Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, June 2, 1922, Page 1

COMMUNITY SALE JUNE 10 SALE GOOD ONE—MANY ITEMS LISTED. Cottonwood’s second commun- ity sale will be held on Saturday, June 10th and promises to be much larger in scope than the first sale which was held in May and proved to be a great success. Many items have already been listed for sale among them being a number of registered Poland China hogs, the property of Johu Funke, and this one item alone will draw many outside buyers to Cottonwood on this date. Other items, consisting of live- stock and etc. listed are: One black team 7 years old weight 2950, guaranteed sound DECREE HANDED DOWN | PROMISES TO BE A} court at Lewiston. and good workers; one bay mare’ 8 years old weight 1400 pounds; 1 sorrel mare 9 years old weight 1800; one brown mare 6 years old; one gray saddie mare 8 years old; one brown saddle mare 4 years old; 1 Hereford bull 19 months old and various other items of livestock and machinery, household goods, tools, ete. A number of Poland China thoroughbred hogs; one good milk cow 8 years old; One 8 1-2 inch Moline wagon, first class running order The fol- lowing new merchandise will be offered by the merchants of Cot- tonwood at auction to the high- est bidder: Various lines of gen- eral merchandise by Baker and Son; shoes, dry goods and groc- eries by the Cottonwood Mercan- tile and Leggett Mercantile Co., Stock foods, ham pickle, and phonograph records by the Rex- all Store. Other merchandise by the leading stores of Cotton- wood, This sale is a community affair and everyone is invited to bring what they have to sell at auction, dairy cows, beef cattle, horses of all kinds, farm machinery, tools, household goods, harness, bug¢- gys, wagons, all kinds of live stock, in fact anything you have to sell that some one else might have a use for. TRIES SUICIDE WITH KNIFE. Henry Oetting, 50, formerly in the employe of the Berg Auto Top company of Spokane, at- tempted suicide at Craigmont some time Monday night by slashing his throat, wrists and attempting to stab his heart with a small pen knife. He was found by Joseph Kenjoski, proprietor of the Ilo hotel, Tues- day morning in a serious condi- tion covered with blood. He was given first aid treat- ment by Dr. J. E. Dunlap and taken to a hospital at Lewiston. Oetting was unable to give a clear explanation of his act, but said there was a “big crowd after him.” He was carrying $1100 in currency when found. Great interest was taken in the dress form making under the supervision of Miss Ada B, Er- win, the district home demon- strator leader of the University of Idaho, in Cottonwood last Sat- urday afternoon. A number of dress forms were finished on that date and many more are now being made by the ladies. The demonstration, which was held in the Red Cross rooms was witnessed by a large number of ladies. Those present spoke very highly of Miss Erwin’s ability as a home demonstrator. 97 YEARS OLD—DIEs. E. Gier, architect of St. Ger- trude convent and in charge of the construction work of the con- vent, received a telegram from Mt. Angel, Oregon, Tuesday, an- nouncing the death of his aged mother at Mt. Angel. Mrs. Gier was 97 years old at the time of her death. Mr. Gier left for Mt. Angel Wednesday in an automobile and at Lewiston took the train for his home in Oregon. During his absence the work at the convent will be in charge of his son, Leo. | | this testimonial] on his behalf. COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1922 | |; COTTONWOOD CHRONICLE > $2.00 PER YEAR IN BROWN CASE, | | | A decree in the case of Flora | Brown vs Sidney M. Brown was recently filed in the district Action was | brought by the plaintiff in Sep- | tember, 1921, to secure a divorce jon the grounds of cruelty. The defendant, Sidney M. Brown, fil-| ‘ed a cross-complaint and the case | was tried in February, 1922. The trial consumed a week and many witnesses were called from Cot-| = tonwood and vicinity. Mrs.) # Brown sought to recover the) |. custody of the minor children) { and property of the alleged value of $78,125. | In the decree filed the court holds that the allegations of Mrs. Brown's complaint were not | sustained and that the allega- tions of the cross-complaint were sustained. The custody of the two infants was given to Mrs, Brown and the other four minor children given to Mr Brown. In dividing the property the court allows Mrs. Brown a dwell- ing house of the value of $3,000 and all of the rest of the pro- perty is given to Sidney M. GRANGEVILLE AND COT- Brown. , ; 17 To satisfy the ruling of the TONWOOD NOW TIED court Mr. Brown has purchased FOR FIRST PLACE. the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph | Kauffman of Lewiston on the} corner of 8th Avenue and 9th) Cottonwood Jost its