Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, February 9, 1923, Page 1

COTTONWOOD CHRONICLE cictatteal VOLUME 31. NO. 7 COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1923 $2.00 PER YEAR FIX WHEAT PRICE FOR THREE YEARS SENATOR GOODING URGE $1.75 FOR NO. 1 NORTHERN. TO The government would return to the price guarantee system on wheat under a bill introduced in the senate by Senator Gooding of Idaho Monday. The basis of all prices guaranteed, the bill provides, would be $1.75 for No. 1 northern spring wheat, the official grain standards of the United States:to-be used in set- ting the prices of other grades. e bill provides for a corpor- ate body to be known as the} wheat stabilizing corporation, to be composed of the secretary of agriculture and two other per- sons appointed by the president. The corporation would have a capital stock of $300,000,000 in shares of a par value of $100. The stock would be nontransfer- atle and held entirely by the United States government. Cover Three Years. The corporation is “autherized and directed” by the bill to pur- chase for cash, at the guaran- teed price, wheat which is of a grade fixed by the United States official grain standards and which is produced in the United States during the years 1923, 1924 and 1925, upon delivery thereof at terminal warehouses | at Portland, Ore., Seattle, Min- neapolis, Duluth, Chicago, Buf-! falo, Galveston, New Orleans, | New York and at such other terminals as may be specified by the corporation. Every warehouse and elevator in the United States would. be| required to take out a license to deal in wheat under regulations fixed. by the corporation. Penal- ties are prescribed for unjust practices on the part of licensees such as excess storage or com- missions. The corporation is directed to | dispose of the wheat so purchas- ed “at such prices and on such terms as it may deem best for the public welfare,’ at an ad-| vance on the purchase price suf- | ficient to meet all handling, | transportation, insurance and! storage charges.” | An embargo until July 1, 1926, | is placed on the shipment of} wheat or flour into the United States except wheat for seed purposes. Wheat and flour in| bond could be - transported through the United States and wheat to be used in manufactur- ing byproducts for export could} be brought in under the terms of the new tariff law. The corporation is required to report to congress at each ses- sion. ENJOYABLE DINNER. Mr. and Mrs. John Hoene were hosts at on enjoyable din- ner Saturday evening, when they entertained the following | guests, Mr. and Mrs. John F.| Nuxoll, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Jenny | Mr. and Mrs. M, A. Pierce, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Seubert, Dr. and Mrs. W. F. Orr, Dr. and} Mrs. J. E. Reilly, Mr. and Mrs. | George Medved, Mr. and Mrs. | Herman Seubert, Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Agnew, Mr. and Mrs.| Barney Tacke, Barney and Rena Seubert, Henry Schurman and} Mr. Westover. Red carnations were used for} the centerpieces. A game of “500” followed the dinner, Mrs. Herman Seubert and Barney Tacke received the prizes for the highest scores and Mrs. M. | A. Pierce and Dr. Reilly the prizes for lowest scdres. HOME BURNS. The home of Tom Hazen, sit- | uated about midway between} Keuterville and the Hussman mill burned to the ground, Tues- day morning, with its entire con-| tents consisting of household} | the public painstaking enough to | cant works. | countless furnishings and clothing. The} fire is thought to have started from a defective flue and the} occupants of the home were un-| aware of the fire until it had al-| most consumed the upper por- tion of the house. As a result, | few things werg saved. The) ENGINEER GIVES OUT | INTERESTING FACTS Regarding Proper Lubrication Oil That Should be Used In Machines, The free motor school, con- ducted Thursday and Friday un- der the auspices of the Cotton- | wocd Hardware proved to be a! big success from every point of | view. The attendance during! the two days was near the 400 mark and seemed only limited as | to the size of the room. R. F. Overlook, an expert lub- rication engineer gave out some very interesting facts regarding proper lubrication and in order to give our readers, who were unable to be present some idea! of his knowledge regarding oil he gave us the following state- ment for publication: “Lack of proper lubrication is | causing annually a loss and de-| preciation amounting to millions of dollars worth of valuable ma- | chienry, especially the automo- bile in the United States. This is a wanton waste and to a large extent could be overcome were familiarize themselves with what really constitutes good lubrication and the principles of mechanics under which a lubri- “There are three different classes of oil produced, namely: the pure paraffine base known also as pure Pennsylvania oil; the asphalt base oil; also the mixed base