Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, September 14, 1923, Page 1

cn sci Ma Sete e = a ‘. i b % 4 ¥ ‘ COTTONWOOD CHRONICLI VOL. 31 NO. 38 COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1023 wit $2.00 PER YEAR TWO THRESHING MACHINES BURN SMUT CAUSES FIRE THAT BURNS BOSSE AND POX- LEITNER SEPARATORS. A smut explosion followed by | fire burned the inside of the] steel Case separator belonging | to Conrad Bosse, Friday of last | week, while threshing wheat on the Martin Wier ranch, farm-| ed by Mrs. Ahlers. The fire doing damage to the machine and belting to the value of $500. Mr. Bosse stated that the explo- | sion came without warning and} that fire shot into the air and) out of the sides of the machine | for ten feet in various directions. | The smut was of the grey vari- ety which threshermen say is} more apt to explode than the! black variety. | Wednesday evening, Mr. Bosse received by express from Spok- ane, new machinery and parts which will be replaced in the] separator and he expects to be threshing again by Friday noon. Monday, while threshing on} | Northport, Wash., | Seattle, escaped injury when he Harry Swift of Spokane, known throughout the Inland empire as “Speedy” Swift, a traveling salesman for a Seattle wholesale house, was almost in- stanty killed on the Rossland highway, three mies north of Wednesday, when his automobile plunged 300 feet from the grade to the bottom of Sheep creek canyon. His companion, Fred Chase ot | SALESMAN KILLED. il WELL WELL, MY BABY BOY, STARTING To SKHOOL LIKE A LITTLE MAN, OH DEAR, HOW MAMA 15 @0ING TO MISS Boy TD leaped from the car before the fatal plunge. Mr. Swift is well known here and was in the city only last week calling on his trade. My. Swift received his nick name} during the early days on the! prairie when livery teams were) the only means of transportation he would make two and_ three towns a day which called for| speedy work and driving. ‘eprviah, WK UY Big Events in the Lives of Little Men (] Y | EEZZLTZEZ ‘AW GEE MA MY Yj 1 NT GET My, 17 SHOES ON - CANT 160 To scdool|! # . BAREFOOTED 2? $300 RELIEF FUND. A check for $300, the amount set as Cottonwood’s quota for the Japanese relief fund was mailed yesterday by W. W. Flint to the Lewiston Chapter of the American Red Cross of which Chapter Cottonwood is a branch. The check was mailed soon after W. W. Flint, treasurer of the local branch was appraised of COUNTY LEVY 30 LOWER ON EACH $100 VALUATION. STATE LEVY ALSO the Clem Riener ranch in the Ferdinand section, Charles Pox-! leitner of Keuterville lost his| wooden separator after a smut! explosion set fire to the machine | Mr. Poxleittner is threshing | again, however, having bought | a used machine in that neighbor- | hood. | In both cases no grain was | destroyed by the fire. NARROW ESCAPE. | The locking of the steering) gear threw the Ford truck in which Gerald Farris and Wayne Henderson were returning to) Nezperce from Cottonwood from | the Stevenson crossing grade) last Sunday evening. The two young men were thrown out and | sustained severe bruises and scratches and the truck was put | temporarily out of commission. | The accident happened at a} point about 100 yards from the | bottom of the Lewis county por- | tion of the grade at a sharp turn | The boys had bought two pure-! bred Poland China pigs from| John Funke near Cottonwood, | and these were in a crate in the} rear of the truck, and it is! thought this crate prevented the lads from being crushed as the machine turned over the first | time and spilled them out. They | made their way to the T. F.) Jacobs home and spent the night. On returning to the scene | of the accident the next morning they found their car perched on a Jarge rock at the bottom of the embankment with the two rear! wheels smashed, and the hogs} were browsing in the valley near | by.—Nezperce Herald. \ STATE RANKS SECOND. | Idaho’ business, measured by | income and profits taxes, is bet- ter than in any other state in the Union save New Hampshire, ac- cording to figures made public by the internal revenue commis- | sioner. All but three states | showed a decline in taxes for the fiscal year 1923, as compared to | the previous year; Idaho showed a gain of 10 per cent, which is exceeded only by one state. Total income and profits taxes collect- ed in Idaho for the year ended June 30, last, amounted to $1,-| 514,042; for 1922, were $1,372,~- 657, and for 1921 were $3,495,- 817. The general average de- cline for the entire United States was 19 per cent. In addition to income and pro- fits taxes. Idaho last year paid other internal revenue taxes bringing the total for the state to $2,127,800. SEASON OPENS SATURDAY. The bird season opens Satur- day, September 15th. A large number of local sportsmen are planning on scouring the tim- bered sections for their share of the game. Birds are reported to be plentiful in this section. As in former years there are a large number of farmers in the Keuterville section who are pro- hibiting hunting on their land. The past week the Chronicle