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Camas Prairie Chronicle.
VOLUME 25. NUMBER 36.
COTTONWOOD, IDAHO, FRIDAY, SEPT. 7, 1917.
$1.50 A YEAR.
HIGHWAY COM
MISSION HEHE
Visits Prairies to Look Over
Two Proposed Routes—May
Soon. Decide on Location
Engineer Soon Busy.
The members of the state high
way commission spent a couple
of days on the prairie the first of
the week acquainting themselves
with the advantages and disad
vantages of the two proposed
routes for the north and south
highway across the prairie and
as a result of their visit word will
no doubt soon be issued from
Boise announcing the selection of
a route and directing a final sur
vey to be made of the route se
lected. The members of the
commission visiting here were E.
A. Van Sicklen of Weiser and W.
A. Brodhead of Mackey. The
gentlemen were accompanied by
their wives on the trip north and
had spent several days in the
northern part of the state look
ing over highway matters there.
On reaching Lewiston the ladies
decided to return home by train
and the gentlemen drove on up
to the prairie Sunday. They
were met at Ho by a delegation
from this place and escorted to
Grangeville. The next morning
they started north over the fly
line survey to Nezperce, accom
panied by a large delegation of
citizens from that place, and
spent some time in that town,
later going on to Winchester. In
the late afternoon they returned
to Ilo and viewed the proposed
Ferdinand-Ilo crossing and then
drove to this place where they
were the guests of the local com
mercial club at a dinner prepared
for the occasion. Late in the
evening they returned again to
Grangeville and on Tuesday
morning started up the Salmon
river valley over the route of the
proposed highway toward Mead
ows and home.
While in the city Monday even
ing both gentlemen expressed
great surprise at the richness of
this northern part of Idaho, much
of which they had never seen be
fore, and spoke of the great ben
efits to be derived through the
construction of the north and
south highway and other branch
roads which are bound to follow
the construction of the trunk
lines throughout the state. In
speaking of the selection of a
route across the prairie they said
local questions would not enter
into their deliberations but that
the best advantages of the state
as a whole would largely influ
ence their final decision, which
would rot be biased by friend
ship, prejudice nor politics.
The members of the commis
sion were accompanied on their
tour of the two prairies by State
Senator Pettibone and Represen
tative Hussman, both of whom
did yeoman service in the legisla
ture last winter in securing the
passage of the million dollar
highway bill and particularly in
securing a large portion of the
funds available through passage
of the bill for the north and south
highway.
While it is impossible to predict
just what decision the commis
sion may finally reach in select
ing a route, local people feel rea
sonably sure that when the ad
vantages of the route through
Cottonwood, Ferdinand and Ilo
are given full consideration and
the reduction of mileage, lower
cast of construction and greater
\ number of towns and population
to be served are weighed in the
balance the final decision of the
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future it is possible the final sur
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the contract awarded yet this
fall.
State Engineer E. M. Booth,
who accompanied the members
of the commission on their trip
north, was delayed at Lewiston
on pressing business and could
not accompany them to the prai
rie.
State Engineer E. M. Booth,
accompanied by C. C. VanArsdol
and L. I. Hughes, passed through
the city Wednesday afternoon en
route from Lewiston to Grange
ville and Messrs. Booth and
Hughes went up on the Salmon
river the next morning on their
way south to Boise. Mr. Hughes
is a government engineer from
the office of public roads at Port
land and his district covers the
states of Idaho, Oregon, Wash
ington and Alaska. He is tour
ing the state at this time to get
information on the various state
projects on which federal road
funds will be used and to see that
all federal conditions are met.
Engineer Van Arsdol is per
haps the best locating engineer
in the entire northwest and had
charge of the work of locating
the new state highway up the
Uniontown hill north of Lewis
ton. He has been in the employ
of several railroads in the north
west for many years and has
been selected by the state high
way commission to locate the
route of the north and south road
from Grangeville to Lapwai val
ley. When here Engineer Booth
informed us that Engineer Van
Arsdol would locate the grade
from Grangeville to the top of
Whitebird grade and complete
the survey into that place, after
which he would begin the work
of locating the line north from
Grangeville to the Lapwai valley.
