Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, August 12, 1921, Page 1

_) a VOLUME 29. NO. 33 » | VALUES TOO LOW. ae | The total valuation for the! state of Idaho as reported by) MILITARY BURIAL before the state board of equal-| ization in session at Boise Tues- Sa eat: Se day shows an increase of $4,621,- year ago. The total assessed FROM FRENCH BAT- valuation for 1921 as reported) 'TLEFIELD on real property for the 44 coun-’ losis Agricultural land values of the : | state as shown by the combined | The body of Grover C. John! rolls are $76,945,283, of which October 18, 1918, from wounds 285,284, and dry farm lands $22, ; Timber land is valued gonne, was buried at Denver at $19,811,360. Sunday afternoon, being mn charge of the Grange the state over must_ be raised ville Post No. 37 of the Ameri- this year. Governor Davis said: can Legion and the remains were “with taxing bodies hard press- the county auditors and placed | FIRST BODY TO RETURN | 683 over the total valuation a ties is $358,120,808. | son, age 30, who died in France irrigated lands represent $52,- received in the battle of the Ar-' 971 383. the funere! Jt js admitted that valuations laid to rest with military honors. eq to secure adequate income for OO Cee COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1921 (| The Port of Missing Men NEWS FROM OREGON. | The following news better was! received from one of our readers | at Joseph, Oregon, which will} prove interesting to many of our readers and which we gladly pub; lish. It reads as, follows: | Joseph, Oregon, | August 9th, 1921 | Frank Donsbach is helping Her- | zog Bros., during harvest time. | Crops are gocd. In the Three Lakes country the summer fal- low will average from 30 to 35 > aaa per ac:¢ so it is estimat- There will be a picnic at Hur- |vicane creek next Sunday and | quite a number from here intend | going. J. H. Nuxoll and wife, also Clem, Clarence and Nellie re- ; turned Saturday night from a short pleasure trip to Cotton-, COTTONWOOD CHRONICLE $2.00 PLR YEAR NEWS AROUND THE STATE Items of Interest From Various Sections Reproduced for Ben- efit of Our Readers. The fall lettuce crop in the Lewiston orchards is about all planted and will amount to about 60 acres. Six plantings are made, at intervals of from two to three days. It is expected that the Lewiston orchards crop this fall season will be worth between $75,000 and $100,000. At New Brighton, N. Y., a The body arrived in Grange- ville Friday evening from its long journey from France and is the remains of the first Idaho county boy who died on the French battle fields to be re turned to Idaho county. The funeral services were con-! ducted at Grangeville Sunday and was attended by one of the largest crowds that has ever witnessed a similar occasion of |} high to provide sufficient TEACHING FORCE PRACTI- this kind in Idaho county. The I. 0. O. F. hall, from which place the funeral was conducted was most beautifully decorated with flowers and flags for the solemn occasion. The casket was drap- ed in the American flag. The remains after the services were taken to Denver and laid to rest beside those of relatives. While the casket was being low- ered taps were sounded anda salute given by ex-service men. The pallbearers were over sea vetrans, four of whom reside in Cottonwood. They were: Pau Bert Schroeder, William Bies, Schurman, Herman Seubert, Lawrence Bowman. The funeral procession from Grangeville to Denver consisted of about 40 automobiles. The services were in charge of W. N. Knox, minister. Mel Holbrook of Whitebird was with Johnson when he was shot, and out of sixty men in the company who went into the bat- tle on August 23, 1918, only nine survived. Grangeville Post No. 37 of the American Legion in a letter to the Chronicle wishes to thank all the ex-service men from Cotton- wood who attended the funeral. The letter reads in part as fol- lows: “Grangeville Post No. 37 wishes to extend their thanks to the ex-service men of Cotton- wood who attended the funeral of Grover C. Johnson last Sun- day. They appreciate the co- operation and spirit which was shown and hope in the future to be able to veturn their kindness. Alix Sanbark, a Russien by birth, was arrested in Cotton- wood Wednesday morning on the charge of insanity by O. D. Hamlin, deputy sheriff, and was taken to Grangeville the same day by the deputy sheriff and A. H. Nau. to be gifen a hearing. It is stated that he had been held in the Idaho iail on a similar charge some time ago but was acquitted. Sanbark has been around Cottonwood for the past two weeks and at different times has acted rather strange. It required four men to place him in the city jail. Among his per- sonal effects the officers found an I. W. W. card to which order he no doubt was affiliated. The! card contained the following in- formation: Occupation, teamster industry, construction; depar’ ment, road grading. Card