Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, August 20, 1920, Page 1

| aE aetna EEE EE ee ) , a teenies Ld THRESHEMEN’S MEELING SAT, ATTENDED BY 28 OWNERS OF MACHINES SATURDAY IN COTTONWOOD In order to establish a uni- form rate for threshing as well as for Jabor, skilled and unskil led, 28 threshermen represent- ing the communities of Green creek, Winona, Ferdinand, Fenn, Keuterville, Grangeville and Cot- tonwood, held a meeting in Cot- tonwoced Saturday evening. It was decided after some discus- sion to pay 50c an hour for a 12 hour day to pitchers, drivers and helpers, which includes board. Sack sowers $7 a day. The price for a team was set at $1.50, $2 for a team and wag- on, water haulers $10.00 a day including four horses . The wage to be paid engineers and separator tenders was left to the threshermen themselves, as this requires skilled labor it was decided to leave the salaries to be paid them to the operators of the machines. After setting a price on labor which they considered to be fair, they took up the question of the price to be asked for threshing. It was the general opinion of the members present at the meeting, and the prices asked for are based on a 1250 bushel average per day, for a 20 days run dur- ing the season, that the actual cost of threshing a bushel of wheat runs as follows: 25 cents a bushel where thresh erman furnishes complete out- fit including cook house. 21 cents a bushel where he furn ishes complete outfit except cook house. 18 cents a bushel where farm- er furnishes four pitchers, four bundle teams and machine crew. 14 cents a bushel where farm- er furnishes machine, crew of four men. The above prices asked for are actual expenses and in order for the machine men to make a pro fit it would) be necessary for them to vet a hirher average run per day as quoted above and a longer s on’s run. Considering the poor crops for the last two seasons the senti- ment of the meeting was to thresh at the lowest possible rate and to give the farmers the best service possible in order to save* the crop. The above prices are also sub- ject to a raise where the grain is badly burnt or hail has damaged the growing grain. The quotations above are bas- ed upon past experiences and crops, interest on investment of outfit, workmen’s compensation insurance, wear and tear on machine and labor. Last year an average of 1000 bushels were run through = machine in a day while years previous when crops were nor- mal 1500 to 2000 bushels were said to be the average daily runs. SELLS HOME. Geo. M. Robertson, formerly eashier of the First National Bank of Cottonwood on Monday disposed of his fine home in Cot- tonwood to O. D. Hamlin for the consideration of $3000. The home is one of the best in Cot- tonwood being strickly modern throughout. Mr. Robertson will give possession the first of Oct- ober when the Hamlins will re- move from their present home to the Robertson home. Mr. Robert- son, while at the present time is undecided as to where he will lo- cate has several places in view and will make a decision before he vacates his home. RAILROAD OFFICIALS VISIT. E. C. Blanchard, general man- ager of the Northen Pacific rail- way, and J. E. Craber, general superintendent of the same line with headquarters in Tacoma made a trip the Camas Prairie railroad from Lewiston to Grangeville. The party traveled in two private ears attached to the regular pas- senger train Tuesday morning. TRUCK TURNS OVER. of inspection over! COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1920 John Dempewolf, while com- ing up the Uhlorn grade on the main road between Cottonwood! and Ferdinand Tuesday, with a load of 1500 brick, narrowly es- | caped death when rounding the last curve on the hill near the top, his engine went “dead” and} the truck started back down the) The driver at once applied both brakes but owing to the heavy load they were unable to | hold the truck. Mr. Dempwolf, then turned the truck for the, bank, the hind wheels running | up the embankment and upset tine the truck, bottom side up John Meyer who was on his way to Ferdinand was the first man | at the scene of the accident and helped the driver out of the) wreckage. The truck is the property of the Madison Lumber Co., and was only slightly dam- aged. | BE BUILT REPRESENTATIVES OF PUB- LIC UTILITIES REPORT FAVORABLY “The 97 miles of railroad through the Little Salmon river canyon between New Meadows and Fenn should be built,” was | the statement made Saturday by Leonard Way, rate expert of the state public utilities commission, and Raymond L. Givens, attor-, ney for the commission, upon completion of a report of a recent survey of the proposed railroad | site. The interstate commission will hold a hearing on the proposed construction of the road by the Northern Pacifie Railroad comp- any September 16 at Boise. 