Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, June 8, 1923, Page 1

VOLUME 81. NO. 24 HEAVY RAIN HITS PRAIRIE FISH WASHED OUT OF WA- TER IN ROCKY CANYON —SOME DAMAGE Another rain storm of almcst cloudburst proportions, similar to that of three years ago, struck the prairie Wednesday afternoon and did much damage to crops and garden in several localities. It will be recalled that the storm of three years ago struck first at Grangeville where the business section of the, city was flooded and the death by drowning of P. M. Glanville occurred. The storm then Kfed and struck again late in the afternoon north of this place, doing heavy damage to farms in the Stock Creek vici- nity. Wednesday’s storm struck first north of town and seemed to center over the John Duclos, Joe Remacle, Sidney Brown.and ¥. S. Wimer farms. The storm opened with about five minutes of hail, followed by torrents of rain, and within a few minutes the creeks were all overflowing their banks and streams of wa- ter were pouring down every . declivity, washing gardens, flooding low lying grain fields, carrying away fences and small bridges and doing damage which would probably aggregate sev- eral hundred dollars. While only a very heavy rain| fell here in town, the second arm | of the storm centefed over the| strip of country from the John Crea farm to the old town of Den | ver and the downpour in that} locality was so heavy that the) bridge across Shebang creek near the Edwin Nelson farm was | washed away and material dam- age done to fences and small) bridges, while the gardens also suffered to some extent. Quite a bit of the storm wat-| ers of this storm were carried | off by the way of Shebang creek but the major portion drained down Bowman Gulch into Rocky canyon. Washed Fish From Water, Probably ‘the first intimation Cottonwood ~ ha concerning Wednesday’s terrific shower in} the Bowman Gulch district was when Mr. J. B. Luchtefeld called the Nez Perce telephone office | asking information as to the source of the avalanche of water, | debris and mud that came by their! ranch in Rocky canyon where they are living at present. Mr. Luchtefeld and son, Rob-| ert, assisted by Mr. Baker a) neighbor were a half mile above their héme on what is locally known as Coyote Flat, rounding up cattle preparatory to taking | them out to Westlake on sum- mer range the following day. Hearing the unusual noise they rode to the edge of the flat and beheld a sight long to be remem- bered. Having a clear view of the) canyon, they saw all the water forced in a great wave ahead of a black glower moving mass which ied with it great) chunks of wood on the surface and rolling boulders beneath. He called to attract the attention of | his family to the sight but they | having been notified by neigh- bors were already viewing it from the hillside. Mrs. Luchte-| feld placed the children in an en- screened porch for safety an with her maid went into the gar- den to get a closer view. They) were astonished to see a living mags of fish in a great backwa- ter that had been formed at the base of the garden desperately struggling for fresh water but unable to get anything but mud. They flopped over onto dry land dying there in tntold numbers. The fish ranged in size from the finest to twenty inches in| length. Only a few mountain | trout were noticed among the dead fish. Being very timid they probabaly took warning and made a safe dash into Salmon river. i seea | Aside from a few held of stock | being drowned and a few gard-| ens washed out Mr. Luchtefeld | reported no other damage. If you’re looking for “Trou- ble” see Jackie Coogan, Sunday | at the Orpheum. 41 |\first been thought and it then jday School Union, held services 'ten thirty, Sunday morning, and d|on June 8th, 1907. That the in- SIX YOUG LADIES TAKE 2ND VOWS AT CONVENT Three of the Young Ladies Come From Greencreek and three | From Switzerland. At eight o’clock yesterday morning at St. Gerturde’s con- vent southwest of town occurred the services at which time sev- eral young ladies, who last year took their first vows as mem- bers of the Sisterhood, again made their second vows as mem- bers of the order of the Sisters of St. Benedict. The services were — conducted by Rev. Father James assisted by the Rev. Father Paul, Jerome and Baerlocher, and were quite large- ly attended by residents of the Greencreek, Keuterville and Cot- tonwood parishes. The Sisters taking a promi- nent part in the services yester- day were; Sister Hermine, who took the final vows; a sister of the Mager brothers, of Keuter- ville; Sister Helen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Beckman, of Greencreek ; Sister Heldefond, daughter of John F. Nuxoll of Greencreek; Sister Innocensia, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Willenborg, of Greencreek; the last three making their second vows; and three Sisters ‘who joined the order last year from Switzzerland, they also making their second vows, ROCK RUNS OUT. The foreman and crew of the General Construction Co., who arrived here a couple of weeks ago to begin the work of surfac- ing the state highway between this’ place and Lawyer canyon, have been having many difficul- ties to contend with since estab-} lishing camp. After a great deal of delay in getting their equipment located because of bad roads and heavy rainfall, they prepared a crusher site on the Bieren farm north of town, only to find later that the rock waa not as extensive