Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, June 15, 1923, Page 1

rae ON Gr Se en VOLUME 81. NO. 25. COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FR IDAY, JUNE 15, 1923, ft $2.00 PER YEAR BORAH WILL BE A CANDIDATE FOR U. S. SENATOR FROM IDAHO—WILL RUN AS A REPUBLICAN. United States Senator William E. Borah, while on his way home | from Washington, D. C. gave out | a statement in Chicago, Tues- | day, where he made it clear that he does not expect to leave the Republican party for a third party. He also said he expected Pre- | sident Harding would be renomi- | nated for the presidency but pre- dicted that the president’s world | court plan would not be a cam- paign issue next year because he beHeved it would be defeated in the senate next winter. The senator took the view that should President Harding be nominated on a dry ticket and the democrats pick a wet candi- date, other domestic issues | would be overshadowed and de- clared that should the liquor pro- blem take a commanding posi- tion he would be forced to stand by the eighteenth amendment. “Our pressing domestic pro- blems require the best thought | in all of us,” said the senator. “T should say that among these | are the railroad question, coal) distribution and our perplexing marketing problems. These should be taken up and solved at once for the good of the coun-} try.” | The senator expécts to be a} candidate for reelection from| Idaho next year and will seek | the regular party convention en- | dorsement of his state. | | { HELD ANNUAL MEETING. | The annual meeting of the| Farmers’ Union Warehouse com- pany was held in the I. 0. O. F. hall, Saturday. The meeting was well attended and much im- portant business was transacted. Adolph Hinkelman was elected a} director of the concern for a term of three years taking the place of Frank Frosman whose term had expired. Henry Schmidt was reelected for a term of three years. The old members of the board are: Aug. Schroeder, Joseph Riener, Henry Bosse, Barney Luchtefeld and Anton Jansen. A Mr. Fellers of Waterville, Wash. has been named as the new manager of the local con- cern to take the place of C. H. Greve who resigned in April. Mr. Fellers will take over active management of the union on Monday, June 18th. Mr. Greve, the retiring mana- ger has no definite plans for the future but has four propositions under consideration at the pres- ent time. The Rev. Fathers of St.! Michaels monastery are holding their annual retreat this week. Among those in attendance are Fr, Boniface of Nezperce, Fr. | Michael, of Ferdinand, Fr. Willi- brord, of Cottonwood; Fr. Mar-! tin, of Keuterville; Fr. Paul of the monastery and Fr. James of the convent. | Miss Agnes Eckerman, who spent the past year in Moscow, attending the state university, returned home Monday evening to spend her summer’ vacation with relatives. Miss Eckerman was the first of Cottonwood’s | university students to return) Bade 1 ROY ROMIG ARRESTED FOR VIOLATING LAW| Sheriff Eller Finds 10 Gallons of Moon and a Still at Romig Home Monday. Sheriff William Eller and his deputy, Ben Robertson placed Roy Romig under arrest Mon- day at four o’clock after they had searched the Romig premis- es and found two five gallon jugs of moonshine liquor and a still. Romig was taken to Grange- | is.president and Bert Schroeder, | |for the coming year by the fol-; N ANN = ville immediately after he was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Rob- ertson and on Tuesday was tak- en before Probate Judge Camp- bell were he pleaded guilty to} the charge of violating the state | liquor law. Yesterday morning | he was taken to Lewiston to re-| ceive his sentence from District | Judge Wallace N. Scales. Sheriff Eller searched the} px a premises after having re- | ceive stated. Prosecuting Attorney Frank E. Fogg was also in the city with the sheriff when. the arrest was made. Sheriff Eller also had a search warrant for another party in Cottonwood but after searching the premises it is stated noth- ing was found that would war-| rant an arrest. THOMPSON HOME TEARS CHIMNEY TO PIECES RIPS SHINGLES FROM ROOF—OTHER DAMAGE, Lightning hit the home of Chester Thompson about noon, Sunday, doing some damage to the house and frightening the occupants to such an extent that Mrs. Thompson was forced, to seek medical attention to quiet her nerves and to assist her in ASSOCIATION MEETS. The Idaho County Bull As- sociation held its annual meet-| ing in Cottonwood, Saturday and | was well attended by members| of the association from various | sections of the county. So well} pleased were the members of|yecovering from the shock. The this organization with their of-| lightning was followed by a hard ficers that they were reelected] clash of thunder. for another year. John F. Knop| From all indications the lightning entered the house secretary-treasurer. through the chimney which it The various blocks throughout| demolished, throwing brick to all the county will be represented| parts of the yard. A portion of lowing named gentlemen: John Funke, Cottonwood. John F. Knop, Cottonwood. Sid Knig, Grangeville. corners of the roof which entire distance. 