Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, July 16, 1920, Page 1

--COTTONWOOD CHRONICLE ® VOLUME 28. NO. 29 THEIR LIVES: A. S. WRIGHT PERISHES IN VAIN ATTEMP TO SAVE HIS GRANDSON. ‘A. §. Wright, one of the prin- cipal owners of the Wright Groc- ery at Grangeville, and for 22 years a resident of Idaho county, and his 12 year old grandson, ; Frank Willey, met death in the Middle Fork of the Clearwater above Kooskia Saturday. Mr. Wright died from heart failure while trying to rescue his little grandson who was drowned. Mr. Wright in company with E. A. Day and two sons, W. H. Badgero, and two Willey boys, all of Grangeville.and a Mr. Mer- rifield of Walla Walla were on a fishing and outing trip in the Kooskia country when the sad accident occured. According to the best informa- tion obtained in Cottonwood the accident is said to have happen- ed in about the following man- ner: The older members of the party were engaged in a social game of cards, while the four boys were bathing in the river. upon lookng up from the card game Mr. Wright heard his lit- tle grandson call for help. The entire party went to the point where the Willey boy was in the water and proceeded to rescue the boy. The men all joined hands and wadded into the river and when Mr. Wright had the boy safely by the hand and was in water up to his chest he was attacked with heart trouble. Within a step to safety, Mr. Wright released hold of the boy and of the hand of Earn Day, who was next to him, the boy being washed down the river and drowned and Mr. Wright’s body going to the bottom of the river which was about 20 feet deep at the point where his body lodged. The body of the little boy was recovered almost immediately and everything possible done to revive him, but of no avail. His lungs were completely filled with water. The body of Mr. Wright was recovered in about an hour, There was no water in his lungs which clearly demonstrates he was dead before going under. It is stated by members present at the accident that after his body went down the first time it never came to the surface, while in drowning cases, the body appears twice above the water, the third submerge be- ing considered the fatal one. Memehers of the fishing party after the accident were all in a highly nervous state. The first of the week Mr. Day had not en- tirely recovered from the shock and was confined to his bed at his home. Hold Double Funeral. A double funeraly was held at Grangeville Monday under the auspices of the Knight of Pythi- as from the I. 0. O. F. hall, and is said by many to have been the largest funeral ever held in Idaho county. Mr. Wright was 59 years of age and is survived by his wife. one son and one daughter, Mrs. George Willey. He was a man of fine character and was recog- nized as one of Grangeville’s leading citizens. He was held in high esteem by all who knew him. Frank Willey is the 12 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Willey of Grangeville, having been born there in 1908. The funeral arrangements were in charge of Undertaker A. J. Maugg, who alos prepared the bodies for burial. The accident was a very sad one and the bereaved relatives of the deceased have the sympa- thy of every man, woman and child in Idaho county, in their sad misfortune. TWO GAMES AT FENN Two ball games are scheduled for at Fenn Sunday, July 18th. The first game will be played be- tween Fenn and _ Keuterville, commencing at 2 p.m. The second game will take place im- mediately after the first, be- tween Tolo and the winners of the first game. ~ COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1920 UNIONTOWN PIONEER DIES. George B. Wieber, pioneer and highly respected citizen of Union! town, Wash., died Saturday! evening of erysipelas, having on- ly been ill for a few days. | Mr. Wieber was in Cottonwood | on June 21st and attended the wedding of his son, Geo. Wieber to Miss Mary Bieren. | He was born in Sterns county, Minn., and opened a blacksmith | shop in company with his broth-| er, William, at Uniontown in| 1881. Eight years later he op- | ened up a hardware store, from which he retired after 27 years | in business, four years ago. He is survived by six sons and | three daughters; two brothers, Mareus and Jogeph, in Minneso- | ta; Jake. Colton, Wash., and| Conrad, Uniontown; a sister in Canada and Sister M. Agatha! and Sister M. Xavier, of the Ben- edictine order. Mr. Wieber has many friends in this section who regret to hear of his death. STORM DAMAGE OVER A MILLION LEWISTON - RIPARIA LINE BE CLOSED FOR AT LEAST TEN DAYS (Lewiston Tribune) | The rain, hail and wind storm developing early Tuesday even- ing caused grain damage con- servatively estimated at a mil- lon dollars in the western half of Asotin county. The district de- vastated embraces what is known as the Asotin flat, upper Peola and Cloverland districts, embracing an erea seven and one-half by fiteen miles. Two farmers alone lost crops of the value of $185,000, W. J. Houser a brothers of M. M. Houser, Portland grain dealer, lost 1.600 acres, the crop being vaued at over $125,000. On his place water rushed through a barn six feet and gangplows were carried a great distance William Jones had 900 acres in, crop and his loss is over $60,000, He drove today over his place in an automobile and was able to find only a few heads of unshat- tered