Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, March 18, 1921, Page 1

- COTTONWOOD CHRONICLE: VOLUME 29. NO. 12 COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1921 |RED ROCK HAPPENINGS. | The roads in this community | were in good condition and the | cars were running but the snow | Monday morning would make ‘one think of winter in the sum-| | mer time. Mrs. Lester Twillegar and daughters, visited her sister Mrs | Harvey Miller last week. | The people are all expecting better services on the telephone | a as the line has just been gone Henry T. Agnew has been ap- pat Johnson, Flossie Hig- pointed county chairman of the Jing Mary and Tony Kurdy who Irish Relief drive, end in a letter 1.” attending high séheol at received from Donald A. Calla- Grangeville spent the week-end han of Wallace, state chairman, | with their parents. | it is stated buttons and receipt! Mr. and Mrs; Lee Johnson RAISE MONEY FOR THE IRISH AGNEW IS NAMED COUNTY CHAIRMAN—STATE QUOTA $10,000. GIVES STATISTICS. ~ In a letter just issued to its agents, the Vollmer-Clearwater company quotes statistics to dis- pute the argument that wheat is purchased in the fall at low) prices and sold in the later months at higher quotations. The letter also predicts a further drop in wheat unless some un-| Sections Reproduced for Ben- foreseen condition arises. The) letter is as follows: efit of Our Readers. “You have often heard the ex-| Lee pression that all wheat is crowd-| : ed on the market in the fall,| It is estimated that nearly bought at low prices by grain| ne-fourth of the automobile gamblers and speculators, and|/OWners of Nez Perce county then held and sold for high| have not paid their 1921 license. prices in the latter part of the) _M. P. Campbell, photographer ‘NEWS AROUND THE STATE Items of Interest From Various books will be sent to each chair- man at once. The work of gathering funds, for the suffer- ing people of Ireland, in this county will commence at once under the leadership of Mr. Agnew. A chairman of each town will also be appointed by the county chairman. The quota for the state is $10,000, which makes the quota for Idaho coun- ty approximately $300. An ef- fort will be made to collect the funds as_ soon as possible and those wishing to contribute can either send their donation to Mr. Agnew direct or to the Chronicle office. The movement is non-sectar- ian and non-political and the ap- peal is made to all classes and creeds. The following appeal from Cardinal Gibbons was read in all the Catholic churches of the country Sunday: “T earnestly beg all kind-heart- ed and generous Americans to contribute to the fund for the re- lief of the many thousands now suffering want in Ireland. Au- thentic information reveals that villages, towns and cities have been in large part burned or de- stroyed and thousands of per- sons thrown out of employment while they and their families are left dependent for food and shel- ter upon the charity of others. In many places the situation is acute and relief is now being administered by a committee of Trish and American Quakers, without distinction of religion or politics, “All funds are to be expended solely for relief under the super- vision of men of the highest character and integrity. Con- tributors will have the satisfac- tion of knowing that their money is relieving destitution and bringing comfort and consolation to the women and children of a race that has always been pre- eminently distinguished by gen- erosity and charity. “While the sad_ plight of the destitute in Ireland appeals to our common sentiments of hum- anity it ought to touch American hearts with special force. The Trish people out of their poverty have more than once in times past sent aid to suffering Amer- icans. Nor should we forget that not even to the French na-, tion do we owe more for the achievement of our independence than we owe to the Irish soldiers of the American revolution. To the French we have proved that a nation may ke moved by senti- ments of gratitude. Let us pay some small portion of our debt to the Irish by practical sym- pathy in their sufferings. “T need not urge upon Amer- icans of Irish descent their spec- ial duty to their own flesh and blood. They have given gen- erously to all other suffering peoples. They will not forget their own.” FIND HOUGH “NOT GUILTY” The jury in the case of Jay E. Hough, who was tried in the superior court of Spokane on a charge of forgery, in connection with the alleged defrauding of James Callahan, of Wallace, out of $400,000 by forged securities, returned a verdict of not guilty Friday night. Hough was re- turned to the county jail where he is being held on three other charges growing out of the series of transactions by which the Wallace mining magnate was defrauded out of vast sums. Hough blamed the crimes upon his former partner, John