Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, August 31, 1923, Page 1

’ ‘ ~ COTTONWOOD ‘VOL. 31. NO. 36. COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, AUGUST’S1, 1923 CHRON LEVY [BRUNER SELLS LAND. \Iidaho county, but now residing | IDAHO TAX f jat Asotin Wash., sold his 240] | E | acre tract of land two miles east} | | SSG Ulib JC] jof Cottonwood, Saturday to | Bernard Ovel, oS rte oe { i | consideration of $14,000. t.is STATE BOARD OF EQUAL- | also reported to have been a cash IZATION HAS FIXED | deal. Mr. eng 3 has owned | Pa i | the property for many years. SCEDULE FOR 1923. | Mr. Ovel, the purchaser, is a | young’ man who by hard work ‘ and by saving a little each year, Boise, Idaho, Aug. 28.—Ida-| was able to buy a farm of this ho’s state board of equalization! size in a comparatively short | has fixed the state tax levy for! time. 1923 at .47736 cents, approxi-|. Only a few months ago we mately 48 cents on the $100 of | heard this young man make a re- | valuation. This is a reduction) mark that hit us very forceably of 6 cents under last year’s levy.| when he said “people says that In making out the tax notices | times are hard and I cannot see the collectors will use what higher figure to allow for) one can save a little if he only | delinquent taxes, because each} bends his efforts towards that} | And Mr. Oved’s recent | | county must pay the state its| goal.” allotted amount, whether it is/| business transaction shows thet collected or tgt. In other words,| he knew what he was talking if a county charged with $30,-| about. That he will make a suc- 000 of state taxes and only $27,-| ces at farming is a foregone con- 000 is collected, the county must} clusion. make up the difference until the delinquences are paid, it is said. | BOOST FAIR. Tn equalizing between various; Ralph Prescott, editor of the class of properties in the) Kamiah Progress, and Jess counties of northern Idaho aj Robertson both of Kamiah, Ida- number of interesting changes | ho, spent Monday in Cottonwood were made by the state board.) in the interest of the Kamiah The report of valuation from! fair which is to be staged Sept. Latah county was increased 10) 27, 28 and 29. The gentlemen, per cent in merchandise, 5 per! while here distributed about the | cent in residence lots, 11 per cent | town a large amount of advertis- in agricultural land, 10 per cent! ing matter. in standing timber and 5 per! The Kamiah fair is one of the| cent in business lots. The same) best small fairs held in the coun- | county recived a 10 per cent de-| try and each year draws many | crease in valuation on mules and | visitors from Camas Prairie and | L, A. Bruner’an old pioneer of |- a some-| it that way as I believe that any | ' ‘SMUT EXPLOSION HERE FROM MAIAE AWHILE bes ZZ CAUSE OF FIRES STRICKFADEN MACHINE NEAR FERDINAND BURNS NO INSURANCE. The threshing machine operat- ed by Charles Strickfaden in the Ferdinand section, on the Anton Sarbacher ranch, yesterday ;morning burned to the ground following a smut ‘explosion. |The loss is estimated at $1200. | No insurance was carried on the a 15 ie a decrease on com-| we believe this year will be no mon cattle, | exception to the case. Shoshone county’s smelters! Mr, Robertson is well known and concentrators Were increas-| jn this section, having at_one| machine. ed 10 per cent, timber land 10) time resided here. Editor Pres- | Saturday morning, F. G. per cent, cutover land 10 per} cott made his first visit to this | Nuxoll lost 40 bushels OF wheat cent and business lots 5 per cent. | district and was greatly impres- | han ac ball or. tire pie out of There was a decrease of 10 per| sed by the fine farming country | th wh alee - of the Charles cent in milk cows in Shoshone. | that surrounds Cottonwood. Besser picts Fae tear taeetes Clearwater Timber Values Up. | pes Mea aha Poxleitner machine, which was Clearwater county’s standing) WILL TAKE UP ART. jused in threshing his wheat. timber vanation was increased | | Quick action on the part of the 30 per cent. Miss Margaret Shinnick left | men saved the separator from In Lewis county business and | clea Agee rene one Chicago, | destruction. The straw stack and residence lots were increased in| the next two weeks with rela | 40 bushels of grain was the only assessed value by 15 and 10 per | ‘ |loss suffered, The grain was cent, respectively, while hogs | were lowered 20 per cent. | Bonner county sawmills were | increased 5 per cent, residence lots 4 per cent and. milk cows went up 10 per cent. Common cattle were raised 15 per cent. Nez Perce county horses were | raised in value 10 per cent, while residence lots went up 6 per cent. Idaho county’s valuation horses was increased 15 per cent and timber land increased 10 per | cent, while agricultural land was | decreased 5 per cent. | In Boundary county horses were lowered 10 per cent, while | agricultural land