Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, June 4, 1920, Page 1

ema BREN stn eee POISON IS WONDERFU HAVE BEEN GIVING IT A TRIAL, so The recipe given by County Farm Agent Pavey on his visit here in Cottonwood last Wednes- day for the poisoning of the Col- umbian ground squirrel is doing wonderful work according to the farmers who have had the op- portunity to try it and during the past week at least 30 farm- ers have made application for poison at the Chronicle office. John Funke and John Schnid- er. were the first farmers in this section to put out this poison and both report having killed large numbers of the squirrels. Mr. Funke placed out poison one evening this week and the next morning 32 dead squirrels were found dead out of their holes be- sides those that died in the hole. Mr. Schnider experienced similar results. The formula which has been doing such good work is as fol- lows: | Poison For Hoppers A poison our county agent highly recommends for grass- hoppers and which should be put out as soon as the grasshoppers hatch is as follows: 25 pounds of coarse flaky brand, 1 pound of white arsenic or paris green, 6 lemons or or- anges, 2 quarts of low grade mo- lasses mixed with about 2 to 4 gallons of water. To be distri- buted at the rate of 10 pounds to the acre where they are hatch- ing. IMPORTANT—Don't fail to noison as soon as the hoppers hatch, the sooner the poison is placed out after hatching the easier they will be controlled. Both of these poisons may be obtained from the county agent at cost. Mr. Pavey will be in Cotton- wood every Thursday for the distribution of these poisons as well as to confer with farmers on any other subject relating to the farm. DIRECTIONS FOR POISON- ING COLUMBIA GROUND SQUIRRELS—Mix together dry 1 ounce of powdered strychnine (alkaloid),l1 ounce of baking soda or 2 tablespoonfuls (level), 1 teaspoonful of saccharine, and 3 tablespoonfuls of flour. Add a little cold water and stir thor- oughly to a smooth, creamy paste. Apply to 10 quarts of clean oats and mix thoroughly to distribute the poison evenly. Each quart of poisoned grain | is sufficient for 40 to 60 baits. This quantity, scattered (1 tea-!' spoonful to a place) along squir- rel trails, or on clean, hard sur- faces near the holes, will not en- danger stock. N. B. Stryehnine in any form other than the commericial pow- derer alkaloid is not effective in the above formula. CAUTION—AIll poison con- tainers and all utensils used in the _ preparation of poisons should be kept PLAINLY label- ed and out of reach of children, stock. WITH PRAIRIE LEAGUE. Cottonwood’ lost its second game of the season at Ferdinand Sunday by a score of 7 to 14. Kooskia defeated Grangeville on the county seat’s ground by a score of 9 to 2. Winchester defeated Kamiah on its home ground by a score of 8 to 9. The game between Nezperce and Ilo was postponed on ac- count of the memorial services held at Nezperce Sunday. Games next Sunday: Craig- mont at Kooskia; Kamiah at Cottonwood ; Grangeville at Win- chester; Ferdinand at Nezperce. The outcome of the game be- tween Kooskia and Craigmont at Kooskia Sunday will be watched with great interest as these two teams are evenly matched and appear to be the best teams of the league. Ben Fry of Nezperce was a visitor in Cottonwood Tuesday having made the trip here in the, airplane that was here the first, of the week. WHO, COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1920. | DIES AT MILTON. | T. P. Mitchell and wife depart- st Thursday evening in e aS | their car for Milton, Ore., where | | they were summoned by the 'death of Mr. Mitchell’s father, G. W. Mitchell who died at his home at Milton | morning. | years of age had been in the best ‘of health the day previous and | was found dead in bed, death be- ing caused by heart trouble. While his death was a sudden one, and a shock to his family, the cause was no surprise to his Wednesday | Mr. Mitchell was 66) | to persuade her out of respect to| AIRPLANE HERE. the court to at least wait a few days.” Then turning to the bar again | the court added. “Gentlemen, I do wish you would kind of string these divorce actions along a lit- | tle instead of bringing them in here in bunches.” The court swung in his chair, gazed out the east window for a minute over the tranquil valley scene of green, then facing the attorneys again ,said: “If there are no further di- vorce actions this morning, we immediate family as he has been | will proceed to hear the habeas a sufferer of heart trouble for, corpus proceeding involving the some time. The remains were laid to rest at Milton. Mr. Mitchell will be remember- ed by many Cottonwood people as he has made several visits to, this section of the country.. Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Mitchell re- turned home Monday evening. SCALES STERN AS TO DIVORCE BUT PURPOSE FUTILE IN FACE OF STATUTE—LECT- URE TO ATTORNEYS “T beg the court’s pardon; I didn’t observe that your honor was occupied,” said Attorney Miles S. Johnson in the district court at Lewiston, at a period when Judge Scales was engaged in signing an order for Attorney Reece Hattabaugh of ville. “Go right ahead Mr. Johnson,” responded the court. “I can at- tend to this matter, hear you and still have time to give atten- tion to granting another divorce if one is handy.” This attitude of the court brought smiles from attorneys and spectators, for Judge Scales had but a minute or so before concluded a kind of lecture to the attorneys present in court—and there were a number of them— relative to the divorce question. “I do not know what I am go- ing to do about this divorce situ- ation,” said Judge Scales. “It is getting to be a serious matter. Just the other day the press an- nounced that Judge Scales had granted nine divorces and then seven, while as a matter of fact two seemed to have been over- looked. Since court opened Monday 25 or 30 divorce cases have come before me and in every instance no appearance on the part of the defendant. There is nothing for me to do, under the statute, but to grant the div- | orce. Sometimes I feel like send- | ing all such cases up to the su-| Grange- | this mother and companion. | Hart children.”—Lewiston Tri- | bune. FOURTEEN GRADUATES. Fourteen graduates received their diplomas at the closing ex- ercises of the St. Joseph’s school Wednesday afternoon, having successfully passed the required examinations given by their teachers. The closing exercises held at the school Wednesday afternoon was attended by a large number of friends and relatives of the graduating ¢lass and thé pro- gram was an exceptionally fine one for the occasion. Those receiving were: Anna Moriarty. John Jenny. Joseph Uhlenkott. Josephine Lies. . Anna Hanley. Hubert Hattrup. Martha Darscheid. Frank Jenny. Alfred Funke. Aloys Holthous. Lawrence Schaecher. Alvina Kopezynski. diplomas The Curtis biplane of the Spo- kane Aviation Co. arrived in Cot- tonwood Tuesday evening from Nezperee in 30 minutes. The }machine was brouvht here by Pilot R. D. Mathews. From here the machine left for Grangeville Wednesday were flights will be made with passengers. The trip from Nezperce to Cottonweed was greatly hinder- ed by air pockets and while ews stated that his machine was brought down several hundred feet by these air pockets. While in Cottonwood Ira Rob- ertson was the first passenger to make a flight and stated that his machine was brough down several hundred feet by these air pockets. Mike Kedzierski, was the second passenger to take a ride in the machine and so fell in love with the airplane, 2nd its smooth | riding qualities that Mike says he is going to sell his car and buy one. “No bumps and hills, but just easy sailing” is the way he puts it. Almost as easy rid- ing Mike we suppose as the 5-ton truck of the Hussman Lumber Co., when she is loaded with lum. rend coming down the Keuterville nil. GETS $3660 FOR HERD BULL. Henry Thiessen, of Sweetwat- er, Idaho, who is the largest as, well as probably the wisest Here- ford breeder of the northwest, owning a registered herd of | something like two hundred} head of cattle, this past week made a visit to the prairie, look- ing over the smaller herds locat- ed here. After examining the) young stock, the get of King Meadow Glade No. 542387, own- Andrew Seubert. Frank Tacke. OBITUARY MRS. GILLESPIE. Rebecca Jane Carnes, was borned in North Carolina Dec. 22, 1866. Also in that place, in