oil which is a combi- nation of the paraffine base oils and the asphalt base oils. “Of the three the paraffine base oils has the highest resis- tance to heat. Next comes the mixed base oil which has a les- ser heat resistance and lastly the asphelt base oil which has the lowest resistance to heat. “In as much as an engine operates under very high tem- peratures it is necessary that the oil stand these temperatures so that it may properly lubri- eate the hot surfaces. “Our wellfare is dependent on our products from petroleum, such as gasoline, keresene, lubricating oil, ete. Our mills, railways, steamships, auto and other types of mz- chinery could not operate were it not possible to lubricate them. One of the deciding factors in Germany’s recent deféat in the world war was due to a break down in her transportation sys- tem and the failure of this equipment was mostly due to her inability to secure lubricants and thus, premature wearing out of locomotives, cars, etc. occured.” GASS-SCHAECHER. Miss Amelia Schaecher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Schaecher of Keuterville, was united in marriage to Mr. Wil- liam Gass by the Rev. Fr. Mar- tin, pastor of the Keuterville parish, Tuesday morning, the ceremony having been witnessed by relatives and friends of the contracting parties. After the services at the church a wedding breakfast was served at the home of the bride’s parents. Tuesday evening a big free wedding dance was given by the newly married couple in the Keu- terville hall which was attended by a large number of young folks from all parts of the prairie. Mr. and Mrs. Gass will make their home on the groom’s ranch in the Keuterville vicinity and the Chronicle wishes to be numbered with their many well wishing friends. REVIVAL MEETINGS. The revival meetings at the Methodist church will continue next week, every night except Saturday, at 7:30. Sermon Fri- day evening to young people on Challenge to Youth.” Sunday morning “Almost Thou Persuaded Me to be a Christian” Sunday evening “The Kingdom of Heaven is at Hand, Therefore Report.” , Roy Speck received a telegram from his business associate, R. Huddleston, stating that Mrs. Huddleston, who underwent an operation in a Portland hospital, was doing nicely. Mr. Huddle- ston expects to return home the | last of this week but Mrs. Hud- | RADIO N_WS Mr. and Mra. Winklebee were elated yesterday on receiving a code message from Station COOP, 160 CUT FROM THE PAY ROLE GOV. MOORE REORGANIZES THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT Reorganization of the bureau of highways which was ordered by Governor C. C. Moore, Janu- ary 8, when he called for the resignation of all employes in that department following the decision of the governor that the highway expense must be curtailed in all branches, was completed Friday and as a re- sult 60 employes are retained on the pay role, while on December 31, 1922, there were 220, making a reduction of 160 employes un- der the new order. Other changes in the depart- ment inchide reduction of the wages of men employed in main- tenances to a scale which will not exceed the scale paid by con- tractors for the same class of labor, which according to state highway officials, is approxima- tely from 40 to 50 cents per hour for labor, 40 to 45 cents for teams and 50 to 621% cents for foremen. Approximately $20,000 of a saving is made in this depart- ment under the new plan of op- eration by the governor for on January 1, 1928, the total pay roll including the motor trans- port section amounted to $29,- 383.97, whereas it is estimated that the pay roll for the month of February will not exceed $10,- 000. The number of districts in the state has been cut from seven to four to save all possible expense. This reduction to four districts will really be in effect a reduc- tion of three districts for the reason that district No. 4, which is the home district, will be ad- ministered from the Boise office and the district engineers will look after the maintenance of it. Gov. Moore’s action in reor- ganizing the highway depart- ment is receiving the support of every citizen in the state for it is said to have been the most expensive of all state depart- ments. MAY GO TO EUROPE. Invitations to speak in Europe on_ international rela- tions have been received by Senator Borah, Republican, Ida- | ho, who for some time has had in mind a trip abroad during the coming summer if his personal | affairs permit: Because of his long fight against the lergue of nations and European entanglements and his recent advocacy of an international economic _confer- ence called by the United States, Mr. Borah has been deluged with requests that he discuss in- ternational problems in Euro- pean countries. The Idaho senator said he had not reached a final decision but he hoped to get away soon after congress adjourns next month. If he goes, he probably will ac- cept many of the invitations ex- tended to him. Don’t