Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, December 24, 1920, Page 7

i) i GR we eg ne en ie a 7 Sport Without the Useless —__ k - = , 2 RA INSTEAD OF RIFLE Hunters Get the Thrill of | Slaughter. was a notable event In the his- of the wild life of our country mo the first big game hunter bung | nis rifle and took to the wouds ith a camera, Ever since the first photographer ent afield with # sportsman. the eam. ra man has been the best exponent nd advertiser of the prowess of the man with a gun. During the days of the slow and cumbersome wet plate “and long exposures the alert and sud- den wild animal was about as unat- tainable pictorially as the canals of Mars. The dry plate opened UP great pos- sibilities in the photographing of dead game tn its haunts. From 1884 on- | ward American hunters of big gume Joyously welcomed the startling pte tures made by Laton A. Huffman of | Miles City, Mont. Mr. Huffman was @ true sportsman, a fine shot. and as & photographer of hunting scenes he long stood without a rival. Never will I forget the thrills that 1 received in his little old tog cabin studio tn “Milestown.” when he showed me his Stereoscope views of “elk and dend | grizzlies, glory enough for one day": | @ mountain sheep ram on the brink sof a precipice, many buffato-killing | pletures, and antelope and deer ga- lore. To think that Mr Hnffman—who still Nves and photographs—enjove the distinction of having had more Photographs stolen for publication | without credit than any other camera man on earth; and that, | know, Is a large order. American sportsmen hailed with Joy the birth of the light, ever-rendy. unt- versal-focus camera. It was the open- ine of a new and delightful field of Christian endeavor, It presented a | highway of eseape from the flood of | game-slnughter photographs that had | been sweeping over the continent like f delnge.—"Masterpieces of Wild Ant | mal Photography" by William T. Hor- | naday, In Scribner, When Nature Conspires. We are told that the “walking and | climbing leaves” of Australia were, | best attested of natural wonders. Tt Is related that a party of sallors, wandering inland. sat down to rest | ¥ under a tree. A gust of wind shook | yi. to earth several dead and brown | leaves. These. after remaining prone | on the ground for a few minutes. pro- | ceeded to show signs of life and crawl toward ‘he trunk, which they ascend: | ed, aud attached themselves to their respective twigs. Hence; the sailor-men, who promptly | A rap away, sald the spot was bewitched. The simple fact turned out to he that the so-called leaves were really leaf-shaped Insects, having long. pen- dulous legs. which could be folded out of sight, and possessing the chame leon-like power of varying their color to correspond with that of the follage they were clinging to. Upon being shaken to the gronnd, instinct taught them to seek the shel- ter of the friendly leaves again as soon as possible.—Exchange. i LS EES SEES Gas Tank Terrified Waiters. Pandemonium reigned in El Prado | cafe for a few fast and furious sec | onds, the Havana Post states. Shortly after 8 o'clock when the extra walters were busy handling the evening’s largest crowd, there sud- denly burst out in the cafe a rapid succession of short, sharp, hissing sounds: Psast—psst—psst ! It seemed as though all Havana was | suddenly giving the well known Cuban | call for service. A hundred thousand people crowding about the cafe and shouting “Psst, chico!" could not have created more excitement. Walters | looked under chairs, behind the bar, | rushed to all their customers, wiped off tables frantically, tossed their nap: | kins desperately in midair and gave other signs of frenzy. ‘The fuss did not begin to abate un- til the proprietor, red faced and sweut- | ing with exertion, discovered the | source of the hissing sounds. A large cylinder of the carbonated gas in the corner of the cafe had sprung a leak, | the gas hissing mystertously as each whiff of it escaped. —————— Vital Statistics. One of the census men called at the home of a workingman In New York, noted in his neighborhood as a great | a wiseacre for statistics. | reader and He found the man poring over an ene | eyclopedia. | “How many children have you?" | asked the census taker | “| have just three—and that’s alt) there will be too.” replied the man, | looking up from his book of knowl edge. | “All right, by why 80 positive?” | . “According to this book here.” anid | | | the man with deadly seriousness, “every fourth child born tn the world is a Chinaman !"