Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, May 28, 1920, Page 1

». COTTONWOOD CHRONICLE : VOLUME 28. NO. 22 COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1920 $2.00 PER YEAR City Council Let Paving Contract Monday to a Spokane Firm DEMOCRATS PICK DELEGATES CONVENTION ENDORSES WILSON, NUGENT AND PETTIBONE. The county democrats conven- tion was held at Grangeville Tuesday for the purpose of se- lecting delegates to attend the state convention at Lewiston on June 15 where they will select delegates to attend the national convention at San Francisco on June 28th. The convention at Grangeville also endorsed Hon. Nate Petti- bone of Grangeville for governor the national administration and the work of U. S. Senator John F. Nugent. The delegates named to go to Lewiston are: N. B. Pettibone, Grangeville. H. M. Moore, Stites. P. J. Taylor, Kooskia. Harry Baker, Clearwater. Robert Griffith, Whitebird. Frank McGrane, Grangeville. G. M. Robertson, Cottonwood. H. G. Sasse, Ferdinand George Kilmar, Winona The following resolutions were also-passed by the convention at Grangeville Tuesday: “We, the democrats of Idaho county, in convention assembled this 25th of May, 1920, at Grangeville, Idaho, as a volun- tary testimonial and _ endorse- ment of democratic achieve- ments throughout the United States, do make, publish and state: “That the people of the United States we believe are to be con- _gratulated on having as_theic leader one whose ability, fear- lessness, foresight and diploma- cy has been recognized by all the nations of the world and we re- joice with the world at large at the rapid return to health and vigor of Woodrow Wilson, the true leader of Democracy. “We endorse his courageous and patriotic endeavor to bring the recent warring factions of the world to a peace by such mutual understandings as will enable them to hereafter settle differences by amicable and friendly metholds rather than resort to war, save as the last procedure. “We most heartily endorse the record of Hon. John F. Nugent as United States Senator, and we urge the people of the state of Idaho to lend their best ef- forts in support of his re-elec- tion. “The democratic party believ- es that the power of taxation is one of the most important pro- blems in state and national gov- ernment. We favor equal just- ice to all in levying and collect- ing taxes and advocate economy in all branches of the govern- ment, with the object in view that the burden fall as lightly as possible upon the tax payer, without regard to party affilia- tions, we welcomed the declara- tion made by our present Gov- ernor in the last campaign, that it would be his aim, if elected to | make Idaho, “a taxless state”. We are now in the second year of his administration and time} enough has elapsed to enable us to make a comparison as to the | progress made in that direction. “We find that while the state levy of the last year of the ad- ministration of the democratic governor was 2.8 mills (two and eight tenths) the tax levy under the first year of the present gov- ernor is 8.1 (eight and one ten- th) mills, or about three times as | much now as under democratic administration, and without any apparent reduction in the assess- ed valuation of the property of the state. “We, kindly invite the compar- ison between your tax receipt for your taxes this year and your tax receipt for taxes two years ago under democratic ad- ministration, and which investi- gation we trust will enable the voter to judge as to the progress our Governor is making in his efforts to change to a tax- ~~~{Cotiisued on page 7) RAIN PREVENTS GAMES. Only two games were pulled off Sunday by the Prairie Base- ball league, one being played at Winchester with Ferdinand and another at Kooskia with Kamiah as the opposing team. Kooskia defeated Kamiah by a score of 20 to 6 and Ferdinand lost to Winchester by 2 score of 8 to 4. The games for Sunday are as follows: Nezperce at Craigmont. Winchester at Kamiah. Kooskia at Grangeville. Cottonwood at Ferdinand. FARMERS TO HOP ON HOPPERS MEETING HELD MONDAY ATTENDED BY 100 FARMERS. A cat may have seven lives but the grasshoppers and squirrels will live only a short time if the farmers who attended the Farm Bureau meeting Monday have anything to do about it. The meeting at the I. O. O. F. hall, Monday afternoon, was cal- led for the purpose of devising plans ‘for exterminating the grasshoppers and squirrels and was attended by 100 farmers from this immediate vicinity. County Agent Pavey, outlined his plan of fighting these pests and every farmer present pledg- ed