B. Mil- holland, who committed suicide after Hough had confessed their crinies. Hough testified that he was forced by Milholland, who visited at the Otto Shultz home} ‘near Grangeville Thursday and | Friday. | Mr. John Skelton and son,| | Melvin visited his sister Mrs. Ed Ickes the first of the week. | The school report for the} month ending March 11 was per- | fect in attendance. There be-| ing no one absent nor tardy dur- , ing the month. | Miss Florence Rogers, teacher | at the Independance school and Miss Mamie Richards of Grange- | ville spent the week end with) Miss Lola Robertson. MAY RESIGN. | Rumor in state house circles Saturday had it that W. J. Hall, commissioner of public works, | says the Boise Statesman, had tendered his resignation to Gov- ernor Davis. Officials said that the resignation had been in the hands of the chief execuitve for the last two months and that probably it would not be accept- ed. When asked concerning the matter Governor Davis said: “I don’t consider that I have his resignation. JI am not at all sure that Mr. Hall intends to resign.” The governor refused to say more on the reported re- signation. Mr. Hall also refused to make any comment on the reported re- signation but did not deny that he had handed it to the gover- nor. “I don’t want my name mentioned to any connection in The Statesman,” Mr. Hall said. It is said that Mr. Hall has been offered several positions and that he would accept one of these if he leaves the employ-| ment of the state. | | | | NEWS FIFTEEN YEARS AGO. | The Grangeville stage came in on runners Tuesday. Fred Lange and his father came up Monday from Kamiah. Our society reporter informs | us a number of the ladies gave Mrs. Belknap a china shower at a Ehrhardts residence Thurs- | day. | The Kamiah stage has been | using four horses this week and | finds them all necessary to make | the trip in time during the pre- sent condition of the roads. | Mrs. and Miss. Lange are at} Kamiah and will come up to this | pace as soon as the weather | moderates somewhat. | H. H. Nuxoll is preparing to| erect a dwelling on his farm about a mile above town and will | move out early next month to commence farming. Dr. Blake, Barney Luchtefeld | and Henry Boeckmann were transacting business here Wed- nesday from Keuterville. AFTER BIG PLUM. Evan Evans of Grangeville, former Republican state chair- man of Idaho, is tarrying in| Washington D. C. hoping to be appointed collector of internal | revenue for the Idaho-Utah dis- trict. His name has not yet been formally considered by the | Idaho senators. The position carries with it a salary of $5000 a year and ex- penses and is for a term of four years. Mr. Evans has many friends in Idaho county who are doing all in their power by the way of endorsements to land him, the much coveted position. MAKE ANOTHER PAYMENT. The state bank examiner has notified stockholders of the Grangeville Savings and Trust compzny, now liquidating, that a second payment of 10 per cent will be distributed soon with were MANY CHANGES IN GAME LAWS WOMEN MUST TAKE OUT LICENSES TO HUNT AND FISH IN IDAHO A number of changes were made in the game laws of Idaho by the last session of the legis- lature, and some of them are regarded as a big improvement over the old laws. Here are some of the changes made: The charge of a license has been raised from $1.50 to $2, and women as well as men must take out licenses. The fish license for a non-resident has been in- creased from $2 to $3. A new feature is a gun license for aliens who are employed in the protection of stock, but are not allowed to kill game. The season for the mourning dove is closed entirely. The grouse season shortened thirty days. of beginning August 15, begin September 15 and extend to October 15. The airplane and the auto now figure in the game laws, for it prohibits all shooting from sir- planes, autos and power boats. has been Instead The attempt to catch or kill| game or fish is now a misde- meanor. This is expected to help much in the enforcement of the law. Deer creek and all of its tri- butaries are closed for the pre- sent year. The bear has finally been hon- ored by a place among game animals. It was formerly class- ed among the predatory ones jand then among the furbearing, but now it is entitled to the pro- tection of the game laws. The state game warden is giv- en the power, when funds be- come available, to start a state game farm at the state peniten- tiary, at Boise. Heyburn park has been taken from the fish and game depart- ment and put back under the department of public works. The salary of the men employ- ed in the state fish hatcheries has been raised from $1,250 to $1,500 a year. The state game warden will now have a term of six years in- stead of two years. There was recently issued by Warren Jones, of the state fish and game department, a report