has sold many “No Hunting Allow- ed” signs to farmers in that sec- tion. : Cottonwood’s share. The money | was taken from the treasury of the local organization, a drive at this time being deemed un- A necessary. There still remains in| , The board of county commis- the treasury of the Cottonwood | sioners at Grangeville, Monday Red Cross approximately $300. | fixed the county levy for This money was raised’ by the| Year 19238 at $1.10 for each organization during the late | $100 assessed valuation, 23 cents world war. on each $100 valuation lower sta than for the year 1922, NO CELEBRATION. largest ig in eA county np i pre : |was made in the current ex- the Commerelal Club luncheon, | pense account which was sliced Tuesday noon to have no cele- ey Colts ar ie Mare an a bration in Cottonwood this fall. | gt bye ord he eee it Lack of jnterest on the part of | f eae Bane ihe pase 1993 the majority of the business ar 56 ag lg e SAL 1923. men and the complaint that a sea ara rit ees iy many of them had more. work | mui ‘avepmlaieass h Tob wr OLB. than they could possibly do this | ** levy on eac $100 was $ “80! fall and that therefore it would | this year the levy will peg ts00; be impossible for them to assist| _ The county levy is made up as i follows, the tabulation show- in the detail work was two ot}! 2 the main reasons why the cele-|ing the 1922 levy and the de- GOES DOWN. bration idea was given up.| creases for this year in each About 20 business men were| fund: ae present at the meeting. 22 723. De. se a acs ars Current Expense.. .50 .37 .13 MOVE WATER TROUGH. |County road ........ 21 .17 04 Owing to the shortage of | ee iene ae - 01 “4 water the public water eae | ounty school ...... . ess was moved Tuesday from Main | Hates Par raya ey street to the spring that is the | Total levy ica ae ers re property of the city nese aie |e ee sees Dee ae Clark junk yard where farmers} a)... dj Wad Rh. coe desiring to water their horses | State, County 1-89 1.60.29 will find plenty of water. The| Besides a lower state and matter of moving the trough| county levy, a reduction of five wes brought up at the Commer-| Per cent in tax valuations on ag- cial club meeting Tuesday and|Ticultural land was made by the received prompt attention, for | State board of equalization, thus this time of the years farmers | lowering the taxes for the farm- hauling grain must have water | ¢"s. County Auditor Telcher has for their horses. roughly estimated that this five per cert decrease on agriculturw’ land will mean a saving of ap- proximately $16 in taxes on the average 160 acres in the county where the land is assessed at $40 an acre. County Commissioner August WATCH ECLIPSE. The eclipse of the sun Monday reached its heighth in Cotton- wood at about 12:30 o’clock and although it cast a shadow, there was no complete darkness. It : = was observed by many of the Schroeder, who attended the citizens through smoked glass | meeting in Grangeville, Monday and created no little interest | Stated that it was a great pleas- while it lasted. At the begin-| Ure for the board consisting also ning of the eclipse with dark- | of Chairman Pettibone and Clark ness approaching it brought| Lyda to be able to make such a forth many an inquiry regarding | /arge reduction in the county the pecularity. After being in-| levy at this time. formed of the cause they also| < x took time to watch it thru a|CAUGHT PORCUPINE. smoked glass. The boys about the Farmers’ ——————— Union Warehouse, Tuesday en- LEAVE FOR LONG VALLEY, | joyed a little sport out of the E. R. Fredericks, who wwill| ordinary when they caught a dispose of his personal property | porcupine alive. Ed Malerich and on his ranch four miles west of | Ben Nacke experienced no. dif- | Keuterville, Tuesday, September | ficulty in capturing the animal. 18th, expects to leave immedi-| A small box was placed over the ately after the sale for Long) porcupine, a spade was gently Valley in southern Idaho to lo-| Slipped under the box and the cate permanently. Mr. Freder-| animal and then turned over. licks was forced to give up his| The animal only made one effort farming operations on account of | to fight and struck with its tail sickness, being afflicted at vari- | driving one of its quils for some ous times with rheumatism. It| distance into the hard wood is his hope that a lower altitude | handle of the spade. The animal will relieve him of these attacks. |is now on display at the ware- tad ad | house. DAILY FREIGHT SERVICE, | A daily freight service was | REELECTED. placed in operation on the Camas; J. V. Baker and W. B. Huss- Prairie system, Sunday and/man were reelected as members from now on until late in the fall | of the school board at an election a freight train will arrive andj recently held for that purpose. leave the prairie each day.! Very little interest was taken in Heavy grain and live stock ship-| the outcome of the election, only ments made the tonnage too|nine votes having been cast. heavy for the regular freight to| Both gentlemen were reelected