May 15, 1884, she was united in marriage to James Gillespie. In 1892 they started westward settling for a few years on Jos- eph Plains in 1912, moving thence to this community in 1918, where they were so hap- pily living at the time of her sudden death. After a short illness Mrs. Gill- espie parted this life, May 27, 1920. To this family was born 18 children, of whom 6 children, Harve Gillespie, Minard Gillespie Blaine Gillespie, Mrs. Lloyd} Spencer, Mrs. Frank Eller and | Bessie Gillespie and the husband and father James Gillespie, re- main to morn the departure of | In the happy and promising | prime of her most useful days | she united with the Baptist Church, which leaves to us the | have any influence with her try] first of the week. i " nis » | comforting message that “those | he any sense in that, ‘The de-| Who die in the Lord, shall live crees are granted under the stat- | 482!0. ? ut with the view that it is to the) The funeral services, under | interest of society to grant a| the auspices of A. H. Nau, were separation to these people. But, | held at the Denver church by the | gentlemen, the situation is seri-|Rev. Marion Sligar, Saturday ous. If the defendants would Morning at 11 o'clock, to which answer and it would be possible | @ large crowd gathered to pay | to get the facts, the court would | their respects to Mr. Gillespie) able to hold to strict eed and family. xut no such opportunity is af-| Sir atamaenergnge Tegan forded—there is to much agree- JOHN S¢ HUELLER DEAD. ment, nothing is disputed or put! Joe Bieker received a postal, at issue. Most of this deser- card from Mrs. T. M. Schueller, | tion business is camouflage, but who resides at Los Angeles, | what can the court do about it in Calif., stating that John Schuel-| the face of the record and the ler, father of Ted, all well known statute?” in Ferdinand, had died at 4:30 a. | The judge hesitated for a mo-|™., Wednesday May 19th. ment and then an attorney re-| The writer was very brief and | marked: “I wish to assure your | did not give any further particu- | honor there was no collusion in| lars, than that Mr. Schueller the case I submitted.” | had not been ill, and no one sus- “I realize that,” replied the | ected that there was a thing the court. “I am not directing critici- | matter with him, when he retir- cism against individuals but the | ed the evening previous. She also general policy; there is no more | said she would write particulars collusion in your case than in the | in a letter later. The Shuellers ordinary one.” | were residents of this village for And all the attorneys had to 4 number of years, and three smile again. years ago left for Fergus Falls, Just at that time another at- | Minn., where a son, William torney slipped up to the bench to | lives; later moving to California, engage the judge’s attention just Where they have been about a for a signature to a document | Year.—Ferdinand Enterprise. applying to a divorce granted | RUN DAY AND NIGHT. Thursday. | “Is she married again?” asked} Manager John Meyer, of the the judge. Cottonwood Milling & Elevator “I think not,” replied the at-|Co,, stated yesterday that after torney hesitatingly. |a few repairs had been made on “T didn’t know,” rejoined the! the machinery in the mill they ed and raised by Curtis J. Miller, he began to negotiate for the purchase of this tried sire. A} deal was made whereby Myr. Theissen became the proud own- | er of this sire, delivery to be made September Ist at the price of $3000. Mr. Miller is very much elated | over this sale, not at the price, which might seem large to those | who are not acquainted with the actual value of a sire of the kind and type of King Meadow Glade, but he considers it guite an hon- or to be able to produce from his | small herd a bull that Mr. Theis sen would consent to put in as | one of his herd bulls. To be able | to enter the Thiessen harem of | white-faced beauties as a sire, ¢ bull must be of the highe standard in every particular.