Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, August 29, 1919, Page 1

VOLUME 27. NUMBER 35. er ect I COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1919. ‘ $2.00 PER YEAR HOME COMING CELEBRATION : | WANT ALL BOYS HOME BE- FORE THE EVENT IS STAGED The “Home Coming Celebra- tion” which is to be put on under the the auspices of the Red Cross, in honor of all soldiers and sailw's as was announced in last week’s issue of the Chronicle will be held some time in September, the exact date of which has not | yet been decided upon on account | ot all the boys not being home | from services overesas. At a meeting of the committee in charge of the affair, it was de- cided to postpone the celebra- tion until all the boys have ar- rived home, which is expected vithin a very short time. At the present time only two boys from Cottonwood have not yet been discharged, these being ¥.ul Terhaar and John Bies. As soon as they arrive the celebra- tion will take place in honor of all soldiers and sailors in the county and a general invitatien is extended to them to attend. | Everything on this date will be free to everyone. The Red Cross ladies will serve a big lunch at noon in canteen fashion whicn will consists of sandwich- es, doughnuts, pie, coffee and etc. There will also be a large num- ber of amusements staged in the afternoon under the auspices of the returned soldiers and sailors and already arrangements are under way to make this one of | the most enjoyable features of the days program. The comittee is now negotiat- ing for the services of some band on this date. It is the wish of those in charge to have the band present all day. The fam- ous Cowboy band was given the| first opportunity to provide music on this date, owing to the band not being able to be present in the day time some other organization may be em- ployed but it is to be hoped that the Grangeville boys can be in- duced to play here ail day which | will be done if possible. In the evening a pavement dance will be held on Main street to which everyone, young a'd old are invited to participate. This will be the first pavement dance to take place in this sec- tion ot the country and a large crowd is expected from all parts of the prairie. The people who haye charge of this affair are getting every- thing in readiness so that the celebration may be put on in a short time and as soon as “he re- mainder of the boys arrive the exact date of the event will be given out to the public. Remember —- everything is free even the eats so get ready, attend the affair and show the Leys you are glad they are back home with us again. A large number of the boys, who have seen active service in France are taking keen interest in the com- ing event and are doing every- thing in their power to help make the affair a grand success as they wish to have all of their comrads present, as well as their friends, who live in other sec- tions of the county, whom they have not had the opportunity tc meet since returning from overseas, but expect to meet here on this date. WILL LIVE IN LEWISTON. William Schiller returned last week from Lewiston where he purchased a home and will re- move his family to the Snake river metropolis where they will home. Mr. and Mrs. Schiller and daugh- ter arrived from Everett, Wash. make their future visiting here at the home of Mrs. Schiller’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Simon. of September. They expect to re- move to Lewston about the first Mr. Schiller is FINE SAMPLE OF GRASS. A. Duman brought into the Chronicle office this week.a fine sample of Sudan srass that he nud planted ov his place early his summer. The giass is a native of Africa and is especially adapted to dry weather and is raised quite extensively for feed- ing in Colorado and other states. The sample brought to the Chro- nicle measured just exactly 4 feet and 9 inches from the root and less than three weeks ago the grasshopper eat it off near roots, the grass having grown 4 feet and 9 inches in the Jast three weeks. When tne hoppers severed the grass near the roots Mr..Duman expected no yield from his 1-8th of an acre which he had planted but in the last three weeks ‘it has grown with great speed and i now ready for cutting. WANT $779,758 TO BUILD ROAD SEATTLE MEN LOWEST BID- DERS ON 31! MILE SEC- TION N. & S. HIGHWAY Bids were opened last Friday at Boise by the department ot public works on the construction of 3114 miles of road on the North and South highway says the Boise Statesman between New Meadows and Whitebird. Grant Smith & Co., big rail- road contractors of Seattle, of- fered to build the road for $779,- 758.44. Three other bids sub- mitted were much higher. A contract has not been award- ed for the work. There is $680,000 available for that par- ticular piece of construction and the cost will have to be whittled down to meet the appropriation. That probably will be done by eliminating some miles of the road which it was planned to build at this time. The road on which the depart- ment of public works expects to spend the $680,000 is recognized as the worst piece of highway in Idaho. It is a part of the state | road being built through the Lit- tle Salmon river canyon between New Meadows and Whitebird to connect north and south