Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, September 28, 1923, Page 1

PEA i ta tents iE et ) arrangements to procure them. CRANKE WILL SELLDAIRY COWS BANKS WILL FINANCE CUS: | TOMERS FOR ONE YEAR SALE THURSDAY. A carload of dairy cows, 32 in| number, of the Holstein, Jersey, | Guernsey and Shorthorn breeds will be sold in Cottonwood on} Thursday, October 4th at the). Felix Martzen ranch adjoining | the city by Harry C. Cranke, to the highest and best bidder. | The dairy cows offered for} sale are from 5 to 6 years old| and all good milk producers. | Each animal is pure bred but un- | registered. Mr, Cranke procur-| ed the cows after long and tedi- | ous work in Oregon and is dis-} posing of them in Idaho county | as agent for these farmers. This makes the fourth car load of cattle that Mr. Cranke has| disposed of in Idaho county and | he will give the names of those who have already purchased cows, on request, as to their satisfaction. Mr. Cranke is a believer in dairy cows andis also of the opinion that the dairy cow will bring bigger returns than any} one thine undertaken on the} farm if handled in the right manner. Feed is cheap at the| present time and farmers may | be able to realize a much better | price for their hay and also at | the same time be well paid for | their work by procuring a few dairy cows. The animals to be offered for | sale will be on exhibition at the Felix Martzen ranch the day be- fore the sale when any one inter- ested may inspect them. rms of the sale are cash, ; The banks in Cottonwood and Ferdinand will have a represen- tative at the sale and any of their customers who desire a cow or two can make the necessary The banks have agreed to carry their customers for one year. Prospective buyers are urged to make arrangements with their banks prior to the sale in order to expediate matters on the date of the sale. The sale will commence at 1:30 p. m. and every cow will be sold without reserve. THEY READ ’EM. ling that it is just and equitable | COUNTY SUES THE Seek to Compel Fenn District to Maintain and Keep Road in Repairs in Its Own District (Free Press) Idaho county filed suit in dis- trict court Wednesday against the commissioners of the Fenn highway district, seeking to com- pel the highway district to bear its share of expense of repairing and maintaining the Grave] Creek highway, badly damaged by_a washout, last spring. The action, filed by Prosecut- ing Atty. F. E. Fogg, requests a judgment and decree determin- that the entire expense of repair~ ing and maintaining that section of the highway lying within the Fenn district be borne by the Fenn district, as wellas costs of the action. Filing of the suit is the out- come of a resolution passed by |} the board of county commission- | ers, on July 12, demanding that the highway district proceed with the repair. It is set forth in the complaint that the com- missioners of the highway dis- trict, J. A. Crea, J. B. Crea and J. M. McHugh, have taken no action with regard to repairing the highway. The Grave Creek road was built more than a year ago by Idaho county with an appropria~ tion of $20,000, made by the leg- islature for that purpose. Spring freshets filled Grave Creek to overflowing, and much of the road was washed away. It: is said that it is impassable for or~ dinary traffic. It is charged the! Fenn highway commissioners | negleeted and refused to repair the road. It is expected the Fenn com- missioners will bitterly fight the case brought by the county. JURY FAVORS BOYS. A vedict favoring Chester {eermans and John M. Bieltz, two Cleveland, Ohio boys, was returned by a jury Tuesday in a civil action brought against the boys by T. Clark in the justice court. Suit was brought by | Mr. Clark to recover damages in |the amount of $125 and _ costs, for the loss of a horse that had to be killed after having its leg broken in a collision with a car driven by the above mentioned boys last Wednesday evening near the Halter ranch east of Cottonwood. The case was heard before | That advertisements in news-~ papers when properly written are read was again forceably brought to our attention this week. ber 14 W. B. Hussman raf an advertisement in the Chronicle entitled “Country Suckers at a| County Fair” in which he relat- ed his experiences at the Lewis. ton Fair. So interesting and well written was the advertise- ment that the Lewiston Banner republished it in full and it did’a cost Bill a cent, with the follow- ing comment: “Rather out of the ordinary, yes, but an advertisement of the Hussman Lumber company in the Cottonwood Chronicle