Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, February 4, 1921, Page 1

SENATE REPEAL HIGHWAY LEVY SENATOR SETH JONES OF IDAHO COUNTY PUTS UP SPIRITED FIGHT. Boise, Feb 1.—Senate bill No. | 66, repealing the two-mill high way tax levy law enacted by the! 15th session of the legislature, passed the senate this morning by a vote of 88 to 5. The long expected fight on the bill broke when it came up for third read- ing. Seth Jones of Idaho coun- ty, leader of the opposition fac- tion, sought to stay action by) moving that the bill retain its place on the calendar. This brought an objection from Sen- ator Seaver who announced the bill had been before the senate! long enough for final action. Senator Whitcomb, president pro tem., favored the measure, but sought to have the bill re- committed to the committee for further consideration, stating that, without certain knowledge, the senators could not vote in- telligently on it. He informed the senate that if the motion to send the bill back to the com-| mittee prevailed he would at once introduce a reso'ution re- quiring the state highway de- partment to make a report on its work, what it had done, where the money had been expended, what they had received from counties and from the federal government. The Twin Falls salon most strenuously opposed the motion. He stated that without fear of contradiction he would submit to the senate that the measure was drawn without any relation to any other measure and that it had no relation to any other is-| sue unless such were injected in- to it. He declared it carried | out a direct pledge made to the people in the last campaign and that the senators should be men enough to stand up and carry out those pledges. He urged that the issue he met now as the bill had been under consideration long enough to get any informa- tion desired. Senator Jones of Idaho county sprang into the breach in an at- tempt to save the measure. He contended that in his county the politicians who spoke from the stump had pledged themselves for the North and South high- way and that the highway could not be completed and maintained unless the levy continued. Direct ing his remarks at Senator Seav- er, he declared a report had been read to the senate a few days ago to show that the highway department had a vast sum on hand whereas it did not have any money and the report was wrong. Senator Seaver rose to a point of personal privilege, declaring that there was no investigation of any senator »s far as he knew. The chair ruled that personal al- lusions must be cut out. Senator Jones then continued his plea for postponement of the bill until further facts on the finances of the state highway department could be secured. APPORTION SCHOOL MONEY Announcement is made by Miss Ethel E. Redfied, state su-, perintendent of public instruc- tion, of her apportionment of moneys to the several counties from the public school interest fund. The apportionment is made annually by the state su- perintendent on a basis of school census, the funds being made up of interest received from invest- ments of the schoo! endowment funds, the principal of which is derived from sale of grant lands. Following are the amounts ap- portioned to northern Idaho counties for the present year: Idaho $ 7,791.19 Lewis 3,642.33 Nezperce 9,907.66 Shoshone 6,828.59 Clearwater 2,583.05 Bonner 7475.93 Latah 10,987.96 The total amount apportioned to the various counties out the state is $296,273.37. | SELL TREES AT COST. That it distributed one hun- dred and seventy-five thousand tested forest and shade trees the past biennium is the interesting report coming from the School of Forestry, University of Idaho at Moscow. These trees were sent out by the school in pursuance of its policy to encourage the plant- ing of windbreaks, woodlots, and jshade trees by supplying the planting stock to the people of the state at cost. That the service is appreciated is shown by the fact that the demand for trees is growing rapidly from year to year. The tree in greatest demand is the black locust. This is being planted largely for fence post production. The other dozen trees in greatest demand, to name the most popular first, are Norway spruce, Douglas fir, Norway maple, sycamore maple, blue spruce, black walnut, white ash, silver maple, red oak, jack pine, Engelmann spruce and sug- ar maple. A 1921 price list will be sent on application to the School of Forestry, Moscow, Idaho. 