain how much help they | a courthouse. can expéct from Cottenwood when | building will be erected a mem-| ‘they have finished their proposed |orial to the soldiers and sailors | road to the mouth of Rice Creek.| from Idaho county who lost their Mr. Aram and Mr, Jones were’ lives in the great war. both highly elated over the en-| The purclase price for the couragement received here and/| building and grounds was $5000. stated that they expected to com-| It is estimated for a few thousand | mence work on their end of the, dollars additional, the building road at once, for which project: the| can be converted into a courthouse | Joseph people raised $30;000 by a: [that will be suitable for Idaho bond election and the.bonds have |county for years to’come. It is since bééen converted” into cash) planned to construct two fireproof | and they were ready to.commence | vaults in the building, which un- | til recently was used as a hospital, | ’ Mr. Aram and Mr. Jones are'and to erect a heating plant two-of thé largest holders ‘of land separate from the building. in that section, Mr. Aram ‘being; “One-half of the records of the, the ofvner:of some 5000iaeres and | county are exposed in case of| Mr. Jones has 2000 acres. After | | fire,” said a member of the board | the cbiripletion of the road the|of county commissioners, Wed- résidents ofthat section will have | nesday in discussing the purchase . “There heir produce! ‘to market which| is only one vault in the present! now donsi tsichiefly ‘of cattle and | courthouse, and it is full to over- willalso beable'to ‘take in sup-|flowing. We would have been| plies much ‘easier, the present obliged to have built a vault this method of getting»most of their fall, at a cost of $2000, had we re- supplies in is by pack horses: |tained the old building, so we decided to acquire a larger build-| | ing for the seat of county govern-| ‘Chautauqua Dates Are Set) ment.” The newly-acquired property, | | | | Word has been received from the Elliton-White chautauqua system stating that the dates for:| their appearance in Cottonwood has been officially set for June 18, 19, 20, 21,22, 23. Nowis thetime to make arrangements to attend and a chambers, ing with the first and finishing) In front of the, have investigated the matter, can | easily be converted into a court- macadamized road although this | house, with adequate office room! impression generally prevails. The secretary of agriculture:re- cently issued the following state- The present courthouse was’ ment: Cottoiwood’s chautauqua start- :built years ago by the city of suitable courtroom and COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1919. $1 ‘a year... The building was erected at the time Grangeville became the seat of Idaho county. ' Opinion is that the vault in the courthouse can be moved in sec- tions to the new location, and bricks from five flues on the old school building will be utilized in a second vault for the keeping of the county records. The memorial to soldiers and | sailors will be erected at a cost of |not less than $2000.° Of this amount $1000 is available from the state, on condition that the county provide a similar sum, in addition to the site. By remodeling, the school build- it is declared. The grounds can be beautified, and the lawn kept cut. Work on the new court house | will not start until after the July meeting of the board: of county commissioners.—Free Press. saci thbseel eile To ‘Hold Victory Loan Rally There will be a big Victory Loan rally in Cottonwood tonight and for which occasion Miles Johnson of Lewiston, Fr. Phelan. and M. R. Hattabaugh will deliver speeches urging the people to buy Victory bonds. . The famous Cow- boy band will provide music for the accasion. On Sunday, May 4 there will be, another rally at Winona.to which| meeting many Cottonwood citi- zens expect to go. The Cotton- wood Glee Club will also be pres- ent at Winona to. help make the meeting a big success. A _ rally held there some time ago boosting the last bond drive resulted in the raising of a handsome'sum and it is expected they will respond as liberally as in times past. swsbiruslislbialis dont Mrs. Tom Randall entertained a number of, little boys Monday afternoon to’a dinner party given in honor of her little son, Will’s tenth birthday. After the dinner ride by the boy’s father. Those present were: Donald Belknap, Ray Reed, Leslie Shields, Donald Johann, Raymond Nims, ' Ken- neth Hensley and Burdett Ran- dall. The guests departed wish- jing Will many more happy birth- Monday and conferred with the’ district the old school grounds and | days such ‘as they helped him | celebrate Monday. ON RURAL AND Our highway district commis- sioners last week received a letter from the State Engineer asking |for information regarding rural inost roads and the extent or num- ber of such roads within our dis- trict and whether our district was |eontemplating the improvement of these roads. While the letter | did not contain positive assurance that government money is avail- able at this time the fact that our commissioners have .been work- on this matter for some time and |now that the state highway de- | partment