Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, March 11, 1921, Page 5

NEW ADMINISTRATION ASSUMES AUTHORITY Cabinet Is Sworn In and An- nouncements of Appoint- ments Made. Washington, D. C.—Transfer of ad- ministrative authority from democratic to republican hands was completed with the swearing in of the new cab- inet. The ceremonies took place in the executive departments. Charles E, Hughes, secretary of state, was the first to be sworn in and Will H. Hays, postmaster-general, the last. Appointments of the assistants to two cabinet officers were announced. E. D. Ball of Iowa was renamed as- sistant secretary of agriculture, and | £. J. Henning of San Diego, Cal., was | selected assistant secretary of labor. Announcement also was made that Major-General March would continue temporarily as chief of staff and that Assistant Secretary of War Williams would be continued for the present. Chief assistants whose terms of of- fice expired with the Wilson admin- istration have tendered their resig- nations, but many will be continud in | office for a time. There are three va- cancies in offices of assistant attor ney general. Will Promote Army Officers. Besides appointments to be made to other departments, the new admin istration also is to recommend to con- | This famous Sulky Plow has been the leading riding Plow for nearly 15 years. No other plow made approaches ¥. for simplicity. It has only two levers (one with a double ‘adjustment) but it is just as flexible, and has all the advan- tages of plows requiring three and four levers. No one ever made a mistake in buying the Snecess. It wery farth beaten for strength. The mandlacturers have wonmuch fy + tay Air an unquali s et plow—they don't make them any better than the Success» Ant UY ® better PQ PXQ PXeO PXO CANTON PLOWS CANTON PLOWS CANTON PLOWS CANTON PLOWS Light Draft— for the team gress promotions for army officers. Henry C. Wallace of Iowa said he did not intend to make any immediate changes in the personnel of the de- partment of agriculture. Secretary Fall announced the fol- | lowing appointments in the depart: | ment of the interior: Charles R. Safford of New Mexico, former secretary of the senate com. | mittee on the Pacific islands and Porto | Rico, to be the secretary's assistant Charles W. Nestler of Ohio to con- | tinue as assistant to the secretary, | and Isidor Shaffer of Boston to be | private secretary. | Mr. Hoover said his department | “does not need to meet any anxiety on the part of office-seekers.” He said that 98 per cent of the depart- ment was under the civil service and many of the bureau chiefs, especially the technical men, had been there for years, some of them having been ap- pointed under President Roosevelt. In a brief statement to newspaper men, Mr. Hays said that “the presi- dent will every soon have plans for a general effort to improve the serv ice which will indicate a definite pur- pose to meet effectively the require- ments of the country.” Harding Breaks Precedent. Breaking a precedent which has stood since the days of Washington and Jefferson, President Harding ap- peared at an executive session of the senate to present nominations of his cabinet officers. Within less than ten minutes after he had finished his address of five minutes, the senate had confirmed all ten noménations. Senator Fall of New Mexico, named for secretary of interior, was first on the list to be confirmed. He was given precedence because of his senate mem- bership. Mr. Harding submitted the nomina- tions orally, reading the names one by one from the list he held in his hand. They were referred immediate- ly to committees, which had been poll- ed in advance, and as the names were read the chairman of each interested committee arose and gave the unani- mous and favorable report of the com- | mittee for confirmation. | Lodge Re-Elected Senate Leader. | Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, | floor leader, and other republican of- ficers of the senate organization were re-elected without opposition. | Besides re-electing Senator Lodge | floor leader, the senate republicans again chose Senator Cummins of lowa for president pro tempore and Sen- ator Curti3 of Kansas for vice-chair- | man and party whip. Senate democrats in caucus per- fected reorganization for the new ad- | ministration by unanimous re-election of all their officers. Senator Under wood of Alabama again was chosen chairman of the caucus and party lead- er, and Senator Hitchcock, Nebraska, was made vice-chairman, with Sen ators King, Utah, secretary, and