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Cottonwood
VOLUME 31. NO. 1
COTTONWOOD. IDAHO, FMDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1922
$2.00 PER YEAR
RESIGNS FROM
HIGHWAY HOARD
SCHROEDER SERVED ON
BOARD FOR SIX YEARS
RECEIVE NO SALARY.
At the last meeting of the
Cottonwood highway board, Mr.
August Schroeder tendered his
resignation to that body to take
effect at once. Mr. Schroeder
was elected to the board of
county commissioners at the last
election, and stated that his
reasons for resigning from the
highway board were that he
wished to give all of his new
duties the proper amount of at
tention.
Mr. Schroeder took a seat on
the Cottonwood highway board
on January 24th, 1916, serving
six years as commissioner, din
ing which time he was an untir
ing worker. He was an en
thusiast on good roads but he
always had in mind the interest
that the taxpayers had in them,
trying at all times to build good
roads at the least possible ex
pense, endeavoring at all times
to be fair and just to all parties
concerned. He had the interest
of the community ever in front
of him and every act was pre
ceded by thought and considera
tion.
Commenting upon the resig
nation of Mr. Schroeder, J. F.
Jenny and Ed Jessup, the other
two members of the highway
board gave out the following
statement :
"By accepting Mr. Schroedcr's
resignation, which we do with
deep regret, we realize that we
are losing a valuable co-worker
and the taxpayers are losing a
fair minded and just commis
sioner, a man reliable and con
servative in all undertakings."
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, v ' aca,, cy on the l>oai d will
be filled by appointment. Ac
cording to law the appointment
will be made by Mr. Jenny and
Mr. Jessup, the remaining mem
bers of the l>oard.
At the present time there ap
to he only one candidate
{J ; the position, John Schnieder
»titions have ireen circulated
Asking the commissioners to ap
point Mr. Schnieder to fill the
vacancy. The petition is being
freely signed by the taxpayers
of the district. The Cottonwood
commercial club at its luncheon,
Tuesday noon, endorsed Mr.
Schnieder for the position made
vacant by the recent resignation
of Mi'. Schrctdcr.
Receive No Salary
The fi llowing statement Is
made by M. A. Pierce, secretary
of the highway board and is self
explanatory:.
This statement is made to the
taxpayers of the Cottonwood
Highway District, hut more for
the party who circulated the re
port that the commissioners of
the Cottonwood Highway Dis
trict were receiving $500.00 per
year as salary.
As secretary and treasurer to
the lioard and in justice to them
I take this means of contridict
ing the report and the books and
files of my olfioe are open for
inspection to substantiate this
statement. T he laws ot the
state of Idaho do not provide for
a salary lor highway commis
sioners but does state that they
shall receive sufficient money to
cover their expenses.
I have served the Ixoard as
their secretary for three years
and a recheeking over that
period of time proves that no
one commissioner has received
the sum of $50.00 for his year's
expenses. There is no other
public office in the state that
the compensation offered is as
small as that of a highway com
missioner.
The commissioners of this dis
trict are deserving of a great
deal of credit, a careful study of
the affairs of other highway dis
tricts convinces me that your af
fairs are handled in a very eco
nomical manner. As secretary
and treasurer of the district I
am the highest paid official of
the office, my salary being
$225.00 a vear: I am custodian
and am held responsible for your
funds amounting at this time to
approximately $60,000.00.
It is very unfortunate that the
tax payers of this free country
of ours are so neglectful of their
rights. They have the light to
know and if they are good busi
ness men and good farmers they
will know where each and every
dollar of their tax money is
spent.
The Iiooks of the Cottonwood
Highway District are your
books, bought and paid for with
your money, they are your re
cords, and they are open for
your inspection at any time.
The commissioners of the Cot
tonwood Highway District
and the secretary will gladly
assist you in looking up any
record that you are interested
in.
M. A. PIERCE, Secretary.
ORANGEVILLE WINS
FROM COTTONWOOD
Some 75 Accompany Basketball
Team to Orangeville
Some 75 basketball enthusi
asts with spirits running high
sojourneyed to Orangeville Fri
day evening to witness the con
test between the Cottonwood
high school teams and the
Orangeville high school teams,
lx>th boys' and girls' team tak
ing part in the contests.
In both instances the local
teams lost, the girls losing their
game by a score of 13 to 2 and
the Ixiys by a score of 32 to 8.
