Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, January 2, 1920, Page 1

AKE CENSUS THIS MONTH SCHROEDER TAKE CENSUS HERE. BERT WILL Bert Schroeder, who has been appointed census enumeratol «Cottonwood, Keuterville and pountry section in this im- e vicinity will commence of enumerating the peo- this section on January 2. MSchroeder expects to com ice his work in Cottonwood. Mr. Benedict, in charge of the msus Bureau with headquari s at Lewiston states that in any sections of Idaho county he work will not commence un- till the 12th owing to the facet that enumerators are yet to be named in some districts. Below we give a number of the principal questions asked by the census taker, which should be studied so that they may be answered rapidly and accurately when the enumeratror calls on you. The census is required every 10 years by the Constitution of the United States and by act of congress. The date named for beginning the 1920 census January 2. The cities the population en- umeration will be completed in two weeks. The enumeration of farms will be completed within 30 days. The census of manufactures, mines and quarries, oi] and gas wells, and forestry and forest products will, as a rule, be taken by special agents and by corres- pondence and not by enumerat- ors. Rearerdterats 1: is the means by { government ascer- NOTIChe increase in population, Depar¥atistics concerning agri- ture and the vital informa- ion concerning the resources of e natioh. Census inquiries are defined by act of congress. The infor- “mation gathered is strictly con- fidential, made so by law. Cen- sus information can not under any circumstances be used as a basis of taxation, nor can it be used to harm any person or his property. It has nothing what- ever to do with detection, arrest, any person for any violation of law. is SAMUEL L. ROGERS Samuel L. Rogers, director of the census, who has announced that the census bureau is “all set” for the be- ginning of the task of taking the en- roliment of the United States in 1920. The “grind” will begin January 2, and nearly 900,000 persons will be engaged In “taking stock” of Uncle Sam's large family. Questions Asked of All Age at last birthday. Each person of 10 years of age and aver will be asked whether he is able to read or write. Each person will be asked his birthplace as well as the birth- place of fether and anvifiet. If foreign. din, the date of oath to the United States will be asked, and, if naturalized, the date of becoming a citizen; also mother tongue or native lan- guage. ‘Each head of a family will be ed by him or rented. If owned, whether the home is mortgaged or free of debt. Each person will be asked his occupation and whether he is an employer or employee or is work- ing on his own account. The answers to the above questions give valuable and vital information to the government concerning the health, welfare and progress of the persons un- der its protection. Questions Asked of Farmers. Each occupant of a farm will be esked how many years, if any, he worked on a farm for wages; how many if any, he farmed as an owner. Whether he owns, or rents or partly owns and partly rents his farm, or whether he operates the farm for other: a manag- er or superintendent. How many acres in his farm? Number of acres improved? Number of unimproved acres and number of acres of wood- land? Total value of farm? Total val- ue of buildings? Value of imple- ments and machinery on farm? Whether farm is mortgaged? If so, the amount of mortgage. Expenses for feed, fertilizer, and labor in the year 1919? Several questions concerning artificial drainage of his farm. Number of cows, horses, sheep chickens and other domestic ani- mals on the farm Jan. 1,1920? Quanity and acerage of all crops grown on the farm in 1919, in- cluding fruits and vegetables ? Quanity of milk and butter sold off farm during the year 1919? Acerage of timber land on farm and value of forestry pro- ducts? Correct answers to the above questions are of the utmost im- portance. The United States De- partment of Agriculture assisted the census bureau in preparing questions on the agriculture shedule and appeals to farmers everywhere to keep farm records for census purposes. A farm, for the purpose of the census, includes all the land cul- tivated by a single farmer either by his own labor alone or with the help of hired labor. be in two or more separ tracts, but it is all one farm if it is all under one management. The land cultivated by a share hand or cropper, or by a cash renter, constitutes a separate farm and is not to be counted as the owner’s farm or included in it, but should be reported in the name of the tenant. To Identify Enumerators. Census enumerators will carry identitication cards as well as written commissions. These will be shown