6171 SUICIDES IN U. S. Suicides in the United States during 1920 numbered 6171, in-| cluding 707 children, members of the Save a Life league were told here today by Dr. H. M. Warren, president of the league. | This exceeded the figures of the previous year by more than 1000 cases, he said. During the year 2604 women died through self-| destruction. This is a large in-| crease over the preceding year. The increased percentage among women was ascribed to their entry in commercial and political life. Unhappy domes- tic relations and living condi- tions also were largely contribut- ing factors. | The youngest suicide in the) country during the last year was five years of age, while the old-| est was 103. More than 400 soldiers have taken their lives since the termination of the war, the report stated. | Classified among the suicides were 75 presidents and mana- | gers of large business concerns, 36 men reputed to be millionair- | es, 25 wealthy women, 24 law-| yers, eight judges, 51 doctors, 40 stage people, 34 college pro- fessors and teachers, 27 college students, 24 brokers, 59 bankers, including 14 bank presidents, 12 clergymen, two evangelists and| one Y. M. C. A. secretary. WAS A FINE SHOW. “In Old Kentucky,” a seven reel picture shown at the Orpheum Tuesday evening prov- ed to be one of the best pictures ever shown in Cottonwood. Judg- ing from the remarks made by countless numbers attending the exhibition they were all well sat- isfied with the picture. Many exciting moments presented themselves througout the seven reels which kept the large crowd | wondering what was coming next. Pictures of this quality are not shown in every small town and speaks well for the Orpheum management. | SHIP HORSES. W. W. Blackburn, shipped 19 head of fine young horses to Toppenish, Wash., Tuesday morn ing, where he expects to dispose of them. In the shipment were some horses belonging to his son, Jim, who is now farming in the Toppenish country. The horses were inspected Sunday by A. J. Powell, deputy state veterinari- an, of Lewiston, and were given a clear bill to be shipped from this state into Washington. Mr. Blackburn accompanied the ship- ment to their destination. | A meeting of the depositors of the defunct Grangeville Trust & Savings bank held at Grangeville Saturday was well attended. J. G. Fralick, state commissioner was present. While nothing de- finite resulted from the meeting, the condition of the bank’s af- fairs are said to be such that a 10 percent dividend to the depos- itors is possible in the near fut- ure. There are other develop- ments which tend to show that the bank may be organized in the near future. At all events, the situation looks quite prom- ising and all concerned are opti- mistic. COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1921 SAYS IT'S A MIS- ~ UNDERSTANDING NEZPERCE HERALD GIVES ITS SIDE ON OROFINO- NEZPERCE ROAD. Much comment, says the Nez- perce Herald, was made last week in the Kamiah and Craig- mont papers relative to the mat- ter of a state highway between Orofino and Nezperee. The Herald continues and says: We assume that most of the criticism was in order for the reason that the article appearing in the Lewiston Tribune last week credited the news anent this matter to Nezperce, and for the further reason that the art- icle did not state the facts as they actually meeting held here, and we feel the actualities in the case: A meeting of the Nezperce Commercial Club was held on Monday, January 17, the same having peen called for the pur- pose of a conference with a del- egation from Gilbert and Oro- fino, the spokesman of which party was Judge W. B. Kinney of Orofino. It seems that meetings had been held at Orofino and Gilbert with the objective of having a road from Orofino via Gilbert and Nezperce to Grangeville de- signed as a state highway. Judge Kinney put the matter before the meeting here in -this way, and in the further consideration of the proposition it was brought out that to get this it would be necessary to abandon the pre- sent designated highway from Nezperce to Kamiah. In the discussion of the mat- ter the Nezperce Commercial Club went on record (which fact may be verified by Judge Kinney or any member of his party) as heing absolutely opposed to the abandonment of the proposed highway from Nezperce to Kam- iah, and the said Club also op- posed the proposition of the highway from Nezperce to Grangeville, in view of the fact that the North and South high- way as now located will serve the people of Idaho county, and the suggested parallel highway could ‘not under any circumstances be built, and there was no inclina- tion on the part of Nezperce to change any of the already desig- nated roads. The local Commercial Club al- so went on record as being much in favor of the designation of this new highway from Nezperce to Orofino—this and no other. It seems that the people Orofino and Gilbert of and the Funke & McKinley Rainbow Timm, herd boar; also a prize winner at Lewiston, Boise Howard McKinley and John Funke, Thursday morning ship-| less of the hard times. transpired at the| Come Out and Have a Good Time that we should give our readers | and all others interested in this | matter a further statement of | | Friday evening, Clearwater county commission- ers are together on the matter and that the Gilbert people have been promised aid from that country in building up the hill, and they assured our Commer- cial Club that they could build to the county line. Realizing that we have been criticised