Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, December 19, 1919, Page 1

VOLUME 27. NUMBER 51 COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1919 TO RAISE MONEY FOR MONUMENT WANT TO RAISE $10,000 TO heroes, and in their loss have al- $25,000 FOR SOME SORT OF A MONUMENT. 7 Editor Cottonwood Chronicle: I wish you would, through the columns of your paper, give publicity to the fact that the} State Commission has finally) decided upon the kind of mem-| orial we are to erect; that the | Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Memorial | Committee of Idaho County will, at once, launch an intensive cam- | paign to secure funds to erect a memorial that will be a tribute | to the boys of Idaho County who made the supreme sacrifice, as heroic as those of any age—to the dead who gave and the living who offered all they had to give not for mere conquests but for a cause, in a war that is the great- est in history. Let us then commemorate them, and _ their acts in the past, with the most beautiful that we can give, and in a form that will perpetuate for mankind the worth of their sacrifice. Surely they deserve that we show, at this time, in their place and standing for| them, only the best of which we | are capable. There has been started in nearly every county of Idaho a similar campaign. Some are erecting parks; others, bridges; and the majority monuments, | costing all the way from $10,000 | to $25,000. In Asotin county, | on the first day of the drive, | $7500 was subscribed to erect a memorial bridge, and the fund is | increasing rapidly. | It is hoped that the patriot- | ism that prompted the people to! subscribe so liberally during the | war, is not dead or the sentiment | calloused, and that Idaho County | will erect a monument that will reflect this sentiment. We can-| not afford to allow our heroes | who sleep in France, and else- where beneath the soil of foreigi | lands, to be forgotten. They! have erected an undying monu- | ment to themselves, and we can-! not allow their idenity to be lost| as the years roll by, and every | community of Idaho county, no| matter how loyally it has sup- ported the boys at the front, owes to the.gallant fellows who| surrendered their lives in the) cause of democracy, still another | debt. | Your correspondent endeavor- ed to create sentiment to secure | funds to erect a community | building, but found, after re-| peated meetings, that the senti-| ment of the committee was| against it because of the main- tainence problem. During the past year, I have gathered data} and designs, to submit to the) committee, that I believe will} meet with their approval, in the} selection of a suitable monument | in connection with the state and county appropriations and be- lieve that a special effort should | be made to raise at least $15,000 | additional. We would like to de- | dicate this monument next Arm- | istice Day, November 11, 1920.| The exact form of the memorial, | is open to discussion, and any) member of the committee will be glad to accept suggestions. | | ned, and if any one is overlooked ing beside the names of the boys | | who made the supreme sacrifice | mothers of these martyrs have} rendered a conspicuous service to the cause for which their! }sons fell. They furnished the | the names of their mothers. The! |veady suffered more than the | boys, and will bear the addition- | | al burden of loneliness and hard-| | ship down the long trail of the | future. While we remember the| | heroic boys it is unfair to forget | | their equally heroic mothers. | We have lost about twenty-five} boys, a list of whom I have pen- | here kindly advise me at earliest convenience: | Hugo Funke, Cottonwood. | H. J. Hesterman, Grangeville. | Frank Berlinghoff, Whitebird | Grover Johnson, Grangeville. | Ed Steinbach, Grangeville. Wm. A. Shields, Grangeville. Francis Chamberlin, Riggins. Forest Taylor, Kooskia. | Leland Toll, Kooskia. Axel Hayes, Kamiah. Wm. I. Droogs, Mt. Idaho. John McPherson, Grangeville. Frank Vaughn, Grangeville. Lt. J. A. Long, Grangeville. Walter Covington, Whitebird. Clark D. Jessup, Cottonwood. | Julius Holthous, Cottonwood. | Fred Gibson, Spring Camp. Ivan Brockman, Grangeville. Ralph Brockman, Grangeville. | % Clarence O. Watsan, Boles. Omer K. Ewing, Stites. (Continued on page 8) WEATHER MODERATES. After a week of weather rang- | “OE ing from zero to 23 below, a re-| : lief came Monday evening when | the thermometer registered far) # above the zero mark. The cold! jy {snap has left many families in Cottonwood with a small supply of fuel on hand, but while no ac- tual suffering was experienced, many water pipes, fruit and oth- er eatables were frozen in their winter quarters where they were thought to have been pro-|! perly guarded against Mr. Jack | Frost. | x00d 16 inch wood is selling in| Sottonwood at $10 and $lla cord while at Grangeville wood | merchants are asking $18 for 4| foot wood. What coal is being} sold in Cottonwood is in small quantities so that no one will) have to go without the black) nugets if they so desire to burn; them. | 2 FIRES AT GRANGEVILLE. A fire of unknown orign was) discovered in the basement of | the Silver Grill at Grangeville Saturday evening. No serious damages resulted as the fire was soon flooded out, by the fire de- partment. On Tuesday evening the home occupied by Al Nelson burned to! the ground. Mr. and Mrs. Nel-| son were at the picture show) when the fire occured. The! house was a mass of flames in-| side before it was_ discovered. | Nothing was saved from the home. Long before news reach- ed Cottonwood of the fire the flames could be clearly seen from Main street and several re-| marked that there was a fire at} Grangeville. | SELLS WINONA LAND. | Edmund D. Smith of Winona} this week closed a deal with E.