Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, July 15, 1921, Page 5

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The Springs GMC Springs, at one unit in the structural pian, are wider, longer, and more sturdy, amply strong. to carty tho rated load under allsoad conditions. On the Lip had lahat g rings depen ad Asaibility Hoene Hardware Cars Washed and Stored Cottonwood Garage IT’S ALL FREE TO YOU | Mr. Farmer, Mr. Business Man and Mr. Tourist Gasoline and Oils Carried When in town drive your car into our garage and take advantage of our splendid free air system which we al- ways keep up to a high pressure in order that a tire may be supplied with air on a short notice. When in town for only a few hours store your car in our garage, out of the sun, for which service we make no charges. Take advantage of this service. We Aim To Please Cottonwood Garage . HUDDLESTON & SPECK b COUNTY SEAT NEWS ITEMS. Many motorists are arriving in Grangeville daily, enroute to the mountain country on fishing trips, or are making Grangeville the nightly stopping-place on the North and South highway. Floyd Page, who waived per- = nu Mea SRSA over to the district court, was on| John N. Rice, former county Saturday released from jail on| commissioner, was in Grangeville $1000 bond. Saturday enroute from Califor: E. A. Eckermann and sister|nia to the Whitebird section. Miss A. C. Eckermann, of Cot-|Mr. Rice spent the winter and tonwood, were here for the cel-| spring in California. Most of ebration Monday. Mr. Ecker-| the time he was at Santa Rosa. mann stated that crops in his | Mr. Rice has_ resided in Idaho liminary examination in probate locality were in fine cindition,| county for fifty years, and de- court on a charge of violating the with the promise of a very fine he was glad to be again prohibition laws, and was bound | yield. among old-time friends. | | tion and give its SCOTT C. BONE Je Scott C. Boone, former Seattle news- paper man, recently appointed gover- nor of Alaska. TEST OF LEADERSHIP Washington. — President Harding first real test of his leader result of his demand that congress sidetrack the soldiers’ bonus bill, pigeonhole other pending legisla- ole-hearted atten- tion to the purpose for which the spe clal session was called, pamely tariff and tax revision Polls indicated that the outeome will be a fifty-fifty affair. Administration leaders were confident that they would faces the ship as a | be able to shelve the bonus bill until next winter, although they admitted that the ults would be close, It was generally conceded, however, that the would to gain new strength from unexpected sources be tore he could carry Into effect his de that the take a recess, as a means of facilitating committee tion on the tax and tariff bills. The bi-partisan senatorial combina tion us the agricultural mustering thirty votes, appeared have control of the situation president have sire senate ac known bloc, to BRIEF GENERAL NEWS the marriage of the presi Harding. Prouty, director of valu Last Friday was thirtieth an niversary of the dent and Mrs Charles A ation of the interstate commerce in com Newport mission, died at his home Vermont A name house resolution of the Utah changing the Grand river to the adopted by the senate. The permanent tariff bill by republican and and Colorado river as drawn members of the house ways means committee, has top place on the house calendar. The the equipped delivered to the 20. super-dreadnought Maryland, first battleship in the world to be with 16-inch will rifles, be President Harding was initiated into | the Improved Order of Red Men, na tional officers of the order administer: | ing all three degrees at a special cere mony in the president's office. A statue in memory of John Reed, the veiled in Red Square, Moscow, July 4, a wireless dispatch from that city The total expenses of the league of nations for the current year have been 21,250,000 gold francs, equivalent to $ ), portioned among 48 members Britain's of this $260,000 and are Great wus share expense 2500 State Jobs Are Swept Away. Albany, N. Y¥ employes drew More than 2500 state their last check from the state July 1 been abolished under the economy pay program of and retrenchment in Colorado | was | | navy department July | | really Portland, Or., communist who died | from typhus in Russia in 1920, was un- | approximately | ap: | | | last deciding word to say | knew the Red sea | sen of weeds of sedge Their jobs have | adopted | by the legislature on the recommenda- | tion of Governor Miller. The saving effected by the abolition of these jobs be $3,000,000 a year, it was estimated, will close to Spokane Man on Farmers’ Corporation. Ii—The organization of 0.000 Farmers’ Finance subsidiary of the United Inc pleted by the election to a vice presi de Wash,, general manager of the North Chicago, the $lov, vorporation, Grain Growers, States , Wab com ney of Ge west Wheat Growers’ association. The execulive board was also named Serious Rioting m Belfast. Belfast.