first game Street. Mr. Kauffman in turn) of the season to Grangeville Sun- purchased another home on 6th! gay at the county seat before a Avenue and 7th Street near the) large crowd of excited baseball Catholic church in Lewiston. |funs in a hotly contested game, Serer RUA Cee jand not until the last man in the eer R’member RAMBO ACQUITTED. ninth inning was declared out Everett Rambo, a prominent} did either team cease playing its young man of Grangeville who | best. was accused of stealing a gun| The first five innings of the valued at $72 from the Wood! game was as classy baseball as Hardware store at Grangeville) anyone could wish to see. In was found not guilty by the jury | the fifth inning Cottonwood ran hearing the case in Grangeville, | in four scores and it then looked Monday. \like Cottonwood had the game The case attracted an unusual | stored away on a cake of ice. amount of interest owing to the) In the remaining four innings prominence of the young man. | Grangeville with several hits and The case was prosecuted by| three costly errors was able te County Attorney Bert Auger.| pile up nine scores and during M. Reese Hattabaugh was the/this time Cottonwood managed attorney for Rambo. A. J. to only get one, making the final Barth was a member of the jury | seore 9 to 5 in favor of Grange that acquitted Rambo. ville. The case of the State vs. Jack|~ Gyangeville’s victory Sunday Rooke and Saxby Boles, in which | pjaces them in the same percent more than fifty witnesses will be} age column with Cottonwood used, has been postponed to be} each team having won thre: heard at the fall term of court.| games and lost one. ; | Deciding Game June 11. Great interest is now being taken in the game to be played on the Cottonwood diamond, June 11th, between Grangeville and Cottonwood which no doubt will decide the winner in the Idaho County National league. Both teams have one game to play before the contest on Jun< lith. Ferdinand plays here Sunday and Kooskia plays at Jrangeville Sunday. Should both Jrangeville and Cottonwood win Sunday the deciding game will be played, June 11th. Shou'd Cottonwood win and Grangeville lose Sunday’s contest Grange- ville would have a chance to} again tie Cottonwood when they meet or vice versa should Cot- tonwood lose and Grangeville| win. It is expected that the} i largest crowd that has ever wit-| afternoon at 2 o’clock with Rev. | nessed a baseball game in Cot-| Fr. Willibrord in charge. The! tonwood will be present when remains will be laid to rest in the | these two baseball rivals meet Catholic cemetery. |here on June 11th. 5 ae At least 200 Cottonwood folks boys to 6-YEAR-OLD BOY DIES. William Wembhoff, the six-! year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Wemhoff, died at the home of his parents, Thursday morn- ing, death having been caused from complications set in after the flu. William was a child with a sweet disposition and was loved by everyone who knew} him. During his illness and suffering, for a child of his age he bore up well under the trying ordeal! and caused his parents no unusual amount of worry and care, but loving hands were ever | at his side to do whatever they | could to relieve nim of suffering. | The bereaved parents have the} sympathy of the entire commun- | ity. | Funeral services will be held! from the Catholic church this “BRAD” FOR TREASURER. | accompanied _the local The announcement of the! Grangeville Sunday. candidacy of J. A. Bradbury for | Kooskia Wins. the office of county treasurer of! Kooskia won its first game of Idaho county has excited more! the season Sunday by defeating yoy a Be miang than any-| Ferdinand in a one game, y tor & e. | the score being 26 to 6. Mr. Bradbury is a democrat in Winona Nigien Again, ae pds 2 tt 8 gps sume! Winona is still in the 1000 per- Idaho county both as_ county ged — ape d aoe auditor and recorder and also as | ey hs a Winccs's treasurer, his entire efforts were | fourth straight Visti a“ directed to reducing the expense NN ee 3 of maintenance and cost and to|,, Stites defeated Greencreek si bringing the offices up to the | their home grounds 12 to 3. highest degree of efficiency to| Games to be Played Sunday the people of the county. National League. The present epidemic of high | June 4—Ferdinand at Cotton- taxation in the county, state and | ¥00d; Kooskia at Grangeville. nation has been the occasion for|, June 11—Grangeville at Cot- a special effort on the part of the | tonwood; Ferdinand at Kooskia. taxpayers to find a man whose | American League. office record has demonstrated| June 4 — Fenn at Stites; efficient and economical service. | Winona at Greencreek. We take pleasure in giving | June 11—Greencreek at Fenn; Stites at Winona. ling gas by Saturday. L | | | | | | { NEW WHEAT STANDARD SOON NEW RULING