Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, August 19, 1921, Page 1

VOLUME 29. NO. 34 WANT T0 RAISE RATES Cottonwood was well repre- sented at Adams Camp, a stop-| G. E. L. & POWER CO, PRO-| ping station on the main road to | the Buffalo Hump and Florence, | POSES TO RAISE ITS | located 25 _— cores ‘ "1 | ville this week by people who RATES are spending a few days in the mountains taking in the fresh| | mountain air a picking huckle- The Grangeville Electric Light | berries. On Sunday evening & Power Co., whose head office there were camped 32 Cotton- is located in Spokane, and whose | wood people within a radius of plant furnishes electric juice for 3 miles of Adams Camp. At lights and power in Grangeville, lecst 100 people within the last Fenn, Ferdinand, Craigmont,|two weeks have visited there) Reubens, Nezperce, Orofino, from Cottonwood. Among those | Greer, Kamiah and Cottonwood who visited this section whose | has filed a new traffic with the/Names we were able to learn state public utilities commission were: Dr. Shinni¢k, Rosemary | asking that they be granted per- Shinnick, Mrs, H. C, Netzel and | mission to increase their rates son, Harold, Mr. and Mrs. M. M. for all kinds of electric service, Belknap and sons, Mr. and Mrs. | and it is stated that the raise Williem Simon ard two children, : a0 AFTER HUCKLEBERRIES | |Many Cottonwood People Visit. | Adams Camp Section, | will amount to approximately 15 per cent on all classes of electric juice taken from their service wires. The proposed schedule, if allowed will go into effect on October 1. It is stated that the raise comes about in this way. That during the war they made an ap- plication for an increase in rates , but the matter was taken under advisement and could not be granted until state officials made a complete invoice of all the property and machinery) owned by the company which it is said has taken some time and now the light company asks the commission to give them autho-! rity to raise its rates after the invoice is completed. Patrons of the company, however, are given an opportunity to protest against such a raise. In a letter received by the Chronicle this week from the Public Utilities Commission of the State of Idaho it officially informs us of the contemplated increase and among other things the letter read: Mrs. Frank Simon, Mr. and Mrs, | Herman Weigand and two chil- dren, My. and Mrs. H. C. Mat- thiesen and two children, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Nau and two children, Mr. and Mrs. Homer | Brutzman, Mr. and Mrs. R. Hud- | dleston, Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Ham-| lin, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Greve, | Dr. and Mrs, J. E. Reilly and) son, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Me@ved, | Mr. and Mays. Charles Williams | and daughter, R. Speck, Mr. and Mrs. James Moses, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Rustemeyer and three chil-| dren, Miss Clara Rustememyer, | Helena... Hamlin, Tom) Motghmer, Mrs. Georgia Uhl, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Aichlmayr, | Mr. and Mrs. John Peterson and | daughter, Anna, Mr. and Mrs. | Frank Albers. Practically every qne of the} pickers came out with a goodly) supply of the delicious berries, | regerdless of the fact that in| some instances the picking re-| quired a great deal of difficult) hiking over fallen logs and brush | Even with all the hardships en-| countered we believe everyone | enjoyed their outing. | “The Grangeville Electric Light & Power Company has fil- ed with this Commission a new schedule of rates covering all classes of services which-it pur- poses to make effective Oct. 1, 1921. “The company states that the new schedule is a revision of the present rates and will supercede and cancel all rates now in effect It is stated that the rates named in the new schedule are higher than the present rates the com- pany is charging but the com- mission has not yet made a check of the new schedule to de- termine just what the increases amount to. | “Sparks” From the Camp Fire. | Early to bed and early to) was the motto followed out | by most of the campers. How long does it take to fill a} gallon bucket after it has been} filled to within an inch of the top? Ask Frank Albers. Undertaker Nau sure “em- balmed” those berries. They say | he put more down his stomach | than he got into his pails. { Homer Brutzman climbing| those side hills reminded us of | the Camas Prairie coming up the! Culdesac hill, slow but sure. | ig will match C. H. Greve “A 5 ; with his one hand against the Copies of this proposed sche- | pest berry picker in the state. dule, together with copies of alg H. picked as many as any 0 report made to the company by | +g, its engineer have been mailed to The rain that visited the camp COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1921 [JL_Te Bad of a Perfect Day ‘| HAIL NEAR © " GRANGEVILLE AREA DAMAGED IS ABOUT 12 MILES SQUARE STORM GENERAL A hail storm and heavy rain did considerable damage to an area of about 12 miles square southeast of Grangeville Sunday afternoon, in some _ instances causing an entire loss to the grain standing in the effected belt. The hail fell about. 