Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, January 16, 1920, Page 1

ee a VOLUME 28. NO. 3. CREAMERY MEETING STOCK HOLDERS MEETING HELD MONDAY AFTER- NOON AT K. C. HALL. The stockholders of the Cot- tonwood Creamery Co. héld their annual stock holders meeting at the K. C. hall Monday afternoon and reviewed the business of the company of the past year and to elect new directors to fill the vacancies of those whose term expired on that day. The past year has been a hard one for dairymen as grass was very short, pastures being dry nearly all summer so that cream receipts were lighter then would have been the case had the seas- on been normal as to rainfall. In spite of this the cream re- ceipts were greater by nearly 9,009 pounds than during 1918 which shows the rapid increase in milk or cream production in this community. A total of 57,535 pounds of butter were churned during the year 1919 and about 3,000 gallons’ of ice cream made, the total sales of the creamery for the past year amounting to $40,000.00. The volume of business is sufficient to return a handsome profit to the patrons and as stock holders dividends are limited to 8 per cent on the capital stock, the bal ance to be prorated among the patrons delivering cream it is therefor to the interests of all the patrons to help the creamery along as much as possible. The cream producers have been very loyal to the creamery and fully realize the importance to them of having a market for their pro- duct independent of the larg Creamery companies who in the past have systematically put the small creamery ovt of business hv price and test discrimination. That the vatrons have been loyal is evident from the fact that they have stuck to the creamery in spite of the fact that many times aa little better price was offered by outside con- cerns due to the steady rise of market prices which are not so readily discovered in the outly- ing country 9s in the large cities. Last year the comnanyv had on hand a fund of undivided profits amounting to $2.352.14 and in as much as the stockholders had never received a dividend the hoard of directors decided to de- clare an 8 ner cent dividend to he paid out of the undivided profits and to retain the balance of fund for working eanital. While the onerations showed a profit for 1919 thev were not as ereat this vear as last vear owing to a slump in butter nrices during the first months of the vear and a large quanity of butter that was in storage was sold just at the time prices had reached the low- est level durine the entire vear which resulted in 2 heavy loss that seemed unavoidable under the cirevmstances as the market cannot always be correctly fore- casted. The board of directors have decided not to pay a stock divi- dendt his year *but to pay a bonus of le per pound butterfat to all patrons having delivered cream and 2¢ per pound to those having stock in the creamery. There remains in the treasury at this time a fund of undivid profits of approximately $ after all expenses for opera and depreciation have been de- ducted and the stockholders ex- press themselves as fairly well satisfied with last years results. Sentiment was expressed favor- ing a more centralized controll of the management and respon- sibility which heretofore has been too much divided thus re- sulting in bad accounts and x- pensive operations which would be reduced by more than half if the management and _responsi- bility for the success of the busi- ness was centered on one man in- stead of being divided hetween the board of directors and three, officers as at present. aes | resignation. Hoene will temporarily assume the management until some com- petent man- can be found as manager, secretary and treasur- er, the positions made vacant by the resignations of Mr. Flint ana P. A. Gaul. Frank Wimer and Aug. Seubert were elected as directors for three years each and August Kopezynski for one year. Priory Wins Barrel of Flour. The barrel of Tip Top flour of- fered last year by Mr. Myer of the Cottonwood Milling Co. to patron bringing cream in the best condition, Mr. Gerber, but- termaker, stated, undoubtediy was due to te Priory and the prize offered to the one bring- ing the poorest cream was stili unclaimed. Mr. Gerber refrain- ed from mentioning the winner’s name, whether out of courtesy or from fear he did not explain. The best of feeling seemed to prevail among the stockholders and expressions of confidence and good will heard on every side. were JUMPS FROM MOVING TRAIN MARRIED THREE HOURS BODY FOUND IN CANYON. John Brown, a bride-groom of only three hours on Thursday morning, while enrouted with his bride to Winchester jumped from the Grangeville-Lewiston train while it was crossing the Lawyers Canyon bridge, one ot the highest railroad bridges in the world. John Brown and Miss Leta Lovelace, his bride of only three hours, were married in Grange- ville on Thursday morning and while enrouted to Winchester he committed the deed. The best information that we have been able to procure is as follows: *, Brown, it is