Gerry, Rhode Island, whip. To Reintroduce immigration Bill. The immigration restriction bill, which was “pocket vetoed” by Presi dent Wilson, will be one of the first measures introduced at the coming special session of the sixty-seventh congress, according to congressional | leaders. It was the plan to send it to President Harding with the least pos- sible delay as proponents regard its early enactment as necessary to keep out hordes of undesirable immigrants from Southern Europe. Some slight | modifications in the bill may be made. Many senators are known to desire tu increase the 3 per cent limitation to 5 per cent. Easy Riding — for the driver PRICE $83.85 q Hoene wants to aS] SS SSS —S | SSS To Our Patrons and the Public AFTER CAREFUL CONSIDERATION WE HAVE DECIDED TO PUT OUR BUSINESS ON A STRICTLY CASH BASIS. BY SO DOING WE BELIEVE WE CAN REDUCE OUR CHARGES FOR LABOR FROM $1.25 TO $1.00 PER HOUR AND WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO SELL OUR MERCHANDISE ON A SMALLER MARGIN OF PROFIT. . AFTER EIGHTEEN MONTHS IN BUSINESS WE FIND ON CHECKING UP THAT OUR LOSSES BY BAD ACCOUNTS AND THE EXTRA EXPENSE OF KEEP- ING BOOKS AND COLLECTING AMOUNT TO ABOUT 15 PER CENT ON THE VOLUME OF BUSINESS DONE WHICH MEANS THAT THE MAN WHO PAYS CASH IS HELPING TO PAY THE ACCOUNT OF THOSE WHO PAY ONLY WHEN THEY ARE FORCED TO, AND THOSE WHO NEVER PAY. Effective February 15, 1921 COTTONWOOD BATTERY AND WELDING SHOP PRED AIALOIEA SISO AMMAR COUNTY SEAT NEWS ITEMS. William D. Perkins, up to a few years ago a well known and prosperous farmer of this sec- tion, passed away very suddenly at his home in Clarkston last Thursday. night. John A. Powell has been ap- pointed deputy assessor, and left Tuesday for Whitebird to com- mence work. Mr. Powell ex- pects to be occupied for about forty days in assessing the sec- tion of Idaho county lying be- tween Salmon and Snake rivers. Chandler & Graham this week sold their furniture and second hand goods business including the building located next door to the Globe office, to Robert O. Wilson and Robert Zumwalt both of this place, who are now in possession. The business conducted here you at the Take Your Family Into Your Confidence on Shooting (* your new Winchester Hunt- ing Rifle now and take it along on the family vacation trip to practice up. Take a Winchester .22 Caliber Repeater and teach the boys and girls to hit the bull’s-eye. Buy one of the new Winchester Junior Trapshooting Outfits and in- troduce your folks to the new sport of family trapshooting. Drop in today and let us fit you out. THE WINCHESTER store see Hardware for some time past by Oliver|GRAB 1272 QUARTS McConnell, known as The Pantry ceased operation Monday and the stock and fixtures moved to the Jackson Canday Kitchen, which Mr. McConnell recently purchas- While working on the roof of a residence in the north part of the city last Friday Gus Keating had the misfortune to lose his balance and fall t® the ground below striking on a piece of tim- ber which broke one of his legs between the knee and thigh. Civil service examination will, be held at the postoffice in Grangeville on March 26 for the purpose of establishing eligible register from which selections are to be made for the position of clerk in the Grangeville post- office, ata salary of $1400 a year. Detailed information on the examination may be had from William T. Williams, civil service secretary, at the local postoffice. Acamping ground for auts-|Rbakesie International .| mobile tourists who visit Grange ville was discussed at a meeting of the Grangeville Commercial club, in the Imperial! hotel, Wed- nesday. A committee compris- ing John P. Eimers, George D. Smith and Frank McGrane was appointed to discuss with the city council, at its meeting next Monday night, a location for the camp site and improvements to be made on the grounds. Mrs. Lester W. Hayes, aged 34-years, died at the family resi- dence at Mt. Idaho, on Thursday, February 24, after an illness of five days from pneumonia. Fun- eral services conducted by W. N. Bonded Canadian whiskey and Gordon gin to the amount of 1272 quarts and valued at $20,- 000 at bootlegger prices, was seized at Grand Junction, Idaho Sunday by Chief Special Agent W. E, Stauffer of the Spokane International railway and six federal officers. Five men and one Ford and one Hudson auto- mobile were taken and the li- cense numbers of three other cars that got away were obtain- The liquor was hidden under coal in a box car. The bottles were in the original wrappings and paper or straw containers and