Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, April 16, 1920, Page 1

— ae - COTTONWOOD CHRONICLE VOLUME 28. NO. 16. BIG RAILROAD LINK PLANNED IDAHO TAKES INITIAL STEP TO JOIN NORTH AND SOUTH IDAHO Asking the interstate com- Merce commission of the United States to compel the Northern Pacific’ and other railroads to complete a railroad link between north and south Idaho, the state public utilities commission ex- ploded a2 bomb of sensation in railroad circles Saturday. It proposes that the interstate commerce commission, invoking new powers conferred upon it by the transportation act of 1920 (which “returned the rail- roads,”) shall require the de- fendant railroads to build a line connecting the Camas Prairie railroad at Fenn with the Pacific & Idaho Northern railroad at New Meadows. Effect Great Savings. The state intends to prove to the national commission that the new line, even should it cost seven million dollars—a gener- ous estimate—would effect sav- ings in freight and passenger transportation and earn an in- come commensurate with its cost. The complaint to the federal commission names the Northern Pacific and Camas Prairie rail- road companies and the Oregon- Washington Railroad & Naviga- tion company as defendants. All’ are designated as_ interstate common carriers. Under Grant of New Power. It bases its action upon one of two new powers conferred upon the interstate commerce com- mission by the act of congress which, on March 1, returned the railroads to their operating com- panies after a term of federal control. This act provided that all interstate railroads seeking to extend their lines must first secure a “certificate of conven- ience and necessity” from the interstate commerce commission It also provided that the inter-| state commerce commission may order any railroad to extend its lines. Under the latter provi- sion, Idaho hopes to break down the mountain barvier between north and south. Public Necessity Demands. The state’s complaint, pre- pared by Raymond L . Givens, | attorney for the public utilities commission, sets forth that there is no adequate or efficient | line of railroad for the tramspor- tation of freight and passenger from north to south Idaho and vice versa, and that public con- venience and necessity demands construction of the proposed link. It sets forth further that the proposed route is practicable and | feasible. Maps showing in de- tail the plan accompany the com- plaint. Big Saving in Mileage. The distance from Boise, Ida- ho, to Lewiston, Idaho, over the new line, would decrease the pre- | sent railroad distance, through Oregon and Washington, practi- cally a fourth, the state avers. The distance from Lewiston to Fenn is 70 miles, from Fenn to New Meadows is 97 miles, from New Meadows to Weiser is 89.7 miles and from Weiser to Boise is 79 miles, a total distance of 835.7 miles as against 453.7 miles the shortest present route. The state asks the extension order for the sake of the lumber industry in north Idaho, alleging that it would make cheap and economical tranportation of tim- ber products from north to south Idaho. It asks the order on behalf of the mining industry, declaring the road will open up vast new industries in the Salmon river country. Shippers Profit Greatly It stresses the necessity of shipping livestock from central COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1920 the opportunities the new route | would give southern Idaho ship- | pers to deliver their products to! the four transcontinental rail-| roads of north Idaho, particular- | ly those, running direct to Du-| luth and other Great Lakes ports. | It points out that Lewiston is | a river port and that freight | rates to Portland could be reduc- | ed by making possible rail ship- | ment from south Idaho to Lew- | iston and water shipment from Lewiston to the coast. It asks the extension on he half of the Camas Prairie and P. & IN. railroads, alleging that they are now only stub lines searcely able to exist whereas the extension would revitalize them and make them important. Idaho State of Long Hauls. The state explains further} that Idaho is so located geogra- phically as to compel extremely long hauls to market while the} proposed line would open to southern Idaho a large market for her products, especially in Spokane and other Washington centers. After going at length into these explanations, the state makes its request in these words: “Complainant prays that said defendants may be sever-| ally required to appear and an- swer complainant's complaint and that after due hearing and investigation an order be made by the commission requiring said defendants, Northern Pac- ific Railway company and the Camas Prairie Railroad company to extend their lines from the line operating between Lewiston and Grangeville, Idaho, to New Meadows, Idaho, and that such other and further