Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, November 7, 1919, Page 1

COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1919 HIGHWAY | ANOTHER CARD PARTY. 0 | The Cottonwood Council of the IS R | Knights of Columbus gave ano- E-ELECTED ther one of their popular card parties in their council rooms | Tuesday evening. Thirteen tab- les were required to accomodate 153 VOTES WERE CAST AT. those wishin gto take part in the | games, which consisted of pro- THE HIGHWAY ELEC- gressive 500. At the conclusion TION TUESDAY. | | of the games, there being 12 played in all, Mrs. Dr. | Reilly and Miss Agnes Maugg ;and John Hoene—Mr. Hoene J. E.) SCOTT'S WILL IS MADE PUBLIC BULK GOES TO BROTHERS, SISTER, NIECE AND ADOPTED SON, RED CROSS WANTS 10,000 MEMBERSHIP OF IDAHO, NEZPERCE AND LEWIS COUNTIES 8800 FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE WELCOME HOME COM- MITTEE. Receipts. Proceeds of Harvest Ball given by committee ....§ 57.85 Received from war chest tickets ... Sale of 72 C quet tickets at $1.50... 129.50 The Cottonwood Highway election, which was held Tues- day in the office of the Cotton- wood Highway dictrict resulted | playing in the capacity of a lady, | r | where tied for first honors, hav- | The will of the late Wallace \ | Scott, pioneer banker and mer- |ing each won 9 games. After/| 4 . | cutting cards Miss Maugg was) chant of Grangeville, has been | | proved in the probate court and When the citizens of Idaho, Lewis and Nez Perce Counties give their dollors for member- ship in the Red Cross, it must $667.16 Disbursements, Peoples Floral shop, 5 program outlined for the coming’ ed in the capacity of auctioneer, | summer which is to bring the|and urged the young men on for North and South Highway an additional 50c piece for their through the Cottonwood district | best girl’s basket. We would and that no change should be} suggest that Sidney enter the made at this time. | auctioneer business. The proceeds of the social amounted to $55 which will be used in making improvements in and about the school. MRS. FREI HONORED. A birthday dinner was given in honor of Mrs. August Frei, at her home near Keuterville Mon-| ,,, . day evening, which was attend- W a a og ‘ ed by a large number of relatives | re een yce, deputy and friends. After an elegant | boa beste ac pt hart to de- dinner, instrumental music,| P&tt with his family within the singing and speeches where the| — Fee is uf Eee Jaa hehe ag —_— 2 win the yes last pee ao a an ee eel was attacked with a severe case departed to their respective | of pneumonia, which developed homes wishing Mrs. Frie many | from the flu and left his system more happy birthdays, such as | in a weakened condition deemed they helped her ‘ | it advisable to take a rest for Aig ae ericelebrate Mon | the winter, or to at least not be | subject to the exposure of the} | weather, which he would be re- BUYS FERDINAND FARM. | quired to do if he remained here Carl Schurra on Wednesday of | and _ practi ; , : : ‘Bia practiced his profession. this week purchased the fine/ Dy Boyce has ear ya in the farm of Ben Reiman, located one| east with whom he expects to mile and a quarter from Ferdi-| visit and may again return here | nand. The price paid for the in the spring. land was not made public. > | Car] Schurra is an industrious) sHOW OPENS MONDAY. young farmer, having been em-| ‘The Northwest Livestock ployed for years as a farm hand | show will open Sunday, Nov. 11 by various farmers of this sec-| aynq run until the 14 inclusive. tion and will try tilling the soil eeu himbeles Dheidealiwas ina de| Large entries have already been by Henry Nuxoll, the Cotton-| the association, and the best wood real estate agent. | show ever put on by the organi- SRE aga ati aga | zation is expected to be staged CARRIER EXAMINATION. | this year. A large number of The United States Civil Serv-| prominent speakers will be pre- ice Commission has announced! sent among them being, Gover- an examination for the County nor Davis of Idaho and Governor of Idaho, Idaho to be held at Ilo) Hart of Washington. on December 13, 1919 to fill the! One big attraction is the position of rural carrier at Cot-| picked band of 20 pieces from tonwood and vacancies that may | the Sixth Battlefield Division of later occur on rural routes from’ the Pacific fleet, a large number other post offices in the above of them being from Admiral mentioned county. The exam-| Rodman’s flagship. ination will be open only to citi-| pe tei ee zens who are actually domiciled) ARMISTICE BALL. in the territory of a post office | Gottonwood Bost No. 40 of in the county and who peed the! the American Legion will give a other a a dance at the Orpheum Theatre, Form gor ae limi Rata ‘ November 11, in commemoration OD will ne oe cing of the winning of the war. It is wiiows ev d stay re Sn oF ne | the intention of the Post to make oY POEINES Ot hie ieee aves of! this an annual event and