Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, March 31, 1922, Page 1

- COTTONWOOD CHRONICLE COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, MARCH 81, 1922 COUNTY SCHOOL TRUSTEES MEET MANY IMPORTANT MAT- TERS DISCUSSED—HELD IN GRANGEVILLE Annual institute of the Schcol | Trustees’ association of Idaho county convened pursuant to call of Mrs. Olive Lyon, county sup- | erintendent of public instruction, for Idaho county, in the high school building, in Grangeville, | on Saturday, March 25, 1922, at 9 a. m., when the following pro- ceedings were had: In the absence of H. J. Martin, president of the association, Mrs Olive Lyon, county superinten- dent, esked for suggestions for chairman. H. G. Sasse, of Fer- dinand,.was nominated for chair- | man by F. E. Lukens, of Grange- | J. W.| monthly and makes a rigid in-| ville, and took the chair. Hazelbaker, of Grangeville, sec- retary was present. Judge R. F. Fulton, of Grange- | ville, was introduced and extend- | cd to the visiting trustees greet- | ings in behalf of the Grangeville Commercial club. On call for reading of the minutes of the last meeting, held | March 26, 1921, it was explained that no minutes were available, ps the matter was dispensed ith. The chairman then introduced | Prof. Soulen, superintendent of he Moscow public schools, who} spoke extensively on “high school work and consolidation.” Professor Soulen’s talk was followed by a discussion of mat- ters brought out in his address. At noon, adjournment was taken to the domestic science rooms in the high school build- ing, where luncheon was served the trustees by the domestic science girls of the high school. The luncheon brought forth much favorable comment from the trustees. Acting President Sasse read an original tozst to the hostesses. The toast was in the nature of a poem. The afternoon session was called to order at 1:30 by acting Perisent Sasse, after two musi- cal numbers had been rendered by the Grangeville high school orchestra. The chairman then introduced Prof. F. E. Lukens, sunerinten- | dent of the Grangeville public schools. who spoke on “High School Tuition.” | This talk was followed by an open discussion on the subject of high school tuition. Prof. D. R. Dewey, of the Lew- iston State Normal school, was | then introduced. Prof. Dewey spoke on progress in rural schools. His subject was “Keep Up with the Parede and You Will Hear the Band Play.” An open discussion followed the address by Professor Dewey. The time having arrived for election of officers nominations were declared in order. H. J. Sesse, of Ferdinand, was nominated for president of the association by J. G. Eimers, of Grangeville, it was moved and seconded that the nominations close, and Mr. Sasse was then de~ clared elected president. J. W. Hazelbaker, secretary during the last year, was nomi- nated for secretary for the en- suing year. It was moved and seconded that the nominations close, and Mr. Hazelbaker was unanimouslv elected secretary. The institute was adjourned sine die. _ Attets: J. W. -Hazelbaker, Secretary. Trustees in attendance: H. G. Sasse, No. 41. C. T. Mason, No. 40. O. C. Hanson, No. 46. William Kirby, No. 59. Joe Enneking, No. 30. John J. Jentges, No. 59. Conrad Bosse, No. 18. Teo P. Simon, No. 24. Norman G. Johnson, No. 61. James A. Rowland, No. 61. R. W. Rlewett, No. 25. F. M. Blewett, No. 16. Joe F. Hazelbaker, No. 5. A. V. Laramore. No. 70. Willis Turner, No. 43. M. S. Martin ir., No. 62. E. E. Coder, No. 17. ! RETURN FROM NEW YORK The F. J. Walzer family, con- | sisting of Mr. and Mrs. Walzer | and-seven children, returned to | Cottonwood on Saturday even- | ing’s train from Owego, N. Y. to | which place they removed from | Cottonwood two years ago this |month after having disposed of property in this section. The Walzers were more than | nleased to return to Cottonwood and all members of the family say that New York state did not vrove to their liking. | their land holdings and personal | WHAT AN ANFUL TIME MOTHER USED TO HAVE TO ERT YOU TO WEAR YOUR. RUBBERS AND Owego, is located 200 miles north of New York City and dur.. | ing the two years they resided | business, which by no means there were engaged in the dairy | proved to be a profitable busi- | ness. The dairy business, in |New York state, is governored | 'y avery strict set of state laws. | Milk must be delivered daily and test a certain temperature when delivered. Concrete floors in barns is also compulsory, cows must be brushed daily. An in- spector visits the dairy herds spection. Two years ago when the Wal- zers left this section they paid the railroad company $89 for a full ticket from Cottonwood to | Owego, on their return to Cot- | tonwood the same tickets cost $98, or ten dollars more than two years ago. The railroad fare alone, for 8 full tickets and one half ticket amounted to $834. The family will make their home en property owned by Mr. Walzer on Cottonwood butte. MARTIN BUYS