Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, September 5, 1919, Page 1

VOLUME 27. NUMBER 36. COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1919, ROAD CONTRACT FOR $680,000 COVERS HEAVIEST WORK ON N. & S. ROAD—BE FINISHED JAN. 1, 1921 One of the largest road con- tracts ever awarded in the west will soon be signed. It provides for the construction of a link in the great north and south high- way and the figure is $680,000 Commissioner of Public Works Hall made the announcement Tuesday says the Lewiston Tri- bune. re W. J. Hall, state commissioner of public works, attended a high- way conference at Orofino on Monday evening. Mr. Hall was en route to the southern part of the state and was traveling by automobile. He left late in the afternoon for Walla Walla, Mr. Hall has been in the north | for some time and while in Spo- kane arranged for signing the contract for the construction of the Whitebird-New Meadows link of the north and south state highway, the contracting firm being Grant, Smith & Co. Bids for the construction work were received at Boise several days ago and the lowest bid was submitted by Grant, Smith & Co. The contract embraces about 65 per cent of the heaviest con- struction between Whitebird and New Meadows and_ the amount of the contract is $680,- 000. f The equiptment and materials are now being shipped in and the work will be commenced at once. The work along the Salmon river ean be carried throughout the winter and the terms of the con- tract provide for completing the work by January 1, 1921. It is explained the funds now available are insufficient to com- plete the highway between Whitebird and New Meadows but the plan provides for new construction anda completed highway over the roughest por- tions of the route so that with the completion of the Grange- ville-Whitebird link under con-| struction for nearly a year and| the completion of the Salmon river link now awarded to Grant, Smith & Co., a very good high- way to south Idaho will be pro- vided. The work will be com- pete on all parts of the highways touched, so that the sections not under contract at this time can be taken up and finished according to state specifications as the money is made available. VISITS COTTONWOOD. The editor and wife accompan- ied Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Netzel to Cottonwood, in their auto, the first of the week, and we got a good view of the crop situation in the Cottonwood butte country and find that part of Idaho coun- ty has suffered a great deal more from the long dry spell than we have in Lewis county. In many places the spring grain is a total failure. The grass- hoppers have also done greater damage than here. The contractors on the state highway are now grading on the main street of Cottonwood and it looks as if our neighbor- ing town would have some} mighty good roads before the snow flies. Mr. Netzel, who recently pur- chased the big general store bus- iness of Parker & Parker, for the Legget chain of stores, will make | his headquarters in Cottonwood and expects to move his family there from Ilo next week. The store is well located and when My. Netzel overhauls the same we venture it will be a credit to the town and one the Cotton- wood people will appreciate.— Tlo Registcy. Lawrence Bowman, who has been engaged in the vulcanizing business in Cottonwood for the! past two months has decided to remove his Grangeville where he will en- gage in a similar business. He removed his household goods, and i 4 for vulean- izing to Grangeville today. ization for the Twelfth Federa: |War Savings equiptment to} GRENADES FOR SOUVENIRS Banks of the Twelfth Federal eserve District have ordered 60,000 hand grenades which were ready for shipment to the American Expeditionary Forces when the Armistice was signed and which have been turned over to the Treasury Depart- ment for use as savings banks to stimulate thrift. The only al- teration made in the hand gre- nades to convert them into sav- ings banks was the removal of | the TNT charge and the cutting of a slot as a coin way. The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, which is han- dling the distribution of the grenades to the banks and trust companies, anticipates orders aggregating 100,000 of the war souvenirs. Robert E. Smith, director of the War Loan Organ- Reserve District, said “These American-made hand grenades constitute one of the best souvenirs of the War one could possibly get. Some months ago an eastern firm managed to get some of them and disposed of them readily at one dollar each.” It is planned to distribute the grenade banks to the public through banks and trust compa- nies exclusively. The only con- | ditions imposed by the Treasury Department are that to gain ownership of a grenade: Persons 1 to 12 years of age must purchase one $5 War Say- ings Stamp; Persons 12 to 18 must pur- chase at least two $5 War Sav- ings Stamps. Persons over 18 years must buy either one $100 or one $1000 Treasury Savings Certificates which is the big brother to the Stamp bearing the same four per cent interest compounded quarterly and run- ning for five years. “Naturally the supply of gren- ades is limited,” said Director Smith. “Orders for them will be filled in the order received and after the supply is exhaust- ed, no more wil! be manufactur- ed. Eastern banks and trust companies have asked for hun- dreds of thousands of them. In all the War Department