Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, January 20, 1922, Page 2

} ! Denatured ALCOHOL The Idaho Pharmacy Law, prohibits any one, but a registered pharmacist from selling denatured alchohol. We have taken over the’ stock of the Hoene Hardware Co., and can now sell you this product at the low price of $1.00 per gallon USE IT FOR YOUR CAR—FOR YOUR LIGHTS Buy in gallon quantities and save money. be charged at this price. Turner Drug Store PRESCRIPTION DRUGGIST None will COUNTY SEAT NEWS ITEMS. John Forsman a former resi- dent of the Cottonwood section, was a visitor at the county seat Monday from his home at Keller, Wash., where he fs now in the garage business. Rev. Father Phelan has re- day oriental hordes which swarm ed the mining camps. At a special meeting held by | the members of Buffalo Hump | lodge No. 30, K. of P., tonight | decision was unanimously reach- | ed to close a contract for the purchase of the old Y. M. C. A. WILL 4. HAYS Wilt H. Hays, who will resign as | postmaster-general to become head of | the motion picture United States. industry in the GOETHALS TO SURVEY COLUMBIA PROJECT Olympia, Wash.—Negotiations with General George W. Goethals, builder signed his pastorate in this com- munity and will depart Friday morning on a short vacation be- fore accepting another assign- ment. At the present’ time Fath- er Phelan does not know just where he will be located. Alterations are now being made in the old Smoke House building, first door west from the Imperial Hotel, preparatory | building on east Main street for a lodge home. Contractor W. H. Campbell, who built the struc- | ture, stated that the contract | price for its erection was $2600, | and as the lodge secured the | property for a fraction of that | sum it is felt that a good deal is in the making. | NOTICE. | | to the opening of an up-to-date meat market by E. S. Sweet and|. The annual stockholders meet- Clyde Hamill, about February 1,;i"g of the Cottonwood Water and Light Co., will be held on February 13 in their office in| Cottonwood, Idaho for the pur- | pose of electing officers for the | ensuing year and transacting such other business as may pro- | perly come before the meeting. | 4-2 Felix Martzen, Sec. | A. L. Lyon, of Lewiston, will | he in charge of the Grangeville ffice of the Vollmer-Clearwater company, until spring, when a permanent manager will be nam- ed to succeed A. R. Wiley, who} recently resigned to devote his «attention to his lumber business. Mr. Lyon has offices in the Main Street garage. Goon Dick, better known as China Dick, has arrived in Grangeville from Warren, where he has been mining since last spring. Dick will leave shortly for Seattle. For forty years he hes been mining in Idaho county, end is one of the few Chinese left in the county of the early- Come in and pay that over- due subscription account. Don't wait until the paper stops. To the Farmers of Idaho County We are pleased to announce that we have been appointed DISTRIBUTOR for the Moline Line of Farm Equipment OUR NEW PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION provides a means of reducing the expense of selling and handling between the factory and the farm LOWER PRICES GIVE YOU THE BENEFIT OF THESE SAVINGS You will be pleased with the saving you can make on the machinery you need. Your cooperation is all that is necessary. Phone, write, or ask us Farmers’ Union Warehouse Co. Ltd. DISTRIBUTOR FOR IDAHO COUNTY C. H. GREVE, MANAGER We Still can do your cleaning | and pressing Richards & Son THE COTTONWOOD TAILORS | more of the Panama canal, to undertake a | survey of the Columbia basin irriga- tion project for the purpose of deter mining the feasibility of the two pro posed river diversions, will be closed immediately at a contract $20,000, Director Scott of the state department of conservation and devel- opment announced, General Goethals first asked $25,000 to make the study, but Director Scott was advised that he would accept $20,000 if the state would guarantee payment General Goethals will be asked to study the Columbia and Pen d'Oreille | proposed diversions and report which plan is the most practicable in bring- ing the water to the land. BRIEF GENERAL NEWS Joseph H. Millard of Nebraska, for mer United States senator, died sud- denly in Omaha of heart trouble. Henry Ford's offer for purchdse and lease of the government's nitrate and water power projects at Mussejl Shoals, Ala., will be referred to con Sress for final decision. The Montana state supreme court | declared unconstitutional the “bachel- or tax law” passed by the last legisla- ture and the poll-tax law, which has been in force for more than 21 years Final discussion of the basis of as. sessing the import duties which are to be written into the new tariff bill has been started by republican mem- | bers of the senate finance committee The oil town of Mexia, Texas, and | the oil country surrounding it were placed under martial law by Governor Neff because of the alleged existence of open and flagrant violation of the | law, The house public lands committee favorably reported the Barbour bill providing for the addition of 564,000 acres to Sequoia National park, Cali- fornia, and for a change in the name to Roosevelt-Sequoia National park. The six senators from Oregon, Washington and Idaho divided 4 to 2 on the question of seating Senator Newberry of Michigan. Senators Mc- Nary and Stanfield of Oregon, Poin- dexter of Washington and Gooding of Idaho voted for Newberry, while Sen- ators Jones of Washington and Borah of Idaho voted in the negative. 3500 Disabled Veterans Neglected. Washington. — Asserting that the than 3500 mentally disabled former service men now placed in State institutions were victims of such “gross neglect, indifference and prof. iteering” as constituted a “black re- | proach on the honor of the nation,” the Disabled Veterans of the World War, {n a memorial presented to Pres- ident Harding, urged immediate ac- tion by the government looking to the treatment of all such cases in federal institutions. Wenatchee Southern Railroad Planned Washington, D. C.