Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, August 22, 1919, Page 7

MRS. HARRY S. NEW Mrs. Harry S. New, wife of the sen- ator from Indiana, besides being prom inent socially In Washington, is active. ly interested In politics. She is a member of the National Women’s Re publican committee. ELECTION HELD LEGAL. Judge Wallace N. Scales of the district court today rendered a decision holding to be valid the $17,000 bond election in the Dou- mecq highway district, on March 22, last. Legality of the bond election was contested by F. L. Allen, D. M. Ripley, A. H. McCoy, Charies Crawford and C. H. Ryan, whe sought to restrain the commis- sioners of the Doymecq district from proceeding with the sal of bonds. Of the $17,000 bonc issue, $5000 was to be used tc defray a portion of the cost of a bridge already constructec across Salmon river at the mouth of Whitebird creek, anc $12,000 was for building a road up the grade from the Salmon river bridge to the Doumecc plains. The validity of the election was attacked on several grounds After ruling against the conten. tions of the plaintiff on minor points, Judge Scales, in his de- cision, dwells on the matter ot alleged illegal votes cast at the election as follows: “Tt is contended by the Plain- tiff that two-thirds of the legal voters did not vote in favor of the bonds, and mentions the names of six or eight persons who are alleged to have voted illegally; and alleges generaliy that other persons, not named voted illegally ; Ledbetter, one oi the witnesses for the plaintiff whom the court finds to be ar illegal voter, stated that he voted against the issuance of the bonds, the plaintiff contends that his vote cannot be deducted from those opposed to the bonds because the issue was not raised in the pleadings. The court canmot agree with this conten- tion. One of the allegations of the complaint and of the amend. ed complaint is that the issuance of said bonds was never author- ized by two-thirds of the quali fied electors of said district vot- ing at said election. This is denied by the answer. “The court-believes that Miss Behean and the two homestead- ers (Wardens, husband and wife), were non-residents of the district when they voted making three illegal votes for the issu- ance of the bonds, and one ille- gal vote against the issuance. Deducting these votes from the twenty-five votes against the is- suance of the bonds and fifty- one votes for the issuance, one more than the necessary two- thirds, << 7 -* “An order will be made deny- ing the injunction and declaring the election valid.” —Free Press “Tip Top” as good as the best, and better than the rest. 23-tf Try a load of our mill wood, it is ideal for summer use. Hussman Lumber Co. DON’T FORGET ror OS When you need any- thing in the line of neat and attractive Printing. al REOPENED TO YANKS. Under an opinion of the at- torney General recently rendered to the Civil Service Commission, United states soldiers, sailors, and marines who missed op- vortunity to enter civil service examinations because of their military or naval . service may iow be given a chance to qualify for Government employment. The Civil Service Commission, wishing to give discharged serv- ice men every opportunity to qualify for civil positions, asked the Attorney General for an opinion as to whether it would be ‘egal to open, for the benefit o sailors, and marines, examin- ations which had been closed. The Attorney General having expressed the opinion that such action is legal in view of the spirit of a recent act of Coneress which provided for preference in appointment. to civil positions for discharged soldiers, sailors, and marines, the Civil Service HOENE HARD\ Se SS a es se se se ee = ee Commission will open only to honorably discharged service men examinations which were ;pending on April 6, 1917, the | date of America’s declaration or war, or which were subsequent- ly announced, and for which ’| registers of eligibles now exist. Sixty days from August 1, 1919, will be allowed soldiers, sailors, and marines in which to be examined for positions for which examinations have al- ready been held if they were discharged from the military or naval service prior to August 1, and sixty days from the date of their discharge will be allow-- ed those discharged subsequent to August 1, 1919. SWATMAN BURIED SAT. W. E. Swatman, a pioneer of this section, whom we mention- ed last week as having suffered a storke of paralysis, died last Friday afternoon at his home in this y vllage, after several days’ “ON” The Flour That Made Camas Prairie Wheat Famous for Milling It is guaranteed to contain no acids of bleaching com- - pounds. We handle Salt and Sugar in _Carload Plenty of Binder Twine and Grain Sacks always on hand Farmers’ Union Warehouse Co. Ltd. lots 1920 Model K- ——Buick Five-Passenger Touring Car— THE BUICK Model K-Six-45 is a very. capable open car for five persons, designed to cover the multitude of uses to which such a car is put. It differs from the big seven- passenger model only in tonneau and chassis length, possessing the same degree of ruggedness, easy-flowing power and mechanical excellence. The tonneau is even more liberally proportioned. The seat is full three-passenger capacity, set at a comfortable angle. The sides are upholstered clear to the doors with the same French pleated leather ‘ used on the cushions and seat backs. Each of the four doors equipped with a side pocket for storing small parcels. The instrument board is illuminated by a dash lamp. Top and side curtains are made of high grade fabric, the curtains swinging open with the doors. Behind the front seat is a-very convenient pocket for storing the side curtains when not in use. When Better Automobiles Are Built BUICK Will Build Thein unconsciousness, and death evid- ently was painless. Practically aii, if not all of his children were at his bedside when he passed away—four boys and two ladies, who witn their mother mourn their loss. Mr. Swatman has been engaged in various occupations on Craig mountain for many years, and was well known in all sections of the hill district The funeral was held at the Advent church in this village, Saturday, at 