Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, March 9, 1923, Page 1

VOLUME 81. NO. 11 BACK FROM CALIFORNIA. Lloyd Turner, proprieior of ithe Turner Drug Store returned | home Friday evening from a two weeks visit at the home of his parents, Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Turner, of Fresno, California. This was Mr. Turner’s third visit to California and we are of the opinion that the third time was |the charm for Mr. Turner re- turns home apparently a Cali- fornia booster . While in the ; southern country he enjoyed the warm climate immensely and on his return trip the electric fans in the coaches were turned on. Dr. and Mrs. Turner are living on an acreage tract near Fresno and their main erop is grapes. Lloyd says that hundreds people are moving to California and to varify this one has only to judge from the immense num- ber of passengers carried by the railroads. The trains are crowd- ed at all times. At Fresno he accidently ran across one of the boys who shared a tent with GOODING BILL FAILS TO PASS SAYS HIS BILL DID NOT) RECEIVE SUPPORT FROM FARMERS. Among other bills which fail- ed with the adjournment. of congress were the several bills fixing prices for agricultural products or stabilizing prices or regulating markets. Several such bills were pending in the house, and two were introduced in the senate, one by Senator Gooding and one by Senator! Norris. None of these bills ever reach- ed the point of debate upon its passage, but Senator Gooding is | reported to have taken an un- official poll of the senate to as-| him in the army while stationed certain how the members stood | near San Francisco. on the Gooding wheat bill, and} Friends of the Turners will be he is reported to have said that | pleased to learn they are enjoy- careful poll of the senate showed | ing the best of health and that a very large majority against it.| they sent their best regards to Advices disseminated locally | all of their old time friends. Dr. during the campaign for the en-| Turner, who has given up his dorsement of the bill were to the} profession, is known to every effect that it was assured of pioneer resident in Idaho county, passage, but later investigation Of course, Mr. Turner said, | by Senator Gooding seems to, “California has its disadvanta- have indicated clearly that the} ges too.” assurance of the likelihood of piscina canst passage of the ‘bill were erron-| GASOLINE TAX PASSED. The gasoline tax bill was pass- eous. Senator Gooding is reported|ed by the senate of the Seven-| to have said that the only relief | teenth state legislature Tuesday now available for the farmers is | afternoon by a vote of 30 to 10. to form “one big union.” “If|'The measure, which has already the farmers are going to get any | passed the house of representa- relief from congress, they must| tives, provides for a levy of 2} 7 eents a gallon on all gasoline} organized,”’ Senator “The trouble is | used in motor vehicles. that they have too many or-| After debating the question| ganizations. There are four/for more than half an hour Ida-| national farmers’ organizations |ho’s house of representatives | in Washington that rarely ever;Tuesday night defeated th» function together, and in my! Progressive party’s bank guar- fight for the stabilization of the | anty law by a vote of 32 to 24./ of | | RADIO DEMONSTRATION A BIG SUCCESS. A Radio Machine At Once. More than 200 people listened to the radio demonstration given at the Cottonwood Garege last night when G. W. Wilson, of Spokane, demonstrated his ma- chine. The demonstration was a suc- cess in every way and the oper- ator was in touch with the broad casting stations of Minneapolis, Chicago, Calgary, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Salt Lake City from these stations he received a varied program consisting of grand opera, musi- cal numbers and police officers instructing their lieutenants in traffic rules. It was the first time that a radio has been. in operation in Cottonwood and also the first time many have had an opport- unity to listen to the instrument taking the music out of the air. One peculiar incident with the price of wheat I have had very|Two Republicans, Kiger and little if any support from any of | Jarnigan, voted for the measure them. The farmers’ greatest | and two Democrats, need is one great parent organi-| Parker, voted against the bill. © zation, which ought to’ be re- Luke Williams, cognized and supported by all) of Minidoka county, the farmers’ organizations in the | the Republicans of the country, for, after all, the inter-| advocating the bill. He said it est of all farmers is identical. | was not necessary to talk to the No one branch can be prosperous | Democrats for they had the long while the others are in a |plank in their platform. deplorable condition.” The 17th session of the Idaho Senator Gooding evidently | state legislature, according to failed to take into account the law adjourned yesterday at 5 fact that the most representa- tive organization of farmers in| the country, the farm bureau, did not support his bill. did not turn the clock back a few | hours. DANIEL TWOGOOD DEAD. WEALTHY INDIAN DIES. Johnson Boyd, age 78 years, one of the wealthiest and most highly respected Indians of the and respected man of the Joseph Plains country died at the home ‘of his son, Harry Twogood, Sat- Nez Perce tribe died at his|urday, at the age of 73 years. home near the Meadow Creek | His remains were shipped to Tal- Indian church three miles east! ent, Oregon, the family bury- of Ferdinand, Tuesday morning, | ing ground. 