Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, December 15, 1922, Page 1

a VOLUME 30, NO. ‘61. MOUNTAIN LAN ISAACS AND ASSOCIATES SAID TO HAVE OPTION ON 24,000 ACRES. Timber owners and home- steaders throughout the Craig mountain region which includes the Forest, Westlake and Keu- terville regions are centering their interes in the operations of E. S. Isaacs, formerly of Walla Walla, who recently has under optiou of purchase 24,000 acres of timber in the Forest district. F. W. Emery of Lewis- ton, proprietor of the Idaho Fuel company at Lewiston, and form- erly en, 1 in the lumbering industry, has been cooperating with Mr. Isaues in the negotia- tions. The options are being taken on a basis fixing the value of a) quarter section at from $10 to $25 an acre, depending upon the location of the tract. The tracts on whieh options are being taken at the la ure are in the district iately contigious to the s' Southern railway, known as the Johnson road, the railway proj- me DEAL FOR CRAIG ’ of the Lewiston & | ect contemplating the construc- | tion of a railroad from Lewiston through the Tammany Waha farming sections and over Craig mountain to a connection with the Nez Perce & Idaho road, which extends from Voll- mer to Nez Perce. Persistent report is that Mr. Isaacs and associates have an option on the holdings of the Lewiston & braces nearly 20 n al grounds in the latter _ 2 and considerable —_ operating equipment. For a long period and | | COTTONWOOD H. 8. WINS BOTH GAMES) Piay Fast Nezperce Team To- night—Big Crowd Expected There to See Us Win The day evening from their tour to Gifford and Reubens where they played the high school teams of | those places and in both instanc- ‘es came out victorious defeating Gifford, Friday evening by a score of 32 to 19 and Saturday | evening defeated Reubens by a , score of 44 to 24. | Roth games were won easily by ~ local boys as the score clear- | ly shows. At Gifford the boys played be- | fore a large crowd, the first half ending with the score standing 10 to 16 in favor of Cottonwocd. In this game Tacke at guard for the local high school was the star player of the game. Those playing in the each player are as follows: Nims center, 10; Shinnick, forward, 6; Homar, forward, 6; guard, 10; Rink, guard. son and Hattrup, substitutes. Reubens Easily Defeated. The game with ed more decisive for the Cot- tonwood boys than the one play- ed with Gifford. In the contest the Cottonwood boys came out with almost a two to one score. In this game Thomas Shinnick was the star player. Those playing and the number |of points made Ly each was as follows: Nims, center, 17; Pet- ;erson, forward, 2; Homar, for- Southern, which em-) les of right of way out of Lewiston, termin- | the company operated trains as; far as Tammany, 12 miles, some months ago was unable to meet payinent for r. leased from the Northern Pacific and they were removed under court proceedings Z. A. Johnson, who built the Nez Perce & Idaho road, wes the promoter of the Lewiston & Southeastern and is still identi- fied with the project under the reported » and reorganization plan. S vent is made that the value of the assets of the railway company have been fixed at $187,000 and that these are to he acquired on a basis of $50,000 by Mr. Isaacs and as- sociates. Es » is made by lumber- men t Craig mountain stand of yellow pine of milling grade measures 1,500,000,C00 feet and that other types of timber are double that amount. This estimate is independent of the holdings of the Craig Mount- t the ain Lum company, which operates a large mill at Win- chester. RETUR FROM OHIO. William T. Simon returned Saturday evening from a two months’ v with relatives and old time friends at Lancaster, Ohio his “old home town.” While in the east Mr. Simon spent most of his time with his aged mother, who, is in very good health when considering her age. He also visited with other rel and old time friends of his boyheod days. In Ohio, conditions are very good according to Mr. Simon with manufacturing plants run- ning full foree. The further west one comes the worse busi- ness conditions appear and this is especially true in the farming communities, said Mr. Simon. Onething that Bill did not like in the east was the crime wave and where they will hit you in the head or even kill you for a 25 cent piece. are especially true in the larger cities and the police forces have numerous cases of these kind to solve, many of which are so pre- plexing that the guilty party or parties are never brought before the courts of justice and are left to run at large to keep up their cowardly work until they are fin- ally spprchended. Mr. Simon says give me the west even if business conditions are a little off color at the pre- sent time. but | s ward, 5; Tacke, guard, 6; Rink, uard; Shinnick substituting for arson, forward, 14 Nezperce Here Tonight. One of the best games of the son is scheduled for tonight will play the Cottonwood boys and the outcome is being watch- ed with great interest not only here but by the other high school