Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, January 14, 1921, Page 1

VOLUME 29. NO.3 COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1921 . COTTONWOOD CHRONICLE — $2.00 PER YEAR ROB CALLAHAN OF $350,000 | . ns s__; ton Mercantile Co., of Lewiston,! were reelected. USED FORGED BONDS—| whereby these two large whole-| charge of the county’s affairs | WERE FACING EX- POSURE. | T | TO HANDLE GOODS. Tom Randall returned Monday evening from a four days bus) ness trip to outside points and while away made arrangements with the McClintock-Trunkey Co., of Spokane and the Lewis- sale houses will in the future handle the salad dressing now being manufactured by Mrs.| Randall. Mrs. Randall only re- NEW OFFICERS IN CHARGE. | AGED LADY PASSES AWAY. The new county officials elec-/ Mrs. Frank Deters, mother of | ted at the general election this| Mrs. John Engel, died at the | fall assumed their duties at|home of Mr. and Mrs. John taken the oath of office on that! after a lingering illness of six day. Many of the old officers | years, being bedfast for one Those having) year. Elizabeth Hursman was born for the next two years are as|in 1842 in Lohne in Germany follows: and came to the United States Henry Telcher, republican,|in 1878. She was married to | Grangeville, Monday, having|Engel Saturday, January 8th} san J o- ae dior -— — on me 4 | pokane, Jan. J.— The fir" | dressing, the recipe of which is} Millholland & Hough, municipal | of her can oiline. that has! bond brokers of Spokane, have) been selling like hot cakes in the| mg —_. hero a. various oy in, and around rom James F. Callahan of Wal-| Cottonwood and now desires to| lace, Idaho, millionaire mining | get it in a larger field. In clos- a of ~ Vets d oe ac-) ing 4 gee the above! cording to Jay E. Hough a mem-! named firms her ambitions no! ber of the firm. who surrendered | doubt will be realized, as these himself’ to the authorities here | two firms are among the largest | ~ ee : ‘ini 7 a in the north | rosecuting Attorney Lindsey west and the fact that they have immediately after receiving the} accepted the agency also speaks | confession of Mr. Hough, issued well for Mrs. Randall’s product. | a warrant for the arrest of Mil- The salad dressing is put up in aj} holland. : “ 7 oz. bottle and retails for 45} According to the confession cents. Several large shipments | ea et se ~ he Mil-| 7 —% made by the Randalls | ollan ad entered into a sul-| during the past week. | cide pact and were to have shot’! arcs themselves in their office at 11 BUSINESS CONFERENCE. o’clock last night. This agree-- Managers of the three stores! ment was reached Friday noon, of the Leggett Mercantile Co., | according to Mr. Hough. when located at Craigmont, East Port he and Milholland discovered the and Cottonwood, Idaho, met in shortage of the Callahan account’ Cottonwood last Saturday for a ~— 3 aed be Se. —s Se. The man-! r. Hough, according to police agers o: e various stores pre-| advices, said the suicide agree- sent were: 0. E. poreing or ment was not carried out be-|East Port, W. P. Gillispie, of cause after he had consulted an | Craigmont and H. C. Netzel of | attorney regarding the matter, Cottonwood. The gentlemen! - iy os peng | —. aoe ever business —— or him to do was_ to “make a| from various angles and outlined clean breast.” Hough is being their policies for the coming held in jail in lieu of $20,000| year. bonds. Mr. Lawton was accompanied Mr. Hough stated to the police here by his wife and son and the that the —— was — Craigmont manager was accom- eved through forged bonds| panied by his wife, Mrs. Gilles- worth $315,000 and spending of | nie. While here they were the | : large cash a id =. eon peg of cen and Mrs. Netzel. an’s over which the firm ha hey return to their homes direct supervision. The forged) Monday morning. \ bonds, Mr. Hough declared, were | — delivered to Mr. Callahan instead; MEYER TAKES BRIDE. of genuine bonds and the inter-| Carl Meyer, son of Mr. and est coupons on them were paid| Mrs Henry Meyer, of Fenn, Ida- by he and Milholland at regular’ ho, was married at Lewiston intervals. In this way he de-| Sunday, to Miss Anita DeCour- clared Mr. Callahan did not dis-| sey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. — the bonds he holds are J, M. DeCoursey, of Lewiston. orged. The marriage of this popuar The money obtained through) young couple took place at the the forgery of the bonds, accord-| home of the bride’s aunt and ing to Mr. Hough’s statement to| uncle, Mr. and Mrs. John P. the policé was spent in speculat-' Kuhn of Lewiston, with the Rev. ing on the New York stock ex- Sommerville officiating. change. . |. Mr. and Mrs Meyer are well Millholland —— oe. , known in this locality, Le atc Spokane, Wash., Jan. 9.