Highway Districts Combine
Grangeville, Sept. 3.—The Jo
seph and Doumecq highway dis
tricts on the south side of the
Salmon river in Idaho county
have been united, an election
having been held Saturday at
which time the vote was 34 for
uniting the district and 22 oppos
ed to the plan.
It is understood the plans pro
vide for calling a bond election
to provide funds for the improve
ment of the lateral highways
within the enlarged district and
to construct a main trunk line
highway through the center of
the district to the Salmon river
near the mouth of Rocky canyon
where connection with the Cot
tonwood highway district will be
effected. It is stated the two
districts will join in the construc
tion of a bridge across the Sal
mon river at this point and the
Cottonwood highway district will
continue the construction of the
permanent highway up Rocky
canyon to Cottonwood where
connection' with the north and
south state highway will be ef
fected.
It is stated this consolidation
plan is responsible for the defeat
of the proposed bond issue in the
Doumecq highway district re
cently, the opposition at that
time having developed among
voters who favored the construc
tion of a highway to connect with
the north and south state high
way at Cottonwood. The esti
mates of the proposed highway
construction will be made at an
early date and the bond • election
will be called so that all prelimi
naries may be disposed of and
the contracts awarded for con
struction work early next spring.
W. A. Lustie came in Wednes
day evening from Seattle to take
up his work here as principal of
the high school.
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INSTITUTE
Commercial Club Sponsor for
Educational Institute to be
Given First Week in Octo
ber.
As a result of a movement fos
tered by the local commercial
club and the business men of the
city, plans are now under way
for the holding of a two days'
farmers educational institute in
Cottonwood early next month
and committees are now at work
on the program. The dates se
lected for the institute are Octo
ber 2 and 3 and it is planned to
make the institute as strongly
educational as possible. Enter
tainment of an amusing nature
will be noticeable by its absence
and those coming to town expect
ing an old fashioned good time
are liable to go home disappoint
ed. While the program is still
only in the process of formation
we can say that lectures on ques
tions of vital importance to the
farmer will be held both days
and machinery demonstrations
will be held, as well as lectures
and demonstrations intended for
the sole benefit and instruction
of the farmer's wife, on topics of
household economy and food con
servation. Lecturers, both male
and female, from the state uni
versity are being secured for the
occasion as well as speakers of
note from other places. On the
opening day A. E. Wade, county
agriculturist of Lewis county,
will probably speak on a subject
of special interest to the farmer
and in reality his greatest prob
lem—smut.
It is also planned to have a
small livestock display for com*
parison and demonstration pur
poses and short lectures will be
delivered on beef and dairy cat
tle, horses and hogs and their
value on the farm. On the aft
ernoon of the second day a big
sale of dairy cattle and other
livestock will also be held. Oth
er details of the institute are be
ing worked out and the program
wiil be published in the near fu
ture. As the institute will be
strictly of an educational nature
and subjects particulary applica
ble to the farmers of this section
will be lectured on it is hoped
that the affair will draw a large
attendance and prove the success
that is hoped for it.
Wheat Price Fixed at $2.20
The government wheat price
fixing commission placed the
price of No. 1 northern spring
wheat at $2.20 a bushel in Chica
go for the 1917 crop last week.
This will make the price in the
northwest from $1.60 to $1.80 per
bushel, and a storm of protest is
is going up from all parts of the
Inland Empire at the discrimina
tion. The commission claims
that the price must be figured on
a Chicago delivery basis for the
reason that a western port basis
would tend to center all ship
ments at the coast when there is
no adequate means of transport
ing the crop from these ports.
It is hoped, however, that a plan
may be worked out whereby the
farmers of the northwest may se
cure the advantage of an eqaliza
tion of the freight 1 rates to Chi
cago so as to allow them a price
of from $1.90 to $2 a bushel for
their crop.
The local Rebekah lodge will
give a big dance at the Odd Fel
low hall on Friday, Sept. 28th
and a fine time is promised.
Bills announcing the ball will be
issued later.
Idaho Mines Guarded
Wallace, Sept. 2.—Federalized
Montana guardsmen tonight are
on duty in Burke canyon, north
east of hère, following an alleged
attempt of a crowd of about 75
miners late last night to force
other miners in the district to
quit their jobs.
