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¥ RONICLE © $2.00 PER YEAR | PATRONS MUST 0. K. TELEPHONE CHANGE. {] Officials of Company Here Tues- | day Getting Signers. Before the Pacific Telephone ELLIOTT | PREDICTED A and Telegraph company will be given permission by the Inter- BRIGHT FUTURE—NOT | state Utilities Commission of Ic 7 | Washington D. C. to take over| & DISAPPOINTED the Nezperce Telephone company they must have the approval of the patrons served by the Nez- perce company, which. officials ,of both companies are now ob- taining. P. W. Mitchell, of Nez- és ae perce; T. H. Griffith, division with a large) commercial agent, of Seattle and number of other high railroad| 4’ Rp. Johnson, manager of the officials of that line made a trip | Lewiston office of the Pacific | of inspection over the Camas | company spent Tuesday after- Oi Naive vee hid nip /noon in the city obtaining such cial train of six modern coaches | sionatures, , organized, It is a twenty piece ; | orchestra and is said to be one of ) jthe largest in northern Idaho. |The orchestra practices every] » | morning for about an hour. | Singing Class is Formed. | There remain only about eight members of the high school who , have not joined the class in vocal ITEMS“ OF INTEREST FROM {music which is active the first VARIOUS PARTS OF half hour of the afternoon ses- ;sion. The chorus is now under THE STATE the direction of Miss Meyer, who : jhas succeeded in placing the ren class into four divisions: soprano| © Edward Martin, for several | alto, tenor, and bass. years prominent in business cir- The opening song for the year| cles at Sandpoint, Idaho is re- was, When Irish Eyes are Smil-| covering at his home from the ing, which was followed by, The| effects of a small quantity of |Magic of Your Eyes, and The| carbolic acid he took by mistake. | Gypsy Love Song. The lack ot| William” Wegle, 17-year-old | sufficient copies has caused| WaHace youth, who failed to re- ;much invonvenience, but more] turn home after a hunting trip | have been ordered and are ex-| October 14, was found dead Sun- | | Howard Elliott, chairman of the board of directors of the Northern Pacific railroad sys tem, with headquarters in Ne York City, who consisting of a diner, sleepers, | The officials,of both compan- | pected to arrive very shortly. day, one mile from Sunset. “He and observation car passed thru) ies were well pleased with the - : = Heard in the Classroom, was shot through the breast and Cottonwood Friday evening re-) contiment of the telephone users rasan / Mr. Westover, (in sociology) | wrist. It was apparent that turning to Lewiston the follow-| in all the towns served by the 1 Sh SOWTRT ERE 9 ; | Thomas Kurdy, what is a|the accident » occurred while ing morning. In a spee ch made | ot ia salli | moron? Weigl timbi : ; 5 company that is selling out to young Weigle was cimbing over by Mr. Elhott in Lewiston he) the Bell ayatend and in net one | BINNION GETS INTE ESTIN Tom: That’s when somebody|a fence. His gun was found 15 said that they built the road on} jnctanee have they failed to ob-| dies, they mourn for him. feet from the body. Camas Prairie because they had} ,,; ¥ ig vee tain the signature of a Nezperce j — ; Not to exceed 80 per cent of ta a Levon opeeeh in full “ telephone patron, endorsing the STIFF SENTENCE SCHOOL NOTES Miss Meyer: That’s the fourth | the wheat harvested in the dis- : oh = consolidation to be made. time you have looked at Pete’s| trict tributary to Moscow has eee ge Viaing «ng both | Mr. Johnson stated that the Lae noe “ ee. : been sold up’ to the present time, Mee eS Bnd ANS Ui ve. ag | Nezperce Telephone company : ‘ sateen . ndy:Yep, but Pete’s such a} in the opinion of George Sievers, When, for ten years, I was p,d'soon purchased by the Pac. |CONVICTED BY JURY—MUST | HIGH SCHOOL ENROLLMENT ‘unr Péhe Novthem Paci punk writer. manager of the Moscow Union president of the Northern Paci-’ itic Téephone company and as|- SERVE FROM 15 TO 35 LARGE—BALL PROSPECTS Warehouse company. There have fic, one of the pleasant part ot | oon as they are given permis- z é G Mr. Moll: Who was Homer? been no large sales, the farr - my duties was to visit the Clear-| cio, by the Interstate Utilities YEARS FOR RAPE. ARE VERY GOOD. Student: The guy Babe Ruth! ers who have sold being in : i+ water valley and meet the people | commission they will take over ’ made famous: eee most every case, those who rre of this place, I well remember and operate the company. When : ; SPREE Ath Bel operating on a comparativciy two of your citizens, who were! they receive this permission the| Lem Binnion was convicted by |_ Each community should and} BELKNAPS HOME. small scale. prominent at that time in your} ‘ 7 four) +9 companies will be merged|a jury at Grangeville, Wednes-|in most instances do take great M. M. Belknap motored to F. A. Jeter, secreta: mE as community affairs; John P. Voll-| i1+4 one system as rapidly as|day upon the charge of rape pre-| pride in their school system, the|Lewiston Sunday and brought] of Idaho, is fi Wasbingrted i mer and W. J. Jordan, both of | possible. ferred by the state of Idaho,|doings of the pupils and teach- ; thome with him Mrs. Belknap and! eonf, ce with and whom have since passed away. | ESSA BANE Mee with Gladys Rose, 14-year old|ers. People are also interestea| their son, Donald, who have been | ceniouitatel aamarea aaa oth Men go, hut others take their! 