Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, July 13, 1923, Page 1

COTTONWOOD C COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1923 VOLUME 31. NO. 29. \IT SURELY PAYS. AND WILL | Few people realize that cream | ‘is being brought out from the! Salmon river on pack horses but! GIVE CONCERT this is nevertheless the truth, | for Monday of this week Mr. and | : | Mrs. Foy, te bo in| Cottonwood, to erhaar, | ON STREETS OF COTTON: | cream valued at $32 which they | WOOD EVERY SATURDAY | brought here on pack_horse.s| ‘ | About six weeks ago Mr. and EVENING AT 7:30 P.M. | Mrs. Unzicker commenced milk- |ing 22 head of cattle and ever| ‘since that date they have had a} Through arrangements com-~| weekly pay check of $32 froin pleted this week by the Cotton-| the cream alone. So enthusiastic wood band and the Commercial are they over the results that club, the first named organiza-| they are going to increase their | tion will give open air concerts, milking herd. Heretofore the | every Saturday evening at 7:30 cattle have been allowed to run| p. m. for the enjoyment of the|on the range with no profit to| people in general and as well as; their owners whatsoever only to give members of the band an, when the time came to sell them} opportunity to practice at the| for beef. At the present time} same time. | they are just getting half of the The Cottonwood band, under milk, the remaining half going the leadership of Prof. Moll is| to the calves. progressing nicely and they are) The Unzickers have also stock- | playing music equal to that of | ed their farm with hogs and they | some of the larger bands. They| are being fed on the skimmed | are playing the same music that| milk, At the present time they the Moose band played at Win-| have a fine herd of hogs which | chester the 4th, and this organi-| they also plan to market in the zzation is rated as among the| very near future. best amateur musicians. | The cream brought in Monday The Cottonwood band is going | tested 50, and they say they are through its most difficult period | well satisfied, the profits amply at this time as many of the boys | are now engaged in work that! seldom permits their presence on) evenings that they practice and| as a result the dues have also} fell off. Saturday evening con-| certs, it is believed will bring all the boys together at least once | a week and at the same time} give the town and country folks | an opportunity to enjoy a pleas- | ant evening. As for their compensation, the} band will be assisted in a finan-| cit] way by the Commercial club. | So remember, Saturday even- ing is the first concert. YOUNG BOY DIES. | The country home of Mr. and} Mrs, Joseph Altman was deeply saddened last Friday evening when death summoned from) their family their youngest son, Joseph the joy of loving parents, | sisters and one brother. Joseph Altman was born in Coblenz, Sask., Canada on Oct-} ober 6th, 1910 and came with his parents to Cottonwood when a} mere baby. The young boy was a} student of St. Joseph school} where he was loved by both his! teachers and school mates. Death was caused from leak- age of the heart following a} severe attack of scarlet fever} last winter. Everything possible was done to prolong life by his loving parents as well as physi- cians who were unable to combat | with the organic defects. | The funeral was held at St.| Mary’s Catholic church Saturday | evening at six o’clock, conducted | by the Rev. Fr. Willibrord and} the remains were laid to rest in| the Catholic cemetery. | The sympathy of the entir | community is extended to the) bereaved parents in the loss of | one so young and with su promise and hope for the future. et | YOUNG MAN SHOWS NERVE | Alfred Richards last Thursday | afternoon while discing on the! Ed Nelson ranch cut his right| | trip are: Clarence Keith, Roland | FALLS 28 FEET. repaying them for their labor. The best part of it all is that} they have a pay day each week. (thehove dink-zvSeY -pzAme,w GOES ON OUTING. Dean C. Poindexter will take) a number of boy scouts for a week’s outing near Orofino next | week. 30y scouts will be there from all sections of Idaho and the equipment for the outing is} being furnished by the forest reserve who will also teach the boys the fundamental _ princi- pals of forestry. W. W. Flint will | take the party to Orofino Sun-| day in his ear. Those making the | Buettner, Leslie Shields, Dallas) Eller, Lavern Jessup and two} boys from Ferdinand. | HIGHLY COMMENDED. Mrs. J..H. Williams, who since | last October has been instruct- | ing a class in Sunday school} work was partially repaid for| her splendid work in the form of | a letter from the Sunday school | headquarters in Chicago which} organization highly praised her | for the efficient work she had | accomplished and they based} their judgment on the examina- tion papers recently submitted | by her pupils for correction in| Chicago. Five laidies took the examination and all passed in aj |most satisfactory manner. | While painting the Cotton-) wood Garage, Saturday, William | Kelsey fell from the scaffolding | for a distance of 28 feet to the| cement sidewalk below. The; accident happened in a most, painting when suddenly the ropes ‘holding up his end of the scaffolding sliped in the pulleys thereby causing him to fail.