| V. Wilson of Kamiah whereby he} Kamiah man. Mr. Smith was! PI, i Att) > : Santa Claus Will be in Cotton- wood, Wednesday the 24th . Word was received at the Chronicle office just before going to press that Santa Claus will personally come to Cottonwood on WEDNESDAY afternoon December 24 at 2 o’clock p. m. to greet the children of Cottonwood and vicinity. Word was also left that all children 13 years or under would receive a small gift package by standing in line on Main Street of Cottonwood at that time. Dear old Santa also advised us that children who live in Cottonwood who are sick or prevented from coming may write him (in care of the Cottonwood Chronicle) and if possible he will visit or mail their package to them. BE THERE BOYS AND GIRLS AS SANTA WILL PERSONALLY BE HERE ON WEDNESDAY AFTEROON, DECEMBER THE 24TH AT 2 P. M. SHARP STOVE EXPLODES AT WREN HOME FROZEN PIPE WAS THE CAUSE OF THE EXPLO- SION NEAR FENN The stove that exploded at the Jim Wren home near Fenn last Saturday morning, due to the water pipe being frozen which led into the hot water front of the stove, almost cost the life of Mrs. Thompson, form- erly a Miss Swatman of Ferdin- and and Clifford Wren, the 9 year old son of Mr, and Mrs. Jim Wren. Mrs. Thompson, who is em- ployed at the Wren home start- ed to prepare breakfast as usual, and not knowing that the water had frozen during the night be- tween the tank and the hot water front was standing over the range when the explosion oc- curred. In the room at _ the time of the accident were Mrs. Thompson, Clifford Wren, and his litle brother, who escaped un- injured. Mrs. Thompson re- ceived the greatest injuries, and that she is alive today is a my- stery to Dr. J. D. Shinnick and | disposed of his holdings to the! py, G. S. Stockton who were cal- led to attend the patients. Mrs. With the hearty co-operation; the owner of 240 acres located | Thompson received the following and aid of the various communi- two miles from Winona. Mr. Wil-| injuries: A piece of the frontal ties of Idaho county to facilitate; son the new owner will continue | pone over right eye was cut out, the problem of i funds, I assure you we will have | near Kamiah and will operate | assembling | to make his home of his ranch} cyt upper and lower eyelids of the right eye into, compound a dignified, artistic memorial) the new property with his other| fracture of the cheek bone to which will be an inspiration to| holdings. He is now the owner! angle of the mouth, right eye this coming generation and| of about 900 acres of land in the) was lying out of socket on cheek when our highways are complet- | ed, and people from all over the | United States pass this memor-| ial, they will say that Idaho} Winona and Kamiah section. STUMP BURNING. | There was a story going the} bone, compound fracture of the little finger on the‘right hand at the joint,numerous other bruises over the face and hand. county is surely a nusery of the| rounds in Cottonwood this week} So great was the explosion that finest democracy. If we are to| to the effect that smoke was| it filled her face with ashes and put into effective operation, at| seen escaping from the earth! debris from the stove. home, those ideals for which our | near Keuterville the first of the} Clifford Wren, who was stand- boys fought abroad, the oppor-| week and that an earth quake! ing near the sink, a few feet tunity is now open. was probable in this section on} away from the stove, was struck The money subscribed in this the 17th according to astronom-| a glancing blow by some part of drive will not, like all other) ers who predicted that quakes | the flying stove over the stom- drives, be sent out of the coun-| would be frequent on this date—j| ach near the heart, causing try, or overseas—it will stay at) home, and the more you give the better the type of memorial | Moreover, I am in favor of plac- but they failed to materalize. After a closer investigation it was found to be an old stump burning. slight abrasion of the skin hut tearing his clothes completely from his body. He suffered greatly from the shock for three days. His face was also filled with ashes and debris from the stove. Internal injuries were feared by the doctors at their first examination but he appears to be practically out of danger at the present writing. The force with which the stove was thrown about the room tore several pieces from the corner of thé sink which was made of heavy material, impressions of the flying stove were left in the ceiling. Lead- ing from the kitchen are four doors, and the locks on each one of them were broken. What made matters all the worse was the fact that Mrs. Wren was bedfast at the time of the accident, and she too suffer- ed from nervousness caused by the shock. Dr. Shinnick who is taking care of the patients at the pres- ent time stated theat they were getting along as well as could be expected. RETURNS AT LAST. Paul Terhaar son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Terhaar arrived in Cottonwood Wednesday evening from Camp Sheridan where he was just recently released from military duty. Paul arrived in the U.S. from France in October and owing to his enlistment re- cords having been lost he was not released from military duty until a few days ago. Mr. Terhaar joined Company E at the outbreak of the war and has the distinction of being the last soldier of that old organiza- tion to be released