Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, October 13, 1922, Page 1

VOLUME 30. NO. 42 W ‘CHARLES GERBER DEAD. | | Charlies Gerber, 60 years .| SPEAK HERE SENIOR SENATOR SAYS PEO. PLE OF STATE WANT PRIMARY LAW. | beneficial to his health. | United States Senator Wm. F. Borah, not only Idaho’s greatest statesman but an international character, and listed among the 12 greatest men in America to- day, will speak in Cottonwood, on Tuesday evening, October 17th in the Orpheum Theatre. This will be Senator Borah’s first public appearance in Cottonwood in many years and for the first time since he has gained such prominence. j 80 Per Cent for Primary Law | Confident that 80 per cent of the voters in the state of Idaho want a direct primary law in place of the convention system, United States Senator William E. Borah who has, ever since he has been in public life, advocated this great principle, will take the | stump during the campaign in) Idaho this fall and urge the peo-| ple to elect a legislature that will pass a primary bill. Since bis return from Wash-; ington Senator Borah has been | in conference with primary advo-! cates in his party and it is known that an agreement was therein reached to conduct a vigorous campaign in this state for the election of candidates to the next legislature who are pledged to the passage of a primary and will work for a bill that will re- store the right to direct partici- pation in the nomination of party | candidates for congressional, state, county and legislative of- fices. Assurances of support for his program have been re- ceived from every county in the state. Speaking of the primary and his attitude, Senator Borah said: “T have advocated the primary principle in the election of our public officers for the past 30 years and will advocate it for the next 30 years, if I live long enough. I feel that is is not only my privilege, but my duty to state to the people why I think the statewide primary is a policy of good government. “It is a matter about which there is a general division of opinion within the party and a subject about which men differ and I am going to discuss it dur- ing my campaign in this state . without personal feeling with those who ho!ld a different view than I do. _ I shall discuss the primary before the people with candor and as | see it. “Tknow that agreat many men who have been nominated for the legislature in this states are for the direct primary. My opinion is that 80 per cent of the voters of the state of Idaho are forit. It is a sound principle of government and in my opinion it should be applied in this state. Will Discuss Taxation “Another subject that I am going to discuss is the question of taxation and economies in the state and national governments. These are subjects on‘which I feel the keenest interest and I think perhaps are uppermost in the minds of the people.” Naturally the position that has been taken by Senator Borah will cause comment both favorable and unfavorable. His stand is almost directly in opposition to the plank in the platform of the republican party, nailed therein at the Wallace state convention held in August. That plank sets forth that the republican party in Idaho believes in the principal of the convention for the nomin- ating of national and state of-| ficers and in the principal of the | primary as applied only to the nomination of legislative and county candidates. Senator Borah has not said so directly, but he has let it he known that he does not consider that he is bound by a plank in the vlatform that fails to advocate a principle like that of the primary. And his stand is not different from many other republicans who are at cross-purposes with the plank. ; | cess in COTTONWOOD CHRO COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, OCTOBER, 13, 1922 age, passed away at the Dr. Lint sanitarium at Clarkston, Friday} evening. Mr, Gerber while not in| the best of health for the past) year was not taken seriously ill) until about three weeks ago| when he decided to leave for the) lower country in hopes that the | climate on the river would prove! Mr. Gerber for the past six| ) years has been in charge of the} Cottonwood Creamery, the last} year he and Ed Terhaar having} the same leased. He had devot- ed most of his life to the cheese and creamery business. His re- mains were shipped to Yakima for burial, Yakima being his home’ where his family reside. The death of Mr. Gerber is a severe blow to the local creamery but the business will be conduct- ed in the future by Mr. Terhaar. BUYS CANADIAN LAND. Joseph Kaufman, last week completed a deal with W. C. Whitcomb of Lewiston whereby he disposed of his 320 acres of land, 1 mile south of Cotton- woed for 640 acres of land 10 miles from Rosebud, Alberta. Mr. Kaufman’s boys will oper- ete the Canadian ranch and a son of Mr. Whitcomb will take charge of the Kaufman land | here. Mr. Keufman will make his home in Lewiston with his family. Having disposed of his hold- ings here he will hold a public auction sale on his ranch a mile sovth of town on Wednesday, October 18th at which time he will sell to the highest bidder his personal property, consisting of 23 heed of horses. 