Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, February 18, 1921, Page 1

VOLUME 29. NO. 8. HOUSE PASSED PRIMARY LAW HOUSE PASSES PRIMARY BILL—SENATE VOTE IS IN DOUBT. Feb. 14.—The direct bill 178, was house today Boise, primary bill, house passed by the lower by a vote of 33 to 19. No de- bate was had. Three roll calls were taken the first one a mo- tion to postpone action today, the second on final passage and the third to reconsider all three. The “insurgents” banded toget- her as sponsors of the bill were victorious over the factor that wished to uphold the republican state central committee’s protest against the bill, and the adverse minority report of the privileges and elections committees. The only clash came on the! floor after Hall's motion for immediate reconsideration after the bill had carried. Callahan, on a point of personal privilege protested against the tactics em- ployed to force the bill through without discussion. Hall and Young protested that Callahan had no right to speak after the roll call had commenced. With the second of Snook, Callahan then moved to suspend the roll eall, but this was lost by a viva voce vote. There was an air of expectancy in the house when the session opened as the re publican state central committee had gone on record as saying that the republican convention held at Pocatello last August favored retention of the conven- tion system, a resolution to that effect having been accepted. There is even this early wide- spread sepculation as to what action the senate will take on this bill. The primary and anti-primary forces are said to be evenly divided there and while the measure is expected to meet with bitter opposition the claim is being made that it has a strong chance of passage. It is rumored an effort will be made in the senate to bring about a compromise and so amend the bill as to provide the direct primary for the nomina- tion of candidates for United States senators and congressmen as well as all legislative and county candidates, but to elimin- ate the primary for state elec- tive offices permitting their nomination by state conventions | it is said. BORAH FOR PRIMARY. The following telegram from Senator Borah was received by! Representative Scott Hall: “It would seem the fair and honorable way to dispose of the primary bil! is for all to agree that it should come to a vote in| both houses, so that each mem- ber may record his conviction by his vote. We should not quar- rel with our friends who are sin- cerely opposed to a primary, but we who favor it and the people have a right to ask that the vote be taken and each man record his position upon this important question. I feel it will bea great mistake not to pass the bill, but if the vote is taken and a majority is against it we must return again to the people for further instructions. “Wm. Borah.” NORTH WANTS NEW STATE. Boise, Idaho, Feb. 15.—North- ern Idaho today asked permis- sion of the sixteenth Idaho leg- islature to secede. A resolution! was introduced in the senate of which Senators Christenson, Featherstone, Johnson, Rehberg, Jones, Fisher. Kerrick, Hailey, King and Porter are the joint authors, calling for the holding of a convention in the administ- ration building at the university of Idaho, Moscow, June 20, 1921, of delegates from the various counties included in the propos- ed new state for the purpose of adopting a constitution to be submitted to the electors of the new state, for their adoption or reiection. The boundary lines of -the new state as outlined in the re-| solution include the ten northern Idaho counties. This territory {claims a population of 150,000 | people, an area of 35,000 square | miles and property valuations of | | $150,000,000. | |SENATOR JONES EXPLAINS. | In our issue of February 4th, | |the Chronicle printed under al | “Senate Repeals Highway Levy” | |The story as printed in the Chronicle was also published in a |number of other papers. Senator | | Boise date line a story, captioned | } any" oe | Jones writes that the article as | | written was incorrect. Ina let-| | ter to the Chronicle he sets forth | the facts in the case. The letter | received reads verbatim as fol- | lows: | Boise, February 8, 1921. | Editor Cottonwood Chronicle, Cottonwood, Idaho. Dear Sir: | I see a letter in the Cotton-| wood Chronicle of February 4th | supposed to be the facts in re-| gard to Senate Bill No. 66 and} in regard to same wish to say| that as the article is written it is | incorrect, in as much as there} never was any contention over | the repeal of the Two Mill Levy but we asked that this measure be recommitted to the Road, | Bridges & Ferries Committee! feeling that it was a road bill and | that they had a right to have} this bill as it was in reference to | the road program, and introduce all of these bills at one time, so that the road program could be made up in aceordance with the | repealing of such part of this | hill that