Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, December 15, 1922, Page 5

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COME AND WARM BY OUR FIRE. ;SARERAS SEGARA pe Bp — ASE HAPONHEREQUTOGUENUOAREAOEAGLOEAG STEAMER AGEAEUOU TUATHA SUE | children began to ery. | Simpkins, | Simpkins the despicable, | King Roderick Sometimes | mous In Irish history. Henry II of England visited Ire- j land in 117t, and O'Connor's terrt- fory became disputed, but after a | him an annual tribute by | | | | happy lot of the poor, henpecked hub- | by. | and Simpkins’ came at last. | the passengers were startled by the | aasked bandits stood at the rear of | | # gruff voice behind one of the masks. Of Course He Was Henpecked, but He Made No Contribution. to Train Robbers. Simpkins was henpecked Mrs Simpkins “wore the trousers,” spanked the children and paid the preacher Neighbor Smith was quite another sort of person. In his domicile, Smith was lord and master, and he got away with It, too. It was a pet joke of his to refer to his friend Simpkins as “Mrs. Simpkins’ husband.” A browbeaten, subdued wife tnvari- ably comes in for general sympathy, but scorn and derision {s ever the un. However, every dog hath his day, One day the two families boarded the train for an excursion together. When a few miles on thelr journey, sharp command: “Hands up!" Two | the coach, “Passengers will file past us and hand over their pocketbooks,” directed | Smith's otherwise went gray ngeressive face Women faiated and little When all was over Smith looked at Simpkins the shrinking, strange to Was as cool und calm as Baffin. land bay in January. And he actual- ly smiled. “Heavens! say What are you grinning about?” demanded Smith in a thick | volce, “Man, I've lost $500!" | “I'm out $1.05 and a stamp book," | sald Simpkins, “You see, the wife Referred To as the Last of the Mon- archs of the Island. fa- His most noted When Rory O'Connor bears a name had our roll in her stocking."—Prize | Story in Judge. | FAMOUS IN IRISH HISTORY | $ namesake was king of Ireland sure means of preventiog him from becoming a rival. In 1106 he went to Dublin, gave the Dan who were ip possession, 4,000 cows, and was there inaugurated king of all Ireland, a ceremony which was the first Irish | regal pageant of which the city was | Rulers were placed over varlous counties and provinces, and seme of these were far from popular. The people of Meath deposed their king, for which affront celved compensation of the scene. » rule Connaught us before the | K sh invasion, and was to be he under Henry of the kings and ¢ of Ireland. He w Henry as his Hege doand to pay | of hides. Fight Ing with Henry and with his sons con tinued until Roderick's death in the abbey of Cong He is comm the last na tive king this distine. tion bel Isechlainn T, as Rode the whole isiand was no t that of | th resting orce alone. —Detroit > Grass in New Vork Streets. It is literally true that grass fa growing in scores of Manhattan's streets. The crop is espectally green on streets running off Riverside drive. The them daily department thearty. Many comparatively keeps the g of these streets are | steep und are paved with blocks In steud of cement. T! traffic {8 not heavy enough to wear it down The seed from which this crop of grass springs is spilled from the nose bags of horses drawing milk and other vehicles that walt in these | streets wiile their supplies are being | distributed. The dally sprinkling helps | them to sprout quickly and develop rapidly. | wagons | Unpopular English Statesman. Apropos of the death of Sir Wiliam | Harcourt, who had long outlived the intense unpopularity of his early years, Sir David Hunter Blair says that at the time of his passing It seemed almost legendary to recull Low three embers of parliament had once resulved to Invite to dinner the indl- vidual they disliked most in the world, Covers were laid for six; but only one guest turned up-—-Sir William Vernon Harcourt, who had been tn vited by all three. | ane | Cubans Honor British Admiral. Word comes from Santlugo de Cuba that posthumous hovers were paid there in the form of a bust and a tab- let to Sir Lampton Lorraine, British reur admiral, who tn 1873 is credited with having averted war between the United States and Spain by threaten ing to shell Santiago if the Spanish authorities executed any more of the crew und passengers of the Virginia captured while running arms and vol unteers to the Cubuns tn the Ten Years’ war Has Important Mission. Maj. Leon Frazer of New York, ts going on an European tour in behalf of the veterans’ bureau, to make @ survey of foreign beneticiaries of the government's war-compensation He is also to complete arrangements | he became king of Connaught In 1156 | one of his first acts was to put out the eyes of one of his hrothers as a | ; & | waters