it will U. S. soldiers, sailors, or marines | 1, one of the social events of the who are physically disqualified | on for examination by reason of | S°#80- : ; iniuries received in the line of; _ An attractive feature of the | recorded with the secretary of | ; a: ; 4 “| given first prize which was a} " ; i in the re-election of the old mem | beautiful piece of cut glass and| the terms made public showing bers of the board. | A ; | Mrs. Reilly was given second A total of 153 votes were cast | honors, being presented with a by voters of the district, being a) pand painted cup and saucer. much larger vote than was anti-| Foy the gentl Vente aos cipated, owing to the | hte rp ar dai , : weather Peyer and Nick Bieren tied for being very unfavorable . While| first place, having each won 10 there were no organized tickets, games, Mr. Peyer, after cut- about fifteen persons received ting cards, won first prize, votes ranging from 1 to ee which consisted of a cigar case which was the highest number’ fijied with Havana cigars and cast for any one candidate, this | Nick Bieren was presented with number being registered in favor'| the second prize, a silver shav- to J. F. Jenny. August Schroed-| ing mug. Consolation prizes er received 106 and Ed Jessup | were awarded to Gottfred Halter 89, all three being members of! and Miss Duman the present highway board. | ‘ “The following is the votes cast} BASKET SOCIAL SUCCESS. for 10 of the highest candidates: A basket social and dance was Jake Jenny ........... .... 182) given at the Stock Creek school August Schroeder : 102| house last Saturday evening, in Ed. L. Jessup : 89! charge of the teacher of the dis- Aloys Wemhoff 57 | trict. Melvena Tautfest. A John Schnider . 20) large number of people were John Wasem ... 16) present to enjoy the evening’s| Charles Staal ... 14| entertainment. W. C. Nuxoll ... .... 12] Sixteen baskets were auction-| The chief argument used by) ed off, bringing an average of supporters of the old board) $3 a basket. Much of the credit were that the present members| for the sale of the baskets is were all well versed on the road | given to Sidney Brown, who act- | the list of beneficiaries. Esti- |mate of the value of the estate is $400,000, although no ap- praisement has yet been made. About $75,000 to $100,000 re- presents .bank stock and the re- |mainder securities and farm lands. Warren Scott, nephew of the | deceased and adopted son, is | given one-sixth the estate. A. N. | Dyer, nephew, is given $20,000 or he has the option of taking a | certain amount of stock in the First National bank of Grange- ville believed to be of greater value than $20,000. A _ sister of the deceased, Rebecca Scott, }of Rushville, Ill., is given $20,- | 000, while a brother, Ralph, al- so of Rushville, is given $15,000. Another brother of the deceased James, of Alameda, Cal.; receives | $6,000. A niece, Mrs. Calista Huxtable, of Peoria, Ill., receives $10,000 and her son $1,000. A niece of the late Mrs. Scott, re- siding at Detroit, receives $65,- 000. Walter Fee, a brother of Mrs. Scott, is given $1,000. Irene Struthers, of Santa Barbara, Cal., and Mrs. Earl Barton, of Moscow, nieces, each receive $1,- 000. The Christian church of Grangeville and the Christian church of Rushville, Ill., are each given $500. The will provides that after the above bequests have been satisfied, the remainder of the estate shall go in equal parts to the sisters, brothers and niece of the deceased—Rebecca Scott and Ralph Scott of Rushville, Ill. James Scott, of Alameda, Cal., and Mrs. Calista Huxtable, of Peoria, Ill. The will names Attorney A. 8S. Hardy and Archie N. Dyer, of Grangeville, as executors. Judge Ailshie of Coeur d’Alene, form- erly attorney for Mr. Scott, has been engaged as attorney to re- present the estate. The will was made on Decemb- er 4 last. CITY SHORT OF COAL. Cottonwood is seriously feel- ing the effects of the coal strike, in as far as the procuring of coal is concerned but in no way has suffered from the effects of the strike. Coal at the present time in the city, which is placed on sale for the public amounts to: less than 10 tons and this con- sists chiefly of “slack” which has been in the bins for some time. Mike Jacobson, manager of | the Madison Lumber Co., which }is the chief distributor of coal |here expects a carload in the near future. This, however, should it arrive will not be plac- |ed on the market as the U. S. fuel administrator has wired in- | structions to Geo. Poler, local | agent for the railroad company |to refuse delivery when it ar- vives and to hold it for further | instructions from his depart- | ment. | While Cotton is located near | the mountains where an unlimit- ; ed supply of wood can be procur- ed of the occasion demands it, | no serious effects will be felt from the coal strike here. | A HARD-TIME SOCIAL. The ladies of the M. E. Church | are arranging for a “Hard-time Social,” to be held