LAND. A. O. Martin, of Lewiston, who | was formerly a successful and prominent farmer of the Cotton- wood section, recently purchased | the W. E. Crumpacker half sec- tion a mile east of this city from |Mrs. Crumpecker for $28,000 and is making plans to move on- to the place with his family and farm it. _Mrs. Chumnpacker is arranging to have a public sale in the near future, but has not made definite plans beyond that. —Nezperce Herald. The land purchased by Mr. | Martin is regarded as one of the finest half sections of land in the Nezperce country and has been owned by the Crumpackers for years. The Martins are well known | | here and was also manager of having extensive land holdings | here and was also manages of the Farmers Union of this city. FISHERMEN BEWARE. Fishermen will do well to re- member that the closed season | | for trout fishing begins Arg! 1, | and that during that time it is /not permissable to catch trout in any waters of the state except lakes and navigable streams. It is well, too, to keep in mind | the fact that all 1921 fish and game licenses expire at the end \of this month. New _ licenses | will be required after March 31. | EVANGELISTIC SERVICES. | Evangelistic services are being held at the Community church this week. The services are in charge of Rev. Mark Pike of Nezperce. The last service will be given tonight. Rev. Pike will return to his home tomorrow morning. The services are be- ing well attended and have prov- en very interesting and instruc- tive according to those attending them. SHIP 30 CASES. The Cottonwood Mercantile Co. this morning shipped 30 cases of eggs, 900 dozen, 10,800 eggs. The eggs were shipped to Spo- kane and at the present market vrice of 20 cents a dozen the hen’s food was valued at $120. The poultry industry in this sec- tion is becoming to be an impor- tant one and brings in more dol- lars and cents than some of us realize. Mrs. Hazel Williams, No. 1. Allen Nurss, No. 5. R. J. Renkin, No. 87. W. J. Yates, No. 13. H. E. Price. No. 74. Tee Smith, No. 1. F. H. Altman, No. 4. J. G. Fimers, Grangeville. W. B. Hussman, No. 8. and does not end until May 31, | Ree 'OFFICIALS VISIT CITY. Ray Johnson, of Lewiston, {manager and M. T. Bateman, af | Walla Walla, construction mana- | ger of the Pacific Telephone Co., |for this territory spent Thurs day in Cottonwood on business matters. These two gentlemen have had a great deal to do with the splendid service their com- pany is furnishings patrons in this territory. The company will rebuild a portion of its line this summerr and will follow the course of the North and South highway with the line, via, Ferdinand. at which point they will install a toll station. This will eliminate the line by way of Forest which is a very costly one to maintain during the winter months, owing to deep snow which makes the line very hard to reach on account of bad roads ATTEMPTED ROBBERY. About 10 o'clock last night {some unknown person attempted to break into the Cottonwood Hardware but his plans were completely overturned when John F.. Knop, by chance happen- ed to pass the hardware store jand saw the would-be-thief at- |tempting to make his entrance into the building. As soon as he was discovered he ran to the rear of the building and escap- ed into the darkness. The matter was at once re- ported to Marshall Nau, who, in jecompany with William Simon made a hurried inspection of the premises, but nothing was found | missing. LEASES DINING ROOM. J. R. McFadden, of Minot, N. D., has leased the dining room take active charge of the same {Saturday morning. |children arrived in Cottonwood |Thursday evening from Lewis- {ton where they have been visit- ing at the home of Mr. McFud- |den’s sister, Mrs. J. D. Shinnick. | It is the intention of Mr. Mc- Fadden to give the people of Cot- | tonwood and the traveling pub- | lie the best of service possible at ja nominal charge. While the | dining room will be under the supervision of Mr. McFadden the remainder of the hotel will be op- | erated by the Johnstons as in the woe: | TEAM RAN AWAY. A team belonging to Herman Uutmor, hitched to a light cutter ;Tan away from their owner in | Cottonwood Monday morning. | Mr. Uptmor had just gotten out }of the sleigh and was busily en- gaged in taking some of his farm produce from the same when the jhorses became frightened and |ranaway. For a time it looked as though great damage would ‘result to the outfit but fortu- |nately the horses broke away |from the sleigh and ran into a | telephone pole near the Maugg jblacksmith shop. The sleigh was slightly damaged. | ATTENDING SCHOOL. | ©... Johnston, who was re- |cently appointed postmaster, | left Sunday morning for Spokane | to attend the postmaster’s school | which is being conducted under | the supervision of the Spokane office. Mr. Johnston expects to take up his new duties about the middle of April. jof this citv of the Cottonwood Hotel and will | Mrs. McFadden and her two} RAIN OR SHINE