Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, April 23, 1920, Page 1

SRE SR I Se a ee 5 s SOLDIERS VOTING. ON 6 QUESTIONS ORGANIZATION OF AMERI- CAN VOTERS EXPRESS PREFERENCES The voting of ex-service men on six important questions is still going on and the vote has reached a number large enough to give a fair idea of what the ex-soldiers think of these mat- ters, The vote shows that these men are thinking and thinking deeply and that their opinions are well fixed and will not easily be changed. This vote should be of interest to all, and especially to the prof- essional politician. There were 4,000,000 men who served their country during the war and if they vote together it will mean the greatest political power the United States has ever experi- enced. The six questions on which they are voting cover matters that are of direct and personal | interest to the men who fought. | The vote is being conducted by | “The Home Sector.” a magazine | published by and for ex-service | men and the staff is largely composed of former members of the staff of “Stars and Stripes,” | which was published in France | during the war. Close to 15,000 | votes of individual ex-soldiers have been received by the publi- cation in the four weeks that the voting contest has been carried on, and 175 posts of the Ameri- can Legion have voted as posts. The vote of individuals follows: “Do you want a military man for president?” Yes, 3,208; No, 9,471. “Do you favor further | federal cash bonus?” Yes, 10,- 956; No, 1,332. ‘Do you favor federal help to put soldiers on farms?” Yes, 10,746; No. 1,450. “Do you favor repeal of the pro- hibition law?” Yes, 8,527; No. $,402. “Do you favor prohibi- tion of tobacco?” Yes, 547; No, 12,575. “Do you favor com-) pulsory military training,” Yes, | 7,578; No, 4,953. | Of the posts of the American | Legion that voted on the various propositions, a majority in each | of 57 favored a military man for president and a majority in each of 85 posts opposed such a man. For a federal bonus 164 posts favored it and 15 were opposed. The proposition to get federal aid to put ex-service men on farms, was favored by 151 posts while 18 opposed it. A majority of the members of 107 posts favored the repeal of the pro- hibition law while a majority of 69 posts opposed its repeal. Only two posts favored prohibition of tobacco, while 168 posts opposed it. The vote of 111 posts favor- ed military training while 56 opposed it. In the vote of the posts the majority vote in each post was given, none of the post votes being unanimous. The vote shows that those who plan to prohibit the use of tobacco are going to find the American Legion lined up al- most solidly against them, while the sentiment in favor of repeal- ing the prohibition law is pretty. nearly three to one. INITIATED CLASS. The Pythian Sistérs of Cotton- wood initiated nine new memb- | ers into the mysteries of their) order Thursday evening at the I. O. O. F. hall. Mrs..Emma Berry, of Coeur d’Alene, Grand Chief Pythian Sister for the state of Idaho was present at the initiation. | Eight members of the Golden Rod Temple, Pythian Sisters from Vollmer were in attendance to exemplify the work. The, team was composed of the fol-! lowing: Maud Emick, Violet Simmons, Grace Way, Matie Banks, Della Ochsner, Irma Ol- son, Carrie Scofield, Matilda Marekel. At the conclusion of the work | refreshments were served to 'O. H. Lipps, JOHN ORVIS DEAD. John Orvis, age 62 years, died at his home in Cottonwood Tues- day evening from heart trouble. | | Mr. Orvis had just finished | eating a hearty supper and was’ sitting near the heating, stove when the attack came and expir- ed in a chair without the least struggle and before members of | his family realized his serious’ ' condition and could procure med- ical assistance. | John Orvis was born in Towa }and for the last ten years has | been a resident of Idaho county, j with the exception of a short | period when he was a resident | of Clarkston, Wash. The Orvis ‘family moved to Cottonwood } about a month ago from Clark- | ston and prior to living in Clark- | ston were residents of the Denv- | er section. Mr. Orvis was the father of 10 children, 8 of whom survive him. | He is also survived by his wife. were held | Funeral services lat Denver Thursday where the ‘vemains were laid to rest. A, H. ; Nau had charge of the funeral | arrangements. HAVE EXTENDED TRUST TREATY 13 THOUSAND ACRES SOLD TUESDAY—BRING GOOD PRICES. Under date of March 24, 1920, the president issued an execu- tive order, under authority con- tained in the act of February 8, , 1887 (24 Stat. L., 388389), ex- tending the trust period on the allotments made to the Nez Perce Indians, which trust peri- od expires during the calendar year 1920, for a period of ten years, except as to those Indians who have been classfied as com- petent to manage their own af- fairs