Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, June 29, 1923, Page 1

a COTTONWOOD CHRONIC! VOLUME 31. NO. 27. COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1928 $2.00 PER YEAR ENGINEERS = ""°tattxehernons (Where Gor TL NEWS: AROUND INVESTIGATE “sisson” (JL 777, SSG THE STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM Grangeville Monday. VARIOUS PARTS OF THE STATE COMMERCIAL CLUB RE- ELECTS OFFICERS. Fathers and Sons Will --Hold .a Joint Meeting and Ban- quet, July 10th. wy ‘ae HAVE SET ASIDE $8000 FOR| Applications for widows tax! N. & S. HIGHWAY exemption to the number of 118 3 ‘ were considered at Grangevilie,’ TO TWIN HOUSES. Monday by the Board of County | ae Commissioners acting as a board | The Cottonwood Commercial | Club held its annual election of | officers at its regular noon-day| luncheon, Tuesday, at the Cot- Federal Engineer Roy Shoe- maker with headquarters at} Ogden, Utah and State Engineer | Adams, working under the juris- | diction of the state highway de- partment made an investigation of the proposed new route for| the North and South highway | via the Twin houses which road | leads out of the Cottonwood] district towards Fenn and| Grangeville. It is believed that the change will be granted by} the federal and state engineers, | who requested the Cottonwood highway commissioners to pre- pare and passed the necessary resolution effecting this change. This has already been done and forwarded to the Commissioner of Public Works, W. J. Hall at} Boise. } Two weeks ago, petitions were circulated in the district asking the commissioners of the Cotton- wood highway district to grade} and gravel the road leading to the twin houses, thereby also ex- pressing their wishes that the| old survey through the Schnider | ranch be abandoned and to use| the old road to the west line of } the district. The petition was| signed by at least 90 per cent of | the taxpayers in the district. | This fact, of the taxpayers in} this district desiring the change | was made known to W, J. Hall, | commissioner of public works, at| Boise, who in turn ordered his} engineer to at once make an in-| vestigation and report to him as! to their findings. Federal Engi-| neer Shoemaker, acting for the federal government, who must| first give his approval of the pro- ject in order for the district to receive federal aid was also pre-| sent at the investigation and without any question of doubt the proposed change will be} granted after which the district | will receive federal aid, dollar for | dollar. The engineers will again make | another inspection of the pro-| posed change in July, when all details will be worked out. It is estimated by the com-! missioners of the Cottonwood | district that the work of grading | and graveling the road, approxi- | mately two miles in length, will} cost $16,000, half of which will} be paid by the district and the} other half by the federal govern- | ment, The figures agreed upon | by the commissioners are taken | from the basis of $1.85 per cubic | yard for crushed rock, the prive they are now paying for similar work and the grading and etc., as | estimated being the same as they | paid for the road construction | last year. ENJOYABLE TRIP. Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Farris and two children returned last | Thursday evening from a 1184 mile automobile trip that took} them from Cottonwood to the} Pacific ocean. After leaving | Cottonwood they spent two days | with relatives at Walla Walla, | Wash., where they also made a} sight seeing trip thru the Sol-| dier’s Home and the Washington | State Penitentiary. From there they went direct to Portland) where they took in Swift & Co.’s | packing plant. They motored | to Astoria where they went thru | the salmon canneries, which are | now in the height of their wovk | : is in full| Keuterville, Fenn and Cotton-) religious work. as the salmon run is on in fu lat Sorclonk ta tnllnns tset ata swing. From Astoria they motor- | ed to Seaside, a famots summer | resort and spent the night on the | Pacific ocean beach. Mr, Farris stated that after | arriving at Culdesac of equalization. Of these 108) were granted to amounts not to! exceed $1,000 each. The ten! were refused as not coming un-| der the provisions of section) 3Q99 of statutes of the state of} Idaho. | The commissioners. granted} tax reductions on small proper-| ties for C. L. Ward, William) Chamberlain, M. L. Denny and) E. S. Sweet. Requests were denied to J. H. Von Bargen and F. L, Allen. | Petitions for tax reduction’ signed by Mrs. W. B.