Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, April 16, 1920, Page 7

Mrs. Estelle V. Collier, recently ap. pointed collector of customs for Sait | Lake City, is the first American wo- | { man to hold such an office. Croix Oe Cruller. The big doughnut bakery which the Knights of Columbus have been operat- ing at Coblenz, Germany, to supply the | soldiers stationed in the Rhineland ever since the armistice furnished the “favorite fruit” of the several Ameri- ean doughboys who recently arrived home and told about the championship eating contest. William J. Long, twen- ty-three, a six-footer from Providence, R. L, who was awarded the “croix de | cruller” for demolishing 249 doughnuts | in 24 hours, easily won the contest from the ten other men who had en- | tered the contest. Private Long's record was a cruller a minute for the first hour. During the next three he consumed 90, and after a short rest he finished the bal- ance, The second man in the contest ate 189, and the third man 115, Long weighs about 211 pounds and the doughnuts which he ate were the western type made famous$by a cer- tain chain of railroad restaurants. The croix de cruller ts a medal of bronze, designed after the lines of a doughout with the number 249, BRIEF GENERAL NEWS Repulse of the bolshevik attacks on all fronts is reported in official advices received from Poland. Germany, during February, exported to the United States commodities to the value of $3,881,000. Chicago firemen voted unanimously to resign in a body in protest against failure to meet wage demands Sixteen thousand gallons of whisky were stolen from bonded warehouses of Old 76 distillery, near Newport, Ky., according to revenue officers. The senate passed the civil service retirement bill affecting government employes all over the country. The bill provides for retirement on @ pay basis for aged employes. More than 200 farmers, commission men and millers attended a hearing conducted in Chicago by Secretary Meredith of the department of agricul- ture on alleged unfairness of specifica- tions ,for wheat grades. Rallroads aud highways were block- ed by deep snowdrifts, rural telephone service demoralized and livestock suf- fering from a blizzard which swept | Kansas, Nebraska, the Texas panhan- | die, northern Oklahoma and Missourt! Bunday. Congressmen to Visit Orient. Washington.—More than a hundred members of the house of representa- tives plan to leave San Francisco July S$ aboard the transport Mount Vernon | for a two months’ trip to the orient The itinerary will include Hawaii, the Philippine Islands, China and Japan. A Drawback. Jucob Ruppert, the New York brew- er, told at a luncheon a story about a war profiteer, “He gave a dinner one night,” said Mr. Ruppert, “and when his wife en- tered the drawing room he was as- tonished to see her in a very devol- lete dianer gown—no sleeves, very low tn the front, and lower still in the back. His wife had never worn @ decollete gown before and the profiteer stared at her in bewtlderment. Well,’ she suid, ‘don’t you like it? Don’t you like this Paris confection, | darling? ‘Sure I like It,’ sald the profiteer, ‘hut what I want to know Is, honey, where the dickens are you goin’ to tuck your napkin?’” United States Ship Tonnage. The seagoing fleet of American mer- chant ships of over 1,000 gross tons each on August 31, 1919, registered for the foreign trade or enrolled for the coasting trade by sea, as shown by the returns of the bureau of navigation, de- partment of commerce, under acts of congress, comprised 2,245 ships of 8,100,008 gross tons, of which 1,558 of 6,707,820 gross tons were steel steam- ers, 347 of 840,611 gross tons were wooden steamers, 95 of 180,487 gross tons steel sailing ships or schooner barges, and 245 of 371,099 gross tons weeden sailing ships or schooner bergen Wa/lPap i. | BOUDOIRS. Hoene Hardware | DAINTINES | | | | Is the characteristic of thenew I} = 1920 | Design of [ Wall Paper THAT WE ARE SHOWING FOR BEDROOMS AND THE DECORATIONS FOR LIVING ALLY GOOD LOOKING IN BOTH DESIGNS AND ; COLORINGS YOU THESE DIFFERENT, ALSO NEW PATTERNS. OUR NEW STOCK OF WALL PAPER MAKES THIS POSSIBLE | ROOMS AND GENERAL ROOMS ARE EXCEPTION- | | | | Let us show you ( | Everybody is talking Blue Bird What Does It MEAN? It means that Blue Bird is the theight of perfection in an ‘electrically driven washing t machine. It also means that : the dreaded Blue Monday has ‘taken wings and instead we t have to offer you a joyous F one. PELE ESSISSS SEES SPSS SO HEH SH SHH OS Dance to HAWAIIAN Music at the After Concert Dance Given at the Orpheum by the base ball boys on Wed- nesday, April 21. They need your support. POPPIES SS 8 SS OS OS PUBLISHED 20 YEARS AGO.)i@ Oliver Temple left last Tues- day morning. ' Nels Nelson started for Cape Nome last Sunday