7 pW ACHER-FORSMAN. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs, Ed|in the various activities about|away from. home for just six|yeference to the allotmert to sc a Bod world goes en. Miss Bertha Lemacher, daugh | Rose of Grangeville, as the eom- the school and in order to en-,; months and during all this time ow Myr. omriey comes in 1€ | Be: i es g : : Idaho of its full share of suiplus ter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph | plaining witness. ighten our readers of these ac-| Donald was receiving medical; war materials suitable for use tn Lemacher and Robert Forsman,) He was sentenced by Judge W. | tivities from week to week as| treatments. Young Belknap is| yoad construction. Idaho is en- son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fors- | F. McNaughton to serve a term | they materialize Miss Meyer, the! now rapidly regaining his health] titled to and will receive a sub- ' 9 7:|man, all of the Keuterville sec-|in the penitentiary for from 15 | English teacher assisted by her| after an exceptionally hard seige| stantial quota of trucks, tractors Finch; I can say that the Nor-|+i5,’ were married Tuesday |to 35 years. pupils in the high school, will) of sickness which at times looked| scrapers and similar road build- thern Pacific staff always has a morning at the Holy Cross Cath-|__ The jurors in this case were: | supply the Chronicle each week| as if it would get the best of the ing machinery. deep interest in your welfare. | O16 church in Keuterville. The|H.F. Church, Albert Zodrow, W.| with the most interesting events| boy: Friends have been calling J ; 5 $ “One of my most important! nuptial mass was read by Rev.|E. Hamilton, Herman Seubert, |that take place about the school.|at the Belknap home to _ visit ust a little warning to Cot- trips was made here in 1905,|}. Martin. Immediately after | August Seubert, J. F. Jenny,| We know that this weekly| Donald and Monday thirteen| tonwood motorists who . visit with The: ee iene puis the ceremony the wedding party | Edward Tautfest, Noah F. King, | news letter will be interesting | classmates called on him and he| Lewiston, it might b>» a good spent several days driv er , j _ place of Mr. Jordan; Mr. Hanra- han has for some years served you well in the place of Mr. bia soiourneyed to the home of the|Guy Cleveland, James Murray,|to our readers and to the puplis| was in the best of spirits. idea for them to know that an the Camas prairie; and, as the Fidets arent where a sum-|Henry Sprute and A. N. Peter-|themselves and while it will] Mrs. Belknap will leaye again edict has. been posted. that all result of that visit It came about) tous wedding breakfast was | son. mean extra work on the part of| with Donald the coming week| 2Uto lights must be dimmed and 4 that we completed an arrange-| conved, Perhaps no time in the history | Miss Meyer we believe she will| for Portland where he is to re-| that glaring lights will lead to ment by which the Camas prai-|""r,6 bride wore a beautiful|of court records of Idaho covnty | be amply repaid. ceive more X-ray treatments| *rrest. The Tribune says that rie road and connections Was] oon for the occasion and was|or state has there been a jury| Basket Ball Prospects Gcod, | which have proven so beneficial | diffused lenses be Ps | oF built, thus giving to Lewiston) \aiteq upon by her sister, Mary.|composed of 12 men and upon| As the time approaches for| to him. sive righ pe : Ze Re better access to Camas prairie | 7 oui; Forsman, a brother of the| which set two brothers and.a| the basket ball season to open, Cy RGR UR EAMO bideper te ell ae. sghisc ‘i cH ® and a betier outlet to Puget) j oom acted as best man. step-father. This was true of| the enthusiasm! among the stu-| SURPRISE JUNGERT. might be ‘well:00. Yeginieh te Sound, looking to the future) "The newly married couple are|the Binnion jury, the brothers| dents is steadily fact. Hoot € 1 increasing. Some fifty friends and neigh- ea ‘ ad paar eins ‘deveigg well known in Keuterville and| being August and Herman Seu-| Practice commenced Tuesday! bors gathered at the home of Considerable dame ge to the ose improvements were } k Cottonwood and they are excep-|hert and their step-father, J. F.