YOu WOULD NOT” GO OUTDOORS WITHOUT You GALOSHES) NOW. — OOOO JOSEPH C. WEBER DEAD. Joseph C. Weber, age 26 years, 5 menths and 8 days passed away at his home north of Cot- tonwood Wednesday morning at 6 o'clock, death being directly caused by an air emblous which resulted from influenza followed by pneumonia. The day previous to his death the deceased spent a very rest- ful day and during the night slept well and his death was a great shock to his relatives and countless friends, Joseph C. Weber was born in Nebraska, was an oversea vet- eran and a member of the Knights of Columbus, of Cotton- woed Council No. 1389. He is survived by his father, | Henry Weber of Los Angeles, Calif., a sister, Mrs. Joseph Kaschmitter and a brother, Leo, of this city. Funeral services were held from the Catholic church this morning with Father Willibrord officiating. The high esteem in which the young man was held in this com- munity was clearly shown by the large number of friends who at- tended the services at the church this morning. Members of the Knights of Columbus attended the services in a body. The casket was draned with an American flag and members of the American Legion acted as pallbearers. The remains were laid to rest in the Catholic cemeterv. The funeral was in charge of Undertaker A. H. Nau. CHAMPION SPELLER. Elza Matthiesen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Matthiesen, is the champion speller of Idaho county, having won this honor at Grangeville Friday. She won first honors in the second division including the sixth, seventh and eighth grades. | Margaret Selfors of Fenn was second. In the first division including the third, fourth and fifth grades, Ida Chandler of Grange- ville was first and Emma Ever- est of the Star school, two miles | from Grangeville was second. The girls proved to be the best spellers at the annual county spelling contest. Great interest was aroused in the contest. LIKE NEW LOCATION. Paul Sechurman returned to Cottonwood Monday evening from Ellensburg, Wash., were he assisted in taking inventory of a stock of hardware goods which Mr. Schurman, his brother, Wal- ter and Percy Campbell recently purchased. The boys, according to Mr. Schurman are well pleased with their new location. Mr. Schurman expects to leave for Ellensburg about April 15th with his family to reside. CONTEST WILL. The will of the late Herman VonBargen was not filed for pro- bate in the probate court at Grangeville Saturday, the date set for such legal procedure. It is said that the will is being con- tested by heirs of the estate. COUNTY AGENT HERE. County Agent Grayson is in the city today distributing squirrel poison to the farmers. This is Mr. Grayson’s first visit to Cottonwood since taking the postion of county agent of Idaho county. | BANKER’S BOYCOTT OF SENATOR W. E. BORAH | Senator Makes Answer to. Treaty Threats | | Idaho | | | Boise Capital News: Threats | will not sway United States Sen- ator W. E. Borah of Idaho,in his | fight against the four-power | treaty, or upon any other issue that is before the senate. This is made clear in a letter he has | | written to a Nebraska banker, J. | S. Jones of Wymore, who is in-| terested in a number of Idaho banks. A copy of Senator W. E. | Borah’s letter has been received | in Boise. It is self-explanatory, and is as follows: “March 15, 1922. “Mr. J. S. Jones, Wymore, Neb. | “Sir: I have your letter of recent date in which you say to | me: ‘Being interested in six banks in your good state, I am) taking the privilege of writing | you in regard to your stand on | the peace treaty. I think most} of my associates have given you support in the past, but I am frank to informa you that if you | continue your fight against this good cause, I will spend the sum- mer in Idaho to do what I can to) keep you at home hereafter.” “Evidently the standard of courage in public service which you set up for me is precisely the standard which fits its author— | you assume that a public servant will take a position, or if already having taken a position, will change his position because of threats from some presumptuous | individual who has, or thinks he has, a vote. “What a slimy, pusillanimous, miserable coward you must be, T! have just the same respect for you precisely that I would have} for any other moral bankrupt. T shall be in Idaho myself and I trust I may have the pleasure of | | seeing you. I should like to look | upon such a miserable coward as I contemplate you to he. They are rare in Idaho and I am sure I will have no difficulty in ree- onizing vou when I see you. “Very respectfully, “Wm. E. Borah.” MAY CUT SALARIES. Economy was the keynote of the regular monthly meeting of the board of education of the Grangeville Independent School district, Monday night. It ap- peared to be the sentiment of the! board that marked reduction in {expenditures should feature the next school year. | Cutting of salaries of teachers was under considerstion, and while no definite schedule of sal- aries was agreed upon, it is said that the board is unanimous in its desire to reduce the burden which the schools have been on the taxpayers. Numerous applications for positions on the faculty are on file. No action was taken on the applications at the meeting Mon- day.