Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, January 5, 1923, Page 1

‘ COTTONWOOD CHRONICL VOLUME 31. NO. 2 COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1923 MOORE TAKES OATH OF OFFICE MADE NO INAUGURAL AD- DRESS — LEGISLATURE MEETS MONDAY. ¥ B-R-R-R-R-R Cottonwood Camp No. 5690, Modern Woodmen of America challenges the Knights of Pythias to a game of basketball gymnasium during the last week in January. We will agree to any kind of rules, make it a | knock out affair, or confine it to gitl’s rules which calls for the whistle to be blown when one | player gets his arm around ano- thex-or if the K. P. can’t throw to be played in the high school ‘ 1 | the°bulls be brought in as soon as possible for early service. Idaho county bears consider- able distinction in the organiza- tion of this association as we are jinformed by the U. S. Dairy Division with Western head- | quarters at Salt Lake City that! {this is the only Guernsey bull | association west of the Mississ- ippi river. This does not result from any lack of Guernsey cows or disfavor of the breed as ‘Guernsey association are very $200 PER YEAR NEWS AROUND THE STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF THE STATE Nearly 1000 persons crowded|a regulation size basketball numerous in the east and these the gallery of the house of re- presentatives’ chamber in Boise, | Monday to witness the inaugura-| larger than a baseball so that they may be able to make a few tion of Charles C. Moore, incom- ing governor, and other state officials. The new executive made no inaugural address. Alfred Budge, incoming chief justice of the state supreme court, administered all oaths of office in the absence of John C. Rice, whose term expired this year, and who was unable at at- tend the ceremonies because of the sudden illness of his wife. Members of the supreme court and officers assembled in the office of the governor at 12 o’clock, and a few minutes later were escorted. into the house chamber of Harry T. Lewis, adjutant general, who led Chief Justice Budge to the speaker’s seat. Introduce New Officials. Following the invocation, the presiding officer called for the presentation of William E. Lee, newly elected to the supreme tribunal. He was _ introduced by Justice C. P. McCarthy and the oath was administered. Da- vid W. Davis, retiring state ex- ecutive, then introduced his suc- cessor. Applause greeted the presentation of each official after the oath was taken. In their order, the following officials were introduced and stood before the chief justice before the administration of the oath of office: Justice Lee, Governor Moore, H. C. Baldridge, lieutenant gov- ernor; F, A. Jeter secretary of state; A, H. Conner, attorney general; E. G. Gallet, state audi- tor; Dan F. Banks, state treasur- er; Elizabeth Russum, state su- perintendent of schools, Stewart Campbell, mine inspect- or. In cases where officials were reelected there was no introduc- tion. In all other cases the re- tiring officer introduced his suc- cessor. Reviews National Guard. In the evening Mr. Davis and Governor Moore, with incoming state officials, reviewed Boise’s four units of the national guard, including the cavalry squadron and infantry battalion staffs, a company of infantry, a troop of. cavalry, the cavalry medical de- tachment and a battery of field artillery. A public reception was held in the state house for the new of- ficeholders. Secretary of State F. A. Jeter has been appointed to serve tem- porarily as commissioner of law | enforcement without pay, suc- ceeding Robert O. Jones. This appointment was Governor Moore’s first official act. Mr. Jeter will also serve as_ state purchasing agent, but will draw | no salary other than that as sec- and} a rubber ball baskets. cepted or basketball organization on we're ready. Andy Rustemeyer, Clifford White, Cari Cosand, Committee, A NEW YEARS PARTY. Mr. was spent games and _ dancing. present were: Mr. | | Mr. and Mrs. Ben family, Mr. and Mrs. er, Gasse. Mrs. Peter Kaus many happy New Years to come. ed by Frank Sonnen | the drums. ELECTED PRESIDENT. John Funke, ber 28th. elected were: Grangeville, vice-president treasurer. the bureau was one charge. It also | to $10, John Funke, stock; George Cowgill, poultry; and J. A. Keller Grangevilel, pests. “WATCH” PARTY. A party through the hoop will consent to being used not The challenge should be ac- rejected within the next few days for we aim to | “mop the floor’ with some other if the challenge is turned down. Come A group of friends and rela- tives gathered at the home of and Mrs. Peter Kaus of Ferdinand New Years day and quietly took them by surprise. The afternoon and evening in playing cards, Those and Mrs, Frank Kaus and family, Mr. and | Mrs. Ed Sonnen and family, Mr, and Mrs. H. L. Po'lock and fam- ily, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sonnen, | Baune and Chris | Schaecher and family. The Miss- | \es were: Matilda and Freda Son- | {nen, Emelia and Mary Schaecher and Albert, Joe and Leo Schaech | Ted