order or or- ders be made as the commission may consider proper in the, | premises.” What Will Project Cost? What will the project cost? This natural question presented by the state’s action is answered in a paper prepared by the public utilities commission on May 27,’ 1915 when a special report on the feasibility of the proposition was made to Governor Alexand- er. A copy of this report is be- ing sent to Washington with the complaint. It sets forth that the line could be completed at $75,000 per mile,not including cost of op-, erating equiptment, a total cost of about seven million dollars. In this connection it is pointed out that the P. & I. N. railroad’s construction cost $28,000 per mile while the Idaho Northern, through comparable country, cost $35,000 per mile. COUNTY DELEGATES. At the republican convention held at Grangeville Saturday, at which attendance was rather re- stricted on account of bad weather, the following delegates were elected to the Coeur d’ Alene convention, which meets April 28 to elect delegates to the national convention: John Long of Grangeville. F. E. Quist of Kooskia. M. M. Belknap of Cottonwood. Seth Jones of Whitebird. No resolutions were introduc- ed. The whole spirit of the con- vention was one that success would be met at the polls. TO HAVE NEW ROAD. The Greencreek section is to have a new road according to re- liable information received in Cottonwood this week. The new road will commence at the Jake Eckert farm and will run past the John Arnzen farm and fol- low the draw coming out at the John F. Nuxoll garage near Greencreek. The new _ road when completed will shorten the route to Cottonwood by a mile and on a much easier grade. The commissioners of the Green- creek district have all the right- of- ways bought and as soon as a few other details are settled up work on the road will com-, mence. Dr. Orr reports the arrival of two yvung huskie boys this week | One having arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Jungert and the other at the home of Mr. HANNON TO HEAD SCHOOL i { FOUR TEACHERS HAVE) SIGNED UP FOR THE COMING YEAR. J. V. Hannon, principal of the! high school during the present term of the Cottonwood Public school, has been selected by the school board as superintendent for the coming year at a salary of $1800. The position was again offer-| ed by the board to W. A. Lustie, | who has capably conducted the schools for the past four years. Mr. Lustie has accepted a simi- lar position at Nyssa, Oregon for the coming year. Besides Mr. Hannon, Miss Harriett Hanson, the domestic science teacher is the only other member of the high school fac- ulty who will return to Cotton- wood next year. Miss Helen Sully having decided to teach elsewhere. In the grades, Miss Laurena Rawson and Miss Lennie Rut- ledge have signed contract to teach here next year, leaving two vacancies, that of Miss Hol- lan and Miss Jéssie Wardrobe. At the present time there re-! mains four positions to be filled by the school board as follows: Principal of the high school, a teacher for mathematics and language in the high school, a teacher for the first and second grades, a teacher for the fifth and sixth grades. The board, no doubt, will ex- verience little difficulty in fill- ing these vacancies as they have several applications on file at the present time. Taken all in all, the school year has been a most successful | one and that all of the teachers | did splendid work is a_ well known fact, which the board as well as the public appreciated | and showed their apvreciation by re-electing the entire teach- ing staff at an advance in salary. It is our opinion that Mr. Hah-| non will keep the school un to its present standard and with his experience as principal of the high school he has gained first local conditions that will be of ereat value to him in promoting the interests of the school. , HAD FINE MEETING. | Capt. J. D. Shinnick returned Tuesday evening from Twin Falls where he attended a state convention of the American Le- gion, being the delegate for Cot- tonwod Post No. 40. | The captain stated that there were some 200 ex-soldiers at the convention and that the affair proved to be a success in every way. | Kellogg was selected as the next meeting place. Leo F. Bracken of Twin Falls was nam- ed commander, while M. F. Al- bert of Payette, who lost both legs in France, was selected as adjutant. The state headquar- tres will be in Twin Falls. While at Twin Falls he met a former resident of this section, O. P. Moberg, who has done very well there since leaving Camas) Prairie, being the owner of 40 acres adjoining Twin Falls. Captain Shinnick was the only delegate present from Idaho county. MEET IN COTTONWOOD. Ray McKaig, a Non-Partisan league organizer met with about 60 members of the league from various sections of the county in Cottonwood last Friday. It is stated that the