because of a misunder standing herein, we'd say, let’s forget it. We are neighbors. Let us all be friends and pull to gether on these things wherein our interests are common. We will all get further and feel bet- ter. Dance Tonight—I. O. O. F. Hall EVERYBODY WELCOME NEWS FIFTEEN YEARS AGO. A daughter was born to the wife of William Hanley Tiesday evening. A baby boy was born to the wife of Hubert Hattrup at Keu- terville last week. Dr. Briley reports the birth of a10-pound boy to the wife of Bert Tefft north of town on Thursday, January 25th. Mr. and Mrs, E. M. Ehrhardt returned yesterday from their visit to their old home at Stanton Nebr. We are informed a new baby arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mat Lauer near Greencreek Sunday night. R. S. Curless, who recently sold his farm north of town to John Hoene and John Seubert last week purchased 160 acres of land south of Denver from Geo. M. Reed for $4500. A surprise party gathered at the Mertes home in this city last taking the oc- cupants completely by surprise. Those present besides the family were Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Terhaar, Mr. and Mrs. John Engle, Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Wimer, Mrs. M. F. Fuchs, Miss Helen Terhaar and Messrs Fred and George Lange and Anton Terhaar. RETURNS FROM BOISE. M. M. Belknap returned Fri- day evening from Boise where he went in the interests of the Grave Creek road. He reports that prospects for any special appropriations are not very bright, but after the general ap- propriation bills are out of the way covering the general bud- gets there may be a chance of vetting some aid for the Grave Creek road. The proposition has the endorsement of the State Land Commissioner, as the state has a large amount of land in the Joseph country. Hog Sale Will be Held In Lewiston, Idaho Monday | ped to Lewiston forty head of registered Poland China hogs which they will place on sale at the Lewiston Livestock grounds as adver- tised, on Monday, February 7th. No sale of thoroughbred stock has been so well advertised as the one to be conducted by these two gentlemen Monday in Lewiston. From all indications the sale will prove to be a good one. The hogs were shipped from Cottonwood in a box car and were all in a fine condition having been feed and cared for in the best manner possible for some time. The Camas Prairie railroad stands out as an exception in| that during the year ending December 31, 1920, the freight and passenger business in and out of Lewiston was approxi- | mately 15 per cent greater than that of the year previous, ac- cording to the estimates of rail-| road officials who have not as | yet compiled detailed figures. | There are very few railroads in the country that can possibly make as good a showing, as early in the year just passed the | prevailing depression set in, and | since then there has been a not- | iceable falling off of business re- | ported on all railroads lines in | the United States. | The, showing of the Camas | | Prairie road is especially remark |able when it is considered that the grain tonnage has fallen be- low that of 1919. However, the! diversified resources adjacent to | Lewiston, which have been in aj | State of gradual development, | |have had a tendency to keep | conditions comparatively normal | | here, and in all lines the univer- | sal depression has been felt the \least here of any place’ in the! | northwest. Weather conditions| have also had a great deal to do | With keeping things moving this | winter. Another indication of the pros- | Derous condition of the road, is | that there has been no retrench- jing in labor employed as has heen reported on nearly all other jlines. In fact, the maintainance | department, which usually lays off a number of men in Decem- | her during the winter, has found it convenient unti! recently, on account of the mild weather to! keep the full force at work. The! reducing of the maintainance | force at this time is a part of the| policy of the company every| year, and has nothing to do with the prevailing general condi- tions. Regardless of the dull wheat market there has been consider- able wheat moving this winter| on this and connecting lines, and on many branches where usually only tri-weekly freight service has been kept up, it has been found necessary to maintain a |daily schedule.