Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, October 14, 1921, Page 1

| . COTTONWOOD CH VOLUME 29. NO. 42. COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1921 RONICLE $2.00 PER YEAR AMEEN MEETS A TRAGIC DEAT HEAVY TIMBEK DROPS 60 FEET—HITS HIM ON THE HEAD. Edward Amcen, age about 47 years, and a native of Sweden, was instantly killed Monday morning at 8:30 a, m. when a heavy timber, 12x12, 5 feet long fell some 60 feet hitting the un- fortunate man on the head and crushing it to a mere pulp. The accident occurred two and 2 half from Cottonwood near the rock crusher, the timber having fallen from a bridge 130 feet in height and which is said to be one of the highest on the Camas Prairie line. Ameen, with fellow workmen, was employed in repairing the bridge and had only been work- ing for half an hour when the sad accident occured. He was working at the bottom of the bridge. Men on top had finish- ed cutting what is known as a “mud block” among bridge workers and called for clearance below to lower the block to the bottom. Workmen below an- swerer the call by “let her come” Ameen evidently misunderstocd the signal and as the heavy tim- ber was on its downward course the men on top realized his peril and again called to him in a loud voice “look out below” he raised his head to look upward when the heavy block hit him on the head tearing the entire top of his head off, exposing the brain. So terrific was the blow that not a bone in his heed was left intact. After the accident the remains ~ were brought to Cottonwood by the work train and its crew who were at the rock cusher, near which the bridge is located. The body was prepared for shipment by Undertaker Nau and Undertaker Maugg, of Grangeville, and was shipped to Spokane for burial Tuesday morning, accompanied by a fel- low countryman and former schoolmate. Ameen had no relatives in this country but he was a man well thought of by his fellow work- men. He at one time was a captain in the Swedish army, so it is stated. The entire crew of men work- ing with Ameen were heartbro- ken over the sad affair and es- pecially did the accident weigh heavily on J. A. Rudefeldt, fore- man in charge who has been in the employe of the Camas Prair- ie railroad for some time repair- ing bridges, and this is the first fatal accident to overtake any one of his men. No blame for the accident according to all those present, can be placed upon any one man’s shoulders, AN APPEAL. For the starving Armenians has been sent out by the Near East Relief Committee through its General Secretary, Charles V. Viekrey calling for assistance in relieving that starving nation. A small share only of our abun- dant crops is asked for by the representative of the committee, and promises of delivery of one sack of wheat at the elevator during the next two weeks are accepted at the office of the Cottonwood Chronicle; also at the parsonages of the respective religious communities. These promises are for the information of the committee to make ar- rangement for the transporta- tion. TO ATTEND GRAND LODGE, Several members of the Re- bekah and I. O. O. F. lodges of this city will attend the Grand Assembly of the Rebekahs and the Grand Assembly of the Sub- ordinate lodge of the I. O. O. F. at Lewiston Monday. Mrs. Rertha Hensley will be the of- ficial representative for the Re- bekahs and Riley Rice and W. W. Flint will represent the three linkers. Among some of the others attending will be: Mrs. A. J. Barth. Mrs. Viola Rhett, and Mrs. Riley Rice. | SCHMIDT-RIENER | Joseph William Schmidt and) (| Puzzled Miss Tresia Barbara Riener, two | very popular young folks of the! Greencreek section were united in the holy bonds of matrimony | in the Catholic church at Green-| creek Tuesday morning, at 8:30 A. M., with the Rev. Fr. Baer-| locher officiating. | Miss Riener has grown to! lovely womanhood in the Green-! creek district, having come here | with her parents when but a! mere girl from Kansas. Mr.| and Mrs. Joseph Riener, father and mother of the bride are, among the most prominent peo- ple in the Greencreek section, in which community they are en- gaged in farming. | Mr. Schmidt, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Anton Jensen, also prominent people of that dist- | rict, and is a native son of Idaho county, having been born and raised in the Greencreek country V i ¢ ore) ; where he is regarded as a young | man of fine character and well! , worthy of the splendid youn: lady he has chosen for his life partner. The bride was gowned in white and her brides- maid was her sister, Anna. A brother of the groom, John Schmidt, acted in the capacity of best man. After the bride and groom had received the congrat- | ulations of their friends, follow- | ing the wedding services, a wed- ding breakfast was served at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Joseph Riemer. In the evening, the newly mar- ried couple gave a free wedding dance in the Greencreek hall which was enjoyed by a large number of friends and relatives. The happy couple will make their home on a farm near Fer- dinand. The Chronicle, wishes to be numbered with their many well wishing friends. 