that has been pronounced to be | one of the best ever issed by this | or any other state department. |The receipts of 1919 and 1920 amounted to $270,722.51, or more than double those of any former biennium of the bureau. The greater part of the bureau's income was derived from the sale of fish and game permits and licenses. During 1920 lic- enses to the number of 83,018 were sold, an increase over 1919 of 4,411, and 30,420 more than in 1918. The sum of $5,590.60 for fines and confiscations was collected in 1919 and $6,650.10 in 1920. In 1919-1929 there was plant- ed a grand total of 11,088,600 fish of all species in Idaho lakes and steams, of which 10,000 were trout of the Rainbow, threatened to kill him, to forge| further dividends to follow as/| eastern brook, black spotted, the securities sold to Callahan. notes due the bank are paid. it will} river, the last three native spec- ies. Other species of fish plant- ed were: Yellow perch, white fish, Alturas lake, red fish and black bass, to the total of 850,- 000. It is hoped to secure for the coming season plantings of the beautiful California golden trout. LOCAL PUPILS WIN. William Litherland, of this city is the champion speller of the third fourth and fifth grades in the public schools of Idaho county, having won first prize, in class one at the spelling con- test held in Grangeville Satur- day. Lenora Nims won third prize in class two, consisting of the sixth, seventh and eighth grades of Idaho county. The contest was held under the sup- ervision of County Superinten- dent Leonard Case. Other win- ners were: Winners in Ciass 1, compris- ing the third, fourth and fifth grades "were: First — William Litherland, District 8, Cottonwood. Second — Raymond Derrig, Grangeville. _ Third—Ruth Pidgeon, Dist- j rict 20. Those who won in Class 2, | sixth, seventh and eighth grades | were: | First | Grangeville. Second — District 4. Third—Lenora Nims, Cotton- wood. Those who won first and sec- ond places will go to Lewiston, to participate inthe inter-county contest, late in March. The pupils from Cottonwood entering the contest were: Wil- liam Litherland, Mae Knight, Lenora Nims and Clarence Pet- erson. The above named pupils | were accompanied to Grangeville | by their teachers, Miss Rawson and Miss Rutledge. Margaret Stella Browning, SQUIRREL POISON. | The Idaho County Farm Bu- reau now has a supply of squir- rel poison on hand, This year the County Agent is mixing the | poison with the exception of the addition of twos tablespoonsfull of flour and water to mix. At the annual meeting in Cotton- wood of the Farm Bureau a | resolution was passed to sell the | poison to Farm Bureau members /at cost. To all other persons | who are not Farm Bureau mem- | bers an addition of One dollar is added to the cost. |The cost of | the poison to Farm Bureau mem- | bers is $2.00. | Seventy-five ounces will be available Saturday, March 19th for the farmers around Cotton- wood, M. A. Pierce will have the poison in the office of the Cot- tonwood Highway District from 1 to 4 p. m. and those desiring the same can make arrange- ments with Mr. Pierce Saturday, March 19th. Arrangements will be made for someone in Cotton- wood to handle the poison so that it can be obtained at any time. |. Homer Brutzman, the congen- | ial clerk at the local depot Mon- | day of this week became afflict- ed with the “automobile fever” and consequently the only cure was to buy one. Now watch the passenger, express and we may look for the freight rates to come down when Agent Poler and Homer get their cars to go- Lake Coeur d'Alene and Wood | ing. Guthrie, }season. Agitators and some writers are especially fond of | this line of talk. Below are fig- ures for twenty-year average that disproves this talk. This |is average for all the United | States: | Average price for | first of each month | from: 1901-10 1910-19 | July sans 1,278 | August 921 1,289 |September . 927 October . 923 | November 911 December 988 1,28 1.311 -924 912 935 928 928 956 957 |_ First 6 months | January February | March | April | May | Sue rideaiitte 1.29 1.205 1.264 1.256 1.271 1.872 1.265 | Second 6 months .935 1.29 | “From these figures you will | observe that it is not so much people’s ignorance that does the harm, but it is knowing so much that isn’t so. “Leaving out the last three | years when we have had high | prices the average would be re- | duced considerable; $1 wheat in | normal times is a big price. We |are not on a normal basis yet, | but are on the way. |some unforseen catastrophe to jthe crop, as some European | trouble, look for wheat to decline |considerable before new crop which will be in the southern | states in 90 days.” | GIVES OUT INTERVIEW. Joe McDonald who is visiting in Spokane gave out the follow- ing interview to a reporter of the Spokesman-Review: “In the Camas prairie district |60 per