—John | having at one time resi ere. B. Milholland of the investment! Carl fh prosperous young farm- firm of Milholland & Hough of er of the Fenn section. The Spokane was found dead by the young couple will make their police here tonight when they home on the grooms farm. The entered his home to arrest him | Chronicle wishes to be numbered on a warrant charging embezzle- with their many well wishing ment. He had committed sui-| friends. cide by shooting, the police said. Sy ane The issuing of the warrant for ANNUAL MEETING. the arrest of Mr. Milholland was| The annual meeting of the the outgrowth of charges by Jay | First National Bank of Cotton- B. Hough, his partner, — the | wood was held in this raid —— police state were contained in a! day and resulted in the reelec- — to ae by oe tion of me = pees = as earlier today that he an il-| the same board of directors. holland aynd 5 omnerties one The anos wom were - _ than $350,0 rom James F. lows: . M. ins, president; Callahan, millionaire Wallace, Aug. Bebrostes, a Idaho, man. W. W. Flint, casheir; J. V. Nash, Mr. Callahan, who resides at’ assistant cashier; Adolph Hinkle Wallace, when informed by the man, Felix Martzen and Edgar authorities over the long dist- Fry, directors. The bank was ance telephore of Mr. Hough’s found to be in a good financial statement and Mr. Milholland’s condition and all concerned were death, said he was “greatly exceptionally well pleased with shocked at the news” and would! the results of the year's busi- come to Spokane tomorrow. ness. Mr. Hough in his statement to —— the police declared that they hd MEETS SAD DEATH. _ lost the entire amount they ob-| _ Harry Rader a millwright at tained through embezzlement. the Mark P. Lng Bx; He said the market was against caught in a counter shaft and re- them nearly all the time and that ceived injuries from which it can | only once did they make a big hardly be pened that a gain, $58,000 in cotton. ‘ recover. r. Rader was work- The bonds forged, according to| ing alone on the third floor of Hough, were municipal and po gg ye the owe pe ae school bonds. He said it was) pened. t is presum at his the usual thing for brokers to | clothing wound up on the coun- have them printed. wee Hl ~ pessoa ayeger> 4 > od The body of Milholland w»s the man like a pin wheel. e) found in a locked room at his was caught high up about the residence. His wife stated Sad aiaes and his — and — had returned home early in the were beat to a pulp, scarcely a evening and shortly before going bone two inches in length being, to the room where he body was left in his limbs below the knees. found he had told her of his —Moscow Mirror. dealings with the bonds. ee ereeineemaree “The t Miss Iris Seay and Glenn Man- The two small children of Mil- [ holland were put to bed early ring, both of Grangeville, were | and they slept through the en- married Tuesday afternoon by tire affair. Police had been the Rev. H. S. Randall watching the i since early evening. sonage at | — and recorder, holdover. 5 Eimers, republican, sheriff. Calvin Hazelbaker, republican, assessor, reelected. Otie L. Cone, democrat, treas- rer, reelected. J. E. Byrom, republican, pro- ate judge. Luther Case, republican, school superintendent. Geo. D. Smith, republican, com missioner. Dale Clark, republican, com- missioner, reelected. Edward S. Vincent, republican commissioner, reelected. W. H. Eller, democrat, sheriff, retiring. Wilbur L. Campbell, democrat, probate judge, retiring. Margaret Sweet, republican, school superintendent, retiring. Seth Jones, republican, state senator, and Lloyd Fenn, republi- cen, representative, comprise Idaho county’s legislative delega- tion. Judge Campbell, the retiring probate judge will devote