Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, September 7, 1923, Page 1

VOL. 31. NO. 87. COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1928 SCHOOL OPENS MON., SEPT. 10 RECORD ATTENDANCE IS) LOOKED ' FOR IN THE HIGH SCHOOL The Cottonwocd public schools | will open Monday with a full staff of teachers and every- thing is in readiness to receive the pupils who will spend the next nine months in that insti-| tution of learning. Three of the teachers have ar- rived and the others are looked for by Sunday evening. Supt. Moll, who spent the entire sum- mer here, has everything in shape so that it will not take the | pupils very long to get down to real hard work. | Newton Bledsoe, custodian of | the building and grounds during summer the has given the rooms a thorough cleaning and all repairs were also made by him and the building inside and out presents a most pleasing -ef- fect. The attendance this year is expected to be the heaviest in| years and this will prove true especially in the high school. Owing to the heavy harvest on the prairie this year many of the high school students, will not enter school until later in the season but these pupils will be | given special assistance when they do enter in order that they may quickly catch up with the remainder of the pupils in their classes. RESIGNS POSITION. Barney Malerich for two years connected with the Leggett Mercantile company here re- signed his position and _ will leave Mondsy fcr Lewiston to ac- cept a position as trap drummer in the Dookie orchestra. Barney will also attend the Clarkston high school during the coming | school term. Mr. Williams, man- | ager of the store informs us that | the position made vacant by Mr. | Malerich’s resignation has not} been filled but that he has sever- | al persons in view. FINAL ACTION TUESDAY. At a meeting of the Commer- cial Club held in the council | rooms, Monday evening the mat- | ter of holding a one day celebra- | tion this fall was discussed from | various angles but final action | will not be taken until Tuesday | of next week when a much} larger attendance is hoped for. } The enthusiasm at the gather-| ing Monday was none too strong | for a celebration of this kind at | the present time. TEACHES AT KAMIAH. Miss Vera Moughmer, daugh- | ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. ‘B.} Moughmer, a graduate of the} Cottonwood high — school, who | took a special course at the Lew- iston Normal this summer de- parted Saturday morning for} Kamiah, Idaho where she will} teach the coming year. The| Kamiah district is to be con- gratulated upon their selection and we predict that they have chosen wisely. FATHERS CHANGE PLACES. | Rev. Bruno Suchsland, O. S. B. | arrived in Cottonwood Wednes- | day evening from McLaughlin, | S. Dak., and will in the future be | stationed at the manastery tak- | ing the place of Rev. Bonface who is now located at McLaugh- | lin. The fathers exchanged locations. Bee i ek | STUDENTS GIVEN RATE. | The Chronicle is making a special subscription rate to all students and teachers of $1 for the school term. Several names have already been added to our list. Take the home paper with you. | delivery of a baby Holt combine | | which 200 HEAD OF CATTLE WILL BE SHIPPED SATURDAY. Owners Will Take Them to Port- land Markets-——Eight Car- loads-—Value $13000. Two hundred head of fine beef | cattle, eight carloads in all and}: valued at approximately $13000) will be shipped from Cottonwood | tomorrow morning to the Port-}' and markets. the cattle will shipment. The cattle are the property of William Jones, J. L. Brust, The owners of Saxby Boles and Fred Yahraus| ; and were brought out from their | | range on the river in one herd. The cattle will be sold direct | ' to the buyers by the owners. PIPE DROPS 150 FEET. Three-hundred and twenty feet of 4 inch piping dropped 150 feet, Tuesday while work- men were engaged in hoisting the same out of the city well in order to replace a new cylinder. The casings are now lodged so tight in the well that it has been impossible to jar them loose. The company has a,crew of men engaged trying to unlodge the casings but to date they have} been unsuccessful. The well for the past month has been supplying the city with water and since its forced shutdown water is now coming from the reservoir on the mountain that is held in reserve for such emer- | gency cases. It is hoped that the well will again be in opera- tion by the last of the week. The well is 522 feet deep and when running steadily easily supplies the town with water. The accident will cost the: water company several hundred | dcellars. SPIRITED RUNAWAY. A team belonging ito the Cot- tonwood Dray, last Friday after- | noon took part in a spirited run- away when they became