they saw fit. Also other provisions that were in this bill that we would not desire to have repealed as to the North & South road, which was declared a neutral zone in Idaho County and was to be built wholly by the State and Federal aid. For this purpose we asked that this bill be recommitted to the Roads | Bridges and Ferries committee and the vote stood 19 to 24 in- stead of 38 to 5. In the House | since they have recommitted this bill to the Roads, Bridges and Ferries Committee, where it be- longs. We intend to havea joint caucus of the two commit- tees which will take care of this bill if they do not endeavor to hasten it over. I feel that the people of Idaho | County have a right to know as} to my action on this bill. This} is an explanation which I con-} sider is due to my constituents. | What reason they had in putting this measure over preceding the action of the Road Committee T have not been able to learn. Yours truly, SETH D. JONES. WIN FROM REUBENS. In one of the fastest games played on the local floor this sea~ son the Cottonwood high school basketball team defeated the | Reubens team by a score of 29 to; 22. Friday evening. Cotton-| wood made 13 field goals and} Reubens 10. Nine of the field goals for Cottonwood were made by Henderson, the forward. Mil- ler proved one of the best guards for Cottonwood, and allowed no baskets to be made over him. Rosencrantz proved to be the best point getter for Reubens. | The Reubens center made four field goals. Pervious to this a preliminary was played between a team made up from the grades and one from the freshmen, ending in a vic- tory for the freshmen by a score of 18-12. BUYS FINE CATTLE. John Morarity, of the Cotton- wood section, was in Lewiston Saturday after visiting Yakima | and other outside points ‘in search of registered Hereford bulls to add to his fine herd near Cottonwood. While here Mr. Morarity visited the Henry Thiessen breeding farm near Sweetwater and purchased from Mr. Thiessen two young bulls, to | be delivered in April. jh Mr. Morarity has been engag- ed in the cattle business near | Cottonwood for a good many, years and a few years ago top-| ped the Portland market with a carload of steers, the price being | 25 cents. He is giving much attention to purebred sires and has built up his range herd to a standard found in very few) places in the northwest.—Lewis- ton Tribune. : | Suit for $87,500 was filed Mon- WANT $87,000 FROM ESTATE FRANK ‘L. MOORE AND W. H. CASADY INSTITUTE AC- TION FOR MONEY day in the district court of Idaho county against the executors and heirs of the estate of Wallace Scott, by Frank L. Moore, an attorney, of Moscow, and W. H. Casady an attorney, of Salt Lake Utah, and formerly of Grange- ville. The action is entitled W. H. Casady and Frank L. Moore plaintiffs, vs. Warren F. Scott and Anna Gertrude Scott (nee Anna Gertrude Randolph), A. N. Dyer and A. S. Hardy, executors of the last will and testament and estate of Wallace Scott, de- ceased, Rebecca Scott, Ralph Scott, James Scott and Calista Huxtable. The complaint covers forty typewritten pages and is one of the longest complaints fi!- ed in the district court of Idaho county in years. The filing was made by Mr. Moore in person. Tell of Agreement The plaintiffs, through the suit, seek to recover money al- leged to be due them by reason of an agreement said to have been made by Wallace Scott, several years ago, by which he was to pay Warren Scott, his foster son, $175,000 at the time of the death of Wallace Scott. The money which Mr. Scott, prior to his death, is alleged to} have agreed the foster son should have been paid, is declar- ed in‘the compaint to have been the foster son’s remaining share | of the estate of Mary E. Scott, who died in 1910. She was the wife of Wallace Scott. The complaint begins by re- citing details of the adoption of Warren Scott by Wallace and Mary E. Scott and it is contend- ed, as the adopted son of Mr. and Mrs Scott, he was the heir of the mother’s estate. Employs Plaintiffs The complaint recites that, in an effort to procure a settlement from Wallace Scott on the estate of Mary E. Seott, Warren Scott employed Moore and Casady as attorneys, and their compensa- tion was to be one-half of the |sum received in settlement. The ‘complaint further sets forth that | suit was instituted in the federal | court by Warren Scott against | Wallace Scott for this money, | but the case was settled out of | court. According to the com-| plaint. Wallace Scott, at the time | of settlement, paid Warren Scott | $30,000, and agreed he should be paid $175,000 from the mother’s | estate when Wallace Scott died. | Wallace Scott died in 1919 and] says the complaint, the $175,000 as not been paid to Warren Scott. Moore and Casady, in their complaint, contend that they are entitled to their fees, of $87,500, from the estate of Wallace Scott, in payment for their services in bringing about the alleged settle ment. According to the complaint, the estate of Wallace Scott has been appraised at more than $519,000.