as had at became necessary to locate ano- ther quarry site near the Bieren farm house further north. Here the rock formation proved satis- factory and the work of prepar- ing the crusher site has practi- cally been completed. It is the hope of the contractors to be able to begin operations with a full crew within a few days pro- viding further rains do not de- lay their work. : NEW S. S. ORGANZIED. W. R. Johnston, of Lewiston, representing the American Sun- in the Red Rock school house Sunday morning and evening, as- siting in organizing a union Sun- day school. About forty-three were present in the morning and the house filled in the evening. Officers and teachers were elect- ed as follows: Mrs. M. F. Griner, superinten- dem; Miss Elsie Jess, secretary ; and Migs Flossie Higgins, organ- ist; Mrs..James Brasier, primary teacher; Mrs. Ickes, interme- diate; E. M. Eckes, adult. The new Sunday. school will meet at as it is a union Sunday school, everybody will feel at home. 16TH BIRTHDAY TODAY. Today is the sixteenth anni- versary of the opening of the Cottonwood State Bank, which began business in Cottonwood under the able management of Herman H. Nuxoll and his asso- ciates as the German State Bank stitution may grow and spread in the next sixteen years as it has in the past is the wish of its patrons and the community. JUST 20 YEARS AGO. The heavy thunder storms of the past week have recalled to mind the fact that it was.just 20 years ago this week when the cloudburst occurred between Greencreek and Nezperce which flooded Lawyer canyon and caused the death of the father and aunt of the Dempsey family near the Stevenson crossing. By an oversight we failed to mention last week that Mrs. C. T. Staal and children had de- parted for Lewiston and Port- land on a couple of weeks visit. | We understand that while away Mrs. Staal will look up a market for some of the work ashe \ NN AN} \ a7 h\ nw me THE GAME OF THE SEASON HATTRUP’S SAVAGES CHAL- LENGE HUSSMAN’S TIG- ERS—KEUTERVILLE Hattrup’s Savages have hit the saw-dust trail and-are itch- ing for the Tiger’s scalps to adorn their belts, ankles and nose rings. Hold ’em, Hank, Hold .’em. According to the challenge and later disclosures of intrigue and plots the Tigers have only .a few more days to live. But tigers, like cats, die hard and the fate that awaits them has not appreciably dis- turbed their mental equilibrium for they purr_as contentedly as if they were awaiting a raid on a robbin’s nest. The Savages are the ones that are excited and Hank, he wishes now that he hadn’t let the bunch get out of! control and go so far as to issue “such a bloody chel- lenge. He is more interested in operating the saw mill than in base ball and he knows he won’t have more than half a crew the week after the game. Also what is worrying him is how to get such fellows ‘as Chas. Geb- hardt, Rufus Gentry and Como- dore Dillard around the track without a flat tire or engine trouble. Word has reached the Tigers that Hank intends putting them on roller skates and have some one push them around the bases. The Savages bank a great deal on Gary Carnes as twirler and home run hitter, but Gary’s arms are out of all proportions from handling them heavy shop boards. Spectators will not be eafe unless they hide behind barns or ‘the school house. Henry refuses to give out the lineup but the following play- ers besides” those’ mentioned above have been entered: John Engel, Ben Albers, Ben Entrupp, Billy Gentry, Ben Hattrup, Bernard Bosse, John Asker, Chas. Goeckner, Hubert Hattrup The Tigers will make up their team from the following: Jack Hilbert, Mike Hilbert, Ben Fors- man, Bud Nash, Jim Nash, Francis Homar, Sylvester Wink- ler, Mike Mager, Roy Williams, Pete Peterson, Louis Terhaar, Henry Boxleitner, Mark Tucker, Glen Rink, John Mager, Ben Baune, Frank Winkler, Tom Hazen, Harry Blimpka, John Brocke, and. as a reserve they have Dad Hilbert and Chris Schaecher. “Turn ’em_ Lose Hank” is the watch word with the Tigers. The game will be the big event of the season and will be worth going miles to see. No admission charge will be made but the boys will pass the hat around to. collect a little money to pay for the wire back stop, balls e. t. c. which will then become the property of the Keu- terville base ball fans. The prize (10 gallons of ice cream) is to be paid for by the losing team and is to go to the winners, who will invite the losers over some even- ing for a general good time pro- vided of course the Savages are willing to be reconciled after ‘getting a good drubbing. “Ay elegant a ae Ratemahi , wth \ Nt hie AN hE Bes | "Re imartaea. \\ <2 ‘) AGAINST STATE SCHOOL LAWS SUPREME COURT DECLARES LANGUAGES MAY NOT BE FORBIDDEN, Washington, June 4.