-Wellen, W. | E. Reid and others of the Joseph | Plains section were denied by the commissioners. A similar peti-; tion for a reduction for residents | of Doumecq Plains was also denied. E. P. Wellen, H. P. Two- good and others were signers of | this petition. Valuation of the Cottonwood | Elevator company plant was re-| duced from $34,000 to $29,000, | the petition being presented by| J. F. Jenny and others. The board also met with the} Commissioners of the Keuter-| ville and Fenn highway districts, | discussing matters pretaining to the Grave creek road and its up- | keep. <A portion of this road is located in both the Keuterville and Fenn districts and we under- | stand Keuterville has agreed to! pay for the upkeep of its portion | of the road in its district but that Fenn could not be induced | to do the same. What action; the county commissioners will take is not known but it is gen-| erally presumed legal action will | be taken. There is a law on the} statute books that requires high- | ways to keep public roads in their respective district passable and if they so fail the commis-| sioners may have the work done and assessed against the proper district that is after a judgment | has been secured from the dis- trict court. BIES-WILLENBORG. On Wednesday morning at 3] o’clock, St. Mary’s Catholic) church was the scene of a very! pretty wedding when Miss Anna| Bies, the youngest daughter of} Peter Bies of Cottonwood, be-| eame the wife of Michael Wil-| lenborg of Greencreek. The) nuptial mass was read of Rey.) Fr. Willibrord. | The bride was attended by her | sister, Mary, and the groom by) his brother, Joseph. | Directly after the ceremony | at the church the bridal party | motored to the home of the| bride’s father where an all day) reception was held. At noon} |an elegant dinner was served to} a large number of relatives and} friends. The happy pair will make| their future home on a ranch | north of Greencreek. The best} wishes of all their friends and| acquaintances go with them in| wishing them health, wealth and | happiness and the Chronicle| wishes to be numbered among} them. | In the evening the groom gave | a free wedding dance in the I. O.| O. F. hall, and the dance was at-| tended by the largest crowd that | has attended such an occasion in | many years. Friends of the} newly married couple came from | all sections to attend the dance, | Greencreek, Ferdinang, Winona, | wood. GON PPA HERIG OND SR | DAMAGE OVERESTIMATED. | The heavy rain and hail storm) that visited the Fenn_ section | press, UNE RAINFALL TWICE AVERAGE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IN 10 YEARS FELL IN MAY, 1915 —RAINED 18 DAYS. J The daily weather report of St. Michael’s monastery, located a few miles from the city and kept in a most accurate manner by Fr. Jerome, reveals that the precipitation for the present month, up to the time of going to was 5.14 inches, just double the amount in rainfall for the month of June over an aver- age period of 10 years. The weather bureau at the monas- tery has been functioning for the past ten years and going back over the records of the same re- veals that the greatest amount of rain during this period for any one month fell in May, 1915, 7.07 inches. The greatest amount of rain during the present month fell on the ist and amounted to 1.39 inches. It rained on 18 days during the month. Father Jerome believes that | the rainfall on the prairie was even greater than at the mon- astery. The heavy rain during the month has been of great benefit to the country in general and of course in some cases it has also been the cause of knocking down some heavy grain. Pastures, for this time of the year are the best ever, gardens have also been benefitted. Crop prospects have never been better on the prairie and with favorable weather con- ditions from now on a bumper harvest is looked for. Alfalfa hay is reported to be the heavi- est in the history of the country. Another factor, that many farmers point to is that during the hatching season of grass- hoppers the rain was the heavi- est and few of these pests will live to survive and the hoppers will not be here to molest crops as they did a few years ago when the prairie suffered for the want of rain. HOLD CAMP MEETING. The Nezperce Indians are holding their annual camp meet- ing on Mason Butte, the opening sermon having taken place Wed- nesday evening. It is stated that more than 2000 Indians will be on the ground to take in the services during some time of the two weeks. Hundreds of whites will also attend. Both Indian and white ministers of the gospel are taking prominent parts in the Every morning sunrise prayer meeting, PLEASANT PARTY, Mrs. M. A. Pierce, Mrs. Goffe they had! last Saturday did not do nearly| Eckert and Miss Helen Eckert splendid roads all the way and|as much damage as was at first |. were hostesses at an attractive they were especially taken with the Columbia highway. all their car miles. Mr. Farris also kept an | up | reported. Much of the grain! self in fine shape. The storm five hundred party last Friday In| that was thought at first to have} afternoon at the country home of registered 1184| been a total loss is righting it-| Mrs. Pierce. Eight tables were in play with Mrs. John Hoene accurate account of the gasoline | was the severest on the Wren) receiving high score and Miss consumed on the trip and aver-|and Marion Weber holdings. No, Margaret Shinnick, consolation. aged 27 7-10 miles to the gallon | in their Overland. | They were accompanied home | by Miss Sylvia Livingston, of| Walla Walla, a sister of Mrs.