Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, March 26, 1920, Page 1

4 » COTTONWOOD CHRONICLE VOLUME 28. NO. 13. COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1920. WILL HAVE | BALL TEA COMMERCIAL CLUB EN- DORSES BALL CLUB AND HOSPITAL PLAN. The Commercial Club met in regular session at luncheon last Monday and many matters of importance were taken up and considered. | A good attendance and lively talks made the meeting inter- esting and entertaining and no doubt the meetings will be held regularily in the near future. Among the many matters brought up for discussion was the timely one of securing a ball team for Cottonwood this summer. A league is to be or-| ganized on the Prairie and Cot- tonwood should have a team and can have one that will carry off the banners the coming season. The Club unanimously endorsed the proposition and pledged their support to the boys who are undertaking the , organiza- tion of the team. The matter of securing a hospital for Cottonwood was given special consideration and the club went on record as favoring the proposition and pledged its good will and sup- port to the undertaking. The president was instructed to ap- point a committee of seven that would give the movement such support as to assure the success of the movement. | The matter of securing an Auto Camping Place was refer- red to and it was brought out that the city council had the matter under consideration and would see about providing a suitable place as soon as the ex- tent of pavement has been de- termined. BASEBALL MEETING. A meeting will be held Wed- nesday evening for the purpose of organizing a base ball club to be affiliated with the Prairie League that is to be organized at Grangeville Saturday evening All baseball players as well as fans are urged to attend this meeting. A number of base ball fans will attend a meeting at Grane- ville Saturday evening for the purpose of organizing a base ball league such as was in existence last year. Delegates from Ferd- inand, Craigmont, Nezperce, Kamiah and Kooskia are also ex- pected to participate at the meeting to be held at the county seat Saturday. MORE THOROUGHBREDS. | Howard McKinley on Sunday evening received three pigs from Chas. E. Warren of Jerseyville, Ii., The pedigrees of the swine are as follows: Sired by Gerstdale Ranger, (a son of the $6,600) Gerstdale, Jones and out of Gerstdale Queen, he is a full brother to the 1919, Iowa Grand Champion F's Big Jones. One of the boar pigs is from a Big Bob sow, and is a full bro- ther to the litter which won the American Poland China Associa- tion promotion show prize. One gilt is from an 800 lb. sow by the grand champion Big Timm. The other from a young sow by Big Bob Wonder, this sow is a sister to the 1120 lb. Caldwell’s Big Bob. The pigs were pretty tired and sore from their long trip be- ing five days on the road. This makes six head of east- ern hogs Howard has added to his herd this spring and it is his intention to build up one of the best herds to be found in the northwest. WILLIAM PARISOT DEAD. William Parisot, pioneer min- ing man of the Florence district and well known throughout the central Idaho mining country, died at Florence Sunday from pneumonia. He is survived by a son, who was with him at the | the last few days will put them | leased to the county for the sum dibs time of his death. WEALTHY STOCKMAN DIES. | A. H. Barth, millionaire stock-| man and resident of Billings, Mont,. for 37 years, died Monday in Rechester, Minn., following a major operation. A telegram announcing Mr. Barth’s death was received at Billings by Arthur Barth, the only child. Until a few years ago, Mr. 3arth was one of the largest in- dividual owners of sheep in the northwest. Several months ago he had plans drawn for a $1,000,000 hotel for Billings. His death will not interfere with the carry- ing out of this project it is said. Mr. Barth was a brother of our fellow townsman H. J. Barth. Mr. Barth was unable to attend the funeral services at disposed. His son Frank, who is also a resident of Montana, at- tended the funeral services of his uncle. HOSPITAL PLANS PROGRESSING COMMITTEE WORKING ON PLANS FOR A MODERN HOSPITAL HERE. Cottonwood is going to have a hospital. Such is the plan of a committee of citizens who have organized to solicit the support of the community in this worthy enterprise. The committee consisting of John Hoene, Felix Martzen, J. V. Baker, W. B. Hussman, Dr. Orr, John Peterson and J. F. Jenny, are busy outlining the plans for organization and financing and within a few weeks will put the proposition up to the community Cottonwood should