last week consisted entirely of the story of a visit to the Lewiston fall fair by the owner and fami- ly. And we rather think it will make good reading matter for Lewiston folks.” Then follows the ad in full. AN INVITATION. The people of Lewis County extend a cordial invitation to the citizens of Cottonwood and vicinity to attend the annual affair of the Lewis County Fair and Stock Show to be held at Nezperce on October 4, 5 and 6, 1928. A good time is assured every- one. A. A. HUNTER, Secretary. PBS EG SCHOOLS OPEN. The Stock Creek school open- ed Monday for its fall term with a very good attendance. The teacher in charge of this school is Mary Nies of Grangeville. On the 17th of this month the Icicle Flat school, near West- lake, opened for its fall term with Beatrice Wimer as teacher. ‘The attendance here is also up to the average. | Justice of the Peace B. L. Hus- |sman and the following named | gentlemen were impaneled as a |jury to hear the case: Frank In the issue of Septem-| Albers, Asa Jones, John Struck, | Mrs. R. D. Humphrey and Mr. John Martzen, Roy jJoe Nuxoll. The witnesses in the case were T. Clark, A. J. Barth, A. H. Nau, |Vern Dye and the two defend- \ants. A, S. Hardy represented Mr. Clark while the boys pleaded | their own case. Tmmediately after the verdict of the jury the Ohio boys had their car placed in-runing shape land left for Grangeville and from that point departed for California. Tefft and |GAS TAX YIELDS BIG. Idaho has collected $161,403 \from the gasoline tax since it went into operation April 1, ac- cording to an atdit of the bu- |reau’s books recently completed by B. E. Hyatt, state director of. public accounts, at the request jof F. A, Jeter, commissioner of jlaw enforcement. | All money collected from the | gasoline tax goes into the state highway fund to be used for |road purposes. The audit shows that each month’s collections }since the law became effective jhave been larger than the pre- |ceding month. |imately $25,000 was collected; in and in August, $53,000. | BREAKS LEG. Vance Rooke had the misfort- }une to break a bone in his left | wild horse at_ the Kooskia fair, | Friday when his spur caught in the rigging. Vance is the son }of Mr. and Mrs. William Rooke, }and he with his father tcok a In May approx- | June, $39,000; in July, $$44,000, | \leg while attempting to saddle a} SPOKANE MAN BUYS HOTEL COTTONWOOD HOTEL PRO- PERTY CHANGES HANDS- MAKE IMPROVEMENTS. Otis L. Gleason, of Spokane, Wash., purchased from J. L. Cook, also of Spokane, the Cot- tonwood Hotel. Mr. Gleason tak- ing active charge at once. Mrs. Cook who has been in charge of the hotel for only a short time departed with her childyen for Spokane, Tuesday morning. Mr. Gleason intends to make a num- ber of improvements about the building. He will also take charge of the dining room, which has been leased, tomorrow morn- ing. Business men of the city ex- tend to the new comer a glad hand and wish him the best of success while engaged in busi- ness in Cottonwood. HUMPHREY WEDS. Cecil Humphrey, son of R. D. Humphrey, of Cottonwood, and owner of one of the taxi com- panies operating in Lewiston, was married on September 15th in Lewiston to Miss Mary Miller, a prominent young lady of that city. Immediately after the wedding the young folks left in a ear for Portland, Ore., spend- ing a week there. Mr. and Mrs. Humphrey arrived in Cotton~ wood Sunday evening and spent \ the first part of the week here | visiting at the homes or Mr. and and Mrs. Lloyd Turner. They returned to Lewiston, Wednes- day where they will make their home. Mr. Humphrey is a veteran of the world war, and well known here’ having resided in Cotton- wood prior to enlisting with Co, E. His friends here extend to him and_ his wife heartiési congratulations and wish them a happy wedded life. ENROLLMENT LARGE. The Lewiston State Normal school begins its 30th year with a record enrollment of 301 stu- dents registered at the end of the first week. Last year only 273 students were enrolled dur- ing the entire teim. Of those registered this year, 87 are from Washington, four from Oregon, one from Califor- nia and one from Missouri. The remainder are from Idaho; 76 being from Lewiston alone. Clarkston, Washington comes second with 24. Students from Idaho county: Cottonwood, Verla Jessup, | Matilda Schroeder, Estella Wil- | liams. Boles, Roxie Renshaw. Grangeville, Rachel Baker, Phoebe Gillett, Margaret Kra- kau, Ruth Munro, Arbel Randall, Kooskia, Leona Engle, Eunice Stewart, Florence Newland. Riggins, Mary De Haven. | Woodland, Gladys Farris, Eva George. { | | NORMAL