—State statutes which would prohibit the teaching or use of foreign languages in all schools below the eighth grade were declared void by the supreme court as an unlawful encroachment upon the rights conferred by the four- teenth amendment which pro- vides that “no state * * * shall deprive any person of life. lib- erty or property without due process of law.” Justice Holmes delivered a dissenting opinion in which Justice Sutherland joined. The question was presented to the court in cases coming from Towa, Nebraska and Ohio. Eigh- teen other’ states, with similar statutes, participated. Justice McReynolds who deli- vered the majority opinion as- serted that the fourteenth amendment without doubt ‘“de- notes not merely freedom fron bodily restraint but also the right of the individual to con- tract, to engage in any of the common occupations of life, to acquire useful knowledge, to marry, establish a home and to bring. up’ children, to worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience, and gener- ally to enjoy those privileges long recognized by common law as essential to the orderly pur- suits of happiness by free men.” This liberty, the courts added, cannot be interfered with under 2 guise of protecting the pub- lie interest by legislative action which is arbitrary or without reasonable relation to some pur- pose within the competency of the state affected. Final determination of what) constitutes proper exercises of; police power is within the courts Justice McReynold asserted, an does not rest with the legisla- ture of the states. While the American people, the court pointed out, have al- ways regarded education and ac- quisition of knowledge as mat- ters of supreme importance which should be diligently pro- moted, and while it is the right and natural duty of the parent to give his children education suit- able to their station in life, many states have attempted to enforce the obligation by compulsory laws. ; gs “That the state,” Justice Me- Reynolds declared, “may do much, go very far, indeed, in or- der to improve the quality of its citizens, physically, mentally and morally, is clear, but the indivi- dual has certain fundamental | bi a which must be respect- Interferes. With Parents Right. Portland, Ore., June 4.—The) decision of the supreme court of the United States in holding un- constitutional state laws for- bidding the use of foreign lan- guages in schools, was interpret- ed by opponents,of the Oregon compulsory public schod! law as affecting that measure. J. P. Kavanaugh, chief counsel in Oregon for opponents of the it? the ure unconstitutional. ‘which ‘feres with the right of paren’ eo to control the education of their children’ violates the provisions x Lod federal ler constitution. ons are made to, file suit Cetackine eee compulsory public school” law,” said safer in who indicated agg -to attack the Oregon Ww. « The Oregon statute, which was adopted by a referendum at | i the general election last Novem- ber, provides that parents or ians:must send every child over eight years and under six- teen years of age to.a lic school with certain exceptions. SUPREME COURT IN SESSION AT LEWISTON Three Idaho County Cases Will be Taken Up by the Idaho Jurists at Spring Term. The supreme court of the state of Idaho convened in Lew- iston this week for their spring term. Three Idaho county cases will be decided by this tribunal. They are: re / Atwood Sues for Damages. In the case of T, M, Atwood vs. Northérn Pacific Railroad company and James S. Davis, as substitute. for John Barton Payne, as federal agent appoint- | (; ed under the terms of the trans- (Continued on last page) GASOLINE TAX SHORT. Total receipts from Idaho's new gasoline tax for the month of April are $24,257.47, it was announced by F. A. Jeter, com- missioner of law enforcement, charged with collection of the A few small dealers are yet to be heard from but their collections will not change the tax. total much, Mr. Jeter said. The department is having some trou- ble with one company which operates out of Spokane, he said, and which has refused to collect the tax. April was the first month in which the new law, passed by the 1928 session of the legisla- ture, was in effect and the total receipts are lower than was first anticipated by officials of the department. They estimated the receipts for that month would be close to $80,000. “However,” “we expect the receipts for the month of May to be more than twice what they were for April because of the increased use of automobiles.” Receipts from the tax indi- cate that 1,212,873 gallons of gasoline were imported into the state during the month of April. ATTENDANCE SMALL, The. sixteenth annual conven- tion of the Idaho County Asso- ciation of Odd Fellows, which convened in Cottonwood last Sat- urday, was marked by the smail- est attendance since the organi- zation of the county associa- tion, due entirely to the incle- mency of the weather and the almost impassable roads. a few lodges were rep a but in spite of this fact the en- tire program was led out, the only change being that both afternoon and evening sessions were combined into one séssion during the afternoon followed by the banquet at six o'clock and dancing in the evening. As a resuit of the convention Winona was chosen as the ing place for the convention in 1924, Whitebird 1925, Clear- water 1926, and Fenn 1927. Miss Caroline Terhaar depart-| horse te! ed the first of the week for Spo-| he had kane to visit with friends. Miss|and that he Terhaar recently completed her term of school at Priest River and has already signed a tract. for next year to teach in school law, stated after reading The Associated Press reports the Kellogg school which is off | of the largest in the state. said Mr. Jeter, | § con- | { The state of Idaho with the Wi d’Alene. national high Maria cow for of the Latah, Clark, and so won Harry Stone, a well known seit Sana Ry r} ly 4 Oo mek of that city where he hed north o! ere he down from his ins ual as suffering for some was riding into town Chay , for whom he wo! ter’ when he beeame enl; en after a hard horses. . He | ‘Mr. fife pie ut 2 fe FE il have to rest a few discovered = x is aad