—Fifteen persons had been killed and nearly 100 wounded in riot ing which began Saturday night and continued Sunday The fighting became so serious Sunday af ternoon thal the military bad w be wUMele d throughout a | best rege C. Jewett of Spokane, | FEAR GHOST OF BIG WOODS Reported Appearance of “Stick SI- wash” Causes Indians to Abandon “runting Grounds Precipitately. The “Stick Siwash” has returned to haunt the trapping grounds north of fort St. James, Terror stalks the wil- derness trails and panic grips the In- disns, If a brave hears the crackle of a twig in the woods he looks about him in fear that this ghost of the big woods Is dogging his steps, ber of Indians, ii is sald, have been frightened off their trap lines. | | A pum. | DR. J. D. SHINNICK Physician and Surgeon Office Over Turner Drug Store DR. WESLEY F. ORR Physician and Surgeon Office in Simon Bldg. Both Phones Fort St. James ts one of the oldest | posts in British Columbia owned by the Hudson's Bay company. It was founded in 1806 by Simon Fraser, the | ploneer explorer for whom the Fraser river was named, Several their furs there, “Me ketchum fox to trap,” Musk-a-no-wah, who has abandoned his trap line on Manson creek. “Me hear little noise, Look up. See Stick SI- wash. He heap big Indian, Got war paint on, He look mean. He say nothing. Wave tomahawk like he say, ‘You get out.’ Me heap seared, Shake like leaf, squaw and) papoose. Pack up and get out heap quick, by golly, you bet. Stick Siwash bad medicine.” Other Indians have brought back the same story from the Manson creek region. figured in the traditions of Columbia tribes, The name means ghost of the big woods, “Stick” Is sling for forest and “Siwash” corruption of the French word “Sau. vage,” and Is applied to all the Indians of the Pacific coast. The superstitious natives believe the appearance of the British hundred | Indians live about the fort and market | | sald | Me run back to camp. Tell | is a | DR. C. SOMMER Graduate License VETERINARIAN Residence North end of town Both Phones KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS McKinley Lodge No. 38 Meets every Tuesday evening. John Homar, C. C. Bert Schroeder, K. R. & S, The “Stick Siwash” bas long | COTTONWOOD POST NO. 40 The American Legion COTTONWOOD, IDAHO Meets the 2nd Wednesday of each month in the I. O. O. F. apparition presages misfortune to the | tribes, MADE STUDY OF FISHES Eminent Naturalists Who Gave Good Service to Humanity, and to the Finny Tribes. It is reported that when Dr, Frank Buckland, the great naturalist, was in his last sickness, he said to an anx fous friend that he could not t Almighty God would be very hard up on one who loved His fishes and oth er living things as much as he did, Anuther friend of the fishes, Sir Charles Edward Fryer, koight, died not long ago at Watford, Lon don, England. His whole life since he bi work was devoted to the p knowledge of fish and fishes, hear n active motion of in rela tion to the service of mankind was no higher authority. awarded endless medals honors by expositions and for his monographs and annual and other re ports, He was one of the first to define the international regulation of fisheries of the high seas, and was a leading mem- ber of many fish congresses and com He was and societies | missions. with the ail mat Hshing He was the final authority on and the ters relating to fish industries. Sea Appropriately Named. name by which the Hebrews the Yan Suph, or would appear to give litttle indication of the reason for the title which has been applied to this body of water in later years But, as a matter of fact, have a common origin. Unlike “Beautiful Blue Danube,” which ts a dirty yellowish brown, the Red sea is really red—the color being due to the prevalence of a minute bright red plant, a kind of seaweed. This plant is sald to be so small that 10,000 can live and thrive within a single cuble Inch of water, There instead of being mottled with red, the sea appears fin many to be of a seurlet shade, A red dye tradition used hun The the fore, cases was which says | dreds of years ago, is made from this w , but, in the places where It Is not found, the waters of the Red sea ep as blue or green as those of any other body of water.—Youth's Com- panion, Taking Stock of Oneself. The head Is the big factor In the measuring up of business, Many fellow has ned a routine that puts him in a by himself when It comes to doing things. But to meus ure up In the fullest sense ¢ must not only meet routine but forge ahead and do that which Is new, Here where the head comes in. It helps a fellow manage himself and put his best into the job, When he can do this he can manage others and get them doing better than they have ever done before, This self-mastery Is the asset directing affairs that require ands Instinctively they learn to respect the manages himself and they find it to their interest to stand by him. The head is the big thing in making team work effective. a class is in several leader who Pursuit of Wisdom. “Did you follow my argument?” tn- quired the youthful debater “Oh, replied Senator Sorghum “1 followed it a good deal the same as my dog out home follows a rabbit. He never catches up with it, but be enjoys the sport.” A Prompt Denial. Pop—| heard something about you today. 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