his time in the future to law practice Sheriff Eller, the retiring sheriff has not announced his future plans. Miss Sweet, the retiring coun- ty superintendent will devote her time to farming. JUDGMENT FOR $18,633. The case of the State Finance company vs. P. P. Puyear was heard in the district court yes- terday. Judgment was rendered in behalf of the plaintiff in the amount of $18,633.01, with int- u b | erest at 7 percent per annum. The case involved the payment of a promissory note in the amount of $20,800, given by the defendants to the Spokane & Eastern Trust company on May 10, 1920, and the note was secur- ed by a chattel mortgage on per- sonal property . held by Puyear, who has for many years been a prominent farmer in Idaho coun- ty. The note was afterward assigned by the Spokane & East- ern Trust company to the State Finance company. In the complaint it is alleged that there was made payments at times on the note, these total- ing $4,084.09, leaving a balance unpaid of $16,715.51, and action was brought to recover that amount together with interest. The chattel mortgage covered considerable property in Idaho county, as well as what is known as the Broder farm, near Top- penish, Wash., including, among other things 190 head of steers, | 16 yearlings, 44 cows and 100 tons of hay. It was contended by the plaintiff that a portion of the mortgaged chattels were re- moved from the county and state and sold to strangers, contrary to law and the terms of the mortgage. Puyear appeared personally in court and confessed judgment. Attorney James E. Babb appear- ed in his behalf.—Lewiston Tri- bune. HELP PLENTIFUL. In tearing up the floor of the old Overland Livery barn, an old land mark in Cottonwood which is being torn down by F. G. Nux- oll, and the lumber hauled to his home ranch, an “honest to good- ness” bottle of beer was found under the floor of the old office. Several partly consumed bottles of whiskey were also found, no doubt stored away years ago for some future use at that time. Since the big discovery Mr. Nux- oll is daily receiving applications for jobs to help dismantle the old frame structure. TAXES DELINQUENT. Approximately $30,000 in tax- | es in Idaho county are delinquent according to Mrs. Otie Cone, county treasurer, who recently checked up on the first half of The | the taxes paid for 1920. This|spent a delightful afternoon ceremony took place in the par- Grange | amount is about three times as large as last year. Frank Deters in 1874 at Cincin- ‘nati, Ohio and they went to Cov- | ington, Kentucky where they | lived for six years. |they moved to Myers Grove, |Minn. In 1901 they came to | Cottonwood and made their | home with their daughter. Mr. | Deters died in 1906. ja few days with relatives and From there | NEWS FIFTEEN YEARS AGO. Coasting is all the rage this week and big crowds of young folks and some who are not so young, come out each evening to enjoy the sport. We peng a dog vg 08 ance is soon to be passed by the village board, after that all dogs will have to be tagged or “Baker | a em if they don’t watch out.” E. M. Ehrhardt left Wednes- day for Stanton, Nebr., to visit NEWS AROUND THE STATE Items of Interest From Various Sections Reproduced for Ben- efit of Our Readers. _ Expenses of the sixteenth ses- sion of the Idaho legislature will total more than $72,000, it was announced. Because the sources of Boise water are temporarily contami- nated, citizens are advised to then accompy his wife back to this place. A party of bowlers consisting of Marion Tipton, George Lange, Ed Simon, John Peyton and H. E Holman went to Grangeville | . Mrs. Deters is survived by two| Saturday afternoon and bowled | boil their drnking water for 15 children, Mrs. John Engel of this Sank Centre, Minn. , One sister, Mrs. Josephine Kruse of Albany, | Minn, and eight grand children. Funeral services were held} Monday morning from the Cath-| olic church. Services being con-| ducted by the Rev. Fr. Willi- |brord. The funeral arrange- ments were in charge of Under- | taker Nau. | COMMISSIONERS MET. Saturday, February 8th, re-| presentatives from the Green- creek, Fenn and Keuterville high way districts, met with the Cot- tonwood highway commissioners to discuss road matters and pro- jects