Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, November 18, 1921, Page 1

VOLUME 29. NO. 47 THREE PIONEERS — PASS AWA COMBINED AGES OF WITT, HOWELL AND MILLER WAS 252 YEARS | Three more links were broken from the small “chain of pio- neers” this week death took from our midst, Mrs. John S. Howell, aged 87 years, Mr. Leopold Miller, aged 81 years, and Mr. James Witt, aged 84 years, all old pioneers of Idaho county and particulary having the honer of being members of that body of old pioneers of the west, which are rapidly dimin- ishing, day by day, until now their numbers have decreased to a point where it is only possible to find one here and there still living. a Dies In Spokane, | The first one to be taken from our midst was Mrs. John S. Howell, mother of Mrs. W. W. Blackburn, who died in Spokane, Friday, at the ripe old age of 87 years. Mrs. Howell, whose maid- en name was Delpha Cook was born at Boone, N. C., 1834 and was united in marriage to John S. Howell in 1854, her husband having preceeded her in death by a number of years, he having died, March 18, 1898. To this union eleven children were born, seven of which survive the moth- er, five of the children living in the west and two in the east, among them being Mrs..W. W. Blackburn of this city. Mrs. Howell, up to a few weeks ago has been a resident of Idaho county since 1889. At the age of 16 years she became a mem- ber of the Baptist church to which faith she remained faith- ful until death called her from this world. Funeral services were held from the home of her daughter in Cottonwood Tuesday morning, the remains having arrived Sun- day evening from Spokane, and was attended by a large number of old friends who wished to pay their last respects to this splen- did woman. Her remains were laid to rest besides those of her husband. — Rev. F. M. Cass was the officiating minister and Un- dertaker A. H. Nau was in charge of the funeral. Civil War Veteran Dies. Leopold Miller, a civil war vet- eran, and who marched with Sherman to the sea, died at the home of his son, Harvey Miller, in the Greencreek section Sun- day afternoon after a lingering illntss of almost a years’ dura- tion due to infirmities of old age, at the age of 81 years. Mr. Miller prior to his death had been bedfast for almost a year. He was born in Perry county, Pennsylvania November 11, 1840 and was united in marriage to Miss Anna Spanswick, January 7, 1870. To this union six children were horn, three of whom survive the father, Har- vey of Greencreek; Albert and William of Winona, and his aged wife. Mr. Miller enlisted in the ser- vice of his country during the Civil War, in 1861, at the age of 19 vears and marched to the sea with Sherman, that great gener- al who told the Confederate people, and the world as well “That War Was Hell.” Very few Civil War Veterans remain to tell the horrible incidents of that great conflict when the na- tion’s destiny hung by a thread, and fewer still are the men who made that famous march to the sea with Sherman which practi- cally brought the war to a close. Mr. Miller received an honorable discharge. and was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic as well as a member of the Unit- ed Brethern church. Mr. Miller moved to Camas Prairie 23 vears ago. but before coming to this prairie, resided for years in the Walla Walla country. Funeral services were held from the Adventist church at Red. Rock, Tuesday and the re- mains were laid to rest in the Denver cemetery. The services were attended by a large number the officiating minister with Undertaker Nau in charge of the ‘uneral arrangements. James Witt Dies in Lewiston. James Witt, one of the oldest pioneers in the state, died at the age of 84 years, Sunday in Lew- iston in the home of a nephew James Sloan. Mr. Witt was born in Tenne- see in 1887. He came west in 1857 and located at Walla Walla. In 1861 he came to Idaho and engaged in mining later going into the livestock business and owning considerable land on Camas Prairie. Since his re- tirement from active life he has lived in Lewiston. Funeral services were held Wednesday in Lewistor. The Rev. D. J. W. Sommerville was in charge of the funeral services. 