3oth Mr. Givens and Mr. Way believe that the building of the road would be advantageous to the state and to the Northern! Pacific and Pacific and Idaho Northern railroad companies. Portions of the report follow: “At Weiser we held a meeting | with the business interests of the city and later with the Weis- er Commercial club, Another meeting is to be held at Weiser, August 27. Midvale, Cambridge and Council commercial clubs met with us and agreed to furn-! ish additional information for the commission on August 27 at Weiser. | “Commercial clubs and busi- ness men are enthusiastic over the proposed construction of the road and they believe that the inimense undeveloped resources of the country and the saving of the road would give the state in| time and freight and passenger rates, will more than justify the construction of the railroad. Make Inspection of Route. The two utility commission re-| presentatives visited New Mead-| ows, Round Valley, Riggins, and made excursions into the sur-) rounding territory to gather all) the information that could be ob- tained. Mr. Givens and Mr. Way say that there is plenty of room in the Little Salmon river canyon for the railroad and a highway running parallel as far as Riggins to the main Salmon! river. If the road is built it will make a scenic route that will equal the! Royal Gorge of the Colorado. The road will connect the Pacific and Idaho Northern at New, Meadows with the Northern) Pacific at Fenn and will cut fully one-half the distance from north- ern to southern Idaho. It is estimated that traffic from northern to southern Idaho would be incresaed 50 per cent. —Boise Statesman. AUTOS IN IDAHO 48,507. The Idaho Automotive Trades association, recently organized in this state, announces it has just completed a partial survey | of the autos in Idaho and has dis-| covered that there are now 48.507 autos and trucks register- ed in the state; that less than one percent of these cars are us-! | ELECT STATE DELEGATES. | QUARTER SECTION—$29,000. Precinct committeemen from all sections of Idaho county as- sembled at Grangeville Tuesday afternoon as representatives of | the democratic and republican parties for the purpose of nam- ing delegates to the state con- ventions, that of the democrats to be held at Idaho Falls on Aug. 24, and the republicans at Poca- tello on the same date, and for the election of such other offic- ers as serve the county central committees and the transaction of all such business pertinent to the gathering. The democrats named F. E. Fogg, Reese Hattabaugh and J. | S. Safley as delegates to the state convention, and John Powell, M. H. Baulch and P. J. Taylor as alternates, the last named being a resident of Koos- kia, all others being from Grangeville. W. W. Brown of Grangeville was elected state committeeman. The delegates to the state con- vention were instructed to vote for N. B. Pettibone for governor, “first, last and all time.” The record of United States Senator Nugent was endorsed. The republicans in their con- vention reelected Evan Evans as state committeeman, and further honored Mr. Evans by naming | him as a delegate to the conven- tion at Pocatello, the other dele- gates elected being Frank A. Fenn of Kooskia, G. F. McKin- ney of Cottonwood and John D. Long of Grangeville. The dele- gates to the state convention go uninstructed. TO PREVENT DEFICIT. A plan of underwriting the gate receipts of the Northwest Livestock association to prevent a deficit is now being offered the stockmen and farmers of the northwest and in a nutshell it provides for at least 300 and not more than 500 subscribers to pledge themselves to support the show to a maximum of $10 per year. The campaign for sub- scribers will be made by Bert F. Savage, assistant secretary, who visited Cottonwood a few days ago in the initial work of the or- ganization. Subscribers will