No. Gen. No. 720220. N. P. WINS TAX SUIT. running expenses within the legal limits Tor levies, there is but one thing to do—equalize the valuations upward. There is some gain shown in the ab- stracts’ total, but some counties which we have raised year after year are coming in again with the same old low figures. They must come up. Other counties are very high because they must local revenue. For their own good rather than to meet the state’s needs the low one must, be raised.” | It is evident that tie railroads and other utilities corporations will make a strong fight for, their conception of equal assess- ments. They are prepared to make verbal arguments support- ed by voluminous tables of fig- ures that in many counties of the state they have been asked to bear much more than their 1 share of the tax burden. TEAM RAN AWAY. Albert Wessels received very painful injuries Monday morn- ing when he was thrown from a wagon near the Henry Nuxoll residence after his team became unmanagable and ran away. The horses became frightened, and ran away when the tongue slipped from the neck yoke, and came tearing down King street with the tongue dragging to the ground and for awhile it looked as if the final results might prove disasterous. The run-a- way team missed several auto- mobiles on the street, slightly hitting one which was parked near the Cottonwood Mercantile. One of the horses fell in front of the Ferguson barber shop and before the animal could get up a half dozen men were holding it down. Mr. Wessels was taken to the office of Dr. Orr, who ex- amined the injuries which con- sisted of a badly bruised ankle but no breaks were discovered. The injuries will keep Albert from the harvest work for sever- al days. The harness and the on were but slightly damag- ed. FINED $10 AND COST. Jeff Swan was fined $10 and cost amounting to $16 in the Justice Court of B. L. Hussman, Tuesday, for disturbing the peace Sunday evening, which re- sulted in his brother,Jess, taking two shots at him with a revolver both shots going wild. Jess Swan pleaded self defense and was turned loose. Jeff pleaded guilty to the offense. Unable to pay the fine he was given 10 days to make the necessary remit- tance to the court. FIERCE WIND STORM. Cottonwood and vicinity was visited Monday afternoon by one of the fiercest wind storms that has ever been witnessed here ac- cording to many old times. At times the dust was so dense that it Was impossible to see across ) eae SCHOOL WILL OPEN SEPT. 13 CALLY ALL HIRED— TWO VACANCIES. - The 1921-22 term of the Cot- tonwood public school will open on Monday, September 13th un- | der most favorable conditions according to present indications | and eyerything points towards | a most successful term. The} teachers for the coming term} have all been hired with the ex-| ception of two, which vacan-| cies the board expects to fill) within the next few days. Frank A. Swanger, of Downey, | Idaho, who comes highly recom- , mended has been selected as, superintendent of the school. The other teacher selected are: A. J. Boosinger, Albion, Idaho, principal and manual training. Miss Harriett Hanson, Pot- latch, Idaho, domestic science. Miss Lois Coolidge, Craigmont Idaho, 5th and 6th grades. Miss Harriett Meyers, Belling- ham, Wash., 3rd and 4th grades. Miss Alice Tiffany, Culdesac, 1st and 2nd grades or primary. | The positions to be filled are: A teacher for the English de-| partment in the high school and a teacher for the 7th and 8th | grades. Applications for both | of these places are under con- | sideration by the board, J. N. Bledsce, custodian of the | school house and grounds has} been employed by the school) board all summer and has dur-} ing the vacation period made a| number of needed improvements | about the building and grounds. | Everything will be in first class! shape when the school opens, | September 13th. OPEN CONFECTIONERY. T. C. Keith, this week closed a deal for the vacant room next door to the postoffice and will| open up some time next week aj confectionery store and, ice} cream parlor. The store will at first be in charge of Mrs. Keith and as soon as Mr. Keith is re-| leased from his duties at the} Leggett Mercantile Co., he will) take active charge of the same. | qi wood GRASS Fl NEAR RIVER MEN FROM COTTONWOOD GO TO FIGHT FIRE ON RIVER RANCH. For the second time within a week assistance was asked for in Cottonwood to fight a grass fire on the August Schroeder ranch on the breaks of the Salmon riv- er, Wednesday evening. The first fine broke out last Friday afternoon and some 15 men left Cottonwocd in cars to help extin- guish the flames, which was stop ped after some hard fighting, having burnt over an area of ap- proximately 200 acres of winter range. On Wednesday afternoon the fire again broke out and assist- ance was sent from Cottonwood | and after much hard work was placed under control. At one time it semed almost impossible