forget the big dance and basket social at the I. O. O. F. loss is estimated at approximate-| dleston will be forced to remain hall Monday evening. It’s for ly $2000 with no insurance. for a month or six weeks longer. ! the benefit of the band. NEW P. 0. FOR RICE GREEK EDWIN L. LANCASTER HAS BEEN NAMED POST- MASTER. Edwin L. Lancaster has been named postmaster for the new office established by the post office department at Rice Creck, Idaho and Thursday evening re- ceived his commission. He will at once fit up a room in the Lan- caster residence on Rice Creek for such a purpose and he has orders from the post office de- partment to receive his supplies from Postmaster Johnston. of this city . The office will be fourth class and the salary will be governed by the cancellation of stamps. Three times a week mail ser- vice will be maintained between Cottonwood and the post office at Rice Creek. The party carry- ing the mail will receive for his compensation 75 per cent of the salary of the postmaster. Shovld the cancellation at Rice Creek amount to $100 a month the car- rier will receive $75. The office, which was discon- tinued by the post office depart- ment a few years ago was re- established after petitions bear- ing the names of every resident in that section signed the docu- ment. It is expected’ that the new office will be put in actual operation some time next week. GIVES COST OF OFFICE. For the benefit of those who are paying the taxes that they may know what the office of the county agent is costing them and the information of those who are the ex- inclined to exagerate pense I will submit herewith the expense of the office by month including salary paid county. total cost of Idaho county, ex- clusive of the purchase of the car, from April 1st to January Ist. April $170.82. May $242.89. June $308.23. July $284.79. August $254.96. September $221.06. October $283.90. November $214.08. December $160.79. Total $2097.52. You will notice that the ex- pense for the months of May and June were execssive. This was caused mainly by the use of an old car which required con- tinuous repair to keep it in oper- ation. asked to collect and prepare an exhibit for the during the first half of Septem- ber. This additional work and traveling caused* considerable would have} 1 , been incurred with the regular| team in a one sided game, the} more expense than duties of the office, and in addi- tion to this I was asked to assist | in placing and judging the pro-| Grangeville ducts of the Kooskia and Kami-| ah fairs which took me away un- expense. during | the latter part of September. In| der additional the month of October additional help and expense were necessary on account of the extra work in- by the These amounts are the During August I was Spokane and] Lewiston fairs which were held | INTERESTING LEGISLATIVE DOINGS AT BOISE. House Passes Primary Law— Bill Aimed at Ku Klux Klan —No More Passes, By an unanimous vote of the! 65 members of the house of re- presentatives of the Seventeenth session of the Idaho state legis- lature, the issuance of railroad and pullman passes to state and ad employes was discontinu- Fixing of terms of county commissioners at six years is the purpose of a resolution intro- duced in the house of represent- atives proposing to amend the state constitution by submitting nd question to a vote of the peo- le. Dance halls in Idaho charging admission fees or fees to dance may find it necessary to obtain a permit from the sheriff each day they desire to hold a dance, if a bill introduced in the house of representatives of the state legislature becomes a law. A bill aimed at all hooded ac-| tivities of secret socities in Ida- ho, with certain exemptions such as masked balls, was intro-| duced in the senate by Senator Harris, democrat, of Washing- ton county. The bill would pro- hibit the parading under mask, teaching of intimidation and punishment other than provided | by law and would also require} filing of membership list by all, secret organizations with the county auditor. The bill, No.) 180, was referred to the state, affairs committee. The house of representatives | Tuesday by an overwhelming) vote of 46 to 19 passed house bill No. 40, the republican primary | measure. Republicans, demo- crats and progressives, pledged | to the electors of Idaho to re-| enact this direct legislation | measure, stood firm for the cause on the final vote, The vote came after an hour | of debate in which many mem- bers of the house took part. The) opposition attempted to delay, pessage in en effort to have it} recomiritted to the committee of the whole f ‘r amendment, but | the house firmly cpposed the ef-| fort and instead of losing) strength the bill gained five) votes on final passage. | WON ONE; LOST ONE. One of the fastest basket- ball games ever played in the | local high school.gym took place} last Friday evening when the fast Culdesac team defeated the? locals by a score of 28 to 