Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, April 16, 1920, Page 2

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DO YOU KNOW?. Do You know that more than thirty ‘million dollars was real- ized in Texas alone last year col- lecting and selling junk. Do you know that the price of donkey rides has increased 100 per cent in the Golden Gate Park San Francisco. The children used to get two rideg for a nick- el, whereas now they straddle the donkey at five cents straight Do you know that a Victory Liberty Loan bought at the pre- sent low market price will yield approximately five and three- quarters percent. Do you know that Champ Clark said it is no trick to make | a good speech providing the} speaker talks about something | he knows something about. Do you know that someone is saving the money you waste. | Why don’t you save it yourself? Do you know that if one of the | Pilgrim fathers had invested | $100 in Government Savings Stamps, had they been on sale | then as they are now at all banks and postoffices, his heirs | today would have more than) $15,000,000. Do you know that before the | Canal was opened the distance of the water route from New York to San Francisco was over | 18,000 miles but by going through the Canal in Central America the distance is now but a little over 5000 miles. To the people of the west coast of South America, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Chili it meant a saving of from 4,000 to 6,000 miles to New York and Europe. Do you know that the largest | diamond ever known weighed | more than a pound, actually 1} pound and 8 ounces. It was four inches long and 2! inches wide ; and deep, and is known to fame as the “Cullinan”. This dia- mond was cut and finished into a number of jewels. Do you know that the largest | hot springs in the world are the Big Horn Hot Springs at Ther- | movolis, Wyoming. Coming out} of the earth from an unknown | depth, they discharge every twenty-four hours the tremen- dous volume of 18,600,000 gal- lons of water at the unusually high temperature of 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Do you know that the bamboo | holds the record among plants for quick growth. It has been | known to grow two feet in twen- ty-four hours. Do you know that three-ten- ths of a-second is the time re- quired for a signal to pass through the Atlantic cable 2,700 miles long. Louis Triplett recently bought of A. H. McKeen the 8 acres ly- ing just west of his home on the Nezperce road and also two acres adjoining him on the east from H. H. Brown. This gives him) twelve acres of as fine land as is to be found in this valley and no | doubt it will yield him a nice re- turn onhis investment. Mr. Triplett came here last year from the Prairie country, at- tracted by our rich soil and gen- ial climate, and the fact that he is investing still further in Kam- | iah real estate is pretty good | evidence that he hasn’t been dis- appointed in his selection of a home.—Kamiah Progress. LARGE MEMBERSHIP. The local camp of Woodmen of | the World has a big time coming | up next Wednesday night, April | 14, when a class of 30 candidates will be initiated and the occasion willbe duly celebrated. with «0. BISHOP HUGHES DIES | TA appropriate program and some- thing good in the Way - of ze- freshments, and on this occasion every member of the camp is ex- pected to be present; otherwise he will miss a record event in its history. | The addtion of these 30 men to the membership will bring the total enrollment up to 152; mak- ing it the largest lodge in Nez- perce and second to the largest on both prairies, with a good outlook of soon taking first place in this upper country in point of numbers. —Nezperce Herald. | “ECTIONERY. Leonard Case on Monday eve- | ning of the present week, pur- chased the confectionery stock and furniture of Frank Hayden, just east of Nau’s harness store and took possession of the place Tuesday. For the present, at least, Mrs. Case will be chief superinten- | dent and 2s soon as school ends Mr.Case expects to put in a good share of his time at the sweets stand. The new proprietors have had some little experience in the bus- iness and we hespeak for them a profitable trade. Mr. Hayden, retiring gentleman, has not yet decided what vocation he will follow, but may decide to get married and let the other party worry.— Ferdinand Enterprise. OPEN HOMESTEADS SOON. The secretary of the interior has announced the opening to homestead entry on April 10 of about 1,100 acres of public land on the Milk River irrigation pro- ject, Montana. These lands are included in 20 farm units, which for sixty days will be available only to men who served during the world war in the army or navy of the United States. Water rental application must be made to the project manager of the U. S. reclamation service at Malto, Montana, in person, by mail, or otherwise within a per od of six days beginning April | 24, 1920 and continuing to and including 9 o'clock a. m. April! 80th, when homestead entries for the farms included in this opening may be made by persons | holding such approved water} rental application. The water rental charge on} the Milk River project is $3 per) acre foot. The applicant must} pay at the time he makes appli- cation for a farm unit the sum! of $3 per irrigable acre, and $1 of this sum will be credited on his water charge for each of three years. The remainder of the water charge will be payable March Ist after the close of the irrigation season. Descriptive litature and terms are obtainable upon request from the Statistician, U. S. Re- clamation Service, Washington, D. C., or th® project manager, Malta, Mont. Protest Japanese Purchase of Land. Manila.—One thousand residents of Rizal province, 20 miles from Manila, marched to Governor General Harri- son's office here and presented a pro- test against the sale of 10,000 acres of sugar plantation lands to Japanese capitalists. French to Occupy German Citles. Paris.