} Fortunately he lit on his feet and | no injuries were incurred in the} fall. His paint. bucket also fell spilling the contents over him. | He was back on the job in less} than half on hour. | knee quite badly when the disc | hit a rock throwing him from) gsHIP CATTLE. his seat into the machine. Young) fight carloads or 343 head of sett He tat dens 908 weeks | eo aa 8 4 aturday mornin, the following two days, Friday | Batt: their Nace atin Y Being and Saturday. While walking to) Calais, Montana. The cattle were | bi agp hee cot aap ae eri the property of the John Flynn | Indi. seg ze ee ears Ne eae estate and were bought by M):.| nibeos and pong jumped from | vr tor Fr ae ee 9 ee | the ground to the running board | labia toile cach aa Manel of the car the wound that had | The shipment consisted of cows, | partly oat shed on : cone | calves, yearling and two year old | Gers he i ee ae the cattle. prt shipaienh: con-| " a A | sisting of about the same num-} a pe ger pecledlypecsacbeery 4 ber of cattle will be made within | and eight stitches were required | AEA Shank FATHERS DINE AT COTTONWOOD HOTEL TUESDAY EVENING— FINE PROGRAM. Forty fathers and sons were present at the banquet given Tuesday evening, at the Cotton- wood hotel, by the Commercial club in honor of their sons and besides enjoying a_ splendid banquet a short program was also rendered. The affair opened with a piano solo by Miss Vivian Baker and a song by Mrs. T, C. Keith ac- companied by Miss Baker on the piano. The climax of the even- ing came when Miss Baker and Mrs. Keith sang an original song composed by Miss Baker especi- ally for the occasion. After the musical program, Chairman Belknap made a short talk of welcome which was re- sponded to in behalf of the young folks by Gail Williams, who made an excellent talk. Speeches were also made by W. W. Flint, J. H. Williams, Dr. rr, Dr. Shinnick, Rev. Poin- dexter, Prof. Moll, V. A. Dye and Burdette Belknap. The affair was a big success and members of the club were greatly pleased with the results accomplished, WAS HIS CLASSMATE. Dr. J. E. Reilly, Monday of this week received an announce- ment from the Northwestern University Dental school, Chica- go, from which institution he graduated in 1903, advising him of the alumni meeting of the class in Chicago recently. The .q| peculiar manner. Mr. Kelsey was} principal speaker was Senator- elect Henrik Shipstead of Minn- esota, the only dentist ever elect- ed to the United States Senate and a classmate of Dr. Reilly in the Chicago institution. Dr. Reilly was well acquainted with Senator Shipstead. The class of 1903 presented to the senator an elegant watch. | DOLE GETS CONTRACT. Fred A. Dole of Lewiston was | awarded the contract for gravel- ing the Evergreen highway district, 10.88 miles in length the road extending from three miles this side of Winchester to seven miles beyond. Ten thousand yards of rock will be used in this work to make the road come up to federal and state standards. Mr. Doles bid, the lowest of a number submitted proposed to do the work for $27,722.75. The district will also receive federal aid on this project which is known as aid project No. 69. ‘THE WINNERS THEIR SONS HRONICLE > $2.00 PER YEAR COUNTY BOARD IS READY Do Ist Share of Work Nec- essary Because of Washout Highway district to bear share of expenses in repairing the Grave creek road, a part of which lies within the Fenn dis- trict, were taken by the board of county commissioners, Thurs- day. Due to a cloudburst, more than a month ago, serious wash- outs occurred in the road, built \last year, and the highway is badly. in need of repair. It is said the Fenn Highway district refuses to pay its share of cost of repairing the road, or do the work, The county board, in resolu- tions adopted, demands that the Fenn district do its share of the work, and if it refuses within ten days to commence repair- ing the road, the county attor- ney is instructed to file suit in district court to compel the Fenn district to repair the road, or else permit the county to pro- ceed with the work, and charge the cost to the Fenn Highway district, and collect the money required by taxes on the Fenn district. The board, Wednesday, refus- ed to pay more than $200 im bills, accrued against the office of the county agent, abolished last February. These bills were contracted between February 15 and May 15, when the Idaho County Farm bureau proposed AT FLY BLOW WESTOVER EATS DIRT AT} ROUND-UP WHEN YEARL- THROWS HIM. The Fly Blow celebration, closing Saturday evening ‘after | a five days exhibition of wild west stunts is now history