Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, December 16, 1921, Page 1

« COTTONWOOD CHRONICLE 7 VOLUME 29. NO. 51 COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1921 ] $2.00 PER YEAR |; AD—FINDS WATCH OWNER. A ladies’ watch lost by Mrs. x C. Rich, of Lewiston, a few years ago near the Huss- T0 SPOKANE MEN man school while on a visit here j wi | Schroeder, who was at that time MURPHY-FAVRE COMPANY teaching the above named school was returned to its owner as the BUYS $50,000 ISSUE FROM direct result r an advertisement run in the Chronicle about a FERDINAND H. D. | month ago. The watch, accord- jing to Sam Butler, the Cotton- — jeweler was an exception- - a ' $ bonds for the Ferdinand high- pre caches - bia sage way district were sold Saturday Cooper, who in turn placed it in to Murphy-Favre company of charge of her teacher, Miss Spokane, the successful bidders Weber and had the same adver- paying par for the issue. | tised. ‘ The state highway department ‘The time piece was held very will immediately advertise for | highly by Mrs. Rich and she| bids for the construction of 7.4/ nositively identified the watch | miles of standard road in the jy jts ease and movement num- Ferdinand district, which will j,ors and was in perfect condition | extend from the west line of the when found. Five others par- Cottonwood highway district | ties answered the advertisement. through Ferdinané to a point &) Mrs. Rich was greatly pleased short distance below the high when notified that the numbers railway bridge across Lawyer's she had sent to the Chronicle of- canyon, where it will join with fice corresponded with the num- the central highway district sur-| ers on the watch found. — It vey leading to Craigmont. |cost Mrs. Rich just $2.75 to have The highway commissioners, | ;his splendid time piece returned Edgar Fry, J. H. Johnson and G. | to her, 75 cents for advertising W. Tarbett, state that work on) ang $2 for repair work done by that portion of the North and} Butler. South state highway will begin|” © ck eS ae in 60 days and will be completed | 91,, PROMOTER LOST. by early summer. Thirty thousand dollars worth Bids were also opened on the | of notes held by the sheriff of same day for £50,000 worth of | Nez Perce county were released road bonds for the central high-| when Judge Wallace N. Scales, in way district of Craigmont, but|the district court, sustained a Bids for $50,000 worth of road th her friend, Mrs. Rudolph | {] Weather Man Please Take Notice : (| ; GES Lo tod } 00: MF aaa a 11s i Wye ts ry | | \ | bese ed | | GRAVE CREEK {SMALL SALARIED MONEY COMING) MAN BENEFITED $20,000 APPROPRIATED BY | INCOME TAX REVISION AIDS LAST SESSION—TO BUILD MARRIED MAN WITH IN- A NEEDFUL ROAD COME OF $5000 OR LESS | | The $20,000 voted by the last Men with incomes of $5,000 session of the state legislature,| and less are the principal bene- tor the construction of the Grave ficiaries under the tax revision were rejected as being too low by| motion for a directed verdict in| Creek road in Idaho county will mmissioners J. O. Randell, O.) favor of C. J. Hall, of Lewiston, | $90n be turned over to the Board Meade and William McPeak.| following the conclusion of evi-| °f County Commissioners, ac- Bids on the $90,000 worth road bonds for the Evergreen | Brockman, of Spokane, sued Hal]! dent of the Cottonwood State highway district of Winchester were opened by the commission- | ers and rejected. ' Offers were} made by representatives of Spo- kane and Seattle bond buyers. | Less than 50 miles of the North | and South highway are to be| constructed between Grangeville and Lewiston, as follows: Grangeville highway district, 5.82 miles; Union Independent, | 5.8; Fenn, 4.8; Cottonwood, 7.7; | Ferdinand, 7.4; Central, 5.1; Evergreen, 10.38; Nez Perce county, 12; Lapw BELL RINGERS PLEASE. The quartette of Bell Ringers appeared at the Orpheum Friday | evening in the second number of | the lyceum course, under the| auspices of the high school and} very pleasantly entertained a} large audience with their pro-| gram of music and reading. They are a company of versa- tile and talented young men, their entertainment consisting | of vocal and piano numbers in addition to the bell ringing. The) bells used were the regulation} Swiss hand bells, and the melo- dies and tones produced in a number of the selections were beautiful, and undoubtedly a treat to the local audience. The) unanimous verdict seemed to be} that the program was “too short,” which fact in_ itself, speaks for the auality of the en-| tertainment. The boys were} however, seriously handicapped by the absence of their first} tenor, because of sickness. HOLIDAYS DESIGNATED. Because both Christmas and New Year’s day fall on Sunday this year Lieutenant Governor C. C. Moore Saturday issued a proclamation declaring Monday, | December 26, and Monday, Janu- ary 2, legal holidays to be ob-| served in the celebration of Christmas and the new year. * The acting governor’s procla- mation follows: “This year the twenty-fifth | day of December, or Christmas, and the first day of January, 1922, New Year’s day, fall on} Sunday and, since the statutes of the state of Idaho make no provision that a legal holiday oc- curring on that day be observed the following day, “Now, therefor, in order to avoid misunderstanding or un- certainty, by the authority vest- ed in the governor of the state, I. C. C. Moore, acting governor of Idaho do hereby proclaim Monday, December 26. 