4 o'clock after one of the hottest ys of the season. Some of the heaviest losers are: Frank Gregg reports the com- plete loss of {50 aeres of grain by hail. He had insurance to the amount of $20 an acre. Spencer — Wood had 134 acres in the hail belt, on which the crop was totally wiped out. In- sured for $20 an acre. No insurance was carried on the erop of 160 acres, which was completely lost, owned by Fray and Kettle. : Ninety acres owned by G. El- der suffered a loss of 35 percent. | No insurance was carried. Fifty percent of the crop was} lost on the C. E. Bonstrom place John Eimers completely lost the crop on 65 acres. He had insurance to the amount of $40 an acre. Mrs. C. L. Ramsdall lost 75 acres on which she carried $40 an acre insurances C. L. Bourland suffered a loss of 5Q-percent on 65 acres. He carried no insurance. Jeff Hollenshed totally lost 50 acres on which no insurance was carried. Robert Ruby lost 40 acres jof the city or village clerk of} every day was the most annoy- | Grangeville, Nezperce, Orofino, |‘ Mie ~te a phos */ ing incident that the campers a Craigmont and Cotton liad to put up with: ‘Sure some| “Any municipality, corpora: |of the tents leaked i sie, Porc Ap "| Mayor Peterson says there! ton or ‘person interested ma, were plenty of berries but that| file protests against the new F : schedule going into effect. Such |% bear was guarding them so he i atey decided that he would let Mr. | ge ravage Bod . iled not later Bear have them an d mov ed on. | “Please give this matter what | ee Oe ore publicity you can so that all par-/2t Adams Camp. That is the| ties affected may be advised of "e880 “Fat” Hamlin and R. ‘li ‘pag lpeadt eke Huddleston left the camp at 12) the filing of this new tariff. yrs e |p. m. making more noise than) ‘Yours very truly, |forty Fords. | ‘es . J, Callahan, Secretary.”; Foy huckleberries see Dr.| _ Owing to the fact that the war Shinnick. The doctor was seen| is over and that almost every leaving the camp bright ‘and other commodity which one buys early every moyning and no} has come down, and the company | doubt got more than his quota. | it is stated has already cut the First come no doubt first served. | wages of some of its employees So don’t all speak at once. we can see no reason why they) T99 much praise cannot be ex- should be given a new schedule | pressed by the campers for the at ne meee will add an ad-) congenial and accommodating | ditional burden upon the people.| way in which the forest rangers | It’s up to the people to act. 'and that grand old lady Mrs. | Seale Sawyer, who owns the Adams/| BOXING CONTEST. | Camp station treated them while A six round boxing contest in the mountains. | between Art Rhoades of Cot-| Banker Belknap says that he} tonwood and “Kid” Lomski, of — re best ere: and pick- Grandview, Wash., will take more berries after he went to place at the I. O. O. F. hall Sat-| bed which consisted of fir bows | urday evening at. 8:30 p. m for a mattress with the bed-! The bout will go for six rounds | steads on the 50 degree basis | to a decision. A great deal of and a log at his feet to keep him| interests . being taken on the! a rolling into the canyon be- outcome of the contest by lovers | !ow. this sport. The promoters) Rustemeyer pitching a tent in the affair received a permit the rain reminds us of the is event from the} when he used Friday evening. | ous “spit ball” that made al] the with no insurance and Merwin Sly lost 20 acres. with no in- surance. The storm on the west side of the prairie, or in the vicinity of Cottonwood developed into a heavy rain and did no damage in this section, only delaying har- vest for a few days. On Wed- nesday afternoon Cottonwood was visited by a hail which for a time appeared would result in much damage but fortunately Jit lasted for only a miuute, doing little if any damage. The storm appears to have been quite*gen- eral on the prairies and Lewis- ton section. boys close their eyes while the pellet was going straight over the pan. No road is so long “Rusty” that does not have a turn in it. “Isn't he the grandest man you ever saw around a camp.” Such is the expression one heard the women make about Helmuth Matthiesen“when he could ‘be seen cooking breakfast every morning on the hill side over- looking the entire