Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, July 27, 1923, Page 1

Neamt Se PRE LE . COTTONWOOD CHRONICL VOL. 31. NO. 31. COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1923 WILL SHIP. MUCH LUMBER 115 CARLOADS WILL BE SHIPPED FROM COTTON- WOOD THIS YEAR. Approximately 115 carlcads of lumber will ke shipped out of Cottonwood, commencing with next week when on an aver ge of 2 carloads will move out of the local station daily until the en-| tire output has been shipped. All of the lumber comes from ‘the Keuterville section and is now keing hauled in large trucks to the railroad siding for loading into the cars. The greater per- centage of the lumber has been gold to a Coeur d’Alene concern. W. B. Hus est shipper, having approximate- ly 1,000,000 feet or about 50 car- loads. Henry Hattrup, comes second, with about 30 c rloads or about 600,000 feet. Ben Kreiger will have 15 —cerloads, John Hoene 10 carloads and Charley Meder 3 carloads. The average carlcad holds about 20,000 feet of lumber. O. Peterson, who hes a saw mill on Cottonwood Butte ship about 20 carloads from the Ferdinand station. The lumber industry has been very active in this section the past year. Placing the lumber tonnage along side of the wheat tonnage | that will be shipped from -the local station this year and with the livestock that will also move from this point it is safe to say that Cottonwood will rank among one of the heaviest ship: | ping points on the Camas Prairie railway system. NARROW ESCAPE. John Crea narrowly escaped serious injuries Saturday morn- ing while assisting his son, Wil- liam, in hoisting hay barn. Mr. Crea was driving a team that was pulling ‘the nets from the wagon loaded with hay when the pulley at the base of the barn gave away after load had been lifted about half way into the barn. The weight of | the hay quickly took up the slack in the cable and as a re- sult of the sudden drop of the net it unhitched three of the tugs from the team and either | the singletree or doubletree flew back hitting Mr. Crea a_ terffie blow on the head. conscious for half an hour but after he came too he was none the worse from his experience. CALL FOR BIDS. ’ The Fourth Assistant Post- master General is calling for sealed bids to carry the mail between Cottonwood and Rice Creek for a distance of thirteen miles. The bid calls for carrying the mail three times a week, Monday, Wednesday and Friday, leaving Rice Creek at 8 a. m. and arriving in Cettonwood at 12 m. The return trip is meade leaving Cottonwood at 1 p.m. and ar- riving at Rice Creek at 5 p, m. Bids will be received up to Aug. 26th. The contract will run from September 16, 1923 to September 16, 1926. The suc- cessful bidder will have to fur- nish a bond in the sum of $1200. WANT MORE TIME, Dan Monree, of Spokane and owner of the General Construc- tion Co., which concern is rock- ing the North and South high- way from Cottonwood to Lawyer canyon has asked for an exten- sion of 30 days to complete the work. He gives as his reason that inclement weather has held the job up for many days. From what information we have at hand it is more than likely that both the Ferdinand and Cotton- wood highway will recommend an extension of 80 days. ARRESTED FOR SPEEDING. Two young men were arrested within the last two weeks for speeding and each was fined $10.00 end eos*s by Judge Huss- man, amounting in all to $13.00. One of the offenders was arrest- | ed for driving a Ford and the other a Buick too fast through the Main street of the city. sman, is the heavi-| will | into the} the | He was un-} commissioners | HOLD UP ENDORSEMENT. The Cottonwood highway com- missioners received word last week that the road leading to the twin houses, which lies in the local road district would not ke endorsed at this time by the state and federal authorities 2s a portion of the North and South highway. About 8 weeks ago the commissioners of the Cotton- woed highway district asked that this short stretch be made a portion of the official state highway and at the time engi- neers viewed the route every- thing looked favorable towards }such an endorsement, the high- | way commissioners even going so far as to pass a_ resolution | setting eside $8000, to be match- |ed by a like sum from the feder- | lal government for the macad- | jamizing of this road. |. The officials, gave as their lreason for not recommending ‘the project, due to the fact that jthe Fenn highway district, to date has done nothing towards taking care of the North and South highway thru its own district, thru which district the. road would have to go if the Cot- | tonwood project was given of- ficial endorsement. | . As the matter now stands, the idea of graveling the