Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, June 30, 1922, Page 1

ws IS DENIED GRANGEVILLE E. L. & P. CO. MUST SERVE THE PUB- LIC AT OLD RATES. The Grangeville Eketric Light and Power Co., who a year ago filed with the Idaho publie utilities commission at Boise an application to put in effect a schedule of rates, which if grant- ed would have increased the cost of their service materially at all points served by them, was deni- ed their application by the utility commission, as being too high. At the time the company con- templated raising their rates every town served by them filed a yemonstrance with the com- mission, which it is said, had its weight. In the same order the valua- tion of the Grengeville Electric Light and Power company was reduced by $125,000 when that board fixed the value of the com- pany’s property at $462,833.24. This is decided as of Dee. 34, 1921. At the same time says the Boise Statesman the commission fixed the valuation on which the company may base its rates at $480,3: , this amount being the $462,833,24 plus $17,500 al- lowed by the commission for working capital. The commission found that the company was entitled to an annual revenue which would pay all operating expenses, including federal income tax, provide for 2 1-2 percent depreciation on depreciable property am give the company an 8 percent return on its investment. rgest cut made by the commission was in the original cost of construction of the Clear- water dam. The company p'aced a value of $177,390.85 on these works, and the commission cut $115,304.05 from this amount. Other cuts amounted to aproxi- mately $14,000 and were deduc- tions from the company’s inven- tory for materials and supplies. Discussing thé $115,000 cut from the cost of the dam, the order of the commission says: “This makes a cost for the dam alone of more than $280 per K. V. A. of the rated capacity of the generators now installed, or more than $330 K. V. A. of rated capacity for the entire power plant investment, which is out of all proportions to the benefit de- rived. “This dam was constructed during wartime prices, in the best possible manner and no question exists as to the char- acter or cost of the structure. “This. commission cannot pre- sume to take over the manage- ment of the applicant’s property, nor dictate to the applicant as to the method of construction or amount of expenditures, but neither can it permit the appli- cant to earn a return on an inju- dicious or unreasonable invest- ment. “The applicant may, through a vision of future development of territory and business to be at- tached, or for some other reason, have felt fully justified in build- ing for the future, but, if so, it must be satisfied to await such development and additional bus- iness for return on investment over that reasonably necessary and required to provide for the demands of the present and the immedite near future.” The Grangeville Electric Light & Power company is one of the first in the state to have its val- uation fixed by the commission in accordance with a law passed by the 1919 session of the legis- lature, and some precedents are fixed in Saturday's order which the commission may apply to future valuation decisions. Some of these are: An allowance in the valuation is made for organization pur- poses of the company. In the case of the Grangeville company this amount was $500. Interest during construction is (Continued on page 6) IDAHO, FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1922 REBEKAHS MEET. The iadies of the local Rebek-| ah lodge held a very interesting meeting in Cottonwood, Monday! [ evening. After a short busi-! ness meeting, Lefa Simpson, | president of the state assembly of the Rebekahs gave a very in- teresting and imstructive _ talk.| A banquet conefuded the even- ing’s program. Rebekahs from many parts of the county were present at the meeting. Mrs. Edgar Fry, vice-president of the state assembly was also present. Miss Simpson is an old school mate of Mrs. Frank Simon and Was a quest at the Simon home Monday evening. 