camp. Won- der why he pitched his tent so high? Bill Simon made the trip into the mountains in a Dodge com- mercial car in order to haul in an ample supply of “grub” and bring the machine back full of berries. The hills were too steep, not for the Dodge but for Bill and consequently on his return trip he had more room than he anticipated. MINNESOTA GOVERNOR HERE | SPENT TWO HOURS IN COT. | TONWOOD WITH HIS PARTY, Governor J. A. Prues of Minne sota arrived in Cottonwood Sat-| urday noon in search of a cure| for hay fever, he said. He made} the trip here from Missoula, | Mont., overland, accompanied by | a group of Minnesota bankers | who are interested in the North | Side irrigation project in the southern ,part of the state. Governor Prues said his hay fever had net showed any signs of diminishing since he had been | in Idaho, but he thought the cli- mate have been beneficial had he been able to stay there long enough. The governor’s party compos- ed of ’. Jones, publisher of the Minneapolis} Journal ; Frank Prince, president | the First National bank of | Minneapolis; Edward W. Decker | president of ‘the Northwestern National bank of Minneapolis; | Joseph Chapman, head of the Donaldson - Class department! editor and | |store; W. D. Durst, president of the Northwestern Trust com- pany of Minneapolis; and R. E. Sheppard of Jerome, banker. | The party of distinguished visitors had lunch at the Cotton- wood hotel and spent two hours in the city and from here went to Whitebird by the way of Fenn! and from there on to Boise via the North and South highway. In commenting on his over- land trip from Missoula, Mont., through Wallace, Coeur d’ Alene, Spokane, Lewiston, Cottonwood, Whitebird, Riggins and New Meadows, the Minnesota gover-| nor at Boise said: “The highways of Idaho have greatly impressed me on my journey through the state and the beauty of its scenery was a big surprise. Good automobile roads coupled with the natural wonders that are found here should bring tourists to this state from all parts of the coun- try. I consider Idaho's program of hard surfacing her highways a farsighted policy.” VISITS WITH SCHOOLMATE. | butter and ice. at Coeur d’Alene would} ELECTION TUESDAY _ The bond election, for the purpose of bonding the vil- lage of Cottonwood for the amount of $20,000, will be held on Tuesday, August 23 at the I. 0. O. F. hall, The money to be raised from the sale of the bond issue will be used, if it carries for improving the streets lead- ing into Cottonwocd. At an election held on July 5th this same bond issue was defeated by a small majo- rity. Most every voter in the city is acquainted with the issue as it really is by this time and its up to the voter whether they want gocd rozds lesding into Cot- tonwocd or not. A two- thirds vote is necessary to carry the election in favor of the issue. Many are of the opinion that the elec- tion will carry this time as some who opposed it the last election have come out for the issue. CREAMERY RUNNING. Final arrangements were made with the stockholders of the local creamery and the same has been leased for a period of eight months by Charles Gerber and Ed Terhaar. The gentlemen have thoroughtly overhauled the machinery in the plant and are new receiving cream, making The first batch was turned out Wed- of butter *| nesday and the ice machine was put in operation last week. The new proprietors of the creamery urge farmers to bring- their cream to Cottonwood and say | they will pay the highest market price, at the present time they | are paying a half-cent above the market price. Mr. Gerber about | two years ago was employed by | the local creamery and is regard- | ed as an expert creamery man. OUSTER PROCEEDINGS. Alleging irregularities in the conduct of an election in the Woodland highway district and that persons holding office in the highway district were not properly selected, “the people of the state of Idaho, in the rela- tion of B. Auger, prosecuting at- torney for Idaho county” have filed ouster proceedings against Frank A. Finney, W. A. Wood, J. R. Mason, Charles Anderson, E. J. Bolander and L. E. Craven. It is claimed an election in the highway district was not held according .to law, and that offi- cers of the district are serving illegally. It is believed the case will come to trial in the district court.—Free Press. ; AUTO ACCIDENT. Ira Lockwood, of the Winona NEWS AROUND Items of Interest From Various” Sections Reproduced for Ben- | were destryed by fire, thought nets ee | from pe — tractor | was running por sapere) | The State of Idaho to dispose of its $2,000,000 is- | sue voted by the state ‘last winter. A party of promi- | nent financiers from the east are |at the present time a j tour of the state with the idea pd getting first hand informa- | ion. | Lead mines in the Coeur d@’ Alenes which have been operat- | ing under difficulties for several | months, probably will take on a new ease of pod yey f it rates on pig rom Bra f Idaho, to the Atlantic seaboard will be reduced from $22 to $16.