handle. z for a term of three years. the | The | MACHINERY ARRIVES. The big well drilling outfit of H. Steinbach, of Grangeville, is expected to arrive in Cottonwood today and with this machine, Ty P. O'Conner, a veteran well drill- er of Nezperce will attempt to fish out the 320 feet of 4 inch pipe that dropped 150 feet into the well owned by the Cotton- wood Water Company. Notwith- standing statements to the con- trary, which have been publish- ed in various papers, Cottonwood still has an ample supply of water. Water is now being supplied from the springs near the monastery owned by the ‘company. The surplus water !from the St. Michael’s springs j has also been of great assistance in keeping the town supplied j with water. Water patrons are warned to use as little water as possible and by so doing the present situation will pass over | without serious handicap to any- ‘one. Water for fire protection is kept to the maximum at. all times. RIDER KILLED. James Pearson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Pearson of White- bird, Idaho, was. instantally kil- led when the leather strap hold- ing the left stirrup of the saddle on the horse he was riding gave away while he was taking part in a horse race on. the fair zrounds at Lewiston on the opening day, Tuesday. Young Pearson was 20 years of age and was regarded as a clever jockey, his weight giving him a great advantage over his opponents. He is survived by a brother and two sisters and his parents of Whitebird. He was a nephew f the late Dr. Bibby of Grange- ville, who was well known to the pioneers of the entire county. A collection emounting to almost $200 was taken up in Lewiston to defray the unfortunate man’s funeral expenses. His remains passed thru Cottonwood yester- day enrouted to Grangeville where they will be laid to rest in the Prairie View cemetery. iN SHOW RING. John Funke and Howard Me- Kinley, breeders of thorough- bred Poland-China hogs have their choice animals on exhibi- tion at the Lewiston-Clarkston fair this week. Mr. Funke has 15 head on exhibition and Mr. Mc- Kinley eight. In the boys and grils club, Alfred Funke has two sows and four boars entered, while his little brother, George has enter- ed three sows. Neal McKinley has two sows and two boars and Vivianne is showing four sows and two boars. How many ribbons the Cotton- wood hogs will win it hard to tell for they are going up against real competition many southern Idaho breeders having stock on exhibition and are out for first money. FIRST 1924 BUICK ARRIVES. Chester Thompson returned Tuesday evening from Spokane, Wash., with a new 1924 Buick | car which is now on display and is being demonstrated by the Hoene Hardware. The car has changed entirely in appearance | and has numerous improvements | lover the older models. The new | Buick models are supplied with four-wheel brakes and this feat-| ure alone says the manufactur- | lers is the greatest single im-| | provement ever made on their {appointments were | FIGHT TODAY. car. j favorite of the betting ring. ODDSON SAW MILL BURNS. | The Oddson saw mili, situated about 4 miles. west of the Huss- man saw mill in the Keuterville section was totally destroyed by fire last Wednesday shortly after noon. Mr. Oddson was do- ing some planing at the time and had put a fire under the boiler | and gone after a tank of water. When he returned the roof was ablaze and he called for his wife to help him as the fire was only just starting. He practically had! it under control when the child- ren being left alone screamed sc | loud that he thought they were injured and for a moment gave} them his attention and while do- ing so the fire got beyond con- trol. The mill is a’tétal loss as well as about 75M feet of lum-| ber. The mill had been built) only last spring and a roof over the same was completed only a! few weeks ago. KOOSKIA FAIR THURSDAY. | State Representative Lloyd A. | Fenn also editor of the Kooskia Mountaineer was a visitor in Cottonwood, Saturday in the in- terest of the Kooskia fair which is to be held in Kooskia begin- ning with Thursday of next} week and continuing for three days. While here, Mr. Fenn left a considerable amount of advertis- ing matter and also.a list of the! premiums offered in the various departments which by no means is a small item in itself. Cotton- wood folks are cordially invited to attend the Kooskia fair and }secure a debt of $24,188. NEWS AROUND “THE STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF THE STATE The Lewiston State Normal school is ready to open its doors for registration of students, which will begin Monday, Sept. 17, according to word received from President Elliott’s. office. The elevator at Nezperce is said to be full of wheat and farmers who had contemplated on building their grain in many instances are forced to sack the same. Boise Commercial club’ has passed a resolution recommend- ing early completion of the North and South highway. Text | of the resolution is the same as was adopted by the Grangville Commercial club, on Mae The State Bank