promptly by the enum- erators upon request of any per- son. The act of congress providing for the census makes it the duty of all persons to furnish the in- formation asked for by the enu- merators to fill out the census schedules. No person should hes- itate, neglect or refuse to answer fully and accurately all the enumerator’s question. He only esks the questions necessary to fjll the schedules as required by the act of congress. Keepers of hotels, apartment or boarding’ houses or tenements must assist the enumerator in getting the information concern- ing the persons living in such hotels and houses. years, E. J. NAU MARRIED. E. J. Nau and Emma Randle played a quiet getaway game on their many friends, Sunday morning, When they went to Lewiston where they were mar- ried. After a week in Seattle and another ‘in Portland, they will return to Ferdinand, where they will be at home to their friends, after settling down to housekeeping. They are two most worthy people, and our congratulations go abroad to them in big gobbs.—Ferdinand Enterprise. On Friday evening, January 9h Mr. Nau will give a big free dance at Ferdinand to which everyone in the entire commun- ity is cordially invited. They are at the present ‘time spending | where he expects to locate per-| Mr. Atwood expires some time i 1922. their honeymoon at Seattle. CO’ DAVIS ANNOUNCES — SPE- CIAL SESSION TO RATIFY WOMAN SUFFRAGE. Boise, Idaho, Dee. 27.—Gov- ernor Davis today announced that he would on February 11, 1920 convene the fifteenth Ida- ho legislature in special session at Boise for the purpose of rati- fying the constitutional suffrage amendment. The formal pro- clamation convening the legisla- ture will be issued Monday. All arrangements have been comple- | ted, however, for the meeting of the solons and no time will be lost in organizing and getting down to the business of ratifica- tion. It is likely that the amend- ment will be approved by unani- mous vote of both houses. Idaho, is in favor of suffrage nation- ally, and has for many years been a woman suffrage state. Owing to the fact the old leg- islature halls have disappeared and are now being replaced by | wings of the new state capitoi, the session will be held in the | Pinney theater or some other hall in Boise. As there will be nothing but the suffrage issuc in the legislative call, no other subjects under the state consti: | tution can be considered. In 2 | formal statement issued by Gov Davis he said: “With the proud record of | having allowed full suffrage to | women for 22 years, almost since | the birth of the state, it seems peculiarly fitting that Idaho should play a part in finally granting to woman her rights in | the shaping of national affairs. I have had under consideration for many weeks the call of a special session, and I have now; decided that this call should go out for Wednesday, February 11 1920. It has been intensely gratifying to me to find that a | large proportion of the members of the fifteeenth session have | been willing to come here at) their own expense for the pur- | pose of ratifying the suffrage | amendment. It shows a unan.- | mity and breadth of purpose which is a distinct compliment to | the personnel of the legislature. | However, it is not fundamen- | tally correct to ask members who | shall assemble here for a great | cause to absorb their own ex- | pense. “T shall ask the body to con- fine its appropriation for ex-| penses to the amount expended | by each member, and IT am cer- | tain that they will gladly ac- | quiesce. The formal] call for the | session will stipulate that no leg- | islation other than ratification | of the suffrage amendment may | be taken up.” IMPROVI NICELY. Mrs. Nellie Thompson and, Clifford Wren who were serious- ly injured at the Wren home in the Fenn section two weeks ago by the explosion of a cook stove are reported to be doing nicely. Mrs. Thompson, who received by far the greatest injuries will be taken to Spokane Friday morn- ing by Dr. J. D. Shinnick were | an eye specialist will examine her eye, which was greatly im- paired in the recent accident. FOR GAUL AND FLINT. A farewell dinner will be giv- en at the Cottonwood Hotel, Monday evening, January 5th at 6 p. m. by the Cottonwood Commercial Club in honor of Pp. A. Gaul and W. W. Flint, who are soon to leave the city. These two gentlemen have been excep- | tionally faithful workers in every movement undertaken by the organization and the Cotton- wood Commercial Club will take | this means in showing its ap- preciation. Mr. Gaul expects to leave next week for North Yakimah and Mr. Flint will depart with his family for San Diego, Cal., manently. |Song—Mrs. M. R. Hattabaugh. | Song, “America” ONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, JANUAR |ACCIDENT PROVES FATAL F. L. Moynagh Dies