to keep the fire from burning its way to the top of the canyon and burning some fine fall grain which is just about ready to cut and the property of August Sch- roeder. It required the combin- jed efforts of about 40 volunteer fire fighters to get the flames under control. It is believed the original fire started from a cigarette which was carelessly thrown into the dry grass. Mr. Schroeder has asked us to extend his thanks to the people of Cottonwood and those from the Keuterville section, and oth- rs who so willingly assisted him in checking the flames. Mr. Schroeder stated that his loss so far has not been very great but had it not been checked he would have without a doubt lost approximately 2000 acres of ex- cellent winter range. Constant watch is being kept on the fire region, in an endeavor to check any new flames that might break out. s S JOURNAL, S. P. Shutt, at one time editor and proprietor of the Cotton- wood Chronicle, sold his news- paper at Uniontown, The Jour- nal, to H. A. Reed and C. F. Lake, of Freewater, Oregon. Mr. Shutt gives as his reasons e! and Greencreek, Idaho. suburb of New York city, special | They report having had a fine Idaho baking “spuds” were sold | trip and say they enjoyed every during the winter season at | minute of their stay over there. from 25 to 35 cents each by re- | Early Sunday morning the fol-| tail grocerymen dealing in fancy jlowing received First Solemn groceries. True it is that each Holy Communion at St. Joseph’s potato was elaborately wrapped church: Alfred Strohm, Ralph in the finest of tissue paper and Strohm, Lawrence Strohm, Wer- advertised as a special Idaho ner Herzog, Walter Herzog, baking potato. | Hilda Herzog, Gilbert Nuxoll, how —g Altho ill and) p ardly able to be up Father! . ati | Walsh delivered an eloquent and — Pos Rect ps | | touching sermon. Ilma_ and oth be ie FE nag as io fe Ret eae asa) wall, tearing away a Katherine Galbraith and J. Nux-| one-eighth-inch steel fl d {oll and Pauline Nuxoll sang ap-| waite, earth h ie fir vd fad | propriate hymns. | CRS SO A evan ee P -—-— |of earth. There were three Beautiful Wallowo Lake very) other prisoners in the jail, one popular as a summer resort and; man and two women, and ‘they noted for the superb scenery say they heard nothing of the surrounding it, was the scene of escape. asaid accident last Thursday. eS A A jolly crowd, mostly from En-| 7: F. Blakemore, a dentist, terp’ had gathered at the Was arrested Friday afternoon lake-for a picnic and general #t Pocatello upon complaint of good time. A number of canoes | Mrs. Jennie Burns charging him are always on hand and pienic- with assault with attempt to ers invariably hire some of them commit murder upon her daugh- for a ride. Mr. Wenham and ter, Genevieve Burns, who was children were sailing merrily | fund at noon Friday in a dental along while Miss Pratt, a young °ffice where she was employed, miss of fourteen. swan along! i" 4 critical condition. It is be. side not being much of a swim-| lieved Miss Burns took several mer she held on to the boat with | Poison tablets but she is expect- one hand, after a while she de- to recover. Blakemore form- cided to swim to the shore but it |°"!y resided at Lewiston, Idaho. was soon evident that she was) One member of the Scott auto giving out and being a fine swim! caravan immigration party from mer Wenham immediately jum- Brooklyn to Buhl met with mis- ped overboard to the rescue. In| hap in the way of highway rob- her frantic efforts to be saved bery, according to word received Miss Pratt grabbed him in such Thursday by Frank W. Brown, a manner he couldn't swim and secretary to Governor Davis. both went under. Nearly can- The robbery occurred in New oests rushed to the spot and York state. The traveler was soon took out Miss Pratt who relieved of $185. He had stop- was still alive, however a blood- ped to fix a puncture, and as a vessel burst in the back of her result dropped behind the rest head and she died in a few min- of the party. When held up he utes. It was thirty minutes was without the assistance of before Wenhams body was found his fellow caravanes. it had drifted under the landing _ ; which extends out into the wa- Bsc ~< the hilly school ter. Wenham leaves six child- — aco <G i county comes ren the oldest a girl of sixteen roi a, call for a school and the youngest about three. rie es with two children, And The mother died two years ago | the two youngsters are the chief with the “flu”. telatives from qualifications. It seems that Michigan will take the unfort- this sparsely populated district unate Wenham children and care has only four children of school for them. age, the progeny of two families. Beis eats ee Inasmuch as no teacher can be ESCAPE UNHURT, hired unless there are six chil- Culdesac, Aug. 10.