| Farris, who will remain here for | an indefinite period. damage was reported around did not reach this far, / “THE NEW LEATHER! PUSHERS” starting July 7, at i Orpheum. The house was tastefully decor- | Cottonwood as the heavy storm) ated with wild roses and colum- bine. Delicious refreshments were served by the hostesses at the close of the games. And still the sun shines. \INVITATIONS ARE EXTENDED TO CELEBRATE THE 4TH OF JULY BY MANY IDAHO COUNTY TOWNS. Several Idaho county towns are making extensive prepara- tions to entertain large crowds on the 4th of July.. Each and every one of these towns extends to you a general invitation to spend this national holiday as a guest of theirs. First on the list to extend such an invitation is our sister town, Ferdinand where great prepara- tions have been made by those in charge of the affair to royally entertain you on that day. The celebration will be officially opened at 10 o’clock by speeches after which the day will be spent by entertaining you with all kinds of sports. One of the speakers at Ferdinand will be Fr. Willibrord of Cottonwood and Geo. FE. Erb, former utility commissioner, of Lewiston, A big bowery has been erected at this place where those enjoy- ing dancing will be entertained both afternoon and evening. Next in line, is the Fly Blow celebration, across Salmon river who also extends a similar in- vitation. This celebration, while a litle different from the ordina- ry one will entertain its guests chiefly with wild west stunts. Western sports will be depicted as they really exist in a cow country and no make up will be necessary. Fly Blow is ideally situated for sports of this kind. Free camping grounds are also available. This celebration will commence July 8rd and last for 5 days or until the 7th. Other Idaho county towns that will celebrate are Riggins, up Salmon river, Clearwater on the Clearwater river and at Grangeville the pioneers’ will have their annual reunion. MUST HAVE FIRE PERMIT. In order to keep a ‘check on campfires built on areas most frequently visited in the Nez- perce forset during the fire dan- ger period a system of camp fire permits will be put into effect beginning July 1. The areas where these permits will be put in use are on or adjacent to the Adams. road from the boundary to the Adams ranger station and thence to Slate creek the South Fork road from the forest boundary to the Castle creek ranger station and the Red river hot springs. Several thousand tourists and campers visit these areas every year and in order to insure these areas against destruction by careless burning, it is necessary to emphasize the need of care with fire and to keep before the public their duty and responsi- bility. These permits will be issued without charge and contain the regulations governing the use ot camp fires and show how they can be made safe. Permits for building camp fires between July 1 and September 15 on the areas indicated may be obtained from the Forést Supervisor at Grange stations on the forest. ville, Idaho, and at the ranger J forest | tonwood hotel. | organization as was also W. W. | Flint, secretary-treasurer. The | members of the club feel greatly indebted to these gentlemen for their untiring efforts in behalf of the club, which they perform for the sum of $00,000 a month, aries were doubled. Members of the.club are also making great plans for the tonwood hotel on Tuesday, July 10th at 6:30 p.m. Every mem- ber of the club is requested to bring his son and those who are so unfortunate as to have no son father’s son. J. F. Jenny, chairman of the gress made with Engineer Shoe- maker and Engi: houses, which investigation was made on that day. was heard with great delight. Sixteen members of the club Monday as planned. | trucks can be run over | mud. | Eller Gets Big Still OF MOONSHINE IN VA- jcounty and his deputy, | for liquor and for the parapher- three Weeks ago was successful. This time the sheriff and his deputy, found in a vacant house }in the north part of the city a to Sheriff Eller is one of the ; tune to grab. It is what is known turning out approximately gallons of liquor in a day. ville in connection with the raid. | Neibhur house found. residence | days. it was found. day in connection day’s raid. ownership of the still. seat, M. M. Belknap was reelected president of the After their reelection their sal- ;fathers and sons meeting and| banquet to be given at the Cot-| are urged to invite some other highway board, also reveled to the members present, the pro- meer Hughes in; regard to the road to the Twin His report Rain the first of the week made it impos- | sible to haul the rock from the binds onto the road with trucks, They expect, however to com- mance crushing as soon ag the |roads dry up so that the large, them | | without becoming mired in the ALSO FINDS FOUR QUARTS CANT HOUSE, 1 ARREST.