had only 15,000,000.” The grenades are expected to arrive in San Francisco within thirty days. ROAD WORK PROGRESSING. A letter received this week by the Chronicle from James Aram, one of the largest and best known stockmen of the Joseph country and also one of the Commissioners of the Joseph Highway District. Mr. Aram stated in his letter that work was progressing very nicely on the Rice Creek road to the Hockersmith ferry, for which road his district voted bonds last year. Mr. Aram, as_ well as other residents in that district now wish to know what will be done on this side, or the road from Rice Creek to Cottonwood. The road leading from Rice creek to Cottonwood is traveled MAY PAROLE O. V. ALLEN. | EDWARDS SELLS HOME. After serving five full years} FF, L. Edwards, on Monday of the mimimum of a sentence ot | sold his fine home located near from five to ten years for the the Odd Fellows hall to Wm. theft of state funds, O. V. Allen,| Bittner. Mr. Edwards and former state treasurer is to be family expect to leave shortiy paroled. That this action will for Moscow where they will result at the meeting of the par-| make their future home. One ole board on Wednesday after-| of the main reasons of the Ed- noon at the penitentiary was in- wards leaving Cottonwood is due dicated by members of the board} to the fact that they wish to Tuesday. On October 22 Allen | jocate ina city with higher will have completed in full the school facilities so that their minimum sentence.. Numerous! son may attend school, and this applications have been filed with | is why they have selected Mos- the pardon board bv friends of cow for their new home. Harry | COMPULSORY SCHOOL LAW. With the approach of the sea- son when the public schools shall | resume their work attention is again called to the compulsory education law which places an obligation on parents and guard- | ians to see that the children at- tend school. The Idaho statute applying to this subject is a | Strict one. | “In all districts of this state all parents guardians and other | persons having care of children /shall instruct them, or cause | them to be instructed in reading, the former state official, but all have been denied. STATE TAXES HIGHER. Taxes for maintenance of the graduated from the Cottonwood | Writing, spelling, english gram- | High school this spring and will) Mar, geography and arithmetic, jenter the university this fall.) In such districts, every parent, | Mr. Bittner, who purchased the| 3Uardian, or other persons hay- home, bought it for the same state government will be higher yenson Mr. Edwards is leaving, next year. This has been de- Hil aun fueniio nas, fintaly davenminad by ae state and will move-his family here so d abt : | the children may attend school. heenigh 4 equalization which has | Tyo price paid for the home was session most of the gorgq fy tes : ng | $2000. ry. and Mrs. Edwards month and has completed most | rnq family have many friends of its work, establishing the lev- ie BA ens es ; ies. It is now evident that eed ies Wonk igi taxes will be treble this year’s | erEcee figure due to additional levies | authorized by the last legisia- | ture. | R. J. Carlson, last Friday The levy last year was two | afternoon closed a deal with Jake! and two-tenths mills, raising a| Jensen, whereby he became the total of $1,222,182.80 as against} Owner of 406 acres, owned by | the $8,678,380.08 raised by the| Mr. Jensen located five miles board under the new levies just | northwest of Cottonwood, ig established. Carlson who sold his ranch on | , the prairie only a short time ago BREAKS HIS ARM. | has been looking for a new loca- Clarence Peterson, the young-| tion ever since and finally decid- est son of Mr. and Mrs. John | ¢d to buy the Jensen farm near Peterson had the misfortune of | the mountain. The farm bought being thrown from a horse he| by Mr. Carlson is an ideal stock | was riding Sunday afternoon at | farm and he expects to go into | the Lewis Asker ranch where | the stock business quite exten- | the young Jad was spending the | sively and considers his new day and from which fall he re- | holdings a fine ceived a compound fracture ot | operations. BUYS 406 ACRES, farm for such | Mr. Carlson and | ments of this chapter. by all of the river people living in that section of the country and something should be done to put this highway in better con- dition. BUYS HOME IN LEWISTON. A. O. Martin on Monday pur- chased the home of W. L. Rob- inson on Prospect Ave., in Lew- iston. Mr. Martin departed’ for the Snake river metropolis last week and intended to rent a house for his family to reside in during the winter but was forced to buy, as there are no homes in Lewiston for rent. He stat- ed property there has taken a big boom in the last six months. His family will remove to their new home this week where they will place the children in school. Business matters however, will | keep Mr. Martin in Cottonwood for the next thirty days. B. Amis who has been employ- |ed as foreman in the Chronicle | office for the past year departed with his family for Spokane Fri- |day morning where they will make their future home. Mr. Amis, for the past month has | been working in the harvest field. He intends to quit print- ing i and will follow some x his left arm between the elbow and the wrist. was set by Dr. Shinnick and Dr. Blake. Clarence seems to be an unfortunate boy, last winter having received