Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, June 11, 1920, Page 1

ke a VOLUME 28. NO. 24_ INCOME PAYERS | FOR YEAR 1919 55 PAID INCOME TAX FOR TAXABLE YEAR 1919, 74 IN 1918. Cottonwood has 19 less income tex payers this year than she had last year, according to a list of income tax payers, which has | heen posted at the Cottonwood Post-office as required by law. For the year 1918, 74 filed income tax returns and this list dropped to 55 for the taxable year 1919. In comparing the 1918 and 1919 lists, the largest percentage of those who paid in- come taxes in 1918 and who fail- ed to file income returns for the year 1919 were farmers. This is due, no doubt, to the poor crops last year, and most farm- ers were well satisfied if they made both ends meet. With the present prospects for a bum- per crop this year, no doubt the income tax payers next year will be greatly increased. List of those receiving mail at the Cottonwood postoffice who filed income tax returns for the taxable year 1919 are as follows: Arnzen, Frank H. Altman, Joseph. Belknap, M. M. Baker, J. V. Brown, Sidney M. Carlson, R. J. Crea, R. F. Duclos, John J. Eckerman, Helene C. Ellan, Nicholas. Frank, John. Fry, Edgar Hinkleman, Adolph. Holthaus, Alois. Hussman, Wm. H. Jenny, J. F. Kedzierski, Mike. Kelsey, Frank A. Kopozynski, August. McKinney, G. F. Manseau, Fred J. Martzen, Felix. Matthiesen, H. C. Meyer, John. Medved, Geo. M. Nash, J. V. Nacke, F. H. Netzel, H. C. Nuxoll, Herman H. Oeasau, Reinhart. Orr, Wesley F. Parker, Thos. B. Poler, Geo. A. Randall, T. A. Rehder, Helen. Reid, Walter R. Riener, Joseph. Ritter, Joseph. Robertson, Geo. M. Sarbacher, Joseph. Schnider, John J. Seubert, Michael. Seubert, J. B. Seubert. Mathias. Seubert, August M. Simon, F. S. Simon, G. F. Simon, W. T. Sonnen, Ed. Terhaar, A. E. Thoelke, Arthur H. Uhlenkott, Joseph. Von Tersch, Wm. Warner, Wm. Welte, Jacob H. SL ek ee a ag HELP! HELP! = ¢ Cottonwood wants persons to purchase season tickets for the coming chautauqua. Many people seem to be of the opinion that if they pay their ad- mission at the entrance every day they attend it will be all right. There are two very good reasons why you should not do this, the first being it is cheaper to purchase a season ticket, and second because the bus- iness men who signed the guarantee get no credit, or rather a very small credit where tickets are sold at the entrance. The seasor ticket is what counts to make up the guarantee. Remember the season tick- ets are transferrable to any member inthe immediate family. So buy a season ticket. me: Kp epee ena ahannnhanaenannna WHAT IT WILL COST. Do you know that if you buy a season ticket for the chautauqua from the com- | mittee, the average cost for every entertainment will be as follows: Adults 23c, | Students 14c and Children \$ 9c. Prety cheap _ enter- |$ tainment. Remember you | must buy a season ticket to get these prices. | Dh ee ee ee | Invitations were received by | friends in Cottonwood this week from Miss Margaret Nash to the fifty-second commencement of the Lewis and Clark high schoo] of Spokane, Wash. Miss Nash! is one of the graduates of Lewis and Clark this year. GRAIN GRADING ~ DEMONSTRATION WILL BE HELD AT THE FARMER'S UNION WARE- HOUSE JUNE 15. Under the auspices of our ‘County Farm Bureau there will | be held at the Farmers Union Warehouse Tuesday the 15th day of June a grain grading de- monstration by the Department of Agriculture. Idaho’s wheat business is one of her greatest industries. We produce annually approximately 18 million bushels. | This means xa value of about 36 million dol-| lars. Yet the farmers are grow- ing that crop without much at- , tention being given to the con- ditions under which it must be marketed. The marketing qu- estion is a big one and one that should be of interest to every wheat grower in the state. tecently the Federal Wheat Standards were adopted by the State Department of Agricul- ture. These standards are to govern the sale and purchase of all wheat this coming year. The old system of basing the price ‘upon the average quality of the crop in any community is a thing of the past. The standards are established {upon the actual commercial value of the various grades. The percentage of dockage, insepar- able foreign material, the mois- ture content, the damage if any, mixture with other classes of wheat and the test weight per bushel are all factors which de- termine the commercial value of any lot of wheat. This places a premium upon high quality wheat and a price is received for the inferior grades which they warrant. Good farming receiv- es the benefit. Grades dis- courage the production of mixed or otherwise low grade grain and are a_ benefit of the farming class as a whole. From the standpoint of the dealer—grades give him an ab- solute standard upon which to buy and sell. They are a protec- tion to him when making inter- state shipments and place his activities upon a sound business basis. In many sections of Idaho the standards are not understood. Farmers in general are not fami- iar with the standards. Many dealers