1991. and Januarv 2, 1922, legal holidavs, | held in Lewiston last Thursday. Schmitt will remain here for |Five serious major operations about two weeks. visiting with to he observed in the celebration. dence in an action wherein C. W. on a promissory note for $1,300 executed by J. H. Cole and J. L. Galloway, formerly of Lewiston. The paper released had been at- tached to secure payment of the note, says the Lewiston Tribune. Upon the complaint of Brock- | man, the trial of the case was/ started before a jury Saturday. Against the complaint Hall set up a center claim for profits! which Hall alleged Brockman | had made on the sale of oil lands | in Texas. Hall, in entering the counter claim, asserted that he gave Brockman $6,000 to invest in Texas with an agreement that in the event of a sale the profits of the transaction should be di-| | vided. Brockman testified that | he held the money in a trust ac- count, and did not invest it. Hall sought to prove that Brockman | had purchased land at $300 an) acre and sold it at $600, and al- leged that there had never been /an accounting of the results of the deal over the $300 an acre paid for the land. The outcome of this case was watched with great interest in Idaho county. Brockman also, has cases awaiting trial in Idaho | county. NEWLY WEDS RETURN. Mr. and Mrs. Florin Holthaus and Mr. and Mrs. Mat Duclos ar- rived in Cottonwood Wednesday evening from St. Joseph, Minn. where they were united in mar- riage atthe home of the brides mother on November 22. Mrs. Holthaus and Mrs. Duclos are sisters. They also are sisters of Mr. Tony and William Ruhoff of this city. The young folks were met at the depot by relatives and were escorted to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tony Ruhoff where a sump- tous dinner was served. They will make their home in this see- tion, both boys being prominent young famers of this vicinity. NOTICE. In the future all parties wish- ing the use of the I. O. O. F. hall must first receive the consent of the proper authority before the same can be used. In the past parties have used the hall with- out this consent. Those wish- ing to rent the hall should see O. D. Hamlin who has full autho- rity to rent the same. 51-tf Dr. J. D. Shinnick was one of the 50 practitioners who attend- land Empire medical asscciation of Christmss and the new year. “ (Signed) C. C. Moore, “Acting Governor.” hospitals by the clinic. ed the first free clinic of the In-| len but the thermometer had re- sion at the St. Joseph and White recently enacted by congress and approved by the president. With | the time for makirg income tax | returns rapidly approaching, the} following information will be of interest. Married men with incomes of | $3,000, without dependents, will have taxes cut in half under the | cording to M. M. Belknap, presi- | Bank who returned last night from Lewiston where he held a | conf: erence with W. J. Hall, com- | missioner of public works of the state of Idaho regarding this ap- propriation. Mr. Hall assured | Banker Belknap that the money would be available at once and as soon as he returned to Boise ‘the previous rate of $40. Comparative figures for 1920, under the old law, and 1921, un- der the revision, for married | would place in the machinery in| ™en without dependents are as motion that will put it in the| follows: hand of the proper officials, Total tax Total tax) which is th® board of county | Income 1920 1921) commissioners, under the terms|$ 1,900 -$ $ | of the bill. The money will in all|$ 2.000 probability be in the hands of |% 3,000 40 20 this hody before the closing of|* 4.000 80 60| the old year. $ 5,000 120 100) The $20,000 appropriated by|$ 6,000 170 the last session of the legislature | $ 7,000 270 = 240) was the direct result of the|5 8,000 -.. 