Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, July 8, 1921, Page 1

a ~ VOLUME 29. NO. 28 a FOUND DEA PROMINENT PHYSICIAN DIES OF HEART FAILURE SATURDAY. A sad veil was cast over Cot- tonwood and the entire commu- nity, Saturday morning when the news was spread rapidly that Dr. H. B. Blake, a prominent physi- cian of this city had been found dead near his home, death hav- ing been casued by heart failure. So sudden was his demise, many hesitated to believe that this fine old man had passed on to his final reward. The doctor, was on the street bright and early Saturday morn- ing in the best of spirit, having’ come down to purchase stamps, to mail a letter, and as usual stopped a number of his friends on the street for a short chat, and it was these folks it was hard to make believe he had passed away. From the busi- ness section the doctor went to the depot to mail the letter on the morning train which arrives in Cottonwood at 7:50 from Grangeville. After mailing his letter he started for his home near the depot and he was found dead by M. M. Belknap and one of his sons in the alley near his rarage, having possibly not been dead over 10 minutes when found. Medical aid was sum- moned at once but all signs of life were gone. Death was due to heart trouble. Dr. Harry Brusby Blake horn in Londen, England, March 13, 1884 and passed away at Cottonwood, July 2, 1921. He attained his majority in England, and came to the United States in 1875 and to Moscow in 1876. He lived in Moscow for »bout 20 years. He was married to Margaret B. Haskins in 1878. To this union three children were born, Edward Blake, of Portland, Oregon, Harry Blake, of Lewiston. and Mrs. Nellie Summerfield of Moscow. From Moscow Dr. Blake re- moved to the Keuterville section were he resided on a ranch and practiced his profession, it was during his residence here that he served the county in the ca- pacity of coroner for many years, being re-elected each suc- ceeding term by a larger vote. He held the office until he de- clined to accept the honor any longer. The deceased removed with his family from Keuterville to Cot tonwood about three years ago and was active to the last, hav- ing been a man with an alert mind, small in’ structure but a wonderful constitution, and during the influenza epidemic was on duty day and_ night, which even at that time appear- ed to show no great strain on his mental or bedily powers for a man of his advance age. Dr. Blake was one of the first regents of the University of Ida- ho, and was active in the build- ing of the first school in Mos- cow. He also was in the con- stitutional convention when Ida- ho was made a state. The body was prepared for shipment and burial by Under- taker Nau and was shipped to his old home at Moscow were the funeral services were held from the Grice chapel Tuesday after- noon at 2 o’c'ock and was attend- ed by a large number of friends Dr. H. O. Perry conducted the services and Judge J. H. Forney a life-long friends of Dr. Blake gave a few remarks. Cold type in the form of words and sentences are unable to over praise this splendid type of a western pioneer, who helped moke the west what it is today. The family has the entire sym- pathy of not only the citizens of Cottonwocd, but Idaho county and of the ereat state of Idaho which he helped create. Fifteen carloads of cattle will he shipped out of Cottonwood Saturday morning, the property of Salmon river stockmen. This is the first large shipment to be made from this point this sea son. 4 Pubbie COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1921 MOVE BACK TO RANCH. } Mr. and Mrs. Joe Oldham and | family removed to their ranch | near this city Monday from their home in Lewiston where they spent the winter. The Oldhams | had intended to make Lewiston | their permanent home after hav- ing sold their ranch last fall, but owing to closing of one of the) Waterman banks in the Cear-! water section, it is stated that, the purchaser was unable to make the second payment after! having paid a neat little sum as an initial payment. Owing to, this fact they were compelled to remove to their ranch, and ta harvest the bumper crop, which appears now fo be assured. BONDISSUE WAS DEFEATED GOOD ROAD BOOSTERS LOST OUT BY ONLY 11 VOTES TUESDAY The $20,060 bond issue, for the improvement of the streets lead- ing out-of Cottonwood, was de- feated at the special e!ection held | in Cottonwood, Tuesday, July 5, by 11 votes, the necessary num- ber, to make the vote 2 to 1,! which the law requires in elec- tions of this kind. Only tax payers were allowed | to vote at the election. Out of a total of 151 registered, 137) voted, 87 for the bond issue and 49 against. The defeat of the road bonds will in all doubt stop all street improvements in Cot- s tonwood for the summer, outside of that which is absolutely neces- sary and which will be paid out of the current expense fund. Many of the road boosters, say | that while they were defeated they would still continue to do all in their power to improve the streets leading into Cottonwood. Many are also of the opinion | that the coucil should revive its old pavement