AGAIN. — Cottonwood’s water supply portions, the big pump having prominent part in the wild west |Stunts at the Kooskia fair. has again assumed normal pro-| YOUR TRAIN JUST _LEFT COUNTY FAIR OCT. 10, 11, 12 GREAT PREPARATIONS ARB | BEING MADE BY THOSE IN CHARGE. Final details are now being worked out by those in charge of the Idaho County Fair, at every man, woman and child in the county is asked to take an active interest, for it is' stirietly a county fair. The dates, October 10, 11 and 12 will be crowded full of many interesting things that will keep the fair visitors’ time occupied from morning until night. Guy Chiesman, director in- dives at night ina brilliantly illuminated airplane by Aviator N. B. Mamer, of Spokane, will be features of the Idaho County fair, October 10, 11 and 12, Looping the loop thousands of feet in the air while his plane is aglow with flaming lights, blood- curdling tail spins in the dark skies, and awe-inspiring — spiral ascents will mark the aviator’s flights. During the day, also, exhibitions flights will be made and passengers will be carried. William I, Rooke and other stockmen of the Salmon river country are taking their strings of bucking bronchos to the Idaho county fair, and splendid demon- strations of the cow boys’ skill will be seen in the arena daily, There will be roping of wild cat. tle, riding of wild steers and out- law horses, fancy roping and speedy horse races. The Dokkie band, of Lewiston, will furnish music all three days of the fair, and at night the Dokkie orchestra will play for dances. The Wheeler Comedy circus, of Whitebird, has been engaged for free acts in front of the grandstand. ‘The circus is now in southern Idaho playing a series of fairs, but will return in time for the Idaho county fair, The circus includes trapeze work, contortions, acrobatic, clown acts, trained animal acts and slack and tight wire walking. Members of the Wheeler circus last season were with the Sells~ Floto circus, and all are show- people of wide experience. Purebred Livestock Display. Breeders of purebred livestock are taking much interest in the fair, and their exhibits, it is be. lieved, will surpass the splendid livestock displays of last year. NEW MANAGER. Mrs. Alfred Richards, who has been manager of the Nez- perce Telephone company, re- signed her position and expects to leave about the first of the coming month for Wallace, Ida., where she will join her husband, Alfred Richards who departed for that city Sunday. Mrs, Sadie Hensley, is the new mana- ger selected by the telephone company to fill the vacancy. Mrs. Hensley has accepted the posi- tion with the company but will until the first of October. Grangeville, an affair in which) May, forms us that sensational high | not take over active management GIVE RECEPTION FOR TEACHERS AND MINISTER At the School Auditorium Tues- day Evening—Sponsored By The Ladies’ Aid. A reception was given Tues- day evening in the high school auditorium sponsored by the Ladies’ Aid Society, for the teachers and Rev. and Mrs, |Dhompson. A goodly number of people turned out for the affair. The address of welcome was made by W. W. Flint, chairman \of the village trustees in behalf lof the city, by M. M. Belknap in | behalf of the school board. The responses were made by Rev. Thompson and by Superinten. dent Moll. Those present also enjoyed a piano solo by Miss Margaret Simon and a vocal sclo by Miss Elza Matthiesen. After the program a_ social hour was spent in games and conversation, At the conclu~ sion of the evening’s events, light refreshments were served, CORN 13 FEET HIGH. F. G. Nuxoll brought to the Chronicle office, Saturday a stalk of corn raised on his ranch that measures just thirteen feet in heighth from the roots to the top of the stalk, we are frank to admit it is by far the tallest stalk of corn that we have ever seen and in this opinion we are | also joined by everyone who has | seen it. The corn was planted early in by Barney Nuxoll, who brought the seed from Illinois ‘and is of the Yellow Dent vari- !ety. Mr. Nuxoll, who is visiting i here with brothers stated that \he has raised bushels of corn in | Iinois but for height none of it | had the corn beat that he raised \in Idaho. On the stalk are three ears of corn, the last one being just ten feet from the ground, or in other words the average man would have to have a step ladder to | pick the corn from the fodder | while in its growing position. |No great amount of this corn was planted but what was plant- ed was set 20 inches apart. THRESHING AGAIN. Threshing operations stopped for two days