be asked to pay $10 when the subscription is made or within 30 days there- Through the agency of B. J. Fike, Daniel Hoover Thurs. sold his farm, consisting of 480 acres lying two miles east of this city, for $75,000. Each of the three quarters was sold to a different party, Chas. F. Thomas, of this city, buying the home quarter— one of the best improved on the prairie—-for $29,000 ; the highest price yet paid for 160 acres of this prairie land. Another quar- ter was sold to Earl Reinhardt for $22,000, and J. H. Mitchel! bought the third quarted for $24,000. The two latter gentle- men are well known farmers, operating in the vicinity of the Hoover place. Mr. Hoover, who is one of our most highly esteem- ed pioneers, will dispose of his farming equipment at a public sale and retire. — Nezperce Herald. INCREASE IN ASSESSMENTS RISE IN PROPERTY VALUES IS ALMOST MILLION DOL- LARS MORE FARM LAND Total assessed valuation of all property in Idaho county as of Jan. 1, 1920, is $12,685,574, an increase of almost a million over that of 1919, abstract of assess- ment rolls, as recently completed by Henry Telcher, county audi- tor, discloses. Total valuation in Idaho county in 1919 was $11,794,545. Notable increases are shown in farm land, acerage of which is increased, as well as is the asses- sed valuation. Owing to the hard winter, the number of com- mon cattle in the county has de- creased notably. On Jan. 1, 1920, there were 16,600 common cat- tle, while in 1919 the number was 23,584. In the same period, the number of common sheep has increased from 28,421 to 33,286. Real estate is reported as fol- lows: Agricultural land, 161,562 | acres, $6,543,349; timber land, 14,294 acres, $132,453; cut-over after. Each subscriber is enti- ' ins ; F tled to a membership ticket and 224 urned timber land, 7081 any further payments will be { ig ae $a cae. foe made on the assessment plan 99,821 acres, $2,274,240; waste but the assessments cannot ex- ceed $10 per year. No asse! ment will be made unless there is a deficit in the gate receipts. Under the present plan the fifteen directors are morally re- sponsible for any deficit that may occur and as the annual show is conducted on the budget system, the only deficit that can occur is in the matter of gate re- ceipts. It is the opinion of the association managers that the show has now been established on such a high standard that the stockmen and farmers will will- ingly make the necessary sub- scriptions to underwrite the gate receipts. Miss Vivian Baker assisted by Mrs. T. C. Keith and Miss Elza Matthiesen gave a most pleasing recital Thursday afternoon at the Baker home. The rooms were prettily decorated and a de- licious luncheon was served the guests following the recital. Thirty friends were present and a most interesting program was rendered which was more than enjoyed by the guests. The following program was rendered : Piano Solo: “Poet and Peas- ant” by Brunner—Vivian Baker. Vocal Solo: “Come Back and Drive the Clouds Away”—Mrs. T. C. Keith. Piano Solo: “Hark! Hark! The Lark” by Schubert — Vivian Baker. Piano Solo: “Morning Prayer” by Streabbog—Elza Matthiesen. Musical Recitation — Vivian Baker. Piano Solo: Hungarian Rhap- sodie No. 12 by Lizst—Vivian Baker. Vocal Duet—Mrs. T. C. Keith, and Vivian Baker. Piano Solo: “Battle of The ed for purely pleasure purposes, -Marne” by Luxton—Vivian Bak- and even in those cases it is doubtful if they can be so catal-| ogued for in every case there er. Volcal Solo—Elza Matthiesen. Musical Recitation — Vivian land, 148,180 acres, $159,291; mineral land, 7576 acres, $31,719 equities in state lands, $26,391; business lots, $101,584. residence lots, $167,598; improvements, city and county, $1,161,825. Cattle: Full blooded cows, bulls and heifers, 446, $31,130; common, 16,600, $515,840; milch cows, 1448, $57,920; yearlings, 7560, $112,235. Horses and mules: Grade and work, 3861, $303,605; stock and common, 3959, $160,650; stallion and finely bred mares, 48, $8015. Sheep and goats. common 83,- 286, $204,599. Hogs, 5970, $52,719. Merchandise stock, $241,839; printing plants, mills, ete., $25,- 760; machine shops, threshing machines, combines, tractors, etc., $88,220; furniture, office equiptment etc., $32,005; surgi- cal instruments, scientific in- struments, miners’ tools, farm machinery, et $13,375; not otherwise classified, $217,017. M. J. McMurray, last Friday assesseds | sold 5000 bushels of his present | crop to the Pacifie Grain Co., at $2.19 a bushel. There were sev- eral bidders for Mac's crop, which consists of about 30,000 bushels and the price paid was a bit higher than the market would warrant at the time. How- ever, Mac was tempted to let an additional 5000 bushels go later at the same price, but expects to hold the balance of his crop for spring.