Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, April 27, 1923, Page 1

NOLUME. 31. NO. 18. | LARGE AUDIENCE SEES CITY ELECTION HIGH SCHOOL PLAY. Senior Class Play Pleases— QUIET A IR Acting Far Above The Average. | The Senior class play, “And OTHER TOWNS HAVE NU- |Home Came Ted,” staged at the MEROUS CONTESTS—K. | Orpheum nae beri }evening under the direction 0: K. K. DEFEATED. {Miss Margaret Farrel, the En- jglish teacher, si a_ splendid success and greatly enjoyed by gt eto election in ier the large audience that gathered tonwood, Tuesday was a quict| to see the play. affair es bg nce! Ticket | The acting of the high “ was elected. here was no con-/ students was far above the test. Out of the total registia-| average and the play proceeded tion of 60, 48 voted at Tuesday’s | smoothly from beginning to end election. The vote resulted in|and the long intermissions be- the following being elected: ; tween acts so frequently a seri- John Funke .. 45!ous draw back to most home Wm. Buettner - _ 45 | talent plays, was entirely absent. George J. Terhaar - 44| . The setting of the play was in W. W. Flint .. _ 42) the office and reception room of W. T. Simon _ 88|the Rip Van Winkle Inn in the Pe lbans < atereon, | Catskill mountains. PY Dab oat : ae yori tg ai The cast was well selected for council received 4 and 5 votes their parts and this was especi- respectfully. ally true of Burdette 3elknap, Hot Contest. at. Ferdinand {Matilda Schroeder, Estella Wil- A ath ee ramand. ,liams and Andrew Dreps, who At Ferdinand the ‘sticker léayitied: their part’ of the evens candidates won out over those | ;* pay named at the caucus and out of a | ing’s entertainment out to per- total registration of 60 the vote fection. Others taking part in was 100 per cent. Those elected the play and who executed their SANE Pp » votes ye. | Darts well for amateur thespians cree i ee votes Te-| vere Vera Moughmer,Glen Rink, Bed, Talutaon 57 | Louise Hattrup, Zenna Mough- John P. Gilbert -.. 5 | F ~ ©-|mer, Raymond Tacke, Francis E. L. Mueller ....... dO B.C. Atkinson .... 45 | Llomer, Beatrice McDonald and * 93 | Cecil Wimer. i The splendid suecess of the Pry bt heaneg Fee RG tab des 31 play ean be attributed to three ena | a0 eee - £2 causes, the excellent ability for fad a as |acting of those taking part, the My. aden and Mr. At-|®C2ns ee igeaeny och? eee Janson were the! “aticker” candi- | humerous rehearsals and the Bates : 2 able direction of Miss Farrel. : ‘ | The high school orchestra New Mayor For Grangeville. | pendered selections between acts C, H. Wood, the eleventh hour |under the leadership of Supt. candidate for mayor at Grange-) Moll, each selection was well re- ville, defeated Wilbur L, Camp-| eaived. This was the first time bell, present incumbent and|many had heard this organiza- candidate for reelection by some | tion and we are sorry to say’ 45 votes. At Grangeville there | some did not know that such a was also a fight ‘on for council-| splendid amateur musical organ- men from the third ward and | jzation existed in the Cotton- Gib Eimers and Clyde Hamill de- | wood schools. feated C .B. Knorr and Mark | The proceeds of the show Baulch. | were far in excess of the expect- Hot Time at Moscow. | ations.. Every candidate on the Citi- | = zens’ ticket was elected at Mos-| STILL MORE CORN. cow, Tuesday, when H. Melgard | Last week we mentioned the defeated Frank Moore for mayor | fact that Ed Nelson, of the Fenn by a vote of 915 to 555. The/section was going to plant 100 election at Moscow was the most | acres to corn and this week we exciting ever conducted in the|learn from a very reliable source university city and for a time, | that Goff Eckert is going to beat according to press reports it was | Nelson’s record by 20 acres. Mr. thought that the Ku Klux Klan| Eckert will sow 120 acres of would make its appearance. It|summer fallow ground to Flint is stated that the defeated condi-|and Yellow Dent varieties. Mr. date was regarded as a Klan| Eckert is another Camas Prairie candidate and prior to the elec-| farmer who believes in getting tion he made a public statement | away from strictly wheat farm- that while he was not a member |ing. The results of these two of the organization he was in ac-| farmers with their corn will be cord with principles as set forth | watched with great interest by speakers who had visited that | throughout the entire county. city. ae IMPROVE GARAGE. Some 100 signs will soon be The canopy recently construet- | Placed in this immediate section ed by the Service Garage in|by the Cottonwood Commercial front of the main entrance of |¢lub. _ Each sign will bear the their garage was completed by | word Cottonwood and the num- William Ruhoff and his crew of | ber of miles to the Cottonwood men, Saturday, and greatly adds | tourist park. The signs are to the appearance of the build-|tow being completed by Joe ing. The canopy gives the en- |South and will be placed over trance of the garage the appear-| this section