his support in exterminating them. The Cottonwood district was divided into various units, each unit consisting of a school dist- rict, in each one of these dist- ricts three men were appointed to estimate the number of acres of grasshopper eggs in his dist- rict, this information to be turn- ed into the county agents office at Grangeville by Saturday. Mr. Pavey, was recently ap- pointed as county agent, and this being his first visit here since takng charge of the office, he made a big hit with the farm- ers who met him here. Among other things during the course of his talk to the farmers he said: It has been frequently asked are the grass- hopper eggs fertile? Mr. Pavey stated that according to the state university experts on this subject, to whom they sent samples of eggs, they are, and that they only were retarded in development on account of cold weather. He also stated that hoppers have been reported to be hatching in various sections of the county but that he had made _ personal examinations where these reports came from and found them to be locust. Mr. Pavey is going to make a very extensive campaign on the Columbia ground squirrel, who according to Mr. Pavey cost every farmer 50c a piece in a grain field and 25c a head on pasture land from the time they come out and hole up again. According to experiments, a squirrel if pened up and fed will consume $1.76 worth of grain or feed during the same time. Chronicle his Headquarters, Mr. Pavey will be in Cotten- wood every Thursday and will make his headquarters at the Chronicle office. He invites all farmers to consult him, on any problems concerning the farm and he will always be glad to give them what assistance he can. The county agent also gave us some directions for poisoning grasshoppers and_ squirrels, which on account of lack of space and time we are unable to publish this week but will ap- pear in print next week. Jake Welte, grand Knight of Cottonwood Council No. 1389, K. of C. and August Seubert de- parted this morning for Idaho Falls where they will attend the state convention of the Knights of Columbus, being delegates from the local council. They will go by the way of Butte and return by the way of Pendleton. They expect to be gone about ten days. The Bid Is Made on Condition that Bonds Sell for 90c on the Dollar By the Standard Asphalt Pa’ing Co. of Spokane, Wash. Work Will Cost in the Neighborhood of $111,000.00. WORK WILL COMMENCE WITHIN THREE TO SIX WEEKS— MACHINERY IS READY TO SHIP The city council, at its session Monday evening unanimously accepted the bid as proposed by the Standard Asphlat Paving Co. of Spokane, Wash., for the pav- ing and macadamizing of . the streets of Cottonwood, the coun- cilman voting for the acceptance of the bids being: John Peterson, chairman, Geo. F. McKinney, J. V. Baker, Geo. M. Robertson and John Hoene. The company was represented at the meeting by several representatives, headed by C. H. Green. The bid, which was accepted by the city council Monday even- ing was filed by the Spokane firm on the condition that the bonds sell for 90 cents on the dollar but should the bonds sell for less than 90 cents on the dollar the company is at liberty to withdraw its contract. Should the bonds sell for more than 90 cents on the dollar the city will be given credit for the amount over 90 cents. While the bonds have not been actually sold, it is a foregone conclusion that they will sell for the above figures. The bid submitted by the above firm was not in a lump sum but on the yardage basis, or for the actual work done. The pavement will be of the bituli- thic type, similar to the pave- ment used on the Main street of Lewiston, Idaho. While the bid offered by the Standard Asphalt Paving Co., of Spokane, was the only one on file, it is considered by men fam- iliar with this kind of work to be an exceptionally fair one. This same company was awarded a contract in southern Idaho re- cently for the construction of similar work where six bidders submitted bids to do the work, at about the same figures sub- mitted to the city of Cottonwood. While the city asked for bids Bpoedeetentoedecostoretontenteteadeatetoatonteteaterteetoatveoatsetecoateatectecoateedetoatenteneteatenatesteahetnetecietesteeetoaty ENTERTAINMENT TO BE GIVEN BY PUPILS OF St. Joseph’s School Friday evening, June 4th AT THE K. OF C. HALL, AT 8 P. M. 1 2 Rose Leslie . Margaret Bond Katherine . Mrs. Newbold Jane, a maid Tiny maid ... Why Gladys’ Failed .. Young King Cole A New Spring Hat Mrs. Houser . Mrs. Finnigan Billy Flinn Messenger girl Ding-a-Ling ........ 