Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, December 23, 1921, Page 4

We wish one and all EI { big and small a : = = = Legget Mercantile Co. Where Your Dollar Buys More Simon Bros. Wholesale and Retail BUTCHERS Dealers in Hides, Pelts, and all kinds of Poultry COTTONWOOD, IDAHO ‘ Christmas Cards A: t the Chronicle Office Truck Takes Another DROP NOW $645.85" | F. O. B. Cottonwood SOUTH & FRICK AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLIES Automobile Electricians | Automobile Mechanics UHVAUHSENOUASEQ EGE AEUOEEOEEEEUGEAEAUUOERATEOGEEEASRUUGEOASEEEAUEEEE CEE TATUNG UREA AEE Ee | found | Up, knocked a 20-pound ball from a | uated, had landed three flights down | house, the soda parlor and the whole | strike him on the leg, which he later | awakened from a deep sleep. | | eral years. He opened the bathroom | door, threw a towel over the reptile | and carried it to the yard, | three cities. | gems under a@ mattress in a Philadel- | phia hotel and forgot all about them | swallowed by the eight-month-old son | of Mr. and Mrs. George Jacquires, was SODA TANK LEAPS OVER BUILDING Carbonic Gas Receptacle Does Queer Antics When Driver Treats It Rough. New York <dvolidinen Fred Finger saw a man drive up to the soda wate parlor adjoining the station house an start unloading a carbonic gas tank. “Where you goin’ with that?’ he asked the driver, “Inside,” was the answer. “Well, have a care “You never can tell—" At precisely that moment Policeman | Finger’s words were drowned in au | warned Finger. | | | | Twisting, Whirling and Shooting Up- | wards, explosion which shook the station | district. Finger felt something heavy | discovered to be a piece of the carbonic tank. He also saw the remainder of the tank go twisting, whirling and shooting upwards. Inside the station Policeman Frank Hilbert, who was writing at a desk. was hurled backward from his chair; | John Daugherty, detective, was | knocked from his»comfort on a stoop | nearby, and Lieutenant Lenahan was When the policemen and detectives | picked themselves up after the blast they found the driver in the road in a dazed condition. They started tn search of the missing carbonic tank, They it had traveled seven stories | flagpole and, circling over the build- | ing in which the station house is sit- op @ rear fire escape. FINDS SNAKE IN BATHROOM | Reptile Discovered by Seven-year-old Child Had Climbed Tree and Crawied Through Window, Reading, Fa.—Virginia Funk, seven years old, daughter of Oscar A. Funk, discovered a black snake five feet nine inches long in the bathroom of her home at Esterly. The snake climbed a tree near the house, dropped on a rear portico and then crawled in the bathroom window. The child closed the bathroom and called her father, Oscar A. Funk, a big game hunter in Canada for sev- where his guest, Wesley BE, Conklin of Philadelphia shot the snake. Mrs. Conklin, wife of the Phila- delphian, was with the child when she entered the bathroom. “Stolen” Gems Found Under Mattress. Wilkes-Barre, Pa.—Mrs. Thomas Lewis, has found the jewels upon the quest of which she had set officers of Mrs. Lewis left the until she had returned home. Then she didn't remember having left them | at the hotel, and decided she had been | robbed. Surgeons Close Safety Pin in Stomach. Uncas, Okla.—An open safety pin | position mote the enterprise. | 000,000 is wanted from the state | information | onel Pogram, Whitworth, acting chief Prof. G. H. Camertynck, attached to the French delegation, is official in- | ¥ terpreter at the Washington arma- | ¢ | ment conference. ‘ 3 OREGON LEGISLATURE IN SPECIAL SESSION 3 Salem. — The Oregon legislature | | convened in special session Monday, | chiefly for the purpose of devising a plan to finance the proposed 1925 ex- at Portland. Most of the members appeared to be in favor of the exposition, but there difference of opinion as to ihe best method of raising the money to pro- was some The exposition cost is estimated at | $6,000,000. Of this amount $1,000,000 is promised by private subscriptions; Portland has pledged itself to contrib- | ute $2,000,000 by direct tax and $3,- If the $3,000,000 from the state is raised by property tax Multnomah county, which includes Portland, will pay one- | third, so that of the total of $6,000,000 the people of Multnomah are contrib- uting $4,000,000, leaving $2,000,000 to come from all the other 35 counties | of Oregon. SPOKANE GETS REGIMENT | | City Named Headquarters of 384th Infantry of 96th Reserve. Spokane, Wash.—Regimental head- quarters of the 384th infantry regi- ment of the 96th reserve division has been allotted to Spokane, according to received here from Col- of staff of the 96th reserve division. Fight reserve companies are to be | organized here and at Medical Lake | and.Hillyard, Companies are also to be formed at | and | Walla Walla, Dayton, Colfax Clarkston, forming the second brigade, with headquarters at Walla Walla The third brigade headquarters will be located at Yakima, with companies at Yakima, Ellensburg, Goldendale and Pasco. Both brigades will be under the Spokane command. Prices of Fuel Mount. Washington, D. C.—Fuel and build- | ing materials prices averaged higher | during November, according to statis. | | | | | | ties made public labor statistics. in foodstuffs. by the bureau of No change was noted Tariff Bill Protested by Cubans. Havana.—A demonstration was held here Sunday against the Fordney tar- iff bill part in a parade, The demonstration | was orderly. | THE MARKETS Portland Wheat. — Soft white, white club, hard winter and northern spring, $1.05; red Walla, $1. Oats—No. 2 white feed, $27. Corn—Whole, $34; cracked, $36 removed from without the baby’s stomach an operation. Physicians | closed the pin by the use of instru- | | ments and then lifted it out through the child's mouth. Farmer Showered With Burning Whisky Dies Wilkes-Barre, Pa.—The ex- ~plosion of a private still in his cellar resulted in the death of Joseph A. Fryer of Parsons, near here, who was showered with the burning whisky, it be- came known here today through @ physigian’s report. Hay — Alfalfa, $14.50@15 per ton; | valley timothy, $15@15.50; eastern Oregon timothy, $18@18.60. Butter Fat—40@44c Eggs—Ranch, 40@42c. | Cattle — Choice steers, $6.50@7; | medium to good, $6@6.50. Sheep — East of mountain lambs, $8.50@9; best valley lambs, $8.50@9 Hogs—Prime light, $8@8.25; smooth | 7.75. heavy, $7.25@ Seattle Wheat.—Hard white, soft white, soft red winter and northern spring, $1.07; | | white club and hard red winter, $1.08; Big Bend bluestem, $1.10. Hay—Alfalfa, No. 1, $18; timothy, | No. 1, $24; straw, $15. Butter Fat—-44@4é6c. Eggs—Ranch, 52@54c. Cattle—Prime steers, $6@6.25; me | dium to choice, $5@6. | Hogs—Prime light, $7.75@8; smooth beasx. 3707.26. s ‘ Thirty thousand persons took | 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 Compete line of Funeral Furnishings carried Both Phones. Calls answered day or night COTTONWOOD - - - IDAHO It means Everybody THE FARMERS UNION WAREHOUSE COMPANY WISHES ALL ITS PATRONS AND FRIENDS A VERY Happy Christmas and a Prosperous New Year Farmers’ Union Warehouse Co. Ltd. C. H. GREVE, MANAGER Christmas and New Year | GREETINGS In token of our grateful appre- ciation for your Good-Will which we earnestly strive to merit Grangeville Electric Light & Power Co. 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