grain. This corp was about ready for harvest and no portion of it will make hay, even the stalks being shattered. In his summer fallow field adjoin- ing, which was of meshy surface just before the storm, the soil is now packed like the infield of a haseball ground. A_ conserva- tive estimate had placed this crop at 30 bushes an acre., Neither Houser nor Jones carri- ed hail insurance. Many farm- ers of the devasted district car- ried insurance up to the total limit of $40 an acre but the gross insurance is not known at this time, although $250,000 had been checked up in the after- noon. Mr. Jones has farmed in that district for 30 years and report- ed this was the first hail dam- age he had suffered. Mrs. Jones was much distres- sed today,” said the farmer," but we'll go to the dance tonight. I said to her “Suppose we had lost one of the children instead of that crop.” In the Cloverland district it was estimated some fields would have returned 50 bushes an acre. The present Lewiston grain market is $2.30 per bushel, with but little of the new crop being offered at that figure. Asotin county on the east is hounded by Snake river when Idaho is entered. It appears that the hail zone extended only to within a few miles of the river, for in the grain belt directly east of Lewiston no damage is re- ported by the hail. The heavy rain tended to beat down some grain but farmers report any such damage is more than offset by the benefits of the moisture. The actual harvesting of grain in this district has now started. Garfield county lies west of Asotin county. Reports show, heavy rains flattened out some fields but no hail damage was noted by travelers passing through the district yesterday. Reports from the fruit dist- rict alone the Snake river be- tween Lewiston and me | show heavy damage was sustain- ed there by water spouts that! WINS SECOND IN CONTEST. followed the course of deep ra-| vines from the range of steep hills that crowd close to the river line. The fruit ranches in most instances occupy bars that have; formed during the years by the, washing of decayed basalt down | the ravines. White Brothers & Crum suffered a loss of $100,000° The entire fruit crop on their) Alpowa ranch, 12 miles below. Lewiston and comprisine peach- es, pears and prunes, is lost, the result of hail. At Bishop, 12 acres of orchards were ruined at their place, being covered with stone carried from the hillside. The waters rushed through the ranch house, carrying out win- dows and covering the floors with debris. At the firm’s Wawawai_ ranch _ considerable damage was done, but the full extent is not known at this time. Railroad Is Hard Hit The Camas Prairie Railroad company has suffered a damage between Wilma and Bishop that will represent at least $30,000 in | reconstruction and the road will be closed to travel for at least ten days. There are 33 rock and mud wash-overs in the fif- teen miles between Wilma and Bishop and a survey made yes-} terday shows there are 3,500 feet of tract that is covered to an average depth of five feet. There are six cuts where the construc- tion of temporary tracts will be necessary and much repair work | will be necessary between the wash-overs. The information received by the railroad company yesterday from station employes and tract workers is that two storms struct the lower river country. One storm broke near Wilma, ten miles below Lewiston, and the other struct near Bishop and followed the north breaks of the Snake river for several miles, then diverging toward Moscow and Pullman. The railroad company has been unable to receive reports of the property loss of fruit grow-; ers and ranches of the lower) river, but has been advised that many of the ranches have been practically ruined. LAID TO REST The remains of Mrs. Anthia Huff who died at her home in Brady, Montana was laid to rest in the Cottonwood cemetery Monday. The services were con- ducted by Rev. Marion Sligar at the cemetery. A. H. Nau was in charge of the funeral arrange- ments. In regard to the death of Mrs. Huff, who at one time was a resident of this section, a Brady paper vublished in her home town, has the followine to say: “This community was shocked Tuesday noon to learn of the sudden death of Mrs. Anthia Huff, at her home six miles east of Brady from heart trouble. During the morning she seemed perfectly well and came in from the garden at noon, and saying a few words to the children in the room, sank into her arm- chair and passed quietly into the other realm. Thus passed one of the best of women. A good mother, helpful, optimistic, cheerfull. A hard worker not only for her own family but of late bringing up and educating a family of young grandchildren. It will be these young children that will miss her motherly care in the days to come. The deceased was born in Martin county, Ind., May 1, 1862. Was married to Martin V. Huff Sr., a Civil War veteran in 1880 and in 1881 they moved to Mis- souri. In 1902 the family mov- ed to Cottonwood, Idaho. The husband died in September 1908 and since May 10, 1917, the de- ceased has resided on her farm east of Brady. She was the mother of nine children, six of whom survive her, Chester A., of Ponaka, Alta., Martin V. of Brady. William M. of Grange- ville, Idaho, Lawrence E. of Mos- cow, Idaho, Roy E. and Mrs. M. G. Hall, both of Brady. FARMERS