Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, July 25, 1919, Page 1

ei tien @ . ¢ 4 VOLUME 27. NUMBER 30. COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1919, _ SHIPPED 25 : CARLOADS nccs night when the Winona Stock Valued at $30,000 Shipped From Cottonwood Tuesday To Market. The first train load of live- stock to leave the prairie this year was sent down the high line Tuesday bound for various points” The freight passed ae Cottonwood with 25 rloads, 11 of these being sent from Cottonwood and the re- mainder from Grangeville and it was expected that before the train reached Lewiston that some 40 cars ‘would make up the train. The cattle and hogs that were shipped from Cottonwood | where worth on an average} something like $8000 a car, mak- ing $30,000 worth of livestock to be shipped from Cottonwood. The value of the stock as it pull- ed out of Cottonwood with the Grangeville shipment was close to $75,000. | This is the first trainload of | cattle to be shipped off of the prairie this year and will be fol- fowed by several other train- loads within the very near future. Cattle from the river points will soon be ready for the market in large numbers and will comprise the bulk of. the shipments to be made in the future. Among one of the finest herds sold here Tuesday was 30 head belonging to Frank Hatke of Keuterville which averaged 1300 pounds .a head and were all young steers. One of the steers owned by Mr. Hatke weighed 1650 ponnds and is reported to have been the finest animal sold here for some time. The steer brought its owner $148.50. These cattle were sold to the Cottonwood Milling Co. Another fine herd of cattle sold here Tuesday, and which where bought by the Farmers Union were 140 head delivered here and owned by Jack Mora- rity of the Westlake section. Out of the 11 carloads shipped from here Tuesday 7 were! bought by the Farmers Union and the remainder by The Cot-| tonwood Milling Co. ALL STARS TO PLAY SUN. Will Play Lewiston Team at) Grangeville Sunday. A team, composed of the best players picked from the Prairie | League teams which consisted | of Cottonwood, Grangeville, Fer- dinand, Ilo-Vollmer, Nezperce and Kamiah have been selected to play the fast Lewiston team at Grangeville, Sunday, July 27. The players have been picked from the various teams accord- ‘ng to the record they have made the past season. Those who will comprise the All Stars team and who will try to defeat the Lewiston aggregation at the county seat Sunday are the fol- lowing: Kabat, Grangeville; Parsons, Kamiah, catchers. . Hollen, Nezperce; Hill, Kam- iah; Wade, Ilo-Vollmer; Adki-} son, Ferdinand, pitchers. | - Hartnett, Grangeville, short- stop. Smith, base. Davis, Kamiah, second base. Tlo-Vollmer, _ first} Ingram, Grangeville, third base. Stellmon, Nezperce; Litch-} field, Ilo-Vollmer; Moody, Ferdi- nand, outfielders. Reserves: Morris, Kamiah; Schober, Cottonwood; Medved, Nezperce. The Lewiston team has a fine record this year and is going to Stars if possible. FIRST GRAIN AT VOLLMER. The first new grain was re- ceived at Vollmer Tuesday July 22 by the Vollmer-Clearwater ‘company from W. D. Shown. It was white winter barley testing! entirely capable of handing their ne 49 pounds. The yield was 55 | After the regular business ses-| ATTEND I. O. 0. F. MEETING | A large delegation from Cot- tonwood attended the I. O. O. F.} meeting held at Winona last Sat- lodge put on some degree work. | sion and degree work was finish- ed a big banquet was spread by the Winona lodge to which all) did ample justice. Those who were present from Cottonwood | were the following: Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Robertson, Mr. and! Mrs. O. D. Hamlin, Mrs. and Mrs. Joe Oldham, Mr. and Mrs. Bledsoe, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Hans- es, Mrs. Giezentanner, Mrs.} Hale, Jess Robertson, Olin Ham- | lin and Miss Fannie Rink. All} the Cottonwood people report} having had an excellent time. INDIAN LAND TO — BE PATENTED Congressman French Writes Mr. | Groninger that Competent Reds Will Receive Deeds A great many farmers in the} Clearwater and Prairie country have recently asked me to. in- vestigate and find out in what) way the people in this territory can assist in getting as much of the Indian land as possible turn- ed over to Indians who are cap- | able of handling their business | at the expiration of the treaty next year according to R. R. Groninger, agriculturist of the Waterman Associated Banks of Kamiah who recived some_in- teresting information from Con- gresman French and which was published in’ the Kamiah Pro- gress of last week. The agricul- turists futher states: Much of this land has been! very poorly farmed under the present lease system, the leases having paid very little attention to keeping down weeds, eradi-/| cating pests, making improve- ments, etc., and farmers feel that if the patents were given to the Indians and this land made subject to taxation, these condi- tions would soon change. I haye taken the nsatter up| with our Honorable Representa- | tive Burton L. French, at Wash- | ington, D. C., in an effort to find | out what the policy of the In-} dian Department will be in re-| gards to giving the Indians pa- tents to the land, or extending | the treaty. In recent correspondence from