Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, January 20, 1922, Page 1

®t / e- .@ y TWO CONTRACTS FOR ROAD WORK FERDINAND; EVERGREEN HIGHWAYS LET CON- RACTS FOR ROAD. Jontracts were let Thursday the office of District Highway ngineer Osborne in Lewison for he construction of two more im- rtant links in the north and {south highway, Fitzgerald-Staun fton company of Great Falls, Mont., being awarded the work \.on the Evergreen district, and | WEALTHY FARMER DIES. | Jacob Reidhaar, rated as one. of the weathiest citizens of Ida- | ao county and for 19 years a res-| | dent of the Greencreek section, | | died at St. Jescph hospital in | Lewiston Wednesday after hav- jing undergone two operations |‘ast week for rupture. Mr, ) Reidhaar was born in Switzer- | and 76 years ago. When a young man of 25 he came to the United | States and settled in Wisconsin; | three years later he was united {in marriage to Miss Anna Young COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1922 OTTONWOOD CHRONICLE WESSELS-TOENNIS. | Mr. Albert William Wessels | and Miss Helena Josephine Toen- nis, Were married at the St. Mary’s Catholic church in Cot-! tonwood Wednesday morning at | 8 o'clock, Rev. Fr. Willibrord of- ficiating. The bride was sup-| ported by her sister, Miss Clara | Toennis, and Harry Wessels act-| jedas best man. After the cere- {mony at the church the wedding | |party returned to the home of} the bride’s parents where an }elegant wedding breakfast was | $2.00 PER YEAR NEWS AROUND THE STATE Items of Interest From Various Sections Reproduced for Ben- efit of Our Readers. Senator William E. Borah, in a | After a residence of 21 years in | Wisconsin, the family removed to Mt. Angel, Ore., where they ‘ived eight years. Then they moved to Greencreek, Idaho, where they lived until two years ago last May, at that time they went to Clarkston to reside. Seven of their fifteen children survive him, also his widow. The children pre Antone, Jacob and Louis Reidhaar of Greencreek, ™,H. Campbell of Colfax, Wash., Ferdinand district. The bids the two were $59,686.66 and » 8,349.42 respectively, says the “Lewiston Tribune. served. — |letter to Mark Means of Lewis- The bride is a young lady who ton, says he intends to make a is exceedingly popular in this| trip over the proposed Lolo Pass community especially among the | highway route next June. younger folks and is a daughter; More than half a million acres of Mr. and Mrs. Theo. Toennis. | of Jand passed title Tuesday The groom is a prosperous | from the national government to young farmer of the Greencreek section where he and his brother Harry, are engaged in farming. man Wessels, former residents (of Greencreek but now residing He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Her- | The construction of the roads in the two districts will mean the probable completion this year of | the north and south highway from Lewiston south to Cotton- | wood, according to highway of- ficials. The Evergreen highway dist- rict joins the Culdesac grade at the Nez Perce county line. In this district 7.4 miles will be con- structed at a cost of $59,686.66 under the contract let Thursday. This will carry the road to the Central highway district where several miles of highway, lead- ing into Craigmont, have already been constructed according to state highway specifications. The Ferdinand district will carry the highway from Craig- mont to Cottonwood. In puttng through that por- tion of the road in the Ferdinand strict there is considerable k work to do, and the contract announce that this will prob- ably be commenced within two } or three weeks. The beginning of work in the Evergreen district depends large ly on weather conditions it is an- nounced. Ten bids were submitted for the work in the Evergreen dist- rict yesterday, as follows: Mor- rison & Knudson, Boise, $65,- 298.44; D. F. Murphy & Co., Boise, $59,829.74; Montague- O’Rilly Co., Portland, $91,636.55 Tri-State Construction Co., Ritz- ville, $79,846.95; G. L. Stickler, Spokane, $92,100.80; Fitzgerald- Staunton Co., Great Falls, $59,- 686.55; Standard Asphalt Pav- ing .. Spokane, $83,069.60; Grant, Smith & Co., Spokane, $69,609.26; C. F. Gager, Coeur d'Alene, $60,995.28; General Construction Co., Spokane, $76,- 623.17 péus for the Ferdinand district were: P. A. Terteling, Moscow, $58,308.17; D. F. Murphy Co., Boise, $43,903.13; Morrison, Knudson Co., Boise, $43,384.11; General Construction Co., Spok- ane, $43,763.51; Johnson & Lin- go, Lewiston, $47,802.99; tague-O’Rilly Co., Portland, $51,- 265.94; Martin Woldson, Spok- ane, $43,438.54; J. H. Campbell, Colfax, $38,349.42; Grant, Smith & Co., Spokane, $49,703.81; G. L. Stockler, Spokane, $56,125.91. Bonds Sell at Par. The bid of the Empire Nation- al bank of Lewiston on $50,000 highway bonds of the Central