Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, December 12, 1919, Page 1

VOLUME 27. NUMBER 50 COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1919 WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITHIT? FREIGHT RATES ARE TOO HIGH FOR SHIPPING THE SHAVINGS If you had 300 or 400 cords of wood that would be excellent | FINE XMAS. PRESENT. Teas is «HONOR RIGHTLY BELONGS TO THOSE WHO FELL ON THE FIELD” | Cottonwood who is thankful to the citizens of our little city.and surrounding country beyond | words to express. On Monday | of this week two gentlemen went | out with subscription papers to raise funds for the family. In |less than five hours they had| wood Post No. 40, of the Ameri- | pledged the following: $100 in) can Legion, Monday evening a jcash, $5 worth of meat, two! resolution was unanimously pas- | cords of wood, two sacks of flour | sed favoring the selection of men , and milk for some time. | who have paid the supreme sac- It is not very often that one /rifice in the Great World War, At a mecting held by Cotton- fuel you no doubt would feel, has the chance to contribute to | yourself very fortunate in these | SUch a worthy cause as was giv-| days of fuel famine with the| ©? the citizens of Cottonwood weather man dishing out his) Monday. This lady, who had for models to be used by a sculp- tor in molding a statute in mem- ory of our departed heroes. These statues according to the best Zero brand of colder than| the misfortune to lose her hus-/ present plans are to be erected blazes weather as has been the | case the last few weeks. | band some time ago and left in every county in the state. with. little children has done| The Cottonwood Post has a Not exactly so with W. B.| everything a true mother could | Hussmen who, while he says ‘© Provide for her little ones. that his stack of Planing Mill’ The contribution was given this! membership of 40, of which 32 were present at the meeting Monday evening. This resolu- warded by medals or other honor by our Government, Be it therefor resolved: That we members of the American Legion of the Veter- ans of the Great War do hereby protest against the using of any living person asa model for| these statues, and that we re- quest the Committee to reconsid- | er these two living men and in- stead to substitute men who fell in action, And be it further resolved that we request these two living men who have been so selected to refuse to allow their images WATER EVERYWHERE. How would you like to jump out of bed any of these cold mornings into ice cold water? This is exactly what happened to Frank Albers, bookkeeper for the Cottonwood Milling Co. Tuesday morning. Some time during the night the water pipes in his home bursted and flooded the entire house unbeknown to either Mr. Albers or his wife. In order to get to the shutoff, Mr. Albers was forced to take a shower bath at the same time as the water was spraying toward the door that led from the bed room, Now he was not the only one that jumped from his bed into the cold water. As he open- ed the back door in the hopes that some of the water would find an outlet in jumps Miss Pussy Cat who hoped to find her usual warm corner behind the | COTTONWOOD CHRONICLE & $2.00 PER YEAR NEWS AROUND THE STATE. Sections Reproduced for Ben- efit of Our Readers. 18,000 pounds of dressed tur- keys were sent from Jerome, Idaho this year. Within the next week or 10 days the state highway commis- sion will call for bids on the con- struction of a new _ highway leading out of the Clearwater river canyon at Greer. The Bryce Post, the local branch of the American Legion shavings represent a fuel value family as a Christmas present. tion will be sent to every Post in| to be so used, stove when she too received an Sea of about that much wood, is nevertheless, almost valueless | because of the form in which these shavings would have to be| REBEKAHS TO ENTERTAIN. The ladies of the Rebekah! lodge will give a card party at handled and the cost of getting | the I. O. 0. F. hall Monday even- Idaho as well as to the Governor of Idaho and members of the Memorial committee. It is stated by members of the legior that a resolution similar to the them to market. Mr. Hussman| ing, December 13 Everybody | one passed here had been favor. made a trip to Spokane last week invited. _ | ably voted upon at Winchester to see about a baler and about Sere ’ |and that the Lewiston and Nez. market conditions for this kind) , Wm. Spivy was a_ business | Perce legions were expected to of fuel and while he was satis-| Visitor in Cottonwood Wednes- | take similar action soon. fied on both these points having | day from Spalding where he is| The resolution reads found a specially constructed! Wintering his cattle. Pome machine for baling shavings and | Saree P LSaT | Resolution was assured of a ready market) |. Whereas; The Committee of for the fuel on