Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, December 8, 1922, Page 1

cere tanta a ne ent. TTONWOOD CH DERANGED BY WOUND; SUICIDE C. HANSON, GRANGEVILLE, CALLS WIFE AND DOCTOR — A SUICIDE. In a special dispatch to the Tribune m Grangeville the following account was given of the death of Charles R. Hanson, who, after severing an artery committed suicide: It is believed that shock from a cut he had inflicted upon his wrist, severing an artery, caused the mind of Charles R. Hanson, a Grangeville butcher, to snap, with the result that he shot him- self through the head in his shop Tuesday morning shortly after 8 o'clock just before the arrivad of his wife sand the physician whom he had sommoned. Mr. Hanson had been weak and de- jected for some time as the re- sult of poor health. As a result of the news of the sudden death, his wife prostrated, and remained un- conscious until 4 p. m. The body wes removed io the Maugg un- dertaking parlors, and funeral arrangements await the recov- ery of Mrs. Hanson. Mr. Hanson, who has been a resident of that section for years carrying on farming operations, had purchased the butcher shop just a week ago, and was new in the butcher busine peric cing: fra He had been slicing round steak and had cut the piece down to the bone, when his knife hed evidently slipped and caught his wrist. He realized the seriousness of his condition for he immediately called his wife and te!d her of his plight. He then phoned Doctor G. S. Stockton and told him to come at once. Tried to Stop Blood. Evidence showed that Mr. Hanson was trying desperately to stop the flow of blood. He had been at the sink nd had used a towel, which was -found completely saturated with blood. He called his wife a second time when in a weakened, and panic stricken condition. His youngest son, Kenncth, had left home on his whee! after his first call, and the doctor, who had not yet ar- rived, dressed quickly and was walking to the shop. Mr. Hanson evidently losing all reason, shot himself just as his son was entering the door. The doctor, who was but a half block away, heard the re- port of the gun. The boy rush- ing to his father and finding the gun lying beside him, took it from the fleor and hid it before the doctor arrived. Mr. Hanson was dead when the physician arrived. The bullet had enter- ed the temple and had gone out at the top of his head, death resulting instantly. The physi- cian expr d the opinion that Mr. Hanson could have been saved from the effects of the knife wound. The young son left the shop immediately to tell his mother and met her on the way to the shop. She fell in a faint when told of the death of her husband and although conscious, remains in a hysterical condition. Mr. {fianson is survived by his wife and two sons, Clare, 14 years, and Kenneth 12, and three brothers, Henry Hanson of Lew- iston, W. D. Hanson, who lives near Grangeville, and George Hanson of Kooskia. ECONOMY. The United States Post Office department by saving twine from incoming letters and pack- ets hopes to save thousands of a piece of dollars annually and recently re- | quested ali postoffices to prac- tice this economy ough twine is saved by Postmaster Johnston for the needs of the postoffice. This practice was put in effect by Mr. nston when he first took over the office prior to the request from the postal depart- ment. WE'RE ALL BUSY. Cottonwood has been a very busy place this week—shoveling snow from the sidewalks. was) \ | monument RONICLE ee COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1922 $3700 FOR HOGS. | 8700 round dollars were pour- ed into the pocket books of farmers residing in this vicinity, Monday, when they delivered 240 head of hogs to the Farmers Union Warehouse company for which they received $7.80 a hundred. Not all profit by any means, but surely enough to make it a profitable business operation as a_ side line ona farm and it will also assist materially in paying taxes that are now due. This is the largest shipment of hogs made from this station in several months and clearly shows that the farmers are getting back to the “mort- gage lifters” and incidentally to the reputation Cotonwood once had of being the largest hog shipping point on the Northern Pacitic railroad. Among the 240 head was one Poland China sow that weighed 0 pounds for which Casper emer, its owner, received $37.00 This does not complete the history of this sow, an off- spring from the Funke herd, for during the two years she was owned by Mr. Cremer she far- rowed 28 healthy pi And in the words of Mr. Cremer: “She \ the best money maker on the ranch E DISMI The $10,000 action instituted by Wallace O’Keefe, Lewiston works manager against George H. Moody, mana- ger of the Northwest Marble works of Moscow, for alleged slanderous remar out a tombstone, was dismissed Tues- y by order of Judge E. C. § le in district court at Mos- cow, With prejudice. No other