Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, March 19, 1920, Page 1

, VOLUME 28. NO. 12, i PLAN HOSPITAL — FOR COMMUNITY MATTER TO BE TAKEN UP BY COMMERCIAL CLUB MONDAY Plans for a hospital for Cot- tonwood have received attention from time to time but it was not until a few weeks ago that the matter was again revived to wards the accomplishment of this enterprise. The time is here that Cottonwood needs such an institution. The ex- pense and inconvenience of go- ing to Lewiston or still further for hospital service are double of what they would be if such service could be secured here in Cottonwood. The many deaths resulting from the Flu epidemic due in Many cases to lack of nursing and hospital facilities have brought a new enthusiasm and determination on the part of the people of this community to secure a hospital for Cotton- wood. The need of a hospital has long been felt but at no time more than during the pre- sent Flu epidemic from which we are just emerging. Doctors found it impossible to get around to make all the calls made for them and sufficient nurses could not be secured to take care of the sick. With a hospital many of the patients could have been taken there and have had better nursing and constant attention from the doctor and at much less expense than under present conditions when a doctor must visit every home afflicted and unless some friends or neighbor is available a separate nurse must be prov- ided, who if the patients were in the hospital could take care of three or four patients. How- ever aside from such epidemics that occasionally sweep the country there are many cases demanding hospital care that now have to be taken to Lewis- ton, Spokane or Portland where- by a heavy expense of railroad fare and living expenses of some member of the family accomp- anying the sick person is incur- red, which would be eleminated if we had a hospital here. Of- tentimes the patient suffers ter- ribly from the trip and again many cases will not permit of the delay incident to traveling such distance and must be taken care of at once and not many homes have the facilities to properly take care of the pa- tient. Cottonwood can secure a hospital if a little effort is put forth as the people almost with- out exception favor such a pro- ject, in fact many farmers have voluntarily offered their help in money and good will to see the thing through. So let us get busy, Everybody put_ his shoulder to the wheel and we will be surprised how easy it will be. The Commercial Club will have a luncheon next Mon- day to which everyone is invited at which time the matter will be considered and no doubt plans formulated to immediately pro- ceed with the project. CAPTAIN HONORED. Captain J. D. Shinnick was honored by Cottonwood Post No. 40, of the American Legion at their business meeting Monday evening by being named the delegate to the state convention of the American Legion at Twin Falls, April 7, 8, 9. Captain Shinnick was instructed to vote for a cash bonus for all ex-ser- vice men. There are now six propositions before congress for the benefit of the ex-service men, the Cottonwood post being in favor of the cash bonus and so instructed its delegate to use his influence to bring about this sentiment at the state meeting if possible. Dr. Shinnick will attend the meeting. MITLINERY. Watch for the big line of NEW MANAGER COMING. O. A. Zimmerman, an exper- ienced creamery man is expected with his family within a few days to take charge of the creamery to releive Mr. Gerber, who wants to leave to rejoin his family at Yakima that he has not seen for about 15 months. Mr. Zimmerman comes very highly recommended, is from Ontario, Wis., the heart of the creamery section of this coun- try, where he has owned and operated a creamery of his own which he sold recently to a con- densory company . FOUND DEAD IN BATHROOM BERT REED DIED OF HEART TROUBLE IN BAER HOME IN LEWISTON, Bert Reed, who has made Cot- tonwood his home for the past few years, was found dead in a bath tub at the John Baer home in Lewiston Sunday afternoon at 2 by a roomer in the Baer home on Normal! hill. Mr. Reed, while he still main- tained his home and office in Cottonwood had gone to Lewis- ton about six weeks ago to do some papering and painting on the new home acquired by Mr. Baer in Lewiston and expected to again return to Cottonwood as soon as this work was finish- ed. Mr. Reed was in Cottonwood some three weeks ago and while here shipped several of his tools to Lewiston to finish work there and stated to the writer that he did not like Lewiston and would be glad when his work was com- pleted so that he could return to Cottonwood. Mr. Reed, who was a painter and paperhanger enjoyed a good business in this immediate vici- nity. He was also an ardent sportsman when it came to shooting and took an active part in the Cottonwood Gun Club, he being one of the best trap shoot- ers on the “Hill” to which Camas and Nezperce Prairies are often referred to. In regard to his death the Lewiston Tribune had the fol- lowing to say: Bert Reed, well known as a painter and paperhanger in Lewiston, Vollmer and Cotton- wood, having been located at the latter point for several years until he came to Lewiston re- cently, died at 2 o'clock yester- day afternoon at the home of John Baer on Fifth avenue, Normal Hill. Mr. Reed had_ recently done some painting work at the Baer home and called there yesterday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Baer left shortly thereafter for a trip to Culdesac and at that time Mr. Reed was sitting in the home reading a newspaper. At the period he was engaged in paint- ing work about the house he had complained of not being in good health but had made no complaint yesterday. A roomer in the covered him lying in the bath- room and Dr. J. N.*Alley was summoned, but life was extinct when the physician arrived. Mr. Reed evidently had decided to take a bath and had turned on the gas when overcome by heart trouble. Dr. Alley suggested that probably the gas flame did not absorb the full volume pass- ing through the jet. Mr. Reed was a widower, his wife passing away several years ago at Vollmer. He has three children but their whereabouts are at this time unknown. Any information as to the location of the children will be appreciated. Mr. Reed was about 50 years old. house dis- Buried in Lewiston. Mr. Reed was laid to rest in the Lewiston cemetery Wedned- , day, the funeral having been in millinery coming soon. Miss| charge of the Moose lodge of Gertrude Weiber. 124f which organization he was a member. He is survived by three child-| ren, a son Robert, age 18, and two daughters, Ella, 16 years) old and Irene, 19 years old, who were taken to Wisconsin by an) aunt after the death of their mother some ten years ago. TO FINISH ROAD AT ONCE A. F. Abercrombie Travels 140 Miles to Reach Cottonwood. W. F. Abercrombie, a promi- nent rancher and stockman of the Joseph plains had to travel a distance of 140 miles to reach Cottonwood Saturday from his ranch which is only 18 miles from Cottonwood, the logical trading point for Mr. Abercrom- bie as well as the rest of the Joseph country. Mr. Aber- crombie made the trip from his home to Snake river, a distance of three miles by foot where he boarded a boat for Lewiston. At Lewiston he made the remain- der of the trip to Cottonwood on the train, covering in all a dis- tance of 140 miles to reach Cot- ton to attend to some business matters. Mr. Abercrombie is a very en- thusiastic booster for the road which is now under construction from the Joseph Plains to Rice Creek, three miles of which was built last fall. Work on the road was suspended last fall on account of the searcity of feed but will again be resumed in a very short time. The road work is being done by the district by day labor and on the three miles built several hundred dollars, or rather half of the cost has already been saved over a contract price on account of the fact that practi- cally all of the work is being done by residents of that dis- trict who are also tax payers MAY HAVE A BANK. The Hoene Hardware Co. of C Cottonwood has purchased the tonwod Post No. 40 American hardware stock of the Idaho Legion had justly and fairly Outfitting Co. at Winona and won in a recent membership assumed possession of the busi- drive, took place at the I. O. O. F) ness last week. The store will A GOOD TIME. The long looked for feed, which the winning team of Cot- | hall Mondav evening when some be enlarged and remodeled and | team. | good time and a fine feed. and from whom they receive @ dollar’s worth of labor for every dollar paid out. With the completion of this road, which is under the super- vision of Mr. Abercrombie he predicts an exceptionally bright future for his section of the country. The road being constructed is all on a 5 percent grade and as soon as completed he stated, he for one was going to invest in a truck and bring his produce to market by the way of Cotton- wood which could then be done very easily. At the present no farm produce of any conse- quence is taken out of this sec- tion on account of the prohibi- tive freight rates and quently most all of their produce raised has been in the nature of stock feed. : To show that Mr. Abercrom- bie is sincere in his assertions and has faith in that country we only wish to refer to a deal which he closed last week whereby he became the owner of 760 acres of land adjoining his home place which was form- erly owned by E. Christenson, now a resident of Montana. The deal involved a sum near the $40,000 mark which is consider- ed a very good price for land in that section at this time. When the Joseph people get their road to the Rice Creek Ferry Cottonwood — will—yes must see that they get a road as good to the top of the hill and then into the city. crombie stated