the basis of its | FLINT RESIGNS | Memorials for the Soldiers ana fuel value as compared to wood, | | Sailors who fought in the he had to abandon the entire | | World’s War has_ selected _ twx proposition because of the high | | men who are living as models of freight rate to Lewiston, Mos-| | soldiers on the statues to be cow or Pullman where he had) | erected, and figured on marketing these} | Whereas; at least one of the shavings. The freight from | TOM PARKER TO ACCEPT) jiving men selected, Sergeant Cottonwood to Lewiston on cord | POSITION MADE VACANT | Turner, was selected against his wood is about $2.25 per cord and | wishes, and the rate on baled shavings about, BY THE RESIGNATION | Whereas; No statue has ever as fol- And be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be mailed to each member of the Committee, to each of the living! men so sclected, to the Governor of the State of Idaho, the Head- quarters of the American Le- gion, the Commander of the Le- gion, to each local Post in the State. and a copy published in| the Cottonwood Chronicle. By order of the Cottonwood Post No. 40, Cottonwood, Idaho. VERNON A. DYE, Commander. IRA W. ROBERTSON, Adiutant. Taking Great Interest The Cottonwood post, one of the youngest in the state has a membership of 40 which is one of the largest inthe northern part of Idaho. A meeting will be held Wed- unwelcomed bath. Frank says he never seen so much water in his life and that the thermome- ter must have registered 40 be- low zero. Now Frank may deny this story but we received this information from a most reliable source. LEGAL PRICE FOR FLOUR M. H. HOUSER ANNOUNCES THE PRICES THAT MUST RULE FOR FLOUR Announcement of the legal prices millers will be permitted at Nezperce, is to have its own home-a club house, furnished and equipped for the comfort and entertainment of the soldier boys. The heaviest snowfall ever re- corded so early in the season since the weather bureau re- cords of snowfall, have been kept in Boise, since 1898, fell during the past three days, a total of 11.8 inches. According to news dispatches the thermometer registerd below zero at the towns mentioned be- low the past week: Moscow 8; Vollmer 5; Troy 20 to 28; Wal- lace 7; Coeur d Alene 14 to 20; Lewiston 11; Orofino 17; Deary 18. At Caldwell Lewis Kiblerer es- caped from the canyon county jail Thursday night at 6 o'clock, after throwing pepper into the eyes of Deputy Sheriff H. D. F par i i ; i Andrews as he was locking the $5.00 per cord, the shavings} | been erected of a living Ameri. | nesday evening, December 17th.| t charge for flour in Washing-| 4" . would take the same rate as! = oan Gand for the purpose of arranging 8) ton Oregon and Idaho is made Lp rage in the cells for the lumber while the cord wood) wW. W. Flint, assistant cashier} Whereas; living men whe | New Year's ball and also making night, would take a “Commodity Rate”) of the First National Bank for| fought were awarded medals, which was established long ago. definite plans in regard to secur- ing a band and orchestra leader, the past four years resigned his| according to their conduct, by No doubt a Commodity Rate on| position with the bank this week shavings could be secured under| and expects to leave by the mid- the present conditions of a fuel} dle of next month for California. our Congress and their Com- manding Officers, and : Whereas; This honor rightly famine but since this matter! The change is made on account| belongs to those who fell on the re - would have to be taken up with! the Federal Railroad Administ- | ration which is about to release of advice from physicians that! field of battle, and he must seek a lower climate for} Whereas; Many men who fel! his wife and son who have not) in action have never been re- for the city. An athletic committee is at work organizing a basket ball team and the Legion team ex- pects to show someone a good run for their money when they get their team in shape. the roads to their rightfullown-| heen in the) best of health for) seo nea ers and a thirty day notice must be given before a special rate will apply Mr. Hussman thinks the entire project would drag| along until too late to market the product this season, so if you see a big fire some night in the west part of town you will know that this fuel has been re- legated to the ash heap. From our viewpoint this almost looks | criminal in view of the present | fuel crisis, yet what would you; do about it. No one is to blame | unless it is the Railroad Admin- istration who it seems should haul fuel at the same rate no matter in what form but the present condition is somewhat unusual, and no doubt this mat- ter could be adjusted if there were sufficient time, and would be if the fuel condition should become critical to the point where price is no longer a con- sideration. Should such a con- dition ensue the consuming public