Idaho. The project on which the con- tractors bid Friday is made up of several particularly bad stretches of highway. A. L Kahl, bridge engineer with the highway department, says it 1s the poorest road in the world in its present condition. In addi- tion, there is 35 miles of road be- tween New Meadows and White- bird on which bids cannot be re- ceived and a contract let until af- ter the legislature makes anoth- er appropriation for that pur- pose two years hence. That piece of highway is not as rough as the section on which bids were opened Friday, but it is almost impassable at its best. Contractors other than Grant Smith & Co. who submitted bids Friday and their bids were: C. A. Bicknell, Boise, $890,314.98 ; H. H. Boomer, Spokane, $1,149,- 289.99, and Poter & Connolly, Portland, $1,158,871.88. Grant Smith & Co. have been building wooden ships for the ‘ederal government, but of late they have had men and machin- ery idle. The state is furnishing one- half of the $680,000 to be spent on the work in the Little Salmon river canyon. ‘The other half ts being put up by the federal gov- ernment. The contractors who are awarded the contract for the road building must commence moving dirt and stone on the highway by September 15 and complete the job not later than | January 21,1921. There will be but little dirt to handle, since the survey for the highways rock formation. and bridges must be put in. i | goes through a narrow canyon some six weeks ago where they | which is almost entirely of a lived last winter and have been In addition to ;making excavations and build- | ing a grade, numerous culverts and down ‘it on “high.” The North and South highway is now completed from Weiser te New Meadows, with the excep- tion of a nasty stretch of road about 10 miles in length between Council and Tamarack. Some of the road between New Meadows and Whitebird will cost approxi- mately $60,000 per mile. LOW WATER THE CAUSE. which have not been the best for the past two weeks is due to the shortage of water at the light plant on the Clearwater river. The Grangeville Electric Light & Power Company last summer constructed a dam that cost in the neighborhood of $75,000, thereby expecting to be free from future trouble to a great extent when the new dam was ed with a new problem. The trouble at the present time is a new one to the company, which son there is not enough water in plant on the Clearwater. The river at this time is the lowest ever known to old timers and in easily crossed without getting ones shoes wet. The trouble, at the present time is perhaps regretted more by the power company officials then by the user themselves for if there is anyone that likes to see good lights and power any better than the officials and em- ployes of the company we do not know it could be. The present situation will have to be borne patiently by tne as a good rain seems to be the only relief. This is not the only section that has been bothered with poor lights and power many large cities have also been hav- ing their troubles. ARMY FOOD SOLD. Army food valued at $195.7v has been sold by Postinaster Nash since the same has beer placed on the market through the postoffice department. Sev- eral of the items have been sold out, and many more would per- haps be sold was it not for the not break case lots and parties wishing this food must buy them in case lots. These cases in most instances contain more than the average family wishes to buy. Some of the goods, where Mr. Nash has been able to get sev- ‘)eral parties to make up a case | have been sold by the local post- | The items sold out are String beans, corn, Goods that still can be bought is as follows: master. as follows: peas and rice. Bacon, tomatoes, baked beans roast beef, corn beef, flour. PRESIDENT LOSES VETO. act was accomplished last wee sure over veto. The vote was 57 to 19. ber. become laws in spite of the veto. SELLS HOME HERE. lots near the depot to R. D home. Monday. Mrs. Parker and he er of E. L. Parker makes the second one of th three Parker brothers to leavi them success in their new hom remove to their new holding: within a short time. farming land here. also the owner of considerabie | The grade for the road has | been held down to a maximum of 5 per cent, which means that any type of automobile will run up Mrs. C. A. Johnston was Wod; The electric power and lights, | completed, is this year confront- | few people expected could ever | occur, but owning to the dry sea- | the river to properly run the, many places the river can be) consumers as well as the owners, | fact that the government does } Repeal of the daylight phe Lewiston and the Palouse line. Thé repeal of the law becomes effective after the clocks are turned back to normal in Octo- It is one of the very few) measures which have twice been | vetoed by a president and have Humphrey and expects to leave Friday morning for Cozad, Neb. | ed it will be paved up to the Dr. where he will make his future | Orr corner and from there will | Mines Co., suit on contract. Mr. Parker shipped his | he macadamized to the outskirts | household goods to his new home | of the city limits. The Humphrey family expect to regularly, Grangeville business visitor nesday afterneon. VISITORS FROM THE EAST. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Perry | of Lucas, Iowa and Mrs. Kath- ryn Ketelsberger, and Mrs.! Juliana Lunders and children, Isabella and Eugene of Salem, | S. D. are visiting at the Mat, ; Duclos home, having arrived here some time ago. The part- | ies named above are all relat-| ives of the Duclos family and| came here unheralded and gave} ;them a great surprise. Mr.) Perry, who is a brother-in-law | of Mr. Duclos is highly impres- | | sed with this country, this being | jhis first trip to this section o1 'the west. - He was especially | well impressed with the corn | that Mr. Duclos has on his place, | being from a corn country him- self stated this was a fine stand | and taking the dry weather into | consideration the crop will yield | more here then would prove to | be the ease in his home country, ‘under similar conditions. Land near Lucas, the home of Mr. Perry is now selling for $175 to $250 an acre, having taken a | great jump in the last 8 months. | He stated to the writer from what he has learned and seen j here he considers this land a very good investment at the present price. CHANGE SCHEDULE There will be a change in the arrival of the afternoon train from Spokane and the departure of the afternoon train for Grangeville when the new rail- | road time card becomes effect- \ive next Sunday, says the Lew- iston Tribune. The afternoon train now ar-| | rives from Spokane at 2:30 and | beginning with Sunday this) train will arrive at 2:50 o’clock. | The Grangeville train now de- | parts at 8:30 o’clock and begin- | ning with next Sunday the train will depart at 2 o’clock. At the present time the bag- gage and mail are transferred from the Spokane to the Grange- | ville train at the Lewiston sta- tion and the passenger are un- loaded at North Lapwai to await \the arrival of the Grangeville | train from Lewiston. When | | the change is effected the tran- sfer of passengers, mail and ex- press will be made at North} Lapwai from one train to the other and there will be no wait- | ing. The change in the time of the | departure of the Grangeville train will break the connection with the afternoon train from Riparia which brings the pas- | sengers and mail from south | Idaho. Under the present sched- ule the train from Riparia ar- rives five minutes before the time of the departure of the Grangeville train but there has been so little passenger traffic |to go beyond Lewiston that it ‘has been deemed inadvisable to |hold the Grangeville train here |an hour and a half to the detri- | ment of the heavy travel from the senate voting to sustain the | WORKING ON KING STREET. | house in passing the repeal mea- | President Wilson’s | Contractor J. B. McCulley, put his men and equiptment to work | this week on King street near | the Riley Rice home, and intends | to work down King street to |Main street. This street will | be a part of the North and South | highway, over which all travel | will go, leading out of town on | past month removed their equip- BUILD MORE WALKS. H. H. Nuxoll commenced work Thursday morning assembling material for building 185 feet more of concrete walks. The walks to be built this time will be in front of his residence prop- erty on Main street. The creek runs under the present walk and Mr. Nuxoll will build cement walls to keep the creek within its boundaries and build the = Naa on top of the retaining walls. ! SURVEYORS LEAVE. The state highway surveyors who are surveying the North and South State Highway, and the crew which has made Cot- tonwood its headquarters for the ment to Ferdinand from which place they will make their head- suarters. Practically all of the surveying here has been done. COURT WILL CONVENE MON. DISTRICT COURT WILL CON- VENE MONDAY—SEVEN CRIMINAL CASES. The fall term of the district court of Idaho county will con- vene at the court house in Grangeville next. Monday. Judge Wallace N. Scales presiding. The calendar comprises about sixty cases. Of the seven criminal actions the case of the State vs. Neil McMeeken, who is charged with first degree murder for the alleged killing of Charles White near Florence about May 5, 1919, is perhaps the most important. This will probably be one of the first jury cases heard. The calender presents only seven divorce cases, the smallest list of such suits stated for ac- tion ata term of the district court for years past. While no official announcement has been made it is thought that the jury will likely be called to report about Sept. 12, Among the cases included on the calender for the term are the following: Criminal Calendar. State vs.Caleb Smith, charge of assault with intent to commic rape . State vs. James Oliver, charge | of assault with a deadly weapon. | State vs. Mattie Otto, charge of assult with a deadly weapon. | State vs. Neil McMeeken, | charge of murder in the first dee gree. State vs. W. D. Guthrie, charge of emblezzlement. State vs. Rufus Walker, | weapon. Civil Calendar. | closure mortgage. jet al., foreclosure tax lien. | Tuttle vs. McDonald, suit for money. suit for money. foreclosure of lien. | the new proposed highway. | The hill, near the Fred Lange property will be completely ex-| E. M. Parker on Tuesday of | cavated and the sidewalks which | this week sold his house and four | aye now on the side hills will be - | put on the street grade level. After this road has been grad- 1 | — little son who departed for lowa| RED CROSS WILL MEET. early this spring, being called there on account of the illness of | chapter of the American Rea her mother, will meet her hus-| Cross will be held at the Red | band at Cozad. E. M. is a broth- | Cross rooms September 2 at 4 p.