a serious barb wire cut on the mouth while | coasting. The break is consider- ed very serious. SHOW STARTS THIS WEEK. The Border Day Celebration which will be staged at Grange- ville the coming week will com- mence Wednesday and close Fyri- day evening. Word coming from the county seat is to the effect that the show will be far above the average and everyone at- tending will be given full value for his money. Promoters of the affair have heen working hard for several weeks to make it a big success. A number of professional men will be present to entertain the large crowds that are expected to visit Grangeville the coming week. WINONA MAN BUYS HOME. David Yates, one of the best! known Idaho county citizens and who is an extensive farmer of | the Winona section, has purchas- ed the beautiful home of Mrs. C. C. Bunnell on Prospect avenue, Normal Hill. This is one of the finest residence properties in Lewiston and adjoins the Vol- Imer home on the west. Mr. Yates will continue his farming operations on the prairie but will mantain his residence in Lewis- | ton.—Lewiston Tribune. FUNKE—HUMPHREY. What was a surprise to their friends was the wedding of Miss Clara B. Humphrey and Her W. Funke, both of Cottonwood, which took place at Grangeville Saturday. The young people withheld announcement of their plans to all but their most in- timate friends. Mr. Funke, is the son of Her- man Funke, old timers of this section and the bride is the charming daughter of R. D. Humphrey. Both young folks have a host of friends in Cotton- wood, all of whom wish them happiness in their wedded life. The couple departed Mouday for Trinidad, Colo., where they intend to make their home. Clifford P. Powell of Snring- Camp and Miss Effie Lucile Gallaher of Juliaetta were mar- ried at Juliaetta, Sunday August 31. The young couple passed through Cottonwood Monday on their way to Spring Camp where they will visit for a few days. They will be at home to their friends after October 1 at Le- 10. The broken arm | | family, who have been making| Cottonwood their home for the past two months will remove to | their new home in the near fut- | ure. The price paid for the| land was $24,000. | HOLD MEETING AT FENN. | A get-together meeting will | | be held at Fenn, September 138, | to determine the sentiment of | | the people in regard to the route | of the North and South highwar across the prairie. The F-:n| people, believe that most of the| residents of the prairie country | are in favor of the North and | South road coming by the way ot | Fenn instead of the present designated route, by the way of Denver. They intend to procure | as many pledges as possible of the people in favor of the road | by the way of Fenn. They will also find out the sentiment of | the people, whether they are in favor of a bond: election, to im- | prove the roads in that district. Everyone interested is urged to} attend this meeting. SELLS HOME FOR $10,000. A. L. Creelman, who at one time was a resident of Cotton- wood sold his home in Lewiston | for $10,000. Mr, Creelman was the owner of one of the finest | homes in Lewiston. The Tri-| bune has the following to say | about the transaction: “ A deal | was concluded yesterday (Mon- day) by which A. L. Creelman | sold his residence property at | 503 Prospect avenue, to Mrs. 'Stellmon of Clarkston, the con- sideration being in excess ot $10,000. Mr. Creelman will continue his residence in Lewis- | ton and is now looking for a new | home.” | The Border Days management of Grangevitte through J. C.| Safley has sent out an invita-| tion to all editors of Idaho and | Lewis counties inviting them to be Grangeville’s guest on Sept-| ember 12, the closing day of the big show and everything will be free to the visiting editors. A big dinner is also planned for them at the Imperial on the same evening. The public school and the school conducted by the Sisters of St. Gertrude Convent will open Monday morning at 9 o'clock. Most of thefitst day will be required to get the vari- ovs classes organized after which work will begin in ear- nest. year from both schools as they | teachers. | [have very able | Mr. McMaster expeets ing charge of any child between | the ages of eight (8) and sixteen | (16) years, shall send such chil- dren to a public, private or par- }ochial school for the entire school year during which the public schools are in session in | such district: Provided, however | that this chapter shall not apply to children over fifteen years of age, where such child shall have |completed the eighth grade, or | may be eligible to enter any high school in such districts, or where its help is necessary for its own use or its parents’ support, or where for good causes known it | would be for the best interest ot {such child to be relieved from the provisions of this chapter: Provided, further, that if a re- | putable physican within the dis- | trict shall certify in writing that child’s bodily or mental condi- tion does not permit its attend- ance at school, such child shal! be expelled during such period of disability from the require- It shall | be the duty of the superintend- ent of the school district, if there be such superintendent and if not then the county su- perintendent of schools to hear and determine all applications of children desiring, for any of the causes mentioned here, to be ex- pelled from ‘the provisions ot this chapter, and if upon such application such