—Lewiston Tri- | bune. : | GIVEN EXTRA TIME. An order waiving requirement that grazing fees on forest re-| serves shall be paid this spring |80 days in advance of driving stock into the reserve was issued by the secretary of agriculture | at Washington Saturday. Where /an extension is desired interest |at one ner cent a month will be} charged for each month of the first payment according to a tel- egram from Senator Gooding made public at Boise Saturday. Time for payment has been ex- tended to August 4. | With the present financial! | conditions the above ruling will | be of great benefit to the stock- |men in this section of the state for thousands of cattle and sheep | }are taken to the reserves by | stockmen in the spring. | The new order was issued at} the suggestion of Senator Good- | ing. | AGAINST ANY CHANGE, A telegram was received Mon-} |day by Senator Seth Jones stat-! jing that he was against any} | change in the proposed route of | |the North and South highway. | He stated in his telegram that} | his first information of the pro- | |posed change was when the | Chronicle arrived which is being |sent to Senator Jones weekly. | | ROLL OF HONOR. Subscriptions to the Chronicle} | still continue to come in, regard-| Those | eligible to be placed on our honor | list this week are the following: | Nick Clausen, Heartburg Bros, | Tom Jacobs, Henry Uhling, Geo. | Simon, Frank Arnzen, Mrs. J. W. | Turner, E. L. Lancaster, Joseph | South, W. C. Frick, St Michael’s | Priory, Alois Wemhoff, Clemens Wemhoff, Henry Beckman, J. V.| | Nash, J. G. Eimers, W W Brown, | NEWS AROUND THE STATE Items of Interest From Various Sections Reproduced for Ben- efit of Our Readers. The Vollmer mill at Kendrick, Idaho is again operating with a day and night shift. The Idaho Leader official paper in Idaho for the nonpartis- an league has suspended publica- tion. The paper has been pub- lished at Boise for almost snl years. The Reliable tion company is the name of a freight handling organization now mak- ing preparations to establish a truck line between Lewiston and Spokane. Sandpoint and Bonners Ferry are fathering a movement which has for its purpose the making of a new state out of northern Idaho and easern Washington with Spokane as the capital, Sure would make some state. A meeting is to be held at Lewiston Saturday for the pur- pose of organizing a baseball league, comprising towns of the Lewiston and prairie points. Among those interested in the movement at this time are: Lew- iston, Nezperce, Grangeville, Craigmont, Winchester, Union- town, Kamiah and Kooskia. Charles E. Elmer, state com- missioner of public investments and a member of Governor Davis cabinet in the state commission form of government, dro dead in front of St. John’s cathe- dral at Boise Saturday morning while going from his home to the state house to work. Heart trouble was the cause of his sud- den passing away. Four suitcases, filled with opi- i- um with a valuation of mately $12,000, were seized at Nampa Tuesday. This in one of the largest hauls of contraband drugs ever made in the state and is believed to be the work of a band of Chinese who are smug- gling opiate. drugs across the Mexican border. The opium was taken from two Chinese. Asking $25,000 damages, Miss Lillian High charges that Fay I. Anderson, son of wealthy par- ents, pioneers of Latah county, is the father of her child, almost 2 years old, in a trial that began at Moscow behind closed doors. The girl, who was employed as a domestic in the home of Anderson’s parents, claims that she was wronged in April 1918, “under protestations of love and promise of marriage” After spending 60 years of his life in the Pierce City mining camp, located on Orofino creek almost directly east of the town of Orofino, Wah Lee, an aged Chinaman, pulled his stakes last Tuesday morning and on the day following he boarded the Clear- water branch line train at Oro- fino, changing cars at North Lapwai for Spokane, thence to Seattle, thence to the Flowery | Kingdom from whence he came more than 70 years ago. The Latah county commis- sioners have fixed wages for road work in Latah county this year. They will be considerably lower than last year. Road overseers are to be paid $4 day, or 50 cents an hour; men work- ing on the roads or doing other labor for the county will be paid $3.20 a day, or 40 cents an hour; a two-horse team will be paid $3 and $2 additional for each team driven by one man. An effort to secure the release of Dr. C. K. Hinkle from the in- sane asylum at Orofino through a writ of habeas corpus in the state supreme court, is to be made by A. L. Morgan, attorney for Hinkle, who was sentenced to two years in the asylum by | Judge Edgar C. Steele, of the district court at Moscow. Hinkle is a veteran of the world war The stock is all registered and of the finest type of high-bred| W. L. Campbell, A. J. Jenny, J.| and had practiced medicine at animals, and persons wishing to buy at reasonable figures will have opportunity at this auction sale. The country is pretty well drained of swine, and as feed is getting cheaper, the hog is about as safe a money maker as any animal on the farm. As it costs less to make pork with a blooded hog than the scrub, now is the time to geta | Start with new blood of a standard breed of good healthy hogs. | F. Jenny, Matt Kees. | Mrs. A. B. Rooke spent Thurs- | day at the home of her brother, John Harriman in Grangeville, Troy, in this county, for years. He was ducget a being “addicted to the temper- ate use of narcotics or stimul- ants to such an extent as to have lost his self-control.” —