gathering con- sisted of a business meeting and) plans were outlined for the com- ing campaign. COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM The Commencement exercises —— 5 | | | BALL SEASON OPENS MAY 2 FIRST GAME WITH GRANGE- VILLE—TEN GAMES SHEDULED. The Prairie baseball league consisting of the towns of Cot- tonwood, Grangeville, Nezperce, Ferdinand, Kamiah, and Craig- mont will officially open the sea- son on Sunday, May 2. The first two games which Cottonwood plays will be away from home the opening game be- ing at Grangeville with the coun- ty seat boys. The schedule calls for ten games in all. Must be Home Boys. One of the best features of the league is the fact that no salaried players will be allowed to participate in any of the games, which at first was per- missable but owing to so many of the teams being against sal- aried players a ruling was made to eliminate them. Salaried players, in times gone by has ruined baseball on the prairie and if Cottonwood cannot win with home boys we prefer to see them loose rather than have a team made up of outside players. To Get Good Support. Ek. J. Rhoades, who has been selected manager of the Cotton- wood club and Barney Seubert, the treasurer, made the rounds of the business houses the first of the week for funds to defray expenses and have a guarantee of $100 a month pledged for the support of the team from the business men. A light practice was indulged in Sunday afternoon by several baseball aspirants, some of them showing exceptional abil- ity. Among those who will try out for the team are the follow- ing: Jack Rooke, Walter Schurman Barney Seubert, Frank Albers, Guss Maugg, Bill Schober, Jess Robertson, Delmar Hockersmith Vance Rooke and Vern Dye. The Official Schedule. The following is the official schedule for the Prairie Base- ball League. MAY 2 Nezperce at Kamiah Cottonwood at Grangeville Ferdinand at Craigmont. MAY 9 Kamiah at Craigmont. Cottonwood at Nezperce. Grangeville at Ferdinand. MAY 14 Ferdinand at Kamiah. Nezperce at Grangeville. Craigmont at Cottonwood. MAY 23 Cottonwood at Kamiah. Grangeville at Craigmont. Nezperce at Ferdinand. MAY 30 Kamiah at Grangeville . Craigmont at Nezperce. Ferdinand at Cottonwood. JUNE 6 Kamiah at Nezperce. Grangeville at Cottonwood. Craigmont at Ferdinand. JUNE 13 Craigmont at Kamiah. Nezperce at Cottonwood. Ferdinand at Grangeville. JUNE 20 Kamiah at Ferdinand. Grangeville at Nezperce. Cottonwood at Craigmont. JUNE 27 Kamiah at Cottonwood. Craigmont at Grangeville. Ferdinand at Nezperce. JULY 4 Grangeville at Kamiah. Nezperce at Craigmont. Cottonwood at Ferdinand. BASEBALL DANCE, Following the Hawaiian mus- ical program at the K. of C. hall, Wednesday evening the 21st a dance will be given for the bene- of the Cottonwood High school fit of the baseball team. Music will be held Saturday, May 22.’ will be furnished by the Hawai- Prof. Howard T. Lewis of the ian orchestra of six pieces. University of Idaho has been se-| Come and have a good time and team. Idaho valleys to outside markets | and Mrs. Fred Cone of the reser-| cured to make the Se ment address. | $2.00 PER YEAR MORRIS IS HELD . The preliminary examination of Fred Morris, charged with robbing the post office and store at Fenn about ten days ago, was conducted Friday of last week at Grangeville and the defendant was held to the district court for trial. He is at liberty on bonds in the amount of $1,000 furnish- ed by Roy Nail and John Cham- berlain to answer for the appear- ance of the defendant before the | district court. The defendant was represent-{ ed by Attorney E. M. Griffith the defense, the defendant, how- NEWS AROUND — THE STATE Items of Interest From Various Sections Reproduced for ‘Ben- efit of Our Readers. One of the subscribers to Lewiston’s new proposed $500,- 000 hotel was James Pershing a ommander and chief of the but no testimony was offered peer of Gen. John J. Pershing ce ever, maintaining that he is in- nocent of any participation in the robbery. Fred Morris was taken into custody the morning following} the robbery because tracks in the snow led from the bunk-! house on a near-by ranch to the} Weber store and fresher tracts led from the store to the bunk-| house, suggesting the party making the trip was about the store for a considerable period and that a snow storm prevailed during that period. It was also learned that Morris was absent from the bunkhouse during the evening when the farmer for} whom he was working went to} the bunkhouse in search of him} The state used a number of | witnesses today but the facts brought out were intended to only show that a robbery has) been committed and that the) circumstances pointed toward | Morris as the guilty party. The} state is represented by Prosecut-| ing Attorney B. Auger. BISHOP TO VISIT ROME. The Rt. Rev. Daniel M. Gor-} man, Catholic bishop of Idaho, left Wednesday