have a hos- pital and will support such an institution. Many towns of less population than Cottonwood and with no where near as large a surrounding country find a hospital self sustaining and there is no reason why such an undertaking should not be a suc- cess here. A hospital is not a money making institution but a protection for the health and life of the community that it serves. Whoever has had the experience of having to send a loved one of the family to a distant hospital, away from family and friends to be placed in the keeping of strangers and inaceessable except at intervals by some one that accompanies him who gives both time and money for this privilege, will realize what a hospital in Cot- him under such conditions. We are for a hospital for Cotton- wood. This news item was given us just before we went to press. We shall have more to say about it next week. AUTO STOLEN. Henry P. Nuxoll, a resident of Lewiston, and son of H. H. Nux- oll of Cottonwood had his auto- mobile stolen in Lewiston last Friday evening. Mr. Nuxoll had been at band practice, after which he volunteered to take the band leader to his home. Arriving at the home of the | Billings on account of being in- “4 | tonwood would have meant to) | SERVICE MEN PREFERRED. band master he was invited into | the home and while in the house had his hand on the door knob remaining only for a few min- utes. After coming out of the house the machine was gone. The car evidently was pushed by hand some distance down the street after which the thief en- tered the car and drove away. The car was recovered at Athe- na, Oregon. GRASSHOPPERS HATCHING. A well known farmer of the Greencreek section reports that a large number of grasshoppers have already hatched near Law- | yers canyon. Reports also state that the hoppers are hatching on the breaks of the Salmon river. hatch and with another spell of winter as we are experiencing all out of Here’s hoping thev all’ et a $2.00 PER YEAR Why Did He Leave the Farm? Why did you leave the farm, my lad? Why did you bolt and leave your dad? Why did you beat it off to town And turn your poor old father down? Thinkers of platform, pulpit, press, Are wallowing in deep distress ; They seek to know the hidden cause Why farmer boys desert their pas. Some say they long to get a taste Of faster life and social waste ; And some will say the silly chumps | BONDS CARRY BIG. | The village of Ferdinand Tuesday voted bonds in the sum ef $10,000 for street improve- ments the vote being 71 for bonds and 2 against bonds. The | money will be used to grade and macadam Main street from the! depot to the west end of town | ;and embraces about 1,000 linear | ‘feet. A part of this street will become a unit in the north and | south state highway and the im- provements now to be made will | be preparatory to laying a hard- surface pavement at a later time. NEWS AROUND THE STATE Items of Interest From Various Sections Reproduced for Ben- efit of Our Readers. John J. Gray, one of the pro- minent stock men of southern | Idaho, died at a Boise hospital Mistake their suit cards for their trumps In wagering fresh and germless air Against the smoky thoroughfare. We're all agreed the farm’s the place, So free your mind and state your case Our sister town of Ferdinand like most of the other prairie} towns, slowly but surely has | been coming to the front for the | last few years and its citizens | Sunday of pneumonia. He was taken ill at Buhl and brought to Boise, his home, Saturday morn- ing. St. Teresa’s academy, the suc- Well, stranger, since you've been so frank, I'll roll aside tine hazy bank, { The misty cloud of theories, And tell you where the trouble lies. I left my dad, his farm, his plow, , Because my calf became his cow. I left my dad—’twas wrong, of course— Because my colt became his horse. left my dad to sow and reap Because my lamb became his sheep. I dropped my hoe and stuck my fork | Because my pig became his pork. The garden stuff that I made grow, *Twas his to sell, but mine to hoe. | It is not the smoke in the atmosphere, | Nor the taste for life that brought me here. | Please tell the platform, public, press, | No fear of toil or love of dress | Is driving off the farmer lads, | But just the method of their dads. | |to Leonard Wood’s campaign: 14. St ee hat Se ec PEELE EPPO ee nennnnrnoonrinita ana ainan pa nranipnmamr i SPELLING CONTEST. CECIL JOHNSON DEAD. { The Idaho County Spelling] Cecil Johnson, son of Mr. and | Contest was held in the court-| Mrs. James Johnson of the Red house at Grangeville, Saturday} Rock section, passed away at) afternoon, March 20th. the home of