and_ timber! land were each increased 20 per | cent. | Benewah had the value of} residence lots boosted 10 per} cent and sawmill property went | up 15 per cent and timber land 10 per cent. In this county} there was a decrease of 10 per | cent in milk ¢ows. | Kootenai county’s sawmill propertyt was raised 80 per} cent above the reported value. Here an increase of 5 per cent| in residence lots and 10 per cent | in grazing lands is shown, while | decreases appear for diy land, | milk cows, yearlings and com-| mon cattle. | LOCATES IN LEWISTON. | D. H. McGrath, former agent | for the Camas Prairie railroad at Fenn, and well known in this | country has opened upa_ real estate office in Lewiston and will handle city and farm pro-! perty in the Lewiston region. | Mr. McGrath resigned his} position with the railroad com- pany four months ago and dur- ing this time has been touring on the coast, having recently re-| turned from a visit with his! daughter at Silverton, Oregon. His friends here wish him the| best of success in his new home. BOY RUNS AWAY. | Donald Butler, a thirteen year | old boy, who was sent from Cot- tonwood, to the Children’s Home Finding Association in Lewiston by Probate Judge Campbell, in January, ran away from that in-| tives. From the big city she will go to Watertown, Wis., | where she will make her home| with her grandparents and at- | tend the University of Wiscon- | sin, taking up the work of ant. | Margaret is a graduate of the| Cottonwocd high school and her } work as an artist for an ama-} |teur, has drawn a great deal of | following a smut explosion. The favorable comment from the} 0D | public on various occasions when | and threshing at the same time. ever her work was exhibited. | She had a natural inc!ination for | this work and with the proper | cultivation her friends belive she | will progress well in this profes- sion. Her many friends here | wish her the best of success. CHESTER RHETT WEDS. Word was received in Cotton- wood this week of the marriage | of Chester Rhett to Miss Mae | Cibulske of Wallace, Idaho. The wedding took place July 18th at Burke, Idaho and was kept a secret for over a month, not only | from their friends but relatives 1s well. Chester is now located at Wallace, Idaho and is well| known in this community, hav- ing been raised here. His mother, Mrs. Viola Rhett and | brother, Wallace are now resid- | ing in Spokane, Wash. Chester’s | many friends here wish him and his bride the best there is in life. | MAY CELEBRATE. Cottonwood may celebrate fi or | one day after the harvest work | is over and the North and South | highway between Ferdinand and | Cottonwood is completed. The} Commercial club appointed a| committee consiting of R. H. Kendall, J. H. Williams and Barney Seubert at their meeting | Tuesday and they are to give a| detailed report at a special meet- ing of the dub, Monday evening when final action will be taken. All indications at the present | time appear favorable for such | an affair. More details will be given next week. INSTALL HEATING PLANT, A Portland concern has been | busily engaged for the past }and during his stay here has made many friends not only insured. As soon as the fire started a large number of men from Cot- tonwood went to assist in dis- tinguishing the fire. Lost 150 Bushels. Albert Wessels lost about 150 bushels of grain, Wednesday Wessels machine was _ heading A sprinkling system stationed on top of the separator was the only thing that saved it from burning. The machine was on the home ranch at the time of the fire . Fire At Grangeville. Three hundred sacks of wheat burned Wednesday when a smut explosion occurred while thresh- ing was in progress on the M.’H. Bickle ranch, north of Grange- ville. The threshing machine, aged. Loss of wheat was covered owned by Abe Sellards was dam by insurance. POINDEXTER TO LEAVE. Rev. Dean Poindexter will preach this farewell sermon in Cottonwood, Sunday, September 2nd at 11:15 a. m. Rey. Poindexter will leave for his home at Farmington, Wash., Monday and from there will go to the annual Methodist confer- ence to be held in Spokane, Sept. 4th to 10th. After the confer- ence in Spokane he will go to Salem, Oregon to study ina theological seminary. Rev. Poindexter has been in charge of the Community church in Cottonwood for the past year among members of his own faith but others as well. He is aman sincere in his faith and what more can be asked of any man. The best wishes of his friends go with him to his new location, wherever that may be. AUGUST HOTTEST MONTH. August was the hottest month that has ever been recorded by the St. Michael’s monastery | weather bureau, which has been | purchased 3500 bushels of 1923 | CULDESAG SWEPT. BY COSTLY FIRE ONLY SMALL AMOUNT COV- | ERED BY INSURANCE— LOW WATER. Fire at three o’clock Monday | morning destroyed a large por-| tion of the business section of | Culdesac, with