3 death having been caused by | Mr. Twogood was a pioneer of pneumonia. t E Mr. Boyd is well known to all | in the golden rule. His home was of the old timers of Idaho county | open to all and through his many and northern Idaho, he having|2cts of kindness to people in taken an active part in the do- | trouble and in distress he won ings of his tribe’s‘ affairs. He) for himself the respect of all leaves surviving him his aged | Who knew him. He is survived wife and several children. by his by ado tip cage _— Funeral services were held | £004, of ae E Hous ¥ Talent Wednesday afternoon from the | on ou Mre we via aa Meadow Creek church, of which | U'e#on- Fe oe aes he was a devout member, {son accompanied the body to the} Or services having been conducted | Vregson. | APPOINTS DEPUTIES. by the Rey. Elias Pond. The funeral furnishings were | qiPhees fl hea Assessor William Ingram has ve odeeg Dnaertaper AAG named field deputies as follows: SAS Whitebird—James Lenon. AMPUTATE THUMB Le Reggie! Camp country—Harold nee an Pool. Steve Farthing, whose thumb | Stites, Harpster, Clearwater— on his right hand was caught in! H. M, Moore. a sausage mill about four weeks! Kooskia, ago and badly smashed, had the | Tinker. same amputated at the first) Winona—T. M. Atwood. joint yesterday by Dr. Orr. The Mr. Ingram is undecided on injured thumb failed to properly | other deputies. He will assess heal, due to an abcess having | Grangeville and vicinity, Fenn formed on the bone. Since in-| and probably Cottonwood, him- gig ooggbies ae | apt eal assessing will aS ; york. start at once. was protected by his employers | leit. ai... Pdkcantune ere under the workmen’s compensa-|, DAIRY CALVES ARRIVE. tion law. Five head of Guernsey calves Age arrived by xpress in Cottonwood NOTICE TO AUTO OWNERS. | Saturday and Sunday evening Motor licenses become due on|from Tillamook, Oregon, the January 1, 1923 and must be|calves having been procured paid on or before March 10,| through county agent Carl M. 1923. Grayson. Those receiving calves WILLIAM INGRAM, |were: Aug. Schroeder 2, Frank 402 Assessor. | Kaufman 2, V. G. Lustig 1. Woodland—George Swift and | addressed | house | |p. m., that is if the lawmakers | | Daniel Twogood, a well known | the old type and was a believer | radio outfit occurred yesterday | afternoon when the machine was bbe a test it ulate —. tele- ‘acvaceiye |Phone conversation etween HOR IORSYE: | William Hussman and a man at | the Hussman saw mill, Mr. Hus- |sman was talking from his office |in Cottonwood to a man at his ;saw mill near Keuterville. | The Cottonwood Garage have placed an order for a machine similar to the one used last inight and expect to have it in operation within a few days. To our knowledge the first | radio in Idaho county was in- stalled by the sons of Francis Nuxoll of Greencreek about year ago. SCHOOL BOYS OFF TO TOURNAMENT a | HIGH Coach Westover, accompanied ‘by his team of basketball tossers departed yesterday morning for Lewiston to partcipate in the |northern Idaho basketball tour- {nament. Those making up the team were: Raymond Nims, Francis Homar, Thomas Shin- ‘nick, Raymond Tacke, |Hattrup, Joe Wagner, Glenn |Rink and Frank Jenny. The first game was played | between Cottonwood and Kami- ah, yesterady afternoon in which | the local boys came out victori- ‘ous by 1 point, 21-22. Cotton- | wood is scheduled to play Lewis- ton this morning. Each team |must suffer two defeats before |being eliminated from the tour- | nament. | A number of rooters also ac companied the Cottonwood boys. |they were Fannie Rink, Bernice Simon, Margaret Simon, Lenore .Nims, Louise Hattrup, Rose- mary Shinnick, Bee McDonald, ‘and Justin Frank. | Just as we go to press we \learn that Lewiston defeated |Cottonwood this morning by a | score of 19 to 27. |2ND TEAM WINS. | The second basket ball team of \the Cottonwood high school de- jfeated a similar aggregation ifrom Grangeville, Saturday ‘evening by a score of 18 to 6. |The feature of the game was the playing of Joe Wagner, for Cot- | tonwood who made 14 points for his team. The lineup for Cot- jtonwood was: Peterson and R. | Johnson, forwards; Wagner cen- GEE. Waizz! 