| night, and judging from the|Mr. and Mrs. John Jungert Fri-| bean crop in the Nezperce victn- made because we believed in the | tionally popular in their home| Jenny, all of Cottonwood. number who were out, it is gen-| day evening to surprise thetr| ity was caused by the heavy great possibilities of this region, | community. ——— erally believed that there will be| son, George, of Pasco, Wash. The | rains. Several acres on the John pi ie ; Ree be hes money| The same evening of the wed- | PARK IS CLOSED. close competition for first team.| surprise feature worked out just|Stellmon place had not been with W ch to do it, e spent) RAS | ding a dance was given by the} The. Commercial club met in Our boys last year worked} as planned and not until they stacked and the beans are he- large sums and we built the road} o»o99m in the school house at|regular session at the Cotton-|hard and steadily, but were| had taken possession of the Jun-| lieved to be severely injured, because we thought that it| Keuterville and was largely at-| wood hotel, Tuesday noon. The| highly rewarded by winning over| gert home did George know| Mr. Stellmon had just completed would make money. We built a! tended by folks from all nearby | club ordered the lights and water | half of the games played, and|about the affair planned in his| Stacking 175 acres ard had a fine station here and a g00d) communities. at the auto park shut off for the; were classed at the tournament! honor. The evening was spent im | large crew at work covering the roundhouse, both for your in-| Wy. and Mrs. Forsman. will! present year. The members ot| as one of the strongest conten-| playing games. Light refresh- beans before the rain fell. The ge for ours. ve make their home on a ranch|the club were pleased with the|.ders. The boys left from last| ments were served at a late hour.| water is expected to make the changes have since come @ near Keuterville and the Chron-| results obtained in having the| year’s team, together with those| Everyone present enjoyede th beans soft and will delay thresh- there has been a wonderful | jcje joins with their many}road between Cottonwood and| who are turning out for the first | evening very much and this ap-| ng for some time. growth in Idaho. friends in extending to them|Ferdinand all graveled. The| time, are ready to do their best] plies to the older folks as well as The Clearweter Tighway “Jay Cooke was the father of | heartiest congratulations. engineer admitted that he had] to have a winning team. the younger ones. District bond electicn carried the Northern Pacific. He be-| oh earch no definite plan as to handling Andrew Dreps has been re- Mr. Jungert will leave Satur-| handsomely Tuesd. The vote came interested in 1869, and} BUY MODERN PRESS. the road in Ferdinand until he} elected yell master, and he says|day morning for his home at)by precincts was as follows: made it possible to make it a} A representative of the|met with the members of the| that all he needs is the signai,| Pasco, Wash. } ; | F Stites 156 fer, 8 ag: transcontinental line. July 21,| American Type Founders, of|Cottonwood Commercial club.! and he’ll be ready with his gang j ainst; Iarns- : | j t ie RE Se MKT Tas: NST BIA ter 41 for, 0 against; Clearwater 1869, he sent an engineer to| Portland, Oregon yesterday sold|Some say the club does nothing, | to hack the team any time. FIVE TRAINS IN TWO HOURS | 41 for, 27 against. The totat Walla Walla to investigate con-| to St, Gertrude convent a mod-| well this is one thing that they) . Coach Westover made a trip| ‘Trains passed thru Cotton-| being 238 1o 35 in favor of the ditions. In September, 1882,]/em and up-to-date printing | did do. to Lewiston Saturday, where he v i issuance of the $35,000 in bords the golden spike was driven.| press which they will use in| 0. L. Gleason was voted in as| met with the other coaches of pi? ig Ale eingepag fect Se 6 for the construction of _ thar Stormy days came in 1873. Af-|their printing department con-|a member of the organization. | surrounding towns and a sche-| one of a railroad center. In less| section of the South Fork high- terwards, Henry Villard came.| nected with the institution. Fifteen members were present| dule of games for the coming|than two hours five trains pas-| way extending from Stites to He failed financially. Morgan| §t, Gertrude convent is now! at the meeting. season was made, The schedule | .¢q thru the city. The first tram|the nation»! forest boundary then organized the road on the issuing a magazine four times a ———_—_———_——_—_ has not yet been announced, but to pass thru was the regular above Harpster. soundest financial basis of any| year and they are also doing| LUMBER ALL SHIPPED. remember folks, to watch this freight, followed closely by | In nothing as in Iikeaineay transcontinental line, it havmg|other work, such as printing] Lumber shipments which have| space for coming reports on] special train of six coaches oc-| tastes vary so much. There are the lowcst rate of interest.