Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, December 29, 1922, Page 1

hin ~ q a VOLUME 31. NO.1 BER 29, 1922 RESIGNS FROM HIGHWAY BOAR SCHROEDER SERVED ON BOARD FOR SIX YEARS RECEIVE NO SALARY. Atthe last meeting of the Cottonwood highway board, Mr. August Schroeder tendered his resignation to that body to take effect at once. Mr. Schroeder was elected to the board of county commissioners at the last election, and stated that his reasons for resigning from the highway board were that he wished to give all of his new duties the proper amount of at- tention. Mr, Schroeder took a seat on the Cottonwood highway board | on January 24th, 1916, serving six years a5 comn oner, dur- ing which time he was an untir- ing worker. He was an en- thusiast on good roads but he always had in mind the interest that the taxpayers had in them, trying at all times to build good roads at the least possible ex- pense, endeavoring at all times to be fair and just to all parties concerned. He had the interest of the community ever in front | of him and every act was pre- ceded by thought and considera- tion. Commenting upon the resig- nation of Mr. Schroeder, J. F. Jenny and Ed Jessup, the other two members of the highway board gave out the following statement: “By accepting Mr. Schroeder's resignation, which we do with deep regret, we realize that we are losing a valuable co-worker and the taxpayers are lesing a fair minded and just commis- sioner, a man reliable and con- servative in all undertakings.” The vacancy on the board will be filled by appointment. Ac- cording to law the appointment will be made by Mr. Jenny and Mr. Jessup, the remaining mem- bers of the board. At the present time there ap- fyaxs to be only one candidate 4db. Sthe position, John Schnieder, itions have been circulated ‘u8king the commissioners to ap- point Mr. Schnieder to fill the vacancy. The petition is being freely siened by the taxpayers of the district. The Cottonwood commercial club at its luncheen, Tuesday noon, endorsed Mr. Schnieder for the position made vacant by the recent resignation of Mr. Schroeder. Receive No Salary The fcllowing statement is made by M. A. Pierce, secretary of the highway board and is self explanatory: This statement is made to the taxpayers of the Cottonwood Highway District, but more for the party who circulated the re- port that the commissioners of the Cottonwood Highway Dis- trict were receiving $500.00 per year as salary. As secretary and treasurer to the board and in justice to them I take this means of contridict- ing the report and the books and files of my office are open for inspection to substantiate this statement. The laws of the state of Idaho do not provide for a salary for highway commis- sioners but does state that they shall receive sufficient money to cover their expenses. I have served the board as their secretary for three years and a_ rechecking over that period of time proves that no one commissioner has received the sum of $50.00 for his year’s expenses. There is no other public office in the state that the compensation offered is as small as that of a highway com- missioner. The cominissioners of this dis- trict are deserving of a great deal of credit, a careful study of the affairs of other highway dis- tricts convinces me that your af- fairs are handled in a very eco- nomical manner. As secretary and treasurer of the district I am the highest paid official of the office, my salary being $225.00 a vear: I am custodian and am held responsible for your funds amounting at this time to approximately $60,000.00. It is very unfortunate that the | children followed him in a body. their old home town. | tax payers of this free country | of ours are so neglectful of their vi They have the right to rights. know and if they are good busi- 3 ness men and good farmers they will know where each and every dollar of their tax money is | spent. The books of the Cottonwood Highway District are your | books, bought and paid for with | your money, they are your re- cords, and they are open for {your inspection at any time. The commissioners of the Cot- tonwood Highway District and the secretary will gladly assist you-in looking up any record that you are interested in. M. A. PIERCE, Seerectary. 5 ee Artisans have completed the con- crete walks around James Gloss’ GRANGEVILLE WINS FROM COTTONWOOD . Some 75 Accompany Basketball i Team to Grangeville < ie. HA like & new car Some 75 basketball enthusi- asts with spirits running high sojourneyed to Grangeville Fri- day evening to witness the con- test between the Cottonwood high school teams and the Grangeville high school teams, | both boys’ and girls’ team tak- ing part in the contests. In both instances the local) teams lost, the girls losing their | game by a score of 13 to 2 and | the boys by a score of 32 to 8. | The boys lost their first game of the season when the heavier! The following letter was re- Grangeville team defeated them | ceived this week from Wm. Os- in what appears to be on paper a born, district engineer of the one sided contest but which ac-) bureau of highways by M. A.