REPLACES CLASSES FIVE OR SIX SAYS CANNON. | Changes in the Idaho stand-| ards for wheat to become effec- tive on July 17 have been an-| nounced by Miles Cannon, com- missioner of the department of agriculture. This announcement has been received at the Lewis- ton office of the state depart- ment and is intended to use in conjunction with the grade hooks which have previously heen issued, , | The new ruling is intended to | replace classes five or six of the grade books and is as follows: Class V—White “This class shall include all varieties of white wheat, wheth- ‘4 winter or spring grown, and may include not more -than ten per centum include other wheat or wheats. This class shall be divided into three sub-classes as follows: Hard Wheat “This sub-class shall include wheat of the class white, con- isting of 75 per centum or more of hard (not soft and chalky) | kernels. This sub-class shall not include more than 10 per centum of wheat of varieties Sonora and White Club, either singly or in any combinaton. Soft White “This sub-class shall include | wheat of the class White consist- ing of less than 75 per centum of hard (not soft and chalky) ker- nels. This sub-class shall not include more than 10 pere cent- um of wheat of varieties Sonora and White Club, either singly or in any combination. Western White “This sub-class shall include wheat of the class White con- sisting of more than 10 per cent- um of the varieties White Club and Sonora, either singly or in any combinaton. “Whatever, necessary, combine or change the present standards so as to effectuate the foregoing changes in the class and sub- class designations and defini- tions, and change subdivision (f) of the requirements for the No. 1 grades of ali sub-classes of the class White to read as follows: (f) May contain not more than 5 per centum of wheat other than white, which 5 per centum may include not more than 2 per centum of durum wheat.” Red Walla “Change the designation of the sub-class Red Walla to real Western red, wherever it ap- pears in the standards.” QUIET DAY TUESDAY. Memorial day passed quietly | in Cottonwood Tuesday most of the business houses having been | closed all day. Many Cotton- | wood folks attended the memor- | ial services at Grangeville. The 500-gallon gasoline stor- age tank for the a a Battery Shop arrived Wednesday of this week and the tank is now being installed. They expect to have the pump ready for retail- ' | dred priests. | will deliver the sermon. |PIONEER CITIZEN DEAD. | j coe, all of Grangeville. | ticket. | Publications at the university. WILL TAKE OFFICE JUNE 13. The Right Rev. Philip Ruggle 0.S. B. Coadjutor Abbot to Right Rev. Frowin Conrad O. S. B. was born April 10, 1865 at/ Gossan, Conton St. Gall, Switzer- | land. His early education was obtained in his native city and in the famous monastic school of Maria Einsiedein. In the year 1888, when Abbot Frowin open- ed Conception College, Father | Philip was the first student to! register. He thus has the dis-| tinction of being the first alum-| nus of Conception College, during the lifetime of its has given to the church NEWS AROUND THE STATE | Items of Interest From Various Sections Reproduced for Ben- efit of Our Readers. oe G. H. Ellis, probate judge of ; which Lewis county, handed in his ounder | resignation to the county board nici aun leat week and D. V. Dowd of Entering the novitiate at the| pian cage ig Sn te dee abbey, he made his simple vows | at once November 13, 1887. He was Ty ine Rai ordained priest August 15, 1891, | a e Oregon Short Line it- by the Right Rev. John J. '0#d company must continue the Hogan, first Bishop of St. Joseph | Se"Vice now being supplied to its Mo. At home Father Philip an Idaho branch lines, it was de- engaged as professor at the Col-! cided Saturday by the public uti- lege, pastor of St. Benedict lities commission in denying the church at Clyde and later as|CO™P&ny’s application to curtail procurator of the abbey, Ag| Service on branch lines in the pastor of Sacred Heart Church, | 8&te- Verona, Mo., he endeared him.) Clarksfork was the scene of self to his people by the erection One of the most vicious assaults of a beautiful, typically rural im the history of Bonner county church, one of the monuments of Sbout 9:15 Saturday when J. B. eatholicity in South West Mis. | Whitcomb, pioneer merchant of souri. During his pastorate of | the village, was beaten almost to | St. Joseph’s parish, Pilot Grove, |@eath by a pair of thugs, his cash drawer robbed of all it con- |tained, about $2.50 in small change, and the injured man left Mo., Father Philip was appoint- ed to St. Michael’s Priory, and assumed the office of Prior Sep- | n tember 8, 1915. for dead by his assailants. The solemn blessing of the! Fred Klepper, traveling guard new Coadjutor Abbot, June 13 at | from the state penitentiary, left Conception, Mo., will be confer-, Monday with Gorge W. Water- red by the Most Rev. Sebastian! man, who was convicted in the G. Messmer D. D, D.C. L. Arch-| district court at Nezperce for bishop of Milwaukee, a personal | making false bank statements, to friend of the Abbot Elect. The) serve his sentence from 18 | Right James P. Brady, Apostolic} months to three years. The Administrator of St. Joseph, Mo.