cent of the wheat is un-| | sold,” according to Joseph Mc- |Donald, a wheat grower and | stock raiser of Fenn, Idaho, who | is at the Victoria for a few days. “A great part of the land is going to be left in summer fal- low this spring. Few of the farmers with whom I have come in contact are putting in any |wheat. There is still a little hope of an advanced price, but if it does not materialize within the next two months there will, be nothing for us to do but sell | for what we can get.” COUNTY GETS ITS SHARE. | The sixteenth session of the legislature was in no mood to lavish expenditures of money for the use of the various depart- ments during the coming bien- nium, however, the Idaho county members secured approximately one tenth of the total road funds for use upon highways within the county. The following ap- portionment has tively allotted by the Depart- ment of Public Works: North and South High- way, Adams and Ida- ho County . $250,000 Maintenance for ap- proximately 51 miles 9,100 Refund from state bond issue 44,500 20,000 20,000 Grave Creek road Stites-Kooskia section Total $358,600 The maintenance money will provide approximately $4,000 for use upon the Lewis & Clark 1.284 | 1.802) Outside of | been tenta-| |of Nezperce, pleaded guilty of | taking pictures of a nude woman and was given five months in | jail and fined $200 by Probate | Judge G. H. Ellis: Jacob Bare of Idaho City was | mourned as dead for 27 years by | his brothers and sisters in Bar- |neard, Missouri, while unknown to them he lived and prospered, | as owner of a sheep ranch in the Boise basin. | Ten thousand leaflets from |the United States treasury de- | partment describing government | security investments, were Mon- | day mailed to the various librari- ans inall parts of the state by Ethel E. Redfield, state director of thrift in Idaho. Governor Davis Monday gave his approval to the resolution authorizing the appointment of commission to direct the seces- | sion movement of the ten north- ern Idaho counties. This resolu- tion was passed by the legisla- ture. Pierre Corbett, age 85, a well- known halfbreed Nez Perce Indian, died Wednesday at his home at Kooskia. He is surviv- ed by five sons, two at Kooskia, one at Orofino and two at Pen- dieton, Ore. Mrs. Corbett died three years ago. The body of John Regan, in whose honor the legion boys of | Boise City named their post is being shipped back to his native country and will be buried be- sides the remains of his father who died only a short time ago. | Lieutenant Regan was among | the first in Boise to enlist. Automobile dealers in the state of Idaho are not allowed to use their dealers’ license on ser- vice cars, pleasure cars or on cars owned by their wives, is the information which Robert O. Jones, commissioner of law en- forcement, is sending to every dealer in the state of Idaho. Before the largest crowd that has ever witnessed a boxing bout in Wallace—1200 people— Puggy Morten of Los Angeles , Saturday evening won a techni- cal knockout over Kid Bauers of Burke ina scheduled 12-round headliner when Bauers’ seconds threw in the sponge in the four- th round. Persistency in the report that | dead Chinese and babies have been found in the drinking water | supply of the city of Boise, caus- ed Dr. F. W. Almond, medical advisor of the department of public welfare of that city to make the following statement Tuesday: “The report that dead | Chinese and babies have been | found in the drinking water sup- ply of Boise is absolutely false without foundation and should | not be entertained by anyone.” More than 50 Mexicans left Twin Falls Tuesday when a mob {of about 250 persons sought | vengeance upon Francisco San- | chez, a Mexican, who on Sunday | afternoon is alleged to have stab- bed G. C. Ackerman, a traveling representative of a Des Moines, |Iowa, house. Ackerman died | Tuesday, after which the sheriff spirited Sanchez out of town to | escape the mob’s fury. The man | stabbed by the Mexican had never met or seen his agsailant | according to press reports. Attorney Lloyd A. Fenn of highway between Kooskia and, Kooskia has been appointed spec Lowell. The bond refund money) ial deputy and placed in charge will be allotted to the various! of the State Bank of Stites. Mr. highway districts and the coun- Fenn will have control of the as- ty according to their respective sets of the bank and proceed to valuations.—Kooskia Mountaine-| complete the liquidation of the er. | assets of the institution. The ae aeeeeenaee | property of the bank was turned Fred Erskine, the civil engi-| over to the special deputy the neer from Grangeville came over first of the week by E. V. this morning with his surveying | bank examiner, who took charge | instruments to do some work for| of the institution when it was \the Cottonwood Highway a closed by the Commissioner of oes Eee