} cording to those witnessing the Pierce, secretary of the Cotton- contest was a battle royal and wood highway district, It is } very rough at times. Seven of | self explanatory; the eight points made by Cotton- wood were caged by Nims who | ember Ist, the Secretary of Ag played center. Fo SURFACE NOW ASSURED SECRETARY OF ACRICULT- URE APPROVES ROAD PROJECT NO. 68. | Cottonwood, half for a personal foul, was the | the North and South State High star player. | way between Cottonwood and | Cottonwood has no to; Lawyer’s Canyon, in offer and the only n ¢ feature of the game : lass alibi was the | $61,000.00 and Federal Aid to | uncelled for prejudice that | the fiscal year 1922, should at least not crop out from! ‘The necessary notes and other high school games. Some of the rooting at Grangeville, Fri- day evening by Grangeville fans was even criticised by Grange- ville citizens who call it unsports manlike, ; be played under contract at anj iver MANY ACCIDENTS. early date next year. While going home from his Wm. Osborn, District Engineer. school work Friday evening The Cottonwood and Ferdin- Superintendent Mol! of the Cot- and highway districts have their tonwood school had the mis- portion of the money set aside | forune to fall and have his right and this will be matched dollar | collar bone broken. Mr. Mol! for dollar by the federal govern- was walking past the old Scho- ment. It is estimated that the | ber brewery when a boy coasting work will cost $61,000, $30,500 | on a sled ran into him throwing being furnished by the govern- him to the sidewalk. | He was ment and the remainder by the taken to Craigmont Thursday Cottonwood and Ferdinand high- where ‘an ex-ray picture was way districts. taken of the broken bone. Up — ed to the Boise office that they | ed by farmers the road, from At one time | the present time. to the present time it is mending ELLER-TUNNELL. _ {With the Grave Creek io nicely under the care of Dr. Benjamin F. Eller and Miss | Would open several thousanc Shinnick. | Lydia M. Tunnell, two popular | 2¢res of good farming country as The seven year old son of Mr. young members and Mrs. Mat Lauer had the last week. He accompanied his Thursday and just breaking it. was dressed by Dr. Shinnick. | possession they dropped into the , S4!n. Thursday of last week Bern-| office of Probate Judge Dowd! ard Schmidt of Keuterville had and received his solemn sentence his right foot badly crushed be-, to love, cherish, ete., ever after tween two logs, while hauling timber. was dressed by Dr. Shinnick and happy pair had gone smiling on | no serious results are expected their way, that he hoped this from the injury. | would not be the last couple he’d Christmas morning while Mat | waft into wedded bliss during Kaschmitter was returning his tenure of office, but blamed home from the Catholic church | if he didn’t believe it was about he fell upon the slippery walk the best looking he’d had the dislocating his right wrist. The pleasure of passing on.—Nez- injury was dressed by Dr. Shin- | perce Herald. man county, his son, Frank attend a family son’s home. } Freeman nick. Fae Sh Seta EOE |drive to another part of the Sia el eee WILL VISIT BROTHERS. | farm when his son, who was on CHILDREN HAPPY. | Barney Nuxo!l of Greenereek, | horseback near by, saw Hundreds of children were Illinois arrived in Cottonwood, | waver and fall. were of the may prepare the plans for for-| country, who are : € warding to the Bureau of Public | bridge to connect with their road Roads, so that the project may | from the west side of Salmon Should the built by an appropriation, as was Cottonwood Rice creek it will not only be of great benefit to those residing there but to the state | who owns thousands of acres of | mis- families in the Greencreek sec- | the many stockmen fortune to break his right leg tion, drove over to Nezperce | holdings in the Joseph country after noon|#nd run large herds. | father to the woods and while they negotiated with Recorder | "ad to the market any time of there a log rolled on his leg | Emerson for a marriage license | the year will greatly stimulate *The broken limb and with that document in their! the production of both stock and The Judge averred, after the | of the prominent ens The injured member excitement had subsided and the | olfax and a pioneer of bl suddenly |Christmas day at the home of Freeman, Mr. died R. three miles from Colfax. Freeman and his wife had gone from their home in ‘mie — oe Bit Blowhard’s reputation as saxophone player is established paint, tires in fine condition, looks ASK STATE T0 the state