proposition, which while dormant is not dead and the council may at any time, ac- cording to law proceed to have this work done, the only obstac’e in the way is to sell the bonds And>pregeed with the work. A large number of the business men, Pecordiy: to street gossip are willing to sign a petition to be presented to the city council to instruct them to preceed with the work. Whether anything will ever materalize in regard to the pavement proposition it is hard to forecast. WESTLAKE WINS. The large number of automo- bilists that spent the 4th at Win- chester hed a splendid opportu- nity to try out the different roads and all are very Joud in their praise for the splendid con- dition in which the Westlake Highway District keeps its dirt roads. This was the only dis- triet which had its roads dragged after the rain Saturday and the 4th of July celebrators were compelled to navigate over some very rough roads before reach- | ing Winchester, where a_ great many people celebrated from this section. Good roads are a great asset, and -causes much more | tavorable comment for a com-| munity than most of us think. Westlake wins easily. IDEAL GROWING WEATHER. The past week has been ideal | growing weather, with every variety of grain making splendid headway towards a bumper crop. Many crop prophets are already predicting one of the heaviest vields per acre harvested on the famous Camas Prairie in many | years if nothing unforseen hap- pens and we believe they are just | about right. MOVES OFFICE. Dr. J. D. Shinnick moved his | office from the rooms above the | evening to the rooms above the| Cottonwood State Bank formerly | occupied as house keeping rooms | by Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Nash. The new location has been nicely fit- ted up and makes the doctor a splendid suite of office rooms as well as very convenient for the BABY BOY LOST Word was received in Cot- tonwood Thursday from the Boles section, stating that the 214-year-old son of Mrs. O. Johnson had wandered away from his home and was lost. The entire neigh- borhoed searched for the young fellow Thursday af- ternoon and evening, but with no results. This morn- ing the bcod hounds at Orofino were sent for Reports are that bear have been seen quite frequently in that section, NEW KIND OF APHIS. John Vendenburg, cerrier on rural route No. 2, brought word to town Tuesday evening that a Lug had been discovered that would eat mustary. While mak- ing his rounds, Paul Junke, who farms the ranch of Mrs. Burns, on the Thorn creek road, where the insect was discovered, called Mr. Vandenburg’s attention to the fact that some kind of a bug was eating the mustard out of a wheat field and not molesting the wheat. This so impressed Mr. Vanderburg that he made an investigation and brought the word to town. Later in the evening County Agent Fletcher was called by phone and told of the “pheno- mena” and he made a trip to the Burns ranch early Wednesday morning and found that some 15 }acres of wheat had been cleared ofmustard by a tiny insect. He secured several samples of the bug-covered weed and tcok them to Moscow where they were turned over to the “bugologist” of the University of Idaho, who pronounced it a specie of aphis but of a different “breed” from the ordinary green aphis and that he would not attempt to name it until he had made nec- essary microscopic examination. Mr. Fletcher said it was the young insect that was doing the work and that the mustard was of the ordinary yellow variety and not the Jim Hill. As soon as a report is made on the insect and its workings the News will pass it on to its read- ers, as nothing like it has ever been seen in this section before. It may he worth millions to the ranchers.—-Genesee News. DEMPSEY WINS.« The much talked of fight be- tween Jack Dempsey, the Ameri- can holder tthe world’s title and Geofges Carpentier, the French champion is a matter of history now. Dempsey knocked out Carpentier in the early part of the 4th round at Jersey City, N. J., July 2nd. For his work Dempsey received $300,000 or approximately $29,000 a minute for actual fighting. Carpentier’s share was $200,000. A crowd es- timated at 91,000 persons wit- nessed the battle and for this privilege paid Tex Rickard, the promoter $1,600,000. Think of it that sum would have bought every bushel of wheat raised in Idaho county in 1920, at a dollar a bushel and still Rickard would have had $250,000 to go on. FARM BUREAU PICNIC. The annual picnic of the Idaho county farm bureau will be held at the old Seth Jones place, on July 19, according to Ralph M. Pavey, county farm agent. Not only members of the farm bureau and their families, but the general public is invited to attend, and enjoy the picnic din- ner and an appropriate program. Lemonade will be served free by the farm bureau. Prominent speakers from the University of Idaho will be pres- ent, and address the crowds. Names of the speakers will be announced next week in the Chronicle. BARGAINS IN GRAIN TANKS The Cottonwood Hardware and Implement Co., of Cottonwood, has a supply of galvanized grain ,Turner Drug Store, Saturday bins on hand which are offered at the following exceedingly low prices, f. 0. b, Cottonwood. 