4 was picked up by an eave trough 3ert Schroeder, Greencreek. | and carried into the ground. The Joe Bieker, Ferdinand. eave trough went within three All members were well pleased | feet of the ground, and from the with the working of the organi-| trough to the ground the water zation to date. The female} was carried by a wooden box animals that were imported from) which was also badly ripped. Oregon last fall are all doing} At the time the bolt struck nicely. the building, Mr. and Mrs. Thompson and Frank Densow were eating dinner. The bolt coming down the flue blew out every flue stop in the house, INSURANCE MAN HERE. J. R. Stotts, an old newspaper man of southern Idaho and now connected with the state insur-| throwing soot all over the rooms ance department was a business| and the diners. The electricity visitor in Cottonwood yesterday. | acted very strangely, beside the numerous complaints| from Cottonweed that he was LIGHTNING HITS violating the liquor laws so it is | the bolt went down one of the was covered with tin, ripping it the From here it | entirety that Idaho would have) Mr. Stotts was here checking up} business concerns and corpora-| tions carrying insurance with} the state. Mr. Stotts remarked | that when the North and South | highway was completed in its} a tourist travel equal to any of the states in the west. Hundreds of people are already seeking in- formation regarding this high- | way. He also remarked that it! would do much to bring north telephone it tore a hole into the wall about the size of a dollar and did much damage to the telephone. The electric light fuses were also blown from their sockets in the switch and thrown for some distance. Those familar with lightning state that the only thing that saved the home from being set on fire was the eave ae which carried the bolt into the ground. and south Idaho in closer re- lationship and wipe out entirely | the imaginary line, that north} Idaho was a portion of Wash-| ington and south Idaho a por-| tion of Utah. He said crop} conditions on the prairie looked | ideal to him. Mr. Stotts, was for nine years a member of the edi-| torial staff of the Capito] News. | WILL ATTEND NORMAL. | Six young ladies left Cotton- | | wood Monday morning to attend the summer session of the Lew- | iston State Normal, and all plan on teaching the coming school | year. They were: Misses Louise | Hattrup, Estella Williams, May | Asker, Beatrice Wimer, Vera} Moughmer and Frances Ferney. | Ferdinand Gobel spent Satur- day in Lewiston visiting with his son, Frank Bruegeman. He! went down in an automobile and returned on the train. Miss Anna Peterson who has} been teaching school at Kellorg, | Idaho the past three months, having gone there to complete an | unfinished term returned home} the first of the week to spend her summer vacation with her} parents, Mr. and Mrs. John} Peterson. teach again the coming school year at Kellogg. The property is owned by William Nuxoll and was fully protected by insurance. The estimate damage to the building was placed at approximately $250. Joe Oldham is now engaged in repairing the damage. A large number of town folks went to the Thompson home Sunday afternoon to examine the dam- age done by the lightning. WINS IN ORATORY. Gail Williams, a student of Whitman College, Walla Walla won second place in the annual oratorical contest a feature of the commencement exercises of the institution. This comes as a signal honor to young Wil- liams from the fact that this is a coveted prize and is contested for by the best ability of the college. Gail was also _initi- ated into membership of the Delta Sigma Rho, an honorary national debating fraternity and is perhaps the youngest member of this exclusive organization. This young man is the son of our townspeople, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Williams. He expects to be home about July 1st, having chosen to remain for a time to continue his work in the college Miss Peterson will| town. “DRIVEN” by youthful Jove. Pie HEEDLESS DRIER LOCALS LOST A 12-INNING GAME GREENCREEK PLAYS EX- CELLENT BASEBALL AND DEFEATS