HAYING. A considerable amount of hay | has already been cut on Camas prairie, the most of which was cut*the past three days. The hay is of exceptionally good quality and is yielding much bet- ter than was anticipated by a... — the next = days o haying on the prairie will be completed. |e Some time ago the Catholic Women’s League offered a prize of $25 to any eighth grade boy or girl of the 15 parochial schools of Idaho, who would write the best essay on “Cath- olic War Activities in our Par- ish.” Naturally the 14 boys and| girls of the graduating class of St. Joseph’s School in Cotton- wood entered the contest and the following is the judges report: “We wish to submit the follow- ing report to the Catholic Wo- men’s League in regard to the essays cn “Catholic War Work in our Parish’, which were sent in from the Catholic parishes in Idaho: “To Jack Dunning, of St. Jos- eph’s School, Boise, Idaho, was given the unanimous vote of the committee for having the best essay. The committee sincerely regretted that there was not a second prize offered, which would have been given to John Jenny, of St. Joseph’s School, Cottonwood, Idaho. | The vote on this essay was also unani- mous.” The judges were eighth grade public school teachers, and only one of them was a resident of Idaho. Congratulations to John who was but 14 years old, and our best wishes that all his future enterprises may terminate as successfully. IDAHO’S WONDER CANYON. “The great Salmon river can- yon is little thought of by those who live here as the greatest in- denture of the earth’s crust but this is true,” said J. B. Eldridge, vice president of the Idaho State Mining association, in his ad- dress to that body at Boise last week. “Of all the great canyons known to exist, the canyon of the Salmon river is the most wonderful. It may not be gen- erally known, but it is a fact that the mountains of central Idaho along the*Salmon river country are the highest moun- tains of the Rocky mountain range. “They do not ascend to the altitude that some others attain, but counting the highest of those great, rough peaks from the base they rest upon, we find the most | rugged and high and the most of the range right precipitous mountains Rocky mountain here in Idaho. The base upon which these great mountains rest is only at an altitude of | from 3000 to 3500 feet, though they rise to a height of more! than 10,000 feet, while the high mountains of Colorado start with | a base of from 6000 to 8000 feet.” LOST GOOD ONE. Cottonwood lost, what many consider to have been the best game played thus far in the} prairie league Sunday, to Win- chester when it took 12 innings to decide the winner. The play- ing of the home boys was almost perfect, only two errors beng made by Cottonwood during the game. Rooke and Schurman, who did the battery work for Cottonwood are deserving of special mention. When a team plays ball like like the home boys did Sunday they are entitled to win. But no such luck for Cot-| tonwood. Never-the-less the home fans, while wanting to win have no bones to pick on loosing a game of this kind. Results of games: At Cot-| tonwood—Winchester 10, Cot-| tonwood 6. At Ferdinand—Grangeville 8, | Ferdinand 10. | At Craigmont—Kamiah Craigmont 9. At Kooskia—Kooskia 9, Nez- perce 13. Games for Sunday Nezperce at Cottonwood. Ferdinand at Craigmont. Winchester at Kooskia. Kamiah at Grangeville. Roy E. Huff. 2,) TWO COUNTIES TO MEET. A baseball tournament is be- ing planned for July 29, 30, 31 to be held at Grangeville be- tween the all-star teams of Lewis and Idaho counties. The Lewis county players will be se- lected from the league teams of Winchester, Craigmont, _Nez- perce and Kamiah while Idaho county will select players from the teams of Grangeville, Cot- tonwood, Ferdinand and Koos- jed the night previous. WITHDRAWS NAME. Victor Peterson, manager of the Farmers Union Warehouse & Elevator Co., at Grangeville who filed his name as a demo- cratic candidate for state repres- entative withdrew his name from the race. Had Mr. Peter- son remained in the race we are quite sure he would have receiv- | ed a fine vote in Cottonwood. SAND ARRIVES. Two carloads of sand were un- loaded Monday, which will be used in the construction of the cement walks. One carload of cement also arrived the first of the week. Peter Book, the con- tractor, is now busy laying the forms for the cement walks from the Frank Terhaar resi- dence to the old Parker store. The concrete work no doubt will take place as soon as the rock crusher is started. Men have been busy all week drilling holes in order to loosen the rock with dynamite at the rock pit back of the Leggett Mercantile Co. LET TWO Bie CONTRACTS $344,000 TO BE ROADS IN IDAHO & CLEAR WATER COUNTIES. Bids involving the expendi- ture of $344,000 for the con- struction of two important high- way projects in Idaho were ac- cepted at Missoula yesterday at the district headquarters of the bureau of public roads, two Spokane contractors being the successful bidders. The bid of the Siems & Car!