Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, August 10, 1923, Page 1

PRT RE E ] 1 4 1 t | e : \ saepeeetaeseeseeenesseneieanmmenresiness . COTTON 4 VOL. 31. NO. 33. 5-YEAR OLD BOY KILLED WHEN BIG CASE CAR GOES OVER EMBANKMENT NEAR COTTONWOOD. Ronald, the 5-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. William Huff, former residents of this vicinity, but now residing on a ranch near Stites, was instantally kil- led Saturday morning at 7:30 a.m. when the big Case car driven by Mrs. Huff left the road near the Tony Terhaar ranch and went over an embankment. The mother and daughter were only slightly bruised. The car turned over completely and was badly damaged. Mr. Huff, accompanied by his family came to Cottonwood to take back home with him a trac- tor that had been left here for repairs at the Service Garage. Mrs. Huff and the two children started home in the car with Mrs. Huff at the wheel while Mr, Huff followed them up with the tractor. They had only gone about two miles from town when the sad accident occured which is almost unaccountable on the part ot the mother. The door in the front compartment of the car either flew open or was opened by one of the children who were riding with their mother in the front seat. Fearing that one of them would fall through the open door Mrs Huff attempted to close the same and it was while engaged in this act that the car left the voad and overturned killing the boy instantly. The ear ran for more than 150 feet on the edge of the embankment before leaving the road. The father, who had driven his tractor only as far as Simon Bros., slaughter house was at one notified and Dr. Shinnick was called by telephone from the Terhaar country home. The car had to be lifted from the young boy before he could be re- moved from the wreck. an examination by Dr. Shinnick it was found that the young boy’s neck was broken. The Huff family and the re- mains of the boy were taken to Stites soon after the accident by V. A. Dye. The funeral services were held in Stites Sunady. The family has the sympathy | of the entire community. The car was brought to Cot- tonwood, Monday by Pearl Dye and after closer investigation showed that it was badly damag- ed. Those who witnessed the scene of the accident and saw the car in its position after the fatal plunge are all wondering how the mother and daughter escap- ed death. TAKE ACCUSED MAN TO LEWISTON JAIL. Talk of Lynching—Eller Takes | Man to Lewiston en At- torney’s Plea. Lem Binnion, aged 40 years, a blacksmith who has. been em- ployed in the James Oliver shop at Grangeville escaped possible lynehing from a mob of men, infuriated over a__ statutory charge brought against him by two Grangeville girls, when Sheriff William Eller removed him to the Nez Perce county jail at Lewiston Wednesday evening. The charge was preferred again- st Binnion Wednesday morning and in a preliminary hearing be- | fore Probate Judge W. L. Camp- bell he waived examination and was bound over to the district court under $3,000 bonds on each charge. The offenses were alleged to have been pernetrated about two weeks ago. The girls are both of age. ion has been a resident of Grangeville for a number of years. Attorney M. R. Hattabaugh was ‘retained by Binnion as counsel, and it was upon Mr. Hattabaugh’s recommendation that he was removed to Lewis- mn. Sheriff Eller passed through Cottonwood Wednesday with the | head; accused man. Afiter | WOOD CHRONI COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1928 $2.00 PER YEAR COLLECTOR HERE. / Charles N.. Brearley, deputy | collector for the Internal Reve- nue Department of Idaho, with | headquarters in Lewiston, was a business visitor .in Cottonwood for several days this week. Mr. | Brearley while here settled a | number of claims for the govern- ment in regards to persons hav- jing failed to put on the neces- sary sum of revenue stamps on deeds and ete. The customary fine of $10 which is¢the mini- mum charge by the government }on each deed where the amount |of stamps are lacking, was not |enforced on his trip this time, ihe having received notice from his department that the same | would be cancelled on a'l deeds | over two years old or hefore the revenne law was clearly inter-} | preted. | Those who have paid fines, and there are a number of them jin this Vicinity, will be refunded | | their money, is the opinion of | | Mr. Brearley. Mr. Brearley is a_ pleasant} gentleman to meet and one who aims to do the right thing, and of course he also has his instrue- tions from headquarters. | Prior to'a clear understanding | of the law which required a 50 cent revenue stamp for each $500 consideration or fraction | thereof on deeds when a moit- | gage was given the same was not} applied as when a cash consider- jation. In every case revenue} | stamps were only placed in the| ; amount of the cash consideration | | jand not in