has asked for a. detailed report on these roads and given assurance that they will have the | state engineer look them over within a very short time leaves no doubt of our ability to get this aid if we are able to meet the con- | ditions of fifty-fifty. Under the conditions and terms of the feder- al appropriation government’ to |I. 0. O. F.hall at which gather- ing can be made most attractive, | Large Crowd Attend Reception | The second of a series of recep- | tions given in honor of the return- ed soldiers and sailors was given | last. Friday evening under the) auspices of the Commercial Culb. A big reception was held ih the ing there were some 380 soldiers present. The program rendered at the reception consisted of sing- ing by the Cottonwood Glee Club, Orchestra of Grangeville, a short recitation by the Rey. Marion Sligar and a speech by W. W. Flint, Chairman of the Victory Loan Committe of Idaho County j urging Cottonwood citizens to buy bonds. After the reception a dance was given at the K. C, hall which was attended by a merry crowd. Music was furnished by the Cowboy Orchestra. According to all re- ports everyone had agood time and hoped that the commercial, club would put on similar such enter- tainments, neal Clean Up Week May 5th The week beginning May 5th has. been named as Clean Up Week, and every resident of the town is requested to clean up all jTubbish about their premises dur- ing that week and have the same hauled ‘to the dump ‘ground or burned. If every one will co-operate in carrying out this request it will greatly improve the appearance and sanitary condition of our town, By order of the Board of Trustees. John Funke, Marshall. Raise $7500 At Fenn Sunday The Victory Loan rally held at two selections . by the Cowboy] Fenn last Sunday was attended iby a large gathering and $7500 the last of Uncle Sam’s volunteer bond ‘drives. There were several speakers present at the meeting whe aroused enthusiasm it the }raising of the above sum. The so present and provided music for the occasion. GOVERNMENT MONEY AVAILABLE AND STAR ROUTES RO ELEY is charged with the admin- | istration of the federal aid road ;constructed. States may submit! for approval any kind of road, terms.of the Federal Act.” 11:26 miles, rwas’only 11.26 miles. act, has placed absolutely no re-| strictions, either implied or direct | upon the kinds of hightways to be| \eial club. They will have a very people and did much toward the} | | J.D. Chase Is dal byJury ‘N EWS. AROUND ‘ J. D. Chase, of the Winona sec- tion, charged with the larceny of of a cow belonging to Sarah Mof- fit, an Indian woman, was acquit- |ted-in the district court, Thurs- day, April 24 when Attorney S. O. Tannahill of Lewiston repre- senting the defendant, offered a motion that the jury be instructed to return a verdict for the defen- dant. The motion was sustained. The case was called to trial last Thursday morning but the taking of testimony. did not begin until late in the afternoon, The evi- dence developed that the cow had been pastured by the defendant for a long period and was found bearing his brand. The conten- tion of the defendant was that the cow had been branded by mistake and he had never claimed owner- ship of the animal. The motion for the instructed verdict was bas- ed on the grounds the state had failed to show any conspiracy or attempt on the part of the defen- | dant to deprive the Indian woman of the possession of the animal. The civil action entitled Vere Pennecard vs. R. M. Tombleson | g, was tried Friday. This case ori- ginated in Cottonwood and was heard by Judge E. C. Steele of the second judicial district, because Judge Wallace N. Scales having | been ‘identified with the case as an attorney before being appoint- ed'to the bench. The action is brought to recover money alleged to have been illegally retained by, the defendant while . handling estate matters in which the plain- tiff is interested. The outcome of the action. re- sulted in favor of Mr. Pennecard. TO OBSERVE. MEMORIAL DAY |was subscribed by the people of] Cottonwood Expects To Make the they were given an automobile) that section to the Victory Loan, Coming Memorial Day One of the Biggest in Its History. Cottonwood and vicinity will! observe Memorial Day, May 30 iin a fitting manner such as it has f bserved perhaps jin Gran lie Cowb .| never been o ed pi p ranee rnc Cay boy pam Wease | the history of the city in honor lof |our dead heroes who have died on | the battle fields and also to deco- rate the graves of the old veterans. | At the present time it is outlined ; to make an all day affair’of it and the committee in charge of the] affair will perhaps ask the busi- | ness mento suspend business for the day according to present | plans, Arrangements are now under way, in charge of the Entertain-) ing Committee of the Commer- |able speaker from some outside even an earth road and approval | point to make the main address will’be given if the construction |of the day and an endeavor will | be substantial in .character, suit-| also be made tg induce the various able for the traffic needs of the lodges of Cottonwood to take part | community served and