1 THINK ITS A SHAME TO CUT DOWN liane Hubert ‘of her sister Ruth’s 18th bir jday. STATE H AS: TOO MANY COUNTIES. Cottonwood Garage Will Install | {1 Massachusetts 275,000 People Per County and in Idaho 9,100 People Per County. Now that the legislature is considering the biennial state budget, it is not inappropriate to eall attention to one phase of government expenditure that ought not to be overlooked, says the economic bulletin issued by the University of Idaho. That is the cost of county govern- ment. The entire state of Idaho has about the same population as Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, which includes the city of Mil- waukee. Massachusetts with 3,850,000 people has 14 counties; Idaho, with 414,000, has 44. The total amount raised in 1919 for county purposes ¢lone, not in- cluding city or village taxes or special school or highway dis- trict assessments of any descrip- tion, reached the total of $6,385,- 000. This was for a single year. On a biennial ‘basis it represents a total of $12,770,000, for strict- ly county purposes alone. In the same year, 1919, the counties of Idaho paid out for salaries and wages alone $1,342,- 136. Just by way of illustra- tion, the administration of fi- nance in Milwaukee county, that is the salaries and expenses of the county treasurer, auditor and assessor, amounts annually to $46,000. In the 44 counties of Idaho this same item, borne by the same number of people, amounts to $862,000. This was very nearly as much as the state legislature in its last session ap- propriated out of taxation to run the state university for two years, It need not be inferred that we pay our county fiscal officials toomuch. A comparison of our salary schedule with that of neighboring states would disap- prove that notion. Rather, we have too many counties. “Why pay more?” M. W. A. OF FENN WIN. The Modern Woodmen of America basketball team of Fenn defeated the Cottonwood Knights of Columbus team in the high school gym Friday evening by the narrow margin of one point, the score being 18 to 14, The game was hard fought from start to finish and at no time was either team in the lead by more than six points. For Fenn, Howard was the star player. Both teams did very close guarding. SURPRISE MISS SAGER. Mrs. Mamie Gentry gave a her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. About 80 young fo spent the rames and music. a lunch was served. was the recipitent beautiful and useful M COUNTY FAIR DATES SET. for September 24, 25, 26. ter; Hattrup and E. Johnson, jeuards. Referee, Tom Shinnick. tire county. surprise party at the home of | Sager, Sunday evening in wrasead Tks | ness generally will also show | gathered at the Sager home and} distinct improvement. evening at cards, Un 2 ‘At 11 o’clock| year, it is estimated that more iss Sager | than $1,250,000 was paid out of many) for initial purchase price. birthday i RENT. SES gifts. All departed wishing her many happy returns of the day. Dates for the second annual Idaho County Fair have a set t is anounced plans will be made for a big and better fair and one that will be a credit to the en- LIMIT NOW $25,000, Felix Martzen, secretary of the Cottonwood National Farm Loan Association received word yesterday from the Federal Land Bank of Spokane pdvising him that the loan limit that any one member could borrow from the government had been in- creased from $10,000 to $25,- 000, and that the same took ef- fect, Monday of this week. The new ruling will also effect borrowers who have $10,000 loans at the present time and wish the same increased. The Cottonwood association covers practically the entire west side of the county and to date this association, has loaned many thousands of dollars to the farmer's in this section. The land bank at Spokane has done the largest business of any in the United States. indicating the wide use for development purposes made by the farmers of the northwest of the system, which will no doubt be further stimulated by the new change in the law allowing of larger loans. Under the farm loan law, the borrower pays 51% percent inter- est and one percent on the prin- cipal yearly, giving him about 83 years for full payment if he prefers. The present year promises to be one of great act- ivity in the work of the associa- | tion, NEW CAR FOR STAGE. The Spokesman-Review of last Sunday contained a picture of the newly constructed body mounted on the International speed truck chassis that will be used between Grangeville and Lewiston as a stage as soon as weather conditions will permit. The new stage resembles those in use between Lewiston and | Spokane and is divided into com- partments, there being a smok- ing compartment and a ladies’ compartment. The ments are separated by plate glass partitions. |The new car will accomodate about 16 pas- sengers. It is understood that the No. 7 Taxi and Transporta- tion company of Lewiston hopes to place two of these stages in operation hetwecn Grangcville and Lewiston, one leaving Grangeville every morning daily and the other leaving Lewiston daily at the same time. The company