during the year. ; BUILD BRIDGE In the period covered by the | ee tera Satis PEOPLE WANT SUSPENSION BRIDGE OVER. THE SALMON RIVER. Plans for a suspension bridge across the Salmon river at the foot of the Grave Creek road, a bridge which would open up the Joseph plains country and give that district an all year road to discussed Wish to advise that on Dec-| Tuesday at a meeting of the Cot- | tonwood commercial For Grangevi'le | rieulture approved Idaho Project | the matter is to be laid before “the man with the side burns” | statement No. 68, involving the} the next session of the state who was disqualified in the last | improvement of 11.71 miles of | legislature. An appropriation of 000 is to be asked bridge to elub for bridge j land in that part of the county. it was The completion of the bridge of pioneer | Well as being a great benefit to have who WEALTHY MAN DIEs. Marion Freeman, age 67, one citizens Colfax to dinner at the After dinner Mr. got in his made happy in Cottonwood Sat- Friday evening to visit for an in- | When his son reached him. urday afternoon when Santa definite period with his brothers Turner | Wash., and Drug | Cottonwood. R. H.| unannounced and his arrival was | the Leegett Mercantile, Drug Store, The Rexall Store, Hoene Hardware, Kendall Confectionery, wood Mercantile and J. V. Baker He visited here some five years | & Son. Santa Claus arrived at ago. weencreek, Idaho the Chronicle last week and re-| Illinois in this way. <A mained until 3:30. Santa handed many of the settlers of Green- out several hundred packages of creek are old time residenterss | candy to the children visiting from Greencreek, Illinois and the above named stores. Ashe when they settled here they cal- | went from store to store the led it Greencreek in honor of January 9th at 2 p. m. Mr. Freeman is well known in Claus entertained them for more | F. G. and John F. of Greencreek | Cottonwood, Leing at the time of than three hours personally at|/ and H. H. Nuxoll of Clarkston, | his death one of the owners of William Nuxoll of | the Goldstone block occupied by | Mr. Nuxoll came | the Leggett Mercantile Co. Cotton- | a great surprise to his brothers. | ANNUAL MEETING, —_——____—— The annual meeting of the) FOREMOST CITIZENS. de- | Cottonwood National Farm Loan 1:30 promptly as advertised in | rives its name from Greencrcek,| Association will be held in the! present day good | First Notional Bank on Tuesday,| men? Here is the answer of the! 20 miles of the The| American history students nd was completed out meeting is called for the purpose the University of Idaho. Wood- | of electing directors for the|row Wilson, 96; Hughes 94;/all associate the coming year and to transact} Borah, 87; Hoover, 84; Harding, | with plans of the Were such other business as may before the meeting. [} and this supplant the Idaho | ferry, which is able to run only regretable | County, at an estimated cost of |a part of the time. The completion of the Grave personal “rooting” which never the extent of $80,500.00 payable | Creek road from Cottonwood to does any good and only causes | from the funds appropriated for | the mouth of Rice creek last |summer by the State of Idaho, jat a cost of $20,000, has caused information are being forward-| the present project to be foster- Joseph in need of a well the im- pression that the bridge would | be built by private capital but owing to present financial cordi- |tions this will be impossible at An open buggy to| Cottonwood the Nezperce Herald | stream, is now being made. With him! the Cottonwood crowd was also| the bridge will be completed be- He was dead come | 80; Bryan, 71; and INFANTS HEAD DEATH REPORT. |Month-Old Babes Lead Septua- genarians by 108 on Mor- NEWS AROUND THE STATE tality Lists, Idaho's greatest mortalit; ‘EREST FROM ! during the year 1922 nd me, oF Ue among babies less than one! VARIOUS PARTS OF month old, according to the an-, nual report of the bureau of a issued Saturday. e bureau's report covers the ‘ ‘ period from December 20, 1921, | ,, The first appointment of C. C. to December 13 1922, and in|Moore, governor-elect, to be that time 3948 people died. Of |™ade public was announced Sat- these 635 were babies less than | "day when Idaho's next chief one month old. The next age |¢Xecutive named B, H, showing the greatest mortality | !daho Falls editor, as his private THE STATE was from 64 to 75 in which | Secretary. classification there were 527|. William E. Corrado, arrested deaths, in Lewiston on advices from The death rate per 1000 of | Grangeville, charging him with population this year is 9.14, | forgery, Tuesday pleaded guilty while last year it was 8.97,|and was sentenced by ict Males led in the number of | Judge W. N. Scales to two to 14 deaths with 2807 and the re-| years in prison. mainder of 1641 was females, e vernor-elect and all Only nine