Mr. French I am informed that under the present laws the! treaty will not be extended, but} that the U. S. Indian Depart-| ment has power to with-hold the patents of land belonging to In-| dians who are not capable of | handling this business, and that | it will be the policy of the In-| dian Department to issue pat- ents to as many Indians as pos- sible who can be found capable of handling their business. | The Indian office proposes to send representatives of the of- fice to make careful inquiry in-| to the fitness of the Indians to handle their business so that mistakes will not be made, but Mr. French could give me no in-| formation as to when the com-| mittee will arrive, and is of the opinion that their course will not from the Indian office at Wash- if the Farm bureaus of each of the counties interested were to tigating | they arrive, providing they care | to make use of it. | dians in this territory who are bushels per acre. Last year the many Indians who are not cap- the Vollmer-Clearwater comp-j able of handling their business, any on July 24. first new grain was received by | be marked out for them from) of the week, from Julian Jones Washington. I am of the opin-| by relatives here that he was un- ion that the representatives| able to continue his journey ington will want to select their | attacked with source of information regarding | Hailey, Idaho. He has suffered the Indans, rather than have it} More or less from this disease submitted to them, but I believe! Since he has been in the army. | | select or appoint a committee in| routed home. each county or community to in-| brother departed Monday for vestigate and get what informa-| Hailey and will ZO! tion they can as to the Indians’ | brother until he is able to con- try to defeat the Prairie All| capabiliy of handling their own| tinue his journey homeward. affairs, such information would! According to late information be of great value to the inves-| received, he representatives when nicely and no doubt will There are any number of In-' NOTICE business and should have patents’ firm of .Park to the land. However there are requested to would in a short time have their land filehed from them and be thrown upon the county after the guardianship of the U. S. had been severed. R. R. Groninger, Agriculturist, Waterman Associated Banks. RESIGNS POSITION. P. H. Dye, who for the past two years has been employed by the Cottonwood Hardware Co. as their chief automobile man in their garage run in connection with their large implement es- tablishment resigned his posi- tion with the firm to take effect the first of the coming month. Mr. Dye will not leave the city, which is welcomning news to his many friends but will op- en up in business for himself August 1 in the John Funke building on Main street and will handle exclusively work on auto electrical equipment, generators, ignition and acetylene welding. He will also conduct a sub-sta- tion for the Willard batteries under a Lewiston house. The new firm is to be known as the Cottonwood Battery and Weld- ing Shop. Mr. Dye needs no introduction from us, as the work done by him the past two years speaks highly enough for itself. Mr. Dye hopes to have everything in readiness to commence business August 1 and solicits a share of your business in his line. ROAD IS CLOSED. The road leading out of Cot- tonwood by the way of Simon Bros. slaughter house was closed Monday in order to give the roadmen, who have been work- ing on this stretch of road for the past two weeks an opportu- nity to properly grade the same. The highway leading out of Cottonwood by this route has been a problem for some time past owing to water from the hill side in the spring making it very muddy. Another feature that was bad as well as dangerous was the fact that pedestrans could not see for any great distance what was ahead of them on account of the hill having several projecting points. This however, is being remedied by widening the road and by aiso excavating the points so that a clear view can be had down the entire length of the road. A ditch will be built along the hill to properly handle all sur- plus water in the spring. The road will again be open for traf- fic in about a week. TO HAVE FALL CARNIVAL. At a meeting held Monday evening at Grangeville it was de- cided to have a fall carnival at Grangeville this fall, the dates, however, having not as yet been definitely decided upon. ‘The affair will be in charge of the local members of the Elk lodge. It is the intention of the Grangeville people to run a spe- cial from Lewiston to Grange- ville on the dates of the carnival to accomodate a large number of Elks, as well as others who have already signified their intention to attend the doings at the county seat. Grangeville has also signed a contract with the Ellison-White people for a chautauqua next year. The guarantee was $1250. TAKEN ILL AT HAILEY. Word was received, the first homeward on account of being rheumatism at Julian was recently discharged from the service, and was e¥- Lewis Jones, his stay with his is recuperating start home soon. Having disposed of our busi- GARDENS RUINED. Grasshoppers, which ‘until the first of the week had done no great damage in the city to.gard- ners, and up to ths time had not been very thick, invaded the city in