morning. B.: W. Maxey and _ several others brought in a large band of horses this morning. C. L. Palmer of Grangeville has purchased property in town and taken up his residence here | we believe that Mr. Palmer will be a good acquistion to the town. San Goldstone has been inter- | viewed by a Lewiston Tribune |yeporter and grows enthusiastic over the ‘prospects of Cotton- | wood, we endorse all that Sam} says of this place and believe) that the future of Cottonwood is all that could be desired. The location and surroundings are \the best of any in the country }and will soon attract a railway outlet. Cottonwood has never felt the blight of a boom and has no reactions to overcome. | PRIZES OFFERED. T. R. Neilson, the author of ithe Drawing Books used in the County, has offered three prizes \for the three best Drawing | Books furnished by a pupil of | any grade in Idaho County. The | teachers and pupils who are in- terested please see that the com- pleted Drawing Books reach the \office'of Miss Margaret Sweet, | County Superintendent, by May | frist. The prizes will be awarded by a county committee. The pic- tures to be given as prizes are,— first, Cohb’s Lincoln—second, Stewart’s Washington — third, Carot’s Dance of the Nymphs. Subserive for the Chronicle. Seeding Time is Now Here We can supply you with Bluestem Wheat Palouse Oats Alfalfa Seed Field Peas Marquis Wheat Jenkins Club Blue Barley Clover Seed Alfalfa Hay LET US KNOW WHAT YOUR REQUIREMENTS ARE, AND IF NOT CARRIED IN STOCK, WE CAN GET IT FOR YOU ON SHORT NOTICE. Princess Flour is the Best rid Vollmer-Clearwater Company D. D. WEINS, Agent. COTTONWOOD ‘CHRONICLE SS EEE GEORGE MEDVED Issued very entered at Postoffice in Gatteweed, Idaho as second-class maj] matter. Subscription one year Six months (Strictly. in advance) INDEPENDENT IN POLITICS Copy for change of/ad must be hand- ed in by Wednesday to insure change FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1920 USE COMPRESSED AIR FOR OILING SPRINGS Interesting Possibilities Offered to Car Owners. Many People Apply Light Ol! to Side of Spring, Trustipg to Luck That It will “Creep” in Between Dif- ferent Leaves. Many people try to avoid the disa- greeable job of greasing auto springs, by applying a light ofl to the side of the spring, trusting to its tendency to “creep” in between the leaves. Some of it usually does, but not enough to do much good. Of course, the body of the car is first jacked up, so as to let the weight of wheels and axles open the spring as far as possible, If compressed air is available, or even a helper to work the tire pump, a blast of air against the side of the spring will usually carry a part of the oft in where it belongs. The sketch For the Car Owner Who Cannot Find Time to Grease the Springs in the Rellable Way, Compressed Air Of- fers interesting Possibilities. IMustrates the method. A nozzle may be improvised from an old tire valve, as shown at the right. A Nttle fineflaked or powdered graphite with the ofl will make Its ef- fect much more lasting.—John A. Prior, New Haven, Conn., in Popular Me 4} chanics Magazine. KEEP SEDIMENT TRAP CLEAN Wire Gauze Screen ie Provided to Catch All Foreign Matter That Accumulates. Mbst present-day gusoline tanks are fitted with @ sediment trap, which usually is located ut the place where the pipe Une leaves the tank, This trap has a wire gauze screen and @ cup is provided to catch foreign mat- ter. The car owner should make f& a practice to clean this sediment trap out twice a month during active op- eration. The present grade of motor fuel is not strictly pure and foreign matter rapidly accumulates in this catch-all. AV TOMOBILE < MA PINTS A The porcelain of a spark plug may be made wlmost as clean as new by soaking in carbon disulphide. ee Short cireults may be found in countiess places. Generally they are found in the battery itself. ene When driving in the rain, snow or fog it is very essential that the wind- shield should be kept clean. oes After it has stood for several days, even in a tight tank, gasoline will be- come dead and slow to ignite. se 8 nel Stronger motor car hodies are be- ing ballt, but so far the locomotives have won all the arguments. { ee 1 In many makes of wire wheels the greatest care must be exercised in putting the locking devices in place. ee @ i Many motorists carry a flashlight tn their cars, and this little piece of equipment 18 extremely valuable for emergency use. 4 eee be ‘The motortruck buyer must be care- 7 ful tp selecting a vehicle to see that the body is not too wide or too long to transgress some local ordinance. Eventually you will buy “Tip Top” why not today? 14-tf Johann at the Harness shop, buys hides. 46-4 New arrival of wall paper at. the Hoene Hardware. 16-tf A. O. Martin, now a resident of Lewiston arrived in the city