Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, December 7, 1923, Page 1

noe | COTTONWOOD CHRONICL VOL. 21. NO. 50. COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1928 $2.00 PER YEAR FEDERAL JUDGE — SHOWS NO MERCY FINE AND JAIL SENTENCES HANDED OUT IN QUICK ORDER RY JUDGE. Moscow, Idaho.—The criminal calendar to be considered at the fall term of the United States district court, which convened there Monday morning with Judge Frank S, Deitrich pre- siding, is the heaviest in recent years, and it is expected that) fully two weeks will be consum-' ed before adjournment is taken. Nineteen pleas of quilty to} violations of the federal prohibi-| tion law were entered before) Judge Deitrich Monday and in} these cases the defendants re-! ceived the following sentences: Harvey Housh, of Lewiston, | fined $300 for the possession of intoxicating liquor on August 2. | A charge of maintaining a nui- sance was also lodged against this defendant, but this was dismissed. Upon payment of the fine Housh was given his Grant Foster, of Lewiston, against whom charges of pos- session of liquor and maintain- | ing a nuisance were filed, was fined $400 upon admitting his guilt. His ‘vife was charged jointly with him but the case against her was dismissed when her husband assumed full re- sponsibility. George Wilson, arrested by the prohibition agents at Oro- fino, was given a fine of $300 for the possession of materials used in the manufacture of liquor. : Dan Miller, charged with liquor possession and maintain- ing a nuisance at 408 C. street, | Lewiston, was given a fine of $100 on the liquor charge and $200 on that of maintaining a nuisance, A fine of $300 for manufact- ure and possession of liquor and maintaining a nuisance was im- posed on Fred Freeman, of Lew- iston. Julius Willis, arrested at Kam- jah on November 9, was fined $100 for possession. Peter Fodor, a resident of Lewiston Orchards, was fined $300 and sentenced to the Nez | Perce county jail for a three | months term after he entered a} plea of quilty to possession of liquor and possession of mater- jals for making same, and for} manufacture of liquor and main- taining a nuisance. jail sentence of three months and a fine of $10 was meted out . to Martin Johnson, arrested at Kamiah on Novem- ember 8, the charge against this | man being the possession of ma- terials for manufacture of liq-| uor. | Jess Mathews, also arrested near Kamiah, was fined $300 for possession, which amount he paid into court and was allowed is liberty ie tte B. Lindsay, of Lewiston, arrested on October 15, drew the heaviest sentence handed | down today. He was given a fine of $200 and a four months | term in the Nez Perce county jail. He was charged with liquor possession and maintain- ing a nuisance. ‘he Henry C. Hartshorn, residing | in East Lewiston, paid a $400 fine for possession of liquor. Ernest Mueke, of Spokane, who was arrested on the north side of the Clearwater river at| Lewiston after a running fight with the officers, who upon seiz- | ing his car. found a case of bond- ed whiskev, was fined $600. George Verdot, of Kamiah, pleading quilty to possession, was fined $200. Upon pleading quilty on three counts charging possession and manufacture, John Valentine, ar- rested near Potlatch on August | | John Shodene. \the Volstead act. | morning. | paid and was given his freedom. Richard Taylor, of Orofino, {was givenafine of $300 after , entering a plea of guilty to the) | possession of liquor on June 23.) Frank Lomski of Lewiston, | charged jointly with Charles) Parish, also a resident of that! | city, entered a plea of quilty to | | liquor possession and possession | of materials for manufacture, | while Parish entered a plea of | quilty to possession. These | men will be sentenced later. | Alvin T. Schuman entered a plea of guilty to four counts, | | possession of liquor and mater-~ jjals, with manufacture and | maintaining a nuisance. Schu-| man was charged jointly with! J. A. Bauman and C. W. Emlick. | All three men are residents of) the Craigmont section. 1 Herman Shodene of Troy, who! entered a plea of not guilty, changed his plea to guilty to pos- | session and manufacturing of} liquor. _ He was charged jointly | with Mrs. Mary Shodene and} The counts of possession of property for manu- facture and maintaining a nui-| sance were dismissed against Herman Shodene and __ all counts were dismissed John and Mary Shodene. Peter Morrow, of Elk River, | received favorable consideration at the hands of a jury this after-| noon when he was acquitted on four counts alleging violations of | Morrow was charged with liquor possession, | possession of property used in the manufacture of liquor, man-| ufacture, and maintaining al nuisance. | Moscow, December 5—At 8:30 o’clock tonight a jury returned a verdict of not-quilty in the case) four | against | Smailes of Lewiston. and sale of liquor on four counts case went to the jury