has been operat- | ing a stage between these towns for some time and at the present |time a daily service is being maintained between Lewiston and Craigmont, road conditions making it impossible for them to make the run into Grangeville. The towns served by the stage are: Culdesac, Winchester, Craigmont, Ferdinand, Cotton- wood and Grangeville. compart- HARD TIMES—-WELL. A surprising story of the in- crease in automobile sales in the state is told by a comparison of statistics compiled by the auto- motive service bureau for 1922 | and 1923, Passenger cars sold in Janu- lary, 1922, in Idaho numbered |106, while during the same month of 1923 a gain of 218 is revealed, 319 being sold. Approximately 4252 brand | new cars furnished enjoyment to | the people of Idaho from way down in the southern part of the | state around Boise up to the small northern towns bordering British Columbia, for that was the total number purchased dur- ing 1922. With the gain made in January this year over sales of the same month a year ago, it is estimated that total sales | this year will greatly surpass | those of last year and dealers |are optimistic over the outlook. | If the automobile business is in any sense a barameter of busi- ness conditions, it is felt, busi- | | For the 4252 cars sold last PETITION OUT. ° | Petitions asking for the dis- organization of the Wheat Growers’ association made their appearance in the community this week. According to reports they are being freely signed by members of the organization. Petitions were left at both banks ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF THE STATE f It is reported that 50, acres of beets in the Idaho Falls country have been signed up by growers for this season. x Mrs. ‘Elizabeth Mathewson of Lewiston arrested yesterday ‘on’ a charge of having liquor in pos-_ ession, pleaded guilty and was fined $50 and given a suspended sentence of 30 days, A meeting of the editors of Nez Perce, Idaho, Lewis, Lat and Clearwater counties, to be held March 17 at Lewiston has been called. The purpose is to organize for mutual benefit. J. J. Meyers, foreman of a sawmill at Potlatch is in a hospi- tal suffering with blood poison- ing from infected teeth. For several days his temperature has ranged from 104 to 105 de- grees, The University of Idaho basketballeteam won the Pacific coast basketball conference championship, for the second successive season Tuesday night at Moscow by defeating Uni- versity of California team, score 29 to 25, With the recovery of $8000 in currency and more than $1000 in coins, dug up from two buried caches by E. J. Hicks, former auto mechanic and operator of the Kellogg-Wallace stage line, virtually every cent of the $12,- 000 haul on March 28, 1922 has been recovered. Senator Frank R. Gooding has been invited to attend a meeting of wheat growers at. Moscow in April, when a nation- al wheat. growers’ association will be organized. The move~ ment for a national organization originated in the demand for a guaranteed price of wheat. A massmeeting of students Friday, at Moscow voiced strong protest at the action of the senate in indefinitely ed igh house bill No. 108, which pro- vides for permanent additions at the state institutions and in- cludes approximately $200,000 for a new science hall at the university. B. C. Barbour, Harry Morton and J. W. Whitcomb of Lewiston Monday filed their appraisement of the community property of Alice McCormack and her sur- viving husband, John McCor- mack. The value is placed at $166,870, represented in land, except personal property of $11,270. Mr. McCormack is a Nez Perce county farmer. Sheriff A. W. Mitchell of Lewis county left for Lewiston, Wednesday, with Earnest Panky age 18, charged with grand larceny for the alleged theft of jewelry from Brown’s store at Reukens. When caught he had five diamonds valued at $250 wholesale, it is alleged. He was given a hearing before Probate Judge H. W. Niles and pleaded guilty. He will be sentenced by Judge Scales. Not only are country dirt roads in bad condition, but the state road from Moscow to the Washington state line is in a de- plorable condition, says the Genessee News. The ruts are so deep in places that the “pan” of a car will almost drag on the ground. There is but one solu- tion for the prevention of this destruction of hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of gravel roads, and that is to rule bee agile cars off while they are soft. . The jury in the case of James D. Agnew, sheriff of Ada coun- ty; Sylvester Kinney, deputy sheriff, Dr. Henry Goodfriend, Carl Sorenson, rooming house manager; Ed. Ward, taxicab driver, and Ed. Kemp, laborer, charged with being members of a booze ring, returned a verdict of guilty, in each case, at an early hour Sunday morning, after having deliberated six hours and 30 minutes. The case for the convenience of members who care to sign them. was one of the most sensational in the history of Ada county.