by members of the ence of a gasoline station so|Club free gratis. — Most of the frequently found in the larger |S!8nS will be placed on side roads ae ape i oP ig sg cc the | Well marked for the convenience sun, thereby making their busi-| Of the travelers. ness office and work shop a aps rs much more congenial place in} AUCTIONEER. se : which to do their business and| , Harry C, Cranke passed thru repair work. | Cottonwood this morning for Feabahi\cinaiotvo will Montana where he Mi ys xOM } a a big pure bred sale. Mr. Cranke ee ne al | stated that he intended to | this week from United States | #° Cottonwood a shipmens; 0 Senator William E. Borah, by! the Chronicle, he stated that he would come to his home state | jr, again this summer and would surely place Cottonwood on his | dend . of them’\by the above itinerary. He still remembers | rei od s the splendid reception received | While om tae he have last fall: 1% Whiles Garton | meee Of looking up good. dairy ’ | cows. wood is normally a strong dem-| ocratic precinct it is safe to say | MIXED ‘TRAIN—YES OR NO. that 90 per cent of the people One hears a great deal of talk will trade to the farmers _ here shipped a carload into here are for Senator Borah and these days of the Camas Prairie | would vote for him regardless of | railroad placing a mixed train polities. | on the Grangeville-Lewiston run, | It is our belief that it is mostly | gossip, but judging from the been} passenger business now of the LEAGUE FORMED. A baseball league erganized between Orofino, Kamiah and Grangevilie | prised to see this action taken by Cottonwood was asked to join| the railriad officials. _On two the league, but declined. Nez-| mornings of this week not a has perce will play its first game,|passenger was taken aboard| the Ku Klux Klan.” Admission Sunday at Grangeville. from the Cottonwood station. was | a8 the state highway is already | high class dairy cows which he| for stock cattle, sheep and hogs. | | Grangeville last week and dis-| Nezperce, | railroad we would not be sur- | UTTLE SIONS So. WE CAN LET CONTRAST ON MAY 12TH FOR SURFACING HIGHWAY | BETWEEN COTTONWOOD | AND CANYON. | The state bureau of high- ways, Wednesday commenced advertising for bids for the con- struction of a section of the north and south highway in Idaho county from Cottonwood north to the Idaho county line. | The project is known as feder- al aid project No. 68 and consists of surfacing with gravel 11.22 miles in the section named. The project will require more than | 28,000 cubic yards of surfacing and the state estimates the cost | will approximate $50,000. ’ | Bids for the work will ke ‘opened by a representative of | the highway bureau at Lewiston | May 12. | The contract calls for eight | inches of crushed rock over a 16- |foot highway that was graded last year between Cottonwood and the Lewis county line in the | Ferdinand and Cottonwood high- | way districts. | |SELL DELINQUENT STOCK, A large number of the shares | of the Farmers’ Union Ware- | house Company, Ltd., were sold |Monday in the office of the ;company for delinquent assess- ment which the company voted /on all stock on March 5th. The | assessment was for 10 per cent }of the par value of the stock, |$25. The 722 shares owned by the Tri-State were bid in by the ;company. Prior to the sale a | resolution was passed giving the | Tri-State 90 days in which to }redeem their stock, this com- } pany holds the controlling shares |The next heaviest buyer was | Jack Pennecard who bought ap- proximately 60 shares. Other buyers were Howard Mckinley and D. A. McKinley. |SEVEN ARE TEACHERS. Mr. and Mrs. Vance Rooke| who have been out from their | home on the Snake river visiting | with relatives and friends in Grangeville and Cottonwod _ re- turned to their home yesterday. | Mrs. Rooke has been teaching | school the past winter and a pe- |euliar coincident is that she comes from a family of fifteen children, nine of them being girls, seven of whom are school teachers. | WILL PAINT K. C, HALL. | The Knights of Columbus are making arrangements to have their hall painted and otherwise |improved. _ It is the intention of | the officials of the council to have the work done in the very |near future. A fire escape will lso be built on the rear end of |the hall for the convenience of | the upper floor. | ga TO aaa |TO HEAR K. K. K. SPEAKER. | John J. Jeffrey, of Portland, | imperial lecturer for the Pacific |Northwest domain of the | Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, says the Free Press, will speak jin Grangeville tonight. com- | mencing at 8 o’clock. His sub-| ject will be “The Truth About! is free. bv Din 4 'N EVER THING COUNTY AGENT LEADER | MAKES EXPLANATION | W. Kjosness Says They Do Not Wish to Force a County Agent on Any County UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO EXTENSION DIVISION Grangeville, Idaho, April 23, 1923, Dear Sir: To the Editor of the Cottonwood | Chronicle. | The Honorable Board of} County Commissioners