Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, June 6, 1919, Page 1

ee j SE TRL RTE VOLUME 27. NUMBER 23. sreenaRe. sgt Wages nc COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1919. FARM AGENT IS APPOINTED Blaine County Man to be County Agent for Idaho County— Appointed Saturday At a meeting of the executive board of the Idaho County Farm Bureau held at Grangeville last Saturday John Finley of Blaine county was appointed by the board to the position of county agent, made possible by an ap- propriation: of $2000 from the board of county commissioners and financial assistance from the state and federal govern- ment. Mr. Finley, the county agent appointed by the executive board at the county seat last Saturday comes highly recom- mended and will take up his new duties in about two weeks. His offices will be in the court house at Grangeville. Mr. Finley has been county agent of Blaine county for the past two years, being their first agent and was instrumental in puting that county on good footing as far as a county agent is concerned. The county agent problem, which is now a realization was agitated in this county for the past two years by some of the most prominent and influential farmers of this section and they are highly elated over the re- sults in obtaining an agent. One of the first things to be taken up the the new agent will be the grasshopper -plague which has been causing some alarm in this section as well as in other sections of Idaho county as is also the case in our neighboring ‘county, Lewis. If these pests ¢an be eliminated with the cooperation of the farm agent it willbe money will spent in this undertaking alone. Countv Agent Finley was re- commended to the executive hoard by Mr. Kjosness of Lewis- ton, assistant county leader for the state of Idaho. Those being: members of the executive board of the Idaho County Farm Bureau and at- tending the meeting at Grange. ville last Saturdav from thir section of the prairie were the following: Howard McKinley, wood. Rudolph Schroeder, Keuter- ville. Adolph Hinleman, Winona. Edgar Fry, Ferdinand. FIND ANOTHER STILL. . Earl Steen and Elmer Ewing, residents of the Stites section, were placed under arrest last Saturday by Sheriff William El ler on the charge of having an illicit still in their possession. They were arraigned before U. S. Commissioner J. B. Burney at Cotton- ‘Stites and were released on $1000 bonds. The still was found in a small building on the Steen ranch, and with it the officers found, it appears, about 100 gallons of mash that would be ready for distillation within a few days. The construction of the stil] was not quite completed, but could have been put in shape for oneration in a short time. The still and some of the mash were brought to Grangeville to be used as evidence in the prosecu- tion of the case. WILL SELL JUNE 12TH. A. O. Martin who last week disposed of his farm northeast of Cottonwood will sell at pub- lie auction all of his personal property at his former ranch on Thursday, June 12. Among the various itmes offered for sa'e by Mr. Mertin are 16 head of regis- ‘tered Shorthorn cattle from ore of the best strains in the North- west. The herd is headed hy a hlue ribbon vrize winner from the herd of J. A. MeCrosky and Sons of Svregue. Wn. He will also disnose of the WINDOW DRAWS CROWD. The show windows of the Hoene Hardware drew a large crowd of window shoppers on Decoration day, they having been fittingly decorated for the oceasion. In the displays used by the hardware company were many souvenirs that were brought home from France by local boys from the battle fields In the collection were the souvenirs brought home by Ser- geant Vern Dye which he col- lected from the battle fields of France. c Herman Seubert’s __ trench shoes, gas helmet and steel hel- met which he wore on the field were also on exhibition and showed much wear and hard usage. The collection that drew the most attention and comment were the various articles sent home by Arthur Rice, son of Mr, and Mrs Riley Rice which they received from their son last week. The trophies consisted of. several iron crosses, trench knives, watch fobs with the Iron Cross dangling to the same and a German officers belt decorat- ed for services rendered to his country and various other arti- cles. Arthur is with the Ameri- ean army of occupation. - [. 