and to whom fee patents are to be issued. With the issuance of patents in fee to all competent Nez Perces and the sale of all allot- ments of deceased Indians where there are more than two or three heirs, probably one-half or more of the Nez Perce lands will soon become taxable. The Indian land sale held at Lapwai Tuesday, April 20 com- prised 154 tracts and other sales will be made from time to time as rapidly as lands can be aprais- ed, listed, and advertised until the greater part of the inherited lands have been disposed of. The lands of old and incom- petent Indians and the inherited lands of minor children will con- tinue to be held in trust under authority of the executive order extending the trust period for ten years. In the meantime patents in fee will continue to be issued to Indians in the restrict- | ed class as they reach their maj- ority or otherwise become eligi- ble to be declared competent. The year 1920 marks the be- ginning of the end of govern- ment supervision for the Nez Perces and will witness a large addition to the taxable property in the counties in which their al- lotments are located. Tuesday at the Lapwai agency superintendent of the Nez Perce Indians, sold un- der sealed bids 101 tracts of heirship land, which brought a total of $600,559, in some _in- stances the prices paid doubling the appraisment. A total of 154 tracts were offered. Those not sold will be listed again, the plan being to conduct a summer sale and also a large sale in the fall. The total offered reached about 13,000 acres and two- thirds this amount was market- ed. The sale is viewed as being a big success. The sum of $13,125 was. paid for 110 acres near Genesee. This land had been appraised at $7,225. The buyer was Edward Wahl, of Genesee. For a tract in the Greencreek section that was appraised at $4,200 the sum | of $11,785 was paid by Frank | ' arnzen of Greenereek. Randal! EIGHT TEAMS IN LEAGUE. Brothers of Ilo paid $11,421 for 81 acres in the fio section that had been appraised at $7,600. The tract, embracing 80 acres, | that attracted the most spirited | bidding is located in the Tom Beall creek section. The land was appraised at $6,500. Ten bids were offered and it was se- cured of C. M. Larkham for $9,621. The lowest bid offered for the tract was $7,257.50. A notable incident Tuesday was that a number of the In- dians were bidders and four of them were successful, showing not only the ability of some of, the Indians to purchase but as well the desire to continue as land owners and adopt perman- ent agricultural pursuits. Men Who Purchased Land. Albert McGuire, Winona, 80, $3,750. Charles T. Lueck, Winona, 35, $1,276. John L. Osborn, Ilo, 80, $2,811 J. L. Osborn, Ho, 80, $8,026. C. W. Booth, Nezperce, 80, $2,910. C. A. Seegers, Ilo, $8,613. J. F. McKenzie, Ilo, 80, $7,400. M. L. Jarnagin, Ilo, 88, $4,307. Randall Bros. Ilo, 81, $11,421. Mrs. L. G. Randall, Ilo, 81, $10,506. C. W. Emick, Tlo, 80, $6,065.01 W. T. Wagner, Vollmer, 80, $7,605.50. W. T. Wagner, $3,510. Edward $7,801. ° J. L. Osborn, Ilo, 80, $8,013. H. C. Randall, lio, 80, $6,523. Henry J. Schaetier, berdin- and, 60, $10,051. Henry J. Schaeffer, Ferdinand 60, $5,555. Vollmer, 80, Hoss, Vollmer, 80, Philip Lehr, Nezperce, 80, $5,760. W. L. Swartz, Nezperce, 80, $7,010. Edgar D. Frei, 80, $8,408.38 George Gamble, Nezperce, 80, $7,800. Eddie Harlan perce, 80, $8,Q56. William F. Johnson, Nezperce, 120, $5,401. Galen N. Johnson, 80, $8,000. Albert J. Morris, Winona, 120, $5,500. Galen N. Johnson, 80, $7, 501. Bert H. Decker, 120, $4,286.60. C. W. Little, Stites, 20, $400. C. A. Pratt, Stites, 80, $5,532. Benjamin B. Johnson Kamiah, 120, $5,550. John M. Jack, Greencreek, 80, $6,128. W. L. Jewell, $2,520. W. T. Wagner, $6,303. W. T. Wagner, $5,607. J. Z. Pollan, Grangeville, $1,145. A. C. Higgins, Winona, 80, Cottonwood, Waters, Nez- Nezperce, Nezperce, jrangeville, Kamiah 120, | Vollmer, 60, Vollmer, 60, 38, $4,100. Walter Zimmerman, Craig- mont, 80, $7,250. W. T. Wagner, Vollmer, 80, $7,751. Walter Bean, Ilo, 77, $8,011. Frank H. Arnzen, Greencreek, 100, 11,785. William Sullivan, Nezperce, 80, $6,100. William Sullivan, Nezperce, 80, $8,100. William Sullivan, 80, $10, 100. Nezperce, Geo. Gamble, Nezperce, 100, $10,200. W. T. Wagner, Vollmer, 80, $6,126. W. T. Wagner, Vollmer, 80, $7,255. J. H. Mitchell, Grangeville, 80, $6,581. L. M. Thomason, Ilo, 80, $6,021. Lee and Abe Sellard, Stites, 120, $6,250. Mrs. Frances Sonnen, Green-! creek, 100, $10,350. Herman Arp, Chester, Wash., 100, $7,325. | A. J. Johnson, Ilo, 60, $1,750. John Martzen, Winona, 80, $4.250. S. L. Tunnell, Winona, 80, 010. “Suggested” to Exelude Kam- iah, Cottonwood From League | At a meeting held at Grange-| ville last Saturday by members of the board of control of the| Prairie Baseball League con-; sisting of the managers of the! towns of Cottonwood, Grange-| ville, Ferdinand, Craigmont, Nez