Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, July 14, 1922, Page 1

VOLUME 30. NO. 29 DEATH CALLS — JOE GENTR POPULAR YOUNG MAN DIES IN LEWISTON MONDAY AFTER SHORT ILLNESS. Joseph Gentry, aged 23 years, | 4months and 7 days passed away Monday, at 4:30 p. m. in the St. Joseph hospital in Lewis- ton after an illness of cnly 7 days the direct result of his death be- in a ruptured appendix. Joe, in company with his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Schroeder and Mr. and Mrs. Allie Nuxoll a week ago Sunday started for a short outing in the country 30 miles back of Kooskia. On arriving at their destination, Joe, was taken seriously ill and Monday he was brought to Kooskia in a car, the following day he was, taken to Lewiston where an operation was performed at once for a ruptured appendix. From Kooskia to Lewiston Mr. Gentry suffered greatly and at times the pain appeared almost un- bearable.Doctors who performed the operation held no hope for his recovery but due to his strong will power he was able to hold death from the door of life for 7 days. On Monday after noon in the presence of his v his sister, Mrs. Bert Schroeder, and his brothers, Avery and Rufus Gentry, he quietly passed away. His death cast a shadow of gloom over the entire community and at the funeral services Wed nesday morning many friends gathered from far and near to pay their last respect to him by their presence and by sending flowers which were banked high about the casket. The funeral services were he'd from the Methodist church with Rev. Sligar and Rev. F. M. Cass in charge. The pallbearers, close friends of the deceased were: W. A. Ferguson, Herman Wei- gand, Allie Nuxoll, Arthur Peter- son, Marion Butler and Vern Dye. Joseph Gentry was born Fleetwood, N. C., February 1899 and came to Cottonwood with his parents when 5 years of age. On November 19, 1921 he was united in marriage to Miss Mamie Sager, of this city. Be- sides his sorrowing wife he is survived by his mother, M Cecilia Gentry, two sisters, Mrs. Bert Schroeder and Mrs. Steve Farthing; five brothers, Rufus, Arley, Thomas, Frank and Ave all of Cottonwood. His remains were laid fo rest besides those of his father who died in 1919. As for the sorrowing relatives, the overburdened load of grief no doubt will be made lighter when time, heels to some extent bleeding heerts as they turn back and remember that he was well thought and spoken of by the entire community. The funeral arrangements were in charge of Undertaker Nau. at 28, YOU MusT REGISTE R. Do you wish to vote at the primary election August 1? If so you must register. Out of a possible registration of 500 vot- ers in the Cottonwood precinct only one-fifth have registered to | date or 106. Register and vote at the primary election August 1 and thereby assist in selecting your county officers for the com- ing two years. It’s your duty. You can register any day in the week with the exception of Sun- day, at the Cottonwood Mercan- tile with Mrs. Olie Rhett. Don’t put it off any longer but register the next time you are in town. BERRIES PLENTIFUL. Huckelberries in the mount- ains are reported to be abundant this year and especially does this prove true according to reports | in the Adams Camp section, the berry patch of Camas Priarie. Already many in this section are making arrangements to go on their annual berry picking trips. Last year hundreds of Cotton- wood people spent their outing in the Adams section. | DIVIDE SURPLUS CASH. After all expenses were paid the Cottonwood base ball team had a balance on hand of $158.28 which they divided among the players at the rate of $2 per man tor each game in which he took pert. The decision of dividing the money on hand was reached at a meeting held in the council chambers Monday evening. Be- fore the players were awarded | their share of the purse they | turned their suits over to Mana- ger John Johann. The names of the players and the amount re- ceived by each is as follows: Vern South .... * 4.06 Bill Schober .............. ...14.00 Art Rhoades _...... -.14.00 John Terhaar Roy Speck . ie Delbert Hockersmith .. Frank Albers - George Lange Laurence Terhaar John Engel Geo. Rustemeyer Prof. Bossinger Ferdinand Nacke Clarence Peterson, mascot Raymond Nims, mascot 3.00 John Johann, manager 4.28 If any of the boys were over- paid we believe it was the mana- ger who received $4.28 for $500 worth of work and $5000 worth of SUE ..14.00 .