Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, October 22, 1920, Page 1

. --COTTONWOOD CHRONICLE > VOLUME 28. NO. 43 TO FEED THE DAMAGED GRAIN DAMAGED GRAIN ON PRAI- RIE CAN BE SAVED THIS WAY. Importation of shoats from the middle west to utilize wheat damaged by wet weather in Ida- ho, Lewis and Nez Perce coun- ties, was discussed at a meeting in Grangevile Tuesday night. W. J. Jordan, traveling freight and passenger agent for the Northern Pacific railroad, was present at the meeting, and will procure figures as to probeble cost of the shoats, and whether they can be shipped in transit from the middle west to Pacific coast markets, and be brought to central Idaho for feeding pur- poses under a low freight rate. Also, matter of financing the purchase of the shoats was dis- cussed. There are reported to be thou- sends of bushels of grain in these three counties that will be pbsolutely a complete loss to the farmers if hogs cannot he pro- cured to eat the damaged grain, caused from the wet weather of the last two weeks, and with no prospect of the grain again he- comirs dry so that it can be; threshed. In order to procure the hogs they must be shinned in from outside points as Idaho county does not hold its former reputa- tion as a great pork producing county. In years gone by three train loads were shipped from the prairie weekly and it is safe to say, that at the present time three cars easily handle all the hogs shipped weekly. a condition brought about by the high price of feed during the past few vears. Many of the farmers have sold their breeding stock and are now practically out of the hog business. This appears to be about the only solution to save the grain that is in the field unthreshed, and it is deemed advisable to im- port shoats if possible to save the farmers from a_ complete loss. In this movement the railroad has taken an active in- terest as well as a large number of the prominent farmers of Idaho, Lewis and Nezperce counties. DEBATE SUNDAY. On Sunday evening, October 24, at the M. E. Church the fol- lowing question will be up for debate between. Jess Robertson- Aff.. W. W. Flint-Neg:- Resolv- ed: That Gov. James Cox should be elected to the Presidency of the United States. Time Aff. 15 minutes, Neg. 20 minutes. rebuttal 5 minutes. Ballots will be provided and a vote taken on evidence admitted. Debate called at 7:30 P. M. We are putting this on with the belief that all voters should have a fair knowledge of the per- son whom thev are to sulpport for the Presidency of such a erand republic, as is this of ours. The obiect of the debate is to show that there is a sensible canse of belief for either side. The debate will be followed with a short session of the Ep- worth League. All are welcome. ENTERTAINED SATURDAY. Mrs. M. A. Pierce, Mrs. Frank Simon and Miss Helen Eckert entertained a company of their friends, at the Pierce country home, Saturday afternoon, at a five hundred party, eight tables playing. A delightful afternoon was en- joyed by all and after the card games a dainty lunch was par- taken of. The prize for the high score went to Miss Rutledge and the) conselation to Mrs. R. H. Kend- all. «MORE CEMENT WALKS. Another improvement which the St. Mary’s Catholic church can well feel proud of is the new cement walk completed this week on King street. The new walk is some 250 feet in length. The Ladies Aid will give a tea at the home of Mrs. T. C. Keith ednesday, October Wi f° 27th. Every | UHLORN-DUMAN. ‘hill. COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2 Alois Uhlorn and Miss Schol- astica Duman were married in St. Mary’s Catholic church in! Cottonwood Tuesday morning, | the Rev. Fr. Willibrord perform- ing the ceremony. After the wedding services the happy young couple motored to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew) |Duman, parents of the bride, | where a wedding dinner was served to relatives of the bride and groom. | The groom is a popular and. well known young farmer of the Ferdinand section and his bride) is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. | Andrew Duman, two highly res-| pected citizens of this section. In the evening the wedding party motored to Ferdinand where Mr. Uhlorn gave a free wedding dance which was at- tended by a large number of friends of Mr. and Mrs. Uhlorn. The newly married couple will make their home on the Uhlorn farm in the Ferdinand section. The Chronicle desires to be numbered with their many) friends in extending congratula- tions and wishes them happiness and prosperity through life. CAN VOTE THOUGH ABSENT Attention is called to the Ida- ho law which permits registered voters to cast a vote at the gen- eral election although absent from the precinet, county or state. Thelaw provides that requests may be made_ to the county auditor (Henry Te!cher) | for an “absent voter’s blank” and this will be sent by