—It is reported thet the | French government has decided to oc cupy cities on the right bank of the Rhine as a reprisal for the movement of German government troops into the neutral zone fixed by the Versailles treat) Orpheum Theatre Wed., April 21 CULLIGAN AND THOMPSON LANI KAPA HAWAIIS CELEBRATED SINGERS AND DANCERS E COMING TO === = AND “Sons of Hawaii” A company of native Hawaiians, whose entertainment consists of singing, dancing and music, featuring the world famous Hawaiian steel guitar. THE MILITARY POLICY DEFINED | army reorganization bill framed by the | )soon and its passage in about 10 days | PRICES—CHILDREN 35c; ADULTS 75c WHILE ‘ON TRIP EAST. Pneumonia Ends Life of wi gon Methodist Episcopal | Leader. Cleveland, O.—Bishop Matthew W. | Simpson Hughes of Portland, Or., died at a hotel here Sunday of pneumonia. | He had been on a lecture tour since October, spending last week address. | ing Lenten meetings here. He was born in West Virginia 67 years ago. Previous to being ordained a Methodist bishop in 1916, Bishop) Hughes had held pastorates at Grin- nell, Ia. Portland, Me., Minneapolis, Kansas City and Pasadena, Cal. | Bishop Hughes had been suffering from @ severe cold for some weeks Last week he was advised to take a| rest, ‘but declined to cancel his Cleve- | dand engagements. He became serious- ly ill Friday noon, Easter services in | local Methodist churches were turned | suddenly into memortals for Bishop Hughes, who had been scheduled to | deliver Easter sermons in three churches. | OREGON LABOR LEADER GUILTY Portland, Ore.—With a strongly worded recommendation for clemency, | the jury which tried Joseph Laundy, | Portland radical labor leader who was | accused of violating the criminal syn- | dicalism act, returned a verdict of guilty. | By their verdict, the jurymen con: | vieted the I. W. W. as much as Laundy, for the latter was accused of a crime against the state by belonging to an organization which advocated criminal | syndicalism and sabotage. The jurors, according to the instruc- | tions laid down by Judge Belt, found jthat Laundy had joined the organiza- | tion after it became a law with the governor's signature on February 3, 1919. They found that he had knowl- | edge of the criminal tenets of the In- | dustrial Workers’ organization and as | above stated, that the organization was one advocating criminal and revolu- tionary measures. | The penalty on conviction is from | one to 10 years’ imprisonment, a fine | of $1000, or both. UNITED STATES DEBT CUT 705 MILLIONS | Washington.—A reduction of $705,- | 600,000 in the national debt, according | to a report by the treasury, was ac, complished in March. ‘The national debt now stands at $24,698,000,000. March payments on the public debt | were confined almost wholly to retir- | ing certificates of indebtedness issued | in anticipation of income and profits taxes. | As the public debt now stands it is | made up of $15,616,800,000, comprising the four issues of liberty bonds; $4,- 422,700,000 of victory short-term notes; | $2,667,220,000 in treasury certificates; $870,000,000 in war savings certificates | [Je and approximately $1,000,000,000 in bonds Issued prior to the world war. Future monthly reductions will | ¢ hinge largely on new appropriations and tax legislation, officials said. Senate Clears Way for Consideration | of Proposed New Legislation. Washington.—The senate has cleared | the way for consideration of legisla- it tion proposing establishment of a de- | finite military policy. Debate on the senate military committee, is to begin or two weeks is predicted by senate leaders. The bill differs radically from the | {f house measure passed March 18, io that it provides for compulsory mili- | | tary training, consolidation of the |¢ national guard, regular army and re- | | serves, composed of trained men, into |t one citizens’ army, general staff eligibility system simi- lar tO that in the French army. The house bill left the compulsory mili- tory training issue for seperate legis. | lation. | Japanese Siberia Troops Stay Washington.—Japan is unable to time because of the danger confront. | ted to the state department. Jews In Clash With Mosiems. Lendon.— Jews clashed with Mos-| .. 4 . te at sermons on Sunday and an |, Startle to find to oa casualties resulted, an, _ Professor H. P. Smyth, head | an | ing Japanese citizens in that country of the poultry department of the | |and the “menace” to Manchuria and University of Idaho has discov-| six consecutive days and in 49 Corea growing out of present political ered a hen that lays two eggs aj days laid 52 eggs. conditions in Siberia, according to a day. statement published in the Official | pington. Gazette at Tokio, which was transmit-| with other hens prior to Febru- ary 17, on which date she was t placed in a separate pen and|and the chicks The hen is a White Or- She had been running GA “BETTER BE SAFE THAN SORRY” Case Tractors represent the highest development of tractors. They are the pioneer tractors 0 are backed by three-quarters experience in manufacturing a proved success—not an experiment. Case Tractors are made in Case Tractors are fully tested before they leave the factory. They must develop power in excessof their rating. they must qualify for the hard work de- manded of them on the farm. of a cent f America. They ury of successful farm machinery. They are Each one carries a guarantee to perform as well, or better, than any other on a given job. There’s a size for Cottonwood Hardware & Imp. Co. ks f. SRR r Coffee Specials This Week | Choice Blend Coffee: per pound 40c No. 1 Peaberry Coffee: per pound 45c J. V. BAKER & SON WHERE QUALITY AND PRICES MEET investigation. The eggs are being saved and will be placed in the university} Chevrolet Automobile, in good poultry department's incubator} shape. Inquire at Cottonwoed are to be kept} Garage. 15-4 | draw {ts troops from Siberia at this! HEN LAYS TWO EGGS A DAY | on several occasions, and began| ATTENTION FARMERS. found}; Empty oil barrels that sold thats he laid two eggs a day for| for $1.50 now selling for 75c. HOENE HARDWARE. FOR SALE—Five passenger Professor Smyth] separate and watched to see if they inherit their mother’s lay-| Make baking day a holiday, ing propensities. by using “Tip Top Flour.” 14-tf

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