this week due to the light showers that fell the first of the week. Threshing has again been resum ed and with two weeks more of clear days all the threshing in this section will be completed. Grain has been coming’ into Cottonwood the past week at a lively rate and most of the ware- houses are now being crowded for storage space. Old timers tell us that more grain will be threshed this year than has been the case in many years if not in the history of farming operations on Camas Prairie. The farmers have no com- plaint to make in regard to the yield per acre, but the price of grain, in the opinion of all is not what it should be. YOU TELL EM | Hello folks—I am the new YOU TELL ’EM cartoon series. One of your livest home concerns has hired me to || work for them—Watch for my Weekly Message | I’ts good! | “YOU TELL ’EM” cartoons will be specially drawn for this paper by FINCH of the Denver Post, America’s foremost car- toonist. ‘hey start this week. Read them all. ‘ been set in motion Sunday after }? forced lay off of three weeks. Subscriptions are now due. were | NEWS AROUND ~THE STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM . VARIOUS PARTS OF THE STATE — Miss Ethel Redfield has been appointed inspector of high schools for the state of Idaho, The appointment comes through the co-bperation of the Univer- sity of Idaho and the state board of education. Miss Redfield will have her headquarters at Boise. “More milk pails and fewer chaps and saddles are needed for Idaho’s economic prosperity, and more contented homes for its domestic happiness,” said Giver- nor C. C, Moore, in an informal talk before the members of the good citizenship club at the chamber of commerce in Boise, Tuesday. The United States supreme court willbe asked at its October jterm to decide whether Ray Moore, Boise banker, was guilty of violating the law for having intoxicating liquor in his posses- sion. The district court and the state supreme court both have held Moore guilty under the state law. He was fined $50 and sentenced to serve 30 days in jail by the district court judge. The estate of Geo. P. Creigh- ton, pioneer merchant of Mos- cow, was entered for probate in ; the Latah county probate court Saturday by Jennie B. Creigh- ton, the surviving widow. Mr, Creighton," who died in Los Angeles, July 81, 1928, left no will but the property set out in the petition is alleged to be com- munity personal property inter- ests in Spokane. The property is appraised at $85,000. D. F. Banks, state treasurer, received Monday a check “for $3810 from the estate of David Hutchinson, who died recently in Shoshone county without a will and without relatives. Un- der the state law this money is placed in the escheated estate fund of the treasurer where it remains until claim is made to it. If it is not claimed within five years it is placed to the credit of the public school en- dowment fund. Iver Bolser, age 17, of Fargo, |N. D., was almost instantly kil- \led at Sandpoint Wednesday when he fell beneath the wheels of a Northern Pacific freight train at the passenger station. Bolser caught the step at the back end of a freight car as his partner, Lyle Bacon, also 17, and from Fargo, caught the ladder ~ at the front of the next car. Bolser’s grasp failed and he fell, striking against Bacon. He rolled under the wheels between the cars, his body cut in half | across the hips. Robert Ford, alias Noah Ars nold colored, self-confessed mur- derer of W. A. Crisp of Hope, Idaho, July 16, will hang Thurs- day, November 1 for the crime. The execution will take place at the state penitentiary at Boise, where a death watch was placed | over the prisoner Monday morn- ing. Mike Donnelly, who gave himself up shortly after his com- panion in crime was arrested, | was sentenced within a few min- utes of Ford to hard labor in the state prison for the balance of his natural life. Judge W. F. Me- Naughton of Sandpoint’ passing sentence on both negroes, Donald Stedman, 18, whose mother resides in Spokane, died almost instantly from injuries received at 1:30 o’clock Sunday morning at Craigmont when a@ car in which he was riding | struck the end of a truck parked for the night in front of the |Craigmont hotel. The automo- bile struck the projectin end of the truck on the right side and ran along for almost the distance of the car. The radiator was |struck at the outer edge, the hood was creased and the right hand vost of the windshield was demolished and it was this that was thrown against the young man’s body. Death ensued, it was determined by a physician, | from a punctured liver,