LOCALS, The huskie Greencreek boys took the Cottonwood baseball team into camp Sunday on the Greencreek diamond, in a 12-in- ning contest, which, according to all those that witnessed the game was one of the best ever played on their diamond. The final score stood 7 to 6. The Greencreek boys played air tight ball until the eighth inning, and at this stage of the game the score stood 6 to 1 in favor of the opposing team. In the eighth and ninth innings Cottonwood tied the score. In the 12th frame, Greencreek brought in the winning score. Wessels of Greencreek pitched an excellent game and was deserving of win- ning his game. A good sized crowd witnessed the contest. Fenn Defeats Winona, The Fenn club defeated the Winona team at Winona, Sun- day in a one sided contest, the score being 8 to 1. McCoy Hill, of baseball fame did the throw- ing for Winona. The battery for Fenn was Erp and Bussard. Next Sunday’s games will be played in Cottonwood and Fenn; Cottonwood playing. Winona and Fenn playing Greencreek. Lost First Game. Nezperce lost its first game of the season Sunday when Grange- ville defeated the Lewis county boys at Grangeville by a score of 6 to 1. Win $500 Side Bet. Lewiston won its seventh consecutive game Sunday when they defeated Colfax by a score of 4 to 5. A side bet of $500 was posted between the two teams and it is stated that a| large sum of private money also changed hands. : ATTRACTIVE PARTY. Mrs. Edgar ‘Wortman was hostess Thursday afternoon at a delightful 500 party, which was enjoyed by twenty-four guests. Mrs. Bart Simon and Mrs. Paul) Terhaar were the prize winners, Pink and white roses decorated the tables at lunch time. The} hostess was assisted in serving by Mrs. Lloyd Turner and Miss) Margaret Simon. WILL IMPROVE STREETS. The city of Grangeville is making preparations to macad-| amize its Main street. The question of paving which has been before the city fathers of that city has been dropped ow- ing to the enormous cost. The} improvement work will cost ap- proximately $15,000. The work) will be done this summer. C. H. Nugent an attorney} from Craigmont was a business | visitor in Cottonwood last Satur-| day. } bt he ABATE ECE Five Sisters of St. Gertrude| Monday. fate. HISTORY OF IDAHO PORTRAYED IN PAGEANT. Miss Jeannette Greve of Cotton- wood Had One of the Lead- ing Parts in Play. In drama, dance and song, the history of Idaho, from the days when Lewis and Clark were led across her mountains and through her valleys by Sacaja- wea, the Indian maid, until the present time, was told in the ‘NEWS AROUND THE STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF THE STATE Two proclamations have been great historical pageant, “The issued by Governor C. C. Moore, Light on the Mountains,” pre- one calling upon the people to f |sented by University of Idaho observe Idaho Pioneer day, June students last Saturday night. 15, as a holiday, and the other The pageant attracted by far the requesting ihe peneral observ- largest crowd ever seen on Mac- ance of Flag Day, June 14. Lean field, the number of people, an increase averaging $2.50 who filled the permanent and rom 7, 000, says the; , Moscaw Star Biteror. 4 to 10,000 beeen gine of way _.| employes. ie number of men Features of the pageant were | affected in Spokane is about 65 the spectacular lighting effects,| ang on the Idaho division the which were carried out so ef-! number is about 500 fectively against the background | Estimates f ished tl of hills surrounding the field, be th tas vif eat di ercsagend and which included the repeat- y col Madi Le . ecg sh ul ed appearance on the hilltop of that th gotta f Tdah Dill id the gigantic figure of an Indian | (2°, Shad theta th ft the horseman, typifying “E-dah-ho.” | -edium of the 2-cnt dnoline Two hundred and fifty people | +3. ihatigs ate gi of took part in the pageant, and $1900 for epnmtniy f a that the success is best demon- te Oe een strated by the fact, that al-|, The city council of Lewiston though an out-door assemblage, Hi set July 10 for sale of the the crowd, instead of straggling i feat ig ns away, remained throughout, | 8¥ rized for improvement 0: giving the closest attention with | ity municipal water plant. eye and ear, from the time the | tans for the improvement were first speaker appeared, until the | 2dopted prior to the bond elec- grand finale, when more than | tion. 500 students sang “Behold the, Degrees i Light Upon the Moun-} aight Ederson ‘ at Ph dint ains. commencement Eleven powerful search lights | exercises of the University of yore used for the lighting ef, sae ‘ste segs ‘was Proven ects. e as large as the graduating Miss