13-YEAR OLD GIRL DIES. Rosamund Spengler, the 13- year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Spengeler, prom- inent farmers of the Fenn dist- rict, passed away at the home of | her parents, at 5:30 a. m, Sat- urday with a complication of liv- er complaint and bronchical pneumonia. Rosemund was born on May 18th, 1908 near Fenn, Idaho and up the the second flu epidemic was a robust child and enjoyed the best of health, being a child loved and cherished by all those who knew her. During her ill- ness she always maintained her sunny disposition and for the four months she was practically bed fast she bore her ordeal, in a manner that would have been remarkable in even a_ person much older than she. Every- thing possible was done by her parents and medical science to prolong the life of the child, but of no avail. Funeral services were held from the family home at Fenn Monday at 10:30, with Rev. F. M. Cass of Cottonwood in charge the services having been attend- ed by the entire neighborhood. The respect in which the family and child were held by their neighbors and friends was plain- ly evident by the countless floral offerings, among them being one from school mates of Rosemund. The deceased is survived by beautifully | EXPLAINS ROAD MONEY WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON AS IN TREASURY. M. M. Belknap, on Septembei 29th, forwarded a letter of in | quire to Wm. Hall, commissione: of Public Works for the state ot Idaho with headquarters in Boise asking him why the $20, 000 appropriation voted by the last session of the state legisla- ture for the construction of : road between Cottonwood and Rocky Canyon has not beei available. Mr Hall’s’ reply is printed below, which is self ex |planatory. His letter to Mr. | Belknap in full reads as follows: Boise, Oct. 19th, 1921. ‘Mr. M. M. Belknap, Cottonwood, Idaho. Dear Mr. Belknap:- I am in receipt of yours of the 29th regarding the Grave Creek or Rocky Canyon appropriation. It is true, as stated by Senator Jones, that this appropriation was to come out of the special tax levy of 9-10 mill, but unfort- unately it is not available be- cause only $420,000 of certifi- ‘eates of endebtedness have been sold. As you are doubtless aware, | the State Highway fund is not segregable, and therefore any | receipts are subject for taking | up outstanding warrants in their numerical order. For this rea- | son the money is not yet avail-| able and_ will not be until the, proceeds of the State bond issue | are in the treasury, and remit- | tances are made by those coun- ties or highway — districts throughout the State which are delinquent in their payments. Just es soon as the money is ‘available for allotment from the treasury, you may rest assured that it will be alloted for the pur- pose for which it was appropri- ated. Yours very truly, Wm. J. Hall, Commissioner of Public Works COMMISSIONERS HERE. DISCHARG JURY MONDAY. The jury in the district court was discharged last Monday by Judge Wallace N, Scales after hearing the case sgainst Thos, Lindsey, who was acquitted ifter about three hours’ delib- eration. The pleas of guilty entered by ¥. D. Page and Alvin H. Castle, who were also charged with vio- lation of the liquor laws, short- ened up the work scheduled for the jury. Judge Seales senten- ced Page to 90 days in the coun- ty jail and assessed a $100 fine. Castle was given 30 days and a fine of $50. Both men are now serving their sentences. The case of the state versus ©. W. Brockman, charged with violation of the “blue sky” law in the selling of stock, was con- tinned for the term. The following cases have been set for trial as follows: Smith versus MacNeill, Oct. 15: Griner vs. Griner, Oct. 26; Vollmer Clearwater Co. vs. Hammond. et aL, Oct. 27; Seiffert vs. New York Mining Co., Oct. 28; Smith vs. New York Mining Co., Oct. 28. MUST PAY WITH HIS LIFE. Vincente Ramirez, a Mexican, convicted of murder in southern {daho, must pay with his life. So said the board of pardons Thursday, after its special meet- ing to consider the case, when it refused to commute the prison- er’s sentence to life imprison- ment. No date will be set for the ex- ecution until the case is again referred to the court where it was originally tried and a sen- tence is imposed on the doomed man. In the same order the trial court will approximate the time for execution, and the war- den of the penitentiary will set the date and hour as near that set by the court as is convenient. The date of execution must be more