road to the | twin houses, this year, will no. doubt be given up_by the high- | way board. : United States Senator Wil | G. R. Maxwell, of the staff of | of the most talked of men in the United States, if not in the world ‘EDITORS VISIT. | the Nampa Leader-Herald of | today, will deliver an addvess in Nampa, Idaho accompanied by J. C. Safley, editor of the Idaho | County Free Press of Grange- Senator Borah’s topic in city Saturday and made the} Senator Borah to speak in Cottonwood $2.00 PER YEAR liam E. Borah, of Idaho and one Cottonwood on Monday evening, August 6th at the Orpheum Theatre. Senator Borah will also deli- ver an address in Ferdinand, the following evening, Tuesday, 7th. Cottonwood will be “HOW TO ville spent a short time in the; FIND MARKETS FOR THE AMERICAN FARMER.” Senator Borah, while in the northern part of the state in- Chronicle office a pleasant call. | sisted upon speaking in Cottonwood for he still has fresh in his Mr. Maxwell was touring north-| memory a picture of the splendid audience that greeted him here : : * | ern Idaho in his car and Editor | about a year ago when more than |Safley accompanied him as fam} lack of seating capacity. as Winchester where his family | him and then to judge for himse is spending a few days. Mr. Max- | |South highway and while in} spots the road is none too good, | but passable, he enjoyed every | STORM HITS minute of his trip. This was his | > first trip into northern Idaho} COTTONWOOD and he was surprised to find} such a prairie as Camas Prairie. | The Nampa editor may decide to locate in northern Idaho if he | finds anything to his liking. LIGHTNING STRIKES GREEN STORK BREAKS RECORD, | CREEK CHURCH—KILLS One thousand four Jundred | FOUR COWS, 1 HORSE. eighty- eight babies repurted by | registrars to have been born in Soh Idaho during the month ended Cottonwood and_ vicinity was July 10 breaks all previous rec-} visited Monday afternoon by the ords, according to the bureau of | worst electrical storm of the vital statistics at Boise. Records | year. The storm was accompani- for illegimate children and twins | ed by a strong wind and heavy jalso were broken, the report| rainfall which lasted for about showing 16 illegitimate and 28) 40 minutes, the rainfall at one pairs of twins. Last year there | time assuming cloudburst pro- jwere 57 illegitimate births and! poprtions. The rain fell the records show 48 for the first | heaviest in Cottonwood and in a six months of 1923. |short spave of time the gutters Of the 1488 babies born, 743 | were running several inches of were boys, 740 were girls and | water. the sex of five was not stated. The wind did damage by blow- All were white. Parents of 1342|ing down heavy crops. Felix of the babics were born in the} Martzen, whose ranch United States. | the town was perhaps one of the The report also shows that) heaviest loses his 70 acres of there were 461 deaths during the | fine summer fallow was blown above reporting period, one of | down as flat as a floor. the persons who died deing col-| At Greencreek, lightning hit ored. Accidentts claimed 27/the steeple of the Catholic victims. Ten were killed in| church tearing the cross to splin- automobile accidents, 10 by ac- | ters and otherwise damaging the cidental drowning, 6 were elec- | building to the extent of about trocuted, by high itension wires, | $100, this was fully covered by end one was killed by lightning. | insurance. Organic diseases of the heart} Lightning killed four cows be- claimed 24 persons. | longing to Joe Hill, who resides ovesiinentie steer ese oe /on the ranch known as the Swift TRUCK LEAVES GRADE. | farm, they were standing beside The two-ton lumber truck of | a wire fence. Alois Ulhorn went off the grade| Glen Powers, who resides iti a mile from the Peterson saw-) the same section, had a_valu- mill at Cottonwood butte Satur- | able horse killed by lightning. day, throwing a load down the | ere hill and demolishing the cab of | The Cottonwood Commerciel the truck. Mr. Uhlorn is some club this week placed a large manner escaped injury and the!sign on the Lawyers’ canyon truck received no damage except | bridge crossing Lawyers creek that to the cab. | which is the dividing line be- Mr. Uhlorn owns one of the big | tween Idaho and Lewis county. G. M. C. trucks formerly used by The sign has two arrows, one the Cottonwood Milling Com.) pointing towards Lewis county | pany. {and the other towards Idaho | county. words: “Twelve miles to Cotton- | wood. Free Auto Park.” THRESHERMEN. Notice is hereby given that all farmers and threshermen are urged to attend a meeting in Cot-! and Sovth highway is progres- tonwood, August 4th at 7:30 p.