Perce and Kamih a vote was tak- | en on the proposition of enlarg- | ing the league to include the towns of Winchester and Koos- kia. Two towns were against | enlarging the league, Kamiah and Cottonwood. The argument used by Cottonwood in voting against the proposition of en- | larging the league was to the ef-| fect that in years gone by little} interest is taken in baseball after the 4th of July on the prairie and that an eight team league would run the schedule somewhat beyond the 4th of July. Nezperce, Craigmont, Fer- dinand and Grangeville were in favor of an eight league team. According to the Grangeville Free Press which arrived in Cot tonwood this morning, among other things relating to the} eight league team it says: “An| effort will be made to win over'| Cottonwood and Kamiah, but should they decline, it is sugges- ted that the four teams proceed | with the organization of a new | league includng Winchester and | Kooskia, and excluding Kamiah | and Cottonwood.” Cottonwood is a good enough | sport to submit to the will of the | majority, and we presume Kam-| iah will do likewise and should| it not be satisfactory as such, | Cottonwood will not have to be| excluded but we can yently re | tire from the league. 5 | BANQUET A BIG SUCCESS. One of the greatest achieve-| ments of the Boy Scouts Annual | Janquet, held last Friday April 16, was not so much that every one had all they could possibly eat, nor that they had a good time in general, but that that group, which is the greatest force behind any boys organiza- tion, “the folks at home,” gained an adequate knowledge of the Boy Scout movement. The only regret is that it could not have! been a public affair, and each worthy citizen of our community have gained that coveted know- ledge that is so essential for their own boys. | The business men of the com- munity thet were there, report pleasingly on the need of a greater cooperation on behalf of every person in Cottonwood, and are going to do their part in any way to help the “Boys.” The contemplated Local Coun- cil, composed of 10 of our busi- ness men, promises much for the movement. ‘There are sev- eral of the scouts that have pas- sed all the examinations possible without this Local Council, and although it may not seem much to the men that are helping, it means heaps to these anxious | scouts. A few months ago, whenever you asked a boy to join the scouts they would always say Well, the thing will soon break up, or it will never amount to anything—but now if there are any boys in this community that are not scouts and are of scout age, we bid you be reason- able and forget that baby talk and come and join us. Boost for the home boys. Marion Sligar—Scoutmaster. Floyd Baker—I1st Assistant Scoutmaster. Oscar Sheldon—2nd Assistant Scoutmaster. IMPROVING CREAMERY. | Several needed improvements are being made at the Cotton-| wood Co-operative Creamery un- der the supervision of A. O. Zim- merman. Mr. Zimmerman who recently arrived from Wisconsin to take charge of the Cotton- wood Creamery is a first class} creamery man and the improve- ments are being made to further the sanitary conditions of the creamery and also to make the work easier for the employees of the concern. RONICL $2.00 PER YEAR BOND CARRIED BIG. By a vote of 159 to 12 the bond issue carried at Grangeville Tuesday making it possible for the council of that city to pro-! ceed with all formalities con-| nected with issuing bonds in the | sum of $25,000, the money de-' rived from their sale to be used | to pave intersections and for) macadamizing certain sections of the city. | A two-third vote sary to carry the election and those favoring the improve- ment have been working ardu- ously for several weeks to carry the day. The vote was cast! during a heavy rainfall, but this) did not serve to dampen the spirits of the progressive, as the overwhelming vote will indicate. | Steps will at once be taken to| hasten all preliminaries attach- ed to the issue and it is expected that work will be started within a comparatively short time. Voting was confined to resident, taxpayers, was neces- | Dr. Orr revorts the birth of al Mrs. Ben Schmidt of Keuterville last Friday and a daughter at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe 'NEWS AROUND THE STATE Items of Interest From Various Sections Reproduced for Ben- efit of Our Readers, The 1920 state convention of bankers for Idaho will be held in Moscow June 4 and 5. _ Lewiston’s new proposed hotel is now an assured fact having raised $255,000 for the building. Claude Wing, fireman on a Great Northern train, was seri- ously injured recently when he was struck by a mail crane while leaning from the cab to watch a hot box which had developed on the train. ‘ Governor Davis and approxi- mately 100 other state officials and employes, signed the over- all pledge. This makes nearly ‘beby girl at the home of Mr. and | 600 signed in two days. The supreme court is considering signing in a body. Dr. S, A. Herrington of Plum- {some very high class entertain- |“Chinese Mark Twain”, Evelyn Altman, April 20th. mer was given a preliminary | hearing Tuesday afternoon be- fore Probate Judge Mitchell at | St. Maries on the charge of prac- CHAUTAUQUA — rinses ine chaes of tre | license. He was bound over to D ATES SE | district court in the sum of $500 | Rose Smith and R. T. Garrett, ickets for the Cooks’ and Wait- », ers’ union at Boise, were arrest- PEOPLE) ed Saturday upon the complaint |of the proprietor of the Silver | Grill, for flashing from a hand | mirror, the reflection of the sun in patrons’ faces. The Ellison-White chautaudial fe peti 9 who were system, which last year put on) for pieedioens sane =| Psy: sed | grade state highway in the Clear | water district of Clearwater | county, are already on the work, |the crew numbering 80 men | while the force will be gradually | increased. ; Barney Netler, resident of the Lewiston county for many-years is in a serious conditjon at the White hospital as a result of ELLISON - WHITE WILL BE HERE N JUNE TO ENTERTAIN ments in Cottonwood, and for whose services a large number of Cottonwood business men have signed up for this year, have set their dates for the Cot- tonwood chautauqua June 19, 20, 21, 22, 28, and 24. In advance literature sent out| by the Ellison-White system.} they claim for their show this Feat 4 year, the best they have ever put | save mone 3 by olives eaten in a on the circuit. | Lewiston restaurant. Mr. Net- Among the lecture staff in-| ler was seized with cramps clude such names as: Burns, shortly after eating the olives Pres. of Oneida Institute, known | = was in a critical condition nationally as “Burns of the| when taken to the hospital. Mountains”, Ng Poon Chew, the} Four of the five teachers of the Reubens schools are quaran- Bargelt, cartoonist and lecturer | tined for measles. Many of the for our boys in France, Samuel | pupils have been exposed and an Garthwell. Kate Upson Clark, a| epidemic of the disease is feared national figure as a writer and| The four teachers referred to oc- lecturer, and T. Dinsmore Upton | Cupy @ teacherage and only one one of the greatest authorities | of them—Miss Rongsted—came on recreation in the country. | down with the disease and is In music the program seems | quite ill. unsually strong containing doub-| | An extensive survey made to le concerts by six splendid com- panies. Williams Male Quartet, New York Concert Trio, The Morrison Girls (a company pro-| duced and coached by Bess Gear- hart Morrison), Taylor’s Sing- ing Band (American), Tne Walt- er Wilson Company, and the Royal Philippino Orchestra. Paul ine Lucile Mayo, noted play reader, is coming too in ‘Polly- determine the supply of farm labor indicates that the present supply is only 8 per cent less than a year ago. In_ several counties reporters indicate labor is being attracted to saw mills, factories and public and private construction by the shorter | hours and better checks. Poison bait for killing ground squirrels no longer is mixed by |ond evening of the big affair, | anna”, and the inimitable Tom| the pound in Idaho, but by the Corwine in two programs of| ton, according to the monthly fine fun and laughter. | report of W. E. Crouch, rodent ihaeniieeeoeier | control leader of the university extension division, who report the mixing of nearly 22 tons of oats with strychnine and sac- charine last month. A storm of protest from or- ganized labor in Idaho has been aroused by the announcement that Secretary of Labor Wilson has “suspended the immigration laws to admit Canadian and Mexican laborers for the exclus- ive purpose of cultivating, and Gov. D. W. Davis has inform- | ed the manager of the Days of | ‘49, to be staged at Grangeville April 28, 29 and 30 that he will be at the county seat on the sec- April 29th. The Days of '49 is an annual event of the Cowboy} Band of Grangeville and each year large numbers of Cotton- wood people have attended the affair. harvesting the beet crop in Col- —————_- . |orado, Wyoming, Utah, Idaho IOWA MAN HERE. jand Nebraska. Mrs. Frank Honer and child- yen returned home Tuesday| out by State Game Warden Otto after a two weeks visit with re-|M. Jones, require all hunters and latives at Lewiston. Mrs. Honer | fishermen to carry their licenses was accompanied here by a Mr.} with them or to chance arrest Wiehelmi and daughter of Ban-| for hunting or fishing without croft, Iowa, old friends of the|a license. All deputies have Gau! family. Mr. Wilhelmi is| been instructed to ignore the also from the same part of the| wellworn excuse: “I left my country as Theo. Toennis and/| license at home,” and the license spent a very enjoyable day yes-|and gun or rod must stick to- New and stringent rules put