The l>oys lost their first game
of the season when the heavier
half for a personal foul, was the
star player,
Cottonwood has no alibi to
offer and the only regre table
feature of the game was the
Grangeville team defeated them
in what appears to he on paper a
one sided contest hut which ac
cording to those witnessing the !
contest was a liattie royal and
very rough at times. Seven of
the eight points made by Cotton-!
wood were caged by Ni ms who
played center. For Grangevi'le
"the man with the side burns"
who was disqualified in the last j
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personal "rooting" which never
does any good and only causes
uncalled for prejudice that
should at least not crop out from
high school games. Some of
the rooting at Orangeville, Fri
day evening by Orangeville fans
was even criticised by Orange
ville citizens who call it unsports
manlike.
MANY ACCIDENTS.
While going home from his
school work Friday evening
Superintendent Moll of the Cot
tonwood school had the mis
forune to fall and have his right
collar bone broken. Mr. Moll
was walking past the old Scho
her brewery when a boy coasting
on a sled ran into him throwing
hini to the sidewalk. He was
taken to Craigmont Thursday
where an ex-ray picture was
taken of the broken bone. Up
to the present time it is mending
nicely under the care of Dr.
Shinnick.
The seven year old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Mat Lauer hid the mis
fortune to break his right leg
last week,
father to the woods and while
there a log polled oyi his leg
breaking it. "The broken limb
was dressed by Dr. Shinnick.
Thursday of last week Bern
ard Schmidt of Keuterville had
He accompanied his
w* ..pu».
his right foot badly crushed be
tween two logs, while hauling
timber. The injured member
was dressed by Dr. Shinnick and
no serious results are expected
from the injury.
Christmas morning while Mat
Kaschmitter was returning
home from the Catholic church
he fell upon the slippery walk
dislocating his right wrist. The
injury was dressed by Dr. Shin
nick.
CHILDREN H VPPY.
Hundreds of children were
made happy in Cottonwood Sat
urday afternoon when Santa
Claus entertained them for more
than three hours personally at
the Leggett Mercantile, Turner
Drug Store, The Rexall Drug
Store, Hoene Hardware, R. H.
Kendall Confectionery, Cotton
wood Mercantile and J. V. Baker
*£ Son. San til Claus arrived at
1:30 promptly as advertised in
the Chronicle last week and re
mained until 3:30. Santa handed
out several hundred packages of
candy to the children visiting
the above named stores. Aahe
went from store to store the
children followed him in a body,
Locals
Artisan» have completed the coa
er*u walk» around Jam«-» Clots'
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HARD SURFACE
NOW ASSURED
SECRETARY OF A< RICUI.T
URE APPROVES ROAD
PROJECT NO. 68.
The following letter was re
ceived this week from Wm. Os
horn, district engineer of the
bureau of highways by M. A.
Pierce, secretary of the Cotton
wood highway district. It is
self explanatory:
Wish to advise that on Dec
ember 1st, the Secretary of Ay
riculture approved Idaho Project
statement No. 68, involving the
improvement of 11.71 miles of
the North and South State High
way between Cottonwood and
Lawyer's Canyon. in Idaho
County, at an estimated cost of
$61,000.00 and Federal Aid to
the extent of *30,500.00 payable
from the funds appropriated for
the fiscal vear 1 922
Tlie necessary notes and other
information are lieing forward
ed to the Boise office that they
may prepare the plans for for
warding to the Bureau of Public
Roads, so that the project may
be played under contract at an
early date next year.
Wm. Osborn, District Engineer,
The Cottonwood and Ferdin
and highway districts have their
portion of the money set aside
and this will be matched dollar
for dollar by the federal govern
ment. It is estimated that the
work will cost $61,000, $30,500
being furnished by the govem
ment and the remainder by the
Cottonwood and Ferdinand high
way districts.
ELLER-Tl JNNELL.
Benjamin F. Eller and Miss
Lydia M. Tunneil, two popular
young members of pioneer
families in the Oreencreek sec
tion, drove over to Nezperce
Thursday and just after noon
they negotiated with Recorder
Emerson for a marriage license
and with that document in their
possession they dropped into the
office of Probate Judge I)owd
and received his solemn sentence
to love, cherish, etc., ever after,
The Judge averred, after the
excitement had subsided and the
happy pair had gone smiling on
their way, that he hoped this
would not be the last couple he'd
waft into wedded bliss during
his tenure of office, but blamed
if he didn't believe it was aliout
the best looking he'd had the
pleasure of passing on.—Nez
perce Herald.
their old home town.
WILL VISIT BROTHERS.
Barney Nuxoil of Green creek,
Illinois arrived in Cottonwood,
Friday evening to visit for an in
definite period with his brothers
F. G. and John F. of Greencreek
and H. II. Nuxoil of Clarkston,
Wash., and William Nuxoil of
Cottonwood. Mr. Nuxoil came
unannounced and his arrival was
a great surprise to his brothers.