large swarms the first of the week and have practicaly ruined every garden here. Some of the gardners, who have keen able to be in their gardens when they arrived in swarms have been able to save their vegetation by keeping them continually on the move. In this undertaking “Daddy” George Simon has been These pesky creatures, how- ever have been doing consider- able damage in the country and most of the gardens where they have appeared the thickest have simply been anniliated. Among the farmers where most of the damage has been report- ed are the following: The hop- pers entered a 70-acre field of spring barley owned by John Crea and practically severed every head of grain from the main stalk. Mr. Crea turned his cattle into this field in order to get some good out ot it. Mrs. Theo. Teonnis, who is reported to: have had one of the finest gardens found anywhere on the prairie also had her garden eat up by these desirable creatures, they even going as far as eating the young carrots out of the ground. On the Holthaus ranch, a stand of corn that has been re- ceiving admiration from practi- cally everyone was also: badly damaged by the grasshoppers. BUY AT HOME BEST POLICY Parks Brothers, of Portland, Oregon who have been canvass- ing this country with agents and selling groceries to the farmers and residents of the city in any amounts and it is stated they claim to save the purchaser big money on a bill of any conse- quence. This week the Cotton- wood Mercantile Co. came into possession of one of their orders which amount to only $46.10 and the Cottonwood Mercantile Com- pany will fill the same bill for the sum of $44.05 with well known brands of goods. Parks Bros. specified no brand on their order. The Cottonwood Mercan- tile Co.’s price is f. 0. b. Cotton+ wood while the Portland con- cern requires you to pay freight from the coast. By buying at home you actually save $5.95. We do not doubt in the least but what every mercantile establish- in the city will sell you groceries prices. We would recommend that prices at home be first con- sidered before letting some tra- veling salesman talk you into buying goods. Read the Cotton- wood Mercantile Co. ad on page 8 and note the prices made by both the local store and the Port- land firm. LIGHTS MUST BE RIGHT. Those who are contemplating on going to Lewiston by auto had better see to it that they have the proper kind of lenses in their auto lamps. A new of- dinance regulating the kind of lights permitted on the streets went into effect there on Tues- day. lawful to use on any motor vehi- cle of any kind of lighting de- equipped with a reflector, unless arranged so as to deflect or dif- fuse the light. deemed diffused when producéd by a headlight which has the eh- front etched, ground, force this ordinance rigidly. IRA ROBERTSON HOME. having just from overseas. train Wednesday owing to having missed ss, all personsAndeb and Parker are ll apd settle their accounts a$ the ks must be closed at’o: 3-1 & Parker. in a car. Ice Cream social the Fred Simon home. the most successful. | ed. at a saving over Parks Bros. | The ordiance makes it un- | vice of over four-candle power | the same shall be designed or} A light shall be | tire front surface of the glass sand- blasted, or so formed or coh- structed that the light emitted therefrom is entirely broken up or dispersed. The police of Lew- iston have beer: instructed to eh- Sergeant Ira Robertson ar- rived home Wednesday evening, | recently returnéd Ira has been in France for the past two years. He was to have arrived on the evening bit the Grangeville train by only a few | minutes his brother Jess went to Lewiston and brought him home | ight ‘| bot that the pe ae aking the situation grave. TO START THRESHING. -Th@ threshing of grain will commence the first of the com- ing week. Many of the farmers have already cut their grain, which will be ready to thresh the toming week. By the mid- dle of August harvest in this séc tion, will be in full swing. Ac- cording to information received from many of our most sub- stantial farmers the crop will average much better than was at first believed possible. The grain has stood the drought much better than was anticipat- The only machine to pull out this week, was the one owned by Conrad Bosse, Wednesday, but whether they have done any] harvesting or not we have been unable to learn. ALLOT $260,000 TO FIGHT FIRE Comes From Interior Depart- ment Emeregency Fund— Governor East. Boise, July 22.—Governor Davis’ office was notified today Congressman Addison T. Smith that Franklin K. Lane, secretary of the interior, had made available $200,000 from the miscellaneous fund to be used for fighting the fires. In addition to the $46,000 already set aside, this. money will meet the urgent and immediate needs of salary and most of purchas- ing equipment. According to one official of the fire-fighting associations, this is the first time in the history of the state where the governor has _ been able to get aid from the govern- ment at a time when conditions demand prompt action. Two calls for more men re- ceived by General Examiner R. A. Holley Monday give evidence that high winds are driving the forest fire in the Thunder moun- | tain district ata terrific rate. | Several new fires are also stated to have started in the