Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, May 21, 1920, Page 4

COUNTY SEAT NEWS ITEMS. Robert Starr, banjo player and cornetest, has arrived in the city from Spokane to become a mem- ber of the Cowboy band. He will be in the Cowboy orchestra What was declared to have been one of the most enjoyable social events in Grangeville in CHAS. E. LOBDELL recent months was an entertain-| ment given Tuesday evening in| Dreamland hall by the W. E. C. | to play for the dance Saturday | girls. Many invited guests were night. present to enjoy dancing and O. C. Nail, who recently re-|card playing. The hall was de- | corated throughout in an attrac- tive manner. i Sixteen young women and six young men comprise the class of 1920, which will be graduated | from Grangeville high school the evening of May 26. Commence- | ment address will be delivered) by Prof. Howard T. Lewis, of the | f department of economies, Uni-| versity of Idaho, Moscow. Bac-) 74 calaureate sermon will be preached in the high school aud- itorium the night of Sunday, May 23, by the Rey. Fr. Phelan. | Photograph of Judge Ethel-| bert Patterson Oliphant, the} first judge to hold court in what | is now Idaho county, has been! signed as cashier of the Salmon River State bank at Whitebird, has become a full partner of George M. Reed in the insurance and real estate business in Grangeville. The firm will be known as George M. Reed & Co. D. W. Church of Boise, state insurance manager was in Grangeville Monday in the inter- est of the state insurance de- partment. Mr. Church has charge of the casualty insurance written by the state for employ- ers. Word has_ been received re- cently of the marriag of Miss Hazel Richardson and Frank. Hall, of Nampa. Miss Richard- son is a daughter of Mr. and| received by Henry Telcher, clerk, Charles E. Lobdell of Kansas, newly Mrs. Foster Richardson of} of the district court, From Jas.| appointed chairman of the Federal Whitebird. E. Babb, an attorney, of Lewis- farm loan board. Dangerous trail at Salmon|ton. The photograph will be point on Salmon river, just across the steam from Riggins, has been improved at a cost of $940, through cooperation of Idaho county, residents of the river country and the U. S. for- est service, John W. Eagleson, state treas- urer and candidate for the Re- publican nomination for govern- or of Idaho, spent Sunday in Grangeville in| conference with | local politicians. Mr. Eagleson is basing his pre-convention campaign on an attack of the present cabinet form of govern- ment in Idaho. placed in the district court room. | Judge Oliphant, the old county PLAN OF INDEMNITY records disclose, convened court in 1862 at the mining camp of PAYMENTS ADOPTED Florence. He was an associate justice of the supreme court of aces Washington territory. It iS) siyene, england—The Anglo-French planned to collect photographs | .yinpination which has succeeded the of all district judges who have big four in the management of the al- occupied the bench in Idaho) jeg dealings with Germany, deter- county, and to place them in the} nine at Sunday’s session here the court room. | principles for the settlements of both ee |the German indemnity and fnterallied debts. Empty oil barrels that sold | The principles are that the t\nanclal for $1.50 now selling for 75c. | experts of the two governments shall HOENE HARDWARE. | recommend a lump sum for the indem- nity and that the payments of the in- q erallied debt hall a lel SLUNIONUUNUUGEONUOUGRALEOGRAGUAEOUENUARS ALAA ME Germany's paymente = = The present purpose of the “big two,” Premier Lloyd George and Premier Fill your coal bins now before the price advances. Millerand, is to present the experts’ | plans to the Germans at Spa. Accord- ing to experts here the question of the amount and time and method of pay- ment are yet to be considered. The debt to the United States is not | embraced in the new plan and the gov- ernment’s spokesman estimated that this would not be possible without the participation by the United States in the conferences. Recognition of Belgium's priority claims upon Germany still stands. The | proportional allotment of the German indemnity, made eight months ago, by which France gets 55 per cent and Great Britain 25 per cent stands, ac | cording to the agreement. BRIEF GENERAL NEWS Mrs. Hetty Green had $38,000,000 in- All indications point to a sharp advance in the price which is likely to come soon. Don’t wait until next winter to fill your bins. Don't forget the coal short-. age we had last winter. All Kinds of Lumber CAN'T SAG GATES BLACKSMITH COAL Approximately 6,500,000 were cut in the mills of Oregon and Madison Lumber & Mill Co. statistics recently completed. jthe Virginia Bar association, declared fm | hat if national prohibition had been | considered by the senate in secret ses- sion not 20 votes would have been cast | for it. The national convention of the so- |cialist party acclaimed Eugene V. Debs, | federal convict No, 2253 in the Atlanta, TLL UINHLNOOUGNOQROOAQOQGEONAAOGEOOAGHERREOUGAEEREUEOEOOEUAEEAEAUUUA | States. “The principle of individual freedom | requires the open shop,” Herbert Hoov- jer declared tn testifying before the sen- | ate labor committee at hearings on pro posed legislation for the settlement of | industrial unrest. Charges made by a federal grand jury at Spokane against the adminis. tration of Max H. Houser as vice-pres- ident of the United States grain cor- poration are wholly discredited and We'll Be There With Bells On We'll be there with bells on, To meet your every need In lumber, lath and shingles, We'll serve you without greed. We'll give you better lumber Than you ever got before— Sometimes our price is lower, But never any more. has completed an investigation of the charges. Release of Debs is Asked. Washington.