Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, October 12, 1923, Page 1

4 , i i Saas . - COTTONWOOD CHRONICL VOL. 31 NO. 42 COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1928 $2.00 PER YEAR ROAD WORK TO BE COMPLETED CONNECTING LINK IN FER- DINAND WILL BE FIN- ISHED AT ONCE, Approval by the Federal gov- ernment of a half mile of road in the village of Ferdinand and a portion of the North and South highway was received by P. D. Oxley, district engineer Monday and he at once ordered the new road graded and rocked. The work will be done by the General Construction company, the con- cern which Has graveled the highway in both the Ferdinand and Cottonwood highway dis- tricts., | Mr. Price, i dent in charge stated to the wri- ter yesterday that. the entire grading and rocking thru the} town of Ferdinand would be com! pleted in aweek if weather conditions remained for such work. For a time it looked as if this half mile section would not be} eompleted this fall change being made in the route} of the highway which had to be approved by the Federal govern-| ment before Federal money could} be spent for its construction. The new route will be com-| pleted with the exception of the viaduct under the railroad track | and the old crossing will be used | until spring when the railroad | will build a concrete viaduct! costing $14,000. As a result of | the viaduct not being built about | 200 feet of road will have to be graveled by donation work and this will be paid for by Fer-} dinand and Cottonwood business | men and the Ferdinand highway | district. Cottonwood’s share will | be approximately $80 and this) sum was raised in less than ten) minutes by a popular subscrip- | tion, Engineer Oxley and Bliss Moore, maintenance man for five | counties through which the! North and South highway passes spent several hours in Cotton-| 4 wood Tuesday on business mat- | ‘ters pertaining to the building of | the road. The “Missing link” as it was} beginning to be known here has} been the talk of Cottonwoed for several weeks and the heavy rainfall of Sunday and Monday clearly showed what it meant to Cottonwood to have this work completed. Cars were coming from Lewiston to Ferdinand without chains and over the missing link chains had to be used in order to get over the} half mile of uncompleted road. After this was navigated the road into town, which is all graveled was again made with ease. Had the road been left uncompleted it that by spring is safe to say | this stretch} would at times have become im-| My, E, CHURCH SERVICES. passable. | The matter of its completion was taken up at the Commercial club luncheon, delegation of some 20 business men started for Ferdinand to see whatcould be done when they were Stopped on the road by Mr. Oxley and Mr. Bliss, who inform-| ject, “Who Owns the Earth”. ed them of the good news they had for them, which the “missing link” built and completed in the short- est possible time. ORGANIZE LEAGUE, On Monday evening the Juni- ors met and organized the Juni- or Epworth League by the elec- tion of the following officer for the ensuing year. President, Ruth Romig. Secretary, Lavern Jessup. Treasurer, James Sager. 1st Vice-Pres.. William Simon. 2nd Vice-Pres., Clarence Keith 8rd Vice-Pres., Maries Fellers. 4th Vice-Pres., Helen Hensley. Organist, Merle McPherson. Critics, Wanda Keith and Rupert Romig. A very enthusiastic meeting was held and the work of the year started in earnest. was that | BREAKS LEG. While attempting to head off a herd of horses in Grangeville Tuesday Wilber Bryant had the misfortune to step into a hole and break one of his ljegs. superinten-| favorabie | owing to a} Tuesday, and a! months. Next Sunday would be) Africa will be given with the} | AGED INDIAN WOMAN ROBBED OF $1,000 IN CASH. Money Had Been in Trunk For} \ Some Thirty Years— $300 in Gold, ;for afew hours Wednesday. | Ella Monteith, an aged Nez Perce Indian woman of Kamiah, was robbed of more than $1,000 in gold and currency by burglars ; Who entered the woman’s resi-| ; dence, near the school building. | | pried open the trunk in which | she had for years kept a part of her wealth and then made their | escape unnoticed, says the Lew- | iston Tribune. Mrs. Monteith, whose husband | jone of the thriftiest of Nez) | Perces, died about one year ago, | made her home with another old) Indian woman. Wednesday morn \ing they left for Kooskia for a} few hours visit and upon re turning the loss was discovered. The affair was reported but no ; arrests have been made, nor is it possible to point anyone. | Of the money taken there was $300 in $20 gold pieces. This money had rested in the family trunk for almost 30 years, re-} presenting a land payment made | Mr. and Mrs. Monteith when the | suspicion at | reservation was opened. The remaining loss is ‘divided into | three $100 bills, $800 in $50 bills