of Idaho county have decided to provide for county agent work if a ma- jority of the people in Idaho} county desire the service. In order to learn the will of the people they are sending out aj post card ballott during the first week in May. The commission- | ers will meet on May 12 to count | the votes mailed back to them. In connection with this refer- endum the people should know} what county agent service in- | cludes and what the cost is. The county agent is the repre- sentative of the University of | Cottonwood claim they have a| Pringle. Idaho college of agriculture and | legal contract and intend to hold accordingly and will be in the city on the above the United States department of argiculture. It is his duty to bring the most advanced infor- mation from the best source to the farm and to assist in the ap- | plication of this information to farm and home problems. The program adopted in Idaho | county includes culling and mat- ing of poultry, dairy improve- ment, general crop work, grain and potatoe standardization and | certification, women’s work in- | cluding dress form, millinery, | and garment construction class- es, the organization and supervi- | sion of boys’ and girls’ clubs, | rodent and general pest control, | and the importation of high | grade seed and pure-bred live- stock. | To finance county agent work | the county commissioners will | provide $2000 per year for the | coming two years. Jf the county | commissioners provide $2000 per | year, the U. S. department of | agriculture and the college of | agriculture will meet it with an) equa! amount in money and spe- | cialist assistance. If the county does not contri- | bute its share to the mainten- | ance of this service the federal | and states money will be used in | other counties. | The $2000 which the county | provides constitutes the entire | appropriation for all purposes, | including salary, car and office expenses. The county money re- | mains in the county treasury | and is disbursed by the commis- | sioners at each quarterly meet- | ing when claims for expenses are presented. All claims are audit- | ed and approved by the college | of agriculture before submitted to the county commissioners. To the taxpayer the county’s share means a levy of 14 1-3} cents per $1000 assessed valua- | tion. Or for every 100 acres of | | | the best improved farm land the | cost is 57 cents. In other words the commissioners must set} aside for county agent work 43 cents out of every $100, paid in | by the taxpayer for all purposes. | Taxes are already paid for this | year. The question before the people is do they want to in- struct the commissioners to set | aside for county agent work 43 | cents out of every $100 taxes or | do they want them to use it for some other purpose. In line with their program of | economy, the commissioners 4 lege of agriculture can provide. mains the same as in the past. county agent i i y ag service established THE STATE have reduced the amount set 70 ADNIA oh aside for county agent work SA D Se for last year from $2400 to , ations, ie $2000 for this year. Federal : and state appropriations will re- THE STATE C *e i __ lenge and ey govern- —— ; men ave expen several . thousand dollars to cooperate ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM with Idaho county in getting VARIOUS PARTS OF or ae ready to go for- ward with the same program in paar Wad the future and to give Idaho county the best service the col- The birthday of Isaac Mounce, who Monday reached the age of But we have no desire to force| 99 years, was celebrated at the this service on a county. What| home of his daughter, Mrs. W. we will do in the future, there-| L. Ruddell, of Culdesac, with fore, depends entirely upon the| Whom he makes his home. expression you give in this re- ferendum. Highway improvements in The government is|north Idaho totaling $802,000 slow to act in withdrawing a were approved last week at a service from a county but it is| conference of officals of the fed- equally slow, when once rejected, in reestablishing a service. eral bureau and public roads, the forest service, and the Ida- We appreciate your interest| ho state road officals. and cooperation in the past and /shall welcome it in the future should the service be continued in Idaho county. W. KJOSNESS, County Agent Leader. CHAUTAUQUA DATES SET. Cotton w 00 d’s chautauqua Governor C. C. Moore refused Friday to permit his name to be signed to a letter addressed to President Harding, asking re-’ lease of 53 so called “federal political prisoners” serving sen- tences for violation of the espi- onage act during the war. Pocatello is not to be outclas- dates are set for June 13, 14 and| Sed by Chicago, Cleveland or any 15th. At the present time| other eastern city when it comes there is a controversy going on|t keeping right up to date with by mail between the Ellison and the fads of the time and on Mon- White people and the signers of | day evening an endurance danc- the local contract. It