Friday night military duty. This form and application blanks may be ob- tained from the offices mention- ed above or from the United Statas Civil Garviea Cammiccian pt tions should be forwarded to the Comission at Washington at the earliest practicable date. Weshinoton D C. Anniiea-| dance will be the music, they November 14, 1919, at the Fire- having secured the services of| man’s Hall. There are to be re- an orchestra from Nezperce freshments and a good time. which is composed entirely of| ‘There are to be fixed rules; string instruments. | and any person violating any of It is expected that this dance these rules, either in dress or | will be well attended. Ex-service} manners, will be fined for the jme are requested to appear inj same. Remember the days of not be forgotten that several thousands of these membership dollars will be spent in these three counties during 1920. In the first place, the splendid Public Health program now be- ing started by the Red Cross will soon be under wav in the Lewis- ton Chapter. Two nurses have already been engaged and in addition to this public health work, the Chapter has employed a graduate nurse for each of the three counties to give instruc- tion in Home Hygiene and Care for Sick. Every community in the chapter jurisdiction will have this wonderful opportunity to better public and individual health conditions, at no expense to those taking the courses. Your membership dollars help pay for this greatly needed work. Another branch of Red Cross activity now being conducted by the Lewiston Chapter in behalf of returned service men of the three counties, is the Home Service Section. Up to the present time the Home Service Section of the Lewiston Chapter has attended to over 400 cases ‘of soldiers and sailors in Lewis, Idaho and Nez Perce Counties. 88 of these men were disabled in some manner, and are receiving special atten- tion. Ten of them are tuber- cular; fourteen have received treatment in hospitals; many have received financial aid for their families. In all these cases the Lewiston Red Cross chapter has supplemented and aided the government in every possible way. A trained sec- retary is employed to give as- sistance in all cases of need. The secretary keeps in touch with all service men who have needed advice or aid, and with all fami- lies in similar need. This work is supported entirely by your Red Cross dollars, and will con- tinue until the last man returns home from service, or from the hospitals. The Red Cross Canteen Although the numbers are dwindling gradually, eight ten, twelve or more service men are returning each week, and are be- ing met at the train by a uni- formed Canteen worker. Until the last boy returns Lewiston Chapter will see that the return- ing men are cared for and all their needs satisfied, when they reach Lewiston to stay, or pass through to their homes in the three counties. The Junior Red Cross is another of the branches of work that is being continued with greater emphasis than ever There are almost 3,000 junior workers in the three counties. These are some of the reasons why the people of our district have a special interest in seeing the 10,000 membership mark reached. We want to know that all the advantages of the Ameri- can Red Cross may be available to our people now, as well as in time of great emergency, such as was experienced in the influenza epidemic of last year. Idaho, Nez Perce and Lewis Counties have 8800 members of the American Red Cross. Make it 10,000. All you need is a heart and a dollar. ATTENTION LADIES. All the ladies that served at the Home Coming banquet are requested to call at the home of | Mrs. R. A. Nims on Monday evening at 7:30. Mrs. J. V. Nash returned Sat- urday evening from a two weeks visit at the R. P. Nash home in Spokane. Doz. chrysanthemum 20.00 | Express charges on flow- ers 1.25 Calvert’s Metrodome Or- .. 100.00 J. V. Nash, postage «BOO Turner Drug Co., decora- tions for hall Cottonwood Milling Co., bran for floor Jack Blount, expenses (no charge for ser- vices) Madison Lumber Co., for lumber cut and spoiled Cottonwood Dray, dray- age on lumber ete. .... Cottonwood Hardware Co., nails T. A. Randall, cookies served at banquet Cottonwood Hotel, pre- paring and serving banquet 340.00 Cottonwood Garage, use of building, lights, cleaning and extra lab- or caused by banquet Orpheum Theatre, mov- ing picture show thre runs : Cottonw e, printing invitations for soldiers and _ civilian tickets Clem Hussman, exenses in hiring costume (no charge for services) 30.00 4.10 6.00 14.50 5.50 1.10 4.50 50.90 70.00 5.75 6.40 Balance on hand 5.16 $ 667.16 The balance on hand will be turned over to the local chapter of the Red Cross. We hereby certify the above to be a correct statement of the receipts and disbursements and expenses incured in connection with the banquet, dance and pic- ture show given in honor of our returned soldiers and