Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, September 9, 1921, Page 1

. COTTONWOOD CHRONIC RS Se VOLUME 29. NO. 37 WILL FIGHT PROPOSED RAISE AFFECTED TOWNS HOLD MEETING IN COTTON- WOOD MONDAY. Representatives from all the towns served by the Grangeville Electric Light & Power company met in Cottonwood Monday after noon to perfect an organization that will fight the proposed 20 percent increase in the com- pany’s rates. The publis utili- ties commission have indicated they will hold a meeting about October 15 for a hearing of the case. The towns represented at the meeting were Grangeville, Cot- tonwood, Kamiah, Ferdinand. Nezperce, Craigmont, Orofino and Reubens. Besides the dele- gates about 22 interested per- sons were present. Mayor W. L. Campbell of Grangeville who called the meet- ing, was elected chairman and J.V. Nash of Cottonwood was made secretary. On motion of C. H. Nugent of Nezperce, sec- onded by George M. Robertson of Kamiah, Grangeville was un- animously selected as the place for the hearing. After discussion of the pro- posed increase in rates a com- mittee was elected to meet with the public utilities commission, each town having one represen- tative as follows: F. H. Rehberg, Kamiah; R. F. Fulton, Grange- ville; F. A, Jones Orofino; E. J. Kinzer, Ferdinand; R. W. Wal- ters, Nezperce; I. N. Canfield, Reubens; David Bodine, Craig- mont, and W. W. Glint, Cotton- wood. This committee later met and elected R. F. Fulton sec- retary-treasurer. A motion was adopted provid- ing for the raising of asum equal to one-half mill on each $1 of assessed valuation of the town or village for the purpose of rais- ing a fund to pay the expenses of conducting a campaign again- st the proposed increase. An accountant will be employed and everything put in readiness for presentation to the public util- ities commission at the hearing. Idaho County Share $720 The towns served by the Grangeville Electric Light and Power company in Idaho county will raise $720 which funds will be used to fight the proposed in- crease and it is stated the re- maining towns served by this system will raise a similar sum. Cottonwood’s assessed valuation is $531,043.80 which will make its quota $256; Grangeville $396 and Ferdinand $59, The following Yentlemen re- presented the various towns at the meeting held here Monday: Kamiah: I’, H. Rehberg, Geo. M. Robertson. Ferdinand: E. J. Kinzer, H. G. Sasse. Grangeville: R. F. Fulton, W. L. Campbell. Orofino: F. Helgeson. Nezperce: S. R. W. Walters. Reubens: Wallace J. Scott, 1. N. Canfield. - Craigmont: David Bodine. Cottonwood: John Peterson, W. W. Flint. RESOLUTION. The All Wise Ruler of the Uni- verse has saw fit to remove from our midst, our dear beloved sis- ter Ida M. Smith. Therefore be it resolved that a condolence from Sunbeam Rebekah Lodge No. 36 be exten- ded to the bereaved husband and a copy of the resolution be spread upon our minutes. Also be published in the Cottonwood Chronicle. A. Jones, W. O. L. Shoemaker, Viola Rhett, Margaret Keith, Riley Rice, Committee. RE-ELECTED. W. T. Simon and M. M. Bel- knap were re-elected school trustees of Cottonwood Indepen- dent School District No. 8, for a term of three years, at the school election held Tuesday. Both gentlemen received the en- tire vote cast, 11. | ! LEGION OFFICER HERE. Lester Albert, adjutant of the department of Idaho ‘of the! American Legion, was in Cotton-| wood Saturday, confering with) members of the American Le-| gion at this point. Mr. Albert) has been touring the northwest! for the past two weeks by auto- | | mobile while on his annual vaca-! tion, accompanied by his wife) * ‘and daughter and Mr. and Mrs. | Moon of Boise. It has been the} policy of Mr. Albert, while on}! this tour whenever stopping in| towns in Idaho which has a post | to get acquainted with the men | in charge and from them-receive | first hand information regarding | the ex-service men and their wants which will be of great, benefit to him when he returns} home and again actively assumes the duties of his office. Adjutant Albert is regarded in Legion circles as one of the re- markable figures who have em- erged from the war. He was a lieutenant of engineers, and, during the great battle of the Somme, was struck by a shell, | losing both legs above the knees and part of his right hand. Under government care both in Europe and this country, he slowly recovered, until today he is again in good health with strength recovered in so far as his injuries permit. He walks by means of artificial limbs, carries on the duties incident to his office, maintains a home and supports his family. Through all of his difficulties he has, maintained a cheerful frame of mind and is one of the most pop- ular, best liked officers of the Legion. TO TEACH SCHOOL. Six young ladies, from Cotton- wood, the daughters of promin- ent and well known people of this section, have or will depart for various sections of the