an estimated loss | of $65,000 to $75,000. Due to the high rate, but a small amount of insurance was carried, The fire originated in the rear of the Hotel Culdesae, a 31-room building, conducted by Mrs. M. Diekerhof. As patrons of the hotel were aroused they heard a loud report, presumably the ex- plosion of a tank which ,served the lighting plant for the hotel. The flames spread rapidly to an adjoining vacant building, formerly used by the Hamley barber shop. Then the following buildings were swept by the blaze in quick succession: Pool hall, conducted by Arthur 3ohel, building owned by A, B. Olin. Barber shop, conducted by Andrew Swanson, building own- ed by Mrs. Ida A. Sprague. A. L, Farmer’s confectionery, building owned by Mrs. Cope. Al Fonberg’s saddlery and harness shop. Mrs. Laura Miller’s restaurant confectionery and drug store. William Fellow’s general mer- chandise and grocery _ store, building owned by F. W. Cass. Earl Whitney’s shoe shop. W. I. McPherson’s meat mark- et. Residence Laura Burke. tesidence Mary Heron. Culdesac Enterprise publish- ing plant, conducted by J. C. Bulen, building owned by Ed Meier. Homer Newman’s farm im- plement store. Two-story building owned by the Bank of Culdesac, cupied. Residence occupied by Leslie Hoffman, owned by J. W. Keith, Residence owned by S. L. Wilson. Residence owned by Mrs. W. P. Cope. Low Water Pressure. Residents recall that Cul- desac’s previous serious fire oc- curred August 28, that time buildings destroyed i cluded the principal hotel, con- ducted’ by Mrs. Margaret W. Smith, the city hall, Methodist ehurch, Culdesac Enterprise, a hardware store and other build- ings. When the fire started there was but little pressure to the city water mains, which caused a rumor that the water had ‘been shut off near the reservoir, but investigation proved the report false. owned by Mrs. owned by Mrs. SELLING WHEAT. T. C. Keith, local agent for the Vollmer - Clearwater company ‘zicker, which was tried We ie | 1917. At} ROY UNZICKER WINS HOMESTEAD CONTEST. Part Time Homestead Residence Sufficient, Says General Land Office. A decision by the general land | office at Washington, D. C., of more than common interest has been made in the homestead con- test of John Smith vs. Roy Un- in the Lewiston land office last Janu- ary. The land involved is located jin the Boles section of the Sal. ;mon river country, Mr. Smith filed a contest against the homestead claiming that Mr. Unzicker had not established a residence on the YM, land and had not.complied with i the law as to residence. The testimony showed that the en- tryman had placed a tent on the \land about the time the law re- quires that residence be estab- lished, and had not built any house until about one year later. It also appeared that Mr, Un- zicker had lived and worked most of the time at the home of his} wife, a well improved stock ranch some three miles from the homestead, The registrar of the Lewiston land office decided the case in favor of Smith. From this de- cision an appeal was taken to the general land office, and by its decision, just received, the local land office is reversed, and it held that under the cireum- stances existing in this case, Mr. Unzicker had complied with the homestead law, and that his entry should not be cancelled. MISS TELCHER WEDS. Miss Esther Telcher, only | daughter of County Auditor and |Mrs. Henry Teleher, was mar- ried at Grangeville, Wednesday |}morning to W. R. Henry of Yakima, Wash, The Rev. Henry, |father of the groom, officiated. | Immediately after the wedding ‘ceremony the newly married couple accompanied by their |parents left for outside points, |the wedding party passed | through Cottonwood, Wednesday morning and they stopped here |for a short time and visited at |the home of Mr, and Mrs. A, B. Rooke. Mrs. Henry is an accomplished muscian and a graduate of the | Linfield college, Oregon. | ARRIVE FROM GERMANY. Eugene Keaber and Clara Bau arrived in Cottonwood, Wednes- day evening from their native {eountry, Germany. Mr. Keaber will be employed by the Sisters lof St. Gertrude Convent and |Miss Bau will make her home | with Mr. and Mrs. John Uptmor. |They were on the road 26 days |and greatly enjoyed their trip. | Their first impression of the |country is very favorable. Condi- | tions in Germany they say are jnone too good. Their intentions |are to make this country their |future home. |MISS HANSON WEDS. _ | Announcements were received |in Cottonwood last night from | Potlatch, Idaho announcing the |marriage of Miss Harriet Han- | son to Charles Cummerford. The morning. Miss Hanson is well | known here, having had charge |of the domestic science depart- {ment in the Cottonwood schools for three terms. She was very popular here and her friends ex- |tend to her and Mr. Cummerford heartiest congratulations. | LABOR SCARCE, = | Farmers seeking labor hands |for the harvest