highway district was accepted by the bcnrd of commissioners of the district at a meeting held in the district highway offices in Lewiston Friday. The bonds are 50 in number for $1,000 each and bear interest at 6 per cent. The Empire National bank bid to purchase them at par, less $998 commission. The money accruing from the sale of the bonds will be used for the construction of five miles of the North and South highway leading from Craigmont down in- to Lawyer’s canyon to the line of the Ferdinand highway district. | It is planned to advertise for the bids on the contract for the con- struction of the strip within a short time, probably about Janu- ary 25, according to District Highway Engneer Osborne. The Pythian Sisters will give a dance at the I. 0. O. F. hall on Wednesday evening, February 22nd. A good time and good music is assured. Watch for further particulars. | Frank Reidhaar of San Francis-| Design of the structure likely to be erected in honor of those who |the state of Idaho during a con- ference of state and forest ser- vice officials at Missoula. Reports of the committee of depositors of the defunct Union ' state bank at Nezperce on the co, Mrs. John Buhr of Mt. Angel, Ore., Mrs, Louis Unrecht, Ferd- inand, and Mrs. T. S. Miller of died and fought for Idaho county during the Great World War. FOR we at Mt. Angel, Oregon. ‘sale of stock for a new bank The happy céuple departed * this morning for a short honey- anow eS tae ae ee shares. moon at Mt. Angel and other | § M4 : A coast points after which they | ™0re 2 which to raise $20,000. will return and make their home| ,, [daho wool growers sold a mil- | Mon- MEMORIAL arrived in Cottonwood last ni and were taken to his old home in the Greencreek section where he resided for so many years, during his residence in Clarkston |the ranch has been operated by PLANS NOW BEING CONSIDERED FOR ERECTION his sons. Mr. Reidhaar was one of the weathiest citizens in Idaho coun- ‘ty, his estate being estimated at ; $150,000 to $200,000, it is stated. Recent action by the state! Most of his wealth is in first legislature in respect to soldiers’ | ! mortgages. and sailors’ memorials in each | Mr. Reidhaar, while a man of county in Idaho, opens the way stern character, always proved to erection of a suitable memor-| to bea friend in need and has ial in Idaho county, according to} helped many aman out of a John J. Pulse, of Grangeville, “tight place” with his financial] Chairman of the county memor- | assistance. ial committee. Mr. Pulse on} While no date has been set for Tuesday announced that plans) the funeral, it will take place 4e under way whereby a mem- cither tomorrow or Sunday from ial may _ be erected in Idaho| the Catholie church at Green- County which, it is expected, will creck with the Rev. Fr. Baer-| Meet the approval of the public) locher officiating. both as to design and method of | The bereaved family has the financing the work, = , vmpathy of the entire commun-; At a joint meeting of the ity. executive board of the Idaho | , ae County Memorial Committee and pane sao the county commissioners and BUG wa OF Bk , American Legion, at which the H. H. Uptmor, a splendid old following gentlemen were pre- character, and a man who is well gent: Edward Vincent, George D | | known throughout Idaho county, Smith, Dale Clark, Frank Me- died in his home near Keuterville | Grane, W. W. Brown, John P. Saturday morning, at the age of Bimers, Commander C. Simmons 72 years, after only a few days | and Adjutant Dr. Wm. MacNeill. illness caused from kidney and a}j of the plans and specifica- bladder trouble. {tions from various designers Mr. Uutmor, was born Dec. 16, were looked over and a report 1850, in the state of Illinois, and made by the President John J. came to Idaho county 18 years Pulse, of all the data on hand, so ago, having resided all this time that the new board of local com- on his ranch in the Keuterville| manders of the legion could for- section, where he died. mulate plans for the early con- He is survived by his wife and | struction of this memorial, in co- seven children, John, Joseph, | operation with the county com- ‘Herman, Lawrence and Mrs. B. missoners. H. Luchtefeld all of Keuterville It was decided that with what and George and Frank of Fort money on hand and with the Benton, Mont. county and state appropriations, Mr. Uptmor, was a man of to erect an imperishable memor- moderate means, which he ac- ial to those who served and suf- cumulated thru hard work and) fered in the war and have a the saving plan, was a man well public and permanent reminder thought of among his neighbors, | of their heroism and devotion to for honesty and integrity, he had duty. few equals. Idaho county was hard hit by His demise was a very sudden the war having lost thirty men ‘one, having been in