—Free Press. 4 NEWS FIFTEEN YEARS AGO. John Nuttmann has again se- cured the contract for carrying the Keuterville mail, the final papers being arranged this week. George Winder is in Ferdinand this week doing some painting for Ben Gerding. I. M. Julian’was in town yes- terday attending the funeral of J. M. Eller. Paul Burgund, the Keuterville merchant, was a visitor in the city Wednesday. He has disposed of his grocery line to Schmidt and Pederson. A deal was completed last week whereby F. J. Walser sold his 320-acre farm north of town to Mat Seubert, of Greencreek, for $13,000. Henry Nuxoll, jr., returned home Tuesday evening from Spokane where he has been at- tending the Gonzaga college. The last threshing of the crop of 1905 was completed last week at the Christ. Behen ranch out on Stock creek when Mr. Behnen threshed his barley crop . BURIED AT KEUTERVILLE. The remains of Mrs. Alvin Bensching, who died at her home iast Friday morning were buried in the Keuterville cemetery Sat- urday morning, the services be- ing conducted from the Catholic church of that city with the Rev. Fr. Martin officiating. Mrs. Benching, who died from the ef- feets of child birth was born in Keuterville, February 238, 1901 ;and is survived by her husband, Alvin Benching, whom she mar- ried April 23, 1920, her parents Mr. and Mrs. William Entrup, jand three sisters and three bro- thers, all of the Keuterville sec-| tion. The high esteem in which she was held by her friends and neighbors was clearly evident on the day of her funeral when her many friends gathered to attend the services and pay their last respects to this fine and noble young woman. HAVE BIG TIME. The Knights of Pythias and their families fittingly com- memorated the 57th anniversary of the order of Knights of Pythi- as in the I. O. O. F. hall Tuesday evening. An interesting as well as an appropriate program was given which was enjoyed by all present. The climax of the evening came when all those pre- sent were invited to set down to | SCHOOL NOTES. (By Delbert Hale) The Cottonwood high school | basket ball team defeated the | Reubens H. S. in one of the fast- jest games ever played on the |local floor. The score being |22. This was the third game | between the two teams. Cotton- | wood winning two of the three. The local team substituted in the last half. The lineup for | Cottonwood : J. Hanley, Hen- | drickson, forwards; Schroeder, |Jenny, center; Miller, Tacke, | guards. As a preliminary the Fresh- men team defeated the eighth grade team 18-12. The high school girls team | will play the Norma! school at | Lewiston Friday, February 18. | Glen Rink has returned to | school after three weeks illness. Miss Hanson was absent the first of the week on account of | sickness, The art class has began work | in basketry. LEGION ELECTS OFFICERS. Cottonwood Post No. 40, of | | the American Legion elected of- | ficers for the ensuing year last night as follows: Paul Schur- |man, Commander; Bert Schroe- der, Vice Commander; Jess |Robertson, Post Adjutant; Frank Albers, Finance Officer. Advisory board: Frank Schober, | Ben Hattrup, Clem Hussman, V. A. Dve, Albert Wessels, George | | Seubert, Lloyd Turner. On the advisory board are also the of-| ficers of the post. | The forming of a ladies’ auxil-| lary is now under way, more de-_ tails concerning the organization will be given in next week's Chronicle. | cient | GIRLS TO LEWISTON, The girls team of the Cotton-| wood high school left this morn- ing for Lewiston where they will | play a game of basket ball with NEWS AROUND THE STATE Items of Interest From Various Sections Reproduced for Ben- efit of Our Readers. Fifty per cent of the wheat in the Lewiston country is sold ac- — to grain dealers of that y. James H. Hawley, “Idaho's Grand Old Man” was admitted to practice law in the state of Idaho just 50 years ago this month. More than 400 breeders of purebred poultry are listed in the Idaho Purebred Poultry Dir- ectory, which has been issued by the University of Idaho exten- sion division, Arrangements are being made by the Lewiston Elks whereby the Grangeville Cowboy band will officially represent them at the national convention of the Elks to be held in Los Angeles in July. The Cherrier Meat Market in Lewiston was the scene of a rob- bery Thursday evening. The robber took about $60 in cash from the cash register while he forced Mrs. Cherrier, the only occupant of the market at the time to face the wall while he rifled the register. A lone masked bandit held u the police station at Blackfi | Thursday, forced the city clerk into a vault and robbed the of- fice of $150. Firemen in the fire station adjoining the police station heard the clerk taping on the walls and rushed to re- lieve him. Fifty-nine guarts of good old Canadian whiskey were discov- ered by the sheriff of Bonner the Lewiston State Normal