Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, January 14, 1921, Page 2

oe COUNTY SEAT NEWS ITEMS. , ee LL. Ruzicka and Hage , both of hse ville, were ied Sunder noon in the-home of Mr. and Mrs. G Herning, city. ceremony was per- formed by W. N. Knox, minister. County Auditor Henry Telcher is planning to attend a state meeting of county auditors, in Boise, January 25 to 29. S. V. Fullaway, supervisor of the Nezperce National forest, is back from a week’s visit to Spokane. Mrs. Fullaway, who accompanied him to Spokane, re- mained for a longer stay. Heavy wind from the south- west, Tuesday night, broke the large plate glass windoy in the front of the M. B. Geary pool hall. Electric service in Grange- ville also was impaired, due to the wind breaking power lines. Clark McGaffee will be given a hearing Friday afternoon in probate court, charged with pet- ty larceny. It is alleged McGaf- fee stole a gold necklace, belong- ne to George A. Gage, of White- ird. Two four-horse loads of labor- ers left Wednesday morning for construction camps of Grant Smith and Company along the Salmon river. Steele & Frady had charge of the transporta- tion. Notices have been posted an- nouncing a sale at public auction of the stock of the defunct Grangeville Savings and Trust Company on Friday, the 14th of January. Will Jones and Will Platt re- turned a fey days ago from Portland to which point they ac- companied three cars of fat cat- tle. The gentlemen were very well pl with the returns, having reeeivvc-8 And 815 cents. Mrs. Jones, who had been visit- ing at Seattle since Thanksgiv- ing, joined them at Portland and returned home with them. CARD OF THANKS. We wish to thank our many friends who showed their sym- pathy and kindness during the iliness of our beloved mother. Mr. and Mrs. John Engel and family We still STORE BATTERIES WELD THOSE FROST BITTEN ENGINE PARTS —Do All Kinds of — SODERING —and— BRAZING FILE SAWS Sell TIRES, CHAINS —AND— ACCESSORIES Cottonwood Battery & Welding Shop SOME BOOK WE’D SAY. Some of our very dear friends have asked us to write a book en- titled “Moonshine on the ‘Prai- rie,” and which we are seriously considering. It is understood no one closely associated with this underground business is to be mentioned, and we have there-| fore decided to use the names of prairie editors to depict the va- rious characters in the story, as it is known that all editors are total abstainers. In this moonshine story Conger of the Nepzerce Herald, will con- tend “where there’s a still there is a way,” and Sasse, of the Fer- dinand Enterprise will ride a| “white mule” over the high bridge, at break-neck speed to meet Smith, of the Grangeville Globe, with his genuine cock-| tails of the feathered type. In the schooner scene Medved, of the Cottonwood Chronicle, will! warn the sailors of the storm| brewing, and Safely, of Grange-| ville Free Press, will save the} ship anchored “over the bar,” where Chesley, of the Reubens Citizen, will be carrying out. the “dead” ones, and Prescott, of the} Kamiah Progress, will lead the! mourners, passing the bier, as Major Fenn, of the Kooskia Mountaineer, says the last rites over the home made suds and de- clares in favor of Old Crow, of the Orofino Tribune, imported by “underground” direct from Canada. A litle later in the story, we may add Stuart, of the Stites Enterprise, but just now we do not see how a preacher can be — in.—Lewis County Reg- ister. SCHOOL NOTES. (By Delbert Hale) The Cottonwood High School Basket Ball team defeated the Reubens H. S. at the gymnasiam Friday, January 7th. The Cot- tonwood boys did not find them- selves until the second half. The score being 9-8 in favor of the visitors at the end of the first twenty minutes. The home boys played with much speed and shot accurately the last half making the score 35-12 in their favor. The lineups: C. H. S.—H. Hanley, Hendrick son, forwards; Schroeder, center J. Hanley, Tacke, guards; Homar Miller, subs. R. H. S.—J. Rosenkranz, Hen- ett, forwards; Purnell, center; Bracket, C. Rosenkranz, guards ; Bouger, sub. The Cottonwood high school boys and girls will pay the Reubens teams on the latters floor Friday, January 14. The Cottonwood High School Athletic Association has a com- mittee working on plans for a big dance to be given in the near future. The semester examination will be given the latter part of next week. The grade basket ball team of Cottonwood defeated the grade team of Ferdinand on Saturday January 8th by a score of 17-12. The Ferdinand boys will play a return game at the gym Satur- day January 15th. _ Eighth grade state examina- tions will be given the 19th, 20th and 21st of this month. Plumbing and tinning at the Cottonwood Hardware every Thursday and Friday. Fordham Brothers. Grangeville. 