Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, March 25, 1921, Page 5

diamonds everywhere. their active material. BOSCH Service Station WILLARD Batteries WHIZ TOP DRESSING MAKES YOUR OLD TOP LOOK LIKE NEW, AND IS GUARANTEED TO GIVE SATISFACTION OR YOUR MONEY REFUNDED STILL ON A STRICTLY CASH BASES— AND GOING FIRM COTTONWOOD BATTERY AND WELDING SHOP Hatching Eggs RHODE ISLAND RED—NELSON & WAT: STRAIN Our breeding hens must stand the Hogan test for egg production. Male line is all prize stock. No others used. One pen of Single Combed WhiteBrown Leghorns— 220 egg type under Hogan test. WHITE WYANDOTTS— HINGHOUSE STRAIN The champion strain of the Northwest. for high egg production, plus beauty. EGGS FROM ANY OF THE ABOVE MATINGS $1.50 PER 15 OR $8.00 PER 100 Hoganizeo NO MORE BREEDING STOCK FOR SALE Money must accompany all mail orders. Please order early. Hatching eggs will be very scarce this season be- cause of the high prices of feed last year. Many flocks were reduced to almost nothing. Orders will be filled— FIRST COME FIRST SERVED. Greencreek Poultry Yards ¢ E. T. STOLZ, PROPRIETOR Greencreek, Idaho Box 8 ity * COTTONWOOD A DRAY AND TRANSFER LINE PI ROBBINS BROTHERS PROPS. a Light and Heavy Hauling Done on Short Notice 4a Diamond Construction Makes This Bridge Strong The bridge is strong because it is supported in every direction by sturdy diagonal braces that form The battery is strong because its plates, like the bridge, are built on the Diamond principle. That is why the plates do not buckle nor lose That is why the battery is Guaranteed for Eighteen Months That is why we are the official Phila- delphia Service Station. Expert battery re-charging and repairing. Free inspection—any battery—any make, any car, any time. us look at the condition of your battery. HOENE HARDWARE | Cottonwood Drop in today and let winning blue-ribbon bird house of Washington to a large tree in one of the clty’s many parks. The house was presented to the American For- estry association. In a recent com- petition, 300 blue ribbons were award- ed Washington pupils by the assocl- ation for their excellent bird “lodg- ings.” WILL NOT RESIGN. William J. Hall, commissioner of public works, is in Wallace, where he will spend three weeks. Mr. Hall announced that he would return to Boise at the ex- piration of that time and resume his duties in the state house. It was reported in official cir- cles at the state house Saturday that Mr. Hall had withdrawn his resignation, which it is said was in the governor’s hands, and in-| tended to remain in the employ | of the state. When asked con-| cerning this Mr. Hall was reti- cent but admitted that he would continue as commissioner of | public works, after his return} from the north. Plumbing and tinning at the Hardware every | Thursday and Friday. Fordham Brothers. Grangeville. 51-tf The Farmers Union received a carload of hogs at this point Monday for which they paid the |farmers 10 cents a pound. We can print those butter wrappers for you. | month the war department expects to | | begin making the lists public through | detective agencies, tle American Le- | | the provost marshal-general numbered |PRE-WAR BASIS REACHED | NEEDS 17 BILLIONS Weeks Declares That Task is Greatest Ever Undertaken In Peace Times. Pittsburg, Pa.—Something like $17,- 000,000,000 must be provided by the federal government within 80 months to meet its running expenses and re- funding operations, Secretary Weeks declared here in an address before the Pittsburg chamber of commerce. “This,” he said, “is a greater task than was ever undertaken by any na- tion in Ume of peace and there is no one who does not view the prospect with more or less alarm. It is the height of folly to undertake new com- mitments if they can be avoided.” The secretary discussed economy in government operations, recognition of federal! activities in Washington, tax- ation and the tariff. He urged repeal of the excess profits tax, declaring that with falling prices it was not an effective tax, He said there were tn- humerable instances where concerns which made large profits in 1919, pay- ing a tax on these profits, lost so much dort. 1920 that on January 1, 1921, their resources were leas than January 1, 1919 LAST CALL IS OUT = FOR DRAFT EVADERS Washington.