Girls | The team is composed of the fol- | lowing: Agnes Terhaar, Rose | Terhaar, Elia Hamlin, Nellie! Asker, Beatrice McDonald, Mat-! ilda Schroeder and Lenore Nims, Those accompanying the girls were: Jeanette Greve, Vivian Baker, Bernice Simon, Margaret Simon, Elza Matthiesen and Ray | mond Nims. Ail of the girls are | under the direct supervision of | Miss Lansing, their coach. JUDGE SCALES ILL, Judge Wallace N. Scales, hold- ing court at Nezperce, and whose home is in Grangeville was com- | pelled to give up his work, in the midst of the spring session of the Lewis county term, due to | having developed a case of bron- | chitis. . Judge Steele of Moscow | | will finish out the term for the ; | stricken judge. | aembsidiaile | PAY DEPOSITORS. | Depositors in the defunct | Grangeville Savings & Trust Co., jare this week receiving a first} | payment of 10 percent on their deposits. G. W. Suppiger, spec-| | ial deputy, in charge of the clos-| | ed bank, is mailing checks to the | | depositors. Approximately $12,- | 000 will be paid in the initial | dividend.—Free Press. | | | ROLL OF HONOR. The following readers of the | Chronicle have made payment on | subscription to the Chronicle) ] Hl county in the home of J. E. Cole- man of Sandpoint Sunday. The booze is valued at $1000. He pleaded quilty to the of having intoxicating liquor in his possession and was fined and 60 days in jail. J. G. Gibson, mayor of Moscow had a narrow escape from seri- ous injury Friday morning when a team he was driving ran away, crashing into a telephone pole, smashing the rig and thowing Mayor Gibson out on the ice of the street. He was badly bruised about the face, right leg and one side was painfully hurt. University of Idaho students have been offered an opportun- ity by the Italian American Soc- iety to enter an essay writing contest with a trip to Italy as a prize. The essay is to be on the subject of “Italy’s Contribution to Modern Culture.” The essay is to be more than 10,000 words. Entrants must be under gradu- ate college students. Alfred A. Crow was arrested Friday by Sheriff Smith of Lewis county on the charge of embezzlement, Crow is accus- ed of acting as an agent for the Averill Machinery company, of Spokane and is alleged making a number of collections for ma- chinery sold on the prairie and using the funds for his own personal benefit. The complaint was made by an agent of the company. - The 15-month-old daughter of | since our last issue: | John Lehmeier, Gus Seubert, | Mr. and Mrs. Dan Bolish of Carl- in bay, Lake Coeur d’Alene, was sumptous banquet. The prin-| Ben Terhaar, Gortsema Bros.,| burned to death Saturday in a cipal address of the evening was |Link Manwaring, Alois Holthaus | fire which completely destroyed made by Perry W. Mitchll, of| Frank Terhaar, B.C. Albers,| the home. Mrs. Bolish had gone Nezperce, Grand C. C. for the state of Idaho. HAD FINE MEETING. The Keuterville Telephone Company held a meeting at Keuterville which was attended by some 28 farmers and patrons of the company. A board of directors consisting of the fol- lowing were elected: Gerhard Uhlenkott, Conrad Bosse, Andy Sprute, John Nuttman and Leu Hatke. The board of directors will elect its officers from its membership. D. Romain, the retiring president and Ben Krie- ger, retiring secretary will help the new directors in reorganiz- ing its officers, assisting in whatever way they can. John Nash was a business vis- itor in Grangeville Wednesday evening, returning on the train _| mitter, and John Frei. |Charles Buettner, D. Duclos,| | Madison Lumber Co., Joe Kasch- | LIBRARY OPEN. The Cottonwood Public Libra-| |ry will again be open to the! | public on Wednesday and Satur- | days of each week. The hours | on Wednesday will be from 4 p. |m. to 5 and on Saturdays from | 2:30 p.m. to 5. Miss Jeanette| Greve has been selected as libra- | rian, the library is located in the |council room chambers, next | door to the offices of Dr. Orr. AUCTION SALE, G. W. Tarbet, who lives 4 miles northwest of Ferdinand, \% mile from big R. R. bridge, will sell all his horses, cows, farm machinery, etc., Friday, February 25, Free lunch; terms as usual. H.C. Quigley, Auc- down to the lake, about half a mile distant, to bring home one |of the children who had run away earlier in the day and upon returning found the home in ashes. other children were at home at the time and escaped the flames, but were un- able to rescue the little one. In what was termed the most spirited auction of state land ever held in the Gem state and also one of the best leases ever entered into by the state, Idaho, Thursday, through I. H. Nash, state land commissioner, leased to J. L. Wells of Payette for five years, the tract of play ground land around Payette lakes for the price of $825 per year. For the past few years the tract has been rented to “Outdoor Life” for the yearly rental of $150. This organiza- tion also bid on the land Thurs- day. itl coe