Cottonwood, more than any other county in Monday, on business and as/|the state and nearly 500 men usual made the rounds of the, were enlisted for service. business houses and there left a| Of the great number of tenta- word of cheer for which he was tive designs submitted that known to all of the business men. | would come within the means of On Thursday he was operated | the county to construct, a pic- upon and owing to his old age) ture or cut of which is presented pneumonia set in which was the| appealed to those present, and direct result of his death. | which has been most favorably The funeral services were held | endorsed by the public, is a de- Tuesday from the Catholic sign of a temple consisting of church at Keuterville with the | eight ionic columns supporting | Rev. Fr. Martin officiating at|an architrave, dome, clock, with requiem mass. Interment was Chimes. In the frieze of the made in the Keuterville ceme-|architrave there is an _inscrip- tery. A. H. Nau supplied the’ tion in raised letters. Inside of funeral furnishings. |this temple is a granite —— /and having on its four sides tab- RE-ELECTED OFFICERS. educational block, | ¢ * TO HEROIC DEAD OF SUIT- ABLE TRIBUTE TO SOLDIERS AND SAILORS A SPLENDID TEACHER, Sister Lucile, one of the best and oldest teachers of the St. Gertrude Convent, who has taught school in_ practically every parochial school in this im- mediate vicinity is now teaching in the St. Joseph school of this city, having accepted her new duties recently, owing to an over crowded condition of the above named school. Sister Lucile has the greatest respect of her older pupils, of years gone by, and it happens to be our good fortune to have been one of her pupils some 14 years ago and to her we give a great deal of credit for having kept us on the path of “learning” when our ambitions ran more to baseball and the likes. COURT DATES SET. District court terms for Idaho county will convene in Grange- ville on May 1 and October 2. Judge Wallace N. Scales, at Lew- iston, has fixed dates for the terms of court in the tenth ju- dicial district which comprises {daho, Lewis and Nez Perce counties. Terms are set for Nez Perce county to commence on Febru- ary 27, June 5 and November 13, at Lewiston. In Lewis county, court will convene at Nezperce on April 10 and September 5. Judge Scales has called a spec- ial term for Nez Perce county to convene at Lewiston January 80. WOODMEN ELECT. Camp No. 5690, Modern Wood- men of America, elected the fol- lowing officers for the year 1922 John Homar, V. C. W. A. Ferguson, Clerk. Roy Downer, W. A, J. M. Johann, Banker. Art Rhoades, Sentinel. C. Schroeder, Watchman. J. V. Baker, N. J. Williams, Walter Robbins, trustees. E. Wortman, Chief Forester. Andy Rustemeyer, District Deputy. W. W. Blackburn, Camp Deputy. INTERESTING LECTURE. Adrain F. Ward, supervisor of and welfare activi- ties for the Knights of Columbus western department, with head- in the Greencreek district. The Chronicle joins with their many | friends in wishng them a happy journey on the.matrimoinal sea. | | HELD ANNUAL MEETING. | The Cottonwood National {Farm Loan Association held its annual meeting in Cottonwood last week for the purpose of electing officers for the ensuing year. The various officers elec- | ted were as follows: | Edgar Fry, president, T. P. | Mitchell, vice president; Felix | Martzen, secretary-treasurer. Directors: T. P. Mitchell, Geo. | J. Terhaar, Henry Bosse, Ed-| ward L. Jessup, Dominic Duc!os | and John Seubert. | Loan Committee: Henry Bosse | Geo. J. Terhaar, Ed L. Jessup. Alternate Loan Committee: | Edgar G. Fry, John Seubert, T. | P. Mitchell. “y At the present time the associ- | ation has 61 members and 15} more ready to receive loans. When these loans are closed the association will have over $500,- 000 outstanding in loans in Idaho county. | LAPWAI WINS. | The Lapwai high school team | defeated the Cottonwood high school team in a hotly contested game at the high school gym, Friday evening, by a score of 17 to 31. The first half ended with the score standing 12 to 14. Considering the difference in size of the two teams the Cotton- wood boys managed to hold their heavier opponents in fine style. The Cottonwood boys took the lead in the early stages of the game, making the first three baskets. For the local boys, Miller was the star player, mak- ing 12 of his team’s 17 points. Dawald was the star for Lapwai. The game was free from any wrangling and true sportsman- ship prevailed throughout the entire game. John Wagner re- 'fereed and his decisions proved satisfactory to both teams. | MARRIED IN SPOKANE. Raymond Kennedy, a brother | of Mrs. J. E. Reilly, of this city, was married in Spokane on Janu- | ary 11th to Miss Bertha Lorang, | of Genesee, at the Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral. Miss