fields are find- ing the same hard to find and what few men coming in by auto | stage and train in most instances | refuse to work for the prevailing | wages of $4aday. In some in- | stances, farmers who were in ineed of help have been foreed to |pay much mofe than the wage scale set here about three weeks jago. In another week it is | thought the crisis will be reached | for many will have their thresh- |ing done and will be in a posi- |tion to assist their neighbors | with their work. stitution, Tuesday and Wednes-|two week installing the mam- day was located at the August; moth heating sysem in the new in existence for many years. On| wheat yesterday from John} County Assessor William In- ICLE $2.00 PER YEAR NEWS AROUND THE STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF THE STATE The Lewis county stock show and fair will be held at Nez- perce October 4, 5 and 6. The Nez Prece Sheep com- pany doing business in Idaho county has filed two chattel mortgages in favor of the Port- land Cattle Loan company, ag- gregating $287,090, the security being 15,867 sheep, 8 mules and 47 horses. The equalized valuation o: wine in Idaho on which the armer pays taxes is at least $6,000,000 less than it was in | 1922. It is announced by Idaho’s state board of equalization, which closed a two weeks’ ses- sion Saturday. fig Sear one-fifth ag many divorces were granted in the state of Idaho for the calen- dar year 1922 as there were marriages, this being shown in a preliminary report of marriages and divorces for Idaho just is- sued by the United States de- partment of commerce, September 27 is the date se lected for the second annual re- union and convention of the North Idaho Pioneer society to be held in Lewiston. The date conforms to the first anniver- sary of the opening of the Lewis and Clark hotel and that hos- telry will be the scene of the gathering. Four thousand tong of silver- lead ore will be received at the Bunker Hill smelter from. the Mayo district of the Yukon ter- ritory this season, the first trainload of which arrived at the smelter this week. ~ It will take |four entire freight trains to | move the ore from the docks at Seattle to the smelter at Kellogg, | according to Frank M,. Smith, Bunker Hill smelter _ director, who is handling the shipments, | Says the Wardner-Kellogg News. After having been divorced for little more than a month, | Floyd B. Crooks, a well known young farmer of the Cove dis- trict, in northern Latah county, and Ruth Neff of Seattle, were remarried Saturday afternoon. The decree of divorce was grant- ed in the district court at Mos cow July 6 of this year, and Mrs. Crooks granted ‘her former name. It did not take the young people, who have one at- tractive child about 8 months old, to decide that they would be happier together, and Satur- day’s wedding was the result of this decision. Mr. Crooks is 26 years old and his bride 24 . Mary E. Armstrong, 72, of Lenville, died Thursday after- noon at the old homestead where | She and her husband had started a home over fifty years ago. The funeral was held from the Gene- see Catholic church Saturday | afternoon. Mrs. Armstrong was unoc- | \vedding took place in the Cath-|the mother of sixteen children, | olie church At Potlatch, Tuesday | fourteen of whom, ten sons and | four daughters, are now living. |She is also survived by twenty- | six grandchildren and ten great- | grandchildren. Her ten sons all | visited their mother at the old | homestead about three weeks ;ago. There is a difference of | thirty years in the age of the |oldest and the youngest sons. | Mrs. Armstrong’s husband died | several years ago. | Idaho’s state department of public works will begin the im- | mediate improvement of the 23 | miles of “bad road” on the north }and south highway north of | Round valley, according to an |nouncement by W. J. Hall, com- missioner. The state has allot- | ted $20,000 for this work and |hopes to receive financial aid | from Idaho county in the amount |of $8000. The money will be |spent building “sight to sight’ | turnouts, blasting or otherwise removing “high centers,” and jeliminating steep and slippery | grades. Mr. Hall says “ it is de- | sired to cali attention to the fact | that the road which it is propos- Frei ranch by Sheriff Eller who | St. Gertrude Convent building. turned the young lad over to the | Radiators are new being placed authorities of the institution. eter registered 94. The rainfall for the month was 1.08 inches throughout the large building. Fone fell in four days. the 17th and 18th the thermom-| Wasem end Jce Nuxoll for which | giam is a business visitor in Cot- | ed to improve was built by hard- his company paid on the basis of tonwood today. While in the | boiled mountain road builders in No. 1, 80 and 84 cents per city he made the Chronicle office | order to provide wagon transpor- bushel. a pleasant call. tation. i bad