9 10 Grandma Smith ...... A tramp 3 Geo. Smith ..... : Henry Barnes ........ 11 America The audience will between numbers. : Old Glory Goes Marchin g On Aunt Mathilda’s Birthday Party - (Bachelor girls who give the party) Miss “Mathilda Garland, who had the party.... Mrs. Mathilda Sparling who nearly had it........ A Merry Life, song and chorus The Ivy Queen, cantata .... M. Morgen, an employment agent.. Fritz Noodle, who wants a job Petro Vannucsi, a wine maker. George Bones, a bell boy -......... Reuben Cornstassel, a farmer . Heini Holzer, a sausage maker..Lawrence Schaecher A Bouguet of Daisies Drill - 3 What Became of the Dinner. Mrs. Geo, Smith .......... Pete Waggles, a vagrant also on concrete pavement and for the construction of cement sidewalks this company failed to bid on the same. The bid sub- mitted by the Standard Asphalt Paving Co., of Spokane, Wash., was as follows: $3.50 Solid rock excavation, per cubic yard. Loose rock excavation, $1.75 per cubic yard. Earth excavation, $1.25 per cubic yard. Earth barraw, $1,25 per cubic yard. Overhaul (for each 100 feet) beyond 300 feet $.07 per cubic yard. Bithlithie pavement 6-inch crushed rock base and 2 inch top, $3.50 per square yard. Mass concrete, $35.00 per cubic yard. Re-inforced concrete, $37.00} per cubic yard. Catch Basins, $100.00 each. 8-inch vitirified pipe in place, $1.20 per lineal foot. 10-inch vitirified pipe in place, | $1.55 per lineal foot. 12-inch vitirified pipe in place, | $1.80 per linea! foot. Extra work, cost plus ten per | cent and discount. Accompanying the proposal was a bidders certified check for Bid Bond in the sum of $11,000. Where the Work Will be Done The improvement as now out- | lined will commence at the Cot- tonwood Creamery, from the creamery to the hotel corner the} pavement will be 36 feet wide} with macadam the remainder of the street, from the hotel corner to the old brewery the street will | be hard surfaced the entire) width of the street, from the| John Funke corner to the Baker corner the street will be hard| surfaced the entire width of the} street, from the Baker corner to the depot the street will be hard .....Mlary Malerich Agnes Terhaar .. Anna Hanley Mary Moriarty . Anna Moriarty Mary Kaufman Josephine Lies ji Alvina Kopezynski ges Katherine Hanley Mary Funke ....Little Boys . Agnes Terhaar .... Anna Hanley rence Schaecher Lena Kolbeck ..Aloys Holthous John Jenny ......Girls ‘ : Mary Kaufman : Joseph Wagner Lawrence Schaecher John Jenny | a question that has been discus- _Alvia Kopezynski Frank Tacke Song and Pantomine y music and recitations SCHOOL CLOSES. The St. Joseph school will close for the summer vacation on Wednesday of next week after a very successful term. The grad- uating exercises will be held at 2 o’clock p. m. to which the fam- ilies of the graduates and the patrons of the school are most cordially invited. The school will give its annual entertainment at the K. of C. hall on Friday evening June 4th, The picnic that was planned for last Monday by the entire school had to be abandoned on account of bad weather. CITY WILL NOT CELEBRATE 4TH SO DECIDED AT COMMER. CIAL CLUB LUNCHEON MONDAY Cottonwood will not celebrate the 4th of July this year, having taken this action at the Commer- cial Club luncheon Monday when a number of business men ex- pressed their opinion that owing to the fact that Ferdinand and Grangeville were going to cele- brate it was considered advis- able for Cottonwood not to cele- brate. , A motion was made and sec- onded, which carried unanimous- ly that the Cottonwood Com- mercial Club endorse the cele- bration to be held at Ferdinand and Grangeville, and urge its people to attend one of these celebrations. Both of these twons have al- ready made plans for their cele- brations, and word comes to us that they will leave nothing un- done to entertain the people in} a grand style. Baseball games will be one of the chief enter- tainments at both of these! towns. So now Mr. and Mrs, Celebra- tor, make up your mind to cele-| brate at the county seat or our neighboring town of Ferdinand. Both of these towns are in our home county, and we believe in boosting home industry first. surfaced 30 feet in the middle with the remainder of the street macadamized. From the Simon Bros. meat market to the Dr. Orr corner the street will be hard surfaced the entire width of the street. From the Orr corner, the street leading out of the city will be macadamized the entire width of the street. From the St Albert brewery passed the Farmers Union Warehouse, Hus- sman Lumber Co., and the Vol- Imer Clearwater