Goeckner and William | They all left having a | good time and wished Mr. and | more | The violin music was furnish- S and Ted Goeckner while Ben Baune beat | of Cottonwood, | was elected president of the Ida- ho County Farm Bureau at Grangeville, Thursday, Decem- The other officers | L. R. Yates, and J. B. McDonald, Fenn, secretary- Among resolutions adopted by indorsing | ithe work of the county agent and requesting the work to be) continued, with Carl Grayson in | wanted the} coyote bounty raised from $2.50 | The county leaders selected to head the various projects plan- | ned for the next year are: Frank | Wimer of Cottonwood, dairying; Cottonwood, live- of Grangeville, crops; Mrs. Edwin Nelson of Fenn, women’s work; Miss Anne von Berge of Fenn, of in the nature of a farewell, watch and surprise was MILLINERY CLASSES. The county agent is arranging aw schedule of millinery classes for Miss Zudreele, Clothing Spec ialist of the University Exten- sion and Miss Cowgill, District Home Demonstration Agent. A tentative schedule of meet- ings has been arranged for Fer- dinand, Cottonwood, Fenn, Stites Grangeville, Kooskia and Kami- ah to start about January 25th. A three days class will be held in each of these communi- ties and the work taken up will inelude instruction in millinery, guide patterns or garment con- struction as the women in the several communities “elect, how- ever most of the ladies in asking for assistance from these specia] ists have expressed a preference for the millinery classes. As soon as word has been received from the project leader's stating what work they wish to take up definate dates will be announced for each community. Similar classes will be ar- ranged for the rural communi- ties as soon as the weather end roads will permit of travel, MASQUERADE A SUCCESS. _. The Masquerade ball given by the Modern Woodmen of Ameri- ca New Year’s eve was a success both financially and socially, The affair was taken in by a large crowd and everyone pre- sent reported having spent an enjoyable evening. The $15 in prizes for the best costumes were awarded to the following: | Ladies: Mrs, C. O. Perrenoud, first; Miss Beatrice McDonald, second; gentlemen Frank Shear- er, first; J. B. McDonald, second The judges were: C. H. Greve, R. D. Humphrey and Ben Albers. | TAKE OATH MONDAY. The newly elected county offi- cials will be sworn into office Monday, January 8th. August Schroeder, county commissioner elect will go to Grangeville Sun- day evening to be present to take his oath of office. The newly elected board of county |commissioners first official act after being sworn in will be to select a chairman of the board from among its membership, The other two members of the board will be N. B. Pettibone and Clark Lyda. COMPLETED ELECT OFFICERS — WIMER GOES TO BUY FOUR SIRES At a meeting held Friday in Cottonwood of the directors of the four blocks of the county bull association the county or- ganization was perfected by electing John F. Knop, president and Bert Schroeder, secretary- treasurer and plans made for the immediate purchase of the bulls, F. S. Wimer of Cottonwood a Guernsey breeder who has built up a splendid herd of grade Guernsey cows by purchasing a few years ago a good sire, was selected to buy the animals for the association. He will leave Saturday for either the Willame- ete valley in Oregon or the Seat- tle country where we are inform- ed by E. L. Westover, Western representative of the Guernsey Breeders Association, high class bulls to head the blocks can be secured. Mr, Wimer will be as- sisted in buying these animals by Mr. Cammack, Field Dairy- man of the University Extension or a man from the Dairy De- partment of the University. It was expected up until a short time ago that the associa- tion would ship in several head of Guernsey bred heifers and cows along with the bulls, but being unavoidable delayed with the organization of the bull as- sociation by bad weather and roads it was the judgement of the men interested in purchas- ing these cows, the bankers of the county and others interested in the project that they delay the importation of milk stock till next year.. Right now feed is extremely high and _ money searce and with the bull associ- ation in operation they will be in a better position to know what they want and more dairy mind- ed by another year. Several of the farmers over he county have placed orders for Guernsey heifer calves with | the first section or county to | plans. ling the night froze to the welks | | very difficult. animals rank in number and} production as one of the three leading milk breeds. Guernseys are becoming very popular in the | west also but the breeds are | more or less mixed in every com- munity, so that Idaho county is | adopt one breed of milk stock, and in this have an unlimited future if they pursue present We have the opportun- ity of making this the Guernsey center of the west. With the foundation of bulls farmers can} add a pure bred cow or two to their herds and in the course of a | few years