that beyond all question of a doubt Cottonwood was their natural outlet and that they would have a good road to tice Creek this The Circus given by the Camp Fire Girls at the Fireman’s hall Thursday evening was well at- tended and the girls did much better then the average circus visiting towns the size of Cot- tonwood by being able to pay off all their help and expenses and still have a big sum left in the treasury. If you have ever at- tended a circus you know what was there as the girls had on their pay roll clowns, tight rope prospector conse- | Mr. Aber- | | 40 ex-service men were present; will carry a complete line of to take part in the “feed” cook-| hardware. We hear rumors ed, served and prepared by the} also that Winona is to have a ex-service men of the losing} bank of its own, parties who will promote such The contest, which closed M several weeks ago, was in the nature of a membership drive, the entire membership having been divided into two teams and the losers were to feast the win- ning side. Out of the member- ship drive, of which Frank Schober was the winning cap- tain and Al Herboth the losing captain, 26 new members were added to the rooster of Cotton- wood Post No. 40. The affair was carried out in a strick military style, the sup- per havng been in charge of Mess Sergeant L. J. Morgan, assisted by Ist cook, F. Schober, 2nd cook, Al Herboth. Those on kitchen police for the evening were Gus Maugg, Paul Schur- man, Chester Rhett and Jess Robertson. The men. consisted of oyster soup and more of it, dill pickles, ice cream cake and coffee. Now some of the members of the winning team are accusing the boys of the losing team that the reason of the oyster soup and more of it was used as a “filler” ahd that they learned the trick in the army. Members of the losing team swear that soup is not a “filler” and that proves up to expectations.— Kamiah Progress. ‘MEETING WAS WELL ATTENDED FARMERS HERE FROM ALL SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY. The meeting held at the I. O. O. F. hall Tuesday afternoon by the Idaho Wheat Growers Asso- ciation was attended by a large sections of the county. The plan prove is identical with that of the Washington Wheat Grow- ers. A. A. Elmore, president of the Farmers’ Union, says Washington men have now signed up around four million bushels of wheat. He is devot- ing all his time to these associa- there being! an enterprise if this year’s crop) number of farmers from various | which the Idaho) wheat growers are asked to ap-' | Jack Gideon, serving a life NEWS AROUND THE STATE Items of Interest From Various Sections Reproduced for Ben- efit of Our Readers. | It is estimated that every | Student enrolled in the Univer- | sity of Idaho is worth $1,000 per | term to the city of Moscow. Lewiston business men } pro- | pose to build a hotel in that city |costing $500,000 including | the equipment. The hotel, as proposed will contain 200 rooms and will be modern in every re- spect. The Reubens council passed on Monday night an ordinance granting the Grangeville Elec- | trie Light and Power Co., a | — to do business in that | city. County Agent Wade of Nez- perce received a car of pea seed, which is to be distributed among Lewis county farmers and used by them in a general test as the | practicality of peas as a sum- merfallow crop on the prairie. The army retail store which has been conducted at Lewiston for the last month, closed last week, the total sales were given as slightly under $40,000. The remaining goods were taken to the other nearby army stores. they would have been wiiling to serve T-bone steaks with mush- roons, if the winning team had only signified their willingness of a change of menu. At that the boys state they all had a CASHIER TO MOVE HERE. Otto Nail, who at the present time is cashier of the Salmon tiver State Bank at Whitebird will move his family to Cotton- wood about the middle of the month and will take active charge of the Ford agency which is to be established in this city by himself and his brother, Roy Nail, of Grangeville who has the county agency for the Ford, the universal car. The Ford agency will be main- tained at the Cottonwood Gar- age. Besides the Ford touring car, roadster, coupe, sedan and | Fordson tractor they will also| carry a complete stock of extras callinging for an expenditure of several thousand dollars in re- pair parts. Mr. Nail has rented the Frank Terhaar residence near the creamery, which the Nail fam- ily will occupy. As soon as he is relieved of his duties at Whitebird his household goods will be moved to Cottonwood. Mr. Nail is a well known busi- | ness man of Camas Prairie and | a citizen of the highest charac-| ter and we welcome him and his fine family to this community. PUBLISHED 20 YEARS AGO. Johnny Nash is clerking at Brown's. Assessor Fred White is in} town this week doing assessing | work. E. S. Sweet intends starting | up his saw