3urial took place in the Masonic plot in Normal Hill cemetery. The funeral was under auspices of Mount Idaho lodge No. 9, A. F. & A. M., Grangeville, of which Mr. Witt was a member. POPULAR COUPLE WED. John Terhaar, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Terhaar, two prom- inent citizens of this district, was married in the Catholic church in Uniontown, Wash., Tuesday morning to Miss Gert-> rude Wieber, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Wieber, of Uniontown. Miss Marcella Wieber sister of the bride and Louis Terhaar, brother of the groom, attended the bridal couple. After the ceremony at the church, a wedding breakfast was served at the home of the brides’ mother after which the young married couple departed for parts unknown. They sre ex- pected to arrive in Cottonwood some time next week, and a hearty welcome awaits them here. They will make their home on the Terhaar ranch near this city. Johnnie Terhaar as he is bet- ter known among his friends, is the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. George Terhaar, and a young man of sterling quality and well worthy of the young ladies’ hand he has won. The bride. is by no means a stranger in this community. hav- ing on several occasions visited Cottonwood with a line of mill- inery, which she disposed of here and through her splendid business ability and fair treat- ment has made a wide circle of friends in this section. The Chronicle wishes to be numbered with Mr. and Mrs. Terhs 3; many well wishing friends. RETURN FROM VISIT. Mr. and Mrs. John Schneider returned Friday evening from a three week’s visit with relatives and friends near Bismarck, N. D. their old home. Mr. Schneider stated that conditions in North Dakota were very quiet and that many farmers in that section have suffered heavy financial losses during the last few years, owing to short crops. Both Mr. and Mrs. Schneider were more than pleased to return to Camas Prairie, after having spent their visit, and say that Idaho looks good enough to them. So em- phatic was John in his remark that he said he would not ex- change his ranch near Cotton- wood for a while county in North Dakota. NEW COUNTY NURSE. Owing to the strenuous de- mand made upon a public health nurse in Idaho county an ac- eounty, County Health Nurse county, County Heath Nurse Miss Elsie Roberts has resigned her position on the advice of her physician, and will probably seek a smaller and more easily cover- ed territory further east. Dur- ing her stay here Miss Roberts made many friends by her kind- ly advice and willingness to as- sist where assistance was nec- essary. Miss Rose Taylor has been ap- pointed to succeed Miss Roberts and comes to the county with the best of recommendation and has assumed her duties at the pre- sent time being in the Salmon river district. She arrived here the first of the week in company with Hiss Heuermann, social welfare nurse of Lewiston.— of friends. Rev. F. M. Cass was | Grangeville Globe. hil ‘The Red Cross is spending Ten Million Dollars a Year to help the ex-service man and his family — Roll Call Nov. s:-24,1921 To bring before the country im visual form the vast problem it is helping to sol Nov. 1 World War veterans entitied to Federal aid continues to grow. Service to these men is costing $10,000,000 a year. » the American Red Cross has prepared for its Annual Roll Call, to 24, a poster showing how rather than diminishing the total of Red Cross DANCE BIG $ The dance given by wood Post No. 40, American Legion, last Friday evening! proved to be the largest given in| Cottonwood for many days from} a standpoint of attendance, 105} tickets having been sold. The dance proved such an enjoyable affair that the dancers refused to leave the hall until an early ESS. Cotton- morning hour. At midnight light refreshments were served by the legion boys for a nominal charge. The proceeds from the affair greatly helped to replen- ish the treasurer of the Ameri- can Legion, and the boys are very grateful to all those who as- sisted in helping to make it such a splendid success. MOVE TO NEW QUARTERS. The Cottonwood Battery and Welding Shop, which for the past two vears business in the building owned by John Funke, will move to} their new quarters in the Parker building, next week, which thev'! recently purchased and have ad- ded an addition practically doubl- ing the floor space. The remod- | eling of the old building and the} construction of the addition is| now practically completed, and| was done under the supervision | of Wm. Ruhoff. When the} firm, now being operated by P. | H. Dye, William Buettner and} Vern Dye, removes to their new | location, for conveniences and| modern applicances for handling | their work, they will take second | position to none in the county. OFFER $700 REWARD. Stockholders and directors of the Union State Bank at Nez- perce, Idaho, decided at a special ; meeting to offer a reward of|mal to attend the dedicatory ex- $700 for the arrest of Errest|ercises of the new administra- Wienss. former cashier of the| tion building held there to day. .