| books that are used by the Sis-| been in progress from this point} basket ball. Cncied by high pailrasd offieldla, | often lenpe groupe af devotnen a Many persons think that Wall) ters of the convent. The work|for the past two months were Last year the students attri- | en came the tagulat pakeenger lone Mote ait rattan or capi Street rules the company, but | is all being done under the direc- | practically completed last week.) buted much of their success to|train which was followed by a| but there seems to be only one that is not so. All of Wall tion of Rev. Fr. James. The com- | Only about two more carloads|the support received from the! special freight train moving| common ground on which olf Street’s capital would be small] position and printing is done by | are to be shipped. R.H. Rohm- | townspeople. So come this year| from the prairie 16 carloads of | groups meet. according to Miss in comparison with that of the] Sisters, who are becoming very| berg, who has been here, since} and success will be ours again. | jive stock, The last train to|Marg-retS. Roberts, librarian of Northern Pacific. efficient in this art and especi-| the shipments were commenced, About The Enrollment. make its appearance. was thé|the Idaho free traveling library, “In 1870, Idaho has Jess than|ally when one considers that| grading all lumber as it was load-| > m,. gehool term is once more| work train which has been en-| The ground of meeting is one of 15,000 population; Oregon had | they have mastered it by self|ed on board the cars left Satur- in full swing and the daily at-|gaged in doing repair work on| concerted dislike, she’says, rath- about 24,000, and Washington | determination and have had no|day morning for his home in ? * f 2 i in- | ill for some time. ho ited approval. 90,000. Mr. Hannaford fas | one to show them the little trick Spokane. blag roy ip the Reneents Bs | nae ap the hill sBoRie rasetenrsica re Me Rogar pbc 3 He been here often since i872 and| connected with the trade. | season it was estimated that ap- irst day, to sixty- - wante to read, books about has seen the growth, which the! The new press is expected to| proximately 115 carloads would ment of the first day, to sixty-| IDAHO WINS. Boh ae five, the enrollment at the pre-| Fojiowers of the University of | the World war. Northern Pacific has prompted. | arrive within a few weeks. It|be shipped from this point and sake date. | Idaho Vaninle save eight: xi Tdsho.wanke fourth ii. promote | I am one who believes that the| will also be driven by an electric| the figures are about correct. . The graduating class, also, has a. ean’ h b tionete number of home owning A atad Gkodine: ave al . iv a r 1 3 : z *>|day for which they have been | tionte 1 er | mn. dace pe Ry pe eaer: a rarer | eee gros’ ry ae increased in number over on | waiting for nine years. They saw! fr milies, according to a pamph- this the Pacific northwest is go-| CRUSH ROCK. | hauled here on trucks, by tractor | Y©2"S- Three years ago there | the red jerseyed Vandals rip and | Ict just ied by the department i i ‘k ; / > hor: were four lonely graduates, the| tea, through to a 14 to 0 victory of commerce. This state, how- tio ’ and tendencies can be over-| loose in the city rock. pit and| BEAUTIFY GRAVE YARD. the senior oi sith fo We ‘a "ysl legt football team. A vicious at-| 1900 fienres, when it ran eee Aa toa ’ crushing of the same will either} | Members of St. Mary’s Catho-| te? Bat this oor cape are| ck, consisting almost, entirely : third. Thirty-one states shay You have developed only be-|commence today or tomorrow. | lie church spent two days. the a Tithe dignitied students | 2f line plays, rene ag the 6 Bie Gpe blsenes Poor ane ‘on have had transporta. |The crushed rock will be used to] first of the week in beautifying | (ee eee a owledge which fense, gave Idaho one of the heriod. Vhe nerce rept: Gatise FOU. Pave ae aD OT ont the streets in Cottonwood. | the Catholic cemetery. Weeds| Striving to gain oh in| Most glorious victories that will; evners in 1900 wes 70.7 pnd in rf Sacer One i _ mag age yee will be used to propel! | were cut out and burned. graves | vite ee Ps Aen ae Gold Fe, aos in the Silver and diag god a 98 a uture, is Wf y ave é | “ace y * i aes rov- re years. istory. each Oo) who were z 7 . ‘tation,|the erusher. The work is in|decorated and otherwise improv “ 4 x0ld | 9 8 s ar oe gpete Soca oe, ot cherge of Felix Martzen who has ed to give the sacred ground and Orchestra Organized. Friday’s game was played be- ers. The ne pire ate: Poot you will. develop. +00. na st » contract with the city to crush | surrounding the appearance it]! The Cottonwood High School | fore a crowd estimated at 10,000, home owners is 45.6. =n tat a great transportation system, | 4 rock and place it upon. the| should have and which is natur-| Orchestra, under the able leader-| the largest ever assembled on a ris ha fe eee * (Continued on page 2) streets. ally expected of such a place. ship of Mr. Moll, has again been | Pullman field. | is 55.