would probably be glad to | pay the price that the present freight rate would necessitate but so far the fuel conditions in the immediate territory forbode no such a calamatous condition. If this fuel could be pressed in- to briquettes a ready market would be found right here at home but so far there is no ma- chine on the market that will do this satisfactorily. While in Spokane Mr. Hussman engaged the Union Iron Works to work out a machine that he thinks will accomplish this purpose and we sincerely hope that it will prove a success and thus help to relieve the fuel shortage in the future. Word was received in Cotton- wood this week to the effect that Lee Rice was married at Okan-| ogan, Wash., to Mary Rheder. Mr. and Mrs. Rice have many friends here who all join with the Chronicle in wishing them all the success and happiness this life is ever heir to. Mr. Rice improved alfalfa land Ville, which he will farm. = | this cause. has bought 17 acres of highly | i near | about the middle of the coming | tion to the some time, the altitude here be- | SHIP MORE HOGS ing considered too high. | Howard McKinley last week The news of his resignation | shipped 8 thoroughbred Poland and departure of Mr. Flint and) Ghing hogs to outside points. All his esteemable family from Cot-| of these hogs were raised on tonwood will be greatly regret-| his farm. Mr. McKinley rece- | ted by their many friends here. | ives a large number of inquiries Mr. Flint at all times has tak-| every week from outside points en great interest in movements) jy regard to his swine and clear- | that had the betterment of the }, shows that his thoroughbred i 1 ained anywhere. e in Cottonwood who has spent | Apnea last pth were made more of his time and money in| ¢o the following: Austin Kelham roy, a sow; G. W. Nolan, Reu- Mr. Flint’s greatest achieve- tbe a boar; J. Weaver, Lenore, ment, at least in our estimation | sow and boar; Charles Haag, in public work was putting over | Lenore, sow and boar; H. Keller the Victory Loan Drive which| ang Jess Bardwell, Lenore, sow at first almost seemed impossi-| pigs. ble and only through the most | ardent work on his part Was | witb PLAY ILO. the county kept from not going : A lover the top. It was in this loan|, The Cottonwood aes. ae that Cottonwood made such a| basket ball team will play splendid showing. Tlo team in the cay gym Friday : i . . evening. A good game is ex- ee ee A | pected _ ee teams ees hie ac | yesh i ie matched. The game played a |Firet National Bene and on eom | 0 last Friday resulted in vie | menting on the resignation Geo. eee of 30 to 28. Everyone Fes cages cashier said as) should be present and help the on ecount othe delicate | POYS win. Your R depiaay ba (health of his little son Weldor, | 5 lei to urge the boys on to | W. W. Flint has decided to sever ‘ \his connection with the First! | pee ~., ROOF FALLS IN. National Bank and locate where | ihe Pane ty Aa ee the ware: houses of the Farmers Union |climatie conditions are less | | Ae aban . Bs. a | caved in Thursday morning after has consented to enter the ser-| bout two feet of snow had fal- vices of the bank in Mr. Flint’s en on the same. The warehouse place. While the bank manage-| Contained some grain but no | ment greatly regrets the loss of | damage was reported outside of | Mr. Flint’s conservative judg-| the roof. : |ment and valuable experience, | Several other business houses | they feel that Mr. Parker’s busi- | 2% today being relieved, of the | ness acquaintence in this locality Xess. weight by workingmen | has eminently fitted him to wear Temoving the snow from the the toga that circumstances | '00!S- have forced Mr. Flint to cast aside. Mr. Parker will need no) TO TAKE UP MATTER. introduction to our clientele and; Letters received by the Com- we feel exceedingly fortunate in| mercial club at Lewiston this securing him for so important a| week from Senator Nugent and place. |Congressman French of Idaho “Mr. Flint will be with us until| advise that they will give atten- matter of i month. securing taxation of Nez Perce Indian re- be paid by servation lands after the ex- piration of the trust period. Senator Nugent, under date of November 29, writes: “T have your letter of Novem- ber 21, enclosing copy of letter of same date addressed by you to Mr. French on the subject of the taxation of Indian lands. I have been given to understand that the government is now con- ducting certain investigations as to conditions in the Nez Perce reservation, and it is quite likely that we will at an early date, learn something as to what will be done so far as the trust deeds matter is concerned. I shall be glad to discuss with Mr. French the maters referred to in your letter to him. Congressman French, under! date of November 26, writes: | “T am in receipt of your letter of the 21st instant calling atten- tion to the advisability of prov- iding