and a number of $20 pieces of currency, the exact amount in | the last ‘instance not being cer- | tain, but it is stated that it will | run into several hundred dollars. Authorities are requested to} be on the lookout for persons | trying to pass gold pieces or bills | in» the denominations figuring in the crime if suspicion should | be directed to them. STLYE SHOW A SUCCESS. The style and fashion show} staged by the Leggett Mercantile: company at the Orpheum, Mon- day evening, ‘drew a large crowd, | and was a general and complete | success. The stage was tastefully decor- | ated with autumn leaves and potted plants. The Cottonwood | orchestra provided music and} the affair took on the nature of | a reception rather than a strict- ly style show. The crowning feature of the | affair, however, was the live medels displaying gowns and/| millinery. The models were all} local ladies and were of different | types and especially adapted to} show off each particular style. In addition, a display was given of boys’ clothing, school girls’ | sweaters and dresses, men’s | suits, etc. In each case a live) model was used to bring out the maximum effect. The contrast in styles of to- | day and those of yesterdays | brought forth much favorable | + comment from the audience. The Leggett Mercantile is to! congratulated upon this splendid | advertising feature. Even if it did rain last Sunday the attendance at Sunday school was larger then for severat we GxXe pect to reach the high water mark of last May. Please be on | time at 10:00 a. m. Sermon at '11 a.m. by Mrs. Thompson, sub- | Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock pictures of the challenge of | i stereoptican and “Where Cross | the Crowded Ways of Life?” will | | be illustrated and sung. ] Robert Thompson, pastor. | SHIP SEVEN LOADS. | Seven loads of livestock were | | shipped from the local station | | Tuesday morning. In the ship-| ment were five carloads of cat-| tle for Spokane, two carloads of | | feeders for Pomeroy, Wash., and | one carload of sheep for Armour | and Company, Spokane. The entire shipment was handled by | John Baer who bought them {from Salmon river stockmen. | LANGE BABY DIES. The infant son of Mr. and Mrs.| cackling of his chickens atid he|damazes and reformation of jmpractical to fit a herd for| | George Lange passed away this | |morning at 10:30 a. m. at their |home following a week’s illness with pneumonia. The baby was} | born July 6, 1923. Funeral ser- | vices will take place tomorrow | from the Catholic church. The bereaved parents have the sym- | pathy of the entire community, } While absent from her home}, | the plant and will enable them to |morning was aroused from his (] Our Leagues of the Nation Convene (] . lel ANE ed 7, LM EXTEND FAIR ONE DAY RAIN SPOILS PROGRAM FOR OPENING DAY—CLOSING DAY SATURDAY, Grangeivile, Idaho, Oct. 12. (Special to the Chronicle) Rain forced those in charge of the Idaho County Fair and Border Days at Grangeville to call off the first day program on Wed- nesday. Thursday, the second day of the fair as advertised saw the opening of the fair and a large crowd was in attendance Officials have extended the fair for one day, closing Saturday evening instead of Friday even- ing as was originally planned. Insurance against rain was carried by the fair promoters in the sum of $1000 a day for which they had to pay a premium of $100 a day. A large number of Cottonwood folks took in the fair at Grange- ville yesterday and all report having a good time. The roads they say are in very good condi- tion. A much larger crowd is ex- pected to attend the fair from Cottonwood today, this being due perhaps to the fact that to- day is a legal holiday, Columbus Day. DEATH CALLS BABY. John Darrell Tunnell was born Sept. 22, 1921 at Winona, Idaho and passed away October 3, 1923 at St. Joseph’s hospital in Lew- iston after an illness of over three months. Death was due to bronchial- pneumonia followed by complica- ions. The funeral services were con- ducted by the Rev. Robert Thompson of the M. E. church of Cottonwood. Mrs. Keith of Cottonwood, beautifully sang “When He Cometh to Make Up His Jewels” and “Safe in the Arms of Jesus.” Little John leaves his parents two sisters and a baby brother, besides many other relatives and friends to mourn his loss. UNION MILL RUNNING. The Farmers Union mill, Tues- | day of this week began grinding flour for its trade after a shut down of several months. New equipment has been added to turn out a much better grade of Union flour which is their chief brand. The company hopes to grind for some time and plans on replendishing its stock that is held for future business. The mill is under the supervision of Ben Nacke. The starting of the Union mill now gives Cottonwood two flour | mills running at full capacity. GETS CHICKEN THIEF. Dave McKinley, Saturday early morning