—Release of Eugene V. Debs, the socialist party’s nominee for president, and all other political prison | ers, was asked in a petition presented |to Attorney-General Palmer by a com | mittee appointed at the socialist con- vention in New York, Frankfort Evacuated. Mayence.— Whether you want a single board, a bunch of shingles or lath—a little lime or cement—roofing—or anything else in Building Material, you will find here courteous and prompt service, qualities supreme and | cities, it is announced here. | attle, Wash., as shown by the 1920 census is 316,652, it was announced here. This is an increase of 78,484 or 33.1 per cent. prices as low as you can get elsewhere. Solid satisfaction to every buyer, every time. Hussman Lumber Co. “HOME BUILDERS” Swiss Join League of Nations. Berne.—Switzerland, dum on the question of acceptance or rejection of membership in the league of nations, voted im faver of the sraposition. CEMENT LIME SAND BRICK vested in the state of New York and | her estate must pay a transfer tax on | DOORS WINDOWS PAPER ROOFING approximately $28,000,000. shingles | Washington during 1919, according to | President Marshall, speaking before | Ga., penitentiary, its candidate for the | fifth time for president of the United | | found to be baseless by United States | Attorney Humphreys of Portland, who | The French troops which | |have been in occupation of Frankfort, | | Darmstadt and other cities on the east | bank of the Rhine evacuated those | | Seattle Population is Given as 315,652 | Washington.—The population of Se- | in a referen | Knowing that Yakima Valley Irrigated Lands are more in demand : than any other part of the Northwest, and feeling that a number of my | friends and people of this vicinity would be glad to get first hand informa- tion, and beautifully illustrated booklet on the subject; I have accepted the agency for the “CENTRAL YAKIMA RANCHES CO.”, the Yakima Val- ley’s Greatest Land Merchants and can furnish pictures of individual pro- perties of all sizes. Also have full supply of beautifully colored illustrated literature that I will be glad to furnish on either phone, personal or letter reguest. It has become an established fact that Yakima Valley farmers on tracts of from 12 to 80 acres are simply coining money and are living un- der the very best of conditions, close to good schools, fine roads, a veritable paradise of orchards, corn, alfalfa and potato fields to say nothing of the easy money in hogs, chickens, winter feeding of sheep and cattle. I expect to take personally conducted trips to Prosser every Satur- day, back Monday. Special fare for round trip $15.00 including 100 mile drive over the central and best part of the Yakima Valley in the vicinity of Grandview, Malton and Prosser at which later point the main office of the company is located. You will be absolutely under no obligation to either me or the com- pany and you will most certainly enjoy this trip of profit and education. CALL ON ME PERSONALLY—OR BY PHONE OR LETTER FOR PRICE LISTS AND DETAIL INFORMATION Felix Martzen, Cottonwood AUTHORIZED AGENT FOR Central Yakima Ranches Co. YAKIMA VALLEY’S GREATEST LAND MERCHANTS. MAIN OFFICE AT PROSSER, WASHINGTON PEPLIS SSE S SHS SH PSSISOOIOD Libby’s Free Lunch at the LEGGETT MERCANTILE Saturday, May 22 WE HAVE A LUNCH FOR ALL. AFTER LUNCH YOU WILL HAVE THE OPPOR- TUNITY TO BUY GROCERIES AT A SPECIAL PRICE. ND TAKE HOME WITH YOU A LOAD OFBRING US YOUR BUTTER AND EGGS A GROCERIES Delmont Hominy No. 21, can, regular sale price 20 cents on sale 4 cans for 70 cents. Delmont Peas, regular price 30 cents, on sale 4 cans for $1.00 Delmont Pork and Beans, regular price 30 cents, on sale 4 cans for 95 cents. Solid Packed Tomatoes, regular price 30 cents, on sale 4 cans for 90 cents Standard Corn, regular price 25 cents, on sale 4 cans for 85 cents. Standard Peas, regular price 20 cents, on sale 4 cans for 70 cents. Large cans of Sardines, regular price 35 cents, on sale 4 cans for $1.00. Choice Buckskin Beans, $8.00 per cwt., 12 pounds for $1.00. Red Chilli Beans, $8.50 per ewt., 12 pounds for $1.00 Macaroni in bulk (substitute for spuds) 8 pounds for $1.00 Dairy Salt, 50 pound sacks, 5 sack lots $4.80, 10 sack lots $9.45. Block Salt, 50 pound blocks, 5 block lots $4.00, 10 block lots $7.90 . One-half ground Stock Sale, 50 pound sacks, 5 sack lots $3.55, 10 sack lots $6.95. Chick food for baby chicks, $7.50 ewt. 3 pounds 25 cents. Ground bone, $6.50 ewt., 3 pounds 25 cents. Eastern Oyster shell 33.60 cwt., 6 pounds 25 cents. ° Pearl Oyster shell $3.00 ewt., 7 pounds 25 cents. Star Clam shell, $2.50 ewt., 8 pounds 25 cents. | | | | SSS Leggett Mercantile Co.