The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1915-02-04
COTTONWOOD
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John Baer shipped two cars of fat
hogs from this place to Seattle Tues
day.
GIN Triplett sold his homestead south
Of town last week to Frank Scherer
cor 5000.
John Johann and family are spending
the week at the Blackburn home south
Of town.
John Knopp and Miss Gertie Nuxoll
returned Monday evening from short
visit with relatives in Charleston.
Riley Rice was down to Kooskia the
first of the week attending the big
meeting of the farmers union at that |
place.
VIII Mundt was In town the first |
OF the week from Winona and took |
out fine piano for his brother Arthur, |
Mrs J. v. Baker and daughter re-
turned to Cottonwood late last week
from Montana. visiting with relatives
at Pasco while enroute.
DIR. Turner accompanied Mrs. Sid
Brown to Portland this week where
she will undergo a serious operation.
We hope her recovery will be speedy.
Mrs. f. ]. Dussault. Of Butte, Mont,
who has been visiting with her brother,
Al. o. Olsen, and wife for some time,
left for her home yesterday morning.
B. F. Robertson, of Greencreek, mar
keted two hogs here Monday that tip
ped the beam at more than 800 pounds
and brought him check for forty
some dollars.
Earl Hamill has resumed his position
at the Volmer Clearwater warehouse
at Ferdinand after an absence of two
months During his vacation he took
trip east as far as Jersey City.
Max Leischner, who formerly resid-
ed on a farm several miles east Of
town, closed a deal last week for the
purchase of 240 acres eight miles north
Of Grangeville. paying $4,000 for 1t.
M Plen Hodges and family arrived here
the first of the week from Cloverland,
Wash, and are visiting at the Black
burn home south of town. We under
stand they intend locating here perma-
nently.
A night or two OF near zero weather
has put the electric plant to the bad
again and power has been shut off
Tor a couple Of days, the plant only
operating at night to furnish lights
for the various prairie towns.
Elvin Parker came in Wednesday
evening from visit to his old home
In Iowa and will remain here for seve-
raj weeks. He is thinking strong of
locating here again and may soon
send for his wife and child to join him.
M Mr.. and Mrs. c. N. Mclaughlin re-
turned late last week from a visit of
3 several days at Lewiston and Clarks-
ton. Nc. says the weather is too chill
ly down there to suit him and folks
up here do not realize what real
banana belt climate we have.
VA Felix Martzen has been thawing out
some of the frozen water mains in the
south end Of town this week and the
blasts fired to tear up the frozen earth
have made things listen like small
chunk of the Franco German war zone
gone astray.
G. l.. Brown, a nurse who had been
employed at home near Winona for
short time, passed two bad checks
W on local parties recently and a warrant
@ was issued here the first of the week
Tor his arrest. The checks were pas
sed on the Phoenix hotel and s. j.
Peterson, the two aggregating $37
A deal was practically completed
late last week whereby the Cottonwood
Mercantile Co., purchased the brick
store building, where it is now located,
from w. G. Brust for $1,000. The Mer-
camille Co., has occupied this building
under lease for the past five years
anu TIC puINHdbo VI THO pTOpoTly ~
the expiration OF the lease was only
a natural consequence
M. F. Fuchs and family left the fore
part of the week for Culdesac where
they will reside until Mat can get 9
house erected on the farm he recent
ly purchased near Slickpoo. The many
friends of Mr.. Fuchs and family were
sorry to see them leave Cottonwood
but hope they will find life on the farm
more pleasant and far less worrisome
than that of catering to fault-find.
ing public.
Phillip lobe and Sam Snider, tive
young men of the Westlake section
were arrested late last week on g
charge of stealing some robes ana
other articles from the Bunnen livery
barn. The men were given a hearing
before Justice Fuchs and lobe wa!
given a 80 day jail sentence and {
fine of $50 and Snider was fined s25
The latter decided to serve out hi
fine and both men were taken to thu
county Jail Saturday evening by Con
stable Fetters.
With M F. Fuchs leaving the frs
of the week for Culdesac and w. B
Hussman refusing to qualify for th-
office to which he was elected last No
vember, Cottonwood Is temporarily will
out a justice of the peace but A.
Rookie has kindly consented TO wea
the judicial toga abandoned by MI
Fuchs and a generously signed petition
asking for his appointment to the OF
flee was forwarded late last week +
the county commissioners at Grange
Vile and in due course Of time will b
issued and A b. will be in shape t
deal out justice IN large chunks t
those transgressing the law in thi
locality