2:00 p. m., and the obsequies were under the direc- tion of Rev. Starr, an old friend of the family. The remains were laid to rest in the cemetery near Westlake. -- Ferdinand Enter- prise. GO AS YOU PLEASE. Airplanes do not come within the jurisdiction of the public utilities commission, said Attor- ney General Black, in an opinion Thursday. The attorney general- ruled that a special act on the part of the legislature would be neces- sary before the utilities commis- sion could hope to exercise con- trol over the air. Until the leg- islature acts companies trans- porting freight and passengers through the skies in aeroplanes are not public utilities in this state, and piolets will have no need to worry over rates, sche- I | dules and equipment. Attorney General Black pre- pared his ruling at the request of the utilities commission. MAY LOCATE AT GENESEE. Auctioneer Harry Cranke was in Genesee from Nezperce the first of the week looking over the territory with a view to locating in this territory. Mr. Cranke is conceded to be one of the best judges of valuation in the Northwest and is often call- ed to the larger centers for con- sultations regarding the value of livestock. It is probable that he handles more pure-bred stock | sales than any other. auctioneer 1| in this section of the Northwest. Mr. Cranke says his object in seeking a location in this section is so that he can have easy ac- cess to the hard roads already | built and to be built so that he can make his trips without the #i| los sof time.—Genesee News. 45 is SS 2. —=—=—_ —S=_ =] = —— ison the market. The new cr is to be manufactured along wi/h the Fordson tractor in the new giant plant now in erection on the shores of the Detroit rive at. Dearborn, Mich. PREMIER NITTI Signor Nitti, who succeeded Orlando as prime minister of Italy. FARM VALUES ARE RAISED Board of Equalization Raiscs Farm Values 5 Per Cent Increases made for the nor‘h- ern counties are as follows: Idaho ...... ..-5 per cert Kootenai -5 per cent Nez Perce . 5 per cent Latah c. .5 per cent Clearwater . ..25 per cent Benewah. ... ..20 per cent Bonner . ..15 per cent Boundary ..15 per cent Valuations on improved farm lands and city property may 1} advanced by the state hoard « equalization in keeping with tl e upward trend of taxes, says the Boise Statesman, Tuesday 01 this week. ARE KT call at “BRADBURY'S” for your Ice Cold Drinks Cigars, Etc. When in Grangeville su eat FIRE SWE EPS 15 ACRES ~ Thursday night destroyed teen acres of wheat in bundles in the Winona section. One hundred men fought the fire until it was extinguished. Fire which is believed to have started from an old strawstack, which is thought to have bee smoldering since last broke out in a stubble field, o1 the Sellards place, at the top of the Stites hill, Saturday after- A strawstack, ten sacks acres ot stubble were burned before the fire was extinguished by a crew noon. of barley and several of twenty men. —Free Press. AN EIGHT CYLINDER FORD. Spokane—A bigger and better “flivver” is the ambition of building an eight-cyluider, cooléd motor machine, Spokane. profess ignorance et. the Dodge brothers. ure is to be equipped air-cooled aluminum SSS 1 a) ll Fire, presumably caused by a lighted stub of a cigaret or cigar fif- in a field owned by Major Farris spring, Henry Ford, automobile manu- facturer, who is contemplating air- accoring to the latest advices received in Of the local Ford agents, some and others claim to know very little about the new machine, but the rumor still circulates that the new car will soon be placed on the mark- Ford and his son, Edsel, re- cently obtained the controlling stock of the Ford company, part of which formerly was held by According to the reports, the car which Ford is to manufact- with an eight-cyl- inder motor, and if it lives up to the reputation which it already has gained in the minds of the engineers who designed it, it will create a sensation when it The equalization boerd Mon- day accepted as reported by county assessors valuations on livestock and some other items, but. held up. pending an investi- gation, reports on real estate, merchandise, sugar factories, lumber, saw logs and machinery. Afterwards the board members held a conference in the govern- or’s office when the matter c: advancing valuations on farm lands and city property was dis- Sn CUBBRds It was decided at the confer- ence to await final action penda- ing the filing of a report by John Robertson, a state tax agent. In his report Mr. Rob- ertson will show values of farm land as returned each year by the county assessors and possi bly some figures on real valu- ations. Sees Injustice in Valuations One board member said late Monday afternoon that valua- tons on improved farm lands aud city property would either have to be raised or assessments made against the public utilitics would necessarily have to ie lowered since an injustice is be- »| ing done the big corporations. The board, it is understood, is agreeable to an advance on im- proved farm lands, but the mem- bers are divided on the size o1 the advance. The members as a whole ap- pear to feel that the utilities are bearing more than their propor- tionate share of the taxes. With hardly an_ exception every tax agent appearing be- fore the equalization board last week insisted that valuations on improved farm lands were too low, while the corporations, they said, were being taxed too heay- ily. Some Too High; Some Too Low. Valuations on improved farm lands in some counties are high, but in the majority of the coun- ties valuations are too low, one board member said. County assessors from all parts of the state appeared before the equalization board last week. A large number insisted that valuations in Ada and Canyon counties were not high enough. The equalization board will probably vote today or Wednes- day on the matter of raising val- uations returned by the county assessors on improved farm lands and city. property. Owners of dry farm land will probably escape with valuations returned against them because of the poor crops harvested this season. a A visit here may save you.much Hussman Lumber Co. For the, Velie car. see W. R. Rogers. 13-tf