— W. H. Eller, sheriff of Idaho | Ben | Robertson made another search | |nalia that generally goes with! such; in Cottonwood, yesterday | ; and as in his first search some | still and four quarts of moon- shine liquor. The still, according | | largest he has ever had the for- as the forty-gallon capacity, | 8 While the still was found in a vacant house, a small portion of | | the same was also found in the house occupied by Henry Nie- |! bhur who sheriff Eller placed | under arrest and took to Grange- The four quarts of liquor were |found in a celler between the | and the in which the still was The sheriff also found a large |amount of mesh that had been | poured out into a hole recently excavated. From all indications the mammoth still had been in| operation within the last few Sheriff Eller, who was in the city on business matters yester- day had started for his home at | Grangeville when he was “tipped | off” that the big still was locat- ed in the vacant house in which | From all indications other ar- rests will probably be made to- with yester- Neibhur denies A large number of people ex< amined the still while it was be- ing pera m the sheriff and is deputy to transported in . . an automobile to the county | would not be serving the aims of The 15-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Damrose of Craigmont while swinging in a barn, Monday suffered a broken arm and severe bruises from a fall caused by the swing break- ing and throwing her through an opening to the lower floor. The Standard Asphalt Paving company of Spokane was recent- ly awarded the contract to pave approximately 82 blocks in the business district of St, es, Idaho, for $128,900. The « | ny was also given the contract to install castiron _ sewers in the paved area for $17,342. Edward Cheatham, a United States marine, who during the war was one of the famous “suicide squad,” one of the four bodyguards accompanying Presi- dent Harding on his tour, is a nephew of Mrs. W. B. McFar- land and Mrs. Sam Carnahan of Coeur d’Alene. C. C. Lyda, a contractor on the North and South highway near Whitebird announced that the opening of the road to travel were present at Tuesday’s meet-| would occur within the next 10 ing. days, and that while work would continue, the contractors have RAIN HALTS WORK. orders from the highway depart- The General Construction) ment to keep the route open to company was unable to place its | tourists. large rock crusher in motion,| The sale of state treasury notes in the sum of $665,000 was successfully consumated Friday by State Treasurer D. F, Banks. Seven bids were received, the ac- cepted one being that of Ralph Schneeloch and company of Portland, who offered $189.65 premium on the issue for notes bearing 4 8-4 per cent interest, — The road program for the northern part of Idaho eontem- plates arr expenditure of $8,000,- 000, according to an interview given to the Spokesman-Review in Spokane Saturday, by Wm, J. Hall, state commissioner of public works, Boise. Much of the work is proceeding and the re- mainder is to be contracted for soon, W. W. Stabler, of Portland, Ore., an active wool buyer in the Inland Empire, said recently in Lewiston, that actually all the | 1928 clip of the Lewiston region has been marketed. Mr. Stabler purchased 150,000 pounds that was shipping out through the Lewiston gateway, and about 100,000 pounds in the eastern Washington district. Edward Grunwold has been given the contract for grading the half mile of road at Kamiah from the foot of the hill south of that city into town. His con- tract is at 18 cents a yard and is expected to amount to about $1,000. The Kamiah city council has made arrangements with the Triangle company by which that company will surface the road with crushed rock in return for the use of the city’s rock crush- er. One hundred and fifty blue gowned girls and women opened the packing housev@f,the Oregon Packing company Lewiston the first of this week and are sorting and canning Royal Ann cherries as fast as nimble fin- gers can move. Thirty days from now the cherry pack will be over and the company will have dis- tributed probably $100,000, Bal haps more, to growers of cher- ries and the employes of the can- nery. On motion of Prosecuting At- torney J. L.’ Phillips of Nez Perce county, Saturday in dis- trict court, the case against F. L. Wicks, former cashier of the Bank of Gifford, cha: with embezzlement, was i Mr. Phillips later announced that he would move dismissal of the charge against Wicks, alleging making false entries in the bank books. The dismissal was made on the ground that the facts al- leged would be difficult of proof at this time as to criminal intent and that further prosecution justice, ' kepetea