—Ferdinand Enterprise. GLENALEE BARTLETT DIES Glenalee Bartlett, the little two year old daughter of Mrs. R. F. Bartlett of Hanford, Calif- ornia, died at the Children’s Hos- pital in San Francisco Tuesday, August 10th from disintary. The little girl is the grand daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Turner formerly of this place but now residents of California. The funreal services were held P. E: Thian, valuation engi- was some other than social use| Baker. Friday, from the Peoples Under- neer of the Northen Pacific also, for the cars. All cars are held; Piano Solo: “Home Sweet! taking Parlors at Hanford and made a trip over the line in his/ to be indispensable to their own-|Home and Variations—Vivian| the remains were interred in the private car. Wednesday morning. | ers. i | Baker. Hanford cemetery. jis bitterly MANY HEAR BORAH An audience of several hundr- ed persons heard United States Senator William E. Borah dis- cuss the League of Nations at the I. O. O. F. hall in Grange- ville Saturday evening. The senator appeared to he very earnest in his assertions and many times during his discourse he read actual figures and sent- ences from various public speak- ers and documents. The speech made by Idaho's senior senatcr is considered a masterpiece, that is from a standpoint of opposition to the league. A large number of Cottonwood people were present at the meet- ing, and like all public speeches, some agreed with the speaker, while others disagreed. Senator Borah and his party passed through Cottonwood Sun- day morning enrouted to Lewis- ton and spent 20 minutes in the city. The party was making the trip in the “big yellow car’ that has been causine so much gs $2.00 PER YEAR : NEWS AROUND | THE STATE | — a) Items of Interest From Various Sections Reproduced for Ben- | efit of Our Readers, | Franklin Roosevelt, democr- atic candidate for the vice pres- | idency will deliver an address in | Coeur d’Alene city on his west- ern trip some time this month. Young Ketchell and Joe Reag- ; er will meet in the roped arena /on the Temple theatre stage in | Lewiston on the night of Satur- | day, Sept. 18. These two fight- ers fought to a draw at Winches- , ter recently. : | Out of a total of thirteen | pieces of Indian land offered for | sale Tuesday at the office of comment in various sections of | S¢Perintendent O. H. Lipps of the state. The car in which the | the Nez Perce reservation, nine opposer of the League of Nations | Pieces were sold, bringing a total is traveling is reported to be the | of $67,538, or a little more than property of “Jerry” Day, mil- lionaire mining man of Moscow and chairman of the democratic | resident of Lewiston central committee. Relative to his touring North- $81 per acre on an average. | C. W. Thompson, formerly a and a well | known character throughout the state of Idaho died in California ern Idaho in the Day car, the| Monday. Before removing from Moscow Mirror has the follow- ing to say: “Incidents connected with the visit of Senator W. E. Borah to Moscow and other north Idaho points, have set the political gos- sips to wondering and talking. Senator Borah, leading republi- can campaigner of the west, who fighting the demo- cratic candidate for president and the democratic administra- tion, is being taken over north- ern Idaho to hold his meetings, and deliver his addresses, in the fine Marmon car of Jerome J. Day, millionaire mining man of Wallace, and state chairman of the democratic central commit- tee. “The big yellow car, eastern Washington, Bowers, the chauffeur Day family, have been placed at the disposal of Senator Borah. | He came from Spokane to Mos- cow in the Day car and cow to Genesee and back Bowers, the chauffeur is reported to have stated to a Moscow friend that he is to take Senator Borah to all his meeting | Grangeville. | places including Evan Evans, of Grangeville, a warm personal friend of Senator