sailors. W. W. Flint, Wm. A. Lustie, G. F. Simon, COMMITTEE. BE FLIGHT STOP. According to word sent out from Grangeville definite action was taken by the Grangeville council Monday to meet the gov- ernment requirements to have Grangeville designated as a landing point or flight station for the forestry aerial patrol to be established next June to as- sist in the location of forest fires in the United States forest of northern Idaho. The service will be inaugurat- /ed in June and will be continued through July, August and Sept- | ember, Grangeville and Kalispell will be designated as flight stops while hangar terminals will be installed at Missoula and Coeur d’Alene. Army aviators will be used but each pilot will carry ‘an observer of the forestry de- | partment and it is expected two | machines will reach Grangeville each day during the period of the patrol. | The inauguration of the aerial | patrol is another step taken by the government to strengthen the forces entrusted with the | protection of the national for- ests. The department is also carrying forward a very impor- tant highway construction pro- | gram, the purpose being. to pro- vide transportation facilities for for moving men and equipt- ment into the interior of the re- |serves. The experience of the past season is naturally stimula- ting the activities toward better protection as the burned-over area in northern Idaho this year amounts to over 500,000 acres. Attend the Armistice Dance Tuesday, Nov. 11th. $2.00 PER YEAR NEWS AROUND THE STATE Items of Interest From Various Sections Reproduced for Ben- efit of Our Readers. One hundred thousand dollars worth of fur each year from Ida- so is the estimate made by auto- rities in the fur buying business of the state. Somewhere, under the deep mantle of snow that covers the Sawtooth mountains, lies the dead body of Joseph Unger, Pittsburg capitalist and hotel owner, : Milk condensation is being taught at the dairy department of the University of Idaho with a new condensing outfit of lab- oratory size that has just been installed. The Potlatch highway district in Latah county has called for Saturday, November 8th, a special bond election to vote up- on the issuing of highway bonds in the amount of $350,000. Governor Davis, of Idaho is coming to Lewiston to attend the Northwest Livestock show, Nov- ember 9-14,a nd so Idaho’s chief executive will be prominent in the observance of Armistice day, Jack Frost was charged Mon- day with the attempted ruin of 880.cars of south Idaho potatoes that are sacked and waiting for cars to carry them to market. Everett Sweeley, member of the state public utilities commission, just returned from an inspec- tion trip covering vicinities of Twin Falls, Minidoka and Burley made the chare. Fred Gruber, who was senten- ced to life imprisonment, and who escaped with another pri- soner from the state peniten- tiary November 17, 1918, was arrested a short time ago for the theft of an automobile. His identification papers were sent to Leavenworth, where, by the finger print identification sys- tem, he was readily identified as escaped from the Idaho peniten- tiary. The startling claim that a clique of neighbors are planning to kill him and _ his family is made by W. E. Cooper of Cope- land, Idaho, in a letter to Attor- ney General Roy L. Black. Cop- per declares that on October 16 he bought some potatoes which had been poisoned by a woman with intent to do harm to him- self and family. He fed the peelings to the family hog and within 15 minutes the animal was dead ,according to his letter. The stage of water in Snake river is not favorable for navi- gation to Pittsburg Landing, to which point mail service was es- tablished two weeks ago, from Lewiston, but the little boat us- ed by Brewrink & Sittkus, mail contractors, has been able to make two trips without difficul- ty and the experiences of these trips lead the contractors to be- lieve that practically an all-year service can be maintained. The river reached a new low-water record this year. The Lewiston lodge of the Knights of Pythias has raised $3000 toward the purchase of a residence adjoining the chil- dren’s home finding association, which will be used as an annex to afford relief from the present crowded condition of the home. The residence is an attractive home if three stories with 11 rooms, and will cost $5000. It is expected that the remaining $2000 will be subscribed by the other Knights of Pythias lodges in north Idaho. H. J. Mileham, the University of Idaho student who shot him- self Thursday night with sucidal intent, is reporting getting along nicely. Mileham shot himself because his young wife, to whom he was secretly married at Farmington, Utah, on August 15 refused to come to Moscow to live with him. Mileham was an overseas soldier, was a member of the famous 91st regiment, was wounded in the Argonne forest-and was sent to the Uni- versity of Idaho by the govern- ment for vocational training.