his parents, Thurs-| are aware of the fact that street | cessor to the first girl’s school ‘WOOD'S ‘BARREL’ | selections. Fifteen children from as many districts entered Part 1 of the Contest which was open to 3rd, 4th and 5th Grades. Fifteen children also entered Part I open to the 6th, 7th and 8th| Grades. p Prizes were awarded as follows: Part I—First prize $5.00 W. S. | Stamp; Freida White, Grange- ville. Part I—Second prize $3.00) thrift stamps; Ray Reid, Cot- tonwood. Part II—First prize $5.00 W. S. Stamp; Arthur Bacon, Wood- land. Part Il—Second prize $3.00) thrift stamps; Howard McPher-| son, Grangeville. The out of town children were | entertained in the homes of Grangeville students. Saturday evening the children enjoyed the Picture Play at the Lyric. The audience for the contest filled the court room and joined with the spellers in expressing their appreciation of the enter- tainment offered by Miss Ed- mundson who read “The One Legged Goose”, and by the “Girls’ Glee Club” who sang two The Potlatch Lumber Co., the largest lumber concern in the United States is putting on another shift at their mills and prefers to fill hundreds of posi- tions with ex-service men. They state they will positively employ no wobblies, bolshevists, anarch- ists or radicals. Any ex-service men desiring a position with this concern and who wishes to be informed on} wages paid and other informa- tion regarding the work con pro- cure the desired information by | calling on Ira Robertson, Adju-' tant of Cottonwood Post No. 40 of the American Legion. MOVING OFFICES. County officials at Grange- ville are busy this week remov- ing their offices from the old court house, which has been oc- day March 18, after an illness} extending over the past year. | The boy was born on April 14, | 1903, at Red Rock, and had re- sided in Idaho county practically | all his life. About a year ago he} contracted scarlet fever, and lat- er influenza. With hope that the boy would regain his health, the family tcok him away for! some months, but he continued | to fail in health, and finally suc- cumed. Besides his father and mother, | five brothers, Edgar L., Ray-| mond D., Orvil J., Lester L., Irwin J., and one sister, Rena) Levena, aged Z years, survive him. Funeral services were held, Sunday from Mount Zion church at Winona. W. N. Knox, mini-| ster, of Grangeville officiated. | Burial, in charge of A. J. Maugg, | was in the adjoining church-} yard. UNRECHT BUYS LAND. Lewis Unrecht, a prosperous | young farmer of the Denver sec- tion last week closed a deal with | John Goodall of Ferdinand whereby he became the owner of | 200 acres of land located two and one-half miles west of Ferd- inand known as the Goodall | farm. The price paid for the land was $90 an acre and those| acquainted with the productive gualities of this farm state it is a very good buy. The deal was negotiated by H. G. Sasse of) Ferdinand. ED LONG IS DEAD. | Ed Long, son of James Long of Warren, and nephew of coun- ty commissioner John Long of Grangeville, died Thursday at a hospital in Boise. His remains passed through Cottonwood Wednesday evening, being taken to Grangeville where the funeral services were held Thursday. | Ed Long has followed mining | and livestock lines for a number | of years and had gone to Boise | to confer with an associate re-| | lative to stocking a Salmon river j ranch when he was_ taken i with influenza. This developed improvements are one of the! im the territory, and itself one best assets a town can have, _| Of the oldest schools for girls at ' Boise, is — to increase its |opportunities by making an | $80,000 addition, ground for | which will be broken Friday. | Grading has been resumed for ROUSES BORAH zz: extension of the Lewiston, | Nezperce & Southeastern rail- ae (the — — from : : |Tammany to Waha and plans DEMANDS EXPLANATION provide for the completion of it OF MONEY SPENDING __ | in such time that the placing of - | rails ean be carred out within IN PRIMARIES. {90 days. The ee —_- Mos- : cow school won tate : Washington, March 22,—Act- | priest Friday phir ing on published reports that! by defeating Twin Falls high large sums has been contributed | school team by a score of 34 to At the end of the first hal fund, Senator William E. Borah, | the score cog 16 to 7 in Moe. republican, of Idaho, called on! cow’s favor. the general and his campaign | i managers today for the “names | wom ae Partie — of subscribers, amounts and the | tended a meeting at Lewiston manner in which it is being | last week when the plan of the used. oe Idaho Wheat Growers’ associa- General Wood's managers not tion was