|sing nicely. The contractors post of setting a uniform scale) placing the base rock on the road for labor and to tramsact) such | running north from their pres- other business ¢s may come be-| ent setting. Rock is now being fore the meeting. 31-2 | distributed towards Cottonwocd. | —————— !'The Cottonwood end will be com- | Read our want ads. |Pleted in about two weeks. the | adjoins j It also contains these | 200 people were turned away for The Senator wants every voter to hear f | Come out and hear Senator Borah. He has a vital message well came over the North and) for everyone and especially the farmers. K. 6. PICNIC ATTRACTS 500 MARRIED MEN WIN THE BALL GAME AND TUG OF WAR CONTEST tended the picnic given by Cot- tonwood Council No. 13889, Knights of Columbus, Sunday to imembers of their. order and their friends at the Pierce grove. The day was an ideal one for a picnic, and while one of the warmest in the year it never hampered the program outlined by those in charge. After the basket dinner at the noon hour, speeches were made by Rev. Fr. Willibrord of Cottonwood and George Erb of Lewiston. After the short speeches the |crowd was entertained by a base- ball game between the married men and the single men in which the married men came out vic- torious, the score standing at the end of the contest 6 to 2. The players making up the winning team were: George Seubert, Leo Simon, Albert Wessels, Frank Albers, John Terhaar, Frank Arnzen, Mat Duclos, Joseph |single men’s team: John Wagner Henry Schurman, Frank Nuxoll, Jack Tacke, Tony Duclos, Frank Waldman, John Sattler, Ben and Henry Engel. After the ball game a number of minor sports were also staged consisting of foot races. Wallace Pierce won the boys’ race; Miss Leola Weiker the girls’ race; August Seubert Kopezynski the | race, three-legged | i} won by the married men. |took them, however, fifteen minutes to pull the single | ponds, men over the dead line. j operation and this form fo sport |was well ed approximately bo: }ing the big balls at the ten pins. Lewis county; d . ice cream, Grangeville, for Idaho county; one of the first steam threshing ; cigars and )November 12, at Lewiston, for the like also did a big business Nez Perce county. The venders of lemonade, oranges, | i | | | | \ Approximately 500 people at- | | the picnic was a success in every ‘way and especially were the’ lance. | 360,021, | 1922, $3,923. with the picnicers and Al and Vincent Duman who were in charge of this part of the pro- gram got their share of the nickles and dimes. Ice cream wag the biggest seller of the day. Those in charge tell us that! NEWS AROUND THE STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF THE STATE pleased with the large attend- COUNTY VALUATION SLUMPS $156,730. Gain in Dairy Cattle and Work Horses—Loss in Merchandise And Stock Cattle, A computation of the expenses for the 4th of July program at Sandpoint show that more than $10,000 was spent in the promo- tion of the program. The boxing card cost $4,000, while advertis- ing and construction expenses for other features of the celebra- tion cost $6,000. _ Elk in the Selway national forest are reported to be suffer- ing from mange and some are dying from e disease. It is believed by = experts that lack of salt is causing the disease. R. E. Thomas, state game warden, has ordered a ton of salt to be distributed in the Selway forest. Fred Cox, 12-year-old son of Richard Cox of Coew d’Alene, was severely injured when the wheel of a loaded truck passed over his left foot, crushing it. The boy was riding on the truck and became frightened when the radiator began to boil. In jump- ing off, the wheel pased over his foot. Dr. E. A. Bryan recently re- tired after six years as Idaho A report from the county com- missioners acting as a board of equalization has been summari- zed and the total shows that Idaho county’s total assessed valuation is less this year by $156,730 than that of last year. Some few gains are shown, these being in dairy cattle and work horses, while the large slump was in merchandise and stock cattle. The total assessed valuation of the county last year was $12,- while the valuation this year was $12,208,291. Stock cattle last year was $14,975, and this year $11,964. Other valuations were: Dairy stock, 1921, $1,292; 1922, $1,604. $3,367 ; Draft horses, Common horses, 1921, $8,492; 1922, $2,769. Sheep, 1921, $29,508; 1922, 1921, $29,681. state commissioner of education, Hogs, 1921, $5,948; 1922, |and formerly president of Wash- $6,818. ington State college for 28 years, Merchandise, 1921, $176,630; 1922, $148,987. Furniture and fixtures, 1921, $22,420; 1922, $17,421. INTEREST COST $1000 DAILY Interest paid on outstanding state securities during years 11921 1922 amounted to more