shortly be- fore 6 o’clock this evening. The; count seeking the confiscation of | Smailes’ automobile was dismis-| sed by the United States attor-| ney. The alleged violation of the prohibition act on the part of Smailes occurred at Lewiston on May 10 and 12, 1923. case was one held over from the} last term of court. Sartor Settimo, of Elk River, who pleaded quilty to liquor pos- session, possession of property| for manufacturing liquor andj maintaining a nuisance, was sentenecd by Judge Dietrich this | He was fined $200) for liquor possession $100 for} possession of property for manu-} facture of liquor, and sentenced to three months‘ imprisonment | in the Latah county jail for man- ufacture and maintaining a nui- sance. William Timme, of Gifford, | was fined $200 on each of two counts when he entered a plea of guilty before Judge Dietrich to possessing liquor and property for making the same. The counts charging manufacture and main- tenance of a nuisance were dis- missed by the United States at- torney. Elmer Rouse, of Clearwater, was found guilty on two counts and acquitted on one this after-| noon by a jury. He was ad- judged guilty of the possession of property designed for manu- facture and of manufacturing | liquor, and was acquitted of the charge of liquor possession. Sentence will be pronounced on Rouse tomorrow morning. The jury in this case was out an) hour after the hearing of the case had occupied the morning hours of court. | Carl Zimmer, of Lewiston, entered a plea of guilty this) afternoon to liquor possession, manufacture and maintenance} of a nuisance on Hog _ island, about eight miles east of Lewis- ton, and was fined $300 for pos- session, $300 for maintenance of a nuisance, and sentenced to three months in jail for manu- facture. With Zimmer at the brought about by one of the offi- 28. was fined $300. George Nibbler of Genesee re-| ceived a fine of $300 for having | in his possssion material for | manufacture, his arrest taking | place on Sentember 6. The de-| fendant paid and was released. | For manufacturing wire and having it in his possession when arrested, G. Neussie, of Potlatch, | received a $300 fine, which hey cers securing evidence by swim- ming the Clearwater river to Hog Island, where Ben Zimmer, his son, and William Malin. These men were charged jointly | with Carl Zimmer 6n an amend- ed information. They were) freed of all charges on dismissal of all counts by the United States attorney. Carl Zimmer (Continued on Jast page) FIRE DESTROYS BLOCK IN STITES $26,800 FIRE WITH ONLY $5150 INSURANCE, MANY ARE HEAVY LOSERS. Wednesday morning about six o’clock fire broke out in Stites and burned one block on the East side of Main street before it was It is believed to hay: started in Manes and Thomp- and flames had completely enveloped this build- of the United States vs. Harry | ing by the time the volunteer Smailes| fire department could began to was charged with possession| fight the fire, a loss of perhaps twenty minutes was occasioned and transportation of liquor. The| by inaction of thé emergency | pump, which was put in opera- tion by C. W. Thompson, of the in Stites at the time, and Ted Mil- checked. son’s pool hall Hoene Hardware, who was lard. Among the heavy losers were: Wesley Packer, proprietor Cor- | ner confectionery, building and The| contents; loss $8000; insurance, $1500. Bank of Stites building, vacant loss, $3500; insurance, $1000. J. B. Burney, real $300 insurance, Building owned by Mr. Nichol-| son, Portland, Ore., loss, $2500; ) no insurance. Ted Millard, grocery and lunch | counter, $2500 loss; $300 insur- ance, Manes & Thompson, pool hall, $1000 loss, no insurance. Tremont hotel, $1800; no in-} surance. B.. B. Scott, stage barn, hay, | grain etc., $5000 loss; $1300 in- | surance. _ Albert Carr, frame building, | $500; no insurance. George Trenary, funeral supplies, loss unstated. A, H. Oversmith, Moscow, ice house; loss $400. The property owners window breakage eat: Phil Hartman, hardware and implements; $350, fully insured. occupied groceries Anderson building, by Musiel brothers, and meats; $200, insured. Fred Reimer, barber, $100, no insurance. P. EB. Ellis, drug store, $100, insured. Louis Grieving, building, $100 insured. Millard Light company, wires, poles, etc., $200 W. H. Pearl, instruments, etc., $100. The small amount of from 10 to 15 per cent. FILE ATTACHMENTS. 