fright- ened while standing in front of the driver, Ben Bieren’s home, and ran down King street just missing the Dr. Shinnick car that was parked on the street near the Leggett store. In mak- ing the turn on Main street the back end of the dray wagon hit} the big seven passenger Buick} car belonging to Aug. Kopezyn-| ski turning it almost end for end. The only damage done to the car was to the tire rack. Running on down the street! they again missed a Ford car by | only a narrow margin. The) frightened horses ran as far as| the Madison Lumber company | and then doubled back to the} livery stable where they are} kept. No damage was done to the wagon or equipment. CAR OVER GRADE. Garland Farris and Wayne} Henderson, of Nezperce, were severely bruised and scratched | Sunday evening when their Ford} truck went over the Lawyers canyon grade, three miles from) Nezperce. The young men were thifown from the car after it} turned over once which is thought to have saved them from more serious injury, as the} car was a total wreck after it had come to rest on the hill side. The accident occurred when Farris and Henderson were re-| turning home from Cottonwood andis thought to have been caused by the locking of the| steering gear, The two men| spent the night at.a neighboring. farmhouse, returning te Nez-| perce Monday morning. MUNDT BUYS COMBINE. Arthur Mundt of Winona was| in Cottonwood, Tuesday taking arrived freight. The machine is self pro-| peled and a 12-foot cut. Mr. Mundt says he has 500 acres of | grain to eut with the machine. | The combine came from Spokane and a man from the company as- sisted him in placing it in opera- tion. | SCHOOL OPENS. The St. Joseph parochial | school opened Monday for the) on Monday’s! attendance. nanced by members of the local | Catholic parish and is taught by | members of the Benedictine) Sisters. tions the attendance this year | | will be a record breaker. | accompany the i | here for more than a year 1 ASKS BORAH FOR PROPOSAL COOLIDGE SEEKS ADVICE FROM BORAH REGARDING RELIEF FOR FARMERS. President Coolidge has com- municated with Senator Borah relative to the agricultural condi- tions of the west and partic- ularly the wheat situation. The president is manifesting a deep interest in the agricultural situation and has asked Senator Borah to advise him as to the; facts and conditions and the ex- tent of the distress obtaining throughout the west and what possible, feasible plans seem available for relief. Senator Borah’s attitude re- garding the agricultural indus- try is well known here and was explained by the Senator only're- cently when he delivered an ad- dress in Cottonwood, to a packed house, and the title of his sub- ject was “How to Find a Mark- et For the American Farmer.” While the senator had his own conclusions as to a permanent re-| lief for the farmers he was also in favor of any measure that would give ‘temporary relief. We belive that’ Senator Borah | will submit his proposal to the} president within the next few} days. Senator Borah has made a deep study of the agricultural question the past summer and} his recommendations are anxis| ously awaited for in the farming | districts. NETZELS TO LEWISTON. In order to be located more nearly in the center of his mer- cantile interests, H. C. Netzel of the Cash Store of Orofino, mov- ed with his family to Lewiston and will reside there perman- ently where Mr. Neétzel in inter- ested in the C. C, C. establish- meut purchased several months ago by the Leggett interests. In addition to the stores of Lew- iston and Orofino the Leggett company also owns mercantile businesses at Craigmont and | Cottonwood, among the four ot which Mr. Netzel divides his time, having in the past year maintained his headquarters of- fice and booking department at Orofino. These will now be loca- ted at Lewiston. Miss Verna Torgeson, bookkeeper for the stores went to Lewiston Thurs- day morning at which time Mr. and Mrs. Netzel and Harold also left this village for their new home. The Netzels have resided and leave many friends. The Cash Store here will be run as usual with Bertha Beck and Harold Thompson at the Helm.