Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, March 24, 1922, Page 2

* season. LARGE AMOUNT OF WORK (Continued from page 1) bird, a distance of 22 miles, the highway has already been grad- ed and drained, and four miles surfaced, at a cost of $383,415.72 and the remaining will be sur- faced. Between New Meadows and Whitebird, on a distance of 17.64 miles, there was spent last year a total sum of $852,611.26. Between Whitebird and Lu- cile, a distance of ten miles, this being in what is neutral zone, the sum of $300,- 000 is to be spent this vear by federal and state aid. The neu- tral zone extends about 75 mile from the east forks of the Wei- ser river to the village of White- bird. South of New Meadows, extending a distance of 15 miles to Round Valley, which is the southern terminus of the portion within the sixth or Lewiston dis- trict, the sum of $200,000 is to be spent this season. Beyond this, practically 95 per cent of the work has heen completed ‘to the terminus of the highway at Weiser. One of the most needed links | that is not yet provided for is said to be that only four miles between Lapwai and Spalding. COUNTY SEAT NEWS ITEMS. Lingo & Sorrow, contractors, will commence work on the $22,- 000 road job in the Cottonwood highway district as soon as weather conditions will permit O. T. Lingo, a member of the firm, announced Wednesday. Mrs. Wilbur Fuller and little daughter are slowly convalescing from the revages of the flu from which they have been sufferer for the past couple of week. Mr. Fuller has been able to be down town for several days past. Sam Jones departed this morn- ing for the Salmon river country where he will again enter the hog raising game. Mr. Jones states there is a great opportu- nity along that line for a man to make good returns. In past years he was very successful in that business. Hub Woods, manager of the Wood Hardware company store, is again attending to his estab- lishment, having been confined to his home for the past week with illness. A. J. Maugg, his chief clerk, was also down with the flu at the same time. Dur- ing their illness the store was in charge of Maurice Cone. Charging cruelty, Mrs. Bertha V. Lyons, of Grangeville, on Wednesday filed suit in the dis- trict court for divorce from Chas H. Lyons, of Whitebird. Mrs. Lyons and her two datighters re- moved from Whitebird to Grangeville in February. The complaint, on file in the office of the clerk of the district court, contains sensational allegations. WAGE SCALE SET IN! IN SOUTH. The committee appointed by the Madison county farm bureau to adopt a schedule of farm wages for the coming season has made the following recommenda- tions: Single men, $40 per month and board, $10 per month bonus if remain on job entire Married man and wife, $60 per month and _ board. Woman to cook for not over 3 men. Bonus of $10 per month if remain entire season. Men employed by day, $2 and board. MICKIE SAYS— WHEN A FELLER WANTS, SOMEBODY ELSE BAWLED our WW TH PAPER BUT SANS, “DONT MENTION NY NAME," | FEEL JESY LIKE CRACKIN’ HIM Remember we still can print fhose butter wrappers for you. known as a} By A. WINGATE. (@, 1921, by McClure Newspaper Syndicate ) Ashley sat at the desk in his den. He had not yet actually settled down | to work, for the door stood ajar and | he was still exploring his portfolio and setting papers in order before him, Voices floated down the staircase, his wife's subdued, his son's deep and vibrant. Ashley's lips expanded ip a satistied smile. “Have you thought, Gordon, of the effect this will have upon your father, and perhaps upon your prospects?” Mrs. Ashley asked. “Yes,” answered the young man. “I have ylelded to father in choosing | business instead of a profession. In this I cannot yield.” “He will be disappointed,” the moth- | er said gravely. | Gordon laughed shortly at this mild statement. | | “I am a man pow, mother, and this | is a matter in which one man may not | command another, I love Allie.” “We've played together summers down at Wheatfield ever since we were kids, and 1 always liked her best,” be finished, boyishly. His voice changed to a harsher tone. “Father is ruining his life and ours,” he said, sternly. “Everything that is | his is touched by the blight of his | overbearing temper. It is wearing | you out. 1 can see it. Marjorie’s | happiness was sacrificed to his am- bition. Dick was forced into uncon- genial employment. We've all kept in for your sake, but some day there'll be a mighty smash. There never was a man who thought himself omnipo- tent, since the days of Nebuchadnez- zar, that the Almighty didn’t humble him.” At the look on his mother's face, he added, contritely: “Forgive me, mother, have said it.” They moved away. Ashley sat motionless. That merci- less indictment from Gordon, his hope and pride! It was a full half-hour before he arose, closed the door and locked it. He dropped into his chair and laid his head upon his folded | arms. “Allie Betty Kent down in Wheat- field!” That must be Alice Elizabeth's daughter. In the days when Wheat- field had been his home, Alice Eliza- beth’s name hud not been Kent, but Courtney. | After a few moments, he raised his head, unlocked a drawer and took out a box. From the box he drew a shab- by pocketbook, and from this, In turn, a tiny, yellowed silk bag. He untied Its string and shook the contents out upon the blotter—a circtet of braided sweet grass, dry and brittle, and a gold ring set with a small diamond. He remembered the day he had braided the grass and measured Alice I ibeth’s finger, They sat under the maples on the | river bank. The sun sent golden | shafts of light through the trees to fall | upon ber yellow hair, She had insist- | | | I shouldn't ed upon having the braided ring to | keep and had made the little silk bag for it, the very evening he had placed the diamond on her finger. | He remembered, too, the evening | nearly two years later, when she had | given them back. He recalled frag- ments of the conversation ou have grown so hard.” “Nothing matters except having your own way, and it does not matter that your way is not