for the coming year. One| of the main objects of the get-to gether meeting was to get the opinion and exchange ideas as to} the best and cheapest road con-| struction and maintenance. It is understood that the ques- tion of wages were also discussed by the representatives of the above named highway districts and we understand 40c an hour for man labor and $1 a day for! a team seems to have been con- sidered a fair compensation by those present. The highways mentioned propose to establish a uniform wage scale, so that they may pay the same wages for similar work done in their respective districts. Among those present were: Geo. Killmar, Greencreek; Jim Crea, Fenn; Barney Luchtefeld, | city and Henry B. Deters of! ; an application with the village a game at that place that even-| Minutes. ing. ; The final presidential votes in If negotiations which are now| the state of Idaho is as follows: under way do not miscarry Cot-| Harding 88,821; Cox 46,576. tonwood is destined to be prov-| Eugene V. Debs received $8 ided with electric lights and city | votes in the state for president. water inside of 2 years, W. W.| For alleged threats to kill his Brown, of the Bank of Camas| brother, at Moscow, unless given Prairie at Grangeville, has filed | $200, Lester Berry must stand trial in district court. Probate Judge Adrain Nelson of Latah county set bonds at $1000, which he was unable to furnish. Bryan Dunning, son of Sheriff W. F. Dunning of Bonner county narrowly escaped death . early Saturday morning when the large Nash auto he was got beyond control, smash through the railing of bridge at Bonners Ferry an plunged into the Kootenai river about 40 feet below. C. M. Butler of Stites, well known thoroughout this section, died Monday in a Spokane hospi- tal, where he had gone several weeks ago for treatment. Mr. Butler served six years as coun- ty commissioner of Idaho coun- ty, and also held the office of U. S. Commissioner at Stites. Albert H. Conner of Sandpoint speaker of the thirteenth Idaho legislature and candidate for the republican nomination for Unit- ed States senator at the Pocat- tello convention in 1920 has been appointed assistant attorne general to handle the legal af- fairs of the public utilities com- mission. board for a franchise to permit him to put in a light plant and water system here and the ques- tion is now being considered rena to acting on his applica- ion. ELECTORIAL VOTE CAST. The four presidential electors of the state of Idaho, chosen at the general election on Novem- ber 2, met in the office of Gov- ernor Davis at noon Monday in| Boise and cast their ballots for | Warren G. Harding for presi-| dent of the United States and Calvin Coolidge for vice presi- dent. At the same time the electors of the other states of the union were going through the same procedure. Harry 0. | McDougall, Mrs. Robert McCrea, R. J. Comstock and Perry M. Harding were the four chosen electors and who held the meet- ing Monday. The casting of the votes for the republican candi- dates was purely a formality. The only matter to come before the electors was the choosing of Harry McDougall to carry the votes of the electors to Washing- ton where they will be presented Keuterville; J. F. Jenny E. L.| Jessup and August Schroeder. POULTRY WORTH $4,453,000. That the value of the poultry owned in Idaho exceeds by more! ' than $1,100,000 the value of the hogs owned in the state is an) interesting item of the report of | the extension service of the Uni- | versity of Idaho. This report shows the value of the hogs in this state March 1, 1920, was $3,328,600, while the value of | the poultry was placed at $4,453, 000. The report shows .that) | sheep excel all other animals in number and value, with a total vauation of $33,000,000 and beef cattle are second on the list. | The extension service has been working to awaken interest in poultry prodyction and_ keep | Pren Moore, former head of the poultry department at the univ-| ersity, in the field as an exten- sion worker. That the efforts have been successful is shown by | the report just issued, which | gives Idaho $4,453,000 worth of | poultry to only $856,000 worth | of poultry owned in the state of Washington, with three times | the population of