2 AUTOMOBILES ARE WRECKED STRICKFADENS OF FERDIN- AND HAVE NARROW ES. CAPE FROM DEATH. Charles Strickfaden and wife, three children and Kk. M. Bibb, all! of Ferdinand, had a narrow es- cape from death near the Sam Hamill ranch in the Greencreek district last night at about 10 o'clock when their car ran into an unfinished bridge, seriously injuring Mr. and Mrs. Strick- faden and breaking Mr. Bibb’s knee cap. The children escaped with slight bruises. The car was badly damaged. The accident, according to a reliable party happened about this way. The party was re turning from the Nezperce and Kooskia sections and were going about 18 miles an hour when they descended the hill near the! Sam Hamill ranch. At the bot-! tom of the hill the Greencreek highway had been constructing a concrete bridge and as it was dark no obstructions could be seen by Mr. Strickfaden who was! driving the car. Before he could stop the car it hit the bridge which had just been finished yesterday but around which no; dirt had been thrown. The jar, threw Mrs. Strickfaden, who was riding in the front seat with her husband through the windshield cutting her severally about the neck and head just missing the juglar vein by a hair. Mr. Bibb who was in the back seat was thrown over Mrs. Strickfaden through the windshield. All three children were thrown from the car, the oldest boy having been thrown 20 feet from where the aecident occured. The first persons to the scene of the acident were the Baerloch- | ers and Hamills who at once telephoned for Dr, Orr and ad- ministered first aid. That no one was killed is re- garded as a miracle and all those connected with the accident are doing as well as could be expect- ed and no serious results are) anticipated at this time. Speed Ditches Car, An Oldsmobile car, the pro- perty of Antone Reidhaar, and driven by its owner at a terrific rate of speed, it is said, by eye- witnesses, left the road near the Simon Bros. slaughter house last night at about 5:30 p. m. demol- ishing the car to such an extent that it will probably be useless, With Mr. Reidhaar at the time of the accident was one passen- ger, Frank Brockman, both of them escaping with only slight scratches and being badly shaken up. The men were on their way home to Greencreck. Dozens of people witnessed the seene of the accident last night and to everyone it was surpris- ing that both men were not kill- ed, READY FOR CELEBRATION... Everything is in readiness for the big 4th of July celebration to! be staged at Fly Blow near Boles on July 4, 5, 6, and 7th. To- morrow morning two four horse teams will leave Cottonwood with supplies for the celebration such as ice cream and etc. The supplies will be taken. to Boles! over the new Grave Creek and Joseph road. TOURIST PARK | new tourist park that it took less | dinand State Bank, READY SOON COMMITTEE RAISED $285 IN | LESS THAN AN HOUR — | THURSDAY. | Cottonwoods new municipal | tourist park will be ready tourists by Saturday. All week | men have been engaged placing water and lights on the grounds and building outbuildings, tables} statement made by Walter J. | and ete. furnished with a range. fuel will be at the disposal of the | making it one of the finest parks in this section of the country. During the past week more! than ten cars have stopped here ! inquiring had aj - COOPERATION AID TO WHEAT PRICE IDAHO GROWERS’ ASSOCTA. TION HAS ADDED 10 CENTS A BUSHEL. That the Idaho Wheat Grow-| for | ers and Warehousing association | has during the last year added 10 cents a bushel tothe price of wheat for the farmers was a held in Lewiston Saturday. publie and farmers was excellent. Indications are, said Mr. Robinson, that the northwest will harvest only about 65 per cent of afull grain crop this | Greencreek Wins Ball Game—) Sports of All Kinds, | The joint pienic given by the! Idaho county farm bureau and| the community club of Cotton-| wood, on the Mel Pierce ranch, | three miles northwest of Cotton- | wood, was attended by aproxi- | mately 1000 men, women and children and everyone had a| splendid time if we are to judge | from remarks made by those present. | | Folks attending the picnic! came with well filled baskets from every corner of the county, mostly in automobiles, of which there were 150 in number. More | than 20 teams were also noted on | the grounds. After dinner, served in regular | picnic style the main events of the day took place, consisting of | speaking, baseball game and oth-| er sports. Interesting talks were | /made by J. E. Kincaid of Lewis- | ton, Miss Jansen, of the state |university domestic science de-| partment and County Agent Carl |Grayson. After the speaking came the sports and the winners | in these events were: | Girl's race, 12 years and under | | Won by Helen Hensley. | | Boy’s race, 12 years and under | | Won by Wallace Pierce. | Girl’s race over 12 years. Won | | by Miss Waldman. | Boy’s race over 12 years. Won! | by Kenneth Hensley. | | Fat Men’s race, Won by Ed) | Jessup. | Men's race, free for all. Won , ark will also t tobins anager, ¢ > an- The park will lso be Robinson, manager, at the aN-| by D. C. Howard, | Free | nual meeting of the organization | He | tourist, in short everything will|also stated that the standing of | be free and Cottonwood plans on | the association with the brokers, | Tug-of-war. Won by the south side. | The main event was the ball game between