Borah accompanied the party to and from Moscow in “Jerry” Day’s car. “Democrats and : republicans alike are wondering what this means. Several solutions are offered. One is that the Day interests are backing Charles W. Beale, of Wallace, for United States senator. Beale is seeking the republican nomination to succeed Senator Nugent and went to Spokane for a consulta- tion with Senator Borah there. Some persons profess to see in the attentions paid to Senator Borah by “Jerry” Day, an effort to “boost” Beales candidacy. “The incident has caused a great amount of gossip and won- | derment in political circles here.” CRAIGMONT WINS. The much talked of game be- tween Craigmont and Nezperce was won by the former on the Nezperce diamond Sunday by a score of 5 to4. The game was hotly contested from the start and at the end of the 7th inning the score stood 5 to 1 in favor of Craigmont. The batteries were Wade and Moran for Craigmont and Schildnecht and Williams for Nezperce. Both pitchers were in good form, only 8 hits being made during the entire game, 5 by Nezperce and 3 by Craigmont. The crowd, which was made up of ball fans from the entire two prairies was esti- mated at 2000. A return game will be played on the Craigmont diamond Sunday. Mrs. Frank Honer and child- ren returned Wednesday evening from a few days visit with re- latives in Lewiston. Mrs. Hon- er was accompanied home by her husband’s mother, Mrs. Honer of St. Cloud, Minn., who will visit at the home of her son for an indefinite period. known | throughout northern Idaho and) and Jack | of the) was | taken in the same car’ from Mos- | and Lewiston | | his old home in Lewiston to Cal- | ifornia some years ago he was a | prominent figure in republican | polities. | The American National Bank, | Which opened its doors in Lewis- |ton Monday morning for busi- |ness did a fine volume of busi- jnhess the first day, deposits | amounting to $50,000. Fifteen | Persons were waiting at the | doors when they were opened in order to have the honor of being the first depositor. | The newspapers of this state |are being asked to help locate |Manning A. Trea, 17, missing |from his home in Ithaca, N. Y,. since June 6. He is said to be a boy of good habits and it is thought probably he was lured away by advertisements of big wages being paid boys. He is 5 feet 8 inches, tall, dark weight about 135, plays clarinet and cornet well enough to take a pos- ition in a band or orchestra. As the result of a vigorous campaign by the chamber of com | merce at Sandpoint, Idaho, the $140,000 school bond election | held Saturday carried 847 to 87. Following defeat of the bonds by one vote with less than 200 cast two months ago, the chamber of commerce and the civie club got behind a new election. Of the | $140,000 voted, $125,000 is to go | into a new high school building | and $15,000 into equiptment. County assessors in session at | Boise last week all agreed that | cattle and sheep in the state are assessed above their actual value | according to reports made to the state board of equalization from 20 assessors. Each man was questioned by the board for rea- | sons for increased or lowered as- sessments. County abstracts were compared’ with fieures compiled by John D. Robertson, jae enemies assisting the voard. For the first time the true or- chard acreage of the state of Idaho is known and files of the Idaho department of agriculture give a description as to acreage and varieties of every orchard. These records show 26,759 acres of apples, 3962 acres of Italian prunes, 309 acres of cherries, 480 acres of peaches, 50 acres of apricots and 284 acres of pears, or a total of 31,848 acres. With such records as a guide it has been possible to make a worth while estimte of production from the visitation and reports of 22 horticultural inspectors. A shot accidently fired from « 22-calibre Stevens revolver in the hands of one of his closest friends, whose name is being withheld, entered the abdomen of Frank Patterson, an engineer | attached to the Missoula office | of the United States department of public roads, ploughed its | way through his body, penetrat- ing his intestines in twelve |places and the mesentary or large bowel in four places, and leaving him in a critical condi- | tion after bleeding profusely in- ternally for hours. The acci- dent occured near Kooskia.