13 head of cat- tle and the usual farm machin- ery. LADIES’ REST ROOM. Cottonwocd is to have a ladies’ rest room if present plans of the Cottonwood Commercial Club materalize, and they no doubt will, as the commercial club has given J. E. Richards who is in charge of the move- ment authority to rent the old telephone office in the Goldstone building and to fit the same up with the necessaries. The room will be made cozy with chairs and rockers, curtains and ete. Water, lights and a stove will also be placed in the room. The rest room is being fitted up for the ¢onvenience of the country neople, as well as the town folks if they care to use it. The idea of a rest room was suggested by Mr. Richards and was heartily endorsed by the commercial club. LEAVES FOR TACOMA. Floyd Baker departed Satur- day morning for Tacoma, Wash., to accept a position with the F. V. Love Dry Goods Co., whole- salers and-within a short time the company expects to place him on the road as their travel- ing representative. The deci- sion of Floyd to accept the posi- tion with the above named firm came as a surprise to his many friends here who wish him suc- his new undertaking. Floyd for some time has been engaged with his father, J. V. Saker in the mercantile business | WILL BE HERE OCTOBER 16. Anna E. Carlson, of Boise, as- sociate director of the bureau of child hygiene will be in Cotton- wood on Monday, October 15th according to a letter received this week by Mrs. N. A. Lither- landy A meeting will be held in the Red Cross rooms at 2:30 p. m. to which all the ladies of this community are invited. Her duties consist of looking after the welfare of mothers and child ren under the Shepard-Towner law. Miss Carlson has an in- teresting message for the ladies. SHOWER FOR MISS TACKE. Mrs. John Hoene, Mrs. W. F. Orr and Mrs. Barney Tacke gave a kitchen shower at the Tacke home Wednesday afternoon, in| honor of Miss Hilda Tacke, whose marriage to George Seu- bert will take plece October 24. | Many gifts were brought to the honor guest. Small pads were passed to the guest upon which each wrote a receipt. Cards were another feature. A delicious luncheon was served at 5 o'elock. SCHOOL LIBRARY. The most indespensable ad- junct of a high school is a com- prehensive library which should contain enough reference books for each subject to vitalize the work of that particular subject and raise the intellectual tone of the school. A definite sum of money must be expended yearly if the library is to grow in pro- portion with the school, other- wise the work of the school is seriously retarded and the stu- dent suffers: | , The ardeational individualistic aim in education has perhaps a more definite relation to english than to any other subject for it is concerned primarily with the utilization of leisure. The per- son who has had a worth while library at his disposal during the formative pericd, namely while he is in high school, has cultivat- ed a taste for the best in litera- ture and has acquired the ability of judging a novel. 3oth of these factors tend to make him amore efficient and desirable citizen. Margaret Farrell. TWO WEDDINGS. Thomas B. Hazen and Miss Helen C. Nelson, both of the Keuterville section were married in Cottonwocd Saturday after- noon by Rev. Poindexter. They will make their home on _ the| groom's ranch near Keuterville. G. A. Thomas was married s Grace Robbins, of this} y, at the home of the bride’s grandmother, Saturday evening, by Rev. Poindexter. The bride} is a native girl of Cottonwood, having a large circle of friends, who wish them a happy wedded | life. LAND SELLS FOR $110. William Harmon, Monday of this week sold 80 acrés of land in the Greenereek section to Frank W. Nuxoll for a reported consideration of $110 an acre. Mr. Harman, in 1908, purchased 400 acres for $45 an acre and has disposed of it all but 80 acres. He sold 200 acres to his son sometime ago and retains the rest upon which he will build} a fine new home. The deal was made through Felix Martzen. K. C. HAVE BIG TIME. The Knights of Columbus en- | tertained more than 150 persons in their council chambers last night, the evening having been spent in playing cards and danc- ing. The prize winners at cards were: Ladies, Miss Frances Baune, first; Mrs. Wm. Ruhoff, consolation; Gentlemen, Frank Nuxoll, first; Willizm Arnzen, consolation. A lunch was also | served. POPULATION INCREASING. | Dr. Orr reports the following | births this week: To Mr. and} Mrs. Paul Steiger, of Ferdinand, | a girl, October 7th. | To Mr. and Mrs. Alois Uhlorn, of Ferdinand, a boy, October 7. To Mr. and Mrs. Gerhard Uhlenkott, Keuterville, a boy, | October 8th. To Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Brown, | Cottonwood, a girl, October 10th! | Rev. Frs. Martin of Keuter- vi'le; Baerlocher, of Greencreek : | Michaels, Ferdinand ; Jerome, St. Michaels