—Free Press. | STILL PAYING. The Chronicle’s monthly honor roll for the month of March con- tains 34 names. Those renew- jing subscriptions during the month were: B. F. Robertson, H. A. Huss-| man, Art Thoelke, C. H. Wil- liams, Albert Wessels, Herman | Wessels, R. M. Tombleson, Lewis | Unrecht, Theo. Toennis, F. C. Willenborg, Herman Toennis, F. M. Bieker, Leo Jansen, Martin Schaeffer, D. Romain, Mrs. Geo. | Weber, Chas. Mader, Anthony Wessels, J. B. Forsmann, Wm. Carnes, J. J. Uhlenkott, St. Ger- trude Convent, Howard McKin- ley, B. C. Albers, Perey Camp-| bell, John Knop sr., August Frei, H. J. Schaeffer, Casper Sprute, Rev. Jerome Veth, Ben Twille- gar, O. A. Zimmerman, William Jones, Ben Cooper. UHLENKOTT DIES. | John Uhlenkott, age 89 years, | died at the home of his son-in- law, John Uptmor at Keuterville, | Wednesday afternoon at 2:45./ The cause of his death is given | ;as old age and kidney trouble. Funeral services will be held from the Catholic church at! Keuterville Saturday morning at '8:30, with Sev. Fr. Martin offi- ciating. The remains will be laid to rest |in the private cemetery at St. Gertrude Convent. NEWS AROUND THE STATE Items of Interest From Various Sections Reproduced for Ben- efit of Our Readers. Alex Fox, formerly of Nez- perce, but now residing in Mos- cow with his parents was elected captain of the Univeristy of Ida- ho basket ball team for 1923. The public utilities commission Friday granted permission to the Grangeville Electric Light & Power Co., to serve the town of Reubens with electric power. Out of 38,379 foreign born per- sons living in Idaho, only 1,956 are unable to speak English, ac- cording to the census bureau, This is 5.1 per cent, as against a general average of the entire country of 11 per cent. Both Governor D. W. Davis and D. F, Banks, state treasurer, were surprised Tuesday by the receipt of a check for $52,044.08 from the federal government for state’s share of the 1921 grazing fees received from the national forests within the state. James Harding, of Tacoma, one of the most successful hotel and restaurant operators in the northwest, has leased Lewiston’s and Clarkston’s new half-million dollar hotel, and will have entire charge of the furnishing and running of the institution. After a heated contest the vot- ers of Moscow, Idaho, have de- cided in favor of permitting Sun- day motion picture shows. The proposal was strongly backed by the American Legion which will receive the proceeds of Sunday afternoon performances for the erection of a club house. On Sunday, April 2, Idaho citizens have been asked by Gov- ernor D. W. Davis to make guit- able commemoration by church services and the tolling of bells |of the sacrifices made by more than 40,000 of the soldiers, sail- ors, nurses and marines who gave their lives in the World war in France and whose bodies have been returned for burial. More than 5000 national guard- men from Oregon, Utah, Idaho, and Washington will receive in- struction at Camps Murray and Lewis and Fort Worden, Wash. during the coming summer, ac- cording to a tentative schedule forwarded from headquarters of the 9th corps area at San Fran- cisco, The encampment of the various contigents will be held between July 9 and 23. Idaho school teachers are not compelled to pay part of their salary into the teachers’ retire- ment fund, according to a deci- sion of the supreme court hand- ed down Monday. The court says | that the retirement fund law as passed by the 1921 session of the legislature does not constitute a binding obligation on the teach- ers to pay nor give power to the clerks.of the various school dis- tricts to enforce collections. Contractor Boudrye has estab- lished camps and made all ar- rangements for the active prose- cution of construction of the highway project between Koos- kia and Stites contract for which was recently awarded to him by the Highway Department. It is understood that he has sub-let to others the building of 1500 feet and is prepared to sub-let other sections of the road to experi- /enced and responsible parties in | order to secure completion of the project at the earliest day prac- ticable. Twenty years ago Jack V. Uld sustained a broken leg while traveling on the upper Snake river, 25 miles above Heis, Jef- ferson county, Idaho. He was alone and penniless. Mrs. Mary Henton heard his cries for help. At the risk of her life she pad- dled across the Snake river, res- cued him and afterward rode horseback 35 miles for a doctor. Under her care Uld got well, went to Alaska, made a fortune, and now is going to repay her, as far as money can, for her kindness. Sre is now | Boise, Idaho.