—Orofino Tribune. TAKES UP NURSING. Miss Barbara Terhear, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. George Terhaar, left Tuesday morning for Spokane where she will en- | coming schoo] term with a large | ter the nurses’ training class of The school is fi-| the Sacred Heart hospital. She | was accompanied as far as Pull- man by Miss Leola Weiber, a sister of Mrs. John Terhaar, who The Returning Tourist it SCHOOL AW, OEE tt ie BRANGEVILLE GARAGE BURNS FIRE DESTROYS BUILDING AND TWENTY-TWO AUTOMOBILES. The Main Street Garage of Grangeville, owned by Walter McAdams, burned to the ground early Monday morning with its entire contents consisting of a large stock of automobile ac- cessories, tools and machinery and twenty-two automobiles. The loss is approximately $50,- 000. Mr, McAdams estimates his loss at $12,000 with $8,000 in- surance. The building, valued at $25,000 was insured for $12,000 and was recently purchased by the Miller Implement Company from Herman Bock of Napa, Cal. The origin of the fire is a mystery and was not discovered until the building was in flames. Explosions of gasoline tanks on the autos in the building forced the firemen to remain at a distance from the building and seriously hampered fighting the fire. The Crea and Von Berge buildings, adjoining the garage, were slightly damaged. The automobiles devoured by the flames belonged to tourists and Grangeville citizens and about half of them were insured. Ben Robertson, deputy sher- iff lost his car in the fire and carried no insurance as did also the Cottonwood Garage who had a Ford truck in the McAdams | Garage at the time of the fire. It is understood that Mr.|} McAdams will again reengage in | business in Grangeviile and that The Miller Hardware will replace the buiding with a new structure at once. RICHARDS-SAGER. Alfred N. Richards and Miss Ruth Sager sprang a real, sur- prise on their relatives and friends, Saturday when they motored to Grangeville and were married at the county seat by the Rev. R. D. Osterhout of the | Methodist church. Miss Sager is the charming daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Sager of this city and for some time has been manager Nezperce Telephone company. She is exceedingly popular with the younger set. Mr. Richards is a son of Mr. and J. E. Richards and came here with his parents about two years ago from Grangeville. « Mr. and Mrs. Richards have a large number of friends here and elsewhere who extend to them heartiest congratulations. | The Chronicle wishes to be numbered among them. They will make their home in Cottonwood. { TO ALL WATER PATRONS. Our big well is out of com- mission pending repairs which will take some time. In the meantime our water supply will be very limited and we ask all | patrons to cooperate with us in conserving our water supply by using only for domestic pur- poses.We ask that all sprinkling be suspended until this well is again pumping water in order From present indica-| has been visiting here for some | that a supply may be kept in the time, and who was returning to her home at Uniontown, Wash. reservoir for fire protection. ELIEVES THAT THE PRICE WHEAT WILL NOT SLUMP. Mikkelson Says Lower Price Pre- dictions Not Warranted By Conditions, “I do not believe there will be the slump in wheat values that was so generally predicted a few weeks ago at the opening of the market,’ said M. B. Mikkelson of the Prairie Mills company, an extensive buyer in this region. “Some influences .to maintain the market have not been given proper consideration, it seems, “For instance, about 20,000, #@ |000 bushels of northwest wheat this year must be represented in flour, sales to the orient, made previous to the maturity of the crop. That is quite a hole in our northwest production.’ The Prairie Mills company, of which concern Mr. Mikkelson is the head, operates the Cotton- wood Elevator mill and are now grinding wheat in the mill here. Their main offices are maintain- ed in Lewiston where they have been buying wheat in quantities, Besides milling wheat into flour they are also buying wheat in Cottonwood through the Cot- tonwood Elevator company prin- cipally. KELSEY WRITES. 603 Lenox Ave., Utica, New York August 29, 1928. Cottonwod Chronicle, Cottonwood, Idaho. Dear Editor: In some way I overlooked re- newing my subscription hereto- fore and trust it is not to late now. The clippings enclosed I hope may prove interesting to you. In general, the summer has been cool that is, not ex- cessively hot. Nevertheless the summer resorts patronized. There was not much rain until recently, Peaches and apples are likely to be scarce. I have enjoyed a few camping trips and ‘caught some nice black bass. - We had a killing frost last week, something rather un- usual. Through the columns of your valued paper I note with pleasure, that bountiful crops are being harvested on Camas Prairie and I sincerely hope that the farmers and merchants will more than retrieve the losses they suffered in the past three years. ; Industrially and commercially t he outlook for this far famed Mohawk valley is most promis- ing. In the the building trades there continues great activity, several hundred new homes hav- ing been erected during the past year in the city. best wishes to you and your wife as well as to all inquiring friends. Sincerely yours, - Frank A. Kelsey. AGED MAN PASSES. William Cain, aged 90, well as the “Oregon Short Line,” died Monday in his home at Grangeville from the frailty of his years. His passing takes from central Idaho one of the most likeable characters for Wil- liam Cain was known every- where not only as a good freight- of the | &? but asa man one might know with pleasure. He was born in ‘Tennessee, from which state he served in | the Confederate army du:ing the | Civil war, and came to | River in Custer county, where he |began his work. He lived in Grangeville 85 years. He is survived by his second wife and | by the following children: | David Cain, Spokane; Roy | Cain of the Salmon river coun- bird; and Hardy the youngest son, who resides with his moth- er at Grangeville. The funeral was held at {Grangeville in the Baptist |church, of which Mr. Cain had | been a member since young man | hood, Wednesday at 2 o’clock. | PRA AL | LEAVE FOR COLLEGE. William Jentges, Leonard Nuxoll and Lawrence Schmidt, |summer with their parents in | the Greencreek section left Mon- | day morning for Mt. Angel, Ore. to resume their school duties in Cottonwood Water and Light Co! the Mt. Angel academy. large | i were well | In closing, I beg to extend my} known as a freighter 30 years! ago when his service was known | |try; Mrs. Roy Darling, White-| | who have been spending the) NEWS AROUND “THE STATE VARIOUS PARTS OF THE STATE H. T, Agnew, of Westlake, | shipped two carloads of beef steers and cows to the Spokane markets, Tuesday accompanying the shipment in person. ‘The case of the Ft. Misery Highway district against the State Bank of Kamiah involving the deposit of $26,828.80 of the district's bond money in that in- stitution was decided last week by Judge Scales in favor of the highway district. i Pipsortedt og rg J. phd who as recently been appoint tor of the St. Vincent De Baul parish at Burke announced that plans are being drafted for a new church to be built on the ; same site as the one that was | destroyed by the fire that swept Burke July 18. The church will have a full basement, According to an opinion hand- ed down last Friday by the Idaho state supreme court, in the case of Susa B. Oversmith of Moscow, against. the commissioners of highway district No. 2 of Latah county, highway commissioners in the state of Idaho may not in- be funds of on net in any er Way exce) lat prescribed by the Idaho law. Mrs. T. J. McAndrew of Lane, Idaho, writes The Pend d’Oreille | Review of Sandpoint in which the claim is made that she is | Ideho’s war mother and as such is entitled to have all of her ex- penses paid to the convention of the National War Mothers that will be held in Kansas City in September. Mrs. McAn writes as follows: “I had four sons in the late war, all of whom saw service in France.” 4 A fine new Helea Mining ©o., plant will be built to replace the one destroyed by fire at Burke, Idaho, July 18. New structures | will be fireproof, with latest equipment and will produce 275,- 000 tons annually. The improve- ments will require six months but dividends will not be. dis- turbed and the company is pro- tected from business loss by the “use and occupancy’. insurance it carried, _ After having spent 44 years in the timbered district at the foot of Gold Hill, northeast of Harvard, isolated to a it ex- tent from the rest of the world and spending their time and what money they could get to- gether in the vain hope of devel- oping a mine which would make them independent, Mr. and Mrs. Adam Carrico were taken to Moscow, Saturday, and have been sent tothe county home, one and one-half miles north of | Moscow, to spend the remainder |of their days. The climax to Boise’s efforts to secure construction of the main line of the Oregon Short |line railroad into Boise, came when ouster proceedings were instituted: in the district court for Ada county against the trustees of the Boise citizens right-of-way — R. J. Johnson, |Summer Dee and M. W. Wood, all of Boise. The applicants to | the petition for the removal of ‘the trustees are Mayor Eugene B, Sherman;. H. A. Lawson, | president of the chamber of com- merce, and James H. Hawley, | ex-governor of the state. | Fire last week destroyed the | entire cut of the McKeen mill ar Caribel, 1,700,000 feet of sawed |lumber in piles being consumed | within the space of a few hours. The mill recently finished its | cut of 1,800,000 feet and haulers | had just begun to bring the pro- duct down the hill for shipment | to the Coeur d’Alene Lumber Co. which had contracted for the out put of the mill. Five carloads had been shipped out. The | value of the lumber destroyed is ‘estimated at about $30,000. The Coeur d’Alene company had advanced some $20,000 on it, but had this equity covered by in- surance. Mr. McKeen had no in- surance on his share nor any of the mill property.