Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-09-22
|, ?. BROWN.

In the fall of 1857, T. j
Rhoads had 26 acres of tht
SCI of Sci Of Sec 5 Tp 81 Mr.
! E B M, surveyed, plated and
recorded as the original town oi
Cottonwood. Previous to this
time the little village consisted
OF Browns hotel and barn,
Kings store and one or two
other buildings.
From this time (1887) the
town grew slowly until the sum-
mer OF 1892, when it's popula-
ton numbered about thirty
souls. About this time L. p.
Brown, who owned the land just
south of Cottonwood, had forty
or fifty acres surveyed, for an
addition to the town. This was
placed for sale in the hands of
f. j. Hogan; who thus became
Browns agent. Mr.. Hogan rus
tied around and in time created
quite demand for lots in the
new town. Buildings sprang up
on all sides and the new streets
assumed visible form. Emil
grants coming to Idaho Co., see
ing these evidences of growth
and thrift, paused to investigate
the merits of our bustling
burg, and a goodly number To-
Gated with us. All went swim
mingly until Cottonwood's fame
reached Kendrick, and attracted
the attention of one e. T. Tan
matt.
Mr.. Tannatt now appeared on
the scene, and went into the
real estate business with Mr..
Hogan. So prosperous did their
business become, and SO bril-
liant was the outlook for the flu
ture that they decided TO start a
newspaper to boom the town.
So the REPORT was born. Now, ev-
erything weht with a merry hum
the yellow gold jingled; and peo
pie patted Editor Tannatt on
the back--(he also did a large
Notary Public business.) The
telephone line came, it saw, it
conquered; and like OTHER GREAT
ENTERPRISES it left for parts un-
known. The Washington Farm
ers Insurance Co. was demolished
by one mighty blow. Editor
Hinkle was tackled and soon
let severely alone. The verbose
Widner and his adipose partner
arrived and received much
mental and physical comfort. ="
The obvious necessity of a new
road, down Cottonwood Greek,
was seen, and a pressing need
for closing all roads leading to
the north end of King Street.
Many good promises we're made
and faithfully redeemed y
This was the lotus eating period
and as Cottonwood's little boat
foated gently down the stream
of time, soft breezes gently fan
ned her, water lilies smiled and
Dame Fortune nodded approx
ingly from the shore.
But breakers are ahead; the
peaceful calm is broken; the
people are clamoring loudly;and
those promised deeds must come.
"The proprietor of Cottonwood"
was equal to the occasion; and
the following, which appeared in
the Report of March "a, 1898,
was forthcoming:
Mt. Idaho, March 8, 1898.
Tannatt & Hogan,
Cottonwood, Idaho.
Dear sirs I'll wish
YOU would furnish me with q COM
plete list of all lots bonded or otbe..-
wise disposed of, that / may be able
to make deeds for them.
Respectfully yohrs,
L, P. Brown.
Our readers will note
the date of the above letter and
the wording where he says "That
| I may be able to make deeds for
them" This lamb like promise,
like the tabled oil on the waters,
had the desired effect and the
threatening roar, of the break
,ers, died away in the distance.
The lotus-eating was resumed
and all was lovely again. But
somehow 1t began to be noised
about that Cottonwood's pro-
| prietor was no proprietor
at all-that 1.-THE Brown
T addition was no longer Browns
but belonged to John Proctor, Of
San Francisco. When this fact
became generally known, a new
song was necessary and of fcourse
it rang out merrily and spon,
taneously. Rumor has it some
thing like this: "Mr. Proctor