yellow | pine country, ignited possibly by | sparks carried by the gale and | deposited in the _ tinder-like fon < woods. Hard fighiting by the fire | crews had brought many of the smaller blazes under contro] on Sunday and it was a great dis- appointment when the _ gale! swept down upon the fires and| fanned them to new life only to leap the trenches which the in- cessant labor of the men has dug | after two days and nights of | efford. Gov. D. W. Davis way to Washington to secure federal aid in fighting forest fires, but it is announced at his office that he will not call out state troops for forest fires duty ! until it becomes impossible to employ civilian fire fighters. Fanned by a high wind the forest fires in the Elk City sec- tion, the region of Thunder mountain and in the Selway for- est reserve were reported as rag- ing furiously and practically be- yond control of the large force of men assembled to try_and stop | the spread. £ : The principal reasor are unable to cope the situation is the dry of | everything in the forest regions. | With no material rainfall for months the timber and under- brush is dry as tinder and very susceptible to catching fire, and| for the flames to spread is an easy matter. is on his amen NEWS AROUND THE STATE Items of Interest From Various - Sections Reproduced for Ben- efit of Our Readers. ——— Wages of miners in the Coeur d’Alene were raised Saturday to the war scale of $5.25 a day. All the companies have agreed. to the new schedule, which will take effect from July 16, the last pay day. A. D. Gross, ‘a prominet farni- er in the Mohler section near Ilo- Vollmer states fall wheat in that locality will yield about 30 bush- els to the acre. Mr. Gross has been a resident of the Mohler section for the past 20 years, Mrs. Richard Daxon, of Wal- lace was struck in the’ face, knocked down and rendered un- conscious, gagged and lcabed closet, and the books of the 9 box Mining company stolen Fri- day night, at her home by an un- identified man. While trying to untangle sone of the phone wires which become interwoven with ie light wires in Ilo last ee R. J. Pugh the Jocal electrican, came near being electrocuted by receiving the greater portion of 2200 volts. An important business deal was consummated at Nezperce last week when Lee Thomas, of Lewiston, purchased the inter- est of John W.. Jamison. ~in Thomas & Jamison. This con- cern is one of the largest imple- ment dealers at Nezperce. An amusing incident happen- ed at Sander’s beach at Coeur d’ Alene last week. A woman lost a set of false teeth. Tom Ron- . inson, who learned to dive with the water rats in the Spokane river, went down three times in 10 feet of water before he re- covered the lost molars. Seventy acres of grain wete destroyed by fire at the farms of W. N. Rogers and A. L. Wooley, three miles southwest of Culdesac, in the Mission trict, Sunday, July 20. Wooley lost 20 acres in sh while Mr. Rogers lost a simi amont in shock and a stand. Governor D. W. Davis Saturday named Mrs. J. G. G: veley, prominent club woman Boise, a member of the s board of education to su t of | William Healy. Mrs. Graveley is the first woman to be oppoint- ed as a member of the s board of education. David M. Hand, a Baptist | minister, convicted in Moscéw five years ago on a charge of statutory rape, was returned ‘to the state penitentiary last Thursday by the board of par- dons, after C. M. Rankin of Caldwell had complained that the former pastor was forcing his attentions upon the former’s daughter. Federal Judge F. S. Dietrich and his family were taken ill last Saturday afternoon at Boise with some sort of poisoning. Mrs. Dietrich and daughter, Margaret and son Frank wére sick all afternoon and the judge was for¢ed to leave the court- | room in the afternoon before the case he was trying was finished. Five persons were instantly killed and a sixth so badly in- jured that his life is despaired of when an interurban electric car ran into an automobile July 20 at a railroad crossing four miles north of Nampa on the Boise-Nampa electric line. The The biggest fire yet reported, | according to information from |the forestry depmrtment at| | Grangeville, is in the densely) | timbered section along theAme- | rican river, east of Elk City. Al-| ready 1000 acres have been burn ed over and the flames are re- ported as beyond control of the diate vicinity. timber stands in this district and it is feared that the loss will The forestry service reported that in all district under their | jurisdiction all smaller fire has been practically y amount to enormous figures. dead are Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Ul- lery of Nampa and their daugh- ters, Line, aged 16, and May, aged 12, and Mrs. Charles D. Shellaberger of Nampa. When Dan L. Boise sent his linen to the laundry last week at Lewiston he failed to ve from the front of a shirt a diamond stud. The shirt went sixty men engaged in that immie-| through the complete process of Much yaloable| n | laundering and was returned neatly ironed and folded, minus the stud. Mr. Boise inaugurat- ed a search which continued for | several days, and just as the ‘hunt was about to be given up the missing stone was discover- ed by the laundry fireman in a barrel of rubbish which he was. about to empty inte the fur