The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1915-06-17
COTTONWOOD
(chronicle)


Mr.. and Mrs. Asa Jones were in
town the latter part OF the week from
across the river.
Ge, - Robin. N. the blind piano tun-
er. was IN town the first OF the week
from Grangeville.
Fred .cKt .,ney and family spent
the week end here from near Grange
VILE visiting at the home of G. F. Nc
Kinney.
Marion and Ed Weber, of Fem, re-
turned Wednesday evening from Lodi.
Calf, to which place they were called
by the last Illness of their father.
L. G. Lacey and wife arrived here
the first of the week from Pellston,
Mich, and went over to Garfield to
visit relatives.
Lewis Jones came out Tuesday from
his homestead across the river, this
being his first visit to the prairie for
several months.
Miss Minnie LANCE and Mrs. F. C.
LANCE left yesterday morning for Port
land where the former will undergo
an operation for appendicitis. Her many
friends hope for her complete and
speedy recovery.
DR.. Orr reports the birth of a lusty
baby SON to Mr.. and Mrs. John Schubert
near Greencreek Tuesday night. This
gives John two boys and two girls and
he Is well pleased with the last ar
rival.
The Greencreek ball team defeated
the Fem team at the former place
Sunday by score OF IL to s. The
Greencreek boys recently defeated the
Keuterville and Ferdinand teams and
4ryiI NV t.al Cras
Lewiston next
w. w. Blackburn and witnesses and
James Blackburn went to Lewiston the
latter part of the week where the
former made final proof on the home
stead of his deceased son, Fred, and
Jim purchased a tract of isolated land
lying In Grave Creek canyon south OF
this place.
Riley Rice returned late last week
from his trip to Spokane and the coast.
While at Spokane. he was reelected
vice president Of the tri-s state farmers
union, while l.. c. Crow, the former
president. was defeated. Mr.. Rice re-
ports the terminal warehouse company
as doing a fine business and In posi-
tion to increase its earnings this
year.
o. ID. Simmons had the misfortune
to lose about half of the little finger
from his right hand Tuesday morning
while unloading some tanks of gaso-
line. AS one Of the tanks struck the
floor 1t fell over against a studding
and caught Mr.. Simmons finger be-
tween 1t and the timber cutting the
finger completely off. DR.. Turner Dress
ed the injured member and the hand
Will soon be as well as ever except
for the lost portion OF the finger.
Among those who attended the Over
man funeral at Grangeville Monday
from this place were Fred Simon, ].
v. Nash. j. L. Ecixert and daughters,
Helen Eckert and Mrs. NJ A. Pierce,
DR.. J. r.. Smith. It. III. Robertson, Geo.
NJ Robertson and wife, Mrs Rhett,
Mrs. III. Matthiesen, August Schroeder,
w. M. Schiller. Harry Fryer, Charles
Olson and wife and J. A. Wright and
wife, v
j. L. Weber, notice OF whose serious
Illness appeared in recent issue of
this paper, passed from this life at
his home in Lodi. California. on May
26. from the effects OF a stroke Of
paralysis which he suffered some time
before his death. The deceased was an
old pioneer of Idaho county, having
come to the prairie with his family
In 1888 and settled on farm near Dem
Yer, where he resided continuously UNI
til the fall OF 1912, when he removed
to California. Had he lived until Au-
gust soth next, the deceased would
have been "a years of age, He was an
honest, upright citizen. a kind husband
and father and ranked high In the COM
munity as a man of character and In
tegrity. He leaves a widow and eight
children to mourn his loss. The widow,
one daughter, and three sons reside
In California, one daughter and two sons
are residents of this county and
daughter resides in Kansas. all of
whom were present at the funeral The
remains were laid to rest in the ceme-
terry at Lodi on Sunday, May s0th