of Lamberton has_ attached approximately 2500 acres north of the Clear- water river, owned by the West- ern States Lumber company, to The land is in the Caribel country 15 miles north of Kooskia. Governor C. C. Moore has ‘conferred a unique honor upon ean reach the river town easily | Miss Helen Eagleson of Boise in by going via Winona and down the Kooskia grade which is in excellent shape now. BE RECORD WHEAT CROP. Idaho’s wheat crop will be a record yield, according to the!, forecast of the Boise office of the United States department of agriculture, Indications are that winter wheat will yield an average of 27 bushels an acre for a total of over 10,000,000 bushels and spring wheat 26.6 bushels an acre for a total of more than 18,000,000 bushels. The report, based on September estimates, indicates all former records naming her as the Idaho prin- cess to represent the state at the \Cotton Palace exposition held at Wasco, Texas. The great cotton festival will be held from Octo- ber 20th to November 1. Citizens of Culdesac are build- ing a new home for Mary Culvert who lost her home and jall her earthy possessions in the disasterous fire in that city re- cently. The Red Cross chapter of the town donated $800 towards the building. The carpenter work is being done free of charge, United States Senator W. E. Borah left for Washington, D. |C. It is understood that he is returning to the capitol sooner broken, with the best crops pre- | han was expected because of a dicted in north Idaho. Total wheat production in Idaho last year was 24,275,006 bushels, NEW MINISTER ARRIVES, request from President Coolidge. | Senator Borah will make several stops in southeastern Idaho to confer with supporters there be- fore leaving the state. A smut explosion, blew out the Rey. and Mrs. Robert Thomp- son arrived in Cottonwood, Thursday evening from their home in Whitman county to take charge of the Methodist | church here which was assigned to him at the annual conference in Spokane last week. He will hold his first services Sunday. | Sunday school will convene at 10 | a. m.; preaching at 11 a. m. The title of his sermon will be “Come Let Us Build up the Walls of | Zion.” The community welcomes the new comers. CRITICALLY ILL, Mrs. R. A. Nims received a telegram from Missoula, Mont., Tuesday evening advising her of the serious illness of her only sister, Mrs. Joseph Kaufman jr. Mrs. Nims left Wednesday morning ina car for Joseph where she caught the Spokane train arriving in Missoula, Thursday morning. Mrs. Kauf- man was unconscious at the time of her sister’s arrival and the doctors in attendance holds no hopes for her recovery. NEW PASTOR COMING. At the closing session of the Columbia river conference of the Methodist church’ in Spokane, Saturday evening, the following made for Cottonwood and other nearby cities who are members of the Moscow district. Cottonwood—Robt. Thompson Grangeville—Ray R. Martin. Orofino—William Martin. Lewiston—Mark Pike. Moscow—H. O. Perry. Nezperce—J. A. Hoffman. New York City is this after- noon the scene of the greatest prize fight ever held in the coun- try between Jack Dempsey and Louis Angel Firpo. Gate receipts will reach near the $1,500,000 mark and close to 100,000 people sides of the machine and immed- iately enveloped it in flames at the Wilfred Waters ranch, six miles northeast of Nezprece yes- terday. 500 sacks of wheat were destroyed, the crew succeeded in saving 300 from the pile. The machine belonging to L. A. Gar- ret, was just finishing a setting. Owners of standing timber and lumber in Clearwater coun- ty will now have a 80 and 20 per- cent increase in tax valuations over 1922, it was announced by the county auditor of Clearwater county upon receipt of ja letter from the state board of equali- zation. The increase o: by the state board will amount to $1,700,000. The largest cattle sale of the year has been closed with the decision of James Madden, of the Snake and Salmon river district, to retire from the cattle busi- ness and again engage in sheep growing. He has sold his entire band of 700 head to Andrew Nelson of Enterprise, Ore., the reported consideration being $42.50 for yearlings and over. Certificates authorizing sal- ary increases for several agents of the university extension div- ision have been filed in the office of E. G. Gallet, state auditor, by the state department of educa- tion. The certificates were signed by Miss Mary L. Wilson as chief clerk of the department. No action has yet been taken by the state board of examiners, which acts on all salaries. With construction of the first six miles of its logging railroad into the Forest country well under way, the Craig Mountain Lumber company is now doing | preliminary work for the exten- sion of its lines a distance of six miles in the vicinity of Reubens | where during the month of June the company bought from the ‘government at a sale of Indian lands two bodies of timber hitherto held in reserve, expend- will sce the bout. Dempsey is the ing approximately $350,000 in the purchase. akon eee