0.0. F. MEET IN COTTONWOOD Odd Fellows and Rebekahs Hold Meeting Here June 11th— Have Prominent Speakers The Twelfth Annual Idaho County’ Association of Odd Fei- lows will meet in Cottonwood, Wednesday, June 11 at the I. O. 0. F. hall. These meetings have been held regulary since 1908 at various cities in the county. A large delegation is expect- ed to attend this meeting from various sections of the county and several prominent members of this order, who are officers of the state organization will al- so be in attendance according to word received by members of the local order. The I. O. O. F. and Rebekah lodges of Cottonwood are mak- ing extensive preparations for the meeting and will endeavor to entertain the visitors in grand style. A program has al- ready beeh outlined which will be as follows: Opening ode. : Address of welcome, Hon. E. L. Parker. Response, M. Reese Hatta- baugh, Grand Warden. Reading, Miss Bertha: Bless- ing. Piano solo, Alpine Storm, Miss Vivian Baker. Short talks, by grand lodge officers. Noon lunch. At 3 o’clock p. m. the Rebe- kahs will meet in the upper hall for business session to elect of- ficers for the ensuing year and receive the president’s advice and instructions. Odd Fellows will meet in the lower hall in business session to elect officers and receive the | Grand Master’s greetings and) instructions. Supper in banquet room at 7:30 p. m. Toast master, grand Warden, M. Reese Hattabaugh. Selection of next meeting place. Evening Session. Reading, Mrs. L. A. Hanses. Piano solo, Cloister Clocks, | Miss Vivian Baker. Address, M. Reese Hatta- baugh, Grand Warden. Reading, Olin Hamlin. Vocal solo, Mrs. Margaret Keith. Address, Grand Master. Vocal solo, Mrs Beulah Hatta- baugh. Address, Rebekah President. Violin solo, Lawton Miller. Address, Mrs. Hattie Fry, as- semblv marshall. Address, Presley F. Horne, Grand Secretarv. usual amonnt of farm machin- erv generally found on a farm at closing ont time. 1. E. Zuver will have charge of the sale. Address, A. E. Gipson, Past Song, “God Be With You Till] spend a week or so visiting with Me Meet Grand Master. ; eroy, DRAWS LARGE CROWD The entertainment given at Orpheum theatre Monday even- ing by the pupils of the’ St. Joseph school drew a crowded house and standing room was at a premium, Each number put on by the pupils under the capable direc- tion of the sister was heartly re- ceived and was more than could be expected from the ordinary amateur actors or actresses., Time and space forbids us to mention each one of them sepa- rately of the splendid work done by he or she. The acts worthy of special mention in our estimation, how- ever were the following: “A Joke on the Toymaker” which was cleverly put on by the young entertainers and drew 2 heavy encore from the audience. Another act that was es- pecially appreciated by the au- dience was the “Butterfly Frolic” put on by little girls. This act, without a doubt, more than any of the others required much practicing on the part of the participants and was clever-. ly executed. f The act that was very impres- POSTPONE GAME SUNDAY Nezperce Defeats Grangeville, Kamiah Wins from Ilo-Vollmer. Standing 4. Clubs on Lost Kamiah .. 4 "4 Nezperce .. 3 2 Cottonwood .. 2 2 Tlo-Vollmer ~. 2 2 Grangeville .. 1 8 Ferdinand .. .......... 3 1 « Results of Games Sunday Nezperce 6, Grangeville 3. Karhiah 6, Ilo-Vollmer 5. No game at Ferdinand. Games Next Sunday. Tlo-Vollmer at Cottonwood. Nezperce at Grangeville. Kamiah at Ferdinand. The game between Cotton- wood and Ferdinand scheduled for last Sunday was called off on account of the death of O. P. Fry, who has two sons playing with: the Ferdinand base ball club, the game was postponed to some future date in respect to the elder Mr. Fry who died sud- denly Sundey morning at his home in Ferdinand. Nezperce Defeats Grangeville Nezperce defeated Grangeville in a hotly contested game at sive and considered by many to| Nezperce last Sunday by a score have keen the main feature of the evening’s entertainment was the “Calvary Song and Panto- mine.” The various. stage scenes throughout this act were very impressive and beautiful. A number of recitations and/| songs were given between acts. The promptness with which the enterainment started and the short intermissions between the various acts was also appre-| ciated by the audience. The Sis- ters of St. Joseph school togeth- er with others who had charge of the program are more than entitled to congratulations on the splendid success of their en- tertainment. The total receipts from the sale of tickets amounted to $152.30; expenses $16.90 leav- ing the sum of $135.40 to be’! used for. the benefit of the school. CONFIRMS LARGE CLASS. The Right Rev. Daniel M. Gorman, D. D. administered the sacrament of confirmation to a large class of candidates at the Catholic church last Sunday morning. The church was beau- tifully decorated and_ special music was provided for the oc- casion by the church choir. This was Bishop Gorman’s first of- ficial visit and he paid a glowing tribute to the Cottonwood parish and stated he hoped that some time in the near future Cottonwood would have a much larger church to properly take care of the growing congrega- tion. TO BE MARRIED JUNE 10TH Steve Trautman and Miss ‘Adia C. Nuxoll the daughter of Joseph Nuxoll will be married at the Catholic church in Green- creek next Tuesday. Mr. Traut- ‘man recently purchased the C. A. Gentry farm near Cotton- wood and the young couple will make their future home there. A big free wedding dance will be given at Greencreek on the date of the wedding