4 . . s Three attachments were filed; time of his arrest, which WaS/ with the county auditor at) Grarveville this Anton Jansen, \\ KN mM ae MALTA estate, building and fixtures, $1000; Kooskia, | on the west side of the street lost by and intense telephone lines, insur- ance carried was due to the high rate of insurance, which ranged week against the Farmers’ Union Warehouse Companv, Ltd., of Cottonwood, | Joseph Riener, TAXES MUST STATE AND COUNTY TAXES LOWER—VILLAGE TAX IS HIGHER, Tax notices are now in the hands of all tax payers, they having been mailed out by the thousands last week by Otie L. Cone, county treasurer and tax collector. State and county taxes have been greatly reduced but the village tax in Cottonwood took a jump from $1.60 a hundred in 1922 to $2.30 a hundred in 1928. The jump in the Cottonwood tax is due to the creating of a sink- ing fund to pay off the $20,000 bond issue. Even with the ad- vance, Cottonwood is within one cent of having the lowest village tax in the county on each $100 valuation. The Cottonwood highway and school district tax is the same as last year, 83 and 90 cents on each $100 valuation. e this year $1.10; the 1922 state tax was 56 cents, this year 50 cents on each $100 valuation. All taxes extended on the real property assessment roll are payable to the tax collector with. out penalty, on and after the fourth Monday of November and prior to the fourth Monday of December of each year. Taxes become delinquent after the lat- ter date and a penalty of 2 per cent is then added. This does not include tax made up by the county assessor and submitted to the board of county commissioners which tion for that purpose, Monday. This tax on purely personal pro- perty is collected when the pro- perty is assessed, any time dur- other real property tax. All taxes are payable in two installments, the first of which becomes due on the fourth Mon- day in November, and the re- maining half on the fourth Mon- day in June of the following year. With every tax notice sent out a slip was enclosed, showing the different tax levies and their amounts. By far the largest percentage of the tax levy comes from the assessment for highway districts, schools, and incorporated towns. AUDIT BANK BOOKS. Charles Weigand and R. F. Lann, federal bank inspectors, made an audit of the books of the First National Bank of this city, Tuesday. they said average. was far above the Federal bank inspec- National banks or banks that are members of the federal reserve system. is paid by the bank, the audit here amounting to about sixty August Von Bargen and B.| dollars. Two such audits are Luchtefeld, as directors. The, usually made every year. first instrument was filed by, Mr. Weigand is a brother of Reinhart Oseau sum of $2506.85. -- in the sum of 2000. the second by James A.! Wright in the sum of $6000, and the third hy B. Uuchtefeld in the} ment, held the <i nmele i Herman Weigand having before accepting the position with the federal govern- examuper, NOW BE PAID | The 1922 county tax was $1.38, | assessment on} personal property, which roll is| convened as a board of equaliza-~ | ing the year irrespective of the They gave the) bank a fine report and compli-| ment Cashier Flint on the splen-| did condition of the bank which | tors have jurisdiction only over) The cost of auditing) of this city,| position of state | tions. The ey. #0 be LADIES TO GIVE BAZAAR AND CHICKEN DINNER At the I, 0. O. F. Hall Saturday Afternoon and Evening. Everybody Welcome. Tomorrow afternoon, Saturday | the ladies of the Aid Society will give their annual bazaar in the I. O. O. F, hall at which time the public will have an oppor- tunity to purchase many beauti- |ful and useful gifts, the handi- work of the ladies of Cottonwood Many of the items will make ideal Christmas gifts. The arti- cles will be on display and the actual selling will not take place until 3 p. m. | In the evening the ladies will | Serve a chicken dinner to the | public in general commencing at 6:80 p. m. Don’t forget the date and if you do not feel like buying fancy work at least be present for the chicken dinner. ACID EXPLODES. C. O. Perrenoud, proprietor of | the Rexall Drug Store, had a narrow escape from being seri- ously burned Monday by carbolic | acid and only his presence of mind saved him from having his face scarred for life. Mr. Per- renoud was heating the acid, in crystal form to liquidize the same. While waiting upon cus- tomers, he forgot the acid, that he was heating. Later while placing fuel in the stove the bottle upset and the cork fell out spilling the acid over the hot stove and exploding, striking Mr. Perrenoud’s hand and the left side of his face. The acid mis- | sed his eye by the fraction of an inch. Mr. Perrenoud states that he knew at once what had hap- | pened and in an attempt to pro- a his face hig hand wag burn- |ed. |. He immediately rushed to an |aleohol bottle and treated the ‘burns, it being this treatment that saved him from the canbolic acid seriously burning and scar- ring his face and hand. | ANOTHER FIRE. Grangeville was visited by another fire early Monday morn- ing when the building owned by the Von Berge estate was com- | pletely gutted and the restaurant | fixtures, owned by H. E. Corum, | destroyed. The building was used by Corum as a restaurant. | Mr. Corum gave the alarm and {aroused occupants of neighbor- |ing buildings and reported that |a masked man had held him up and after getting no valuables