Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1917-09-21
COTTONWOOD
AND VICINITY

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Sheriff Yates was in town Saturday
on official business.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Kressley motored
to Lewiston on business Saturday.
Bill Schober left Monday for Spo-
kane where he intends to spend the
winter.
Misses Berneice Huffman and Rosa
Edwards spent Sunday with friends in
Grangeville.
A large crowd attended the high
school dance held last Saturday night
in the K. G. hall.
Mr.. and Mrs Ed Jessup motored
to Charleston Sunday and spent the
day with relatives.
Mrs. H. G. Chicaine arrived home
Sunday from her visit with relatives
at Roseburg, Oregon.
Jim Eller and son and p. n. Mitch
ell went to Lewiston the first of this
week, each for an auto load of peaches.
Remember the Rebekah ball in 1.
o. o. F. hall next Friday night, Sept.
%. See posters.
M. NJ. Belknap and family enj oyed
an auto trip in their new Paige car to
Kendrick Sunday.
Charley Crawford, a young stock
man from the Boles country, spent
several days in town this week.
Will and Alloys Jentges left the
first Of the week for Mount Angel,
Oregon, where they will attend college
through the winter term.
See program in this issue of the
Farmers Institute. Several import
ant features, not appearing this week,
will be added to the program next is
sue.
Edgar G. Fry of Ferdinand now
sports a new Buick Six car, bought
from the Hoene Hardware Co. Mr..
Fry recently bought ranch of 100
acres from R. S. Curless for $4,000.
The Cottonwood Hardware Co. has
received a carload--fve Dodge cars.
Frank and Bill Simon went to Spo-
kane Saturday and next day brought
home new Paige car, which is for
sale also.
Leo and Jesse Robertson of Nez-
perez visited their parents here Satur-
day and Sunday. Jesse left Tuesday
for Camp Lewis at American Lake,
Wash, where he has been called for
army service.
AS proof that the merchandise bust
ness Of j. V. Baker & Son is growing,
the work Of building an addition onto
the rear of their store building was
begun this week Walter Robbins
has the contract for doing the exca-
waiting work.
Geo. L. Sawyer of Spokane, of the
firm Of Sawyer Bros, contractors, was
in town yesterday. This firm is in
stalling a sewerage system in the town
of Nezperce and is figuring with our
city dads for contract for putting in
a sewerage system at Cottonwood.
Pete Gaul and Frank Kelsey made
a quick business trip to Keuterville
Tuesday. On Wednesday Mr.. Gaul
made real flying" trip to lilo in his
Ford. 1t surely must have felt like
flying, for he made the return trip at
night-21 miles-in about an hour.
Joe Syler's fine big team, while
standing unhitched in front of the
Cottonwood Hardware Co. Saturday,
suddenly concluded to entertain our
people by running off, through the
business streets of the town. Luckily
they were caught before any damage
, was done to team or wagon.
Frank Schober has returned from a
couple Of weeks siege on the ''fring
line" in the Elk City country-where
he was one of large gang that had
been fighting forest fires. Frank says
that is the best hunting and fishing
country he ever saw or heard Of.
Which proves that the boys did not
put in every minute fighting fire.
Chris Schaecher shipped his house
hold effects Tuesday to their new farm
home at Ryegate, Mont, where his
wife and several of the children went
some time ago. The father and bal
ance Of the children expect to leave
tomorrow morning. Their many
friends here, while regretting their de-.
parture, wish them all kinds of success
in their new home.
l. E. 'Zuver of Grangeville and
Harry G. Cranke of Nezperce
of them the leading auctioneers of the
state-were visible to the naked eye
on our streets Tuesday. What makes
these gentlemen so popular in their
chosen line of work is that they have
"a way about them" of squeezing Just
a little more out of the bidders than
the average auctioneer is able to do.
Gin, Pal A. Lo.l.. L. --L