about Mexico. jand family, have | Salmon river. iaw. |Chester Arnold, 1922 Taxes are now due and can be paid © at the First National Bank any time up to December 23rd The First National Bank COTTONWOOD, IDAHO O. M. Collins, President Aug. Schroeder, Vice Pres. <— W. W. Flint, Cashier J. V. Nash, Asst. Cashier on December 15, 1922, on that date. 4 also be due January 1, Victory Bonds Called All Victory Bonds bearing the serial Letters A to F have been called for payment and interest will stop Person holding such bonds should send them in for payment. This bank offers its services in sending in these bonds for payment. War Saving Certificates of 1918 will 1923, st Cottonwood Floating Is'ande. Natural floatag islands sometimes are seen in the Mississippi and other | tivers, and in lakes, occasionally be ‘was discussed ing of sufficient size to serve as pas tures, They are formed of earth which Is held together in a compact form by roots interlacing, and they float because they are not heavy | enough nor sufficiently waterlogged to | sink, They have their origin in river oapks which have been torn away and carried down steam by a powerful current, and sometimes trees remain growing on these islands. Artificial | floating islands are made by taking | cafts of wickerwork, covering them with reeds, and then placing lake mud m top. They are used by some of the natives of India, Persia and Thibet to grow cucumbers, melons and other plants which require a lot of water. Artificial islands of this nature at one time were used ip the | { } | A ee | Bank of England. The Bank of England was founded by William Paterson (16581719), a long-headed Lowland Scot from Tin wald parish, in Dumfriesshire, skill ful in finance and in matters of trade It was the first publlc bank In Great | tritain and was chartered In 1694. It ‘was projected to meet the difficulty experienced by King William ID tn raising the supplies for the war against France. By the influence of William Patersov and Michael God trey, 40 merchants (alded by Charles Montague) subseribed £500,000 toward the sum of £1,200,000 to be lent to the government at 8 per cent, in consid eration of the subscribers being to corporated as a bank. The project was strongly opposed in perliument, out the bill secured the royal assent April 25, 1694. Have those shears sharpened at the Weigand Barber Shop. -4} Have those squeaky wheels on your automobile reset. Cotton- wood Garage. 30-tf | COUNTY SEAT NEWS ITEMS. Sheriff-elect William Eller, moved to the city from their ranch on the Harry Hilbourne, of Grange- ville, has been appointed deputy sheriff by Sheriff J. G. Eimers, | for the unexpired term caused | by the resignation of Deputy Remedy for inadequate fire} | the spring. State Bank Hall street west past the Christ- ian church, and placing of a fire hydrant in front of the school, at the regular meeting of the city council, Mon- day night. Two special cars bearing rail- road officials were attached to the regular Camas Prairie train on Monday evening. The gentle- men were on a tour of inspection and did not favor the city with a visit. Electrically operated siren, to be used as a fire alarm, has been installed on the roof of the Grangeville Savings & Trust Co. The siren is operated from the office of the Pacific Telephone company. Miss Florence Murray _re- jturned on Friday night of last week from Juneau, Alaska, where she had been since last May. Miss Murray will spend the winter with the home folks and expects to return to Alaska in E. Lukens _ will leave Grangeville about December 15 ‘or Boise where, on January 1, he will become pssistant secre- ‘ory of state under Secretary- lect F. A. Jeter. Mr. Lukens will, prior to January 1, spend two weeks in the secretary of state’s office familiarizing him- self with the work. lee Sellards, a young rancher ‘esiding near the top of the Stites hill, died Sunday in Pros- ser, Wn., following amputation of one of his arms. The arm had been shattered in a hunting accident. Infection set in, nec- essating amputation, but gan- grene, together with loss of blood caused the man’s death a a days after the arm was cut orr. Alfred Kettenbach of the Bank of Camas Prairie, who is spending a few days at White Bird on business connected with the bank at that place, in com- pany with Engineer J. J. Me- Cready, attempted to negotiate the White Bird hill last evening in an effort to reach Grangeville but was compelled to give up the trip on account of the deep snow. It was thought that when the road is broken by cars going with European nations for reciprocal | protection at Grangeville’s $68,-|down the hill automobiles will treatment by the allied governmenta, of disabled veteraus. 000 public school building, by | experience little trouble in mak- laying of a water main from | ing the grade. WES vy a gssanibieana mae