action on the same ground may be brought against Moody. The slander alleged was that Moody had said the monument erected by Mrs. H. B. Bloke of Cottonwood at the grave of her husband, Dr. Blake, and pur- chased from O’Keefe had been removed from an Indian grave C j and recut. Dr. Blake died in Cottonwocd some two years ago with heart trouble and his remains were shipped to Moscow for burial. SURPRISE PARTY. A large number of friends gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Humphrey, Saturday t Mr. Humphrey rving his birth- The evening The evening to as in properly obs day anniversary. Was spent in playing 500. winners were: Mrs. Wm. Ke and Chester Thompson honors, and William Ke solation. A luncheon was served at 11 o’clock. The party was in the nature of a surprise and was cleverly executed in as far as Mr. Iiumphrey was concerned. HOLTHAUS BABY DIES. Loretta Rosina Holthaus, the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ilorin Holthaus, died at the home if its parents last night at 9:30 p. m. after an illness of only a week suffering from what appeared to be a severe cold. The baby was born October 12th, 1922 and was the first child in the family. The community extends its heartfelt sympathy to the sorrowing parents and re- latives. Funeral services will be held from the Catholic church Sat- urday morning. PLEASANT EVENING. The ladies of the Rebekah lodge entertained some 50 per- sons at their card party given in the I. O. O. F. hall, Monday evening. 500 was played until 11:30 after which the ladies served a light lunch. The win- ners at s for the evening were: Mr Sdgar Wortman and Albert Barth. The concentus opinion was “let’s have another Rebekah card party in the near future.” AGED MAN DIES. EE. D. White, for many years a resident of Grangeville died Monday at the age of 93 years his death resulting from an ill- ness of old age. His wife pre- ceded him to the grave by a few months having passed away last August. The funeral was held in Grangeville Tuesday. Fred White, son of Mr. White is deputy internal revenue collector jat Boise. Lt be With Us Story WELL , | WONDER i iF THEY HAVE FIXED uP THE HIGHWAYS Down IN THE “STATES” PORGERY CHARGE IS DROPPED. Aged Lady Makes Satisfactory Settlement With Cot- tonwood = Store. Mrs. Frank Jobe, 60 anda resident of Westlake for many who, was arrested y aftemoon by A. H. Nau, constable, on a charge of forging the names of Mrs. Jensen and Aleck Miller, a prominent farm- er of the Craigmont section, on a $280 check which the Cotton- wood Mercantile company cash ed after deducting $70 for pur- chases made at the store, was given her liberty Thursday and the case was settled satisfactor- ily to all parties concerned. The case was handled by Justice of the Peace B. L. Huss man, who must be congratulat- ed for the manner in which he handled the same. The aged lady, in the eyes of the law may guilty but under the circumstances it would have done no good to have pushed the case against her as it could not have resulted in any good. officials, who had charge of the case after investigating found to their entire satisfaction that the deed was executed under a most trying condition on the part of the woman while endeavoring to | supply the wa of her entire family, who it is stated, were in almost destitute circumstances. The affair was indeed a sad incident and one for which this mother is not entirely to blame. FORM BULL ASSOCIATION. Cottonwocd’s block of the Idaho county bull association was formed in the city yesterday afternoon when enough farmers signed up to make the undertak- ing a reality. A number of farmers also signed up for dairy cows. At a meeting of the Commun- ity Club to be held Tuesday, December 12th the detailed mat- ters regarding the ion will be worked out and « yone who is interested in the move- ment is urged to attend this meeting. Other matters will also be taken up by the Com- munity Club. The meeting will start at 10 o'clock in the morn- ing inorder that all business matters coming before the o1 ganization. may te _ properly taken care of. Be there Mr. Farmer or Business man you are invited. It’s all for the better- ment of the community in gener- al. County Agent Grayson was present at the meeting Thurs- day and will again be present at the meeting Tuesday. DATE. 1d The Ladies’ Aid of the Com- |} munity church will hold thei annual baz. and cooked food sale at the R. H. Kendall Con- fectionery store on Saturday, December 16th. All perscns having donations to make are requested by the ladies to have their articles at the Kendall store in the morning. The sale will commence at 1 o’clock in the afternoon. The governing board of the Cottonwod Commercial Club, Thursday elected M. knap as a delegate to the North Idaho Chamber of Commerce meeting to be held in Lewiston | Monday. W. W. Flint was named jas the alternate. Will Be With Us Shortly last | The | M. Bel-| aor progr