and everyone who took in the affair will long remember the event. The attendance was some- what cut short by inclement} weather and bad roads leading to | the scene of the celebration but | the spirit of the crowd was as | enthusiastic as if there had been 10,000 people present. Cotton- | wood was well represented at the } Fly Blow doings and the Tut Strut orchestra was exceedingly popular, especially so after the members of this by private subscription. Funke, Cottonwood, president of county agent’s bills. west stunts of their own. tempted to ride a yearling steer | tion. from the chute and in this un- dertaking Frank Jenny, Barney Malerich and Raymond Matthie- | sen were successful. Prof. West- over, who thumps the ivory keys | iston. to perfection says that his hands | H. Campbell and O. T. Lingo, Grangeville; Harry Mitcheli, E. S. were not make to close and as a| day appointed coroner of Idaho result he was unable to stay |county, vice A. J. Maugg, re- seated on the animal’s back bone | Signed. Mr. Maugg has removed and before it had made more | to Seattle. than a dozen jumps Westover) The board refused to create a was eating dirt. Tommy Gibbons | proposed herd district in’ the had nothing on Westover for|/South Fork country, on the popularity after defeat stared | ground that most of the propos- him in the face. Cowboys and |ed district lies within the Nez- cowgirls rushed to his side after | perce National forest. he was thrown and to what| County property will be sold seemed to them as the tune of |at public auction by the board, Home Sweet Home only a few)in front of the courthouse, Sat- seconds before the steer left the | urday afternoon.—Free Press, chute dwindled down to what} RP A TY ou now sounded like the defeated QUITS ROAD. cowboy playing “Nearer My God Joseph Blackburn, time a representative to Thee.” 2 The celebration from a finan-| territory of a 4 \ grocery concern has resigned his cial standpoint was a success | “s bale even tho the attendance was not | Position and is now backing a new invention to the limit. Mr. quite what was expected. | wes ; ha winnerm * inte . canna Blackburn, while in Kamiah last events were: for some in this Grunewald mirror adjuster, a FOR COURT ACTION Demands Highway District to Steps to compel the Fenn its to finance the county agent work John | the farm bureau, and J. B. Mc- Donald, Fenn, secretary, appear- ed before the boprd and told of the deficiency declaring that the farm bureau was unable to col- lect enough money to pay the The board Thursday awarded to Fred Karsten, of Grangeville, contract for construction of 292 organization |feet of concrete sidewalk, eight entertained the people with wild | feet wide, in front of the court- Each | house, at a cost of 42 cents a member of the orchestra at-|Square foot, including excava- i Karsten was the lowest |bidder. Other bidders were W. Nezperce, and J. F. Reeves, Lew- Hancock was on Thurs- large Portland | week became interested in the| Stake race: Won by W. A. Spivy, 1st; Vance Rooke, 2nd. small attachment which can be easily attached to any dresser Bucking contest. _Won by Clyde Painter on Joe Joe; Vance | Rooke, 2nd on Sailor. Steer roping. Won by Jack Rooke, time 42 seconds. Bareback riding. Won by Glen | Seay on Little Diamond. Calf roping. Won by Vance! Rooke, time 38 seconds. Relay race. Was_a draw be-| tween the W. I. Rooke horses | and the W. A. Jones horses. | George Brust rode for Rooke,| ments with a manufacturing Clarence Frost riding for Jones. | ooncern to manufacture them in in Bull dogging. Mibee 3 Carl | large quantities. ipton, time 30 seconds; George | ‘ ¥ Brust second; time 38 seconds. All the people: who fave! &% Free for all race. Won_ by mirror after which the same |may be placed in any stationery | position desired. He has al- ready interested the large furni- ture dealers in Lewiston who say the patent is the best ever. He also sold A. H. Nau a number of the adjusters who has already sold several of them to his cus- tomers Joe will leave in a week or so for the east to make arrange- amined the invention announce | to mend the cut caused by the| disc. He has been confined to} his bed ever since but is improv- ing nicely. BUYS NEW COMBINE. F. G. Nuxoll, of Greencreek, last week received delivery of a McCormick combine harvester, which he will use to harvest his bumper crop. Mr. Nuxoll at one time was skeptical as to the suc- | cess of this machine but after seeing several in operation in his piectichiran vostro] Work will be commenced at once. FENN WINS. | Lagerce kaor anni Fenn delivered the blow to the | Cottonwood ball team, Sunday | that killed father. In a hotly contested game, the Fenn boys came out after nine innings of | good playing with one score in the lead. The final score stood Fenn 5, Cottonwood 4, Cotton- wood’s defeat Sunday now places the Greencreek team in first place in the percentage column. _ Greencreek has won | three gafnes and lost one