« Unic ate Bank at Nezperce. A plea was made by the stock- holders to Gov. Davis to offer $1000 in behalf of the state for his recovery but it was turned down by the governor. Accord- ing to press dispatches the ii- regularities at the Union State Bank. amount to approximately £80,000, ell the work of the former cashier. ENJOYABLE EVENING. A number of friends vathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A help them to commemo Sth wedding anniversary. All those present report having spent an enjoyable evening and departed wishing Mr. and Mrs. Harrison many more events of the kind they helped them cele- brate. Remember vour friends with |an individual Chirstmas card, at | the Chronicle office. has conducted its | **‘ | Pettibone | }eal Inboratory is | - and prez i A. Harrison Tuesday evening to | In ite their | ¢ HIGH SCHOOL NOTES. (By Supt. Swanger) Did you hear some one that the enrollment has gone to the 68 mark? The Johnson boys say | did the count. Who said anything about basketball? There will be some clash when the Grangeville High School team and the Cot- tonwood High School team meet on the arena tonight. Come out to see it, to cheer on the teams and to see what your own boys- can do in this field of sport. The game is the talk of the town be- ase the high school students are full of it. Eight boys qual- ify out of which the winning team will be chosen Line up for Cottonwood—K. Schroeder, center; forwards: K. Miller, F. He TR. Deime: : R. Tacke, G. Rink, Jas. 1 and G. Mitchell. The following name by Supt. F. E. Lukens as eligible from Grangeville *Hi: Wilbur Dele Eimers, Aubrey Briscoe, Floyd Keller, Raymond Howard, Searel Basinger, Guy White and Kermit Lester. Mrs. Frank Simon substituted two days for Miss Green and Miss Peterson, who happens to have a wee ation, substit- uted for Miss Meyers for the same time while th two teach- ers obeyed the call of duty with the County Superintendent in the matter of certification. Miss Baker goes over t morrow to round out the requirements for her State High School Certifi- cate, e An invitation was received by Supt. Swanger from the State Boerd of Education and the fac- ulty of the Lewiston State Nor- are given It was impracticable for him to attend. The Superintendent was one of the first normal school men in Idaho at the southern end of the state and the acceptance of the invitation wos in his heart altho conditions in the line of The new admin- fine struct forbade. ition building i nd will doubtless add grest- ly in the service this creat school is giving the State of Idaho. The equiptment in the phvsi- added to is needed. e now three é ence and biol- ory taught by Miss Hanson and physics taught by Supt. Swan- ger. Science had added much to the lifework of man and given him further control over the realm in which this lifework is wrought; its study nleces man securely and authoritatively in dominion within his environment duty and also modifies environment in| ‘his service ad further ennoble- | Sent and made a short talk. RONICLE $2.00 PER YEAR ment. To Have Ellison-White Lyceum. The Ellison-White Lyceum and Chautauqua Association has contracted for three features in Cottonwood under the auspices of the Cottonwood High School. These entertainments begin November 29th in the local theater with a program by the Freeman - Hammond Company. The rates for season tickets for the three entertainments will be low, for the purpose is not the making of money but the addi- tion of this educative influence in the community. The commun- ity is counted upon to back the enterprise undertaken by the high school and public school and the people will be there. Noted Young Artist Coming The noted young character artist, Freeman Hammond, with his own company of assisting musical and dramatic artists, is to appear here on the evening of November 29th at the Ornheum theater in Cottonwood. The ap- pearance of the Freeman Ham- ,;mond Company will mark one of the star numbers on the lecal Lyceum series this winter. For the past two seasons he has heen heading his own com- any, a musical and dramatic or- ization, with delightful vocal. n0 and other instrumental features. Two very talented youn ledies assist Mr. Ham- mond in making the Freeman | Hammond program the big suc- | ress it olways is. ] Mr. Hammond's characteriza- | tions are fine. Lyceum audi-| ences especially love his “Second | Childhood.” Elias Day, recogniz- | ed as one of the greatest dramat- ie coaches and nerhaps the finest | character prtist in America, says that Mr. Hammond in “Second Childhood” has never been sur- | nassed by anyone. Mr. Hammond depicts Jife feithfully. with a keen understanding of the chrr- acters he represents. in costumes, with wigs and grease paint, and steps from one character to another with such ease that his audiences marvel at his wonderful art. Miss Ada MacDonald, violinist and soprano soloist, is a refresh- ing young singer—one of the rane types which audiences in- stinctively like, the moment she | appears before them. She has . sweet and pretty voice, and displays remarkable musician- ship. Miss Lillian Carpenter. pianist, is a greduate of one of large middle west conservat- ies She is an accomplished whose work shines Her pianologues are ex- The program cian forth. ceptionally fine. will