the! county auditor by registered mail to the voter. The latter fills out the application and re- turns it to the county auditor! who may issue, 15 days before election, a ticket to be marked and returned by registered mail to the auditor who casts the bal- lot for the voter. As the time is limited and getting shorter every day, absent voters who wish to vote at the election on Tuesday, November 2 are urged to make application early in or- der that they may secure the) blank application, fill it out and return it and get the ballot and return it in time to be cast at the election. This should receive prompt attention of all absent voters who wish to vote at the| election November 2. But only; registered voters can do this. SOME SPUDS. A large number of farmers in this section early this spring re- fused to plant irrigated seed potatoes, using the argument that they would not grow in non- irrigated districts. Their ar- gument was also upheld by sev- | eral newspapers, printing ac-| counts of farmers that had planted them in their localities, and that they did not grow. Seeing however*is believing, for | on Wednesday of this week, M. A. Pierce brought to the Chron- icle office a fine sample of these spuds, grown from irrigated pot- | atoes, on his ranch near the foot The potatoes are as fine a lot as any one could wish, each, hill bearing exceptionally heavy in quantity and the quality) seems to he of the best. These | potatoes are now on display in the Chronicle office. Mr. Pierce | stated that they are as fine a lot of spuds as he has ever raised. WIN MANY PRIZES. Howard McKinley who exhib- ited a number of his thorourh- hred Poland China hogs at the, Lewis County Farm Bureau Fair at Nezperce, October 8 and 9 won a good share of the prizes, offered in the Poland China class According to the Nezperce Her- ald he won the following prizes: Aged boar—Howard McKin- ley. 1st. Aged sows—Elmer ist; Howard McKinley, 2nd; Chester Stanton. 3rd. Gilts—Howard McKinley, 1st and 2nd; Chester Stanton, 3rd. Boars, 1 vear and under— Howard McKinley, 1st and 2nd; | Elmer Thorson, 8rd. | Junior Champions, boar—How | ard McKinlev. { Grand and Junior champion sow—Howard McKinley. Grand champion boar—How- ard McKinley. THANKSGIVING BALL. The Knights of Pythias are, making arrangements for their! annual Thanksgiving Ball, an) Thorsen, | ward to by many people in this section. event that is always looked = twenty couples | Grangeville Sunday. | hert Wood. N. B. Pettibone, J. G. _FARM BUREAU MEETING. | spring ona United States Senator John F. In the interest of Idaho farmers, Senator John F. Nugent sent a telegram Monday to President Wilson urging that an embargo be placed at once on wheat shipments from Canada into this country. This telegram was sent from the southeastern section of the state and it urges that immediate action be taken. It is as follows: “President Wilson, White House, Washington, D. C.: “T respectfully urge that you place an cmbargo on wheat from Canada. Farmers of this state particularly raised this crop at a tremendously increased cost to them because of high cost of labor and everything else entering into the cost of production. I feel they are as a matter of right absolutely entit!ed to such protection at the hands of the government as to place them in a_ position where they will not be obliged to encounter unfair competition. “Situation is critical and I urge that immediate action be taken by you.” LONG LAID TO REST. John D. Long, who dead at MISCELLANEOUS SHOWER. Miss Marguerite Seubert, marriage to Edward J. | dropped | the “Married Folks”; whoes dance at Grangeville last Wed-| Funke will take place Tuesday nesday evening was buried in, October 26th, was the guest of the near | honor at a miscellaneous shower The funer-| given Thursday evening at the al services were held from the} Jenny country home. I. O. O. F. hall in Grangeville} A most enjoyable evening was Sunday afternoon and were at-| spent with music and cards. The tended by hundreds of friends of | prizes for the high scores were the deceased and was without a} received by Mrs. Paul Schurman doubt, the largest funeral ever} and Al Herboth. held in Grangeville. The floral; Many beautiful and practical offerings were beautiful and gifts were received by the bride- many, and clearly demonstrated | to-be. A delicious lunch was the high respect in which he! served iate in the evening. was held by his fellow citizens of Idaho county. The services were attended by people ss every section of the county. el; ' idate » Re es Rev. Fr, Phelan delivered. the| 2&2 candidate on the Republi uneral sermon. The pall bear-| senate, addressed a small gath- ers. E. Vineent. Dale Clark, Her-| eying of voters in the K. of C. Eimers and George Medved were | as Mr. Gooding made all personal friends of the de-|the trip to Cottonwood from ceased. The funeral arrange-' Winchester