the County Farm Bureau can be the distributing agent of high class Guernsey cattle throughout the west. SENATOR JONES HERE. Senator Seth °D. Jones, of Whitebird, spent Wednesday in Cottonwood as a guest of the Commercial club and was pre- sent at a luncheon given in his honor Wednesday noon at the Cottonwood hotel. Seventeen business men were present be- sides Senator Jones. |The com- mercial club informed the sena- tor in what legislation they were most interested, the chief item being a bridge on Salmon river | to connect the Joseph and Grave Creek roads. The senator in-| formed the club that he would } do his best to interest the legis- lators in Boise in the proposed bridge. The state owns thous- ands of acres of land on the oth- er side of the river. Another item that was dis- cussed was the proposed gaso- line tax, and the tobacco law. The senator as well as the club favored the former and many weve for the repeal of the latter, | Senator Jones departed from Cottonwood Thursday morning | for Boise to be present at the | opening of the state legislature, | Monday. TREACHEROUS WALKS, | Walks in Cottonwood were in | a most treacherous condition Wednesday morning. Rain dur- | and made walking upon them} Many persons young and old alike have been seen to fall upon the slippery walks but fortunately no one | was injured. Humiliation ap- nears to have been the only ef- fect in most cases for as they | were getting up they would look | here and there and everywhere to see if anyone witnessed the acrobatic stunt pulled off again- st their will. GRATEFUL FOR VOTES. County Commissioner Nate Pettibone was a business visitor in the city yesterday for a short time. Mr. Pettibone is indeed | A car load of certified seed po- tatoes were recently shipped from Winchester to some point in Oregon. It has been report- ed that they were frozen en- route. The season’s output at the Juliaetta cannery totaled 185 tons, divided as follows: Toma- toes, 161 tons; cherries, 10 tons: pears, 8 tons; beans, 5 tons; prunes, one ton. A deal has been closed where- by the Lewiston state normal school increases its campus area by approximately. four acres, bringing the total to more than 22 acres, Senator Gooding Wednesday underwent a minor operation at the Walter Reed hospital in Washington D. C. His condi- tion was reported Thursday to be very favorable. Mac Scofield, the retiring county treasurer of Lewis coun- ty has accepted the appointment as deputy to Postmaster Bascom Billups of Nezperce and will take up his new work as soon as his successor in the county office, Mrs. Eckersley, is sworn in, Capital stock of $2,500,000 was named in the C. C, Ander- son company’s articles of incor- poration filed in the office of the secretary of state in Boise. The company. operates a “string” of 18 general mer- chandise stores in Idaho, Oregon and Colorado, with the home store in Boise. Charged with statutory of- rense against two minor daugh- ters, George Wardell of near Troy now waits behind prison walls at the county jail in Mos- cow until the hearing of his case which is to be settled later. He is held prisoner because of fail- ure to secure funds for bail which were fixed at $5,000. The Craigmont school opened Tuesday in their new building which has been under construc- tion since early last fall, the building being made from the old Tlo school and in part from the brick from the Vollmer school which burned two years ago. This is the final step in uniting the towns of Vollmer and Ilo into the town of Craigmont. The largest farm land sale of many months was reported Mon- day by Foerscheler & Creelman, |of Lewiston, when Mrs. George Stellmon sold to Claus J. Breier, Lewiston merchant and owner of the Hub chain of stores, 920 acres four miles north of Craig- mont, in Lewis county, for $59,800, or $65 an acre. The place is well improved. G. V. Kavanaugh, a member of the hardware firm of Ander- son, Bolick & Kavanaugh, of Lewiston, also conducting a store at Asotin, has disposed of given in honor of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Pine the county agent of Ben Robertson at their home in Tillimook county, Ore and coun- | FATAL FALL. M. M. Belknap last week re- retary of state. grateful for the splendid vote he | his interest in the business and Legislature Meets Monday. received here in November and} The state legislature will meet Monday, January 8th for a sixty days session. The paramount issue will be the direct primary law, according to all legislators. Enough are pledged for this law to make it a reality but at that a hard fought battle is looked for by both those advocating and opposing the bill. SHOWER FOR BRIDE. A combined miscellaneous home of Mr. and Mrs. Bruegeman daughter, Miss Cecilia Clara. Some forty friends and neigh- bors gathered for the occasion dancing and playing games. A dainty luncheon was served at a} late hour. The birde-to-be was the recip- beautiful _ gifts from friends. Miss Bruegeman will be united in marriage to Thomas Ruef, Tuesday morning. Get ready for