slumbers by_ the | immediately dressed and went to their rescue. On reaching the hen house he found a large horn owl, a rare bird in this section, attempting to annihilate his| flock of birds. He soon put Mr. Owl out of business. Only a,v Western States Lumber Co.,| snd Idaho Decioner 2d. the latter few chickens were killed by the unweleome visitor. ‘ Yd. a | tion. , He DISTRICT COURT IN SESSION COEUR D'ALENE JUDGE IS} PRESIDING—SCALES DE- FENDANT IN SUIT. The fall term of the district | court convened at Grangeville, Monday with Judge W. F. Me- Naughton, of Coeur d’Alene pre- siding. Judge Wallace N. Scales, of the tenth judicial district, will be in Coeur d’Alene, as one of the defendants in a damage suit | brought by Mrs. Mary Clay Dah- | Iquist, of Culdesac, against high- Way engineers and contractors, commissioners of the Lapwai Highway district, and Judge | Scales. This suit to be tried in district court in Coeur d’Alene, was the outgrowth of action tak- | en by highway contractors and commissioners, in constructing the North and South highway | through property belonging to | Mrs. Dahlquist, on authority | granted them by Judge Scales. The court calendar consists of fourteen criminal cases and an exceptionally large number of civil cases. Following is the calendar: Criminal Cases State v Glen D. Loomis, lawfully removing mortgaged chattels. State v E. G. Price, liquor pos- session. State v S. C. McDaniel, liquor. State v Daniel Laverty, as- sault with deadly weapon. This case was tried at the last term of court, and the jury failed to agree. State v I. Remington, liquor. State v Lawrence Thompson, liquor. State v George M. Hawley and Keith Palmer, burglary, second | degree. State v Lem Binnion, rape, | two charges. State v C. W. Brockman, ille- | gal sale of stock, three charges. State v R. B. Hibbs, neglecting to extinguish camp fire. Civil Calendar. Frank E, Wyatt v Hulda M. Brockman, account. Harry McCauley v P. P. Pu- year et al, specific performance. State commissioner commerce | and industry v Grangeville Sav- ings & Trust Co., suit to appoint special deputy. un- and = selling | Luther Hampton, suit to declare |Wyatt, foreclosure mortgage. |R. Arnold et al, foreclosure mort- |in his farm operations this year, |to several times as much land. J. Ray Johnson v Salmon River State bank et al, suit for money, | Ada O. Smith v W. MacNeill, note. C. H. Wright v Joe Keener et | al, injunction. M. F. Fuchs v John N. Meyer, account. State commissioner of finance |eame just at farrowing time for /accompany their father to Lew- v IL. Ewing note. Charles Amera et al, v Luther Hampton et al, suit to set aside deeds. | Gaity Mountain Gold Mining, Co. v E. P. Adams et al, injunc- | John Baer v Asa Jones et al, | mortgage. John Massem v_ Charles C. Brown, quiet title. F. A. Duncan v Asa Jones et al | foreclosure mortgage. | State commissioner of finance notes. John H. Curtis v Chester Sprague et al, closure. Charles J. Hall v Hulda M. Brockman, mortgage foreclosure Dissmore Mercantile Co. y Arthur J. Arp et al, notes. Alice H. Parsons et al, v Jas- Kash Kash, account. , Jchn Oatman and wife y mortgage fore- deed a mortgage. James H. Aram, admr., v Ed. Mrs. Wallace Shadduck v R. gage. Woodland Highway district v State Bank of Kamiah, transfer- red from Lewis county, action to recover trust fund. Hazel Nurss v Harvey Nurss, divorce. Clearwater Valley State bank vy Albert McGuire et al, suit on account and to set aside deeds. Martin Woldson v New York Mining Co., suit for money. Frank Frederick and wife v Anton G. Sarbacher and wife, ejectment. Idaho county v Salmon River State bank and F. L. Allen, suit to collect taxes and declare lien. M. C. Zumwalt v J. O. Chand. ler and Daisy Chandler, fore closure mining lien. Josephine Barnhill v Roy L. Barnhill, divorce. Thomas Hall v John L. Neeley et al, mortgage foreclosure, B. Auger, admr. estate Ells- worth Green, deceased, v Black Diamond Mines, foreclosure lien. Paul Remington v Western States Lumber Co. et al, fore- (Continued on page 2) FARM PAPER SAYS FUNKE HAS BALANCED FARM. Believes He Has Made As Much Clear Money on 80 Acres As Some Make on 160. The Idaho Farmer, one of the leading farm journels of the west in its issue of October 4 contained the following article regarding one of our own farm- ers, John Funke. The article in full reads as follows: John Funke of Cottonwood, Idaho county, is not boasting about having made large profits but takes comfort in the belief that on his 80-acre farm he has made as much clear money as most of the farmers in that ter- ritory with anywhere from twice Mr, Funke’s specialty is the pro- duction of Poland China hogs and to make a success of this line he produces a large variety of crops, all of which are fed on the place with the possible ex- ception of some hay. This year half of his 80 acres is divided be- tween