in a car and was ments were in charge of Under- about an hour behind his sched- taker A.J. Maugg of Grange-| yle having great difficulty in ville. making the trip here on account lof the bad roads. | APPOINTS GEO, D. SMITH. Governor D. W. Davis appoin- Fairview cemetery GOODING SPEAKS. Ex-Governor Frank R. Good- The Cottonwood Community Idaho County Farm Bureau will | | hold a meeting in the I. O. O. F./ ted George D. Smith of Grange- hall next Friday evening, Octob- er 29th. The obiect of the meeting is to outline plans for next year. and one of the princi- pal questions to he discussed is the squirrel campaign for next systematic basis such as was conducted on the grasshoppers this year. ville as county commissioner to | fill the vacancy of John D. Long whose term of office expires in January. Mr. Smith was also named by the Republican Cen- tral Committee to fill the vacan- cy on the Republican ticket, his name therefore will appear on pee. oe the election ballots. Mr. Smith _ Every farmer and his family | js an old pioneer of Idaho county is invited to attend and bring‘ and for years has been engaged their lunch, for after the meet-| jn the livery business at Grange- ing it is provosed to spend a soc-| yijle, ial hour and to have a big feed. | ne maee = See e W. Kiosness, of Lewiston will) HAWLEY TO SPEAK. be present at the meeting to ex-| hyGovernor James H. Haw- plain the national farm bureau | ley, often referred to as “Idaho's movement. . |Grand Old Man,” will address Order of Committee. | the voters of Cottonwood at the yo as bh SC K. of C. hall tonight on state an ORGANIZE DANCING CLUB. eds issues. Mr. Hawley is A dancing club composed of | a forceful sneaker and due to the married folks is being organized | fact that this is the first politi- in Cottonwood this week. The} cal address to be given in Cot- object of the club is to hold} tonwood at an evening meeting, dances from time to time during | during the present campaign, a the coming winter. M. A. Pierce} much larger crowd no doubt will and H. C. M»tthiesen are the or-| hear Governor Hawley, than has ganizers of the club. Some|been the privilege of other have already| sneskers to address. who have joined and are looking forward} visited the city within the last to an enjoyable season. two weeks. can ticket for the United States! in Cottonwood. Thursday | | CANNOT SUB-LEASE LAND. | QO. H. Lipps, superintendent of | the Nez Perce Indian reservation | | at Lapwai received from E. B.|! Merritt, assistant commissioner | | of the department of the interior | office of Indian affairs, the fol- | lowing self-explanatory letter: | | “Your attention is escecially | called to that provision against | the sub-leasing of alloted Indian! lands, appearing in the farming and grazing lease form, which reads as follows: “It is expressly understood | and egreed by the parties hereto | that any sub-lease, assignment | or transfer of this lease or of | any interest therein can lawful- | ly ke made only with the consent of the lessor in writing and the approval of the representative of the United States government by whom this lease is approved, | or his successor, and that any | assignment or transfer made or ‘attempted without such consent and approval shall be void and may render this contract subject , to cancellation by such officer. | “Tt is desired that you go over your entire leasing situation carefully and investigate any cases where you have reason to believe that the lands are being sub-leased. Should you find any such cases, the lessees should be at once formally noti- fied to show cause, if any, with- in a reasonable period, say thrity | days, why their leases should not be cancelled in accordance with the provision above quoted. Where there is doubt in your opinion that the evidence obtain- ed shows subleasing, you should refer all the papers to this office accompanied by your full report for further instructions. “This office would like to break up the practice of unauth- orized. subleasing, and to that end it is suggested that you give publicity of its purpose.” The letter is a general one and applies to all Indian reservations. | The Fort Lapwai agency offici- | ‘als are of the opinion that there is no large amount of sub-leasing on the Nez Perce reservation but, Supt. Lipps stated, the let- ter requires that an investig»- | tion be carried on, and this will be done. DEMAND ACCESS TO BOOKS W. J. Hall, state commissioner of public works, was made defen- dant in a mandamus action filed in the district court this after- noon to compel him to open the books of his department for public inspection. | The suit was filed before Judge C. P. McCarthy of the Third judicial district and re-| quests that the defendant be at | once called into court to show cause why a writ of mandate | should not be issued command- | ing him to permit the petitioners | |and