Monastery and Willi- brord, of Cottonwood, attended the conference held in Lewiston this week. | | bilit COTTONWOOD DESERTE! —GO TO COUNTY FAIR | Exhibifs Were Wonderful—Wild West Stunts God Cottonwood was a deserted town yesterday practically every one gaging to Grangeville to help make the Idaho county fair a success. Business houses closed in the afternoon to give their cierks an opportunity to go to the county seat. School was also dismissed for the day in order to give the children the same opportunity as the grown folks. Taking all in all we be- lieve the west side did its part in making the county fair a success which it was. agricultural horticultural and livestock at the Idaho county fair and Border Days were magnificent testimon- ials of the wonderful and varied products of Idaho county. The first, embracing apples, pears, plums and = grapes; the vegetables including potatoes, pumpkins, melons, squashes, beets, onions, tomatoes and many other varieties; the grains grasses, clovers, threshed and in sheaves, were all simply superb. In the horse barn there were a number of high types of the great Percheron breed. In the cattle bars and sheds were ani- mals of the Shorthorn and Here- ford breeds that would be prize winners anywhere. In the swine, the Poland- Chinas predominated while there were fine specimens of both male and female, large boned, mammoth in size and regular mortgage lifters. The livestock industry has re- ceived a number of hoedy blows in late years and many of the stockmen have quit in disgust, utterly discouraged. Sut there | are a few that have kept on, and it is in such men that the future hopes of our fair land lies. raising of horses, cattle, sheep and hogs is bound to come back, and those already engaged in raising pure-breds will be hand- somely repaid for heir persist- ence, Those who wish to reengage in the livestock industry will be looking to those who are. still breeding purebreds for their animals for those” individuals with which they start their herds—and they will have to pay the price. When one looks at the mam- moth specimens of potatoes that were grown in Camas prairie sections this unusually dry year, he con but visualize the possi- ies of the potato industry, especially that of raising pota- toes for the certified seed trade. The racing and other sporting events at the fair made interest- ing amusement along with the other more important matters which engaged the attenion of the fair visitors. The cowboy hand was a feature of wonderful helpfulness, while Mann’s or- chestra was well-nich, indispens- able in the evening’s entertain- ment. BUYS LEWISTON PROPERTY. Geo. McPherson, Monday of this week closed a deal for a 12 room modern residence in Lewis- ton on Ist Ave., the considera- tion being, we understand, near the $6500 mark. The home while! modern in every resnect is divid- ed into two parts and sniteble for two families. Mr. McPherson bought the property as an in- vestment. The | ng meer FENN NEWS ITEMS. (By Special Correspondence) _Everyone you meet is plan- ning on taking in the “Big Show” at the county seat during the week and some keen competi-| tion is developing among the | livestock men. Mrs. R. G. Nath and infant | son, Robert Dennis, arrived from | Walla Walla Monday for a visit | With her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. H. McGrath. | | Miss Aoda Nelson is visiting | for a few days with her parents | | Mr. and Mrs. Ed Nelson. Miss Nelson is attending the Univer- sity at Pullman. Marion Weber and Otis | Howard motored’ to Nezperce! | Saturday to take in the fair, re-| | port found a live bunch, and all) | of the main features are to be in- | cluded in the Idaho County Fair. | Mr. Henry Meyer will repre-| | sent the Fenn Odd Fellows Lodge| | at Pocatello and will leave Sat- | urday to join the Lewiston dele-| gation. Bert Whitcomb and Special Deputy Rustemeyer of the |Modern Woodmen are having good success toward organizing | the Fenn camp. The correspondent recently drove around the Fenn highway | distriet and while viewing with- ‘out a question the best land on the Camas Prairie, believes he; has the most feasible route for'| the North and South highway! between Grangeville and Cotton-| wood, one mile north to Dufur place, thence 2!4 miles west to! James McHughs, thence north to! Greers, thence west to Sprutes, | thence north to connect with| Cottonwoed district, this will) eliminate all R. R. crossings, | seven miles long via present} traveled roads, shorter if some | of the obstructionists get togeth-| er, practically no grade, low) maintainence cost, we believe! this will beat the rumored plan! of 8 miles east of Denver to the! Jim Miller place thence west to; connect up with Cottonwood; | let’s get together discuss the sit-| urtion, and be able to see some of | this immense traffic passing| thru the state of Idaho. | £. S. Swect purchased the Von! Berge cattle and shipped them to, Portland Saturday. | Carl Reuter has accepted a) position with the Sweet Meat market in