| on note and mortgage. and this|m. This is the first meeting of | | A meeting of the Cottonwood e the local chapter to be held this e | summer. e Robertson to call these meetings which is s month. | quested to be present. a ome As the weather is get-, Cottonwood within two weeks. | ting much cooler now it is the in- Their many friends here wish tention of Chairman Geo. once a All members are re- Miss Anna Gentry was a pas-/| senger for Lewiston rr | lien. ejectment. foreclosure of lien. | Cowgill vs. Wagner, foreclos- ure mortgage. Erskine Bader vs. Bader, divorce. | Lake Highway District vs., | Robbins, et al., condemnation. Stockdale vs. Whitebird State charge of assault with a deadly State vs. Johnson et al., fore- County Auditor vs. Newman, et al., Haener, et al., vs, Alcorn, et al. Hoene vs. Burmeister, et al., | Smith vs. New York Mining |Co. (two cases), foreclosure of Schmidt vs. Williams, et al., Shissler vs. Golden Mining Co. | NEWS AROUND THE STATE Items of Interest From Various Sections Reproduced for Ben- efit of Our Readers. Many residents of Boise are buying cemetery lots from the city clerk before the price 1s raised from $10 to $20. Alfred F. Stone, assistant at- torney general, has resigned uis position and his resignation has heen accepted by Attorney Gen- e al Black. He retires to engage in private law practice. Potato growers in Canyon county have squeezed out the buyers and hereafter they will place orders for their own refri- gerator cars with a view of! in- su" ng prompt delivery. ' Robert Post, 19, son of W. M. Post of Genesee is in a critica: condition from having jumped from a load of hay onto a pitch- fork which was stuck in the ground, the handle entering the anatomy last Saturday. A portion of the city park av Wallace, Idaho, has been set aside for touring motorists. Facilities have bee: provided and the camping ground is des- cribed as one of the most invit- ing natural spots on the route to the Yellowstone Trai!, The state capital has been in somewhat of an uproar the past week over the charge made and given some circulation that state taxes are to be trebled for 1920 and 1321. Flat denial is made to the allegation by the adminis- tration, of which Governor D.W. Daivs is the head. All necessary papers for the construction of the state hign- way through Latah county has beén filed with the state hign- way commission at Boise. As soon as accepted thé p-eliminary work for construction will begin, but it is not thought the work can be begun before spring. Six thousand 6 hundred acres of state land in Latah county was sold at Moscow Monday by State Land Commissioner J, H. Nash. The land sold was most- ly cut over timber land and amounted to about $75,000. Another large sale was held by Commissioner Nash at Orofino Wednesday of this week. A series of stalls have been completed on the farm market grounds at Sandpoint, Idaho. They are built and conveniently equipped for the display and sale of farm products by the farmers. The building is erected at city expense which will be refunded by the farmers in the monthly rental plan. 3 Frank A. Mix, aged 80 years a highly respected pioneer of Latah county died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. J. Day of Moscow Sunday. Mr. Mix has heen’ a resident of the Palouse country for the past 40 years and was highly respected and oe by all those who knew im. The barn on the O. A. Grove farm near Genesee burned to the ground last week with six hors- es, a calf, a lot of harness, chop, hay and other property. The origin of the first was'a mys- tery. The barn was insured for $600 and the horses for the same amount. He had sold one of tne horses and it was to be delivered the next day. The university of Idaho has received a pen of pure bred Suf- vs. Black Diamond | folk sheep, three ewes and a ram from the Suffolk sheep associa- tion of Great Britain. The anim- als were presented to the univer- | sity by the parent breeders’ or- ganization in the world of this Bank, et al., suit for cancellation | variety, and the incident is pro- of mortgages. proceedings. Wells vs. Wells, divorce. County Auditor vs. Cross, et} al., foreclosure tax liens. et al.. foreclosure tax liens. | Mellville vs. Renaud, | suit to quiet title. Briggs vs. Irwin, et al., suit Whitebird Highwad District | vs. Canfield;et al., condemnation | County Auditor vs. Mitchell, et al. bably without parellel in the an- nals of the pure bred sheep in- | dustry. Damages in the amount of $190.42 were awarded. Chas- tain’s, Incorporated, a drug store in Lewiston in the action insti- tuted against A. E. Carssow, | proprietor of a similar establish- ment in that city, to prevent fur- ther use of the trade name “The ,| Owl Drug Store.” and to collect the damages suffered as a result {Continued on page 7) Martin vs. Hammer, et al. ,|of the use of the trade name ie April 17 to June 24 of this year.