1000 bushel tank ...$150.00 1500 bushel tank _............ 200.00 2000 bushel tank ... .... 250.00 Here is a chance to get your tank at less than wholesale. |WHEAT GROWERS ELECT SOME BERRIES. | Nelson of Seattle Named Sales |’ Manager by the Association, | Trustees of the Northwest Wheat Growers Associated, per- fected their permanent organiza- tion Thursday last in an all-day | session at Spokane. first meeting of the trustees el- ected at recent meetings of the state associations: Officers el- ected were: President—Walter J. son, Pomeroy. Secretary—C. M. Strawman, Lewistown, Mont. General manager—George C. Jewett, Spokane. Sales manager—C, W. Nelson, ‘Seattle. Executive committce—Oregon, C. A. Hartin, the Dalles; Idaho, II, J. Herman, Genesee; Monta- na, C. M. Strawman; Washing- ton, R. V. Peringer, Belmont. The appointment of C. W. Nel- son of Seattle as sales manager was the feature of the meeting Mr. Nelson widely known among the wheat growers of the state and has been selling their wheat for years. He was mana- ger of the Tri-State Terminal company for 11 years, ever since its organization in 1911, and brought it toa high state of effi- ciency. He will move with his family to Spokane to make his headquarters there. Announcement was made that the Northwest Wheat Growers and affiliated concerns will take up their new quarters in the Madison hotel. The entire fifth floor of this structure has been leased. Those present at the meeting were two trustees from Idaho, Washington and Oregon Wheat Growers’ associaiion and one from Montana. They were as follows: Weshington and Mr. Robinson. Idahc—Mr. Herman and N. H. Jacobs, Nezperce. Ovegon—Mr. Harth and A. R. Shumway, Milton. Montana — Mr. Strawman, Montana was also represented unofficially by J. FE. Crites of the Montana Grain Growers’ asso- ciation, Helena. Many farmers in this section are interested in the movements of the Wheat growers Associa- tion, their membership being ex- ceptionally 'arge in this seetion. is Mr. Peringer LEG CUT IN BUZZ SAW. Conrad Poxleitner, the 12 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Poxleitner of Keuterville had the muscles of his left leg painfully cut by a buzz saw at the Krieger mill in the Keuterville section Tuesday afternoon. The young fellow was brought to Cotton- wood were he had the wounds dressed. Conrad was an excep- tionally nervy chap, having been forced to wait for three hours from the time of the acci- dent until medical tratment was given his wounds, both Dr. Shin- nick and Dr. Orr having been out of town on calls. The boy while playing with his older brother at the mill Tuesday took a buzz saw and set up a.mill of their own, unknown to the old- er persons about the mill and af- ter having the saw ready for ac- tion proceeded to harness the im- plement with power, it being at this time that the young chap in some manner fell into the saw and his left leg painfully cut. FILED TAX LIEN. Tax lien of $1852.54 was on Tuesday filed in the district court at Grangeville for Idaho county by Lewis William, collec- tor of internal revenue, at Boise, for the United States of America against Thomas Lindsay jr., of Grangeville. The lien is for $685.887 tax rooney and $1166.67 penalty, but does not recite reason for filing the lien. Lindsay was tried at the last term of district court on a charge of violating the prohibi- tion laws, but the jury disagreed He is now on bond, awaiting re- trial at the September term of | court. COMMISSIONERS TO MEET. The board of county commis- sioners of Idaho county will meet | in the courthouse in Grangeville Use either phone, write or call | Monday, in regular quarterly 26-tf, * R. J, Carlson brought to iil Chroneile office this week a’ small box of strawberries which | he raised on his ranch north of | this city, a sample of the berries | he is raising on his ranch. The ‘berries, while many of them) | were still partly green, were the | year, and for size were as large as three ordinary berries. The fruit was of the Gold Dollar’ | variety and are now on display) Robin- at the Simon market, where they 5 have been admired by a_ great many people, some of whom ap- | pear to be a little doubtful at ‘first when told that they were a Camas Prairie product. . COTTONWOOD CHRONICLE $2.00 PER YEAR NEWS AROUND THE STATE Items of Interest From Various It was the! finest that we have seen this} Sections Reproduced for Ben- efit of Our Readers. Effective July 1, a wage cut of cents an hour will apply im all logging camps and sawmills in northern Idaho and eastern Washinton of members of the Four L's. The postoffice department at Washington, D. C. has asked the civil service commission to hold | an examination to fill the post- SETS WAGES MEETING HELD AT NEZ- PERCE SATURDAY TO SET HARVEST WAGES. “A great deal of discussion has taken place within the last few weeks in regard to the “going” wages to be paid harvest hands this season, Last year a fixed price was set for wages in Idaho county for threshing but so far this year no such schedule has been arranged. At a meeting held in Nezperce, Saturday, in which 40 farmers participated the following scale was set to predominate in Lewis county. The schedule adopted is as fol- lows: Heading and Stacking Per Day Header purcher $5.00 Box driver 3.00 Spike pitch 4.00 Box loader 4.00 Bundle driver 3.00 Bundle pitcher 3.00 Cooks 3.00 Horse labor, per horse 50 Haying per day Common labor $2.00 Shocking 3.00 Stationary Threshing, Per Day Separator tender $7.00 Engineer, steam 6.00 Engineer, gas 5.00 Fireman 5.00 Sack sewers 4.00 Derrick driver 3.00 Roustabout 3.00 Combine Harvesting, Per Day. Separator tender .