According to statements to lo
cal officers, most of the miners
making the demonstration were
men who formerly had been em
ployed in the mines at Butte,
Mont., and who left there when
a strike was ordered. The men
they sought to force to quit work
are also former Butte miners, it
was declared, who had refused to
strike at Butte but had been
forced out of employment when
the mines closed.
It was reported here tonight
that additional guardsmen had
been ordered here.
Hamer to the Colors
Boise Statesman: Col. Thom
as R. Hamer left Sunday evening
for San Francisco to report to
Major General Bell, in command
of the western department of the
army. He has been called into
the service with the rank of ma
jor and judge advocate.
Colonel Hamer commanded the
First Idaho during the Spanish
American war and the Philippine
insurrection. He also served as
lieutenant colonel with the Thir
ty-seventh United States volun
teers and was for a time govern
or of the island of Cebu.
The colonel is a former resi
dent of St. Anthony, having
come to Boise in January to ac
cept the presidency of the Idaho
National bank. In the years
1909 and 1910 he was an Idaho
representative in the lower house
of congress.
Mill Grain at Home
Portland, Sept. 3.—Grain pro
duced this year in the Pacific
northwest will be milled at home.
The bulk of the flour will be ship
ped to Europe but the millstuffs
will be largely consumed here.
This announcement was made to
day by Theodore B. Wilcox, fed
eral milling commissioner and M.
H. Houser, federal grain com
missioner, following receipt of
telegrams from Herbert Hoover,
federal food administrator, ap
proving the plan, which had been
urged before him by the north
west officials.
It is expected that material re
duction in prices of butter and
eggs and other dairy and poultry
products will result from the low
ering in prices of chicken and
stock feeds to follow the execu
tion of this plan, Mr. Wilcox said.
Herds and Flocks of Europe.
It is estimated that the herds
and flocks of Europe have been
reduced during the present war
by 28,000,000 cattle,. 54,000,000
sheep and 32,000,000 hogs. This
reduction will increase, too. The
future of our livestock industry
looms large.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Kam
bich and daughter arrived in the
city last evening from Genesee
and will spend several days here
visiting with relatives. Mr. and
Mrs. Kambich are the parents of
Mrs. Schober and they also have
many old friends and acquaint
ances hereabouts.
A. C. Duman, a young man
who recently came here from Ak
ron, Col., is doing some painting
around town while waiting the
arrival of his father and another
son who expect to come to this
section next month. They re
cently sold a large stock ranch in
Colorado and it is their intention
to buy a ranch near Cottonwood.
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NEWS AROUND
THE STATE
Items From Various Places
Reproduced for the Benefit
of our Readers—Stories Re
hashed from Exchanges.
A site has been secured for the
the $1,000,000 beet sugar factory
at Rigby. Six thousand acres of
beets are contracted.
It is estimated that the apple
crop from the Weiser district will
be about 200 cars and the prune
production about 175 cars.
If present plans do not miscar
ry at least six governors of north
western states will attend the
Northwest Livestock show at
Lewiston in November.
The Idaho Poultry Breeders'
association will hold a meeting in
connection with the Northwest
Livestock show at Lewiston dur
ing the week of Nov. 8 to 15.
A base ball team composed of
members of the Montana federal
guard now stationed at Lewiston
defeated the Lewiston-Clarkston
team in a game Sunday by a score
of 9 to 7.
The auto license tax in Nez
Perce county this year amounted
to $14,000 and in the state
$375,000. And yet some people
maintain the autoist is not enti
tled to a place on the road at all.
E. C. Paterson, general mana
ger of the Spokane Dry GoodB
company, was killed near Rath
drum Monday evening when his
auto left the road and overturned.
His wife and six children were
not injured.
An auto belonging to a resident
of Grangeville was badly dam
aged by fire at Lewiston late last
week when the gasoline caught
fire from a lantern they were us
ing for light when filling the tank
on the car.
Harry L. Day, the well known
Wallace mine owner, has resign
ed as chairman and member of
the state council of defence on
account of dissatisfaction with
the official attitude on labor ques
tions in this state.