reported, after ng through Cottonwood gave his wife all his money and other valuable papers and told her he was going to the smoker for a short time on the Grange- ville train there is a small smok- ing compartment, in the smoker into which he went and from the window in this compartment he is supposed to have leaped to his death. Mr. Brown is well known in Vollmer and the. bride supposed that he was taken off there by friends as a joke and she did not receive the sad news until she reached Craig Junction. The body was found in the bottom of the canyon by a farm- er who has coyote traps set in the canyon and was making his regular trip of inspection over the trap line. It is also stated that practically every bone in the unfortunate man’s body was broken. Jack Warren, a member of the train crew, stated this morning that they were not aware of the accident until their return trip from Lewiston. It is supposed by him that the man jumped about the middle of the bridge and that the momentum of his body hurled him some short distance from the bottom of the canyon. No cause can be given for the action taken by the bride-groom of only three hours. RECEIVE WEATHER DATA. Through the courtesy of W. W. Thompson, U. S. weather ob- server at Lewiston, Cottonwood will receive weather reports every day from the Lewiston weather office. The reports will be posted daily in a conspi- cious place in the First National Bank. TO APPOINT NEW AGENT. The executive committee ol the Idaho county farm bureau! and the board of countv com- missioners were in conference Monday at Grangeville relative to the selection of a successor to Countv Farm Agent John Fin- ley. who recently tendered his BLACKBURN-THOELKE. The marriage of Miss Mattie! Mae Blackburn and Arthur Her- | man Thoelke, was solemnized at} the Bollinger Hotel in Lewiston Saturday at 5 p. m., January| 19th the bridal party consisting of Miss Jessie Wardrobe and Frank Blackburn, a brother of the bride, who acted as brides- maid and bridegroom. The bride is the esteemable daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Blackburn, prominent pioneers of this section of Idaho and is a young lady of many womanly traits afld character. For the past few years she had been em- ployed by T. Randall in his con- fectionery and through her uni- form kindness has made friends of everyone. Socially she has been very popular with the younger set of the city and her friends are limited only by her acquaintance. The groom is one of the best Decomposed and Moulded Straw Is the Cause. Five valuable farm horses are dead and several more were ex- pected to die and thirteen head are in bad condition as a result of forage poisoning at the A. C. Dahl ranch near Red Rock, 12 miles northeast ef Cottonwood Monday. The poisoning resulted from the horses eating decomposed and moulded straw. A _ veteri- narian from Ilo, who was called to the scene reported the situa- tion very serious with the pro- hability that three or four more horses would die but he expect- ed to save at least 13 head of those poisoned. BUYS TAILOR SHOP. On Monday of this week Al- fred Richards of Grangeville ARE POISONED! WOMAN DEPUTY SHERIFF. | Miss Florence Murray, for the AROUND $2.00 PER YEAR | past two years one of the de-| puties in the office of County | THE STA | Auditor Henry Telcher was ap-| |pointed deputy sheriff by! | Sheriff Wm. Eller on Monday! and “< — her new duties at Items of Interest From Various jonce, she having accepted the) position made vacant by the re-| Sections Reproduced for Ben- signation of Grafton Johnston, | efit of Our Readers. the office deputy. Miss Mur-| ray is recognized as one of the! best office deputies employed; The 17-acre tract west of the around the court house and is Camas Prairie railroad at Voll- the first woman to be appointed | mer has been deeded to the city , to this position in Idaho county | and will be known as Necessary as well as one of the few ever! Addition. |appointed to such an important! ‘The store that will handle Position in the state. | army goods for sale in Lewiston : ame 3 wiil open the latter of this PUTTING UP ICE, month at the bye d Clear- Tom Randall on Tuesday) ter river metropolis. morning commenced: harvesting) A handsome $75,000 apari- his ice for use during the coming! ment building will be erected if summer. The ice is being tak-| Lewiston thi en from the Simon pond and is! Tho Se veer by ae known young men in the city, having come here a few years ago to accept a position with the Cottonwood State Bank. Mr. Thoelke is a gentleman of fine character and has the highest respect of everyone in the com- munity and well worthy of the young lady whose heart he has won and we join their many friends in wishing this worthy couple all the good things this world provides for those so de- serving. Mr. and Mrs. Thoelke afte: spending a short honeymoon on the coast are expected to arrive in Cottonwood the later part of the week and will make thei home in the cottage recently vnurchased by the groom near the Fred Simon residence, which he