Fenn and Green- | creek, which was won by Green- | | creek by a score of 4 to 0. Crumbs From The “Sandwiches” | ! If anyone left the grounds | if Cottony, ABs re > a ach it was! tourist park and would have re-| year, the best prospects being in| with an empty stomach it was| mained all night if the same had been in shape. Saturday even- | ing, we directed three cars to the | Palouse country to the bad win-! sen‘ed at the picnic. Garfield county, Washington. This he attributed in the |his own fault. | | Grangeville was we'l repre- | So was) 1000 PEOPLE AT | | THE PICNIC TUESDAY.) a $2.00 PER YEAR NEWS AROUND THE STATE Items of Interest From Various Sections Reproduced for Ben- efit of Our Readers. The thermometer at the Unit- ed States weather bureau regis- treed 100 degrees of heat at Lewiston Sunday, marking that day as the hottest of the year. Bert Auger of Grangeville was chosen grand chancellor at the thirtieth annual grand lodge ot the Knights of Pythias for Idaho held in Moscow last week. One of the happiest events oc- curring in Juliaetta for many months was the big family re- union and the celebration of the 59th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. M. Mitchell of Juliaetta, Sunday. O. E. Whitcomb, of Lewiston, aged 60, local contractor, was almost instantly killed there Sat- urday when a “gin” pole felt upon him, crushing his skull. He ran in the direction of the pole’s fall in his attempt to escape. To fulfill the request of her ? husband, expressed shortly ¥ fore death, Mrs. Charles P. Richardson, of Minneapolis ecat- tered the ashes of her husband on the Moose creek placer min- ing property, between Newsome and Elk City. Two of Genesee’s ga were robbed Sunday night. ‘The burglars gained access to the Ford garage by breaking in the rear door. They found the com- bination on the safe ,open, but {the inner door locked. Holes were drijled in the door and it was blown open. About $150 in cash was secured. A portal examination will be held in Lewiston on July 15, un- der executive order of May 10, top of Cottonwood Butte to camp | ter, in the Big Bend section to practically every communit, on| 1921, to fill the pending vacancy for the night. were headed for the coast, com- | ing over the North and South | highway from southern Idaho| and by no means were elated | over the fact that they camp on the mountain as they | arrived in Cottonwod rather late | and being unfamiliar with the | roads were more or less worried, fearing that they might get onto the wrong road or be unable to find suitable water. So enthusiastic are the Cot- tonwood business men over the | than an hour by the finance com- mittee, composed of J. V. Baker, | H. C. Netzel and J. FE. Richards to raise $285. It is hoped by the committee that at least $350 will be available for the improvement of the park. Those who subscribed, up to the time of going to press and the amount given by each is as follows: K. Stremler .... | $ 5.00 Leggett Mercantile Co. 15.00 J. V. Baker & Son 15.00 Cottonwood State Bank 15.00 Simon Bros. 15.00 The First National Bank . 15.00} J. D. Shinnick 5.00 J. V. Nash 5.00 John Hoene 15.00 Cottonwood Mercantile Co. 15.00 S. R. Butler 5.00 W. A. Ferguson 5.00 Herman Weigand . 5.00 | Cottonwod Garage 10.00 South & Frick 10.00 Madison Lumber Co. 10.09 Cottonwood Creamery 5.00 Felix Martzen 15.00 Cottonwood B. & W. Shop.. 10.00| Idaho Restaurant 5.00 A. H. Nau . 5.00 | George Medved 5 00 | Cottonwood Hardware Co. 15.00 J. M. Johann 5.00 J. F. Brown 2.50 C. A. Johnston 5.00 | Turner Drug Store 5.00 | R. H. Kendall 10.00 | Richards & Son 5.00 | 'R. A. Nims 10.00 | J. E. Reilly 3.00 Hussman Lumber ‘Co. 15.00 | Ed Kinzer, e-shier of the Fer- and wife were business visitors in Cotton- wood yesterday. region to recent heat. Officers reelected were: H. J. Herman, Genesee, president; E. G. Fry, Ferdinand, vice president must | W. J. Robinson, manager, and A. | C. Adams, secretary-treasurer, H. J. Herman, Genesee; W. Q. Taylor, Troy; R. R. Flaharty, ;Culdesac; N. H. Jacobs, Nez- perce; E.G. Fry, Ferdinand; Anton Jansen, A. N. Rognstad, Kendrick, were reelected to the board ors. It was brought meeting that been made for European selling which will make possible more efficient marketing than last year. The association, which was organized in 1920, iicludes 3000 growers in Washington and out at the 3300 in Idaho, 1500 of which are | in northern Idaho and in the unit represented by those at- tending todays’s meeting. The annual meeting of the Washing- ton unit will be held in Spokane Monday. Saturday evening was held the! the North Warehousing subsidiary to the annual meeting of Idaho Growers corporation, Idaho Wheat Growers and Ware- | H. J. Her-| sociation. enesee; N. H. Jacobs, Nezperce; L. P. Teats, Reubens: W. Q. Taylor, Troy, and A. N. Rognstad, Kendrick, were named on the board of trustees, Teats and Rognstad being new mem- bers. H. J. Herman was elected president, L. P. Teats, vice prisident, and W. Q. Taylor, sec- retary-treasurer. hosing ¢ man, GRANGEVILLE WINS. The Grangeville baseball team won the championship of Idaho county at Grangeville Sunday by defeating the Winona team, champions of the Idaho county | American league, in a one sided game. The final score was 27 to 5 in favor of Grangeville. The game at the start looked like it would develop into a real battle. Winona lost only one game dur- ing the entire season. The trophey which was on Greencreek, and | of diret- connections have | These people | lack of rain and in the Lewiston the prairie. | Cottonwood was practically | deserted Tuesday. Every busi- {ness house in the city presented at the picnie. | The cool water, from the Pierce | spring, that runs day and night | quenched the thirt of many a /man, woman and child Tuesday. The committee in charge of the picnic owes much to Mr. and Mrs. Pierce for their hospitality {and in placing their grove at the disposal of the committee. | The Pierce Grove is one of the grandest spots in the county for | a picnic, good water and plenty of shade. Besides anything on} | the ranch is yours—just for the asking. | The picnic reminded one of a} political convention. Among the county officers and politicians | present were: Senator Seth D. Jones, Probate Judge John E.! 3yrom, Sheriff Jake Eimers, | Deputy Sheriff Chester Arnold, | William Ingram, Tim Quinlan, Nate Pettibone, F. E. Fogg and | Wilbur L. Campbell. | was re- | | } } | JENNY FOR SE The name of J. F. Jenny, was filed for state senator on the Democratic ticket at Grangeville, Thursday, by friends cof Mr. Jenny. Mr. Jenny was unaware of the fact that his friends had filed his name for this position. For Mr. Jenny, we can say he is one of the west side’s most prom- inent farmers, and as a legislator we believe he will be able to hold his own with any of them. Mr. Jenny is also a commissioner of the Cottonwood highway dist- |rict. That he will poll a_ big vote in the county is a sure thing and it will take a mighty good | man to defeat him. Ee | | MUST HAVE IT. | Cottonwood must and should, have a traffic ordinance that will }eurtail the speed of the) | “gasoline fiends.” With the new, |graveled highway constructed |from one end of town to the) |other it is very tempting to |“step” on her. Even strangers | have frequently been seen going | president of the in the postmastership at Nez- perce and other Idaho ints. This office is in the third class ‘and pays a salary of $2000, with a rental allowance of $35" and fees of money orders, ete, The four theaters of Lewiston will be operated under one man- agement following the merger of the Liberty Theater company, owners of the Liberty theater, with A. H. Hilton, owner and operator of the Paramibunt, The- atorium and Temple theaters. The new corporation will be known as the Lewiston Theater company. Notwithstanding the fact that the crop prospects in the Palouse country do not measure up to average, trey nevertheless look good to visitors from the many less favored sections of the coun- try, and there is reason to be- lieve that the coming summer and fall will see a considerable influx of land buyers says the Moscow Star Mirror. Unable to raise $7500 bail money, S. L. Reece, convicted defunct Ban- nock National bank of Pocatello, was surrendered Friday morn- ing to the United States marshal, and at 10:35 started for McNeil Island to begin serving the three year sentence imposed by Feder- al Judge Van Fleet. Apparently there will be no appeal. Senators Borah and Gooding joined in recommendnig the ap- pointment of Miss May Angel to be register of the Hailey land office, to succeed Ben R. Gray, who is to be removed after hav- ing refused to tender his resign- ation. Miss Angel is now a clerk in the Hailey land office, | and was selected because of her | special training. The secretary of agriculture has allotted to Idaho $625,691 from the recent federal road ap- propriation, this money to be available after July 1, whenever matched by a like amount of state funds. The roads on which this money will be spent have not yet been determined, but will largely depend upon the re- display here for some time, to be| through town like a bat out of commendations of the state the property of the winners, was jhell. Dollar to a doughnut that! highway commission. This al- sent to Grangeville Wednesday they don’t do it in Lewiston or lotment is exculsive of the recent by President J. V. Nash. | Grangeville. | allotment for forset roads. RONICLE