Lorang jis a daughter of Mr. and Mrs, John Lorang of the Genesee sec- | tion where she is excedingly | popular among the young folks | as well as the older ones. Mr. | Kennedy has visited with his sis- | | ter in Cottonwood several times | |and has ‘many friends here who} wish him and the young lady he | | has chosen for his wife happi-| |ness and success. | lets to accomodate the names of The annual meeting of the Cottonwood State Bank was held Tuesday of this week at which time the following direct- ors were re-elected: E. M. Ehr- hardt, Herman Von Bargen, Barney J. Stubbers, Francis G. Nuxo!l, H. C. Matthiesen and M. M. Belknap. Old officers were also all re- elected, being: E. M. Ehrhardt, president; M. M. Belknap, vice | president and H. C. Matthiesen, jes ‘the honor boys, names of those} who were enlisted and the names \of the Spanish war veterans. To | the left and right of this temple, one of the large guns received from the Government last year. | This temple setting to be sur- mounted by either a large bronze eagle ora dough-boy. Four beautiful lamp standards com- | plete this unique and artistic de- sign. The designer of this re- {continued on page 5) quarters in Portland, gave a very| NAME SUPERINTENDENT. intresting lecture at the K.C.| Mrs. Lyons, of Woodland, was hall Sunday afternoon to mem-|named county superintendent of bers of that order. Abuot 60) public instruction to fill the un- members were present. |expired term of Leonard Case Mr. Ward was a secretary for) by the county commissioners in the Knights of Columbus during | session Wednesday. Mrs. Lyons, the world war. At times he was | formerly Miss Olive Buchanan, stationed in Siberia, Phillipine|is a graduate of the Lewiston Islands, Japan and China. He! St-te Normal end the University related some of his experiences|of Idaho at Moscow. She was in these foreign countries andjselected from five applicants the work accomplished by the| among them being: Mrs. Chester Knights of Columbus in the far) Arnold, Mrs. R. E. Bell, Loyal east during the great conflict. | Atkinson and E. A. lion pounds of wool, pooled from last season’s clip, at auction sale in Portland, Wednesday. Prices | obtained in the sale ranged from 2114 to 308 cents a pound. Most of the wool was purchased by Boston firms. By an exchange of telegrams with Herbert Hoover, Governor D. W. Davis has unearthed what he believes to be an effort on the part of the Russian soviet gov- ernment to collect food and funds in America solely for the relief of soviet officials. Kootenai county commission- ers have made adjustments in salaries affecting nearly every county office, which will, it is estimated, be a saving of virtua- lly $1800 a year. Nearly all de- putes, clerks and stenographers received a cut which will average about 10 per cent. Abolishment of the state game department with the recom- mendation that the license fees be collected by the sheriff and the fees be placed in either the school or road fund of the county in which they are collected, was favored in a resolution passed by the Idaho Wool Growers’ associa- tion Wednesday. The Lewis county commission- ers Friday discontinued the of- fice of the county Red Cross nurse, effective February 11. Miss Hoiles, the county nurse, has held the office for two years. It was also decided not to employ a farm agent. The county has been without a farm agent for six months. George E. Crum, member of the firm of White Brothers & Crum, of Lewiston, passed away last Friday afternoon at Yakima, Wash., in which city the family has resided for the past four years, death ensuing from can- cer. Mr. Crum was 50 years of age. Heis survived by his widow and three children, Emulus R. Brown and his wife Bessie Brown, were named de- fendants in a suit filed Wednes- day in district court at Moscow by the village of Kendrick. The complaint alleges- that defend- ants are owners of an old, parti- ally torn-down barn and stable within the village limits and asks 'that permission be given to tear down the nuisance at defendants expense. Enough first class mail to fill a room eight feet high, 20 feet long and nine feet wide, should the letters be packed in very, very tightly, was mailed from Lewiston through the central postoffice last year, according to figures compiled by Postmaster J.C. Pennell. The number of pieces sent through the stamp canceling machine was 1,786,561, or about 270 letters for each man woman and child in Lewiston. County Commissioners George D. Smith, Dale Clark and Ed- ward Vincent spent several hours in Cottonwood Monday while on their way to Grave Creek where they inspected the proposed route of the Cotton- wood-Grave Creek road, The cut off, by way of the Hanley and Triplett ranches, as now out- lined proved satisfactory to the Ss + sctimatlat Reba