— | Nezperce Herald. BOY SHOOTS HIMSELF. Ernest Adair, a 5-year-old boy was instantly killed at Spring! camp on the west side of Salmon | river Monday by the accidenta!! discharge of a revolver. It is| reported that the boy while play- | ing placed the muzzle in his mouth and pulled the trigger the bullet, entering his mouth, and penetrating his head. The little lad is a grandson of | Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Adair of the! Winona section and the accident is a very sad one indeed. NOT RESPONSIBLE. The milking goat that Dr.} Sommers bought the first of the week from John Jungert has caused considerable excitement in the north end of the city. The doctor stated that he will not be responsible if anyone rubbering at the curosity along the road, falls out of his car and is seriou- ly hurt. The little animal has been giving three quarts of rich | milk daily since he has bought} it and is expected will do better when it becomes accustomed to its new surroundings. Mr. Jun- gert has a herd of some 20 head of these goats, which originally were imported from Switzerland. Mike Darcheid returned from Clarkston Saturday where he has been receiving medical treat- ments. Mr. Darcheid had a nar- row escape from death last Oct- ober near Keuterville when load of lumber upset on him,; from which injuries he has not, as vet entirely recovered. crossing Lawyers canyon, Math-. $2.00 PER YEAR | Hamlin, Marion Sligar and John | the boys all caught some fish,| Sections Reproduced for Ben- | FISH WON'T BITE. | A party of six fishermen, in-| § AROUND Johann returned Wednesday evening from a few days fishing | they were very small and in no! large quantities. Fishing in| efit of Our Readers, cluding Everett Rhoades, Lee| TH F STA trip in Rocky canyon and report | Rocky canyon, according to the | , Rhoades, Walter Robbins, Olin| fishing none too good. While| Items of Interest From Various boys “is on the bum”, DANCE FINE SUCCESS. Gilbert Swenson of Troy, Ida- | sembled on ho, who pleaded guilty to a stat- The dance given by the I. 0. Utory offense against his 16-year 0. F. last Friday evening at| 0/4 daughter, was sentenced to their hall was a splendid social| f'0m five years to life in the success and attended by a large| State penitentiary by Judge crowd of dancers from various! Edgar Steele of Moscow Satur- sections of the county. A five 48Y- piece orchestra, consisting of, The contract for the erection members of the Cowboy Band of of the new addition to the St. Grangeville furnished the music| Joseph hospital at Lewiston has which was declared to be been awarded to Beezer Bros. of “great”. Seattle, on the percentage basis and the estimated cost is $140,- , 000, Frank R. Coffin, age 82. presi- dent of the Goise City National bank, died in that city May 25. TO LAY THE | _-— in |in the hardware business in AT ST. GERTRUDE CONVENT Boise. He was the first state JULY 5TH.—BISHOP | treasurer of Idaho. United States Senator John F. WILL BE HERE. | Nugent will be President Wil- son’s personal representative at the Lewiston state convention June 15 when delegates are The work on the basement of | elected to the democratic nation- the new St. Gertrude’s convent/ al convention at San Francisco, and chapel is completed and/and will deliver the keynote everything is now ready for the| speech before the conclave. aying of the corner-stone. This va, ; latter ceremony, however, will | in aS = oi y of the take place on the 5th of July, Lewiston se tie neti he fe ° Monday, when His Lordship Bis-| 16 “years rineipal of the hint hop Gorman of Boise, who is ex-| aah w ape cise o th e high pected to officiate in person shall | intendenue at the | ch in er the have returned from his visit to} board of Sirecton "ie Geel E Rome. An interesting program | P? Simmonds. sas gic. = is being prepared for the cele-| ‘‘* * ‘ bration, and invitations will be| What is believed to be the extended to the Rev. Pastors of| first wedding to be solemnized the Prairie and their Congrega-| in the new capitol was perform- tions to join in and help make|ed Saturday evening at 10 the occasion a memorable one. | o’clock when the Rev. D. H. Everybody is Invited —— ion A = It is expected that the laying | Vier of Portland and Fre va of the cornerstone of the convent | Edele of Buhl. in the suite of the will draw one of the largest Secretary of state, which had crowds that has ever been as-| been specially decoratel for