gagged him and tied his hands behind his back with a bailing wire and then set fire to the building. The blaze proved to be ex- ceedingly hard to fight, owing to so much smoke, and only good work on the part of the Grange- ville volunteer fire department confined the blaze to the Von | Berge building. BUILD CONNECTING LINK. Idaho’s department of public works has filed with the United States bureau of public roads a project statement covering a portion of the Lapwai-Spaulding highway, it was announced Sat- urday by W. J. Hall, commis- sioner of public works. When the statement is approv- ed by the federal bureau the state will advertise for bids for the construction of the highway. When this short stretch of new highway is completed there will be a continuous graveled road from Cottonwood to Lewis- ton and travelers from the prai- rie country will be able to go in- is now known as the Webb road, badly cut up by the heavy auto- mobile traffic. MARRIED IN LEWISTON. Miss Nellie Asker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Asker, prom- inent folks of this community, was married in Lewiston on the | 26th day of November to Huban Lester, of Grangeville. The young folks departed immediate- ly after the wedding ceremony for Pasco, Washington, where they will reside. | Miss Asker is well known in | Cottonwood, having attended the Cottonwood high school and her friends extend to her and her husband heartiest congratula- Chronicle also wishes = to Lewiston without using what | NEWS AROUND THE STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF THE STATE __ The services of a county agent in Nez Perce county will be dis- continued on January 1, Creation of a game preserve in the southeastern part of Ida- ho county, comprising the ter- ritory lying south of Salmon river and east of the 115th meri- dian, is advocated by officials of co Nis National forest, at Mc- All, Announcement that Idaho’s elementary schools will be in the market next June for arithme- ties, spellers, Idaho histories and Idaho civics, were sent out by Miss Elizabeth Russum, state superintendent of public instruc- tion, to leading book companies of the country. Appropriation of $850,000 to erect an addition to the federal building at Boise is asked in a bill introduced Monday in the house of representatives by Ad- dison T. Smith, Idaho congress- man. The bill would allow the completion of the building ac- cording to original plans, While there has been consl- derable scarlet fever among children in the public schools, the university has been practi- cally free from the disease. Within the past few days, how- ever, six cases have developed lamong the students. The six cases are bing taken care of at the infirmary. Thirty three head of horses, owned by J. E. Dodson, a road contractor working on the state highway between Moyie Springs and tne Idaho-Montana state line, were killed Tuesday under the supervision of Deputy State Veterinarian White, of Bonners Ferry and Seagraves, of Coeur d’Alene. The horses were inr fected with glanders. Sheriff William Kirkpatrick of Bonner county, who was re- cently conviced in federal court of conspiracy to evade the pro- hibition laws, Saturday warned the board of commissioners by letter that he would not relin- quish his office and if he were removed and his appeal to the United States circuit court of ap- peals is successful, he would hold the county responsible for full pay, loss of time and expenses. The North Pacific Construc- tion company loses $18,880.65 ag a result of a supreme court deci- sion in which Bonneville county commissioners are unheld for re- fusing to create indebtedness for the construction of a new court house over and above what the people authorized in a bond election. The company claims $159,341.73 due, and the county has but $140,461.08 with which to pay the claim. The discre- paney developed because the county let contracts ape more than it had money to spen Authorities are investigating the cause of death of Charles Broncheau, a Nez Perce Indian, who died at 2 o’clock Tuesday morning at his home in Lapwai. His death is believed to have been due to drinking poisonous moonshine whisky. Broncheau left his home about 9 o’clock Saturday night and returned about midnight. His wife noted that he was in somewhat intoxi- cated condition, but he complain- ed about being ill. He went to bed and she retired. When summoning him later the wife discovered he was dead. After having kept for more than four years an accurate re- cord of what one acre can be made to produce in the dairy business, J. S. Boone, dairyman living near Ustic, says that he is not particularly con : over agricultural conditions in Idaho. In 1922 he made a net profit of $110 per year each from a herd of 95 cows, and figured that he got pasturage and silage for one cow from each acre. His gross profit cow was $228.51 in 1922 and he as- serts that it will not be lower os