wheat, oats and rye, whiv2 other small areas have. alfalfa and peas. Next year these crops will be switched about so that all of the land will be working but none of it overworking. Mr. Funke’s farm does not only qualify as a “balanced farm,” but the method employed may properly be called “family farming.” Just to illustrate the point, Mr. Funke and the two boys, George and Alfred, attend- ed the Lewiston-Clarkston fair in September, Mr. Funke showing his young hogs in the futurity classes and the two boys partici- pating in the club contests. While they were away Mrs. Funke ran the farm. That she had some job on her hands is in- dicated by the fact that the fair the fall crop of pigs. Mrs. Funke, however, insisted that the boys iston for at least a part of the} fair week, as she well realized the value of participation in club work at the fair as well as at home. The Funkes have lived in the Cottonwood section for 21 years and so far as_ indications now noint will continue to make that locality their home. They will | make none of the fair circuit with their hogs this year except local fairs near home, finding it | competition in the larger shows or to give time to carrying them on the circuit. The two Poland China herd | sires on the farm at the present time are Fnnke’s Ranger Bob heing an Towa-bred pis. secured from the University of Idaho. NEWS AROUND THE STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF THE STATE A half acre of onions near Eagle, Idaho, recently brought $1600. . Talk about your strong crops! , Only one man of the five who sawed their way out of the state prison about a month ago, is at liberty, according to Warden W. L, Cuddy, who reported to Gov- ernor Moore that two others had been captured at St. Paul. bei an acre and a half ground for an experimental plo’ Fred Gustafson, Idaho Pauls farmer, returned 120 bushels of wheat recently from a new vari- ety of seed known as Federation wheat, As a result of a conference be- tween Senator Borah and Secre- tary of the Treasury Mellon, the threatened attempt to foreclose mortgages on a large number of Idaho farms, by the Federal Land Bank, at Spokane, has been silenced. ; Thirty-nine tracts of Indian land on this reservation are be- ing advertised for ‘sale. They in- clude tracts from 25 to 100 acres in size and bids will be received at the agency in Lapwai on Nov- ember 30, Dec. 31, Jan 30, Feb. 29, March 81, April 30, May 30, June 30. I. H. Lowery of Winchester, county commissioner of Lewis county, accompanied by Ed Schnell of Nezperce, left for Minneapolis this week where they go to obtain a patent and to have models made on a mirror adjuster of which Mr. Lowery is the inventor. ; Between $9,000 and $10,000 has been realized on 187 acres near Moscow, revealed through the sale of Blue Prussian peas by A. S.. Lyon and Guilbert Lyon who raised 2,160 sacks on the lend. The peas brought $3.20 a 100 pounds and were shipped to a Philadelphia concern. Idaho farmers have planted approximately. 50;000 acres of potatoes this year, according to a bulletin prepared by the mar- keting service of the Union Paci- fic system. Cassia county, em- bracing the Burley district, leads other sections in the state for acreage of potatoes planted with approximately 9418 acres. Bon- neville county, with 8000 acres planted, is second. Fire, of unknown origin, des- troyed about 150 feet of the lo wagon bride over Lake Pend d’ Oreille, south of Sandpoint, Mon- * day morning, five bents being wiped out, the fire also burning the piles on which the bridge tresed down to the water’s edge. The bridge is known as the sec- ond longest wagon bridge in the world. It is 10,082 feet from end to end and was constructed several years ago. The county carried $4000 insurance on the structure. Ben Tefft, 19-year-old ' son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert W. Tefft, died at 5:30 Sunday night, from in- juries sustained Saturday, while working on his father’s ranch, seven miles south of Winchester. Mr. Tefft had thrown his pitch- fork from the hay rack and was preparing to descend when he slipped and fell on the fork. The wooden handle pierced his body at the small of the back, caus- ing fatal internal injuries. He was rushed to the Winchester hospital and two doctors were called from Lewiston but their efforts were futile. The states of Idaho and Mon- tana have received $148,705.88 and $75,598.56 respectively from the forest service, U. S. depart- ment of agrictlture, as_ their share of the receipts from na- tional forest resources during the fiscal year 1923, according to an announcement from the of- fice of the secretary of agricui- ture. Notice of the awarded sums has been sent to the governors of the states. Idaho has 19 national forests embracing 19,- 056,871 acres, and Montana has 17 national forests . embracing 15,881,715 acres. Ee