a way by which all Indian lands, whether held in -trust or not, following November, 1920, | shall be held liable for taxation purposes, and you cite legisla- tion that has been had in the| Omaha tribe on the subject. I} shall at once check up on_the| question and give my attention to the subject.” Should a tax become assesable | on Indian property it will do a great deal to lesson the tax burd- ens on other property located in sections where Indians own land. | 13 BELOW. The government thermometer | registered 13 below at the mon- estry Thursday night. This is! the coldest that it has registerea there. While there is about 3! or 4 degrees difference between Cottonwod and the Monestry it is safe to say that it was 17| below in Cottonwood Thursday night. The thermometers in Cottonwood all vary some regis- tered as low as 22 below. Remember those taxes must December 20th. 49-3 in a letter sent by M. H. Houser, of the United States Grain Cor- poration, to the press with a re- quest that it be given “wide pub- licity” and persons who are charged more than the legal rate for flour are requested by the corporation to report the same. The letter of Mr. Houser fol- lows: To all Americans interested in flour: In Zone 10, comprising the states of Oregon, Washing- ton and Idaho, the carlot price on 140 pound jutes will be $10.25 per barrel, net cash, draft at- tached, delivered at any railroad station in this zone. The trade here being accus- tomed to buying flour in cotton quarters, and eight barrel pack- ages, and paper packages not be- ing available at the present time, offers will be made in cotton sacks. The price to the trade in quarters will be not to exceed $10.60, and in eights $10.80, at mill, which will permit a retail price at rate not to exceed $12.00 per barrel in either package. If any dealer is unable to obtain flour of this grade from his mill at these prices, please advise the local office of the United States Grain Corporation, 510 Board of Trade Building, Portland, Ore., and we will see that it is made available. As soon as paper bags can be secured, it will be possible to re- duce this price to the extent of the difference in cost between the two qackages. Yours truly, United States Grain Cor- poration, By M. H. HOUSER, Second Vice-President. | SNOW BLOCKS TRAIN. The snowfall of the past week, | which has been about two feet |for the first time this winter hampered train operations Wed- nesday morning. Pulled bya |double header the passenger train was more than 30 minutes late into Cottonwood Wednesday morning from Grangeville and on the return trip from Lewiston }did not reach here until about 11 o’clock. On its return trip to Lewiston Thursday morning | it did not pass through Cotton- | wood until the noon hour. A new change in the law makes taxes delinquent after December 20. a3 With 8,000,000 eggs of eastern brook trout already in Idaho hatcheries or under order, Geo. H. Isaac, state fish commission- er, made public Thursday ar- rangements for a record-break- ing year in fish conservation an- nals. The fuel famine at Genesee was broken Sunday by the ar- rival of one car of coal, which is the first received there since Oct ober. This, with the car of wood coming will relieve the sit- uation in a measure and stop the suffering which in several cases had become acute. Timothy Burke died Wednes- day at Sandpoint, death being the culmination of an injury re- ceived while fighting forest fires in the employ of the Humbird company last August. At that time a falling tree struck Mr. Burke and broke his back, re- sulting in complete paralysis from the point of injury above the waist line, down. A new record for quick justice was established at Moscow when John O’Brien, who robbed My- kelbust’s store at Troy, was ar- rested at 4 o’clock in the evening and pleaded guilty at 10 o’clock the following day, was given from 714 to 15 years in the pen- itentiary at Boise. Judge Edgar C. Steele of the district court sentenced him. Governor Davis, Attorney General Black and Secretary of State Jones, constituting the state board of pardons, were in session Wednesday from ten o’clock in the morning to six in the evening and in that time took action on 83 applications for pardon or parole. Of these 15 were denied, 15 were granted parole and three cases were con- tinued. Emil Sayko and Peter Grant, the two miners rescued last week from the Hunter mine, are both progresing favorably, although they are still in the Providence hospital at Wallace. In speak- ing of their condition, Dr. Leo Quigley, the attending physician said that both men had suffered some from rheumatism, due no doubt to the cold and dampness to which they were exposed dur- ing their long confinement un- derground. Both men are ina highly nervous condition, but are able to be up and about every day. They will be kept at the hespital fer some tine yet.