the amount of the} deal regardless of whether a} |mortgage was given or not, which the law now explicity says ; must be the case. \I1’S DIFFERENT. | Harvest on the prairie this |year is going to be one of the \longest and hardest experienced on the prairie in many years, |yes it is doubtful if it ever has {been so hard. Heavy crops and | }so much heavy grain having |been blown down by the wina |makes it doubly hard. Many jold machines that ‘have been placed in the fields have been unequal for the occasion and in | several instances new machines had to be purchased. We will refer to one personal | j}case that came forceably to our | attention this week. F. G. Nuxoll had 65 acres in’ summer fallow | wheat adioining town, a great | nortion of it, however, was blown | down, Ordinary yerrs Mr. Nuxoll | would cut this in three devs with \a binder but this year it took |him just six days and with the | hardest kind of work. The grain | could be cut only one way and | then it was so heavy and long | that a man walked along side of |the hinder with a pitch fork to assist the heavy grain on the elevating drapers. VISIT MINING SECTION. Jacob Lorentz, Nick Stein of St. Paul, Minn., and Bernard Schmidt of North Dakota, re- | turned Saturday evening from a visit in the Elk City mining sec- tion where they inspected the property and workings of the American Eagel in which _ pro- perty all three men are interest- jed. The men were surprised at what they found, even exceeding | their expectations. The company now has a large body of ore |yeady for milling which they will {run thru their mill located near | the mine. Mr. Schmidt and Mr. Stein {greatly enjoyed their trip into Elk City. Mr. Schmidt will re- turn to the Eagle mine when the mill is placed in operation | which will be as soon as the re- | pairs for the mill arrive. |SHIP CATTLE, | Five carloads of the finest | beef that has been shipped out {of Cottonwood in many days left | the local stock yards, Tuesday | morning on their way to Seattle, | the cattle were shipped by John | Baer. They were all in excellent condition for beef. Those sell- jing the stock to Mr. Baer were: | Frank Hatke, 15 head; Fred En- |neking, 6 head; Monastery, 6 | head; Frank Kaufman, 17 head; | Jim Crea, 5 head; Henry Hatke, |8 head; Frank Enneking, 33 August Schroeder, 37 jhead and H. G. Chicane, 5 head. WG aN \ ) .7/ y Vif com 100 FARMERS MET SATURDAY SET PRICE FOR THRESHING AND LABOR—WELL REPRESENTED. Nearly 100 threshermen and farmers met in Cottonwood, Sat- urday evening, representing the communities of Fenn, Winona, Keuterville, Greencrek, Ferdin- and, Cottonwood for the purpose of discussing harvest wages and the price to be charged for threshing. After some. discussion it was decided to pay common labor $4 a day for 12 hours which of course also includes board. $1.00 a day for team and harness. $1.50 a day for team, wagon and rack. The matter of setting a price for threshing was discussed at some length and the final price agreed upon was as follows: For complete outfit with cook house, 16 cents a bushel for wheat; barley and oats 14 cents a bushel. For a complete outfit’ without cook house, 18 cents for wheat; barley and oats 11 cents. All farmers. and threshermen present agreed to stay with these prices as set by the meet- ing Saturday evening. EFFECTIVE SEPT, 15. A saving of $60,000 a year on freight rates for farmers of Lewis and Idaho counties will be- ‘come effective after Sept. 15 of this year, according to advice from A. E. Holeomb of Crai mont, preisdent of the Shippers’ and Producers’ Transportation league of central Idaho and southeast Washington, who was Wednesday advised by H. E. Lounsbury of Portland, general freight agent of the Union Paci- fic system, that the arbitrary rate over Culdesac on the Camas Prairie railway would become ef- fective on that date. This will mean a saving of from one to two cents per bushel at the dif- ferent stations on the prairie. This reduction in the freight rates was brought about by the work instituted in January, 1922 by the shippers’ league. Mr. Holeomb and E. A. Cox of Lewis- ton, who is attorney for the league, have spent the past year and a half in efforts to acquaint the farmers and the railway of- ficials with the conditions and in putting the idea over. TANKS PLACED. The Camas Oil company, plac- ed their two 8500 gallon storage tanks on the concrete founda- tions built for them near the Joe South blacksmith shop, Satur- day. They were transferred from the flat car on a truck. The first car of gasoline’ for the new concern arrived Tuesday evening from Lewistown, Montana. The company is now ready for busi- ness. The company’s business in Cottonwood will be in charge of the Cottonwood Garage. Be- sides hand'ing gaso'ine they also deal in coal oil, distillate, greases and oils of 2ll kinds. They solicit a shart of your business. Read our want