teams on the prairie. The game will be called promptly at 7:30 and judging from the ad- vance sale of tickets and the in- s terest already taken in the con- | test it will be witressed by the These conditions | largest crowd that has ever been present at a basketball game in Cottonwood. Sizing up the records of the | two teams, so far this vear, the Nezperce team has nothing on the lees! bovs. With Justin one of the star players \é in the lineup the Cotton- wood boys have more than an even chance to scalp the Lewis county boys tonight. Be there and help Cottonwood win. ORGANIZE M. W. OF A. A camp of the Modern Wood- men of America was organized at Fenn, Tuesday evening, when 21 candidates were initiated into the order as charter members. The work was in charge of B. F. Whiteomb of Lewiston, the dis- trict deputy. Among those from Cotton- wood taking prominent parts in the work were: Andy Ruste- meyer, F. gar Brown. Clifford White of this city was a candidate. After the initiatory work a banquet was served by the ladies, which for good things to eat could not have been improv- ed upon. The Fenn women are noted for being among the best cooks in the county and this is not over boasting, as one of the members present expressed it and the editor has heard this on numerous occasions himself. CARLOAD OF COAL. The Greencreek Catholic church and school received a car- load of coal Monday evening and Tuesday some fifteen Green- creekers With bob sleds drawn by four horses each came to Cottonwood to haul the fuel to its final destination. The Green- creek boys made short work of the job and by evening there re- mained only a few loads in the car, the job was completed Wed- nesday morning. Dr. Wesley F. Orr departed on Tuesday morning’s train for Lewiston to attend the Inland Empire Medical Association's meeting which convened in that city, Tuesday and Wednesday. From Lewiston the doctor took the train for Seattle where he. ‘went on a short business trip. Cottonwoed high school | basket ball team returned Sun- | Gifford | game and the points made by! Tacke, | Peter- | Reubens prov- | riday) in the high schocl gym | | when the erack Nezperce team A. Ferguson and Ed- | ——————— COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1922 WAY BACK HOW YOu USED WD SIT UP WIGHTS WRITING YOUR CHRISTMAS LIST AND SNOW, BLOWING, FREEZI} Cottonwood and Camas prai rie is experiencing real winter weather this week. Last week, and up to Sunday night more than 18 inches of snow fell. Sun- day the prairie experienced a j veal blizzard. The falling snow, accompanied by a heavy wind piled up snow in drifts to the] depth of several feet in many instances. Sunday evening the passenger train drawn by 8 engi- nes made its way to Grangeville | with the assistance of the Rus- {sell snow plow. Mondey even- | ing the thermometer registered 11 degrees below zero and Wed- | nesday evening it dropped to 14! below. The snow, has been of great assistance in protecting grain | that is sown and has also greatly protected water pipes, ete. The cold weather has been detrim: n- tal to the water system in Cot-j; tonwood as well as to the plant | of the Grangeville light compar on the Clearwater river. Elec- tric juice is now being supplied with the assistance of the auxil- lary plant at Orofino. YOU CAN’T ALWAYS TELL. | J. P. Simon, one of our stantial citizens, some years was influenced by a mighty clever real estate promoter to buy 80 acres of land in southern Colorado. | Upon examining the land, personally, it turned out to be a} mighty fine piece of sage brus! and desert land. For y ; Mr. Simon tried to give the ; to one of his sons without suc. cess. Lo and behold, now comes the oi! promoter and finds oil sub- | ago | on land adjoining and they are offering Mr. Simon the usual 1-8 net profit should oi! be found on his land free of any charge nse to him, . Simon this week made cut a lease in favor of the oil pro- moters on 40 acres of the land with the above mentioned stip- ulations and the other 40 acres he retains himself. | What once looked like a poor investment may turn out to be a mint. You can't always tell. | 27,000 PA) AY INCOME TAX. Fred White, former county as- sessor of Idaho county but now |a deputy in the internal revenue office at Boise while in Idaho county last week estimated that the income tax returns of Idaho for 1922 would be 26,000 to 27,000, or about the same as 1921. The blanks will be mail- ed out early in January. Mr. White is inclined to the view that the gross tax revenue in the state will about equal that of 1921, which was 55 per cent below that of 1920, show- ing the effect of the depression following the decline of agri- cultural values. A portion of | the reduced revenues can be ac- credited to the change in the law | which increased the married | man’s exemption from $2000 to $2500, with deduction of $400 instead of $200 for each depen- | dent child. WATER FRONT BURSTED. Blow torches and other Tmt ing apparatus was in great de- | 'mand yesterday for the greater | maiority of homes in the city | had their share of trouble with frozen water pipes. At the C.