870 splendid work of Senator Seth|* 9.000 480 430) Jones, the measure having been | $10,000 590 520 defeated on its first rol! call but | 512.000 830 720} due to his untiring efforts was | 514.000 1090 = 940} again revived and passed by the| $16,000 1370 1080; legislature and signed by the} $18,000 1670 1440 governer. Owing to money; *20,000 1990 1720} jshortage in the funds from Exemptions Not Included. which it was to come at that time the matter has been hang- | ing fire ever since. It is now believed that work} }on this road will commence as | soon as the money is available. This table does not include ex- emptions, which are granted on various grounds. An exemption) of $400 is allowed for each de-| pendent, while the previous ex- emption was $200 per dependent. On this basis, a married man with a net income in 1921 of $5,- 000, who has two dependents, will pay $68 in taxes, as compar- | ed with $104 on a similar income in 1920. The surtax | GIVE UP AGENCY. | The Cottonwood Hardware, | which for the past five years has been agent for the Dodge Broth- ‘ers motor car for Idaho county, Wednesday of this = al led their agency with the Dodge}... s6 000. The rate is lower- Brothers. The ha sacle ed. The difference varies from — ty sibs th TC aiatan | a reduction of $10 in the case of |and turned over to the Lewl: the $6,000-a-year man to $270 in | Motor company who will in the cusp of S00 00Oaeneansmien future handle the Idaho county | ~ A re . agency. The Lewiston Motor| Those Who Make Returns. | company now has the agency for | Returns are required of every} the Dodge cars in Nez Perce, | single person whose net income gg ae err err ee for 1921 mes $1,000 or an. | ing e time the every married person not living | Hardware was the agent for the’ with husband or wife whose net| | Sadao oe mt a nee was Lage st and Red | posed of as man r€| married person living with hus- | than any one single agency of band or wife whose net income |cars in Idaho county. Their | was $2,000 or over. Every per- | “extra” department was also at/ son whose gross income for the all time complete. year was $5000 or over ‘must |make a return regardless of the amount of net income. This re- quirement was not contained in the revenue act of 1918. Every married couple living together must make a return, either affects salaries 20 BELOW ZERO. Ben Albers, who has been} spending the past three months} in Canada returned Thursday | evening accompanied by Mathew Schmitt of Leipzig, Sask. Crops |around Leipzig, Ben says were very good this year. Up to the time of their departure from | Canada very little snow bad fal- their aggregate net income was gate gross income was $5,000 or more. Gross income includes practi- gistered 20 below, however. Mr.| cally every dollar the taxpayer separate or icint as desired, if} |primary grades in Miss Myers’ | fourth grades: new law, paying $20 instead of | Santa Claus” Lula Frick. | Ten Pickininnies. |a Newsboy” Fred Bledsoe. 160| Way” James Bledsoe. 340/ Leaf” Fifth and Sixth grades. | | | HIGH SCHOOL NEWS. mau srme., NEWS AROUND THE STATE for the Christmas vacation. | Next Friday afternoon pro-| grams will be rendered by the a by a we. grammer Items of Interest From Various grades in Miss Coolidge’s room; by the high school in the high Sections Reproduced for Ben- school assembly. Last week we efit of Our Readers. gave the personnel and features of the coming high school pro- gram. A generarlal invitation, goes to parents. | The following is the program of the first, second, third and Governors Mabey of Utah, | Davis of Idaho, Carey of Wyom- ing, and Dixon of Montana, with governors of 18 middle west and ‘southern states, were dinner guests of President at the White House Thursday night Song: “Santa Claus will come Tonight” by first and second grades, | Welcome: _— Melvin Barth, | homed, nrasiog ‘eee oats avane Bledsoe, Dorothy Jands have been reduced from Shields. | ‘ Recitation: “The Night be- sens 8 ance Sen a rate applying to leases now Recitation: “The Christmas| pulenh anil rath po Rae mr Ghost” Geneal McKinney. |as the reason for the reduction. Solo: “Mistress Santa Claus”) Budgets for 1922 for the high- Mary Belle Swanger. . | er educational institutions as ad- 5 Christmas _ Acrostic: Nine oped by the meeting just closed Primary Pupils. |of the state board of education fore Chirstmas” Annabell Wall. Play: The Ruggles’ Christ- | are invariably small than mas. Primary Grades. Cast: for 1921, role in mee ae Mrs. Ruggles .........Miss Myers stances adequate, according to a Sarah Maude Inis Jacks | summary of the board’s actions Peter . Ursel Farris | given out by Dr. Enoch A Bryan, Kitty .. Aileen Rink commissioner of education. Cornelius Goff Farthing) Through Senator F. R. Good- Susan Thelma Barth | ing the Idaho Wool Growers’ As- Clement . Wayne Jessup | sociation Saturday addressed an Pearia Jane Cramer appeal to the interstate com- Sily Edna Farris merce commission to cowtinue in- Raby Larney . Jean Frick | definitely the 20 per cent freight Please Mildren Rustemeyer | reduction on livestock shipments Recitation: Weldon Flint. Solo: “She says I'll tell Old Santa” Dorothy Shields. “To Santa Claus” Recitation: “Santa’s Mis-| takes” Jean Frick. Recitation: “Waiting for! | Song: “Christmas Times” By The following program will be | given by the upper grammer grades: | Song: “Silent Night” all) grades. Recitation: “My Master He's! Play: “The Day after Christ- mas” Fifth and Sixth grades. Piano Solo: Elza Matthiesen. Recitation: “Which is Your | Play: “Turning Over a New Song: “Star of Evening’) Fifth and Sixth grades. Play: “Doctor Cure-All” Seventh and Eighth grades. Piano Solo: Neil McKinley. Recitation: Helen Michaels. Piano Solo: Helen Hensley.’ Song: “Jingle Bells” All Grades. The Cottonwood high school | basket ball team will meet the) Ferdinand high school team on} the latter’s floor tonight, Decem- ber 16th. This will doubtless be | an interesting game for the} locals have been considerably strengthened and they are go- ing after victory. The follow- ing are the players: Karsten} Schroeder, Raymond Tacke,| Glenn Rink, Kenneth Miller, | Francis Homar, Raymond Nims} and James Nash, substitute. BAZAAR A SUCCESS. The bazaar given by the Ladies | Aid at the Leggett Mercantile} Co. Saturday was a big success. Everything offered for sale by| the ladies, which consisted of | fancy work, cook foods sold very | rapidly. The affair was in} charge of Mrs. Netzel and Mrs. Flint. | The ladies take this means of | thanking all those who donated | articles for sale at the bazaar. i} | | house on an errand. A large number of Cottonwood folks attended the dance given at | Grangeville Wednesday evening by the ladies of the Eastern Star | and Mrs. Bart Simon, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Brutzman, Mr. and $2,000 or over, or if their aggre-| Mrs. H. C. Matthiesen, Misses Eulalia and Geraldine Baker, Miss Myers and Harold Simon. Leonard Case, county superin- the winter with relatives. | act. ous centers on January 18, 19 and 20, 1922. | |as a sequel to the inquisition of which went into effect Septem- ber 20 as an emergency rate. Unless the commission directs otherwise the rate will end De- cember 20. “T did it myself,” was the ad- mission made Monday by Lang Davis, Kooskia’s painter and | Paperhanger, who was found early Saturday morning with a wound in the side of his head caused by a bullet from a 22-cal- iber rifle. Davis made the ad- mission during a brief flash of consciousness, and said that worry over domestic infelicities had caused him to attempt to take his own life. Dorothy Evelyn, three year old, and Esther June, one and a half years old, the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. K. Darrell Wooden, were burned to death Wednesday afternoon at the camp of the Idaho Gold & Ruby Mining Ce., at Leonia, Idaho, the Wooden home having caught fire while the mother was at a neighbors 1 The re- mains were burned beyond re- cognition. Litigation between. the Fed- eral Mining and Smelting com- pany and the Star Mining com- pany for alleged trespass on Star ores in the mines near Wallace, Idaho, that has been under way since 1917 was ended in a settle- ment made Friday of the Star suit for an accounting in the fed- eral court at Coeur d’Alene. The settlement is for a $350,000 cash payment to the Star on the Iron Crown claim and a portion of the Grouse claim of the Federal at $100,000, Personal property assessments on bank stock of Latah county | banks were fixed, for the pur- pose of taxation, at 66 and two- thirds per cent of their actual value, by action of the Latah county commissioners, sitting as a board of equalization on the personal property tax roll, late Thursday afternoon. This ac- tion revises the system os as- | sessing bank capital stock and bank surplus and puts the assessment of this property on the same ratio as the other per- sonal property of that county. A fine of $10 was imposed in probate court Thursday against Kirby L. Torrance, editor of the American Falls Press, for refus- Among those attending were:| ing to answ i f the Mr. ond Ure. Ni. A. Litherland, | ae, eee, Seen ee Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Keith, Mr.| prosecuting attorney, relating to the source of information sur- rounding the published story en- titled “One Hundred Stills in Power County.” The fine came November 22 when Mr. Torrance was placed in the stand and re- | quired to testify concerning the received during the year 1921.) tendent, announces that the final| story. He said he was unable to Net-income is gross income less| eighth grade examinations will| reveal the sources of his infor- were performed during the ses- the Albers family and from here| the exemptions and deductions| be held in Idaho county at vari-| mation for reasons of will go to Chewelah, Wash. to| specifically provided for by the | spend honor and business and newspap- er ethics.