He visited here some five years
ago. Greencreek, Idaho de
rives its name from Greencreek.
Illinois in this way. A good
many of the settlers of Green
creek are old time residenters
from Greencreek. Illinois and
when they settled here they cal
led it Greencreek in honor of
ASK STATE TO
BUILD BRIDGE
PEOPLE WANT SUSPENSION
BRIDGE OVER THE
SALMON RIVER.
Plans for a suspension bridge
across the Salmon river at the
foot of the Grave Creek road, a
bridge which would open up the
Joseph plains country and give
that district an all year road to
Cottonwood, were discussed
Tuesday at a meeting of the Cot
tonwood commercial club and
the matter is to be laid before
the next session of the state
legislature. An appropriation of
$5,000 is to be asked for this
class bridge to supplant the
ferry, which is able to run only
a part of the time.
The completion of the Grave
Creek road from Cottonwood to
the mouth of Rice creek last
summer by the State of Idaho,
at a cost of $20,000, has caused
the present project to lie foster
ed by farmers of the Josenh
country, who are in need of a
bridge to connect with their road ;
from the west side of Salmon j
river. Should the bridge be j
built by an appropriation, as was
the road, from Cottonwood to
Rice creek it will not only be of
great benefit to those residing
there but to the state as well
who owns thousands of acres of
land in that part of the county.
At one time it was the im
pression that the bridge would
be built by private capital but
owing to present financial condi
tions this will be impossible at
the present time.
The completion of the bridge
with the Grave Creek road
would open several thousand
acres of good farming country as
well as being a great benefit to
the many stockmen who have,
holdings in the Joseph country ,
and run large herds. An open
road to the market any time of
the year will greatly stimulate !
the production of both stock and
grain.
WEALTHY MAN DIES.
Marion Freeman, age 67, one
of the prominent citizens of
Colfax and a pioneer of Whit
man county-, died suddenly
Christmas day at the home of
his son, Frank R. Freeman,
three miles from Colfax. Mr.
Freeman and his wife had gone
from their home in Colfax to;
attend a family dinner at the,
son's home. After dinner Mr.
Freeman got in his buggy to
drive to another part of the
farm when his son, who was on
horseback near by, saw him 1
waver and fall. He was dead
when his son reached him.
Mr. Freeman is well known in
Cottonwood, being at the time of
his death one of the owners of
the Goldstone block occupied by
the Leggett Mercantile Co.
ANNUAL MEETING.
The annual meeting of the
Cottonwood National Farm Loan
Association will be held in the
First Notional Bank on Tuesday,
January 9th at 2 p. m. The
meeting is called for the purpose
of electing directors for the;
coming year and to transact,
such other business as may come
before the meeting.
INFANTS HEAD
DEATH REPORT.
Month-Old Babes Lead Septua
genarians by 108 on Mor
tality Lists.
Idaho's greatest mortality
during the year 1922 was
among bahies less than one
month old, according to the an
nual report of the bureau of
vital statistics, issued Saturday,
The bureau's report covers the
period from December 20. 1921
to December 13 1922, and in
that time 8948 people died. Of
these 635 were babies less than
one month old. The next age
showing the greatest mortality
in which
were 527
was from 64 to 75
classification there
deaths.
The death rate per 1000 of
population this year is 9.14,
while last year it was 8.97.
Males led in the number of
deaths with 2307 and the re
mainder of 16-11 was females.
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Only nine colored people died to
the state during the year.
In the period covered by the
report 10,285 babies were bom
in Idaho. One of these was
colored. There were 5303 l>oys,
4967 girls, and the sex of 15 was
not stated in the report to the
bureau. Fifty-seven were ill
egitimate. Exactly .100 pairs
of twins were born in the year
and two sets of triplets. Single
babies numbered 10,079. Still
births totaled 194. Parents of
9270 babies were born in the
United States, while those of the
remaining 1015 were born in
foreign countries.
The birth rate per 1000 of
population for 1922 was 23.81,
but in 1921 it was 20.47.
There were more cases of in
fluenza in 1922 than any other
disease, 1031 cases being report
ed. In 1921 measles held first
place with 1618 cases. Smallpox
was second with 894 cases. In
1922 304 cases of scarlet fever
were reported, making this dis
ease second from the standpoint
of number of cases to influenza.
"BUGS" ON FORDS.
When starting
A Ford
Ifi cold weather
Great care
Must be taken
Not to anger
The beast
Gently apply
Boiling water
About the exuberator;
Then grasp the crank
Firmly
Between the thumb
And forefinger,
And at the same time
Tickle its epiglotis
With the wire
Provided
For the purpose
And then pump
Gas into its lungs
When the animal coughs,
Mount
And depart.