- 50 a ton. Idaho will have a car lof*move- ment of approximately 320 cars of apples or an apple crop of 8, 585,000 bushels while eastern states will have a short crop this year, according to a special ap- ple report issued Wednesday | Julius H, Jacobson, federal - cultural statistician of the Idaho | crop reporting service. Beneath a wooden culvert, {about four miles up the Lewis- ton Hill highway, smashed open and chiseled and battered almost beyond recognition, Ira Phillips, }a rancher on the Lewiston hill, | found the safe which, containing about $120 and some papers was carried bodily out of the Para- |mount theater on the night of July 12th at Lewiston. Petitions are in circulation in | Boise city to recall | Eugene B. Sherman, elected spring. Those back of the peti- tion claim they have the signa- | tures of some 400 people. Over 1100 are required before the re- | call can become effective. Those | who claim to be familiar with the situation assert that the re- call cannot possibly become ef- fective and that even if the re quired number of petitions are secured another election would only result in the re-election of Mayor Sherman. | President George E. Erb, of the public utilities commission |and Leonard Way, chief of that body’s transportation d ment, left for Washington, D. C., to represent Idaho and her ship- | Ding interests at a ear- jing of hay and graint freigh rates before the interstate com- section was seriously injured merce commission. The hear- about the lungs, Tuesday, when | ing, which is to open on August ‘a Ford car in which he was rid-| 15, was called on the initiative ing overturned pining him be-/| of the interstate commerce com- neath the car. There were three mission and will deal with the others in the car but they escap-| economic situation in every part ed uninjured. The party had/of the United States as affected just accended the Tunnel hill,| by prevailing frieght rates on |near Winona when the stearing | hay and grain. wheel went out of commission! Dr. Frank E. Wood, dentist, and ran up a small bank over-| who until a few years ago resid- turning the car. Mr. Lockwood | ed in Grangeville, played a stel- at the present time is confined | lar role in Seattle Monday, when in a room at the Cottonwood | he identified, by means of dental Hotel and is receiving medical| work, the body of a woman | treatments under the direction found in a trunk taken from of Dr. Orr. He is doing as well | Union bay, as that of Mrs. Kate W. B. Hussman had a pleasant | 88 could be expected according | Mahoney, missing since April surprise Tuesday in the way of a| short visit by friends of his) former boyhood days from Ef-! fingham, Ill., Mr. and Mrs. Joe}! Feldache and Mr. terreiner who were traveling through here by auto, having) made the entire distance in a Dodge car without any serious mishap. They were now on their return trip and going to! Yellowstone Park after which they expected to take the short-| est route home. They could not understand how anyone could be | hard-up in a country where they | raise such wheat crops. | OPEN SATURDAY. T. C. Keith will open his con-| fectionery store to’ the public Saturday morning. His new, stock of goods has been arriv-| ing all week and the same is now | Boxleitner, Keuterville, August| one county in being placed on the shelves. to the attending physician. TROUT FOR RICE CREEK. Steve Farthing took to Rice arrival of the train 8 cans of young trout, 16000 in all and planted them in Rice creek. The fish came from the state hatch- ery at Sandpoint. A movement /is now on by residents of the| Rice Creek country to have the creek closed for several years in order to give the young fries an opportunity to grow. Dr. Orr reports the following births this week: to Mr. and Mrs. Aug. Kopezynski, Apgust | 12, a boy; to Mr. and Mrs. John} i Martzen, Winona, August 14th, a girl; to Mr. and Mrs. John Jentges, Ferdinand, August 14th 15. The woman's body had been leaten by quicklime, and was be- |yond recognition. Dr. Wood | positively identified dental work and Mrs. Un-| Creek Monday evening after the|in the woman’s mouth as work jhe had done for Mrs. Mahoney. | Dr. Wood, since his departure | from Grangeville, has been prac- | ticing dentistry in’ Seattle. | jtorney general of Idaho, Boise, it is held that livestock | kept in a county less than ten days is not taxable as migratory stock in that county. a boy; to Mr. and Mrs. Aloysius | less than 12th, a boy. this state the same years.”