ry |TO PLAY GIFFORD. | The Cottonwood high school jbasketball team departed on the jmorming train for Gifford and jtonight will play the Gifford jhigh school. turday evening jihe boys will play Reubens. |Coach Westover accompanied |the boys. Those making the rip were: Francis He Rink, Raymond } Shinnick, Tacke and | Clarenee Justin Frank unable to make the trip and Il be unable to participate in jgames for several weeks on ac- jcount of a sprained ankle that | ained this week while practicing. uw, Glenn Thomas {he sus |DATES CONFLICTED. The free motor school that }was advertised for Thursday jend Friday of this week by the |Cottonwood Hardware did not materialize on account of those | who were to put on the work vetting their dates mixed and consequently the Ccttonwood dates had to be cancelled. It } Was a disappointment for many who had anticipated to gain }much valuable information re- garding moters from these ex- }perts. | The Cottonwood Hard- | ware advertised the event ex- tensively and it was through no fault of theirs that the school | was not conducted. SNOW—PLENTY OF JT. About 14 inches of snow fell in this vicinity the past week making sleighing excellent. In the town the snow drifted very > but on the counry roads x to Cottonwood in places are encountered that make traveling very hard. To date no inconveniences have heen ex- perienced, the train making its schedule time as h also the a stage runn between Grangeville and Lewiston. Ernest Jessup who operates the Winona stage line left his car in the shed th ning and | made the trip in : gh as also |did C. M. Cosand the rural mail | carrier. | | GETTING HOGS READY, | John Funke, breeder of pure- Poland China he and who s the reputation of having one jof the finest herds in the north- | west, is now n prepara- tions to hold hi tion sale of |brood sows in Lewiston some |time in January. At the sale {Mr. Funke will offer 25 head of jhis best brood sows to the high- lest bidder. Mr. Funke had re- jceived numerous inquiries re- | garding his sale. | een |OFFICIALS VISIT PRAIRIE. | Two extra coaches were at- tached to the Gi ville-Lewis- ton train Tuesc ning and | Wednesday mo ig, having heen occupied 2» number of 'yailroad officials from Seattle j who were making a trip of in- spection over the road. About {all they could see from their jobservation car was a beautiful blanket of snow which covered the ground to the depth of sever- al inches. of the band was held y evening under the leadership of Prof. Moll. The band now consists of 15 mem- bers and the membership by the next practice night will reach the 20 mark. Several of the | players are experienced musi- cians. ‘up with } for this ad. Chronicle. $2.00 PER YEAR ren | FENN NEWS ITEMS. | {By Special Correspondent) | NEWS AROUND | The community dinner| Thanksgiving was as usual ~~ THE ST. ATE cay i hea | . et Nelson shipped two cars| of hogs from Fenn Tusedny. | ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM The Modern Woodman will | VARIOUS PARTS OF attended and everybody enjoy- ed themselves and: filled to their | install their new camp Tuesday | December 12th, ail neighbors of | THE STATE other cainps are urged to aftend | and — t in giving the new) candidates their == “Moneys|__ Eight pardons were granted Worth.” by the state pardoning bosrd The recent highway election yesterday. developed the “Mud Advocates” | Idaho is said to hold the are overwhelmingly in the ma- world’s record for the largest jority the north side now claim/ brook trout ever caught, an victory and say its a “cinch” eight-pound specimen, 29 inches it will follow the old survey and long, canght by Erich Peterson cut “Chi’s” farm all to pieces, | of Rexburg. but, he can spend the winter in| More than 9000 babies have California. been born in the state of Idaho _ Otis Howard spent Tranksgiv- up to November 10, according to ing with friends in Grangeville. | the monthly report of the bu- E. L. Dufur who has been laid | reau of vital statisies which ye- the “flu” is around port brought the total for the i year to 9243 o Harold McHugh, son of Mr.| about 840 a month. pina ws and Mrs. James McHugh is re-| HH. F. Samuels, ported sick with tonsilitis. | ; again. unsuccessful ¢ } | progressive party candidate for Miss Mae Lanningham our the governorship of Idaho in the popular teacher who has been) recent election, announced that “hiking” home to Grangeville} he had purchased control of the each evening has moved to Fenn | Nampa (Idaho) Weekly Record and taken up her residence in| and that it would be renamed the housekeeping apartment at | the Idaho progressive. the school. ., | Issuance of an advertising Mrs Pat Nash and two child- book, setting forth the resources ren of Cottonwood spent Thanks of the 10 northern Idaho coun- fiving with the Rowe family. | tieg will be acted upon by the Mr. and Mrs. L. Spengler have north Idaho Chamber of Com- removed from the ranch to| merce, which will meet in Lew- their new house recently built iston * Monday and Tuesday, ac- in Fenn, this house is the most cording to Secretary B. F. Sav- modern residence in the town, | age of the Lewiston commercial and surely improves the looks of | club, lain street ae State lands aggregating 140.