to which everyone is invited. SCHOOL CLOSED TODAY. The Cottonwood public school closed this week for a three month’s vacation after a very successful term taking every- thing into consideration. The flu epidemic put a severe damp- er on school activities for some weeks after which the teachers and pupils worked all the harder to make up the lost time. The teachers are all preparing to leave for their homes within afew days. Up to the present time the entire teaching staff for next year hag not been sel- ected. Prof. Lustie has teen re- tained by the board to again head the schools next year. Some of the other teachers have accepted positions elsewhere while others have decided to re- tire from teaching and take up other vocations. Geo. McPherson and family expect to depart the last of the week by automobile for Pom- Wash. were they will of 6 to 8. Several of the Grangeville players visited Cot- tonwood this week and stated that is was a battle royal from start to finish and that the Nez- pave boys had a hard team to eat. Kamiah took revenge on Tlo-Vollmer for. the defeat that was administered to them by that aggregation. the Sun- day previous and defeated the Tlo-Vollmer team by the close score of 6 to 5 in favor of the Indians. MEMORIAL DAY EXERCISES The Memorial day exercises held in Cottonwood last Friday were attended by a large gath- ering of people from various sec- tions of the county. The pro- gram given at the Orpheum in the morning was attended by a large crowd and the afternoon program which was to have been given at the foot of the flag pole was rendered in the Or- pheum theatre on account of the threatening weather. The prin- cipal speaker of the day was Hon. Frank L. Moore of Moscow who made a very interesting address on a subject appropriate for the occasion. Owing to the weather conditions the atten- dance was somewhat curtailed but a good crowd was present nevertheless. After the pro- gram’ at the Orpheum in the morning many journeyed to the grave yard were they decorated the graves of old war veterans as well as those of other rela- tives. WILL OPEN WEDNESDAY. Grangeville’s Indepéndent chautauqua will open next Wed- nesday, June 11 and will con- tinue for five days. The county seat chautauqua boosters have secured the services of some very talented entertainers, among one of the big lecturers: to be heard at Grangeville will be Captain W. J. Handley who will give his foremost lecture, “The Last Great West” on June 12th. They also have schedul- ed for chautauqua week a num- ber of ball games that will ve played on Wednesday, Fruay and Saturday of next week. The Cowboy band will also give a dance each evening after the program. FRY DIES SUDDENLY. O. P. Fry one of Idaho coun- ty’s most prosperous farmers and a well known pioneer of the Ferdinand section died early Sunday morning at Ferdinand |from heart failure. Mr. Fry was apparently in the best of | health on Saturday and was a | Cottonwood visitor the day be- fore his death. Mr. Fry came to Idaho vears ago. He was born in Indiana, March 12, 1854. The news of Mr. Fry’s death | was received in Cottonwood |Sunday morning and was a great shock to his many friends |here. The Knights of Pythias sent a delegation of their mem- | hers to Ferdinand the first of | the week to be present at the | time the hodv was taken to the depot and shipped to Moscow for burial, A. H. Nau of Cot- had charge of the fun- tonwood | eral arrangements. $2.00 PER YEAR BOUGHT HEREFORD BULL According to Thursday’s Lew- iston Tribune August Schroeder purchased a fine bull from H. Thiessen of Sweetwater. In re- gard to the sale the Tribune has the following to say: August Schroeder, the well known Hereford breeder of the ‘Keuterville . section, has pur- chased from Henry Thiessen, at Sweetwater, a pure bred 14 months old bull to head his herd, the acquisition being Rup- pert’s Model, the first calf of Prince Rupert Jr., and said to be a very fine specimen of the breed. The exact consideration is not made public but it was definitely stated the purchase price was well up in four figures. Mr. Schroeder was one of the first Camas prairie stockmen to give his attention to pure-bred Herefords and high grades and has prepared some very fine ex- hibits for the Northwest Live- stock show. His carload lots have taken first prizes and his endeavor has been at all times to improve the breeding of his herd. The animal secured from Mr. Thiessen to head his herd is considered to be one of the most promising calfs to be found in| the northwest. FARMERS TO MEET HERE F. E. C. U. of America Will Meet Here Saturday To Elect Officers The Farmers Educational Co- operative Union of America of Idaho county will hold its annual meeting in Cottonwood, Satur- day, June 7. Adolph Hinkle- man secretary of the organiza- tien has sent out notices to all members and a large delegation is expected to report here. The purpose of the meeting is to elect officers for the coming year and to transact