their assistants to examine | the public record books and ac-| {counts of his department. The petitioners are Charles E. Forsum and Henry Schildhauser accountants, who desire to make | a complete audit of the books of | the department of public works, The complaint sets out that the petitioners at proper office, hours on October 7, 8, 11 and 16 requested Mr. Hall to allow them to examine the public records, | | but that on each occasion they | were refused. y | BUY EQUIPMENT FOR BANK Geo. M. Robertson and C, J. Johnson were in Spokane and Tacoma the past week purchas- ing furnishings for the Clear- water Valley State Bank. They were fortunate enough to get the same fixtures used by the old Bank of Kamiah, which are already made to fit the building the new bank is to use. A big manganest steel safe of the lat- est pattern was secured, togeth- er with other equipment for op-| erating a modern bank. As soon as The Progress is out, the work of getting the building in shape will begin and the bank will probably be ready for busi- ness about the first of the month.—Kamiah Progress. To the Voters of Idaho County. The voters as well as the can- didate are concerned in the elec- tion of officials. The voters are concerned as to gualifications of the candidate. My re-election es probate iudge of Idaho Coun- ty is submitted to the voters of Idaho County and I request care- | ful investigation of my record, | and qualifications to hold that) joffice. Wilbur L. Campbell. $2.00 PER YEAR NEWS AROUND THE STATE Items of Interest From Various Sections Reproduced for Ben- efit of Our Readers. Barley averaged 28 bushels per acre on 108,000 acres in Ida- ho this year, totaling a 4,104,000 bushel crop. The first annual gathering of the Idaho War Mothers’ associa- tion met in Idaho Falls on Octo- ber 8 and 9. It has been learned that the total receipts of the recent state fair were $35,458.78 as compar- ed with $23,120.64, taken in last year. Earnest Erickson, a woods- man, was killed by a rolling log near Wallace. The accident happened at the junction of Ced- ar Creek with the North Fork. Idaho's apple crop improved somewhat from last month. The total crop is estimated at 8,631,000 bushels. Last year’s crop was 4,350,000 bushels. Quality and color generally ex- cellent. The oats crop of Idaho totals 8,360,000 bushels. It was har- vested from 209,000 acres with an average yield of 40 bushels per acre. Last year’s crop to- taled 7,700,000 bushels, the aver- age yield per acre being 35 bu- shels. The State bank at Plummer was robbed of $3900 in currency and two women were locked in the vault. They are Miss Myrtle Winn, acting as cashier, and Miss Eva Usura, a depositor. They were the only occupants of the bank. The robbers escaped in an automobile. Idaho, according to estimates of the department of agricul- ture, will produce 150 per cent more sugar beets this year than last. This year’s crop is esti- mated to be five hundred one thousand tons against two hun- dred three thousand tons in 1919 The condition of Idaho beets October 1 was 94, or four points above the 10 year average. On the construction of the Clearwater highway from Arrow Junction, a steam shovel has un- covered the bones of a dinosaur embedded in the river bank. Many of the bones were shatter- ed by the shovel. Three or four gigantic bones were seen pro- truding from the dirt and rock, and these were saved. One was five feet in length. Idaho has just finished har- vesting a 15,456,000 bushel crop of spring wheat, the largest she ever produced. Combined with the 5,908,000 bushels winter wheat crop, Idaho’s total wheat productions for 1920 is placed at 21,364,000 bushels, as compared with 18,705,000 bushels last year. The shipment of grain by steamer from Lewiston and Snake river points is to com- mence at once. Nearly every warehouse from Riparia Couse creek above Asotin is overflowing and large quantities of grain are piled in the open. It is believed 50,000 tons of wheat will be moved by steamer this year, which is considerably more than in 1919. The Utah-Idaho Sugar com any and eight directors, C. W. Nibley, Merrill Nibley, Thomas R. Cutler, W. S. McCornick, David A. Smith, James C, Mur- dock, W. H. Wattis and S. H. Love were indicted by the feder- al grand jury at Pocatello on the charge of sale of necessary food products at unjust and unlawful prices in violation of the Lever act. Thirteen counts were found against the company and the individual directors. The State Board of Education has just issued a Manual and | Course of Study for the high schools of Idaho. This is the first time in the history of the state that such a man been issued and it has been look- ed forward to with very much interest by all the schools of the state. The Department secur- ed the co-operation of about rd fifty leading high school men and women of the state in the preparation of this manual,