state to follow their chosen profession that of teaching school. Caroline Terhaar, departed last wee for Spokane and after a short visit there will depart for , Priest River, Idaho having been engaged to teach in the public school of that city. Edna McDonald will teach the fifth grade in the Webster, school at Lewiston her school work having commenced Mon- day. Lillian McLaughlin will teach at Bonners Ferry, she having left for that city last week. Meta Schroeder will leave Sat- urday morning for Riggins, to take charge of the school there Monday morning. Harriettt Greve has accepted a position at Glens Ferry and will be in charge of the primary department. Anna _ Peterson teach the Union Grangeville. ASSIGNS PASTORS. Columbia River conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, in session in Spokane this week, made assignments of pastors in part as follows: H. S. Randall, for the last two years pastor of the Federated church, Grangeville, to Hays Park church, Spokane. W. J. Gamble, who has just closed a pastorate at Whitebird, | goes to Fraser. F. M. Cass is pastor of the Methodist church at Cottonwood D. L. Clark, at Kamiah and Mark Pike, at Nezperce. H. J. Wood, former pastor of the Federated church in Grange- | ville, is assigned to Hillyard. | Grangeville and Whitebird pastorates are to be supplied. will again! school near | LEAVE FOR COLLEGE, Leonard J. Nuxoll, William | ‘ Jentges and Lawrence Schmidt, | all of Greencreek departed Mon- day morning for Mt. Angel, Ore., | where they will attend college the coming year. All three boys are in the seminary, this making the fourth year for Mr. Nuxoll and Mr.Schmidt and the fifth | year for Mr. Jentges. fi GOOD ATTENDANCE. St. Joseph school opened Mon- day under most favorable condi- tions, the attendancé being well | above the average. The school is being taught by five sisters | from St. Gertrude Convent. Sister Sortunata will have | charge of the masic department | e : | school. COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, SEPTEMB ER 9, 1921 U ie LOCAL MA WILL BUY BONDS FELIX MARTZEN BIDS $18,- 050 FOR $20,000 BOND ISSUE. Only one bid was received by the city clerk for the $20,000 bond issue which was voted for | August 28rd and advertised to Duck!! Here Comes the Forty-Eight [] a AUTO STOLEN; HOTEL ROBBED MEN SURRENDER AT THE POINT OF A GUN. Two young men, whose identi- fication is still unkonwn, Satur- day evening, stole the C. H. Greve five passenger Buick car which was standing in front of ke sold on September 5th, this} bid coming from Felix Martzen. | Mr. Martzen offers $18,050 for} the $20,000 bond issue, his bid! having been accompanied by a; certified check of $2000 as a guarantee that he will fullfill his | contract. Mr. Martzen’s pro- posal was as follows: That he would pay for the his home on Broadway and start- d for points unknown. The car was diseovered miss- ing ten minutes after the thieves had entered the same but believ- ing that someone ; playing a joke ona number of girls who |had the car perpared to go to Fenn to attend a dance it was an hour before the machine was e AUTOMOBILE FOUND; TWO Me een hai ey NEWS AROUND LEWISTON INVITES YOU. A very cordial invitation to ‘the Lewiston-Clarkston Tri- | State fair, livestock show and round-up has been extended to} the public in a letter that is be-| jing sent out today, prepared by'| Car] Harris and C. F. Bennett, of | the publicity committee of the! Items of Interest From Various, oa By is going to some-| Sections Reproduced for Ben- thing like 12,000 families within Readers. 100 miles of Lewiston, and will | mascot jno doubt greatly augment the) . | tidal wave of interest that will) turn toward Lc. iston during the rt ager of the fair, from Sep- tember 13 to 17. In the letter, ‘i » the committee says: | The Lewiston public schools “September 18 is near at hand Pened Monday with an enroll- |For that particular reason, we Ment of 1200. A force of 50 are desirous of extending you an teachers is employed to teach the invitation to participate in the) 1200 students, Lewiston - Clarkston Tri-State) The village board of Orofino Fair, Stock Show and Round-up, has awarded a contract for which opens in Lewiston on that $15,228 to A. G. Kester of Lewis- date. | ton for building about two miles | “People of the busy northwest of cement sidewalks curbs, and ‘are always apt self-educators;| crosswalks, his bid being 25 | they also are apt self-seekers for | Cents a square foot. 4 | good, clean amusement. These, Ernest Wienns, cashier of the will be found at the show, Union State Bank at Nezperce |grounds and in the city during has resigned his position to take | fair week. Within the enclosure effect immediately. F. B. Ty- of the fair grounds, you will find ler, for some time connected agricultural, horticultural, pure-| with this same institution Has bred livestock, floral, dairying, | been named as his successor. arts and crafts, pantry