—A last opportunity for selective service law evaders to escape broadcast publication of their names as deserters during the world war was given by Adjutant-General Harris of the army Persons who have reason to belleve that they will be charged with evading | the draft but who did not actually do so, the adjutant-general announced, may escape the odium of being pub | licly branded as a deserter unjustly | by communicating all the facts of the | case to him without delay. | The final check of the Hsts is being | completed by former members of the local draft boards. By the end of the | he newspapers and by furnishing co- ples to city, state and federal police, | gion and other patriotic societies, The department's list of draft evad- | | ers, which as originally reported to | nearly 490,000 names, has been re- | duced to approximately 160,000 names. | The final lists by draft districts are | now being tabulated by the adjutant- | general's office. | Great Britain Is Established on Old) Wheat Imports Scale. Washington, D. C.—Great Britain is again on a pre-war wheat importing | basis and Germany “surprisingly near | it,” according to foreign market spe- | clalists of the bureau of markets. Hol- land and Belgium, they added, are tak ing half of their pre-war requirements. The United Kingdom from August | to February 12 {imported approxi-| mately 106,000,000 bushels of wheat, which, if kept up, the specialists sald | would about equal their pre-war con- sumption of from 210,000,000 to 220,- 000,000 bushels. Small quantities of flour were imported during the year| by Poland and Czecho-Slovakia, where- | as before the war that territory com-| prised some of the richest agricultural area in Europe. Indictment Against Morris Quashed. Portland, Or.—Fred S. Morris com- mitted no criminal act when he swore that John L. Etheridge was of good character while Etheridge was obtain- | ing naturalization, Federal Judge Bean | ruled in upholding the demurrer of Morris’ attorneys and in quashing the) indictment against Morris. The in- dictment charged that Morris had help- | ed Etheridge obtain citizenship by | acting as witness and swearing that the facts as given by Etheridge were | correct when, as a matter of fact,/ Etheridge concealed the fact that he| had served two terms In the New| Jersey penitentiary and Morris knew | that Etheridge was a “two-time loser.” | gai Sica Government Costs Show Reduction. | Washington.—Government expenses | for the eight months ending March 1, were approximately $1,128,000,000 be | low expenditures for the correspond ing period in the fiscal year 1920. Treasury figurs show that for the last | | | | eight months !t cost $3,247,000,000 to run the government while during the | same period a year ago the expenses were $4,490,000,000 Embargo on Meats Urged on Harding Washington.—An embargo on the importation of meats and readjustment of freight rates on livestock from the West and Southwest was urged by 8 Obedience. “Josh,” sald Farmer Corntossel, “don’t you know that children ought to obey their parents?” “'Course I do, father. Only they've got to use some judgment. You know just as well as 1 do that if I was to do everything you tell me to when I'm running the family filvver, we'd be ditched in no time.” impressions. “That antagonist of yours says he is going to leave footprints in the sands of time.” “He won't. replied Senator Sor- ghum. “His mind ts in the clouds. He is an intellectual aviator. When he comes down he will leave a dent, not a footprint.” In Harmony, “My patient is an all-around athlete and his troubles are strictly appropri- ate.” “How do you mean?” “He has « runving sore, a Jumping toothache and a fighting chance to get rid of both.” But Jones Is a Grouch. Dubbs tried to look very Impressive, then observed: “Public men are very frequently misunderstood by the peo ple.” Jones snorted. “Yeh, and darned lucky for them that they are,” he declared grimly. Cynical Observation. “They can shout as much as they please, but women will never be a suc- cess as voters,” “Why not?” “The sex will nevér take to a secret ballot and they can't be repeaters.” Fooling the Boy. “This story begins ‘Pandemonium reigned,’ Who was Pandemonium, pa?” “Well, if Pandemonium rained, 1 guess he must be the clerk of the weather.” CORRECT “When the teacher asked you what you knew about history, what did ou say?” “t sald history repeated itself.” Marvelous Day. The greatest day Of age or youth Is when the baby Gets a tooth, A Back-Hander, Mrs. Scrapley—I really don’t know what would happen, Richard, if ever you agreed with me on any subject. Scrapley—Something serious, prob- ably, for we'd be dead wrong. His Effort. “That clumsy boy let the galley fall and he's made ‘pl’ of the copy of that murder story we were rushing.” “Don't blame the boy. He was only breaking bad news.” Analogy. “Pop, is a man who steals autos ap | autojack?” “Yes, son.” @ man who steals boots a Too Much, “Can't you put some ginger In that scene?” “Why, don’t you see where all the characters are going on a wild ca- rouse on ginger ale?" The Locality. “They ought to put the voting places | in barbers’ shops.” “Why so”? “Because they are places where men are used to working at the polls.” Fully Understood. “Have you any difficulty in getting | the proper diet for the invalid?” “No, indeed; the doctor has ordered | some of that prepared desecrated food.” How He Learned. “You're a very careful driver.” “Yes ma'am. When I learned to drive there were always three women | In the back seat tellin’ me what to do.” In the “O” Zone. “What is your age?” “Twenty-two summers, judge.” “You must have been living In a cold ¢limate.”"