consist of two little playets, soprano and violin solos, imper- sonations and pianologues. HAVE BACK PAY COMING. Post Commander Chas. Sim- mons of Grangeville requests all former members of Company E., I. N. G., to send in their names, either to the commander or Post Adjutant Dr. Wm. MacNeill, Grangeville, Idaho. All men of Company EF who were members from the date of March 25th to April 19, 9917, are entitled to hack pay under House bill No. 308. The Amercan Legion posts throughout the state have taken the matter up and with the as- sistance of the Red Cross hone to an early settlement of the Under this house bill whether rejected for federal service or not, are enti- tled to pay from the state at of $1 per dav from March April 19 inclusive. Under the system in vogue at that time. the federal iment paid fifty cents and the state was to nay $1.00. If you wish to partici- pate in this money send in your names to the above officers. grovel K. ©, HAVE BIG TIME, The Knights of Columbus vave a dance in the K. of C. hell Tuesday evening which was well attended by members of the order and their friends. At mid- night a light lunch wes served to ell those present. Prior to the dance. a meeting was held by the council in their which time A. O. Bauman, a very interesting talk. Jerry Kavanaugh. of Lewiston, He works | chambers at of Lewiston, district denuty, made and also a nast Grand Knight of the Lewiston comncil was also pre- NEWS AROUND THE STATE Items of Interest From Various Sections Reproduced for Ben- efit of Our Readers. Disapproval of the issuance of bonds to the amount of $55,- 000.00 for three separate meas- ures was expressed by the voters of Lewiston in the bond election Tuesday. ‘ The contract for the surfacing with crushed rock of 6.7 miles of the Clearwater highway, known as the Greer Hill section, in Clearwater county, was given to Bailey, Waters, Sly & Hutchin- son of Pierce City. Their bid was $2.09 per yard. The Craig Mountain Lumber company mill will resume opera- tions at Winchester Monday, aft- er having been closed down for three months. The woods crews ave already at work and it is ex- pected that a full force will be employed at the ‘mill. Breaking through a fence at a curve on the Lewiston grade Friday morning, an automobile | driven by an unknown party shot off the grade and rolled 400 feet down the hill before lodging on a small bank and stopping. The car wes completely demolished. The state of Idaho has spent for all purposes.from January 1, 1921, to September 30, of the same year $9,004,448.71, or more than one million dollars a month. | This fact is disclosed in a study of state expenditures made at the direction of E. G. Gallet, state auditor. Roy L. Black, state attorney general, has written an option setting forth the steps by which counties can obtain from the state $1000 with which to erect memorials to those who. lost their lives in the World war. The memorial act amended by the last legislature carries an ap- propriation of $50,000. Idaho's supreme court, con- sisting of five members, was one se further behind October 1, 1921, than it was January 1 of this year, according to a com- parative statement compiled in the clerk’s office for the first nine months of 1921, and the same period in 1920, when the court consisted of three mem- bers. = One of he largest fines impos- ed for violation of the state game laws for many months was collected Thursday from Frank Perjue at Boise who pleaded guilty to the charge of having five deer in his possession and was assessed $500, or $100 for each deer, according to a report filed Saturday in the office of the state game warden. Perjue did not have a game license. Tortured by pain and drag- ging his broken leg over the rug- ged slopes, Frank Spencer, “old- timer” and aged trapper in the Payette national forest, half crawled, half hobbled four whole days from a peak near the head of Goat creek, a tributary of the Salmon, a distance of 18 miles in the direction of Knox before he was picked up, ‘exhausted, by a party of hunters Saturday noon. Joseph Bengoechea, 62, four years ago reputed to be the rich- est man in Idaho, died Saturday at Boise a poor man. He had invested heavily in sheep and lost all his holdings during the recent slump in prices of sheep and wool. He built a fine hotel and bank building in Mountain Home and was interested ina number of intermountain city banks and in business interests in Elko, Nev. At least seven thousand fans saw Coach Thomas Kelley's Uni- versity of Idaho football team determire the football suprem- acy of Idaho and Wyoming by winning, 31 to 8, from the Uni- versity of Wyoming at Boise Friday afternoon. These two teams were made up for the most part of men, who, three years ago, were fighting side by side in a more dangerous “game” and the contest came fittingly on | Armistice day. ~