do not interpret them 500 & properly and the large percent- age of dealers are not equipped with the necessary apparatus to accurately arrive at the grade. In order that these conditions may be overcome demonstra- {tions have been arranged for thru the various county Farm Bureaus. The standards and regulations will be taken up in detail. A fully ejuipped grad- ing laboratory will be installed. Farmers should make every effort to attend this demonstra- tion. Learn how your grain should be graded. This is a business proposition and your knowledge of the standards may | be of real cash value to you. Miss Gertrude Wieber left for her home at Uniontown, Wash., Wednesday morning where she will visit with home folks until after the 4th of July, then she in company with four other girl | | friends will make a tour of the COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1920 A HISTORICAL SKETCH CONCERNING ST. GERTRUDE’S CONVENT It is now fourteen years since some Sisters, the vanguard of | what was going to be later on the community of St. Gertrude, arrived in Cottonwood. Rev. Mother Hildegarde, Prioress, ac- companied by her counsellor came with a view to select a suitable place for transferring | the headquarters of the Com- munity, heretofore located at Colton, Washington. Those were still pioneer days. | The Camas Prairie country did not yet boast of its scenic railroad, speeding automobiles were look- ed upon as a luxury indulged in by but a few in our larger cities, | and travelers to our prairie had to depend on the old faithful pacers to take them up the rough pathways of*the hills and mountains, the cradle of this land of prodigious fertility. The founders of St. Gertrude’s were the heroes in many incidents, both amusing and sad, which have since often served them to enliven the recreations of the Community. Then the real work was begun, very modestly in- deed and gradually building was added to building, in order to ac- commodate the _ co-laborers which Holy Providence directed to the growing Community. Orgin of St. Gertrude’s Some questions might be ask- ed concerning the orgin of the Benedictine Sisters of St. Gert- rude’s and the object of their settling in what some might call an out of the way country re- mote from all large centers—the answer to this can be given in a few words, viz. history relates how religious Orders and Com- munities having scarcely taken root in a locality, began like fruitful trees to spread their branches in different directions, and preferrably in those parts where their inborn desire for do- ing good to.their neighbor seem- ed to receive special response, for such is their great object in life, namely: to give God all the honor in their power and serve God in the person of the neigh- bor. This it was which prompt- ed the members of a venerable centuries old monastery of nuns in Sarnen, Switzerland to send a colony of their members to this land of the “free and the brave”’. Therefore, this Community is of Swiss orgin, but both by their willing adaptation to the uses, manners and spirit of the land of their adoption and by opening the doors of their Convent to the willing candidates of the New Land, have now really become an American homogenous _institu- tion, all intent on “going about doing good” after the example of Chirst. Sphere of Activity. The world at large sometimes curiously inquires regarding the sphere of activity of our Sister- hoods. In this case the ques- tion is answered as soon as ask- ed. Those among you who have visited the premises of St. Gertrude’s have been unanimous in praising the improvements made in a heretofore primitive | and undeveloped stretch of ground, and that, in such a short | space of time. What an outlay of money, you think, this must represent, how much _ toil this | stands for. Yes, but you do not | know perhaps that the indust- rious Sisters of St. justly claim an almost exclusive share in this work of improve- ment and embellishment. Con- vents have been compared to bee-hives, this comparison fully applies to St. Gertrude’s. We leave out that part of ac- tivity which is spent in the quiet, secluded, intimate life of the community, saying only this about it, that is is in their heart- to-heart intercourse with God that the Sisters draw that im- pelling power which blossoms forth in all kinds of good works. First concerning educational act- ivity. The constantly growing part which the Sisters are as- suming in the work of education is well known. Many commun- ities of the Prairie are enjoying the benefits of the zealous Sis- ters teachers of St. Gertrude’s, who also conduct an Academy and schools in our neighboring state. And be it here remark- ed, these days where so much is said about inadequate salaries and consequent dearth of teach- ers, the Rev. Pastors, in whose parishes the Sisters of St. Ger- trude’s are conducting schools are not worryine on that account knowing very well that the char- ity of their teachers is not going to be damperied by the prospect of High Cost of Living, nor their devotedness to be measured by a mere