21. The contest was a battle from start to finish and not until the final whistle blew did the Cot-| \tonwood boys give up. The Culdesac team, while fast, has nothing over the Cottonwood} boys with possibly the exception of Miles who is 75 per cent of the Culdesac team. Heis an ac- curate basket shooter from all} angles of the floor and with the| Cottonwood boys guarding him closely he was unable to make| short shots and was compelled to} shoot for the basket from the} middle of the floor and time} after time his efforts resulted in | points for his team. He made} 18 of the 28 points made by} the Culdesac team. | For Cottonwood, Nims, Shin-| nick and Tacke were the stars. | Tacke, one of Cottonwood’s guards broke up play after play | for the Cudesac team. | Another feature of the game} was the refereeing of “Squinty” | Hunter of Moscow, who under-| stands the game from A to Z| and who dealt out decisions that | were fair and impartial. Hunter, | a former University of Idaho} player, is regarded today as he- ing one of the fastest men that ever wore a uniform in the northwest. For several years} he was named as All Northwest | center. Defeat Gifford. Saturday night the Cotton- wood boys defeated the Gifford | score being 31 to 17. On the same evening the girls defeated the! Cottonwood girls by a score of | 28 to 4. THE EVENT OF THE SEASON | The Cottonwood Band. Hear} them at the band dance and} social, February 12th. Remem-} cidental to the Idaho County | ber ladies the plainer the basket | Fair. Carl M. Grayson, C. A. the better the lunch. NEWS AROUND THE STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF THE STATE Noel B. Martin has been named by the council as city attorney of Lewiston taking the place made vacant by the death of Charles H. Chance. Dropping 10,000 feet in his airplane in an effort to cure J. J. Kelker of Pocatello, his passen- r, of partial deafness. Hugh . Parker, Boise aviator, made the first test of its kind to take place in Idaho. His nose and mouth driven into the back of hig head by a terrific blow from the end of a 2x12 timber, Francis Roy, 55 years old, a native of was killed Monday, January 29, at a sawmill he was operating, nine miles up the Middle Fork of oe Clearwater river from Koos-~ ia. Workmen engaged by the Phillipi Plumbing Co., of Lewis- ton unearthed a human skelton on the lot at First street and Snake river avenue, where an oil station is being installed. The bones were found in a shallow grave. The skelton was prob- ably that of an Indian. Sunday, February 4, marked the 60th anniversary of the mar- riage of Mr. and Mrs. T, A. Bak- ken of Moscow. The aged cou- ple, both of whom are still en- joying good health, having walk- ed happily, hand in. hand, for a period considerably longer than the average age of man, Grant Hamblen of Cudesac and Mrs. Cora Sampley_ of Ah- sahka, former wife of Hamblen, will serve from three to ten years in prison, this being the sentence imposed today by Judge W.N. Scales. They were con- victed a week ago at Lewiston on the charge of preforming a criminal operation on Lillian Mitchell, which caused her death, The steam shovel of the Tri- angle. Construction company which was used last summer on the North and South highway construction program. in . the Lawyer canyon district, was started Tuesday for Kamiah, where it will be used on the Kamiah Hill highway road, A report stated that the shovel had made three miles in the day and a half. Relief from the tense situa- tion created by the refusal of Boise bankers and credit men to finance state employes for three months, until the legislature passes the appropriation bills, appeared nearer Friday. An- nouncement was made that the finance committee of the senate is now making a study of the situation and will shortly intro- duce a bill to remedy this “de- layed pay day” condition for all time. The heroism and daring of |two miners who sacrificed their lives in a vain effort to rescue a fellow workman who was trap- ped ina fire at the Morning mine at Mullan, Idaho, January 28, is graphically told in a letter received by Stewart Campbell. state mine inspector, Frederick Burbidge, general manager of the Federal Mining & Smelting company at Wallace, is author of the letter, in which he gives a detailed description of the mine blaze, which resulted in the loss of three lives. When the tones of a_ violin spread through the district court room at Lewiston, Tuesday in the strains of “The Last Rose of | Summer,” this meant no inter- ruption of court processes nor that Judge W. N. Scales was not maintaining the decorum of his tribunal.* The incident devel- oped as a part of the evidence in the case of L. C. Butts versus the Svea Insurance company. Joseph D Havarda, violinist, was testifying as to the value of a violin owned by Butts and which had been damadged to the point of uselessness in a fire at the Butts home on October 1, 1921, when other personal property was destroyed.