Grangeville. | Sarjt. Lucas, Co. K 1st Kans- as Infantry, 86 summers old, | visited in Grangeville Monday. | Mrs. Spengler, mother of Mrs.! | Marion Weber, who has been ill since returning from Montana is up and around again. | | Marion Weber reports more work than be can do in answers to his recent add, and wishes it |withdrawn, says “It pays to| | advertise. IN TAXI BUSINESS. | | In a deal taking place Satur-| | day the business of the Lewiston | | Taxi & Cab company, conducted | here for the past seven years by} W. R. Day, with a stand at the | Raymond hotel, was acquired by) the 72 Taxi company, operated by George Mitchell and Cecil Humphrey. The new owners, are now in charge of the busi-) ness. In taking over the Day inter-! est in the taxi business of Lewis-| ton Messrs. Mitchell and Hum- phrey will add two new Dodge, cars to the service, thereby af-| fording patrons at both their stands a suitable number of) machines to meet all present re-; quirements. Closed cars will be a feature for patrons during the | winter months. The new own-) ers are both well known young. men of this city and since taking | over the 72 taxi line have been} eminently successfull. The ser-| vice they have rendered the pub- lic at that place will be duplicat-. ed at the Raymond stand. The) newly acquired business will be} operated under the name of the 550 taxi—Lewiston Tribune. | Cecil Humphrey is well known | here, having at one time resided | in Cottonwood with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Humphrey. | DANCE OCTOBER 20TH. The Rebekah lodge will give a dance in the I. O. O. F. hall on Fridsy evening, ‘October 20th. | Good music. Tickets $1." The} | proceeds of the dance will be | used for fixing up the hall. ~ ee ee ere CLE NEWS AROUND THE STATE Items of interest From Variour Sections Reproduced for Ber- efit of Our Readers. Mowing the weeds along the roads before they go to seed not only complies with the law, but | keeps them from seeding in ad- joining fields. It destroys a favorite hiding place for insects and diseases, too. More than 2000 acres of state lands in north Idaho and 1560 acres of state timber lands will be sold at public auction during the month of October, it was announced Thursday at the of- fice of the state land commis- sioner, : _Excavation of the new Koos- kia high schohol building is com- pleted, and materials for con- struction are being rushed to the grounds. The board expects to have the house completed by the first of the year. The high school is the largest in the his- tory of the town, the enrollment to date being 62. Half starved, his shoes worn completely off his feet and his clothes torn to shreds, Ralph Yake limped into McCall Friday afternon after four days spent wandering in the mountains near the south fork of the. Salmon river, Yake and a companion, Arthur Randolph, started Tues- day morning on a deer hunt. Raymond Moore, vice presi- dent of the First National Bank of Idaho at Boise was seriously injured while on a hunting tri Saturday afternoon when a ri in the hands of one of his com- panions was accidentally dis- charged. The bullet struck Mr, Moore in the back and came out just under the right breast. Robert Newell, for 19 years clerk at the De France hotel at Lewiston, died of appoplexy Monday. Earlier in the evening, while playing solitaire in the hotel lobby, it was noticed by George Carnegie, proprietor, that he had been attacked, he having let his head go slack and mussed the cards with his arms on the table. Twenty-five years in the eral penitentiary at worth was the sentence if on Harry Workman by Jt S. Dietrich in federal court day morning, for robbing a U. S. mail stage near Oakley last June. Earle Posey, an accom- plice in the robbery, received a sentence of three years in the same prison. Ali hotels in Boise will be ne- quired to keep a register of their guests, according to an ordinance passed Saturday morning by the city council. Each hotel will re- quire its guests to give their name and home address. _ In bill a “hotel” was defined as be- ing a place of more than six rooms, where “sleeping accomo- dations are furnished for hire to | transient guests.” A meeting of the stockholders of the Nezperce & Idaho Rail- road Co., was held in Nezperce recently and the disposition of the bonded indebtedness of the road was considered at some length. The Herald says that conclusive action was deferred to a later date, though sentiment was strong for turning the line over to the bondholders to oper- ate. The country about Jerome is becoming a great feeding ground and pasturage for wintering sheep. The number already here and on the way will total close to 250,000 heed, to be kept there from 60 days to six months. There are more sheep on the tract now than ever before at one time, according] to estimate by the men who are in close touch | with this business. Don’t forget to hear Senator William E. Borah at the Or- pheum, Tuesday evening. Farmers Union Warehouse Co., will receive a car of coal, place your order for w you need.