has already fitted up for his future home. PRAISE FOR MILL. John Meyer departed Tuesday morning for a business trip to Spokane and Lewiston. Mr. Meyer’s visit at Lewiston was reported as follows in the Lew- -iston Tribune: John Meyer, secretary-trea surer and general manager of the Cottonwood Milling and Ele vator’ company, is in the city en routed to Spokane. The Cotton wood Milling & Elevator com- pany is one of the most substan- tial institutions of the uppe) country and in addition to the milling operations the company operates two elevators of com bined capacity of 175,000 bush els. The company has enjoyed : very successful business caree) at Cottonwood and numbers amongst its stockholders the most successful business mer and farmers of Cottonwood an? the surrounding country. Th- nrodnets of the Cottonwood mil’ are favorably known in the loce’ markets as well as at export noints, the company havine en- inved a very large exnort trade during the past several years. ANNUAL MEETING. At the annual .meeting of the First National Bank held in its banking house Tuesday, the fol- lowing officers were elected for the coming year: O. M. Collins, President; Aug- ust Schroeder, Vice-President; Geo. M. Robertson, i T. B. Parker, First Assis Cashier; Ira W. Robertson, 2nd. Assistant Cashier; Adolph Hin- kelman, Director; Felix Martzen Director; Edgar Fry, Director. The bank was found to be in an exceptionally good condition and much is expected from the organization the coming year from its officers. MEETING ENCOURAGING. At a meeting held at the Fire- men’s hall last evening for the purpose of organizing a band some 15 were present to join the organization. Owing to the fact that the basket ball game at Ferdinand between Cottonwood and Ferdinand took several other prospective members from the city another meeting will be closed a deal for the Eugene Mauer tailor shop and in the fu- ture the business will be con- ducted by Mr. Richards. The general line of tailoring work will be handled by him as well as taking orders for tailored made clothes. All work will be guar- anteed. J. E. Richards, the pioneer tailor of Grangeville and father of the young man, who will ‘en- gage in business here, has been in the city the past three days helping his son get the business under headway again, after hav-, ing been suspended for the past two months. It has been the writers good fortune to be personaly ac- quaint with the new proprietor for the past 11 years and in genuine sincerity we can only speak of him in the highest terms. That his venture into Cottonwood’s business circle is a success is our best wish. CARD PARTI THIS WEEK Knights of Columbus and Py- thian Sisters Entertained. The Knights of Columbus en- tertained about 100 friends and relatives at a card party and dance given in their hall Wed- nesday evening, Twenty-two tables were required to accomo-| date all the people who wished to take part in the game of 500. The winners of the evening were: Ladies: Mary Tacke, first; Miss Duman, second; Lena Toennis, consolation, Gentle- men: Philip Wagner, first; Dominic Duclos, second; Enoch Crosby, consolation. After the games refreshments were served and then the merry crowd enjoyed dancing for an hour. The Ladies of the Pythian sis- ters gave a card party in the I O. O. F. hall Monday evening which also was attended by x large crowd. Eighteen tables were required to seat the guests. The prize winners were: Mrs. John Funke, first; gentlemen, John Homer, first. PAPER DATED 1885. H. J. Wasem, who resides six miles southeast of Cottonwood while tearing down an old house on the ranch now owned by him found between the walls of the building a copy of the Teledo Weekly Blade, published at Tel- edo, Ohio March 26, 1885. The paper was addressed to I. A. Young, who at one time owned the farm. The paper is in the best of preservation and besides being at one time used as a med- ium for news, it has also served the purpose of keeping the ele- ments from penetrating in the home for years and certainly has done its duty as a newspaper. Anyone wishing to see the copy may do so by calling at the Chronicle office. INCREASE TO £250,000. According to the Daily Report issued at Grangeville by the In- land Abstract & Trust Co., the Cottonwood Milling & Elevator Co. has filed a certificate with “at once. about 12 inches in thickness and | sen of exceptionally good quality. | HAVE YOU LIQUOR TO SELL? IF SO YOU WILL BE REQUIR- ED TO REPORT SAME UNDER U. 8S. LAW Preparatory to a strict en-| forcement of the National Pro-| hibition Act, which will become! effective on January 16th, Col-| ; lector Lewis Williams, for the District of Idaho, has received detailed instructions from the, Department at Washington, as to the method of procedure. mpson on the site of the pre- t home adjacent to the Fifth street park. A jury in the district court of Latah county reached a ver- | dict of acquittal in the case of the State of Idaho vs. Carl New- man, charged with a statutory offense against Rubie Triplett, a 14-year -old Lewiston girl. In