-..12.00 12.00 12.00 10.00 8.00 8.00 4.00 3.00 STOL EN CAR FOU A Dodge roadster minus the hub caps, spare tire and the gear shifting leaver was found stand- ing in the road near the Ben Twillegar ranch in the Green- creek section, Wednesday morn- ing by Mr. Twillegar. Mr. Twille- gar informed Marshall Nau of the Dodge car being stalled in the road who in turn notified the sheriff's office at Grangeville. The car proved to be the pro- perty of Harry Mortin, of Lewis- ton, a representative of the Ehrhardt Investment Co. and was stolen at Nezperce some time after 10 p. m. Tuesday evening. The car was pulled into Cot- tonwood Wednesday evening by P. Hl. Dye and William Buettner of the Cottonwood Battery and Welding Shop. After an inspec- tion nothing appeared to be wrong with the machine only minus the above mentioned parts. TOP TORN F ROM Cc AR. While returning from White-' bird, Sunday evening, Dr. Shin- nick had the misfortune to have the top of his Nash car badly damaged when the same came in contact with a piece of machin- ery protruding from a G M C truck which was going down the ’ hill with a heavy load of mach- inery. Dr. Shinnick was return- ing from Whitebird in company with his wife and Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Maugeg, of Grangeville, when they met the big truck, owned, and driven by Carl Fuller of Grangeville at a narrow point on the road and as truck and ear attempted to pass the piece of machinery protuding caught the top of the Shinnick car and bad- ly damaged the same. The ex- pense of putting on a new top was paid for by Mr. Fuller, T: AKES WINON A ROUTE. Ernest Jessup, on Monday of this week took over the active management of the Cottonwood- Winona stage line having re- cently been awarded this con- tract for a term of four years on |a competive bid. For carrying the mail to and from Winona which also includes the Green- creek mail. Mr. Jessup receives a yearly compensation of $2444.- 00. The contract dates from July 1, 1922. Prior to taking over the line by Mr. Jessup, the mail was carried by Albert McGuire under a _ sub-contract from T. M. Atwood. REC EIV E INVIT: ATION. Citizens of Cottonwood have been extended a cordial invita- tion by the citizens of Riggins through the Cottonwood com- mercial club to attend the big celebration at Riggins July 13, given by the river people to celebrate the completion of the North and South highway in the tiggins district. Telephone us that news item. J We want it. WORPER | THEY HAVE A 0G? 14.00 | 12.00 | LOOKT THA’ BUNCH uP THERE '' MONUMENT CAUSE CAR OVERTURNS, OF DAMAGE SUIT DR. BLAKE'S MONUMENT CAUSE OF LAW SUIT AT MOSCOW. The following article we re- print from the Moscow Star Mir- ror and is self explanatory. “A complaint was filed in the district court of the Second Judicial district Thursday, in which the alleged cause of action is somewhat unique Wallace O'Keefe, proprietor of the Clarkston Monument works, is the plaintiff and George H. Moody, of this city, owner of the Northwest Granite and Marble Works, the defendant. The complaint alleges that Mr. Moody, who is one of the most | extensive manufacturers of mon- uments in the Inland Empire, made the statement of a monu- | ment placed by the plaintiff in the Moscow cemetery, that it had been taken from the grave cf } an Indian and recut. “It is set forth | | } caps to json of C, CORDELL KILLED CHARLES CORDELL IS THE UNFORTUNATE—GAGER BADLY INJURED, (Ferdinand Enterprise) The most tragic death, per- haps that has happened in this | vicinity, occurred Monday even- ing at about seven o'clock in the} in front of the C. C. Frei farm home, just north of the village, whieh resulted in the death of | and in|} Charles Nathan Cordell, the serious injury of Roy Gager, F. Gager who oversees the construction work of the north and = south highway through this road district. It appears Cordell and Gager ; Were on their retin trip to the, }camp at the Rasmusson place, and when coming back in their Ford, they were carrying fifty pounds of giant powder and some be used on road work jeast of town. Going along in oi- dinary speed in front of the Frei in the com-| place, a dog ran out to bark at plaint that O’Keefe sold a tomb-| the car, and Gager who was driv- Blake, Moscow, stone to Mrs. Henry B. widow of an early day physician, and placed the tomb stone at the grave in the Moscoy: cemetery; that Mr. Moody, the defendant, “maliciously and with intent to injure plaintiff's busi iess, and with the intent to cause the said Mrs. Henry Blake great mental suffering and distress, | the ing swerved his car to one side in order to miss the dog, and ran in- to a slight bank on the side of road, dishing the wheel, which threw the car face about and rolled over and over; and when it finally stopped, Cordell’s {head was pinioned beneath the ear and with the intent to cause her | to become dissatisfied with the, tombstone furnished by the plain tiff, informed the son-in-law of the said Mrs. Henry B. Blake, Charles Summerfield, at Moscow that the tombstone furnished by the plaintiff to the said M Henry B. Blake, had Leen taken from the grave of an Indian; that it had been recut by the plaintiff and sold to the said Mrs. Henry B. Blake, and that the Mrs. Charles daughter of Mrs. Henry Blake.. “The