than 30, but less than 60 days from the date of the order. IT MUST STOP. Some people seem to get a great “kick” out of destroying | HIDDEN MONEY STOLEN. | $1,600 is alleged to have been |stolen from the Lookingglass | home on Lawyers creek last | week. It i8 customary for many jof our Indians to hide their |money by either burying it or secreting it in some other man- | ner, and when the Lookingglass }woman to whom this large {amount belonged, went to look | for it, it had disappeared. The ‘family suspicioned Tony Ezelkiel |and Harrison Jabeth of the theft }and Wednesd-y the latter was arrested by Sheviff Eimers and |Deputy Rothwell and taken to Grangeville. Toney was not around this country, but there! |was a rumor current yesterday |that he had been arrested in | Spokane. Jabeth stoutly deni- ed knowing anything about the money and so far as we have been able to learn, the evidence against both him and Toney is circumstantial. Both dian boys.—Kamiah Progres. are In-| NEWS AROUND THE STATE | Items of Interest From Various Sections Reproduced for Ben- efit of Our Readers. a A state average of 24 bushels per acre is the preliminary esti- mated yield of spring wheat in Idaho this year. The largest business ever | transacted within one quarter in the history of the Lewiston post office was that for the pericd ending with September 30 last, the receipts for the three months following after June 30 | being $18,646.06, Through the co-operation of |the Kamiah Commercial Club, K. C. HAVE BIG TIME. j the Kamiah school is to have a , Columbus Day was fittingly | SPlendid new gym. The school observed by the Knights of Col-| board had $500 to put into the umbus their families and friends Glut project and the Commercial in the K- C. hall Wednesday | “lUb raised $1,000. — Besides the levening. A program, appro-| cash much work will be donated. priate for the occasion was ren-| One of the largest funerals in dered after which dancing was|the history of Sandpoint was the chief amusement of the|held there Monday for Jack evening. A basket social, which| Hughes, age 28, of Detroit, was by no means the lesser part | Mich., ex-sailor and “human fly” of the evenings entertainment killed in a fall a week ago. He ‘enriched the council's treasury| was buried in Lakeview cemet- | a - a approximately | ery by the American legion post. | , e baskets were auc- ‘ tioned off by William Kelsey and | eueaet — Bes yr ne to get $6.50 for one | car lots to peli phe Ae masket, the highest price paid} ‘ P if {for any one basket, this being i ja a ig s ra be ond the property of Miss Elizabeth| er. ‘The product this fell neon Engel. Sure Joe Webber, the} to pe exouilnté brent — o man who gladly paid the price,| gyown under ‘ideal conditions | knew that it contained vitals | ang pias that was fit for a king. All in the po wie are receiving all it was regarded as one of the best socials ever held under the; Ten thousand, two hundred jurisdiction of this order. seventy acres of Indian lands, | ae the total appraised value of | WILL RECEIVE PENSION which is $455,245 are being ad- Mrs. Lolo May Swank of Oro-| Yertised for sale by the Nez |fino, widow of the late Clay Perce Indian agency at Lapwai. | Swank, an overseas veteran, has There are 120 tracts in the lot, |forwarded her application pa- of which 106 are agriculture and pers to the bureau of the treas- 14 grazing. The sale will take ury department for war risk in- place November 80. !surance and pension for herself; The half mile of dirt road at and infant daughter. The child|the top of the Lewiston Hill was born about six months after| highway, connecting with the the death of its father, whose|Genesce highway, will be im- demise occurred in July, 1920, _ | mediately improved so as to put The deceased soldier had al-| it in passable condition for the lowed his insurance to lapse, but | coming winter and in the early the fact being shown that his' spring of 1922 a permament death was due to injuries sus-| highway will be built by Whit- tained in France while in the} man county to connect with the service, the chief medical advis-| Genesee highway. This was de- er granted the compensation) cided by a joint meeting of the payable to the widow and child) commissioners of Whitman |and also the war risk insurance. | county with the commissioners |The matter was taken up of Lewiston highway district. jthrough Senator W.E. Borah,) Washington and Northern |who pushed the case to a suc-| [dah é | cessful conclusion. | 000 ag -— Peay | > Gua emai | tion for loans to farmers, more | WEALTHY MINER HERE. | particularly livestock growers, __R. K. Neal, a millionaire min-| according to an announcement ing man of Spokane, Wash.,| given out today by R. L. Rutter, | Wash., spent Tuesday evening in| chairman of the agricultural Cottonwood on his way home Joan agencey of Washington and | from a trip of inspection in the| Northern Idaho for the war fin- Elk City mining distret. Mr.