Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1917-11-09
COTTONWOOD
AND VICINITY

Band benefit dance tonight in
K. c. hall. Be there.
| Herman Won Bargen left this
week for a few days business
visit in western Montana.
G. B. Newell, our liveryman,
this week shipped 70 tons of old
iron to Seattle. 1t was bought
at several points on the prairie
most of it in the Ferdinand coun-
try.
Roy Kirkendall, former
Cottonwood boy who has been in
Calgary, B. c., for some time, is
here this week visiting old friends
among them A. B. Withrow of
the Newell livery barn.
Bakers store looks as neat as
a new pin, with its new addition,
new floor, new paper and paint.
]. R. Stanley, Fred Edwards and
Will Crawford are the carpenters
who did the work-and a good
job they made of it.
w. w. Flint of the First Ma
tional bank, with his family,
after attending the stock show
and good roads meeting at Lewis
ton this week will go to Portland
Mr.. Flint's former home-for
a couple of weeks visit with
friends and relatives.
Riley Rice, president of the
Farmers Union, made a visit to
Spokane the first of the week on
business connected with the
Union. His wife accompanied
him to Lewiston for a visit with
her parents and also both will
see the stock show before re-
turning home.
The Rebekah lodge members
honored Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Downer and Mrs. Will Crawford
on Thursday night of last week
/ with a farewell reception in
their hall, which was greatly en-
joyed by all present. Mr.. and
Mrs. Downer will leave for Cali
fornia within a couple of days,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Crawford have
| moved to Winchester for the
II winter.
i Joseph Mcdonald was in town
| Tuesday from his ranch near
Denver. He informed us that
he sold that day to State Senator
II Pettibone one of his purebred
II Poland China male pigs. Mr..
II Mcdonald brought the parents OF
/ this litter of pigs from the In.
/ ternational Stock Show al
/ Chicago last year, and he claims
Il that no better Poland China stock
/ was ever brought to this state
/ Mr.. Pettibone is going into the
/ hog business on an extensive
|! scale at his fine stock farm a few
/ miles east of Cottonwood.
You can find a buyer for som,
4 table beets, turnips and carrots BY
II calling at the Chronicle Office.
II Tony Nau returned Tuesday even
II ing from Moscow, having been eXcus
II ed from serving on the federal jury
During his absence Miss Hazel Cal
H houn was in charge Of the furniture
II store.
Il The Peck (Idaho) News has thrown
up the sponge and quit. The edito
gives this reason for quitting: 81 mad
the fatal mistake of trying to run tn
m paper at the old rates charged befor
the war prices for printing materia
and living expenses went into effect. y
Il Frank Becker, the Ferdinand bank
er, was in town last evening and in
formed us that his bank will be read
to move into its elegant new quarter
iii next week. His new bank building
III would look creditable in town man,
III times the size of Ferdinand, and tn
M people of that section have reason t
feel proud of it.
III While returning from Grangevill
Ill last night Tony Nau lost one of hi
II Ford auto tires and wants the fnde
III to return it to his furniture store
II Tony swears "up and down. that h
III hadn't anything stronger to drin.
than water, either.
Ill Our city council has contracte
III with r. A. Lewis of Grangeville, t
drill 5OO-foot well-for city purpose
II in the north end of town. MI
Lewis began work Monday with hi
big power drill and 3 men and expects
to have the work completed as sool
as possible This extra supply c
iii water will eliminate the danger of run
ming short of water in case of fire.
II Ellis Weber, age years and son c