such other business as may come before the meeting. One of the principal topics to be discussed is the malgamation of all farm organizations into one organization and .to be known as the Federation of Ag- riculture. A meeting will be held in Spokane June 11, 12, 13 for the purpose of forming this federation at which meeting some of the ablest speakers in the United States will be pres- ent. It is said this is to be one of the largest farm meetings ever held in the United States and conservative estimates have placed the delegates to be pre- sent at 5000 delegates. Many farmers from this section have already signified their intention of attending the convention. H. S. PLAY GRAND SUCCESS The class play of the Cotton- wood high school given at the Orpheum last Wednesday even- ing was a wonderful success if we are to judge by the generous attendance and the favorable comments made after the play. Every number was well pre- pared and the little extra effort needed to put the entertainment over was not lacking. The receipts amounted to $126, which will easily pay the expenses of the commencement exercises and leave a handsome balance for the high school for next year. GRADUATION EXERCISES. The commencement exercises of the graduating class of the Cottonwood high school will be held this evening in the I. O. O. F hall and the following pro- gram will be rendered: “Anchored,” Song by Glee Club. Salutatory, Harriett Greve. “The Tide of Life,” song by the Misses Wardrobe, Hussman and Edwards. Valedictory, thiesen. . Address, Prof. Philips Soulen. Presentation of diplomas. Valedictory, song by Glee Club. Geo. Pollock and wife of West- lake were Cottonwood business visitors Thursday. Raymond Mat- NEWS. AROUND THE STATE Items of Interest From Various Sections Reproduced for Ben- efit of Our Readers. R. S. Mathews, age 70, a pio- neer resident and former mayor of Moscow, died at San Deigo, Cal. He came to Moscow in 1884 and lived there until three years ago, when Mrs.. Mathews was killed in a runaway acci- dent, and soon after he went to California. The body was tek- en to Moscow for burial. The Second Presbyterian church of Kamiah, whose mem- bership is composed wholly of Nez Perce Indians, dedicated a fine house of worship last week. The building is said to be the finest church in the Clearwster valley and cost about $5000. It was dedicated free of debt. The peo Robert Parsons is the pas- r, The state has decided to en- force the automobile license law and bring delinquent auto own- ers to time. The law enforce- ment department will take charge. Owners operating au- tomobiles as common carriers, that is on regular routes charg- ing a passeliger fee, must pay the public utilities commission a stipulated fee. If they fail to do this they may be convicted of a misdeme.nor and heavily fined. Kellogg and Potlatch are both seeking companies in the Third Idaho infantry regiment. Com- vanies have been formed, or are being formed, at American Falls, Pocatello, Boise and Mos- cow. Sandpoint did have a. com- pany in the home guards but it is improbable that the town w'll be represented in the new gu-rd regiment, and in the event that Sandpoint does drop out some other town in the north will be given a company. Having served: two sentences in the penitentiary for burglary, John Wangsgard was sentenced for the third time to serve a term for the same offense from Preston’ in Franklin county to serve a third term of from 1 to 15 years. Since this is his third offense he will have no chance of getting placed in parole. On his first sentence he was sent up for burglary ‘from Fremont county under his present name of John Wangsgard. However, on his second term he was sent up from Blaine county at Joe Walker. Soldiers’ memorial in the state of Idaho need not be uni- form as to size and cost accord- ing to a supplemental opinion handed down recently in Boise by Atty. Gen. Roy L. Black in response to a reauest from Harold Harris, of Grangeville, secretary of the memorial com- mission, for a special ruling up- on this point. The attorney general points out that the law provides for memorials uniform in style, character and, desien, but holds that a county which wishes to erect a memorial to exceed in cost the total of $2000, $1000 of which is given by the state and $1000 of which is rais- ed by the county may erect such memorial, providing that the cost of the same, over and above the $1000 in state funds is cared for by the county. BUILD NEW CONVENT AND CHAPEL Just as we are going to press we received authentic information from a reliable source that the Sisters of St. Gertrude Convent have let a contract for a new convent and chapel to cost in the neighborhood of $150,000. Specifications for publication at this time but will probably be given out next week as all the de- tails have not been fully worked out. St. Gertrude’s convent is located three | and other details are not | miles southwest of Cotton- | as : DEORE meme cee oo