than $1000 a day, according to reports compiled by Geo. W. has accepted an offer to return to Washington State college. Dr. Bryan will be research pro- fessor of economics and econo- mic history, beginning in Sep- tember. Mrs. Cynthia A. Neely, who has lived at Moscow 25 years; celebrated her 100th birth an- niversary Tuesday at the home of her son, J. M. Barnes. Mrs. Lewis, state budget officer. The | Neely, whose maiden name was total amount of interest paid by |Cynthia Zumwalt, was born in the state in the two years, or|Jefferson county, Missouri. She 730 days, was $736,804.41, his |has been married five times and records show. , has buried all her husbands. More than one-fourth of this Mrs. Sarah Sweet, 87 years of amount was for interest on high-|age, and a resident of the town way bonds totaled approximately |of Nezperce since it was first way bonds. The interest on high- | started 24 years ago, died Sat- $218,000. urday evening of an illness of Mr. Lewis classified the total |three days’ duration. Mrs. interest payment into three|Sweet has been in splendid groups as follows: health the last few years, doing Arnzen and Dominic Duclos. The | and Muriel | | The tug of war contest, which | of was one of the most interesting | s¢ainst 46, jof the afternoon’s program was | She | started as soon as the money is The rock work on the North} The bowling alley was in DATES SET FOR COURT. patronized, Wiliam |tenth judicial district will im. in the band hall for the pur-| yesterday completed the task of | Ruhoff in charge having collect-' convened by_ Presiding Judge $20 from the (Wallace N. Scales as follows: ys for the privilege of throw- |Sentember 17, at Nezperce for Interest on state bonds, inter-|all her shopping and caring for lest on registered warrants and |her business. She is survived by interest on treasury notes. a daughter, Miss Blanche Sweet, | State bonds include all bonds |of Nezperce, and a_ son, issued for highway construction; | Sweet, of Coeur d’Alene. improvements of ell kinds to The Elk’s lodge Saturday |state property and more than] formally arranged the program | $1,600,000 worth of capitol con-| the lodge will provide at Wiin- \struction bonds. chester on August 2 as the open- | Interest on registered war-| ing feature of the two day cele- jrants is paid by the state when-|bration of completion of the |ever the general fund is depleted | Winchester link of the North jand it becomes necessary ‘to pay | and South State highway. The |state claims with warrants | lodge will provide a sport pro- | which are cashed at a later date. | gram and a baseball game and a | Until cashed the state pays 6 night event will be a dance. The |per cent interest on these war-|Moose band of Lewiston will ac- | rants. company the delegation, On The interest paid on treasury |the second day am address b notes is interest on borrowed} United States Senator W. of |money to swell the general fund | Borah will be a feature. \treasury until additional funds,| Another chapter was added usually taxes, are received These | Saturday to the case of Mary treasury notes are also issued|J. Dahlquist versus the Grant {against the highway fund as well | Smith Construction company |as the general fund. and the Lapwai highway dis- trict when papers in a supple- mental complaint were served on the defendants by B. F. Tweedy and Daniel Needham, Lewiston attorneys for Mrs. Dahlquist. The new complaint asks $25,000 in addition to the $100,000 sought in the original action, al- portion of the money will also|leging conspiracy to defraud be used to enlarge a viaduct run- | Mrs. Dahlquist out of 11 acres ning through main street which | appropriated for highway right on several occasions has been|of way over her place near unable to carry off the water in | Culdesac. . | the early spring. A representative of Henry The total votes cast Ford is in the Moscow country the bond issue seeking relics inthe farm ma- chine line, which are to be ship- ped to Dearborn, Mich., where Mr. Ford is establishing a mu- seum of antiquated machinery. The representative purchased an old horsepower from Leon Flandburg, a farmer in Whit- The fall terms of court in the |man county. The implement was be | used more than 30 years ago in threshing grain and has been re- placed long since by more mod- ern power. The representative is October 8, at |also reported to have purchased |GRANGEVILLE VOTES BOND Grangeville’s $15,000 bond jissue carried 5 to 1, Tuesday. |The $16,000 voted with about $6,000 more available will be used to macedamize 24 blocks and to grade the main street. A | in favor were 228; “Bids for the work will be open- javailable from the sale of the engines ever used in the Palouse country.