complaint goes on to al- same statement was made to} Summerfield, | lege that because of the alleged) statement he failed to close up pending business and that he has been injured in loss of profit and injury to his reputation in the sum of $10,000.” The monument in question at the present time decorates the grave of Dr. H. B. Blake, known here and pioneer physi- cian of the Cottonwood and Keu- terville sections, and the ca s causing a great deal of interest here. the late Dr. Blake, is at the pre- sent time visiting with relatives in Portland. EX-COLL ECTOR HERE. Lewis Williams, well | Mrs. Blake, the widow of | a ) revenue collector for the state of | Idaho under the Wilson adminis- tration whose home is in Bo spent several hours in the city Monday on business matters and on a political mission. Mr. Wil- liams is making the trip in a car accompanied by his son and they | plan on visiting every county seat in the northern part of the state. From here Mr. j departed for Nezperce. Williams | moments Gager a half-stunned to the car After a few recovered from posture and went where he beheld his partner’s position and he raised the car slightly, then hollered to Laur- ence Frei, who was near the house, to come to his as tance, and while Gager lifted the car young Frei pulled the body from underneath. There was. still life and breath in the unfortun- ate man, but he expired a few minutes thereafter. The central, Mrs. Hammer, at ferdinand, was called who sum- mond Dr. Orr of Cottonwood but the body and young Gager were brought in town; the dead man being taken to the surveyors of- fice on main street. The coroner Mr. Maugg, had been summoned and arrived at about eleven, but was not equipped with facilities to properly move the body to his morgue, and was obliged to re- turn home and secure another vehicle. The body was taken to Grangeville about four, Tuesday /morning, but reports say the head was so badly, mutilated that it was hardly capable of holding the embalming fluid. Gager was taken to the hotel by his father, who had just short |ly before returned from Lewis- |ton and where he getting along marvelously, the severe ordeal he went thru. He seems to feel deeply affected over the sad incident, but no blame can possibly be attached to him, as he did the best in his power to escape running over the dog and avoiding accident. Just what his injuries emount to, is not yet clear, but the attend- is ing physician thinks, in due time he will be all whole once more. Spectators viewing the scene | the day after the accident report | considering | jfinding great poois of blood, in- | termingled with brains, which was promptly obliterated. Gager and Cordell were sub- | contractors in dirt work for Mr | McKenzie, the head contractor, | of Colfax, and the two men were |doing fast and good work. The | ploy of the contractor for a num- | tended strictly to his own affairs and is highly spoken of by every one with whom he was in any | way thrown into contact. | Cordell had spent the past | three winters in Lewiston and | had made numerous friends; but | of his relatives, inquiry seems to | reveal nothing. A letter found ;upon his personal effects bore | the name Cordell. somewhere in |Missouri. Mr. McKenzie tel | graphed this name and addre and Tuesday received an answer | to bury the body here, and it lis likely Lewiston will be select- ‘ed for its final resting | Whether the Missouri man is a relative or not, the message did | not disclose. | DIES IN IL Li INOIS, Mrs. Barney Goeckner, mother jof Frank Goeckner of Cotton- | wood, dicd at Effingham, Ilinois, | July 1. The Effingham (Iinois) |County Review, dated July 5th contained the following article jeenve to her death: be Mrs. Barney Goeckner living \in the Bishop community passed away at her home very suddenly | Saturday morning at ten o'clock from apoplexy. The funeral was ‘held Tuesday morning from the | Bishop church with interment in the church cemetery. Theresia Gceckner was born October 4th, 1943 in Koschfeld, kingdom of Prussia, Germany, !the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Barney Sandschafer. With her | parents she came to this country jat an early age settling in the Bishop community which has ‘been her home for many years. In 1864 she was merried to Bern- ard Goeckner who with six sons, Henry, Bernard, John, Jos, and Wn. living in Waison twp. and Frink in Cottonwood, idaho and three daughters Mrs. Henry (Elizabeth) Probst of Watson, Mrs. Henry (Theresia) Bierman and Miss Anna of Ruma, IIL, survive. Two children preceded her to the great beyond, one in infaney the other Mrs. Wm. Laux of Effingham having died two years ago. ‘She also leaves 63 grandchidren and 11 great grandchildren. Mrs. Goeckner was one of the oldest and most highly respected citizens of the Bishop commun- itv. She was a woman loved by all who knew her and