financial standard, what- ever this may mean? Their motto, first and last is, “To do good to their neighbor and trust in God for the rest.” In Union there is Strength. Let us tell you, dear reader, that you should al! be interested in the erection of the permanent chapel and monastery of St. Ger- trude’s. Why? because the new structure will be an ornament to your town, and. indeed, an object of pride to the whole Prairie be- cause this institution stands for the noble principles dear to the heart of every loval citizen; and because, the occupation of the new quarters by the Sisters will be the signal for the carrying out of a-cherished desire of their heart. They will then re- mode! their present apartments and widen their benevolent in- | fluence in the form of either an Orphanage or 2a School of Do- mestic Science or an Academy of | Higher Education, ete. Each | one of these oLjects contributing largely in the education of child- hood and youth.—Therefore we !conclude by asking you to let | your enthusiasm be aroused and | your interest awakened; and if any good friend of the institu- |} tion feels impelled to approach | you with a request for assistance in behalf of the Sister’s new | structure, rest assured that your | generosity will be fully appreci | ated and that it will go a long ways towards helping the uplift- ment of this Civic Community at | large and to the shaping of the | destiny of the growing genera- tion, the hope of the future | At any rate you are cordially in- vited to pay a visit to St. Ger- | trudes’s on July 5th, 1920. | A Friend of the Instivution. | | RUHOFF AND BOOK GIVEN CON: TRACT TO BUILD CEMENT WALKS Peter Book and Wm. Ruhoff were awarded the contract Mon-| day evening by the city council for building the cement walks and curbs in Improvement Dist- | rict No. 3 The contract price for which | Mr. Ruhoff and Mr. Book will do the work is as follows: Cement walks 29c a square foot, 65e a running foot for curbing where the curb is put in the same time as the walk and is attached there | to, 90c a foot for curbing where | | the curb extends from the side- walk. The council has ordered the cement walks constructed and every owner is given the opport- unity of buildin~ his own side- walks if he so desires, parties start work on June 16th and have them finished June 26th. It is presumed there will per- haps be only a few who will con- struct their own walks, as the cost of doing piece work will be much more expensive then if the work is all done at once.” The walks that are not put in by June 26 will be constructed by the city , the work to be done by Mr. Ruhoff and Mr. Book, the price to govern this work being | the bids submitted by these two gentlemen Monday evening to the city council. Order Bonds Printed. The city council also ordered the bonds printed, which will be | given in payment for the pave- ment work to be done in Cotton- | wood this summer. The con- tractors are very anxious to get | building their own walks must | these bonds as they have buyers | in view and it ise dispose of thom on short Gertrude’s | will| ever, is essential mie -. COTTONWOOD CHRONICLE > Much interest is being mani- /fested in the 12-round boxing contest to be staged at Nezperce Saturday night June 12th under the auspices of the American Legion post of that town in which Stanley Ketchell, one of the most promising welter- weights in the northwest, and “Young” Nelson, of Boise, will question fistic honors. Nelson lays claim to the wel- terweight championship of Ida- ho, in which he is disputed by | Ketchell. The men were to have fought several months ago but owing to Ketchell breaking his hand the battle was neces- sarily postponed until this time. Nelson recently met and deci- sively defeated “Battling” Mc- Carty in Boise. COMMUNITY MUST ORGANIZE CAN MAKE FIGHT EFFEC- TIVE AGAINST HOPPERS IF ORGANIZED. A great many inquiries have been received by the County Agricultural Agent as to what affect the weather has had on the grasshopper eggs and also on the grasshoppers that have al- ready hatched. Throughout the entire county the grasshoppers are hatching the eggs that were laid last fall in the breaks and the scab lands. These eggs are farther advanced than those on the prairie but the eggs on the prairie are fertile and a few warm days will hatch the grasshoppers. The general opinion ail over the county is that the cold, rainy spring we are having will affect the grasshoppers and that the crops will not be very seriously endangered this year. This is a mistake as the only affect that the weather will have on the eggs and the grasshoppers that are hatched will be to retard the hatching and check their grow- th. But as soon as the weather clears up the grasshoppers will hatch in great numbers. The only sure way to exter- minate the grasshoppers is for every farmer in the entire coun- ty to cooperate and poison the grasshoppers. The Idaho Coun- ty Farm Bureau has, in several communities, organized the farmers for this grasshopper fight. These men have put their money in one fund and will poison the grasshopper