51-tf A Checking Account is the easiest method of keeping account of your financial transactions. funds and giving checks By depositing all your for all payments you have a complete record of your income and ex- penditures. If you are n ot already carrying a checking account with this bank you are invited to make use of such servi ice, a COTTONWOOD STATE BANK E. M. Ehrhardt, Pres. M H.C. Matthiesen, Cashier . M. Belknap, Vice-Pres. A. H. Thoelke, Ass’t, MEN TEND BABIES IN JAPAN | Women in That Country Relieved of Many Burdens Connected With Care of Children. There is no race suicide as yet in Japan. Nor have mothers and fa- thers reached that stage of modesty where they leave the products of their union at home and out of sight. It seems to me that our west- ern civilization, with its shyness and overemphasis of certain conceptions of morality, has brought about race suicide and has made motherhood ashamed of itself. Here in Japan, where the increase in population is about 800,000 every year, there is none of that sensitive- ness. What is more interesting is to see how evenly the burdens of rearing offspring are shared. Men and boys are seen carrying the young upon their backs almost as often as the women, and it would seem that a father who is true to his duty to his children is not regarded as ef- feminate. Nor is it done merely as a duty. The bearer, whether mother, father, sister, or brother, is often seen chatting to the tiny mite upon his or her back, playing with and amusing the burden. This is another phase of the communal character of these people. No one seems to mind the presence in pub- lic places of all these children and their nurses, however much they may interfere with the traffic.—Sid- ney Greenbie in “Japan Real and Imaginary.” TO RESTORE COLONIAL HOME | Baich House, Bullt at Beverly, Mase., | In 1638, Ie the Oldest in New England. A movement has been started for the restoration of the home built by John Balch in Beverly, Mass., in 1638, and which is now consid- ered the oldest house in New Eng- land. The house is intact, except- ing for the sills and some of the rafters, but it has been changed from its original appearance by en- largements and “improvements” from time to time. The present owners of the house are aiding the movement, and have not only refused to sell it at a profit in the present high market, but have offered $1,000 toward its preserva- tion as a historic relic. John Balch was one of the four | early settlers known as the “Old | Planters” and was one of the orig- inal members of the first church of Salem and a prominent man of af- fairs in the early life of the colony. The homes of the other three “Old | # Planters” have long since disap- | 9 peared. An effort is being made to locate the descendants of Mr. Balch to aid in the movement for the preserva- | YJ tion of the home of their ancestor. PAMPERED LABOR. The late James O'Neill, the vet- eran actor who played “Monte Cristo” 6,000 times, often used to laugh over the remarkably high wages of American labor. “A young boilermaker,” he said one evening at the Players’ club, “was giving his best girl a spin in his 90-horse-power racer—when he nearly ran down a bent old man. He nodded to the old man careless- ly, then he said to his girl: “Excuse me fur speakin’ to that shabby old geezer, Mame. Ye see, he’s the owner of the boiler factory where I work.’” THE BOTTOM DOQ, “What position did you hold in your last place?’ asked the mer- chant. “I was a doer, sir.” “A doer? What’s that?” “Well, sir, you see, when the boss wanted anything done he would tell the cashier, the cashier would tell the bookkeeper, the bookkeeper would tell the clerk and the clerk would tell me.” “And what would happen then?” “Well, sir, as I hadn’t any one to tell it to, I’d do it."—Boston Tran- script. STRANGE FACT, He—It was said the Pomeranians did well in the war. She—Why, John, what could such little dogs do against all those soldiers? DIFFERENT PROPOSITION, “What is your occupation ?” “I am a poet.” “Yes, I know, byt what do you do for a living?” ey BARGAINS In Shoes That Cannot be Overlooked $8.50 Men’s Work Shoes; Cut to $6.75 6.95 Men’s Work Shoes; Cut to 5.45 9.50 Men’s Work Shoes; Cut to 7.50 10.00 Men’s Dress Shoes; Cut to 8.00 J. V. 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