A thousand head of sheep be
longing to Miss Wright of Burley,
Idaho, were burned to death in a
forest fire at the head of Rock
Creek, Montana, late last week.
The herder escaped with half the
flock. The sheep were valued at
$ 10 , 000 .
The Lewis county draft issued
a call Monday for fifty more
young men to be examined for
admission into the army. Out of
this draft enough men will be ta
ken to fill the vacancies in the
first draft caused by the allowing
of exemptions.
John L. Acrea, rural mail car
rier out of Kamiah, had a hip
fractured late last week as a re
sult of a runaway accident. The
neckyoke broke as he was de
scending the Glenwood grade and
he was thrown down the hillside
onto some rocks.
Gale Smith and Stephen Knud
son, former president and secre
tary of the Northwest General
Trading company of Spokane,
surrendered themselves to the U.
S. Marshal at that place late last
week and began serving the sen
tences imposed on them last Feb
ruary, when they were convicted
of using the mails in a conspiracy
to defraud stockholders of the
concern. Smith was sentenced
to serve a year in jail and pay a
fine of $10,000, while Knudson
was given a similar jail sentence
and a fine of $7,500.
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William Dwyer, who was ar
rested several weeks ago for
blowing the safe and robbing a
store at Kamiah, was this week
sentenced by Judge Scales at
Nezperce to serve from 5 to 15
years in the state penitentiary.
Messrs. Rowe and Richardson
of Midvale have taken over the
new Cove flouring mill at Cove,
Ore., which has never been oper
ated since it was completed two
years ago, and expect to have it
running by the first of Septem
ber. They have given it the
name of the Valley View mills.
The four principal railroads of
Idaho—the Oregon Short Line,
Northern Pacific, Great Northern
and Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
St. Paul—made more money in
1916 than they did in 1915. The
increase in the net earnings of
that part of the Oregon Short
Line system in Idaho, for in
stance, was 57.67 per cent. In
doilars it was $2,736,380.
Lem Wing, an aged Chinese
laundryman at Lewiston, was fa
tally shot in the back Friday
çvening by Goon Gow, a young
Chinaman whom the older man
had given a home and helped to
support since last April. No rea
son for the shooting is known
other than that the older man
may have taken his assailant to
task for his shiftless ways. G »w
came to Lewiston last spring
from Seattle. He gave himself
up to the officers the day follow
ing the shooting and claimed self
defence. It is said the shooting
had nothing to do with the tong
war on the coast.
Wofnack Erects Silo
The Hussman Lumber Co. has
just completed and erected a six
ty ton silo for Henry Womack on
Icicle Flat. The silo is of the
"Eureka" type and is made right
here at home by this enterprising
firm, änd was made and erected
ready to fill within exactly one
week after the order was given,
which speaks for the service they
are rendering their customers.
Some fifteen silos of this type
have now been placed in this vi
cinity and are giving entire sat
isfaction in every instance. Last
year Lonnie Bales bought his sec
ond silo from Mr. Hussman ànd
the silo just built, while bought
by Mr. Womack, was built on one
of Mr. Bales farms which is be
ing farmed by Mr. Womack and
by agreement when the lease
terminates Mr. Bales will buy
the silo. This surely is a good
endorsement of the satisfaction
and feeding advantages afforded
by the silo and an example that
might well be emulated by every
dairy and stockman on the prairie.
George Downer, manager of
the Farmers Union Warehouse
company, left yesterday morning
for Portland to attend a confer
ence of millers and warehouse
men regarding the recent govern
ment adjustment of grain prices
throughout the country.
Charlie Wilson, the well known
wrestler who has had several
matches at this place, is billed to
wrestle Grover Meyers, of Lewis
ton, tomorrow evening at the
Creelman hall. Wilson agrees to
throw Meyers twice in an hour,
and will have some job on his
hands as the latter is said to be a
pretty fast man. But Charlie is
a good man also and will proba
bly win his bet.
The German army this week
captured the Rnssian port of Ri
ga and is now pressing onward
toward Petrograd and is meeting
with but faint opposition. The
Russian troops are said to be flee
ing without attempting to fight
and it is possible the Germans
may succeed in capturing a large
portion of northern Russia before
the demoralized armies of that
nation take a stand.