and kit-| The pouch containing all the chen, poultry and rabbits, man- | Boise land office returns for the ual trajning,, automobile, auto| month of December, 1919, which | truck, tractor and farm machin-| was lost in transit to Washing- ery exhibits, gathered from fif-) ton, D. C.,almost two years ago teen adjacent counties, situated | js reported found. The supposed in the adjoining three states, | loss of these papers has caused a Idaho, Washington and Oregon, | great deal of worry to settlers these exhibits being displayed| and persons filing on United for purely educational purposes. | States lands. “Also within the enclosure you; Enroute from his home to will find an abundance of means Wallace by auto stage, “Junior” of amusement, such as sixty) McRae age 14, son of "A. P. Me- bucking horses with bronco-bus-| Rae a pioneer of Mullan, Ida met ters of world renown, twenty} yimost instant death Monda Mexican longhorn steers, burros, | [fe was leaning backward out 3 bulls and trick horses, roping the car and his head came in con- contests, relay races stage coach tact with a telephone pole at a and chariot races, bucking con-| narrow part of the road, just tests, pony express races, and 4 Border Days at Grangeville will this year be staged on Sep- | tember 28, 29, 30. outside the city limits. His seull | been bonds, $18,050 and would furn-| actually believed to have been ish the money as needed by the} stolen. The thieves prior to bd td Ps its oat en of one the Greve machine had shou he city not need all O! | attenipted to make a get-a-way the money at one time he would | ina Ae owned by : Nick Allen ser the peg? as needed, | which was parked in front of the interest on same to commence} John Peterson home. They re- when the money was delivered to|]eased the brake and coasted the city. |down the incline from the Pet- The first proposition, is the} erson home to the railroad tract most nt hes the city | = prose Raced = sr was council as not all of the money is | locked abandoneg¢? the machine at desired at once and by taking up) this point and ‘going down the this proposition the town would) street made their get-a-way in save approximately $1000 in in-|the Greve car. | The sheriff of- terest. Should the bonds be sold | fice was notified at once by De- to any bonding firm, they wou'd | pufy Sheriff Hamlin who also in the first place no doubt have | got busy on the case and Sunday discounted and the firm] afternoon the car was reported would have absorbed the entire | to have been seen stalled in the issue at one time. As the street | road a mile and a half north of work can not all be done this fall | Ferdinand. Deputy Sieriff Ham- the bid offered by Mr. Martzen|lin accompanied by Mr. Greve fifty-five thoroughbred running! horses, which, in addition to oth-| ment | b er forms of special amuse contracted for by the manage- ment should make the daily pro- gram a splendid one for the en- tire family. “In addition to the above amuseements, band concerts will be given on the grounds, in the grand stand and on the streets. The ‘Stockade,’ beginning at 7:00 o'clock each evening, will include an entire carnival show, three merry-go-rounds, one Fer- ris wheel and a night show, fea- turing trick ropers and riders. An open-air dance pavilion, cov- ering 12,500 feet of floor space, the largest in the northwest, with the best available orchestra will accommodate those who de- | light in dancing—in fact, every | was fractured. Acceptance by the Idaho state ureau of highways of the | twenty miles of earth road on | the North and South highway |in the Salmon river canyon be- | tween Whitebird and New Mead- | ows is announced by D. P. Olson, | director. Mr. Olson recently ar- | rived in Boise from an insepction trip of the newly contructed highway wrok. Acceptance of the work was also made by eng- ineers of the federal bureau of public roads. Hon. Evan Evans. newly-ap- pointed U. S. collector of inter- nal revenue for the district of Idaho, has returned to his home in Grangeville from southern California, Mr. Evans is ac- companied by his daughter Mrs. | economics and science; appeals greatly to the city fath- ers, that of furnishing the money as needed, and will also save the city considerable inter- est money. Adding the saving of interest which the city would, save to the $18,050 offered it| would make the bonds sell for} approximately 95 cents on the} dollar. While the city council, at its} meeting held Monday evening, took no final action on the mat-| ter due to some of the members of the council being absent, it is probable that the bond issue will | be sold at the above figures as} the members of the council pre- sent appeared to be well pleased with the offer. If the bonds are sold some of the street work no doubt will be done this fall. | STAFF COMPLETE. Schools teachers open Monday with as follows: Grammer | grades:—First and second, Alice Tiffany; third and