colored people died in | imu officials take the oath of report 10,285 babies were born | office at the same time, but in Idaho. One of these was! ° isi “colored. | ‘There were 5808 boy’ | stitutions, the dates for both do 67 girls, and the sex of 15 was |, rg | not stated in the report to the aot ae sae ne | bureau. Fifty-seven were itl | nocetie coenibaae a week of | egitimate. Exactly 100 pairs race to determine on licies of twins were born in the year | SP4 appointments. me and two sets of triplets. Single PP i babies numbered 10,079. Still| _ A sad case of having been births totaled 194. Parents of | Struck blind overnight is that of 9270 babies were born in the | Mrs. Garrison wife of ex-Sheriff United States, while those of the F. W. Garrison of Orofino, now remaining 1015 were born in Yesiding at Kendrick. One doy foreign countries. |during the latter part of last The birth rate per 1000 of | Week, Mrs. Garrison complained popuulation for 1922 was 28.81, Of pain in her left eye, and the but in 1921 it was 26.47. following morning she was to- There were more cases of in-| t#lly blind. She had been suf- fluenza in 1922 than any other | fering with nervous trouble for disease, 1081 cases being report- | Sometime and to this is attri- ed. In 1921 measles held first | buted the attack. | Place with 1618 cases, Smallpox} Idaho's public utilities com- as second with 894 cases. In| missioner ruled Saturday that 304 cases of scarlet fever) the value of the Idaho Power were reported, making this dis-| company, upon which the power~ ease second from the standpoint | users of the system are reguir- of number of cases to influenza.| ed to pay “fair return,” is not | $22,567,890, as originally claim- ed by the company, but only $11,638,495. Of this greatly | reduced total, the commission | decided $1,542.095 worth of pro- | perty is not entitled to full re- | turn. A tract of white pine timber near Weippe, Idaho, has been | bought by the Ohio Match com- pany from Henry Turrish, Du- |luth lumberman, for a reported | consideration of $200,000 cash. | This is one of the finest stands |in the Clearwater country. It | is reported the Ohio Match com- | pany will erect a mill midway between Weippe and Greer, the | railroad station. Joseph Malloy , of Orofino represented Mr. Tur- | hish in the deal. R. F. Bicknell, former = dent; J. H. Black, vice president, }and G. R. Hitt, cashier of the | defunct Overland National bank lof Boise, were found not guilty of mia e the bank's Mrs. Sue Hayes, age 75 yerrs, | funds, but the jury oe died in her home at Cederville, the charge of making false re- California, on December 22nd Ports to the comptroller in oe according to word received in| items of excess loans. Cottonwood this week. Mrs, | States District Attorney E. G. Hayes was the mother of 10| Davis said the he would prob- children, six of whom survive | @bly proceed to re-try the de- ‘her. She also leaves her) fendants on the latter charge. husband and her sister, Mrs. A.| The work of pouring concrete B. Rooke, of this city, and a for the north abutment of the brother, John Harriman of new bridge to span the Clear- Grangeville, Idaho. At one time, water river at the town of Spald- she was a resident of Camas| ing was renewed last Thursday, Prairie having left Idaho 33, F. W. Straw, local manager for years ago with her family. | the Security Bridge company, aes ae jhaving the contract, stated. “ENTHUSIASM.” | Piers one and three are now In chronicling the basket ball| ready, and excavating for pier game between Nezperce and) number two, in the center of the “BUGS” ON FORDS. When starting | A Ford In cold weatier Great care Must be taken | Not to anger The beast Gently apply Boiling water | About the exuberator; Then grasp the crank | Firmly 3etween the thumb And forefinger, And at the same time Tickle its epiglotis With the wire | Provided | For the purpose | And then pump Gas into its lungs When the animal coughs, Mount | And depart. | DIES IN CALIFORNIA. among other things said: | nothing of an unforseen nature “The enthusiasm shown by happening it is expected that a great factor in the victory of fore May 1, and thus avoid the | their team for we all know what} high waters of spring. effect strong backing has on the) Montana newspapers contain spirit of a team. On dncmey 5, articles in which prominence is however, when Cottonwood plays| given to reports of revival of Nezperce on the local floor the| plans of the Northern Pacific |home boys are determined to} for construction of the Missoula- get even with their opponents.”| Lewiston cutoff through the Clearwater mountains. The story is printed in Butte, Ana- Who are the ten foremost) cénda a Missoula newspapers. American states-| The Missoula papers state that of there several years ago. Bi akin es timber elopment 78; Taft, 74; cate for milling their