—(Special dren for her to instruct, the to the Tribune.) —Escaping un- oats - te inde knowreday seathed after the car in which S atieel Tne ett pe we rae they were riding dashed uncon- naan to fill out the quota trolled down a grade for 150 feet : : we Ee. and ended by turning completely Resolutions directing the over with all its ocupants. Mrs. drafting of a state compensa- 3ert Sherman and two children tion bill for presentation at the and W. L. Ruddle and Mrs.|!7th session of the Idaho legis- Emery George are tonight con- lature with cash payment and sidering their escape miraculous. loan features were passed at the state convention of the Ameri- Four prisoners in the Nez erce county jail at Lewiston was riding in the The state supreme court has the streets. The wind did some affirmed the judgment of Judge damage, blowing down grain Edgar E. Steele in favor of the | shocks and scattering the wheat Northern Pacific Railway com- from the heads. In the lower pany vs. Idaho county for re- country the storm was More sev- covery of school taxes in three €re, hail and rain having been districts, paid under protest, ®ccompanied by the wind. The county claimed that the startet payment under protest was not John Wasem who is now per- open to recovery and that rem-,manently located at Ledi, CaL, edy could be had only against arrived in Cottonwood last week each district separately instead to help harvest the crops on his of the county. This case set- ranch near this city, after which tles important question of pro-| he will again return to his home cedure and pending cases in| in California. The Wasems, so. Clearwater and Benewah coun-| far, are well pleased with their ties will be governed by this de-| new home having gone there Mr. Keith has been a resident in| for selling the Journal, continu- Cottonwood for several years jed ill health and failing eyesight. and an introduction we helieve is| He plans on quiting the news- useless. He will run an up-to-| paper business entirely. After date establishment and bids for|a brief rest in Spokane he in- a share of your patronage. An | tends to enter in other work. entire new stock has been order- ~e—a ed which should arrive the first, WILL SPEAK HERE. of the week and as soon as this Geo. C. Jewett, general mana- is placed on the shelves the place | ger of the Idaho Wheat Growers will be opened for business. | Association will deliver an ad- |dress at the I. O. O. F. hall in | Cottonwood Saturday afternoon Mrs. Mattie Soards, age 60,/at 2 p.m.on matters of vital was killed Friday when she interest to members of the as- plunged over a precipice to the | sociation. Everyone is invited bottom of the Salmon river can-| regardless of whether he is a yon, 17 miles above Riggins. | member of the association or not She was hunting cattle and slip-| to hear what Mr. Jewett has to ped on a rock. The body was | Say. found Saturday submerged near | meee reenicimin: the edge of the steam. The Hussman Lumber -Co., Mrs. Soards was the widow of | Wednesday of this week deliver- Henry Soards, who was murder-|ed an immense load of lumber, ed in his cabin on the Salmon) on their 314 ton G. M. C. truck, river near White Bird in 1918) at Denver which will be used by FALLS TO DEATH. by unknown persons who dyna-|a contractor in the construction | mited his cabin and fired it. of the new school house there. The party ear owned by Mr. Ruddle, about a mile north of here. Mrs. Sher- man was driving. In ascending a steep grade it became neces- sary to shift gears. Mrs. Sher- man, not knowing that the car she was driving had a peculiar gear shift, threw the car into reverse instead of low speed, as she intended. can Legion at Kellogg’ Saturday. The delegates went on record as against all anti-cigaret legisla- tion and Sunday closing. A resolution was adopted urging the state legislature to enact laws prohibiting aliens from leasing or working on land until they had taken out their first citizenship papers. The car dashed for 50 yards, Shot througt the head and backward down the grade and) with a sack of bricks tied about ended by completely turning! the neck by a rope, the body of turtle. The back seat of the;an unidentified man was found auto, however, came to rest’ Monday in Casco bay of Coeur against a small embankment at d'Alene lake, where it had been the side of the road, holding the sunk in four feet of water just upset machine about 18 inches off the shore. The body ap- clear of the ground. All craw- | peared to be that of a man about led from beneath unhurt. 50 years of age dresed in a gray ———_—_—_ suit and in dress and appearance M. M. Belknap and family ac- that of a well to do tourist. The companied by Mrs. H. C. Netzel;man was heavy set, five feet and son, Harold, departed Wed-| seven and a half inches tall, ex- nesday morning for the Adams | tremely bald and having a flat- Camp country for a week's out-|tened nose. Other than the bul- ing and huckelberry picking ex-| let wound in the head there were pedition. no marks of violence. |