Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-12-29

John Trahtmann, of Keuterville,
was in town on Monday on his way
to GrangeNille to appear and testify
as to witnessing a fraudulent deed
Mr.. TIautmanu positively denies
signing the bogus instrument. and
says that it is a forgery.
The Lewiston Tribune is now the
dispenser of the very latest news to
all this region. Everybody now is
on the lookout for its arrival as it
gives summary of the latest hap
penings and is reliable, The Spokes-
man Review aud Chronicle come
next, with details, The Iribune
would he sadly missed.
We believe that the gentlemen
having charge of the department of
health should place themselves on
record in an unequivocal manner,
as the expense to the county is very
heavy and considerable litigation is
liable to ensue when tits know by
the general public that the epidem-
ic is not dangerous, as 1t has SO far
proven not to be. The actions of
the assistant county physician show
that he does not take any stock in
the smallpox theory.
With two wars going on and all
Europe trembling with suppressed
excitement, the price of wheat
should now be at least Hty cents
on the Prairie. But. the spectators
| Will keep the price down until thev
get hold of the crop and then presto
changel up goes the prices. The
average farmer is kicking himself
because he sold 80 soon, forgetting
that tax paying time and the
! spectators work together.
The typical case of smallpox"
Mrs. Clark, returned from Grange
vile yesterday, having been let out
of quarantine the day before. There
is Hot a healthier looking person on
the Prairie, and she asserts that she
was not in bed FIVE minutes except
regular sleeping hours, and she
bears no marks or indications Of
smallpox. When she arrived in
Grangsville, on leaving here, the
county and quarantine physician
! pronounced her case "a typical case
Of smallpox" and placed her in
| quarantine where she was he'd for
three weeks. Continents are I'M
necessary.
The growth of Vineland, and it's
newly named town of Charleston,
continues to be marvel to all visi-
tors. Some 500 people, 800 to 400
residences and business buildings,
orchards and vineyards already be-
ginning to bear the finest of fruits,
graded and graveled streets, over a
mile of plank sidewalks, an $110,
600 steel bridge-all these are the
growth Of less than four years time.
For the near future, two railroad
bridges, two great railroads with
their stations, street railway, man
ufacturies run by electric power,
and pipe line water system all
of these in addition to tbs present
realities are likely to be realized
within this year of our Lord 1900.
Not the least of the interesting reali-
ties of Vineland, however, are the
many fine homes, pretty gardens
and valuable orchards already es
tablished, giving to the entire dis
! trict a soIidity and permannce, and.
general prosperity not to be gain
4 said.
Wrong motives for action bring
ruin in their train; right motives
tcannot fail to bring success. "Right
for rights sake" is the only safe
| guide for our children, as for our
SELVES. And it is a sufficient one.
Contrary to the accepted idea of
many grown people, child can
grasp it. l am not sure hut that
often a child can grasp this truth
much mora clearly than an ad ult,
because the youthful nindis less
befogged by worldly wisdom.--De-
cember Ladies' Home Journal.