| H. Greve home, the hot water | front in their stove bursted but | fortunately it caused no explo- | sion and outside of the veniences no other damage re-! i sulted. 1 ne ithe | the | Loan | at her NOw!! (Ets see By ARE seo) (CHILDREN, WEY DoNF AT TO FORGET fem and TeERE 1s HELEN AND FRANKE WHAT WILL WE ANNOU NCEMENT. To the policyholders of Northwestern Mutucl sociation: You will be wondering how much your company lost in the! gVreat $12,000,000 conflagration at Aste , Oregon. Records show it had only $21,- 000 insurance involved in the} entire burned area. This is equal to about two days normal premium income and less than one-fourth the cash dividends and savings retnrned to policy- holders during the single month of November. This compa the has been re peatedly solicited to accept busi s in the area visited by this but has always declined be- cause of the serious conflagra- tion hazard. Whether a fire, company be a steck or mutual company the | policyholders n pay all the losses of the company through their insurance premiums. — It ‘is because this company has always refused to expose its | policyholders to the payment of most hazardous risks that j}it has been able to return them }over $5,000,000 in cash divi- dends and insurance savings. F. J. Martin, P: ent North- western Mutual F’ Felix Martzen, sentative. Association Local Repre- | i FIRST VISIT IN 11 YEARS, Sylvester Beckman of Cess- fork, Alberta was an arrival on Saturday’s evening train for a visit here with relatives and cld time friends until after the holi- days. Mr. Beckman, will be re- nbered by many of the old timers, ng left this seetion 11 years ago and tiis is his first visit since ieaving. Conditions in Canada are very good accord- ing to Mr. Beckman and -those from this section who removed to Alberta when he did are doing well. When he left Canada very little snow had fallen, rn 651 FARM LOANS MADE. Bank of bank The Federal Loan Spekane through which the Cottonwood Nution: Association its loans, during the month of Nov- ember, loaned $2,216,600 in 651 loans and received 930 applica- tions for loans during the month the total amount in the applica- tions being $3,641,348. Of the applications received, 521, total- ing $1,749,900, were granted, the balance of the loans granted during the month being on ap- plications filed last month on which the loans were not closed. PARTY AT GREENC REEK. The card party given by St. Anthony Sodolity creek, Tuesday evening, was a splendid success. Ten talles |were required to accommodate the at Green- the players who spent several } enjoyable hours plaving 500. The winners of the evening were: | John Nuxoll and Lena Nuxoll, first, the consolation prizes go- ing to Henry Ahlers and Clara Sattler. PLEASANT PARTY. Mrs. N. A. Litherland was hostess at a pleasant 500 party home Wednesday after- Mrs. T. C. Keith won noon, | week and according to present | $2.00 PER YEAR ipa: 17) [ONE BLOCK COMPLETED. | R’member U Cottonwood’s block of the Ida- ho county bull association was) | complet Thursday of this! | plans indications point to the or- | ganization of two more blocks. | | Thirty farmers must sign up in each block for its completion. Local cattlemen, farmers and | business men in general are in- Fire As- | | }canned corn this fall terested | they in the movement, as ; county association has decided | to use the Guernsey breed. Much credit for what has been accom- plished is due County Agent | Carl Grayson, who was present Thursday and assisted in the or- ganization of the Cottonwood unit. At the meeting A. H. Matthie- | | sen of Salt Lake City, of the U. S. department of ‘argiculture, | was present and delivered a lecture on the dairy and bull as- sociation movement. DIES FROM POISONED CORN Botulinus poisoning claimed another victim in Idaho when Mrs. L. B. Schaefer of Hailey died at her homie Saturday. forts to save her life in a race with death through the rushing of antitoxin by airplane frem | Denver failed. Mrs. Schaefer | and last Thursday decided to serve seme of it tothe family. Opening a can she tasted of it, but fearing it was spoiled threw the con- tents into the chicken coop, A daughter also tasied the corn, but swallowed none of it. Mrs. 'Schaefer had swallowed some of the corn and of the chickens that ate the corn all but one died. Mrs. Schaefer was taken ill, her throat became paralyzed and she could not partake of nourish- ment. She died without severe pain. | WINONO MAN DEAD. first prize and Harriett Greve, | consolation. Christmas decora- tions were used and the colors in table time. decorations at lunch | James Mattox a prominent farmer of the Winona section died at his home Sunday from an attack of pneumonia of only a few days’ duration. He is sur- vived by his widov. The funeral was Gr ingey ille Tuesd vy Chyistian church the being conducted by Rev. W. | Knox. Mr. Mattox was well known in Cottonwood and surrounding sections. held rom the services N. VELL ATT ‘ENDE D. Seventeen members of