from duty and is also the last soldier to ar- rive home in this community. $6000 WORTH. Few people have any idea of | the small fortune that is invest- }ed in batteries for automobiles alone. This week at the Dye and Buettner garage more then 150 auto batie#ries has been left at their concern for recharging. While there are several other garages in the city that does similar work this by no means is all of the batteries used by car owners in this immediate vici- nitv. At an average value of $40 it represents an investment of $6000. This concern has a capacity of re-charging 30 bat- tries at one time. _. HAY BEING SHIPPED IN ABOUT 25 CARS ALREADY AND WILL BE MANY MORE BY SPRING. It is an unsual spectacle to see farmers unloading baled hay from a railroad car and taking it home for feeding their stock because in former years baled hay one did see was loaded into cars and shipped out to the cities or to sections where timothy would not grow. While Cotton- wood has never been much of a hay shipping station yet some 6 or 7 years ago a good deal of timothy raised in the Keuterville section was handled through the local warehouses here for Coast shipment. But this year the unusually short crop and the prediction of weather prophets of a hard and long winter has caused farmers to lay in a supply to take care of their stock. Many farmers who are now buying could no doubt have secured enough hay of their own raising by cutting more grain for hay but at the price of grain and con- sidering the poor quality of the straw and coupled with that the advantage of alfalfa hay for young stock over that of grain hay no doubt has been a factor in bringing about this condition. Stockmen have had a hard time of it this year. Last spring it was so dry that pastures did not get the good start that is nec- essary for continued growth during the summer. The sum- mer was the dryest in the his- tory of the country and to make matters worse we had no fall rains whatever so that the river ranges are almost barren. Stock has been on dry feed for many months already and with three months of winter ahead of us yet it behoves every stockman to prepare in time and the only sur- plus hay available must be ship- ped in from the alfalfa produc- ing sections. Yakima and Top- penish have furnished nearly all $2.00 PER YEAR NEWS AROUND THE STATE Items of Interest From Various Sections Reproduced for Ben- efit of Our Readers. Train service between Pull- man and Genessee has been re- duced to one mixed train a day. This now leaves Genesee at 8 A. M. and returns at 5 P, M. P. P. Grant and Emil Sayko, the two miners who spent two weeks entomed in the Hunter mine, at Mullen, Idaho, were re- leased from the hospital this week. Joe Farrar, member of the Nez-perce basketball team, was stricken with appendicitis at Culdesac Friday evening and was taken to Spokane for an operation. Idaho is to have a prohibition director whose duties will consist in enforcing the dry law. He will draw a salary of $3,500 a year and make his headquarters at Boise, Idaho, Clarence Bittle, who was re- cently bound over to the district court at Lewiston on the charge of contributing to the delin- quency of a minor, was sentenc- ed to serve five months in jail, The night train service on the — Palouse line between Lewiston and Spokane will be restored Thursday, December 18, accord- ing toW. J. Jordan, general agent of the Northern Pacific. The tractor school at the Uni- versity of Idaho opens its short course on Monday, January 12, and will continue until Saturday, January 31. The work-is to be divided into three periods of one week each. One of the laborers on the Kooskia-Lowell highway near Kooskia was caught ina rock slide Saturday morning while going to work and received in- juries that resulted in the loss of his left arm near the elbow. Friends at 4 o’clock Monday afternoon going to a cabin in town occupied by Roy Hartman, an employe of the steel gang of the Craig Mountain Lumber company, found his dead body on the bed. He had apparently succumbed to an attack of heart disease. Idaho school children volun- tarily saved $81,460.88 during September, October and Novem- ber by the purchase of Thrift Stamps and War Saving Stamps, declared Miss Ethel E. Redfield, state director of thrift educa- tion, in a quarterly report issued Thursday. O. P. Hendershot, recently re- leased as state director of fairs, informed Miles Cannon, state commissioner of agriculture, that he will be glad to render to that official immediately upon his return from Chicago a full itemized statement showing the financial condition of the state fair of Idaho for 1919. Smallpox has become quite prevalent throughout the state of Idaho. In fact, it is now raging in epidemic form. From partial returns of the various counties throughout the State over five hundred cases have been reported during October and November. Setting aside 1,116,000 acres of land in the Thunder mountain region as additional forest re- serves, the federal government has made available for the state of Idaho 89,600 acres of new | school lands. The forest bill, after having passed both houses of congress, quietly became a law through default by Presi- dent Wilson, Federal regula- tions provide that a bill passed by congress shall become a law automatically if, after ten days, the president has failed either to sign or to veto it. is diminishing rapidly and prices |have advanced several dollars per ton already. The best price shipments so far made but it is| that can now be secured is about reported that the surplus there! $35.00 per ton F. 0. B. cars here.