Jeannette Greve of Cot-!class of any previous year. tonwood took the part of Fifteen masters’ degrees were Sacajawea. ranted, and 156 baccalaureate epee dei egrees. CHAUTAUQUA DIFFICULTY | 4, F, Shirley, ae ge: heen HAS BEEN SETTLED.) !n the general offices ie Northern Pacific for years in Lewiston, and has served as traveling freight agent, Tuesday became general agent in this field. He succeeds W. J. Jordan, pioneer Northern Pa- cific official, who died recently were conferred on Programs Are Being Staged as Originally Planned at The Orpheum Theatre. eee idee b cheat ee guarantors, after taking a de cided stand some two months at Fortland, Oregon. ago not to go thru with the 1923 William G._ McAdoo, former contract, alleging that many secretary of the treasury during misrepresentations were made the Wilson administration, will by agents of the Ellison-White be the next president of the company, owners of the system, United States, according to M. after failing to give the affair Alexander, former governor of any publicity whatsoever, made Idaho, who has returned from an a satisfactory settlement with extended buying trip in the east. agents of the company at the As a result of Mr. Alexander’s Cottonwood Hotel, Tuesday. As trip he and other democrats of a result of the agreement the Boise will form the first “Mec- signers of the contract, number- |! Adoo for President” club in the ing some 26 business men and farmers of Cottonwood agreed to assist the management of the chautauqua system to put on the program as outlined by the company. A tent had been sent in for the purpose but owing to the lateness of an agreement having been reached it was de- cided to have the affair staged in the Orpheum theatre. Two days, of the four contract have already been shown and all those attending pronounce the programs so far very good. The program for this after- noon will be given by the Lom- bard Entertainors. This even- ing a prelude will be given by the same company and a_ lecture, “The Soul of Things” Dr. Henry Gaines Hawn. Saturday evening the closing number will be given by the Garner Jubilee Singers and a lecture entertainment by Nor- man V. Pearce. Saturdays pro- gram is regarded as the strong- est of the entire four days. TELL HENRY’S FORTUNE. The band of gypsies that pass- ed thru Cottonwood last week were unable to make their way to southern Idaho over the North and South highway and day as a result they returned to Lew-| iston and then via Pendleton. They passed thru Cottonwood Tuesday morning and as usual stopped to play their pranks, that of telling fortunes and etc. Their stay here was short for Marshal Nau ordered them to Convent and natives of Switzer-| leave on short notice. Had the land were granted their first) “lion hearted” marshal not tak- citizenship papers at Grangeville| en this step, Henry Turner of | Winona might have been bodily ST Ber Te STMT Ta |carried away by the gypsies. “DRIVEN” by the hand of | What is in store for Henry in the 25-1 | future we were unable to learn. United States, he announced. | Forty people ate dinner with a ‘cow at the dairy barn of the University of Idaho college of agriculture Tuesday. The cow was Idaho Violet Bosch Ormsby, the holder of the biggest record for butterfat production of any cow owned by a state institution in the United States. Violet’s fellow diners were breeders and representatives of the university faculty, including President A. H. Upham and Dean E. J, Id- | dings of the college of agricult- ure. Thomas Hall, Lewiston, with a | proposal of $49,870, will receive {the contract for building the | dormitory for the Lewiston state normal school. There were eight other bidders and the figures ranged up to $59,573. Charles Han, Lewiston, received | the plumbing contract and the | Electric Appliance store the wir- ing contract, these features | bringing the total cost of the structure up to $58,018. Curtis Richardson prepared plans for the building, which will be three stories with 19 suites, accomo- dating 70 students. Governor C. C. Moore of Idaho and I. H. Nash, Idaho land com- missioner, bowling merrily along the Coeur d’Alene highway Sat- urday afternoon at a clip alleged | to be in excess of that prescribed by law, were officially detained by Motorcycle Officer Ed Fitz- gerald. Officer Fitzgerald had trouble in convincing Mr. Nash driver of the car, that his “stop” command was in earnest, and not until the officer drew his gun did the car draw to: the side of the road. At Post Falls, at the request of Justice J. Settle, the governor’s party contributed $10 on a speeding charge. : 4 COTTONWOOD CHRONICLE | é . i | | {