- A new species of mud advo- 1999 acres w we oxth Wed. cates are visiting Fenn and in- Wie hares | ea nesday for forest service lands of the same acreage, when the state board of land commission- cidently tearing up gardens and lawns, they are of Berkshire | breed. | We understand Constable | &"8 approved the transfer by a Howard has a few lap dogs for | 4 to 1 vote. The transaction, Baa. |State officials say, will mean Since the recent election we | thousands of dollars in addition- believe some perty with a wide al revenue to the state, ‘ tire wagon could get a good), Judge F. S. Dietrich , fined trade out of Marion Weber for Dave Osborn of Coeur d’Alene his Dodge car. |$100 for possession of utensils We noted recently the discus- for manufacturing moonshine sion in Nez Perce cowity cf the and $200 for manufacturing grade examination of the schoo] | ™oonshine and six months in jail children and one question asked He gave him $200 and 30 days was—Where is Fenn located? for maintaining a nuisance and Several answers were given. One fined him $100 for possession child said: “Its in Idaho county, of moonshine. both ends of the North and) C. F. Barrett of Washington, South hig y.” Another said: |D. C., national president of the it was an island entirely sur-/| farmers union, and internation- rounded by mud. Both correct. | ally known authority on farm Free Press items 35 years ago: problems and organizations, was Roads in vicinity of Fenn very |chief speaker at the meeting muddy and Sam Smith was ten! held in Craigmont of the tri- days making trip to Lewiston, | county convention of the farm- He purchased two new wheels crs union, Representatives frem and a neck yoke in L ; Idaho, Clearwater, and Lewis ‘ ——_ ton unions were present at the TO INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, _ | meeting. Ed Onley, the 16-year-old boy; Lloyd Rathbone and Mrs. who was arrested in Cottonwood Grace Whiteman, formerly of two weeks ago by Sheriff Smith Redding, California, plead guilty of Lewis county for buruing the to a charge of adultery before Kittrel school house and robbing Probate Judge D. V. Dowd at the W. J. Dillard home in the Nezperce Monday and_ were Winchester section has heen or- | each sentenced to 30 days in the dered taken to the industrial county jail, and Rathbone fined school at St. Anthony by the of- $50 in addition. The parties ficials of Lewis county. were arrested by Sheriff James The young lad also ran amuck Smith Saturday at poe No. 1 at the Lute home on Cottonwood of the pea gr wa Lum tivi po butte, and had it not been for the pany, ce ey were: IMIG ae splendid judgment exercised by | ™&? &™ et Mrs. Lute the feeble minded boy) Luther J. Goldman, predatory might have killed the entire — pg ceeded pdb yl Lute family, for at onc time, it the state of Idaho, wan alle Ser is said he had his rifle leveled |“ , . upon Mrs. Lute and her children, GOvernor D. W. Davis to vacate all eaane as alioct ’ the office in the capitol which ; The Onley lad was taken away had been placed at his disposal vf th , order of Prosecuting At-| PY, the state administration. The oy ee OreTr a ro ‘‘. L ;, action was taken because of torney G. 0. Pennel of Lewis objectionable and _indisereet county, who has for the last few language used by Mr. Goldman days kept the boy in enforced in correspondence, wherein he silence hoping to get a straight applied opprobrious epithets to story about the robbing of the’ Miles Cannon commissioner of Dillard home and the description agriculture, and severely lectur- of his partner said by the boy to eq Governor Davis. be Harry Rae. It was found af- Robert H. Stevenson, who ter several days that the boy be- served when a young man as came hopelessly confused every political editor of the Cincinnati time he tried to talk, and be- Enquirer and was then an inti- cause of mental distress it Was mate associate of President thought the boy needed the cor-| Harding, died in Twin Falls, recion and encouragment of the |'Tuesday, having been suddenly school more than questioning’ stricken’ Sunday night. Mr. and treatment sa a criminal. | Stevenson occupied a seat at the enough to attend the meeting) reporters’ tables at every nation- of Lewis county for burning the | al political convention for more rection and encouragment of the than twenty years. He had and treatment as a criminal. been a resident of Idaho since nan ! 1909, — ~~ sence hs ~ ‘OUND—Purse containing | state wi the publication 0 money, owner can have same re the Gooding Eagle, Wallace identifying property and paying |Press-Times and Twin Falls 50-2 | Chronicle.