while section he decided it was just the machine he wanted. the Cottonwood team has won, four games and lost two. | for more than 40 years, while in | years. | better for a bumper harvest.” Everet Taylor on Wild Fire; George Brust, 2nd on Dempsey. BEST IN 40 YEARS. Joe Brockman, a prominent farmer of the Ferdinand section, and a resident of Idaho county BREAKS ARM. The 13-vear old son of Mr. Cottonwood Tuesday evening on business matters remarked that Camas Prairie as a whole has the best prospects of a bumper crop this year that it has had in 40 Mr. Brockman said “J terville had the misfortune to yesterday. The viven medical attention by Dr. Orr, ing the harness from a_ horse can remember of no time in the} when the same caught and came 40 years that I have resided| off with a jerk throwing him to here when conditions were any|the ground so hard that it re- sulted in breaking his arm. it most practicable, and one that every woman on doubt like to have on her dresser. | K. C. PICNIC JULY 22. | The Knight of Columbus will and Mrs. Frank Winkler, of Keu- | hold a picnic in the Peirce grove, Big plans break both bones in his left arm | are being made by the various jon Sunday, July 22. injury was | committees in charge of the af- | | lodge The young lad was tak-| with their families and friends |fair. Members of the jare invited. |_ Chester Nuxoll, of Clarkston, |is visiting with relatives and friend in Cottonwood. would NEWS AROUND THE STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF THE STATE Meadow Creek trail, in the Sel- way national forest, has been completed by the forest service, the last barrier to free travel having been removed on July 8. Arthur E. Clarke, president of the First National Bank of Lew- iston, Idaho and Mrs, Clarke sailed on June 26 from New York for London, England, on a tour of the British Isles and the European continent. They will especially visit the devasted re- gions, Supt. O. H. Lipps, of the Fort Lapwai Indian school and Nez- perce reservation, has just com- pleted taking the census of the Nez Perce Indians for the fiscal year ended June 80, which shows a decrease of 82 members of the tribe residing on the reservation since the census last year, _ The fire loss per capita in the city of Lewiston for the fiscal year starting with July 1, 1922, and ending with June 80, 1923, was $1.92, this being based on a population of 8,000 which is very conservative. For the fiscal year ending June 80, 1922, the per capita loss totaled $8, and the preceding year $2.47, More than 400 Idaho attorneys are guilty of an offense, the penalty of which is a $500 fine or six months’ improsonment, or both, according to D. F, Banks, state treasurer, at Boise, for 427 attorneys in the state have failed to pay their annual license fee of $5 to the state treasurer, provided for in an act of the 1928 legislature. A heavy wool crop is reported from the sheep ranges in the country surrounding Riggins, and a 100 per cent increase in lambs. Shipments of lambs ag- gregating $175,000 in value have been shipped east via New Meadows and McCall. On the river between Riggins and White Bird, $40,000 worth of wool has been shipped through the parcel post to Grangeville, Automobile registrations up to July 1 of this year are ap- proximately 500 less than the total recorded for all of 1922, it was announced Tuesday at the office of F. A. Jeter, secretary of state, For the first six months of this year the secretary’s of- fice had issued 58,867 licenses for pasesnger cars and trucks combined. The total for all of last year was 58,874. Fire followed death at the John L. Crowser household, near Gifford, when at 5:45 o’clock Monday morning the fine ranch home of Mr. Crowser, who died suddenly of heart failure Friday night, was burned to the ground. Practically all of the household effects were saved from the flames, and the body of Mr. Crowser was removed to safety. The fire destroyed the house and cellar and several outbuildings. | Unity Gold Mines company, of Warren, of which J. A. Czizek, former state mine inspector is manager, is instaling a $200,000 hydro-electric plant on Elk creek a tributary of the South Fork of Salmon river, to supply power to the Warren mining district. The plant is to be of sufficient ca- | pacity to care for requirements of the district for years to come. Work of construction and insall- ation will be completed this season. The O. W. R. & N. company boats will handle the largest wheat tonage ever moved from Snake river points since the con- struction of the Lewiston- Riparia branch railroad this year, it is said. Estimates run as high as 1,500,000 bushels. |Prior to the construction of the railroad, wheat was moved by ‘boat from both sides of the Snake and transferred to rail at Riparia. Since that time the grain hauling has been confined to the crop on the south side of the river and that of the river grain districts above Lewiston. Read our “For Sale” column. |