Idaho, is) shown by a recent report of live} stock owned in Washington. OFFICERS ELECTED. Officers of the Idaho County Farm Bureau were elected here} Saturday for the year 1921 as| follows: a Edwin Nelson, Fenn, presi-| dent. a Wilbur Bryant, Grangeville, | vice-president. Howard Mc Kinley, Cotton- wood, secretary-treasurer. Joe Sattler, Greencreek, Geo. Bentz, White Birl; Rudolph Sch- roeder, Keuterville and Edgar Fry, Ferdinand, executive com- mittee. Approximately 100 farmers were present at the meeting. Mrs. W. F. Orr and Mrs. H. T Agnew entertained a company of friends at the home of Mrs Orr Thursday afternoon. The ladies | R. B. McKissick sold to the Vollmer - Clearwater company Saturday 7,000 bushels of wheat from his ranch in the Tammany section at $1.36. This makes 12,000 bushels Mr. McKissick has marketed so far this season, his crop being light this year on account of smaller acerage than usual having been seeded. What is believed to be a low record for the entire northwest or fire losses during 1920 is claimed by Moscow citizens. Announcements is made today that with a population of 3,956, as shown by the federal census of 1920, the fire loss in Moscow for 1920 was but $1,924, or less than 50 cents per capita. After an absence of two and one half years and a trip around the world Cyrus Hollingsworth, 01 ran of = ant Oe: M. = Hol- Bargen, 10 chares; Laura J.| lingsworth of Genessee, returned White, 10 shares; Alma Peter-|home last Friday. Although son, 14 shares; G. S. Schmadeka | Nt yet over 17 years of age, his 10 shares; R. W. Hawley, 5|¢xPeriences during his long ab- shares; M. Glatigny, 4 shares ; | Sence would paralell some of A. R. Kilen 10 shares; Lovernice | Robert Louis Stevenson's South Johnson, 1 share; B. H. Decker, | Sea island tales. 1 share; George H. Byers, 1, Judge Scales heard the pro- share; W. H. Webb, 12 shares;| ceeding brought by Leo McOarty J. J. Janasco, 10 shares; S.S.|county attorney to annul the McPherson 2 shares; J. B. Leep-| marriage of Vida Olson, white, er, 2 shares; T. J. Morris, 1 share| and Willie Fong, Chinese, and E. Chasset, 1 share; C. H. Ryan,| the order of annulment was is- 8 shares; F. A. Sprague, 3 shares| sued. The marriage ceremony R. H. Russell, 85 shares; C. H.| of the couple occured in Lewis- Everest, 1 share; Verna Camp-| ton on November 16, and upon bell, 10 shares; Beatrice Al-| the parents of the girl, Mr. and bright, 5 shares; J. A. Bradbury | Mrs. Amel Olson, of Troy, being 5 shares; A. H. Hover, 10 shares| advised, the father came to M. L. Ayers, 5 shares; Emma) Lewiston, secured the girl and Bentz, 3 shares; Olga G. Hof- pe | a action for annul- fard, 60 shares; R. H. Russell Jr. ment of the iage. 5 shares; P. P. Puyear, 60 shares | John Gunseniaae aged 385, The stock will be sold at public) woe Ue ee an cneene of the auction January 14. | Potla’ reantile company 4 store at Potlatch, was found shot WANT COUNTY JOB. through the heart in the store No doubt jobs are very scarce! at an early hour Monday morn- in Grangeville judging from the| ing. Before daylight Cummer- number that applied for the pos-| ford went to the residence of ition of janitor for the court; man in charge of the store and house, seven in all made applica-| got his keys, saying he wanted tions for the position made va- cant by the death of James|t Graves. The position pays $75 a month and was given by the to the prsidnt of the senate. Perry M. Harding, one of the 'daho electors, is a second cous- in of the president-elect. He polled the largest vote of any of the four Idaho electors, probably because many of the voters thought that they were voting for the presidential candidate direct. BANK ASSESSES ON SHARES The board of directors of the) Grangeville Savings & Trust) bank have levied a pro rata as- | sessment upon all of the stock of the bank of $100 per share, the holders being as follows: E. W. Oliver, 31 shares; Henry Telcher, 20 shares; G. S. Stock- ton 15 shares; L. Grabski, 5) shares; C. B. Knorr, 5 shares; | W. S. M. Williams, 5 shares; E. S. Kilen, 15 shares; Herman von after which a delicious luncheon was served by the hostesses. county commissioners to Ira “Kid” Smith, a half brother of Cummerford Mr. Graves in a pool of blood, (m, count, Fate cel