for New York city, where he will meet Bishop Carroll of Helena, a life long! friend, and together they will) sail on April 20 for Rome where | they will give their reports in| person of their dioceses to the Holy See. | The year 1920 has been desig-| nated as the year in which the Catholic bishops of America will} make their decennial visit to the} Holy See. Every bishop who| can so arrange his affairs is ex- pected to make his report in per-| son. tealizing the amount of work | to be ‘done in his own diocese in| completing the cathedral, Bishop Gorman suggested to Archbish- op Christie of Seattle, that it! might be well for him to make | his report by letter but the arch- bishop urged that he go in per- son. This will be Bishop Gorman’s first visit abroad but he expects to return almost immediately. | FIRST BANQUET. The Cottonwood Boy Scouts will give their first Annual Ban-| quet at the I. 0. 0. F. hall this | evening. The principal speak-| er of the evening will be Gordon | B. Clarke scout executive of Nez perce and Asotin counties, who} will also assist in organizing a} local council. | PIONEER DIES. Martin Wagner, a pioneer of Idaho county died at Portland) this week from gall stone. Mr. Wagner was cashier for the) First National Bank at Grange- ville for many years. The last few years he has made his home| at Whitebird. | —E | NOTICE TO K. OF P. | Practice work in the third de-| gree will take place at the I. O., O. F. hall Tuesday evening,, Apri! 20th. Lunch will be serv-| ed after the work. All Knights! of Pythias are requested to at-| tend. | | LEAVE FOR WYOMING. | celebrating American forces in France. Increases allowed the teachers of the Lewiston public schools will amount to $19,000. The average increase in salary amounted to approximately 35 | per cent. Ramsay M. Walker of Wallace was elected president of the state board of education at Fri- phy meeting of the board, the irst meeting of a tine onan — Definite arrangements hav been made by the county pin missioners of Bonner county for the greatest extension of new roads and improvements of old roads ever made in one year, ; J. EL Turner, superintendent or years of the Payette city Schools, has been elected super- intendent of the schools at Mos- cow, and by special arrange- ment will also be associate pro- fessor of school administration in ba state university. ‘o Mr. and Mrs. C, B. - brook of Wendell, Idaho yo come the — distinction of : eir seventi wedding anniversary, on aon event having taken place at Wendell March 23, with Mrs. Holbrook in her eighty-eighth year and Mr. Holbrook in his ninety-first year, The city council of Lewisto has been petitioned to employ c woman policeman, or welfare worker, to safeguard the youth. The request was made by a de- legation representing the wo- men's organization of that city. Mrs. Charles Smith was chair- man of the delegation with Mrs, James E. Babb, Mrs. W. J. Jor- dan and Mrs. F. S. Randall. Nearly 800 breeders of pure- bred live stock are listed in the Idaho Purebred Live Stock Di- rectory, just issued by the uni- versity extension division. e name of breeder, breed of live stock, county, postoffice address and number of males and fe- males owned are given. According to a report made to the directors of the children’s home at the monthly meeting | held Saturday in Lewiston there | are now 47 children in the home Eight children were received during the month, ‘four coming from a home made motherless by the recent influenza epidem- ie. I. E. Rockwell, senator from Blaine county, was today ap- pointed to succeed J. A. Keefer of Shoshone as a member of the state board of education. Keefer was appoin' in January, 1917, to complete the unexpired por- tion of the term of T. A. Walters who resigned to become attor- ney general. The dam, which forms the re- servoir that supplies the town of Troy with water, has been washed out during the high wa- ter caused by the continuous rains and the town is without water for domestic use and fire protection. A well is being util- ized until the dam can be repair- ed. The dam was built several years ago at a cost of $6000. ‘At a special election held Fri- day in Orofino the board of com- missioners of the Grangemont highway district were author- ized to issue bonds in the sum of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Morgan,| $100,000 for the purpose of who have spent the winter in Cottonwood departed Wednes-| in said district. e enn Ps ae | 58 for to 29 against, being an day morning for Gillette, Wyo., building and maintaining roads The vote stood which their former home where they | even two-thirds majority, may file on land. Mr. Morgan) majority is necessary under the formerly owned a drug F sage at Idaho law. Gillette but.disposed of the same = last fall and -spent the wat Don’t forget the Baseball ‘here with relatives. Dance Wednseday evening. .