packed in sacks. So well was the booze packed that not a bottle was broken. There were 53 sacks averaging more than 24 quarts to the sack. Chief Agent Stauffer and the federal officers worked on the case for the last five days. Of- ficers at each station watched freight train No. 15, on which the ship- ment was made, from the time | it left Eastport. When the train reached Grand Junction, just across the Idaho line, where the officers believed the attempt would be made to unload the whiskey, officers were stationed on a hill watching the car through field glasses. They al- lege that the five men arrested were seen to break the seal on the freight car and begin un- covering the liquor. DEFECT PERCENTAGE. Miss Bee S. Hoiles, public health nurse for Lewis county, Knor, minister, were held at the | has completed an examination of residence at. 10 o’clock Monday, | @ll school children in that county. | Undertaker A. J. Mangg, direct-|Of the total number of 1884 ing the funeral, interment being | children examined the following made at the Mt Idaho cemetery. | list shows the percentage found Dict ee defective, and the nature of the EXONERATE CANNON. defects: eyes, 21 per cent; ears, Miles Cannan commissioner|7 per cent, nose 14 per cent; of agriculture of Idaho, who was| throat, 30 per cent; teeth 55 per charged with “wilful, unlawful cent; skin, 1 per cent; enlarged and corrupt acts and conduct,”| glands, 38 per cent; children was acquittd Friday by a com-|over 10 per cent under normal mission composed of Governor} weight, 25 per cent. Davis, the attorney-general, a ae gE REET state senator and a member of| Harry C. Cranke, auctioneer, the lower house of the legisla-| Nezperce and Gran; » ture. Cannon is alleged to have | Make your dates at this office... refused to certify certain size prune packing cases which the complaining witness said dis-| Wrappers for you. We can print those butter How about your subscription? ORIGIN OF TERM “TWO BITS” Can Be Traced to Plece of Siiver Coined by Mexice, and ie Net Spanish authority a piece of silver for Mexico that represented the eighth part of a dollar, and that was called a “real” after the name of a coin in Spain. It had the same value as the early American shilling. Yankees used the shilling as a com- mon expression, and some people can remember when farmers hired help by shillings. When the “forty-niners” went to California and the Southwest they found that dos reales was the equiva- lent of two shillings. Later, dos reales became common as a quarter. The Americans never learned to say dos reales, but they may have Amer- icanized that amount by saying “two bits.” GOOD REASON : Mrs. Benham—Be a man. Benham—How can I, when you keep me so short? DEFECTIVE. HIS SYSTE! The shabby visitor laid his hat upon a chair, and drawing a booklet from his pocket, approached the merchant prince. “I can tell you,” he said, “how to become a great success; how to win independence for life.” “Three seconds gone from the minute I’m giving you,” said the merchant. “I have here,” went on the vis- itor, “an infalliable memory system. Master it and you will master the world. You will not forget to post the letter your wife gave you this morning, and you can do without that worsted on your finger.” “My trouble,” said the merchant, “is that I can’t find a reliable system for forgetting things I want to. Your minute’s up.” Sadly the visitor departed, but two minutes later he returned to the office, breathless and excited. “I forgot my hat!” he said.—Ar- gonaut. WONDERFUL GAS ENGINE. The most powerful gas engine is claimed to be one made at Liege, Belgium. It was not quite com- pleted at the outbreak of the war, but was taken to Germany, and re- stored to its owners only after the war's close. As now improved, it develops 8,000 horsepower. Each of its four cylinders has a diameter of about 51 inches, a stroke of 58 inches, and it makes 94 revolutions per minute. The heat of the ex- haust generates steam to drive a turbine JAPAN TO RAISE SHEEP. Experiments in the raising of sheep are being conducted by the agricultural department of the Jap- anese government, representatives of which have recently purchased some 200 Shropshire and 50 Corriedale ewes while on a mission to Australia. A number of rams have already been sent to Japan from England. It is reported that the total number of sheep now in Japan does not ex- ceed 4,000 to 5,000, of mixed breeds. THE RESEMBLANCE. “The labor troubles seem to be proceeding like clockwork.” “Yes, apparently, they have the strike habit.” TTS a ee |