explained by a Mr. only owe it to their candidate, | Goldsmith, of California, who is but “still more to the party and identified with the cooperative rig by = sn selling associations of California eat A | With many reports still to ee eee Borah declared, | come in, Robert O. Jones state a - - }commissioner of law enforce- ‘The use of money in elections | ment, estimated Saturday that has reached a point where the! 59 automobile owners had been people will have to take hold of | arrested during the day in the it,” he said. “It is nothing less | gtate’s first official drive | showing the people generally are | | to take hold of.” | TRUSTEES ORGANIZE. | | Idaho County School | Association. than a national peril that two) months before the convention the use of money in the attempt | | to control the convention has} reached the point of a scandal. | “That a vast sum of money is | being spent is perfectly apparent | I have seen letters from South | Dakota, Virginia and Illinois becoming restless in the face of | the apparent use of money for | corrupt purposes. “From what I have known of | General Wood I would not sus- pect him for a moment of doing the things himself which are be- | ing charged against him; but it| | is not sufficient that he does not | himself actually participate. He | can not be the recipient of fa-| vors of such a campaign without | himself being responsible. “I hope General Wood or his managers will not permit this | matter to go until it will become | a subiect which others will have | At Grangeville last Friday, at the school trustees’ meeting was organized the Prairie Section Trustees | H. C. Matthiesen, of Cotton-' wood, was elected chairman, and | H. G. Sasse, of Ferdinand was named secretary-treasurer. The following standing com- mittees were named: Committee on teachers’ contracts and sala- ries, Henry Telcher, G. P. Mit-! chell and George Fenn. Committee on County Unit and the raising of school tax levy—Messrs. Baker, Goin and Mannering. | Committee on appointment of school purchasing agent for Idaho county, Howard McKinley | against license violators. The deadline after which auto own- ers who failed to display 1920 license tags became subject to arrest, was passed March 17. Everett Bennders, a promi- nent young farmer of the Nez- perce section for the past fif- teen years in farm- ing south of that city, died shortly before midnight Sunday from complications resulting from an attack of the influenza. Mr. Bennders was about 28 years of age and is survived by a wife, his parents, three brothers and three sisters. The result of Tuesday’s bond election assures Coeur d’Alene of the best aviation field in the Northwest and paves the way for the government to establish a sub-base for forest patrol here in the near future. Out of 1014 registered votes, 736 were cast. Five hundred and thirty five casting their vote in favor of the purchase of the municipal avia- tion held and 201 registering their vote against the bonds. R. F. Bicknell, president of the Overland National bank, has a $6000 investment in a piece of radium not over a quarter of an inch in length and no thicker than the heavy lead of a pencil. The radium arrived in Boise Saturday morning and was | opened at the bank Saturday at noon by Dr. James L. Stewart, who has been designated by Lloyd Life Insurance company of England to handle the pre- cious mineral in Idaho, the de- signation being made at the re- quest of the p c District Engineer J. M. Keene of the federal bureau of public roads, stationed at Missoula, will begin the inspection of the highway project between the cupied since the removal of the) county seat from Mt. Idaho to Grangeville. The new court house was formerly occupied by the Grangeville schools and has been thoroughly remodeled. The old court house is owned by the city of Grangeville and has been into pneumonia, which proved | fatal. Thirteen telephone poles were wood and Keuterville Wednes- of $1 a year. section on that night blown down between Cotton-) day evening. Snow fell to the, to be held at Grangeville some | depth of about 5 inches in ght] ta the call of the chaicmant tween Ilo | Cottonwood; Mrs. C. M. Ramsd-| top of Lewiston hill and Moscow all, Grangeville; J. A. Johnson, | If the project is approved by the | Greencreek and T. G. Pickford, federal bureau construction on | Winona. | this link of the north-and-south | These committees are to in-| highway will probably be start- vestigate their charge and re-| ed next month. Engineer Keene | port at another trustees meeting | will also make a of tion to bap to the call of the chairman. the central