Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, December 16, 1921, Page 2

f ae ag GMa: em How Thoughtful I knew Old Santa was always filling stockings, but who'd have thought of his bringing a Library table down the chimney? It’s his trick,—ask him. There are others as good RIGHT THROUGH OUR HOLIDAY DISPLAY OF FUR- niture you'll find many a choice piece to “fill in,” any nook or corner. See our stock before buying your present Nau’s Furniture Store Comprete line of Funeral Furnishings carried Calls answered day or night IDAHO Both Phones. COTTONW OCOD - ey Ae FARMERS Now is the time to lay in your supply of FLOUR for the winter. We will exchange your wheat for Flour, giv- ing you a barrel for six bushels of wheat. On this plan the price of wheat or flour is not taken into consideration. At present we have plenty of Bran and Shorts on hand and can supply you with Rolled Barley and Rolled Oats on very short notice. Farmers’ Union Warehouse Co. Ltd. C. H. GREVE, MANAGER Wash Day Can be Made an Ideal Day With a THOR Which Scene Do You Prefer in Your Home? THOR—CAN BE BOUGHT ON EASY PAYMENTS Grangeville Electric Light: & Power Co. CITY DRAY Both Heavy and Light Hauling. We Solicit a share of your business Kincaid & Wortman, Prop. COTTONWOOD DRAY AND TRANSFER LINE ROBBINS BROTHERS PROPS. Light and Heavy Hauling Done on Short Notice + | The ¢| day and yesterday. | fence, ¢ | Cost was all it cost; this $600,000 ¢ | beautiful road. =|every variety are tax free; the! f) | taxation; there is an acute scar-| A | City of money for financing rail-| Ij not met, or else construction is| )| for interest rates. | denots. >|pose any good road project =i | commonwealth did not need to 3 | be hard surfaced in five years OUR GRANDCHILD’ } CASH There is considerable more to the difference between yester- : day and today than the length of stocking beneath ma’s skirt Yes- | terday we spent our dollars; to-| |day we spend our grandchit- | | dren’s entire bank account. : | Here is a typical contrast: In| | the fifties, Oregon pioneers built | | a wagon road for 30 miles on the | upper Columbia, over and around | : | some rocky buttes between Hood iver and The Dalles. That 30 %| miles of road cost $5,000 and ex- | %\ cept for its sharp curves and | steep pitches it is as good a road ¢\as it ever was, Right now the state of Oregon is opening a new highway along the upper Columbia. The cost of less than 7 miles of this boul- vard, that parallels the old wag- ‘on road, will be $600,000. difference between 380 miles for $5,000 and six and a half miles for $600,000 is the dif- ference between the nation of to- There is, however, another dif- | That $5,000 the old road is but the start, for bonds are is- sued hearing six per cent inter- | jest. The state of Oregon will pay | £36,000 a year interest on this | bit of road. It is a nice road, a It opened a new | empire. It probably was hon-| estly built, and will render many a speeding tourist happy for as much as fifteen minutes, but nevertheless it is only six miles and it cost $36,000 a year; or| more than seven time a much as | = 30-mile road did for its en-| ife There is another side to this. These improvement bonds of excess investment money of the nation has been poured into these issues to escape income road building, for all legitimate | productive business enterprises, | which means that either the pub- | lic utility needs of the nation are | completed at an exhorbitant cost | So the plain} citizen not only gets stung for| interest on multiplied bonds is-} sues, but he has to pay more for his gas, his water, his coal, every utility, necessity and commodity because it costs more to build gas tanks, railroads, freight cars, The editor who would dare op- would be hated today. The edi- tor who dared point out that maybe every inch of road in the would be deemed a moss backed reactionary. The glad age of} spending our grandchild’s earn-| ings is with us and who shall say | halt? Nevertheless we do not have $600,000 where we once did have the $5,000. This editorial from a recent is- sue of the Tacoma Ledges is so full of food for thought, it will | hear re-reading and mu¢h pon- dering. We have stopned, or have been stooped, and if we do not look and listen it is no fault of the on-rushine train of events if we are sround beneath its re- lentless wheels. Christmas cards of all kinds at the Chronicle office at reason- able prices, Place your order early before the stock is picked over. 47-tf COUNTY SEAT NEWS ITEMS. Sarapson Neal, aged 86 years and 27 days, died at the home of his son, Lem Neal, at 4:30 Wed- | nesday afternoon, after an ill- ness covering a period of four years, during which time he was practically helpless. Board of county commission- ers met as a board of equaliza- tion in the court house in Grangeville Monday, to equalize the personal property tax roll for | 1921. No objection was made to | assessments. The board ad-| journed until December 19, when | it will make final settlement | with Assessor Hazelbaker. Proposals will be received at/ the local post office and at the! office of the fourth assistant | postmaster general at Washing- | ton, D. C., up to 4:30 p. m. on! January 10, 1922, for the follow- | ing mail routes: Grangeville to! Mt. Idaho; Grangeville to Clear-| water; Grangeville to Meadows. The United States of America | maintains a postoffice in Idaho county, but provides no mail ser- | 1 | i TIMI | CHRISTMAS SS SHOPPING Is At Its Utmost There are only a few days left to do your buying, and at this store you will find the right kind of gifts that are pleasing to both young and old OPS O SHS a RHO trrrrrerdreeredecred dec edieadeedecente reenter od These Last Three Days Before Christmas: Thursday, Friday, Dec. 22 Dec. 23 Saturday, Dec. 24 ion Xmas Toys on Sale at Cost Watch for our SPECIALS each week J. V. Baker & Son “Where Quality and Prices Meet” THOUHUUESUOTAOOAEEOAOA RHOADS UUAEEUOUGOEGGGAUSAEOEUOEUOEUUDEEOUTOONOUGEUNEGUOOOOOOUESOEOUEEEEE = | ' i | = | | [ : : 7 CPiAscouven Wher eon in mnt he me ota the time, motoring peel Moey chghttul by thowande of ms *° | of paved roads through a charming semi-tropic oe eae eave Sree UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM will gladly furnish instructive and beautifully iBustrated booklets giving road fares, throu; Carta fear tivwnth Sen Presets Lake City, or a part of the way Call on or address Agent, Cottonwood, or Wm. McMurray, Gen. Passenger Agent, Portland, Ore. 5 ll EA A ESTEE GS PORE ng een ee camp in the Ten Mile district, in| morning. Loss was estimated at! departed the last of the week for an address before the Grange- aig with $10,000 insurance. | Montana where he will be engag- _ ville Commercial Club. Mr. Sorrow valued the building, ed in elk protection work on the vice either to or from the post- office. This was brought out es $A. S. Johnson, | chine at Golden, a mining | Grangeville, early Fire, believed to have been|a 2-story structure , at $7000, | Absaroka forest, in the vicinity caused by defective electric wir-| and machinery, tools and stock of the Yellowstone park for a ing, destroyed Joe Sorrow’s ma-| at $18,000. period of four months. Mr. Mc- blacksmith shop in| Earl McConnell, son of Mr. and Connell has been a ranger on the last Friday Mrs. R. J. McConnell of this city Nezperce forest.