in a Hospital at Great Falls, Mont. JANUARY 7TH A message received Wednes- day afternoon by Mrs. Geo. Rus- ee 4 | temeyer contained the sad news IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF! of the death of her brother, stem op Francis L. Moynagh, at Great BRECTING:,4 Falls, Montana, early that morn- MONUMENT. ing at the Columbus hospital. On Tuesday, Dec. 28, the un- fortunate young man, in com- A mass meeting will be held|pany with his brother-in-law, at the I. O. O. F. hall in Grange- | James Robbins, was hauling ville, Wednesday evening, Janu-|hay and in some manner was ary 7th to which everyone in the | thrown from the county is invited. The purpose ground when the wagon run into of the meeting is to further the | a rut and his back bone was frac- movement of erecting a monv-| tured. This fracture left him ment at the county seat for our | paralized from the chest down, honored soldiers and sailors who | and also left him without the use have paid the supreme sacrifice. |of his arms. At this meeting it is the hope of |The accident occurred near the Soldier’s and Sailor’s mem-| Egly, Mont., near which place orial committee, which is com-|Mr. Moynagh has a homestead. posed of members residing in| He was taken to Great Falls and various sections of the county, | to get some idea from its various members as to the attitude taken by the people in their re- spective communities as well as | other valuable information, so | that preliminary work may be started at once. At this meeting a very ap- propriate program will also be rendered, whicn is as follows: Music—Cowboy band. Reading, “In Flanders Fields” — Miss Genevieve Edmundson. Song—Chorus. Opening remarks — Chairman J. J. Pulse. thing possible was done for him and where he lingered until Wednesday morning, December 31, when the Great Creator saw fit to call him home. His father and mother, and Mrs. Hugh Mr. Moynagh, of moned and were with him when the end came. He talked of his accident, and was conscious un- til the last. Francis L. Moynagh was born \in South Dakota and was 28 years and 20 days old at the time of his death. He came to Idaho county when he was 8 2emarks—Mayor W. L. Camp- bell. Remarks—W. W. Song—Chorus. Remarks—John Funke, Cotton- wood; E. M. Griffith, Grange- ville. Song—-Miss Lallah Fulton. Remar John P. Eimers. stead in the Greencreek-Winona country and lived there until 7 years ago when he took up a homestead in Montana and made that his home ever since. He was well known and highly respected by all who had the pleasure of knowing him and who had any dealings with him His fine character and kind hearted ways has left many true friends here who sadly regret his untimely death. Resides his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Moynagh, and brother Bernard Meynagh, of Oregon City, he leaves a sis- ter, Mrs. James C. Robbins, of Egly, Mont. and a sister, Mrs. Geo. Rustemeyer of Cottonwood, Idaho, to mourn his loss. The Srown, Address—Rev. Fr. Phelan. Song—Chorus. Address—Rev. H. S. Randall. —Audience. FAMILY REUNION. A family reunion was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo M. Robertson Sunday, the first one in three years. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Robertson and little daught-| er of Nezperce arrived Satur-| day evening to take in the affair. | family have the heartfelt sym- Mr. Robertson’s family consists| pathy of the entire community of three sons, Ira, Jess and Leo,|in their sad hour of affliction. ill seen service in the army, Ira In the message received by all having seen army service,'Ira, | Mrs. Geo. Rustemeyer it was ind Jess where for some time in| stated the burial would most in the old world but done his bit probably take place at Oregon m this side. As this is the| City. first time the boys have all been In a message received this together at home since being morning by Mrs. Rustemey. it discharged from the army, to| contained the information that say the day was a pleasant one, | he would be buried in Oregon. is putting it very mildly. —— PUBLISHED 20 YEARRS AGO HAVE BIG TIME. The New Year's card party, | given by the Ladies of the Re-| bekah and the Pythian Sisters | at the I. O. O. F. hall Wednesday evening was a most enjoyable | event. Twenty-three tables were required to accomodate the | —o relic a | are afflicted with the mumps. After the games a light junch-| , J: V- Nash returned W ednes- eon was served by the ladies con- | ay Spokane Business sisting of sandwiches, cake and} W. W. Blackburn arrived ig i oll as‘ followediRy ‘TW ednesday evening with a load Shane Deere. lof freight after a long and hard The prize winners of the even-) tyin over the heavy roads. ing we Sh a ro ane | Adolph Johnson of Keuterville sig ae ‘ie : zady: MYS.) who has been in the Palouse The jolly