|ance corporation. The money property and of late road signs Neal was highly impressed with will be made available at once have been destroyed and carried the Elk City district and also’ and will be separate from a simi- off by the wholesale. These Spoke very favorable of the | lar amount apportioned to. the signs are placed on the roads for | farming district through which | northwest wheat growers. the public’s convenience and hin- der no one, so there is no reason his distination. he passed in making the trip to While in the! her parents and two brothers County Commissioners, Geo. and_ two sisters, who have the Smith, Ed Vincent and Dale sympathy of the entire commun- Clark are in Cottonwood today ity in their sad bereavement. on matters pretaining to the _ The remains were laid to rest Rocky Canyon road. The Com- in the Denver cemetery with missioners in company with two] the guilty parties the city coun- Undertaker Nau_of Cottonwood state highway engineers | cil is offering a reward of $50 to in charge of the funeral arrange-| made a trip of imspection over} anyone producing evidence that ments. the proposed route for the new] will convict the guilty party or road. The $20,000 voted for] parties. Why should we mourn departed the construction of this road by friends | the last session of the state leg-| AUTO TO WHITE BIRD. Or quake at death’s alarms islature will soon be available. A party of Cottonwood citizens When such a loved one as ours The money will be under the dir- autoed to White Bird Sunday 4 E SS ‘s, and as se-| highway taking their lunch wi And gone to Jeusus Arms. __ | quence these men wish to re- oon and spending an enjoyable [Se VaR eam ceive all the first hand informa-|day, Many in the party made NEW DRAY LINE, tion possible so that they may | the trip for the first time. Those William Kincaid and C. E. | be ina position to build the best} making the trip were: Wortman Monday of this week possible road with the money] Mr. and Mrs. J. F Jenny and commenced operating a new that will come under their juris-| family, Mr. and Mrs. John Hoene dray line in Cottonwood which diction. and family, Barney, George and will be known as the City Dray. Rena Seubert, Miss Hilda Tacke, The new concern will do a gen-| $50 REWARD. Goff and Helen Eckert, Helen eral transfer business, either, A reward of $50 will be paid|Rehder, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. heavy or light hauling and solicit for information and conviction] Netzel and son, Mr. and Mrs. a share of your business. Both of party or parties destroying| Tess Wade, Mr. and Mrs. Paul gentlemen are well known here road signs or otherwise molest-|Schurman and and no doubt will receive their | ing the same. | share of the business. | Village of Cottonwood why anyone should molest them. Several parties are under suspi- cion and if the practice does not stop someone is going to get into trouble. In order to apprehend son, Mr. and Mrs. John Arnzen. Henry, pairing let us order Tresia and Marie Schurman and | new suit or overcoat. Richards & city he stopped at the Cotton- wood Hotel. CARD OF THANKS. We wish to express our sin- ‘cere thanks to the many kind friends who so generously as- sisted us during the illness and death of our beloved daughter and sister, and particularly for {the many floral offerings. | Chas. A. Spengler and Family. BOOK GETS CONTRACT. The city council in session Monday evening awarded a con- tract to Peter Book for the con- struction of a concrete bridge | near the Dr. Orr residence. Work ‘on the same was commenced | Wednesday morning. William | Ruhoff also filed a bid for the | construction of the bridge. The | council accepted the lowest pro- jesee. | If you have no cleaning or re- for you a js the Cottonwood Tailors. 42-1 One thousand dollars is the price paid for traveling expenses | by P. D. Sharma of India who arrived at the University of Ida- |ho last week for post graduate ‘ork in the school of forestry. Mr. Sharma graduated from an | knglish colony in India at the | age of 16 years and has been do- ing active work in the forests of | his native land for many years. |He belongs toa_ high cast of | Brahmans and holds the distine- | tion of being one of the three native Indians’ to become Ma- sons. “If arsenic had been distribut- ed throughout Meyer’s body in the same proportion as in the organic samples I have tested, his body would have contained 9.8 grains. From a half a grain up is a killing dose. "” Such was the testimony of Edward F. Rho- denbaugh of Boise, state chem- ist, at the closing hour of the trial at Twin Falls Friday of Mrs. Lyda Southard, with the murder of her fourth spouse, Edward F. Meyer, for- mer foreman at the Blue Lakes ranch near Twin Falls,