—Cartoons Magazine. The Net Result. “When you started this drive for such a large amount, did you succeed delegation which called on Presiden im raising anything?” Harding. LO “Bure; I raised Cain.” —— eee || GERMANY WINS | | | Plebiscite Strongly Favorable to Teutons, According to Official Returns. Berliu. — Germany won an oven whelming victory in the plebiscite heid in Upper Silesia to determine the fu- ture national status of that region, ac- cording to official returns received here. Provisional returns published in newspapers here show that in Oppeln, Germany received 20,000 votes to 11,- 000 for Poland. In Tanowitz the Germans cast 85 ber cent of the ballots and in the town of Beuthen they cast 78 per cent. In the Beuthen country districts the vote stood: Germany 69,222; Poland 62,040. In Koenigshuette the Germans re- ceived 32,000 and the Poles 10,851, and Kattowitz and country districts gave the Germans 72,831 and the Roles 66,- 187, the town of Kattowitz voting German by 98 per cent. In Hindenburg the Germans cast 36,676 votes to 31,625 by the Poles, while in Kreuzburg the German vote was 33,980 to 1556 for the Poles. Oppeln.—Entente forces in Upper Silesia will promptly suppress any ef- fort on the part of the Polish army to override the decision in the plebiscite, or to anticipate the action of the coun- cil of ambassadors in Paris according to General Lerond, head of the inter- allied plebiscite commission. He said rumors that the Poles had been con- centrating an army on the Silesian frontier was “wholly without founda- tion.” “Should they cross the border,” con- Unued Genera! Lerond, “they would be met by machine guns and rifles. Amer- lca and the rest of the world may depend upon me to maintain the en- tente’s will here.” ARDING UPHOLDS BOUNDARY DECISION Washington, D. C.—The decision of Chief Justice White in the Panama- Costa Rica boundary digpute “must be the unalterable position” of the United States government, President Harding declared in reply to an appeal from President Porras of Panama. He expressed regret that Panama should feel wounded by the decision, described by Porras as “painful and humiliating.” The exchange between the two ex- ecutives was in the nature of an ad interim discussion while the state de- partment awaited Panama's reply te its note. Costa Rica has accepted the White award. President Porras recalled the ex- pressions of friendship for Panama given by Mr. Harding last November during his visit there and voiced a hope that the Panamanian people might not be disappointed in their faith in the new administration. To this, President Harding renewed his avowals of cordiality, but added that the exercise of friendly relations al- ways must be tempered by justice. TWO DIE IN BIG EXPLOSION Spontanous Combustion Caused De- struction of Armour Elevator. Chicago.—Two persons are known to be dead and four others are miss- ing in the grain dust explosion which rocked South Chicago and wrecked one of the world’s largest grain elevators. ‘The elevator, which consisted of steel and concrete towers, was located in the southern outskirts of the city on the banks of the Calumet river. It was bulit at a cost of more than $10,- 000,000 and was operated by the Armour Grain company. J. C. MeDonnell, chief of the fire prevention bureau, said his investiga- tion had convinced him the explosion was due to spontaneous combustion. Engineers said damage to the ele | vator would approximate $1.500,000. The value of the grain destroyed was estimated at $1,000,000. 856 Oregon Men in Ranks Wounded. Salem, Or.—A total of 866 Cregon men, who served in the ranks during the recent war, were wounded accord- ing to statistics compiled by Adju- tant General White. This list does not include wounded officers nor en- sted men serving in the marine corps or the navy, which is expected to bring the total to approximately 1000. 24 Believed Dead in irish Disorders. Dublin.—"A black week end” has just been experienced by the crown forces in Ireland. According to of- ficial report, 11 members of the gov- ernment forces were killed and 11 wounded in ambushes, while it is be lieved 13 assailants were killed and 10 woundea. — s a