Judge I. C. Hattabaugh’s court in Lewiston Mrs. Sarah | Snyder, mother of Gertrude and Rose Snyder, who were recently before the court on delinquency charges, was found guilty of contributing to the delinquency of the minor daughter, Rose, who is 15 years old. J. Y. Haight, chief deputy in- ternal revenue collector for the ten northern counties of Idaho, with offices in the federal build- ing in Lewiston, has ndt yet re- ceived the blanks for the 1919 tax returns, payable between the All persons legally having in| @ates of January 1 last and the their possession liquors of any description, intended for sale, will be required to report this! fact to the Collector at Boise, not | coming March 15. Henry M. Good of Richfield, Idaho, age 4), and George Powell, age 19, of Caldwell, Ida- later than January 27th. As tne| ho, were killed and 21 freight law becomes effective on the day | after January 16th, all such per-| cars were demolished when a string of 22 freight cars on the sons having liquors are thereby| Oregon Short Line broke loose given ten days in which to make inventory and report to the col- lector. Collector Williams will mail to) each person of whom he may} have knowledge of the posses- | sion of liquors for sale, two cop-| ies of an inventory form and re- | | port. These forms should be made up in duplicate, properly | signed and sworn to before send-| ing to the collector, and one copy | only mailed to the collector and the other retained by the person | making it, for investigation by | revenue agents. Persons hav- jing liquors and not receiving ! such forms should request them In the event any person receiv- | ing the forms does not have in| and ran away down Medbury hill, west of Glenns Ferry. That Idaho-grown wheat is equal to the best in the world has been manifested at the In- ternational Hay and Grain show held in Chicago last month when a sample of Early Baart was awarded third premium in world competition. The wheat was sent from Camas county. Moscow’s bank deposits set a new record with a total of $3,482,708, almost $400,000 larger than when the November call was made, at which time the deposits were higher than had ever been known. The loans and discounts amount to $2,727,- 610 and the cash on hand to $714.776. his possession any kind of liqu-| ors for sale, the forms should be | returned immediately to the col-| lector, with the statement writ- ten in them that no liquors were Agricultural lands are due for a boost in valuation for tax as- sessment purposes when they are listed this spring. Before the close of their annual session in the possession of such person.| at Boise, assessors of the state | This is imperative, as otherwise| adopted a recommendation by it will be taken that the person | the committee on land valuations so receiving such forms has liq- | uor in his or her possession, and | refuses to comply with the law. The National Phohibition Act) does not require a report of liquor possess dwelling, while the same is oc- cupied and used as a dwelling only, provided such liquors are for the personal consumption of ed in a private| pledging themselves to show a substantial increase in the value of such classifications of land in 1920 over the equalized valua- tion of 1919. Kendrick, the ninth and last highway district formed in Latah county, is the only one | which failed to vote bonds for | highway construction. The elec- the owner and his family resid-| tion held last Saturday resulted ing in such dwelling, and of his bona fide guests when entertain- ed by him therein. As severe penalties are impos- ed under the law, and its en- forcement will be pursued rigor- ously, Collector Williams urges upon all persons within the state of Idaho to comply with the pro- visions of the law and regula- tions promptly, and thus avoid the necessity of the imposition ‘of penalties. | in the defeat of the bonds by one vote, the affirmative lacking | just one vote of having the nec- |} essary two-thirds majority. The j vote in Kendrick precinct was | 192 for and 76 votes against the bonds. Scarcity or absolute want of | hay is causing neglect of horses | all over Lemhi county and many of the range horses, usually pas- | tured or fed during winter, are | starving to death. Even stock- ;men having hay feel that they | dire of the Lewiston band to held on Wednesday evening the 21st of January for the purpose of electing officers. The bovs have an application from the dir- the county auditor at Grange- ville to increase the capital stock of the organization from $100,- 000.00 to $250,000.00. The In- direct the new organization. day. , strument was recorded on Mon-! attended the annual meeting of O. M. Collins, of Clarkston, | cannot afford to feed horses, and Wash., president of The First) nobody is willing to take them National Bank of Cottonwood for the price of the feed bill. was a business visitor in Cotton- Numbers of the suffering ant- wood this week and while here, mals have strayed into town, where they have pawed up lawns the bank. , | in wearch of food. oath