the Camas Prairie in| 0C¢asion. many days. The new building! Attendance at the University is situated in a most picturesque | of Idaho from communitihes in spot from which point a magnif-| the southern part of the state icent view can be had of the en-| will be substantially inereased in tire Nezperce and Camas Prair-! the coming collegiate year if re- ies and even as far at the Mont-| ports recently made to Persident ana state line. While the in-| Ernest H. Lindley, who has just stitution is of Catholic denom-| returned from a speaking tour ination it is to be understood | through south Idaho prove ac- from the pestnning Sm every-| curate forecasts. one regardless of religious faith | ‘. ‘ is invited to attend the ceremon- | Moan ethene gee te | with the Lewiston hichway was Building to be Proud of. | awarded Wednesday at Boise by | and the Prairie. The Convent of St. Gertrude’s,| the bureau of highways to the when completed, will be an im- posing structure and an orna- ment to the town of Cottonwood The following are the principal dimensions, according to Architect’s urements: East front, 164 ft. and a half long; North side, 127 ft,; height of convent,56 ft.; width 66 ft. The convent prop- er will consist of two full stories and anextra floor with man- sarde roof, exclusive of the above-ground basement. The height of the gables of the Chap- el will be 76ft. between the tow- ers, and it will be 97 ft. to the summit of the towers. whole structure is of blue por- phyry stone quarried on the premises. More information regarding the event will be published from time to time. SOME HOG. Joe McDonald last week sold at Fenn, a male hog weighing 985 pounds for which he receiv- ed $132.97. The hog was of the Poland China breed and has been used by Joe for breeding purposes, since the animal has served its usefulness he has de- 2 cided to import another boar| frogs. from Iowa to head his herd. Joe is another one of our prosperous The| farmers who believes in good| a pound. meas- | The | | Standard Asphalt & Paving com- pany of Spokane. The success- ful bid was $291,460.81. This jis at the rate of $14,246 per | mile for the 2214 milés of high- way to be constructed. Report made by Superinten- jdent O. H. Lipps of Lapwai | shows the banks are bidding for | the Indian deposit. A Montana | bank has made an offer of 6 per jcent. The last sale brought in | a very large sum and at the pre- | sent time there is nearly a mil- lion dollars of Indian money for | deposit. The commissioners of the Ft. Misery highway located near Kamiah held a meeting to open | bids for the $30,000 worth of | bonds the district voted recently, | but they were unable to dispose of them. No bids were receiv- | ed for less than 7 per cent inter- | est and as the law prohibits pay- |ing more than 6 per cent, the | sale was declared off and propos- |ed road improvement of the | district will have to be abandon- ed for the present. Otto M. Jones, fish and game | commissioner of Idaho, is spend- | ing his evenings hunting bull- Caught 75 Wednesday | night. Big ones too, some weigh- | ing as much as three quarters of These frogs, which accident left one of his arms in, stuff and stops at no expense in| are caught in the sloughs of the a paralized condition. Cal Hazelbaker, the McDonald stated, that had it not vetting what he wants. Mr./ Boise river, are being shipped to | MeDon: and Sal- Clarks Fork, Glengary county been for the high cost of feed he| mon City for propagation pur- assessor is the first county of-| could very easily have put the| poses. Mr. Jonues never uses & judge. “I saw her on the street would again resume nivht and/|ficer, or likewise candidate to| hog on the market, weighing at} net or pole to catch them ; simply } takes a pocket t and when Mr. Bullfrog sings flashes the light in his face and reaches out and grabs him. yesterday afternoon with a day operation. He expects to roughneck looking fellow andj have everything in readiness to she didn’t look my way. If youj commence aia announce his candidacy for re- electon on the republican ticket. Mr. Hazelbaker has made the county a very good assessor. least 200 pounds more. But, then, > believe tet e enough pork for one hog carry around.