always right.” | “I do not dare to risk life with you.” | “Please try to change, or I fear you | will some day be a lonely, wretched | old man.” | His hurt had been deep. He could not destroy the rings, but had hidden | them. Thirty-five years, and he had not changed. If tonight were any criterion, he was on his way to the lonely wretched old age she had prophesied. | A rap sounded at the door. With | the pitiful diamond still clasped tp his | hand, Ashley unlocked it. Gordon cume in, his shoulders squared, “I wasn't sure you had come home,” he said. “Are you too busy to listen to me for a few moments?” Ashley pushed back his papers, “Go ahead,” he said, gruffly. Gordon came straight to the potnt. “I'm engaged to be married, father. | T thought it best to tell you.” Ashley was silent. Gordon stumbled on, “It is Allie Betty Kent. She lives in Wheatfield, where we used to go summers.” He waited, tense, for the expected outburst. “In Wheatfield,” mused his father. “Must be Alice Courtney's daugh- ter.” “She ts,” answered the young man. | Relieved, he sat on the corner of the desk and picked up a circlet of dried grass that lay there, nervously break- ing It to bits and laying the bits upon the platter. Ashley winced. “Probably better than you deserva,” he growled. “See that you treat her well, Now clear out.” Gordon went. “Dismissed with a blessing,” he re marked In helpless astonishwent. Left alone, Ashley swept the bits of dried grass into the waste basket. He put the diamond away, closing the | door with a bang. “Perhaps,” be said to the four | walls, “I shall not need so large a dose of grass as Nebucha yd — ee | Popular | struction | stairway. MAKES USE OF DEAD TREE Ornamental Flowering Vine May Be Traced Over the Top, With Re- markably Good Effect. The idea of growing av ornamental flowering vine over the dead trunk of a tree suggested a pergola top. After the tree had been sawed off to the height desired, the bark and sapwood were peeled off with a drawknife, smooth, even surface thus® The Trunk of a Dead Tree Is Con. verted Into an Attractive Pergola, Over Which an Ornamental Vine Is Trained. writes ©. L. Meller of Fargo, Mechanics Magazine. A straight board and a level made it easy to bring the two branches of the crotch to the same height; trial deter- N. D., In | mining the height that would appear | best—in this ease about 11 feet. The top Is made of two 2 by 4inch pleces resting In recesses on the sides of the trunk and having their tops flush, These pieces are each 12 feet long and the ends were curved, as shown The 4-inch sides were nailed to the trunk, while the 24-foot crosspieces, of the same stock, were nailed, broad side down; these were spaced about | 8 inches apart and had their ends beveled on the underside. Two coats of ofl, into which burnt umber had been stirred, gave the pergola a neu- tral brown color and, of course, helped to preserve the wood. NO ROOM FOR THE “KNOCKER” Indianapolis Newspaper Tells a Few Plain Truths, Straight Out From the Shoulder. Indianapolis is fortunate in the qual- ity of its citizenship. We are the most American of the great centers in the United States. We have few of the | problems brought to other municipall- | tles by alien elements. The city showed | front-rank progress in the recent cen- | sus report, It is leading in building | construction and industrial progress. It is not perfection, but is much nearer to that goal than most cities and should not be Mbeled and slandered even by a few lightwelghts of little or | no influence. The residents of Indianapolis know the truth and are not deceived by the city’s traducers, but the effect on strangers may be serious and in any case cannot be of advantage to any- one. Those whose stock in trade is de- instead of construction, hurtfulness instead of helpfulness, are pests who should be made aware of that fact by the loyal, public-spirited citizen. They may have to be endured, but it should be in the contempt they deserve and that will ignore them to the point of ostracism. —Indianapolis Star. Grow a Rain Tree, Get Water, It is estimated that one of the Peru- vian rain trees will on the average yield nine gallons of water “per diem.” In a field of an acre of one kilometer square, that is 3,250 feet each way, can be grown 10,000 trees separated from each other by 25 meters. This plantation produces daily 895,000 liters of water. If we allow for evaporation and infiltration, we have 135,000 liters, or 29,531 gallons, of rain for distribu- tion daily. The rain tree can be cultl- | vated with very little trouble, for it seems indifferent as to the soil in which it grows. Pillow Effective Weapon. With her pillow as her only weapon, @ women of Pleasantville, Fla., put to flight a robber who entered her home. The woman was awakened by a creak tng on the stairway, and saw a map | creeping up. She snatched up a pillow from her bed and, running to the stair- way, she heaved the pillow witb all ber strength, catching the burglar full in the face as he stood up. At the same time she screamed. The impact of the pillow hurled the bandit down the He jumped through a win- dow and escaped. Pian Early for Beauty. All healthy cities desire beauty. Not all have the chance to get It, Many achieve their greatness with such stu- pendous expense of fortune that beau ty is wiped out before the city has time to lift its eyes from its labor to its landscape. The best time to plan for beauty is when the city is starting its growth. —— New Pair of Jo the Wearer who finds PAPER in the Heels, Soles or Counters of a Pair of “nz on, - Shoes ; Br rand bs . Shoes with “the “Diamono Trade Mark on Their S . SOLID LEATHER SHOES Are the Best from Every Standpoint— FOR SERVICE, ECONOMY & SOLID COMFORT. Why take chances: when we stand squarely behind our shoes with the strongest possible warrant of quality? There Is a ‘Diamond Brand’’ Shoe for Every Purpose; a Price for Every Purse. J. V. BAKER & aie THE WORKSHOP OF THE HOME iS THE KITCHEN A Monarch Range in your kitchen would make your work hours fewer and pleasanter. 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