--.-..$7.00 Combine driver, (20 horses or more) Sack sewer Sack jig He-der tender Cutting per acre, standing grain) Horse labor, per horse 5.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 (good 4.00 -15 SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings at the Red Rock church (2 miles west of the Red Rock school house) begin- ning July 10th (morning and evening) and continuing about 10 days. Every evening at 8 o'clock. These meetings will probably be more interesting and helpful to the people of this district than any held here in recent years. Some of the subjects will be as follows: ‘The Outlook and the Uplook”, “Drift of the World and Its Significance”, “Capital and Labor’, “The Big Sunday Blue Law Campaign—How it Started and What it Means”, “The Mission of the Church”, “The Other Side of Death”, “Second Coming of Christ”, “The Prophecies”, “The Home of the Saved.” Come and study with us. J. A. Chaney, of Lewiston and W. H. Thurston, of Walla Walla. MAKING IMPROVEMENTS. The Farmers Union, Monday of this week commenced instal- ling its new 15 ton House auto truck scale and otherwise im- proving their plant. Besides in- stalling the scale they are also putting a new foundation under ‘one of their warehouses, which in several places gave away last winter, due to the heavy load it was forced to carry. The com-| pany is also placing rocks in the road leading past their ware-| houses, office and mill. The work of installing the new scale is being done under the supervi- |sion of A. Ruhoff. | | mastership at Moscow. According to the Bonners Ferry Herald, grasshoppers are appearing in Bonner county, and | E. V. Jones who did such effee- tive work in this county last year has taken charge of the situation in the northern county. Eighteen counties will be visited the next month by potato experts of the University of Ida- ho in a program of field work with farmers .by the university extension division, in cooperation with the county farm bureau, Volara Romanza Nelson, the first woman to obtain a piot’s certificate from the Aero club of America, met death Saturday in an automobile accident at North Platte, Neb. Mrs. Nelson was an Idaho woman, having lived in Boise and Rupert. Fifteen carloads of picric acid, amounting to 300 tons, will be requisitioned from the govern- ment by Idaho farmers for land clearing, according to an esti- mate made today by E. J. Id- dings, dean of the agricultural college of the university. Three purebred, registered Shorthorn cattle, direct from Scotland, the first ever imported into northern Idaho, arrived at Moscow last week for N. Wil- tiamson. The cattle were ship- ped 8000 miles, but came through in fine condition. W. H. Bennett, one of the Dris- coll ridge farmers, near Kamiah is trying an interesting experi- ment this season in storing green hay. To each load he is adding a small amount of lime, about a pint to the load , and he claims that this mixture will do away with all heating and keep the hay in the same condition as in a silo, A claim of $1209.22, the cost of bringing Mrs: Lyda Southard to Twin Falls from Honolulu, was approved by the state board of examiners Thursday morning. This expends more than one-half of the state biennium appropria- tion of $2000 for the return of fugitives from justice. With other expenditures there is but $130 left in the fund aceording to records of the state auditor’s office. Senators Borah and Gooding have jointly recommended the appointment of Col. Elias Mar- sters of Meridian as federal pro- hibition director for Idaho. Col. Marsters was the choice of Sena- tor Borah under the plan’ by which the senators are distribut- ing patronage. and Senator Gooding joined in the indorse- ment. The office pay $3000, During the severe storm last Thursday says the Nezperce Herald, lightning struck the home of Attorney G. C. Pennell in that city and did considerable damage to the electric range and the resultant fire burned the paper from the kitchen wall near the range, before it was extin- guished. A tree in front of the E. Wienss residence was also struck by lightning and broken down about the same time. In his annual report to the directors of Lewiston Indepen- dent School District Clerk E. W. Wing, of Lewiston shows that the expenditures for the year ended June 30 amounted to $109,363 and _ receipts were $110,208. There are $41,400 in outstanding warrants and $10,- 683 that are not provided for. Direct charges for educational purposes amounted to $95,140. Enrollment for year was 1602 making the average cost per pu- pil $59.38.