--Saturday Evening Post. ——_—— American Women Have Prettiest Feet. A well-known French shoe manufac turer states that the shoe is the foundation of a woman's wardrobe, If she is not well shod, It spoils her ap- pearance. He says that American women nave the prettiest feet in the world ane appreciate the valine of the low-heeted shoe, For walking, this inanufactor- er insists the tow-heeled shoe ts the only one = permissible. For wear ground the horse he advecntes san- dais that hold the feet in shape. vet \yiela gaffciently tv allow them Co rest. Co Our Friends and Patrons sideration shown us during the past year. true happiness. wants to see you at the Did You Ever Stop to Consider the Middleman is a Prosperous. INDIVIDUAL? Why Not Add His Profits to Your Own Income? The Washington-Idaho Lumber Corporation CAPITALIZATION $1,000,000 Has this to offer: Twenty-five thousand shares of the capital stock (all common, non-assessable) of the par value of TEN DOLLARS a share, is offered to the public in order that a string of retail lumber yards may be established in Idaho and Washington and other points in the Northwest, thus establishing direct communication between manufacturer and consumer eliminating the profit of the independent retailer and middleman. Its stockholders will be employed in the woods, mills and lumber yards. They will fill the executive positions. The Washington-Idaho Lumber Corporation has a twenty year contract lease on EIGHT THOUSAND acres of timber land (between Two and THREE HUNDRED MIL- LION FEET OF LUMBER) stumpage price $3.00 a thousand. This includes a lease on a sawmill at Kamiah, Idaho with a daily capacity of 100,- 000 feet of lumber, per 8 hour shift, planing mill, dry kilns, donkey engines, loco- motive and complete logging equipment. In addition, the corporation owns $250,000 worth of mill and woods equipment, besides THREE MILLION FEET of saw logs that are awaiting manufacture into lumber. THERE ARE ENORMOUS PROFITS IN LUMBER BY THIS MILL TO CONSUMER PLAN Government statistics show that the average net profit in lumbering in the Unit- ed States today are FOURTEEN PER CENT. Add the Middleman’s Profits to Your Own. LPPOSSI5GF0O 9550509950 S4OSPHSOOOOSD . e Investigate This Offer WASHINGTON-IDAHO LUMBER CORPORATION 317 Main Street, Lewiston, Idaho Gentlemen: Without obligating me in any way kindly have your representa- tive call. Town .. SODVIOEEST IP ISOS EO GP PHI OSOIOD PDIP OOS REFERENCES: The First National Bank of Clarkston, Washington State Bank of Kamiah Kamiah, Idaho During this festival season of Christmas we feel that we owe each one of you---our friends and pat- rons our hearty thanks for the good will and con- We sincerely wish you a very joyous Christmas and may the New Year bring you prosperity and Hardware Storage for Your Battery Cottonwood Battery & Welding Shop Article chants whose ads in this paper ap age was supreme; amount of Jected manuscripts restrained her siduity. to the editors of a which had been running some weeks. She aspired to build a small home like one illustrated in “Sterling Hi The Advertised is one in which the mer- chant himself has implicit faith—else he will not ad- vertise it. You are safe in patronizing the mer- use their goods are up to date and not shop worn. : : : and tinning at the Cotton Hardware every] to cold and Th and . Fordham ursday Friday. waanen's is : i iH # As eurly dawn glimmered, the wom- an flung her last production aside, put out the light, and slept noon, Ey- ery afternoon she sent work Heliotrope was her mother’s best: flower. Zareila always bought trope perfume instead of the common violet, She remembered her mother, work- would have plenty of hellotrope plants iu her home, She would have a brass knocker on her front door, a iilac bush, a shelf for pitchers, and a cupboard like one described in a New England story of long ago, There must be a high shelf with brass candlesticks, aod 4 banjo clock, Outside, she desired a duck pond and a few weeping willows gracefully reflected in the small sheet of water, She knew she could gather fresh material for more stories tn such surroundings. She pictured herself ly- ing in the hammock, looking at the fleecy shapes above her, inhaling per fume from her flower beds. She would paint her house white, with green blinds, She loved glisten- ing white paint. She remembered when her mother had taken her to visit a sea captain's wife in Newburyport. The sea captain had an absolute passion for white paint. How kind everyone had been there. Perhaps she, Zarella How, might pass along those same bappy memories to some little girl, when she really owned her. Ster- ling home. The captain had given her a bunch of catnip and a shell at parting. The shell still did duty as a paper weight... The catnip bad long ago been com sumed by cats long since deceased. . e . . e e @ Zarella’s musings were interrupted by a knock, followed by the entrance of the top floor matron: “Good evening, Miss How, A speshull d'livery for yer, just come; boy's wait- in’.” Zarella broke the seal, read the con- tents of the letter, exclaiming in a de- lighted cry to the astonished listener: “Mary, hear this; no, first tell the boy, here’s the receipt for the letter.” “No bad news, miss.” “Good—good—nothing like it ever came my wey; hurry, then come back, but don’t tell anyone.” Mary made haste and was soon seat- ed admiringly feasting her eyes on the beauty of the kimono, “Listen, Mary:” “‘Madam—Enclosed find our check for five thousand dollars. “You are winner, not for the clever- ness of your last lines, but for the sus- tained interest shown. Out of 20,000 answers yours are noted for general merit, but principally for being the only contestant sending an answer ev- ery day since the contest began. “1, Kauff, Editor, The Searchlight.'” “Glory be to God, miss, is it writtag brought yer that?” { “Yes, Mary, and I'm going to get a white Sterling Home with 1 blinds with the money.” Farmers Live Longer. This, on the authority of the b of labor, which has been compiling tistics on the subject. Ui i =. — Rigatoni %