the Cot- tonwood Commercial club were present at their regular lun- cheon at the Cottonwood hotel Tuesday noon. The regular routine of business was trans- acted. County Agent Grayson was one of the speakers who spoke on the prospect of dair ing in Idaho county. He was very anxious as a beginner in! the dairy industry to get the bull blocks started throughout the county and to date he has five organized NEW AUTO LICE S$ DUE. Automobile owners are now able to get their 1923 license plates, and those who do not dis- play the new plates after Janu- ary Ist will be liable to arrest. People who have special num- bers were supposed to have their applications for renewal on file by December Ist to insure keep- ing their old numbers. VISITS RELATIV . Mrs. Schurman, mother of Henry Schurman who is employ- ed by the Cottonwood Mercantile and Miss Marie Schurman who is teaching school near the city, returned to her home in Clarks- ton Tuesday morning after spending a week here visiting with her children and with friends. CHRISTMAS PROGRAM. A Christmas program will be given at the Stock Creek school house on Friday evening, Dec- ember 22nd commencing at 8 o'clock to which everyone is in- vited. The program will be put on by the pupils of that school under the able direction of their teacher. CARD OF THANKS. We wish to express our sin- cere thanks to all our neighbors and friends who so kindly assist- incon-| red and green were carried out ed us during the death of our infant daughter, Loretta Rosina. Mr. and Mrs. Florian Helthaus. | NEWS AROUND THE STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF THE STATE realize the advantage of. | improved dairy stock. The Ideho. The funeral of Arza H. Garlinghouse, age 72, monument manufacturer, a resident of Lewiston 20 years, who died in Lewiston Monday was held there Thursday. Reeder & Lowe have started work on their $15,000 contract of building cluverts and small bridges on the 12-mile stretch of the North and South highway in the Whitebird district he- tween New Meadows § and Grangeville. Lewiston grain dealers esti- mate that about 25 per cent of the 1922 grain crop remains in the warehouses. The total crop of the Lewiston belt was cont 3,600,000 bushels or 60 per cent of a normal yield. Dealers report virtualy no buying. J. M. Gooding, of Gooding, son ‘of Senator Frank R. Gooding, was injured in an auto accident Saturdsy evening shortly after 7 o'clock. In company with John McDevitt, Gooding was coming from Nampa to Boise. In attempting to turn out for a buggy which was going up the hill just across the Fairview bridge, the two vehicles collided. P. L. Oreutt, former publish- er of Moscow, Troy and Orofino, and well- known in newspaper work in Idaho, Friday took a lease on the Lewiston Banner, owned by Hugh O'Donnell, re- | gister of the Lewiston land of- | fice, and will conduct the public- action. The Banner is a weekly established in 1902 by Mr. O’Don nell, after he had conducted a newspaper at Kooskia, the Mountaineer, 14 years, Three troken ribs and a ine broken collarbone were the in- juries received by Mrs. J. G. H. Graveley, member of the state board of education, when a car in which she and other members of the board were riding Wed- nesday from Burley to Albion, skidded and turned over. Miss Ethel E. Redfield, state superin- tendent of public instruction, also an occupant of the car, was badly bruised. The Potlatch Lumber compa- ny’s big mill at Potlatch was closed down Saturday night and will remain closed until about March 1. A statement made by A. W. Laird, general manager of the company, to the effect that the company had intended operating for a few weeks yet, but the severe storm, coupled with the car shortage, made it necessary to suspend operations j at once. Forty-two minutes after they had taken the case, the jurors in the wife murder case of Alfred I. Caviness returned a verdict of guilty and sealed his fate with a recommendation of life im- prisonment at Boise Friday. Caviness’ trial, which began November 27, resulted from the mysterious death of his wife, Maud Ethel Caviness, following a brutal beating the night of August 31 as she lay in bed. Caviness entered sweeping deni- als of every incriminating bit of evidence. Shortly before her death, Mrs. Caviness had filed suit for divorce, charging ex- treme bodily cruelty. H. J. E. Ahrens, elected prose- cuting attorney of Lincoln coun- ty, has been disbarred by the supreme court and cannot qual- ify for the office. it was an- nounced, as appears from the order issued by the court can- celling the certificate on which Mr. Ahrens was admitted to the bar in Idaho. This certificate was obtained through false re- presentations, which he admit- ted. His successor having been elected but not being able to qualify, it is assumed by state | officials that Paul Haddock, the present prosecuting attorney of Lincoln county, will continue to hold the office. In case of vacancy in such office, the statutes provide that the district |court shall appoint a suitable ‘ person. Paoeerre d