mill the first of the | month. W. H. Bash and wife now oc- cupy the Hunte house, on King street. Herman Nuxoll is expecting a number of friends from the east shortly. J. F. Strickfaden and family will soon occupy the W. J. Smith residence. This is one of the years when old winter did not linger in the lap of spring. ‘ I. C. Hattabaugh has leased the lots east of the Brewery on Main street and has had a large implement shed built thereon. Martin Peck accompanied by Mr. McLaughlin and another |Mr. Agnew himself arrived from the walkers, a wild woman, wild ani-| Simpson mining district on mals and a_ variety of other | Wednesday afternoon. characters and stunts usually found in any first class circus. They report everything very quiet in that section. ome 2 ena. — : > federal peniten- ae jiary, at venworth, Kansas, Under the plan it is proposed 4 4 that a co-operative association ae ped from the prison farm be formed without capital stock. Uffiels ay was om >, prison It is claimed that no profits will | °fficials announced. He was be made by | convicted of robbing a mail train the association. | Only bona fide wheat growers | 3 Moscow, Idaho, in 1904. When a tract of W can be-members and no wheat) is handled except the wheat of | !and comprising 80 farms of 80 the members. The plan is work-| #¢res each was recently opened ing in California with raisins, | for entry, 3251 ex-service men oranges, walnuts, and a great) filed applications. Charles S. Hill many prunes, and a great many) reclamation commissioner of farm products of that state. | Wyoming, sent the figures to During the first week of the| Governor Davis Thursday. campaign for membership in| The Stevens Mercantile com- Nezperce, Latah and Lewis pany with headquarters at Win- counties, it is estimated that be-| chester and with stores at Win- tween two and three hundred! chester, Westlake and Ferdin- thousand bushels have been| and has purchased the S. J.Lind- signed into the six-year pool. er stock of general merchandise Before the contract become op-| at Tlo and will have a $12,000 erative 15,000,000 bushels must’ stock at that point within the have been agreed to be pooled by | next 30 days. north western wheat growers. | J. P. Sorenson" of N : lezperce _It is reported that some 25 | concluded a deal with John Stell- signed up their wheat after the| mon by which he acquired 960 meeting with the association | acres of farm land in Montana and that many more will join) in the Great Falls district and after a clearer understanding of | Mr. Stellmon takes over the Sor- the association is obtained. enson residence in Nezperce, the GE agrees | livery stable business and three VISITING MR. AGNEW. | registered stallions. Norman Dr. Connor of Oakland, Calif.,| Stellmon, son of John Stellmon, brother-in-law of Mr. H. T.| will conduct the livery business. Agnew, and Mrs. Chrisholm of Fargo, North Dakota and Mrs. | Po ogo aS. James Aspoas of Superior, Wis., | ja) may call upon the state of sisters of Mr. Agnew arrived] igaho for railroad expenses, and Saturday night for a visit with) these expenses must be allowed Mr. Agnew and family who have until the $7500 appropriated for had about two months seige of} that purpose is ‘oaies These the Flu. No family in the com-| facts were established Friday by munity has been harder hit by an opinion from the office of the Flu than the Agnew family, | for a time the entire family be-| pon Bae i Coy ing down and two nurses were | 4 constantly in attendance and| Faculty and staff of the Uni- sometimes three. Several of | Versity of Idaho, including the the nurses contracted the Flu| ¢xperiment station and agricult- while nursing there, necessit- pone —— wig gg oy — ating several changes of nurses | ~~ renee A af and for awhile a change of|®ing April 1. This action was doctors while Dr. Orr was suf-| taken at dyperrnes ying ny | fering with the dreaded malady. “= board atten wy oe of have had the worst case of any | pee Prt : of the family and is still bed| Wallace; and President E. H. fast although never critically Lindley, of the University of ill seems unable to regain his| Idaho. F : . strength and it is likely to be, Lumbering is Idaho’s most several weeks before he can get| dangerous industry, Mining out. The sympathy of the en-| ranks second. Thirty years is tire community is extended the| the workingman’s most reckless Agnews, who although residents | age. Most injuries in Idaho come here for only a short while have| from falling, rolling or flying made hosts of friends who wish| objects (stones, logs, pieces of them speedy recovery and are| machinery, etc.) ; and hands and willing to do anything that can| feet are the members most often be done for them. injured. These are interesting facts gleaned fror: an annual re- port submitted to Governor vis last week by the indus- trial accident board of Idaho. Sheriff William Eller was a business visitor in Cottonwood