ads. PACKED HOUSE — GREETS BORAH 200 WERE UNABLE TO GAIN ADMITTANCE TO THE THEATRE. United States Senator William E. Borah, of Idaho, was greeted by a packed house Monday even- ing, and again as on former oc- casions more than 200 persons were unable to gain admittance. The Orpheum theatre was filled to capacity an hour before the distinguished speaker took his place on the rostrum, According to those, who heard the senator at both Grangeville, Winchester and Ferdinand, he made by far his best speech in Cottonwood and at times the senator resorted to eloquent ora- tory force to drive home his points. It is also safe to say that his audience was with him heart and soul. Senator Borah’s subject, “How to Find Markets for the Ameri- cen Farmers” a topic of great interests in farming sections, brought out almost every farmer in this immediate vicinity. It is estimated that 600 heard his speech in Cottonwood. Senator Borah after stating that the situation “never was more serious as to agriculture,” urged that the only definite and permanent remedy was the open- ing of foreign markets by the stabilizing of Europe. The wide- spread economic disturbances, with abandonment of farms, pro- vided a condition that, he said, “causes us to wonder as to the future.” The condition on the farm, Senator Borah said, was one that concerned not only the farmer, but the entire people of the na- tion. He believed that the mi- gration from the farm assumed an aspect that involved no less than the preservation of Ameri- can institutions. He said that the whole problem involved markets, that all other problems center there, and that a second necessary factor in a turn to safe economic conditions was a relief from burdensome taxation. Opposes Reducing Acreage. Senator Borah said he did not believe reduction of acreage practical, requiring a nation- wide understanding. and he did not believe such a plan economi- cally sound nor humanitarian. “Why reduce acreage when there are thousands hungry or starv- ing,’ he said. The plan of hold- ing wheat, designated as a “wheat strike,” he argued offer- ed no assurance of relief, for ulti- mately the market would have to be found for the product. The feature of freight rate senator said, and some steps should be taken along that line, but it was nota remedy. _ If the entire freight rate to Chicago wes eliminated, he said, the price then realized would not be profitable in the sense of restoring agriculture to that basis to which it is entitled. He urged free tolls for American shipping through the Panama canal as the stabilized of freight rates, offering water competi- (Continued on page 2) was important, perhaps vital, the | by the grower) tion to rail, and said that the) COMMISSIONER LYDA HAS AN IDEAL HOME ON RIVER. | First Visit to Her Old Girlhood Home in 37 Years—Rela- tive Buried There in 1869. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Bowman, Mr. and Mrs. George Bowman and son, Jack, of Butte, Montana Mr. and Mrs. George Medved, |Mrs. Fred Simon and Bernice |Simon, of Cottonwood, Mr. and | Mrs. France Bowman, Mrs. John |Long, Mrs. Gus Wickman, Ed- ward and Ralph Long of Grange- ville; and Mrs. J. W. Jordan, of Lewiston, motored up the Sal- mon river Sunday where they spent the day at the home of |County Commissioner Clark Lyda at Slate Creek. The most outstanding feature of the trip was that it was the first time in 87 years that Mrs. Bowman visited the scene of her girlhood days and decorated the grave of her grandmother, Mrs. |George Popham who was buried {in the Slate Creek cemetery in 1869.. The tomb stone, erected afew years after her grand- mother died is still in perfect condition, 4 Mr. Bowman operated a saw mill at one time a short distance up Slate Creek snd the lumber was used for building a flume 20 veors ago. Mr. Bowman came to Idaho in 1879, The social side of the trin was ereatly enjoyed, nothing being too good for the party at the home of Commissioner Lvda, who has one of the most modern homes in the county. Mr. and Mrs, Wilson, whose services Mr, Lyda has engaged also saw that the party was not in want. - The Lyda home is_ supplied with electric lights, heater,.fans, range, hot water heater and everything that goes to make a home comfortable and for the entertainment of his gentlemen friends he has a pool and billard table. The grounds about the home are kept in a most perfect condition and would make a city man envious. In the yard are trees of all kinds included among them English and black walnut trees that are bearing nicely. The black walnut tree is the talk of the country, it being 11 feet around and its branches extend fifty feet in each direction and makes an idel place for a party. And girls, the sad part of it all is that Mr. Lyda is a bachelor and we see now why the women in the party all had an extra smile for him. As to the roads, of which we have heard so much