| guard put the Oregon boot on Waterman. Two million dollars will be available this year in district No. 1 of the forest service, according John Briscoe, age 62 years, |and for more than 30 years a|to advices from Washington re- |ceived at district headquarters |at Missoula, Mont. This is. the | largest allotment yet made for this district. The budget covers expenditures for Montana and resident of Grangeville and Ida- ho county, was found dead in a road at Grangeville rear his hone Tuesday, death having; beei cau: ed by heart fi ilure. M M-. Biiscoc, whi.e nct in ihe| Idaho national forests. best of health since his recent| The state department of pub- attack of influenza attended the | lic works has called for bids for memorial services in Grangeville | the construction of two tuber- Tuesday morning and it was our|culosis hospitals, one to be pleasure to have Mr Briscoe ac- |located at Sandpoint on Lake company us to the cemetery in| Pon d’Oreille and to serve the 10 our car. At the cemetery he | counties in the northern part of showed us his lot and little did! the state, and the other in Pay- we realize that in less than five) ette to serve the 34 other coun- hours he would be a cold corpse! ties in the state. The bids will ready to be placed under the soii| be let June 10. which at that time was covered Idaho wool is demanding ex- with a beautiful blanket of green | ceptionally good prices on the grass-and flowers, markets today with the result A widow, two daughters and | that the sheepmen of this state three brothers survive. They | are “coming back” and many of are: Mrs. H. © McDonald, Walla} them who were on the verge of Walla; Edith, Grangeville and! bankruptcy are paying their ob- James, William and George Bris-| obligations in full and have |money on deposit. Some Idaho | wool has sold as high as 38 cents, ''The bulk of it is going for about 85 with a steady demand. LEAVE FOR IRELAND. Mother Hildegard of St. Ger- Sister Albertine left Monday John D. Maynard, wife and morning for Ireland and Switzer- | eight children, H. F. Meyers. F. land in the interest of St. Ger-|T. Taylor of Lapwai, and one trude convent. |other person whose identity is The two sisters will arrive in| unknown, had a miraculous es- New York City, Saturday and | cape from serious injury perhaps plan to leave for Ireland on June | death Friday evening when a 10th on the American liner, St.| commercial type of automobile Paul. Their first stop will be at! being driven by Mr. Maynard Queenstown, Ireland and after! went over an embankment on the spending some time there will, Small grade about three miles leave for Switzerland. They ex-| east of Lewiston, dropping 16 pect to return about the first of | feet and carrying its 18 occu- October accompanied by a num-! pants with it. ber of girls from these two) pdward J. Hicks was found countries who wish to devote) juijty of robbing the United their lives to religious work, Gtates mail of more than $15,000 with St. Gertrude as their home. | 4¢ Kellogg March 28, in a ver« ~ eae Cae | dict returned by a jury in federal SCHROEDER TO RUN. _ court at Coeur d’Alene city. The _ Not until his friends gave him! pouch contained a package of “the third degree” would August | $12,000 in currency, $2000 in Schroeder give his consent to} Liberty bonds and a trade accep- have his name filed as a candi-| tance valued at more than $1000, date for commissoner in the He is alleged hurriedly to have second district on the democratic | hid the pouch in his garage and Mr. Schroeder is one of | to have driven back to the Kel- the west side’s most substantial | logg postoffice before the mail farmers and heaviest taxpayers | was delivered. and he needs no introduction to | the people here. Should he be! Next Tuesday at St. Ger elected, we sincerely believe he} trude’s convent six young ladies would make an official that the! will be solemnly invested in the entire county would be proud of. | habit and veil of novices, their IE Saget |first step towards joining the More Idaho young people are, community. Of these young planning on university or college | ladies, three ave from Green- education than ever before, ac-| creek, Emma Nuxoll, Bertha cording to figures compiled by | Beckmann and Madeline Willens Edward F. Mason, director of | berg, two are from Switzerland and one from Germany.