meets the in the exercises. It is also planned | was signed. The | to have both schools of thecity to| average length of road projects | take an active part in the affair. | given the company ‘to-which he is approved by the secretary of agri- | culture on January 31, 1918 was ed to every citizen in Idaho county | having the time of my life.” A general invitation is extend- {to come to Cottonwood on this! This, ‘|tempting murder. THE ST ATE Items of Interest F From’ Various Sections Reproduced for Ben- - efit of Our Readers. Baxter Godfrey, age 4, son of the Milo creek flume, and except for G, A. Gotter, who came to his rescue would have beén carried into the Coeur d’Alene river. The creek has been cribbed through the eity, but at ‘this place was open, | ‘ At a meeting of the directors of the Northwést live stéck show held in Lewiston April 26th they selected the plans of Architect R. S. Loring for the. new $22,500 erection of three cattle barns. Mrs, Jesse Hackett, age 79 pass- ed away while seated in’ an arm chair at the home of her daughter in Coeur d’ Alene April 26, Short- ly before Mrs. Hackett had héen a conversation-with her daught- ppt repose she died, The animal husbandry depart- ment of the University of» Idaho isin receipt of two finely bred Poland China git from Missourj. One is Model Giaritess 2d, from the Lockridge herd at Fayette, Mo., and comes fromia line of ancestors one of which sold for $66 The other is Orpheum Girl, from the herd of the Uni- versity of Missouri. Posses of men and officers are scouring the wooded country about Bovill in seareh of Victor Brown whois charged with at- Doctors are working qver his. alleged victim, John ‘Hoge, trying to save his life, Brown was taken in charge by some lumberjacks, but escaped from them and fled into ‘the woods, county ‘and some deputies left Moscow April 26th to take part in the search-for the missing man. | Burglars entered the drug store week and stole every ounce of narcotics in stock--about $150 | worth of morphine, codein, heroin, opium and cocain—and also the records of sale of the same. The strict regulations in the sale of “dope,’”’ combined with the recent passage of new laws in Canada covering the dispersing of ‘the drugs, is supposed to be the rea- son why the coke sniffers are .get- ting so desperate. Capt. Frederick C. Erb, ‘son of | George'E. Erb of the public : utili- | ties commission, has landed at San Francisco and expects to re- turn to Idaho within a few days him last week by relatives. Capt. Erb was in some of the’ fierest | fighting onthe western front, ‘and was promoted to the rank of eap- tain a week before the armistice “Some celebration,” he writes of the reception being jattached. “People all wild. Am | The Moscow highway district “Some projects were only four| | date and help us celebrate this oc-| voted bonds last Friday in the miles long, the ‘total number of | casion in a fitting manner. projects approved at that time) being the first memorial day since| | ning vote of 1,201 for the bonds was 258 and as before stated the|the signing of the armistice the|and 180 ‘against. average length of these projects people of the United States will) Creek highway that will connect Why can’t no doubt make this one of the the Moscow and the Genesee high- we get assistance on the star route most notable memorial days in | way districts, voted bonds in the to Winona‘and Keuterville or onthe history of our Republic and | sum of $160,000 bya vote of. 109 sum of $375,000 by.an overwhelm- The Thorn | money is available on any type|the'rural delivery route north ‘of ,Cottonwood wishes to benumber-| for the bonds and 14 against. of road construction, nor need the it is pointed out by those who!) road bea part of a state highway, nor need it be even a surfaced or | blame . butourselves when we) our minds that we want this aid) “There is not the slightest truth | for it is not going to last always Grangeville and was:leased to the|in such a report” said Secretary |and first come, first served. Let’s| visited with friends at Nezperce provide for carrying the highway with the last number. jeomey for. ninety-nine years for Houston. “This department! get busy. As matters develop more infor- | —o—_—_ Miss Mildred Stephenson who |returned to her home Monday. town? It all depends upon us, if ed with the leading towns in the|Thesetwo highway districts: will we sit complacently by and see country in giving her dead heroes| provide for the permanent im- other communities grab ‘the op-| the honor that they are justly en-| provement-of the highways from . portunity we have nobody to/titled to. |a- point near Potlatch to'the Lew- iston highway district where*per- finally wake up and realize that mation will be given our readers, manent highway construetion has we were'too slow in making up from time to time. ‘\already been completed. The | Potlatch highway district will vote | bonds atan early date that, will |* the north end of Latah county, John Godfrey, Kellogg, fell into: pavilion andalso authdFized the With her arms folded and in Sheriff Woody of Latah : of A. R. Tiss at Priest river last - according to word received from —