is stated ing contest will start at the Co- that the chautauqua people did|/umbia hall. not get the signers on the con- The senior sneak day of the tract that some of the original| Winchester high school came to signers wished thereon and we|an abrupt end Tuesday morning understand that they were told M at the beginning that if certain| were traveling overturn when the car in which the two men and firms refused to sign| miles north of Winchester, Miss the contract the deal would be! Clara Nichols suffering from off. astic chautauqua Some of the most enthusi-| bruises and shock. None of the boosters re-| others were injured. fuse to take any active part as the result of the controversy. The outcome of the affair seems | Williams, Four residents of Kooskia have been examined. by W. T service examiner at very uncertain at this time. The| Grangeville, for the postmaster- Ellison under whose and White company,| ship of Kooskia. The candidates supervision the|are J. M. Shaw, E. N. Judd, chautauqua is being brought to} Edward Gilroy and Mrs. Edith the signers mentioned dates. A member of the loce] com- mittee informed Mr. Shaw is acting postmaster at Kooskia. State warrants totaling more than $37,000 in amounts are in the office of Harry Fisher, state director of license, r for the Chronicle} distribution to tobacco dealers that they absolutely refused to} of the state who paid the 1928 go thru with chautauqua contract. JUMPS BOARD BILL. Sheriff A. W. Mitchell of Nez- perce and his deputy, Brown, were in the supposed tobacco license fee of $50. The warrants are to refund the deal- ers their fees because the legis- lature repealed the act and took the license fee from the statute Lester | books, Cottonwood Wednesday and while here plac- Settlement of the Eugene R. Day will case, involving between ed under arrest, J. H. Zell, who} $2,500,000 and $3,000,000, share was charged with jumping a! in which was denied the wife of board bill at Winchester to the|the prominent Coeur d'Alene amount of $80. unable to raise the out in jail. Mr. Brown, the deputy sheriff He was taken to Nezperce, and Tuesday plead guilty to the charge and was fined $25 and costs and being mining man, is expected within the coming week as the result of negotiations which have been in progress for the last month be- ‘ ie necessary | ty, . ebba funds is now serving his time bhi iil dlfe ad aa aay and relatives of her husband named as the ‘sole beneficiaries in the will. |livery business and “Brownie” |of the Ferdinand school district, |receiving 65 votes against 52/Mahen had enjoyed good health of Lewis county is well known ‘ ai here by many of the old timers, PS brangy BN - he he having been employed here] Gn Towig Washingtow f years ago by Miller and Miller, thal Manual Sisaee on orga when they were engaged in the June 16 to 30. Word that the P J i 41st division 186th infantry will as he is better known to his . friends, was one of their best — make od at pie PO wee drivers. This is his first visit tent baad Ye ffi a M el to Cottonwood in several years. ohh ihe war donapenait onthe 2 division is made up of guard BALLOTS NEXT WEEK, |units in Washington, Oregon, 3500 ballots will be mailed out | Taaho and Marke Monday of next week by County 0: aNd SONAR H. eat Auditor Henry Telcher, address- Appproximately one million ed to all parts of the county and| pounds of butterfat will be man- from the result of the votes cast | ufactured in Caldwell _yearly on these ballots the county com-| Utilizing cream from dairy re- missioners will be guided as to| Sources tributary to Caldwell in- whether to make an appropria-| Stead of shipping cream away to tion for the county agent in the|be manufactyred. This an- future. All persons are urged|nouncement comes from H. W. to vote their ballots as soon as|Coppish, who has recently pur- they receive them and return the| Chased the Hazelwood Creamery same to the county auditor. All| company there and is at work on ballots failing to arrive in the| Plans for extensive alterations auditor’s office by 9 a. m., Sat-| and the installation of a large urday, May 12th will not be|@mount of new equipment. counted by the commissioners. James McMahen, Latah coun- —___o ty farmer, died at the age of 100 SCHOOL ELECTION. years seven months and five In a spirited school election,| days, last Friday night. He Saturday, in Ferdinand, H. W.| would have been 101 years of Uhlenkott was elected as a|age on August 15, having been member of the board of trustees | born in Ireland, August 15, 1822. Up until a year ago Mr. Mce- cast for his opponent, E. L.| and was in possession of all his Mueller. The heavy vote came! faculties. It was his ambition as a surprise, as up to Saturday} to live 100 years and after he little interest seemed to be taken| had completed a century mark in the outcome of the election.| in active life he began to fail The two other trustees are H. a noticeably and his death was ex- Emmett and Mrs. Etta Hayden. | pected at any time.