Warehouse the street will be macadamizzed the entire width of the street. Work to Commence Soon Actual construction on the street work, according to Mr. Green, a representative of the successful bidders, will com- mence within the next 3 or 6 weeks and the work will be com- pleted within three months. He stated that if the legal work re- maining to be done does not re-| quire too long a time, work may commence in three weeks as) they have all the necessary machinery ready to ship. To Employ Home Labor. All the labor and teams as well as other commodities _re- quired to finish the job will be purchased here, and with the ex-| ception of a few experts, home| labor will be employed exclusive- ly, if the same is procurable. Improvement for Cottonwood The improvement of the streets of Cottonwood has been sed pro and con for the last few years and at one time plans were made to macadamize the Main street but was later dropped and the hard surfacing of the Main street taken up. The improve- ment when completed will mark the climax of improvement in Cottonwood and will be one that every citizen will feel proud of. It is by far the largest public improvement yet undertaken by | suicide for NEWS AROUND THE STATE Items of Interest From Various Sections Reproduced for Ben- efit of Our Readers. More than 50 Boise people were served with formal notice Wednesday afternoon that they must appear in police court to answer to char, of breaking the city’s speed laws. Idaho potato growers are planting but 95 per cent of last year’s potato acerage, or a total of 34,200 acres, according to a crop report issued here recently by Julius H. Jacobson, federal crop inspector. Last year’s acerage was 36,000. P. L. Neil, former well known postoffice inspector, of Boise, has been appointed by Governor Davis to membership in his cab- inet, as successor to the late J. R. White, and will hereafter hold the portfolio of state commis- sioner of public welfare. Hugh Sproat, president of the Idaho Woolgrowers’ association, in discussing the effect of the present drive on the high price of clothing, intimates that if the manufacturers should get wool for nothing the price of clothing would still be high to the con- sumer, Concerted action against pro- moters of stock sales is to be taken by state authorities, act- ing under the Idaho blue sky laws. This announcement has been made from Boise, following the filing of complaint against an oil company, operating at Ida- ho Falls. Many arrests, it is said, are scheduled to follow. Information was filed in the District Court of Latah county this morning charging Gilbert Swenson of Troy, Idaho, with a statutory offense against his sixteen year old daughter. The defendant pleaded guilty to the charge and the court set Wed- nesday morning at 9:00 o'clock for passing sentence. At a meeting of stockholders of the Lewiston Hete! company Tuesday all arrangements were completed for immediately start- ing construction. Permanent directors were elected, these be- ing A. E. Clarke, Frank Thomp- son, R. C. Beach, E. M. Ehrhardt C. J. Breier, William Thompson, J. H. Miller, S. Salsberg, Loyd Harris, E. L. Alford, J. E. Kin- caid, E. A. White, M. A. Means, A. A. Seaborn and R. S. Erb. Wallace Curry, 6-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Curry, of Reubens, died at the White hos- pital Wednesday afternoon from burns receiv at the family home at Reubens Sunday when the child threw a cup of gasoline into a stove containing fire. The gasoline exploded, igniting the clothing of the child and when the parents rushed to his rescue, he was so badly burned that lit- tle clothing remained on the body. Felix Jovanovich, alleged I. W. W., who attempted to commit the second time Thursday afternoon, was report- ed to be much improved yester- day, Although he had severed the right jugular and had lost an immense amount of blood, good care and a prompt infusion of two quarts of saline solution, a quart at a time, have brought about such an improvement that his condition was reported very hopeful last night. District court convened at Lewiston Tuesday for a_ brief session, and interest centered in the suit against W. H. Stober, an employe of the Camas Prairie railroad, who was arrested last November on a charge of crimin- al syndicalism. In moving dis- missal County Attorney Lee Mc Carthy stated that at the time of Stober’s arrest on charges preferred by E. Parmalee, it was believed evidence would be found to warrant a trial but that such evidence failed to ma’ ize. Chautauqua week June 19 to 24 inclusive, Cottonwood, Idaho,