- son company of $157,00 was the lowest for the construction of the Greer-Bungalow national forest road project located with- in the Clearwater national forest in Idaho. The length of this road will be approximately 9.9 miles and the work must be com- pleted in 200 weather working days following the execution of the contract by the secretary of agriculture. This work is near Pierce City. Otto Hanson of Spokane bid $187,00 for the construction of the South Fork Clearwater na- tional forest project, located within the Nez Perce forest. The length of this road will be 11 miles. The contract specif- ies that the work must be com- pleted in 250 weather working days. This work is near Grange- ville. Important forest tracts will be opened by the construction of these roads. LUCKY FIRE, A fire which if discovered a half hour later might have easil: laid the greater portion of Cot- tonwood in ashes was discovered Tuseday morning at 6:15 a. m. by Floyd Baker as he was on his way to their store to open the establishment for business. The fire was discovered burning on the corner of the Hoene Garage and had burned up for a dis- tance of 15 feet towards the roof. It no doubt started from a trash pile near by that had been burn- No great damage resulted. The flames were put out by Nick Allen, Fat Hamlin, Floyd Baker and a few others and no general alarm was turned in. Arlie Gentry brought to the Chronicle office this week 12 new potatoes, raised on his river ranch, near Cottonwood that weigh 9 pounds. The potatoes are of the “Earliest of All” var- iety and are as fine potatoes as anyone would wish to see. The 12 tubers at 12c a pound are worth 9c each. Mr. Gentry states he has several sacks of these potatoes for sale. CARD OF THANKS. We wish to thank our friends and former neighbors for the many kind acts performed by them during the interment of the remains of our beloved moth- er. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence E. Huff. Mr. and Mrs. William Huff. Mr and Mrs. M. G. Hall. C A. Hoff. Martin V. Huff. SPENT ON) $2.00 PER YEAR NEWS AROUND — THE STATE Items of Interest From Various Sections Reproduced for Ben- efit of Our Readers. _ The Mark P. Miller Co. of Moscow, Idaho, has con- tracted for a concrete storage and warehouse plant there with capacity of 300,000 bushels. Over four million bushels more wheat will be grown in Idaho during 1920 than in 1919, ac- cording to the estimate of Julius H. Jacobson, agricultural statis- tician for Idaho. be poe J were granted pardons by action of the pardon board Thursday at Boise. Phere. day's meeting was a continua- tion of the session held-on Wed- nesday when five pardons were granted, making 15 altogether. Mrs. Edith Steel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jennings of Oro Fino, ended her life last Friday in Spokane by jumping into the river. Her body was recovered and taken to Oro Fino for interment. Articles of incorporation of the Howard Pulp & Paper comp- any, a corporation with a capital- ization of twenty-five million ‘dollars, with its principal place of business at Idaho Falls were filed Wednesday with the secre- tary of state’s office. Barns are being filled with al- falfa hay in the Moscow, Idaho, district, the first crop of which has been harvested. The price ranges from $20 in the field to $26 for baled alfalfa delivered in Moscow, and it is being sold as rapidly as offered. Declaring that their salaries were insufficient in the face of the present high cost of living, Lewston policemen and firemen appeared before the city council of that city with a petition for an increase of $20 a month. Idaho’s public utilities com- mission in an order issued Wed- nesday, has granted the Clear- water telephone lines, Samson Snyder, proprietor, an increase in the rates of telephone charges in Clearwater, Lewis and Nez- Perce counties, where the Clear- water lines are in operation. What is considered the high water mark for deposits in Wal- lace banks is reported by the First National and Wallace Bank and Trust company at the close of business June 30. Aggre- gate deposits were $7,344,482, and loans and discounts $3,736,- 086. Cash on hand was $2,852,- 806. The Pocatello Milling & Elev- ator Co. at Pocatello, Idaho, with a capacity of 500 barrels a day, started operations July 1. Steel and concrete and brick have been used in the completion of one of the most thoroughly equipped milling and elevator plants in the northwest. The company is capitalized at $175,- 000. Arthur M. Garvin, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Garvin of Nez- perce, died last Friday morning at the White hospital in Lewis- ton from meningitis. He has been failing for some time and was taken to the hospital about ten days ago. He was about 23 years of age and saw service in France. North Idaho republicans will be interested in the announce- men that Miles Cannon, state commissioner of agriculture, has entered the race for the republi- can nomination of United States senator and will go before the state convention at Pocatello on the platform involving the prin- ciples for which he has fought in the administration of his pre- sent duties. An unusual scene occurred in the junenile court at Boise Mon- day, when a 60 year-old father appeared in court with a week- old babe and said he wished to give it away. His excuse was that he might die any time, and his wife was not able to support it. Close questioning reveal the fact that the father was making $100 a month at the present time, and that the moth- er wished the babe. The court told the father that he would | have to care for the child just as Milling jong as he was able to work.