-- Authority to build a new line of railroad in Wash- ington was sought from the interstate | commerce commission by Edward S$. Russell, president of a new company, which will be called the Wenatchee Southern railway. The new road will extend about 81 miles, commencing at Wenatchee with a branch line to Oron- do, and will terminate at Kennewick. Want Federal Reserve “Dirt Farmer” Washington, D. C.—Creation of an additional director of the federal re serve board 80 as to pave the way for the appointment of a “dirt farmer” by the president is proposed in a substi: | tute amendment to the federal reserve act offered by Senator Kellogg, repub- Mean, Minnesota, author of the orig- price of | BURNS TO DEATH INA HOSPITAL Insane Woman Builds Fire and Stands in It While Her Flesh Roasts. SHE FIRST BOLTS DOOR Attendants Frantically Try to Break Down Barrier as Woman Is Biaz- ing—Act Due to Frenzy of De- Spair in Lucid Moment. Philadelphia.—A frightful and sen- satioual suicide occurred at the Phil- adelphia hospital, when «a patient, Frank, thirty years old, barri- eaded herself in a room, built a fire | and threw herself upon it until she Was horribly burned. She lived only vrt time after she had been taken u the flames by attendants, Physicians believe that the woman. who was confined to the institution for recurrent insanity, had a lucid toment in which she discovered that she was a virtual prisoner in a place for the insane and the realization of her plight drove her into a frenzy ot despair which ended in the suicidal attempt. Normal at Times. The woman was admitted to the hospital last February, and was treat: | ed for the temporary visits of de rangement. At times her mind would apparently normal, and on| occasions she was greatly de jected at discovering her condition, | Hope was held out that she would) eventually recover from her mental disease, She arose at 6:30 a. m., the usual | hour for patients, dressed and walked | about the institution She had al ways been of a calm disposition, and for that reason there was never any | effort made to hamper her movements. | She walked undisturbed into a serv- ing kitchen leading to the ward in which she was assigned. Dr. L. V. Schwadt, a woman phy- siclan, was the first to learn of the woman's desperate act. She heard 4a piercing shriek come from the kitch- en into which Lena Frank had gone. and upon running there she found that the door had been locked. Wisps of smoke came through the crevices in the partition and she began to smell | the horrible odor of burning flesh. Break in the Door. Doctor Sclrwadt shouted for help and several attendaots came to her assistance and tried to open the door. become these | | | Her Figure Flamed Like a Torch, Spurred by the cries of anguish fratl| came from the room, the men hurled | | | | thelr weight against the door and finally breke it down. The room was a ghastly sight. The wotntn had piled newspapers and ref- use high in the center of the floor and had set fire to the mass. She then stepped into the middle of the blaze and stood there until her figure flamed like a torch. She fell unconscious Just as the attendants rushed to her | and tried to beat out the flames,, | The woman was rushed to the sur- | gical ward and everything possible | was done to alleviate her agony, but her body was literally roasted over | two-thirds of its surface, and she | breathed only a few minutes, Steals Electric Fan, | Cleveland.—The hot weather pro- duced one thief, according to the po- | Hee, who shed all scruples in his search for loot. | John Semmens, custodian of the old stone church on Public square, re- ported that the thief got into the church and walked off with an electrie fan. | Thunderstorm Restores His Voice. | Ogdensburg, N. Y.—C. Lavier is| able to talk again since a thunder- storm shook the steamship on which he was traveling to visit a sister in| Montreal, Canada. He had been dumb } for uine months as a result of shel! shock received while with the Cana. | dian army ia the World war. | | Cri ia Receipts. | Cash on hand January 1, 1921 ots ------»-$64,998.16 | Received from motor vehicle license 1,897. | State of Idaho, County of Idaho, ss. TT | ToBuy | = _ Hood Rubber : _ Footwear | Means — E Lasting Quality E The Longest Wear = The Most Reasonable Priced i Warmth Service 2 Economy aa 2 ea omrewe ny = - zZ J. V. BAKER & SON 3 = “Where Quality and Prices Meet” = ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY-TREASURER OF THE COTTONWOOD HIGHWAY DISTRICT. To the Honorable Board of Highway Commissioners of the Cottonwood Highway District: Gentlemen : I herewith submit the annual report of my office as Secretary- Treasurer of the Cottonwood Highway District, for the year 1921, Received from road tax levy and interest on deposit . ni 18,6747 <1 Lea Reset eaveer PE ow ete gar eesonsrceCE ------- 85,570.50 Disbursements Interest and sinking fund Road construction Right of way .. Road maintenance Bridge construction Bridge maintenance Culvert pipe . Road machinery Administrative expenses $18,729.27 366,841.28 Total expenses for year . Balance on hand ............. I, M. A. Pierce, secretary-treasurer of the Cottonwood High- way District do hereby oertify that the foregoing is a full, true, and complete report of the records of my office for the yearending December 31, 1921. The books and files of my office are hereby made a part of this report. Dated at Cottonwood, Idaho, January 19, 1922. M. A. PIERCE, Secretary-Treasurer, Cottonwood Highway District: The Thor Vacuum Cleaner finds the dirt no matter where it is Grangeville Electric Light & Power Co. Simon Bros. Wholesale and Retail BUTCHERS Dealers in Hides, Pelts, and all kinds of Poultry COTTONWOOD, IDAHO