crowd departed for por ys aia se ati their homes shortly after the | Mrs. O. E. Clough returned midnight hour after witnessing | on Tuesday evening from Mos- the passing of the old year and | cow and Palouse City where she the birth of the new one. | has been visiting. = | Owing to the continuation of |the quarantine throughout the Tom Atwoos | country news is scarce, travel is 2 deal og Albest togers oft, and business at a standstill. whereby he takes over the With two wars going on and Winona-Greencreek stage and|all Europe trembling with sup- will “ss bend ont ae aor pressed excitement the price of ure. Mr. Atwood will make|wheat should now be at least daily trips between Winona and} 60 cents on the Prairie. But Cottonwood and return, which|the speculators will keep the is some 44 miles, with teams at| price down until they get hold of the present time, and as soon as the crop and then presto change! te ge sae ust e _ d goes the Lem Bi. oumeee ruck in operation. e con-\farmer is kicking himsel tract which Mr. Rogers sublet to} cause he sold to soon forgetting that tax paying time and the together. Nash Returns from College— Simon Afflicted with Mumps. Mrs Emma Rooke is reported to be quite sick. Born—To Mr. and Mrs. A. 8. Bell on January 4 a daughter. Phil Ayott and Frank Simon speculators work load to the| placed in a hospital where every- | Oregon City, Ore., were sum-| years old, in company with his | parents who settled on a home-' AROUND THE STATE Items of Interest From Various Sections Reproduced for Ben- | efit of Our Readers. ‘NEWS It is estimated that the special session of the Idaho legislature next month will cost $7500. Idaho corporation approxi- matly 350 in number, forfeited their state charters December 1 for failure to pay their licenses during 1919. ! Idaho’s Republican state cen- | tral committee will be convened ‘in Boise on or about February 11, 1920, to complete plans and | select a date for a special state convention to select delegates to the national convention of the Republican party. Lieutenant Donald Bressler of Genesee, who has been attached to the American forces in Siber- ia for the last 18 months, re- turned home Saturday to spend Christmas with his parents, Mr. |and Mrs. F. K. Bressler, the former being a pioneer banker of that place. Mrs. Lucy Mullinax, who a week ago killed her three child- ren, at Coeur d’ Alene, by throw- ing them into a spring and made a violent attack on her mother- in-law, was adjudged insane and an order was made committing her to the hospital for the in- sane, | The county assessor of Lewis | county reports the issuing of 705 | applications under the new mot- or vehicle license law, during the | year 1919, divided as . follows: Touring cars, 580; roadsters, 34; trucks, 41; motorcycles, 8; deal- ers’ licenses, 15; chauffeurs’ lic- enses, 20; transfers, 12, Total amount collected $11,811.23. | Sergeant Harold Munck, was among the first men to go to the world war from Clearwater county, and returns home with more evidence of his experience in the front line than any one who went from this section of Idaho, having lost his left leg and arm in the battle of Ar- gonne forest. | E. C, Boone, of Moscow, state {commander of the American Legion for Idaho, is apparently | assured the appointment of fed- eral prohibition director for Idaho over State Senator Joseph Tyler, of Gem county, his closest | contender, according to advices | received in Boise from Washing- |ton Saturday. Boom is well known arnong former service |men. He saw real action in France and as a result left a leg there. | There is still an acute short- age of teachers in north Idaho, | according to the urgent requests |that come to Lewiston normal school for assistance in filling vacancies. Many rural schools in the northern counties have closed because of lack of teach- ers and school boards in several towns are searching vainly for men and women to take positions unexpectedly vacated. Members of the Elks’ lodge at Lewiston are going to enjoy a luncheon some day soon, when elk meat will be prominent on the bill of fare. This is the re- sult of the lodge purchasing 58 ‘pounds of such meat at $l a pound. The elk supplying the meat had no common career, for he cost the man who killed him $178, while the state realized from the elk $274. Arrest of Idaho housewives who persist in misusing milk bottles was Tuesday ordered by J. K. White, state public welfare commissioner. Inspectors of the welfare department were in- / | structed to investigate com- plaints of misuse filed. with the state by dairymen and others and to make a general search | for evidence showing that some |Idaho'women have bsen using | vublic milk-bottles as containers | for kerosene, vinegar and other liquids equally unpleasant when i discovered in milk.