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children. six of whom survive
her. She also leaves her
husband and her sister, Mrs. A.
B. Rooke, of this city, and a
brother, John Harriman of
Grangeville, Idaho. At one time
she was a resident of Camas
DIES IN CALIFORNIA.
Mrs. Sue Hayes, age 75 yerrs,
died in her home at Cederville,
California, on December 22nd
according to word received in
Cottonwood this week. Mrs.
Hayes was the mother of 10
Prairie having left Idaho
years ago with her family.
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"ENTHUSIASM."
In chronicling the basket ball
game between Nezpcrce and
Cottonwood the Nezperce Herald
among other things said:
"The enthusiasm shown by
the Cottonwood crowd was also
ft great factor in the victory' of
their team for we all know what
effect strong backing has on the
spirit of a team. On January 5,
iry
however, when Cottonwood plays
Nezperce on the local floor the
home boys are determined to'
get even with their opponents.";
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FOREMOST CITIZENS.
Who are the ten foremost.
present day American states
men? Here is the answer of the
American history students of
the University of Idaho. Wood
row Wilson, 96; Hughes 94;
Borah, 87 ; Hoover, 84 ; Harding,
80 ; Bryan, 78 ; Taft, 74 ; Root,
71 ; and McAdoo, 60. j
NEWS AROUND
THE STATE
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
VARIOUS PARTS OF
THE STATE
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The first appointment of C. C.
Moore - governor-elect, to be
mat ^ e Public was announced Sat
ur day when Idaho's next chief
executive named B. H. Read,
^aho Falls editor, as his private
secretary.
William E. Corrado, arrested
in Lewiston on advices from
Orangeville, charging him with
forgery, Tuesday pleaded guilty
and was sentenced by District
Judge W. N. Scales to two to 14
years in prison.
0 tS°ofST«£kX"'tk of
c - . Ul * e oath 0I
office a week before the legis
lature meets. Usually they take
office at the same time, but
under the provisions of the con
stitutions, the dates for both do
not fall in January, 1923, on the
same day. This will give the
incoming governor a week of
grace to determine on policies
and appointments.
A sad case of having been
struck blind overnight is that of
Mrs. Garrison wife of ex-Sheriff
F. W. Garrison of Orofino, now
residing at Kendrick. One dry
during the latter part of last
week. Mrs. Garrison complained
of pain in her left eye, and the
following morning she was to
tally blind. She had been suf
fering with nervous trouble for
some time and to this is attri
buted the attack.
Idaho's public utilities com
missioner ruled Saturday that
the value of the Idaho Power
company, upon which the power
users of the system are reguir
ed to pay "fair return," is not
$22,567,890, as originally claim
ed by the company, but only
! $11,638,495. Of this greatly
reduced total, the commission
decided $1,542.095 worth of pro
1 perty is not entitled to full iw
turo.
A tract of white pine timber
near Weippe, Idaho, has been
Ixnight by the Ohio Match com
pany from Henry Turrish, Du
luth lumberman, for a reported
consideration of $200,000 cash.
This is one of the finest stands
in the Clearwater country. It
is reported the Ohio Match com
pany will erect a mill midway
lietween Weippe and Greer, the
railroad station. Joseph Malloy
, of Orofino represented Mr. Tur
hish in the deal.
R. F. Bicknell, foi*mer presi
dent; J. II. Black, vice president,
and G. R. Hitt, cashier of the
defunct Overland National bank
of Boise, were found not guilty
of misapplication of the bank's
funds, but the jury disagreed on
the charge of making false re
ports to the comptroller in the
items of excess loans. United
States District Attorney E. G.
Davis said the he would prob
®bly proceed to re-try the de*
fendants on the latter charge,
The work of pouring concrete
for the north abutment of the
newbridge to span the Clear
water river at the town of Spald
ing was renewed last Thursday,
F. W. Straw, local manager for
the Security Bridge company,
having the contract, stated.
Piers one and three are now
ready, and excavating for pier
numb, er two, in the center of the
stream, is now being made. With
nothing of an unforseen nature
happening it is expected that
the bridge will lie completed lie
fore May 1, and thus avoid the
high waters of spring,
Montana newspapers contain
articles in which prominence is
given to reports of revival of
plans of the Northern Pacific
for construction of the Missoula
I Æwiston cutoff through the
Clearwater mountains. The
story is printed in Butte, Ana
ednda and Missoula newspapers,
The Missoula papers state that
20 miles of the proposed road
was completed out of there
several years ago. The articles
all associate the development
with plans of the Weyerhaeuser
syndicate for milling their Clear
water district timber holdings.