fourth, Har- riet Myers; fifth and sixth, Lois Coolidge; seventh and eigth, Jennie Green. High school—Augustus Boo- singer, principal, arts, algebra and mechanics; Margaret Far- rell, english and foreign langu- ages; Harriet Hanson, home Frank A. Swanger, supterintendent of schools, teacher of history, phys- ies and These will be there to great the pupils and hasten school or- ganization. for sale, leave in last years’ room, prices marked. Frank A. Swanger. of disposing of the bonds, | advanced mathematics. | and Geo. Medved motored to | Ferdinand and found the car as | reported. The machine w: in perfect condition and it is presumed the thieves became lost and not wish ing to return to Ferdinand aban- doned the Buick and beat their way through what is known as Mooddy’s gulch. The car was hrought back by Mr. Greve Sun- | day afternoon. Surrender At Point Of Gun, Two young men, about 20 | years old, registering both under |the name of Smith, and posing as brothers were caught in the act of stealing bedding and other articles from a room in the Rooke Hotel at two o'clock this | morning and were ordered to stop, at the point of a gun by Jno Rooke. Having obeyed the com- mand, Mr. Rooke, summoned A, If. Nau, city marshall, and they | were licked up for the remainder ‘of the night. Thic morning, the only thing found in their poss- ession that could be identified as ‘taken from the hotel was a razor | but as other things were missing the men were questioned until they confessed taking the same jold Overland Livery barn. ecute the boys, they were given their liberty by Justice of the | Peace Hussman who gave them a sound lecture. | Dr. J. E. Smith returned home Monday evening from Portland, | Oregon after spending some time there with his wife who If any second hand books are} died in that city last week from) A. Harrison Friday. eancer of the stomach. Dr. Smith had the remains of his wife cremated in Portland. which was found hidden in the, Mr. | | Mr. Rooke, not wishing to pros-! desirable form of good,clean| May Bleth. Enroute home, Mr. amusement can be indulged in| Evans stopped in Portland, Ore. during this event. | He will depart shortly for Boise, “Accommodations, both in the Where he will assume charge of many hotels and the homes, will | the internal revenue office about be arranged for the occasion. | September 15, si ig Lewis The management is doing every- Williams as collector. thing to make the event one long| For the first time in the his- to be remembered by all who at-| tory of Idaho jurisprudence and tend. Special provision has been, so far as is known for the first made for auto parking facilities | time in,the history of the United at the grounds, for auto camping | States, the five members of the parties in the up-to-date Lewis-| Idaho supreme court appeared ton municipal auto camp, as citizens before the state par- grounds, a ladies’ rest room un- don board Friday morning to re- der the Y. W. C. A., first aid) commend clemency for Vicente station, in charge of the Red Ramirez, conviced first degree Cross, and special round-trip| murderer under sentence to be railroad rates, with special train| hanged. Idaho’s supreme court service. in an opinion handed down May “Lewiston is putting its right | 25, 1921, affirmed unanimously foot forward—taking a step for-| the conviction and sentence of ward to endeavor to inform and| Ramirez, entered October 80, amuse its many friends, so that; 1917, at Rexburg for the mur- when the curtain falls on Sep-|der of Frank Biscarra another tember 17, everyone attending | Mexican. will ke so pleased with the pro- While there is apparent need gram that they will say: “The! for greater reclamation develop- Best Ever.” |ment in the west, Secretary of “The time is close by. Make} the Interior Albert Bacon Fall, your preparations to attend.| who reached Boise Saturday to Remember the Lewiston lodge} start his tour of inspection of 896, B. P. O. E., will open the| Idaho government irrigation fair September 13, with big par-| projects, finds himself confront- ade, high jinks and a good jovial| ed with serious opposition in time—then every day and every | congress to secure the necessary night until September 17. You'll| funds to do the work. He made be missed if you miss it. Bring) this clear when interviewed up- | friend wife and the little ones.|on his arrival. While he could | Fun for all.” not state at that time what re- eee commendations will be made to WEIGHED 144% POUNDS. congress with regard to appro- A baby boy weighing 14 1-4 reclama- priations for western | pounds by actual weight arrived | tion projects, he said he is mak- jat the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. ing a personal, first hand study Dr. Shin-| of conditions as they actually nick the attending physician re-| exist and will be in a position on ports both mother and baby do-| the completion of his trip to ing nicely. make clear western needs.