superintendent hearing the same shall be of the opinion that such child for any reason is entitled to be exempted as aforesaid, then such superin- tendent shall issue a written | permit to such child, stating therein his reason for such ex- emption. An appeal may be taken from the decision of such superintendent so passing upon such application, to the probate | court of the county in which such district lies, upon such child making such applicaton and_ filing the same with the clerk or judge of said court, within ten days after its re- fusal by such superintendent, for which no fee to exceed the sum of one dollar shall be charg- ed, and the decision of the pro- bate court shall be final. An ap- plication for release from the provisions of this chapter shal! not be renewed oftener than once in three months.” SCHOOL ELECTION MONDAY The school election held Mon- day resulted in the election of W. W. Flint and H. C. Matthie- sen as school directors. The school board is now made up of the following members: Wm. Simon, Wm. Hussman, W. W. Flint, H. C. Matthiesen, M. M. Belknap and J. V. Baker. The four gentlemen receiving the largest number of votes at the election Tuesday were: H.C. Matthiesen 47, W. W. Flint 44, John Hoene 22, Wm. Hussman | 22. Mr. Hussman was already | a member of the board. ANOTHER LAND SALE. A. McMaster, on Wednesday sold his fine farm, consisting of 260 acres located 8 miles north of Cottonwood to John Seubert. to hold a public auction next month at which time he will dispose of his personal property. After his sale he expects to leave for the Williamette Valley, in Oregon where he expects to re-invest in land there. The price paid for the land was not made public. A big after harvest ball will be given at the Orpheum theatre, September 19th. The Metronome orchestra of Lewiston has been engaged to furnish music for largest dances held be one of the Cotten’ for some time. in $2.00 PER YEAR NEWS AROUND THE STATE Items of Interest From Various Sections Reproduced for Ben- efit of Our Readers. Idaho will become a separate internal revenue district October 1 when it will be detached from Montana from which internal re- venue collections in this state have been regulated. A bridge on the Johnson rail- road through Tammany was burned out Sunday night, the ties for half a mile were destroy- ed and a large amount of pasture land was burned over as a result of a fire started by a locomotive. I. H. Nash, state land commis- sioner, conducted a sale of state lands last week at Orofino, dis- posing of approximately 4000 acres in sub-divisions of 40-acre tracts. The land sold for $10 and $15 an acre. An important meeting of the directors of the Northwest Live- stock show was held at Lewiston recently when the premium bud- get of $38,000 was approved, Among the steps taken was the election of F. S. Randall to the directorate. Notice was given that the Vol- Imer postoffice is to be discon- tinued, effective August 30. Due to such a protest being made by its patrons the office was not closed and will continue to run until an investigation can be made. Dr. Charles C. Smith must stand trial in Owyhee county district court on the charge of murder as the result of shootin. Howard Bellore, a youth 2 years on the night of August 18, as the boy was entering his melon patch, When arrainged last week in Judge Hattabaugh’s court on the charge of stealing an automobile at Lewiston Clifford Dougherty, Roy Ordis and L. .A. Mitchell pleaded guilty and were taken to Grangeville where sentence was passed upon them by Judge Wal- lace N. Scales in the district court. 'The judge sentenced the young men from 2 to 14 years in the state penitentiary at Boise, Idaho. The link of highway between Uniontown and Lewiston Hili state highway will be completed before winter, according to in- formation given out. Grading has been finished on the road and surfacing has been startea and is progressing rapidly. With the completion of the strip of road there will be a hard surfac- ed highway from Spokane to - Lewiston and cars will be able to cover the roads at all times of the year. So serious has become the scarcity of men who will accept employment in fighting fires that E. C. Pulaski, forest ranger at Wallace is seriously consider- ing invoking his legal authority to draft men to assst in sud- duing forest fires. Pulsaki says | that he is weary of asking able- | bodied men to assist in this work | at good wages and have them re- fuse and laugh in his face. Un- der the Idaho laws he has autho- rity to draft men for this work | in event of an emergency. An inter-racial marriage en- tered into by Charles Uang, Chi- nese, and Daisy Nult, American, both of Deer Lodge, Mont., caus- ed an afternoon’s sensation in | Sandpoint last Tuesday. They |chose Sandpoint as their wed- | ding place because it was the | nearest Idaho county seat town | to the Montana line, the fusion |of Mongolian and Caucasian |races being forbidden by state |law in Montana. The ceremony | was performed by Probate Judge | Whitaker of Bonner county. | The largest bond election ever jheld in the state wasin Ada | county Saturday when the peo- ple of that county voted $1,000,- | 000 in bonds by a vote of 5077 | for and 619 against. The ma- | jority in favor of the bond was | 39 per cent. The proceeds from Much is expected this | this event which is expected to | the sale of the bonds will be used for improvements within