where- ver they hatch out, regardless of whose land it is on or how much poison will have to be used to exterminate them, This is the only sure wry to make a success of a poison cam- paign. The grasshopper will eat the poison when it is mixed and distributed according to the government directions. If the directions are carefully followed and the poison is put out as dir- ected there will be no danger of poisoning any kind of stock. The two following methods may be used. “The Poisoned Bran Bait” has proven to give the best success. In some cases “The Criddle Mixture” has proven successful. The Poisoned Bran Bait. The mixture known as the poi- soned-bran bait has proved to be a simple, reliable, and cheap method of destroying grasshop- pers, and has been applied with signal success throughout many portions of the United States. It is made up as follows: Wheat bran, 25 pounds; Paris green or white arsenic, 1 pound, lemons or oranges, 6 finely chopped fruits ; low-grade mo S, such as re- fuse from sugar factories, or cattle molasses, known as “black strap,” 2 guarts; water, 2 to 4 gallons. The bran and poison are thoroughly mixed while dry, the fruits are then finely chop- ped and added, and lastly the molasses and water are poured over the bait and the whole thor- oughly kneaded. A coarse-flak- ed bran is most desirable, al- though where this can not be obtained easily ordinary mid- dlings or alfalfa meal bay be substituted; a low-grade, strong to (continued to page 9) smelling sirup or molasses, how- | Th | INTEREST IN CONTEST. the entire} ished and is $2.00 PER YEAR NEWS AROUND THE STATE Items of Interest From Various Sections Reproduced for Ben- | efit of Our Readers, | The summer session of Lewis- ton Normal opened Monday with | the largest attendance in the | histary of the institution. | Rev. Father Mattis, pastor of Thorn Creek Catholic church in | Latah county celebrated his silv- er jubilee, the 25th anniversary of his ordination to the priest- hood, Tuesday. Governor Davis refused Thurs- day to grant a request from the governor of New York for extra- dition of Rosa Bancroft, charged with the crime of perjury by | New York officials. Two new fraternity houses are | assured for Moscow by the sale of bonds to Moscow citizens. The Phi Delta fraternity will erect a fraternity house costing $10,000 and the Delta Gammas will build a $9000 home. | Leonard Hirzel sold his 1,240- acre farm 6 miles west of Clark- | ston on McGuire gulch last week to W. J. Hollingsworth and C. W. Green of Lewiston. The re- | ported consideration was $90,000 | and no trade was involved. The price per acre is about $70. _ The secretary of state has of- ficially announced dates for the | general election preliminaries as follows: Primary election Aug- ust 3, county central committee meetings August 14, county con- ventions August 17, state central committee meetings _—" 24, state convention August 24. Bert F. Savage, for 15 years a well known newspaper man of Lewiston, has resigned, and will become assistant to Secretary O. P. Hendershot of the North- west Live Stock association. He will also serve as deputy com- missioner of agriculture for north Idaho. Irving Myers, an employe of ,the Craig Mountain Lumber company, at Winchester, was killed last Tuesday by being caught by the logs at the log slip where the logs are dumped from the cars into the lake. It seems the logs jammed and Mr. Myers was in the act of breaking the jam when the logs commenced to move and he was caught and instantly killed. , Dr.Ernest H. Lindley, presi- dent of the University of Idaho for the last three years, who has resigned to accept the position of chancellor of the University |of Kansas, at Lawrence, Kas., succeeds Chancellor Strong, and | will receive a salary of $10,000 a year, which is $4,000 higher than he receives as president of the University of Idaho. Anderson, Bolick & Kavan- augh of Lewiston who about 30 days ago purchased from Ed- ward C, Smith the lot on Main street at the corner of Seventh, | for $13,000, yesterday awarded to N. R. Lee, of Lewiston Or- chards, the contract for the con- struction of a one-story brick and tile building. The dimen- sions of the structure will be 64 | by 120 feet and the contract price is $18,600. The largest sale of timber ever made in Idaho has just been closed, in which 9,720 acres of }land on Priest River, 15 miles from the town of Priest River, was sold to the Diamond Match company for $750,000. This is for the timber alone and does not include that land nor any trees under 14 inches in dia- meter. These are to be left standing and the brush is to be burned in such a way that young timber is not injured. Lester Wood, age 16, son of George Wood of rkston, was‘ instantly killed Sunday <— | about midnight when the s | Winton six car which he was driving plunged over an embank- | ment about a quarter of a mile , west of Kendrick on the Powell nal The ah oo over seve! times young | Wood instantly by breaking his removed ‘neck. His was with difficulty from the wreck. demol- a big ] e car was rock at the bottom a