that big laugh | January 22rd . j |the Greencreek section Sunday evening when some 60 friends and neighbors took possession of their home. and etc. ed a splendid luncheon. REVIVAL MEETING. ja similar revival will be held in} | ceived a telegram from his sis- ty agent Grayson is organizing calf clubs in severe] communities it is only a part of Cottonwocd’s | The evening was | spent in playing cards, dancing At midnight the ladies | present uncovered their well fill- ed baskets and all present enjoy- An old fashioned revival meet- | | ing will be held at the Ferdinand shower and birthday party was |Community church commencing given Wednesday evening at the | January 7th by Dean C. Poin- | After the meeting in Ferdinand | ter advising him of the sudden {death of his brother-in-law, C. G. Hartzell at Sigourney, Iowa. Mr. Hartpell, who, is a traveling man met his death in a most peculier manner. While alight- ing from the train at Sigourney, | December 22nd he accidentally | slipped upon the cement plat- form striking his head upon the same with a terrific force as he fell which caused his death the | following day. He never regain~ }ed consciousness after the fall. Henry | dexter, pastor of both the Ferdi-| nnidensieioeseaaliae so in honor of their) nand and Cottonwood churches,| ANNUAL MEETING. The annual meeting of the Cottonwood Community club | Cottonwood the exact dates to | will be held in the I. O. F. hall on and spent an enjoyable evening | ke announced later by Rev. Poin- | Saturday, January 13th for the | dexter. |RED CROSS MEETING. | The annual attending to other | purpose of electing officers for {the coming year and for the transaction of such other busi- meeting of the} ness that may come before the ient of many useful as well as|Red Cross will be held at the | meeting. All members are re- her | Red Cross rooms Friday, Janu-} quested to be present. jary 12th at 7:30 o’clock p. m. |for the purpose of electing of- Can you imagine some of Cot- ficers for the coming year and tonwood’s most prominent citi- important | zens all smeared up with burnt cork. See them at the minstrel Fannie Simon, Secretary. } show Janyary 28rd. so that they will be making a first rate start in the dairy in- dustry this year. This method will be a little slower than buy- |ing producing animals, but surer They will not have so much in- vested to start with and taken rom ell angles it is better for them to grow into the industry than to try to get into it at once by buying a large number of cows. Much of the credit of the or- ganization of the bull associa- tion is due to the bankers of the county. The two institutions of Grangeville both banks of Cottonwood and the Ferdinand State Bank have assisted finan- cially and helped to make the as- sociation possible. Three other communities have almost enough cows subscribed to form blocks but owing to the slowness of travel and the time required to finish them it was though ad- visable to wait until spring, at which time they can be added to the present association. A good many of the men who have join- ed the association desire that gratitude they owe Mr. Petti-| bone for fighting for the North | and South highway vip, Cotton- wood. Had it not been for Mr. Pettibone the highway would| have taken an entirely different | route. This is an absolute known. fact among all those who were closely connected with the location of the road. OLD FRIENDS VISIT. | Mrs. E. T. Cole and two child- ren of Deer Lodge, Montana, ar- | rived in Cottonwood recently | and are now visiting with her friend, Mrs. Ben Cooper and and her family on the river. This | is the first time the two ladies | have met since 1902 when they | were school chums at Dyer, N. C | It is needless to say that they | are enjoying their visit. PLAY NEZPERCE TONIGHT. | The basket ball teams of the | Cottonwood high school depart- | ed this morning for Nezperce | where they will engage in games | with the Nezperce teams. Mrs. | Nims chaperoned the _ girl's team. accepted a position as traveling representative for the house of Marshall-Wells Hardware com- pany, for whom he traveled 10 years before engaging in busi- ness for himself. Ninety-eight percent of the cases in the state of Idaho taken before the federal court in which | violation of the Volstead act is the basis of arrest, resulted in convictions and, according to re- ports received from the prohibi- tion director at Washington, this state leads all others in the union in percentage of convic- tions and heads the list of the few states which show a surplus of receipts over expenditures in the enforcement of the act. For the second time in two years, an unknown taxpayer in Ada county has sent Ethel Ton- | kin Clark, county treasures, his (or her) taxes without a signa- ture or a description of the pro- perty for which the taxes were intended. Friday Mrs. Clark received a letter, presumably mailed in Boise, containing two new bills, a ten and a five, ac- companied by the note, “Inclos- ed find my taxes, $15.” No name was signed.