was always ready and willing to lend a help- ing hand where it was needed. Her loss will be missed not only by the members of her family but by many friends who knew her for the noble woman she was.. STRIPPED DODGE. CAR Some time Monday night sneaking thieves stripped the Dodge car, owned by Ernest Jessup, taking from the same two tires and rims, one from the spare rack and the other off the left hind wheel. Not being satisfied with the tires they als {took the tools, chains, the s electric globe out of the switch- board and the small knobs off the handles of the doors. At the time the car was strip- ped it was parked near the ware- house of the Cottonwood Hard- war on Grasshopper Avenue. Owing to the rain Mr. Jessup did not take the car to his home as usual being unable to climb the slippery hill. All suspicion points to a band of gypsies who were in town Monday afternoon traveling in Dodge cars. Mr. Jessup estimates his loss at $100. MRS. UHL’S FATHER DEAD. Mrs. Georgia Uhl received a letter recently from her mother, a resident of Sparta, Wis., in- forming her that her father, J. E. Moughmer, passed away July 4th after an illness of only two days. Mr. Moughmer at the time of his death was 82 years of age and he died on the date of his 57th wedding anniversary. Register if you wish to vote at, the primary election, August 1. |dead man had been in the em-. |ber of years, and his superiors | | point to him as a man who at- place. | NEWS AROUND THE STATE Items of Interest From Varioue Sections Reproduced for Ber- efit of Our Readers. Work by the Grant Smith company on the North and South highway on the Culdesac hill is progressing rapidly. Two steam shovels have just arrived and are being used on the grade. Seventy-five members of the Idaho state medical association, together with a number of na- tionally known specialists as- sembled at Wallace Monday for the opening session of the associ- ation’s annual convention. The Craig Mountain Lumber company announces that it will on August 1, increase its opera- tions to a two-shift basis. The company is at present employ- ing approixmately 300 men, and this will be raised at least 100 to enable the production to 250,000 feet per day. Representatives Addison TT. Smith and Burton L. French left Washington Friday for their homes in Idaho. Representative Smith will stop off in Nebraska as a member of the house com- mittee named to attend the funer al of the late Representative Moses P. Kinkaid. Thirteen prisoners at the Ida- ho penitentiary Friday were granted pardons at the second quarterly meeting of the state board of pardons. The board consists of Governor D. W. Davis Robert O. Jones, secretary of state, and Roy L. Black, attorney general. Lyda Hutchison of Idaho Falls girl driver in the Ashton dog races, who won _ consderable fame through being the only, woman to enter the Washing- ton’s birthday dog classic, has been offered a leading part in a motion picture to be filmed in tainier national park. The offer carries a salary of $200 per week and calls for expenses for her helpers and dog teams. Automobile registrations for the first six months of 1922 are more than 1000 ahead of the registrations for the same pericd of 1921, it was announced Wed- nesday by Robert O. Jones, com- missioner of law enforcement. The total registrations July 1 this year of passenger cars and trucks was 47,094, while a year ago but 46,000 cars and trucks had been given license numbers. Mining men all over Idaho are much interested in the recent election of Harry L. Day, well known mining man of Wallace, to the board of directors of the American Smelting and Refining company. The election oecurred in New York, June 27, and since the news reached Idaho has caused much comment in mining circles, Mr. Day being one of the best known men in Idaho, Miss Letitia Frizzell was found unconscious in a room at the Bollinger hotel at Lewiston Monday afternoon, suffering from complications _ resulting from an overdose of medicine taken to relieve stomach trouble. She entered the hotel about 10 o'clock Sunday evening and was not seen until friends called at her room in the afternoon of the following day and discovered her unconscious, Mrs. Tillson of Winchester and Miss Catherine Green and Harold Boyer of Cudesae were pinned under a car driven by Mrs. Tillison when it overturned on the Winchester grade Satur- day afternoon. Rodmen and surveyors working nearby rush- ed to their aid and lifted the car so that all crawled from under it, with slight injuries. Those of Miss Green were most severe in _ the nature of a bruised ankle and leg. The accident occurred when Mrs. Tillison attempted to change gears on a steep and rough pitch. When the gears failed to mesh, the car started backward, and when Mrs, Tillsin found that the brakes did not hold, she steered into the bank with the result noted.