talk, being located on the North and South highway in places they simply could not be any better but from Whitebird, for a stretch of about four miles up the river they are {not so good and shows what kind of roads the people in that section had to contend with be- fore the highway was even thought of. The box canyon, the most scenic spot on the entire road is built about 100 feet above the river with walls of rock extend- ing high into the air on both sides of the river. When this highway is completed we will venture to say that it will be the scenic road of the west. The party will remember for some time to come the way they were treated by Commissioner Lyda and Mr. and Mrs. Wilson, who have invited them to return when the water melons are ripe. | BAD ROADS CAUSE. The caravan of American Legion delegates, some 50 cars in all that were to have passed through Cottonwood, Tuesday, failed to arrive, only three cars going through. The cause, it was learned, was an article which ap- peared in the Boise Statesman recently in which the writer, | who had traveled the north and south highway recently, told of | the terrible condition of the road j}and of the danger of the route. Many men who expected to motor through to the convention at Coeur d’Alene gave the trip jup and some, it is understood, went by way of Pendleton. SPECIAL PICTURE SHOW. “Peck’s Bad Boy” starring NEWS AROUND THE STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF THE STATE Saving deposits of Idaho state banks increased $479,350.- 37 for the year ending June 30, 1928, according to a statement of the total resources and liabilities of the banks issued Thursday by E. W. Porter, state commission- er of finance. Although wheat is being re- ceived at the warehouses in | quantities from the lower lan of the grain belt, Lewiston deal- ers reports that no large sales have been made. The farmers are hesitating on a market of 80 cents for red and 85 for white. ‘The safes at the Continental Oil company office and C. O. D. laundry of Lewiston were enter- ed Friday . night by burglars. The joint hauls amounted to about $150. The lock was punch- ed on the laundry safe, but the pe har was worked on the other, Mike Donnelly and Robert Ford, paroled negro convicts from the Walla Walla penitenti- ary, charged with first de murder for killing W. A. sp during the holdup of the Crisp store at Hope the night of July 16, were bound over to’ the district court at Sandpoint, Tuesday. The Potlatch Lumber company of Potlatch, Idaho, has bought the cedar plant of the E. T, Chapin company of Spokane at Bovill, Idaho, for a consideration reported in excess of $100,000. The exact price is not yet mined because the deal takes in — stock on hand in poles and posts, rai have not been inventori- ed, 3 The republican national or ganization will do everything in its power to prevent an a being made on United States Senator W. E. Borah and has al- ready taken steps to insist that many of the G. O, P. leaders in this state who are “out of the traces” get back into them, says H. A. Lawson in the Spokane Chronicle. : Attorney James F. Ailshie, Coeur d’Alene, counsel for Mrs. Esther Vollmer, has filed a mo- tion asking for a change of venue to Kootenai county in the case in which Norman Vollmer is seek- ing a divorce on graunds of de- sertion. Notice of appeal is also filed from a recent ruling Judge Wallace N. Scales reine the amount allowed for suit money, alimony and attorney’s fees, pending trial of the case. Lumbermen in the Kamiah section are anticipating early announcement of the sale of the Caribel mill and timber holdings, seven miles northeast of Kamiah to the Brooks-Scanlon Lumber company, a large operating com- pany with headquarters at Minn- eapolis, Statement is made that J. W. Irwin of Minneapolis, who was here several weeks, obtain- ed an option on the property for the company. F, W. Straw, manager of the Security Bridge company, en- gaged in the construction of the bridge over the Clearwater river at Spalding, said Monday that the structure can not be opened to travel before October 1. The placing of the steel will be com- pleted soon, but riveting will re- quire about three weeks’ time. Then a concrete curbing the en- tire length of the bridge is to be installed while large fills must be made for the approaches. One hundred and thirty-five cases of booze consisting of im- ported and American liquors were taken from a Spokane-In- ternational freight car at Bon- ners Ferry early Wednesday morning by Sheriff William Kirkpatrick, County Attorney A. P. Asher, Bonner county offi- cials, they being assisted by Fed- eral Revenue Officers George Hesser and William Reynolds. Jackie Coogan will be shown at) the Orpheum next Wednesday, August 15 as a special show. Bring the children. The haul was valued at from $18,000 to $20,000 according to the present price of high grade hootch. "3 wu