Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1917-11-23
COTTONWOOD
AND VICINITY

/
Butte, daughter.
A. L. Creelman, the merchant,
spent the first couple of days of the
week with his family in Lewiston.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. S. Curless and
daughter, Fora, of Melrose, visited
friends in town the first of this week.
Mrs. o. D. Hamlin and daughter,
Helena, were guests last Sunday Of
Prof. Shattuck's family at Ferdinand
d. H. Kube of Grangeville was in
town Monday and remembered the
Chronicle with years subscription.
Miss Ida Asker returned home Sun
day from Melrose, where she had been
visiting Mrs. G. F. Whitson for sew
eral days.
Mrs. Joe Coffnan and two sons were
here this week from Milton visiting
their relatives -the Thompson and
Forth families.
Mrs. Elsie Stockard and children
are here from their home near Kamiah
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs d.
A. Mckinley, at their farm home east
of town.
On Thanksgiving night-Nov. 29th
the moving picture show will begin
promptly at Z o'clock, in order to get
through before the K. of P. ball
begins.
Miss Ethel York, a schoolmam of
Greencreek, was seriously injured in
runaway accident Wednesday evening
near her home. Her upper jaw was
broken and face badly cut and bruised.
The next and 4th Lyceum number
to be played here will be the st. Clair
Sisters on the night of Jan. 25th, and
the 9Th and last number for the sea-
son will be the Rob Roy male quartet
| on Feb 18th.
Frank Arnzen, who was in town
Saturday from Greencreek, says that
/ his little son-born on Oct. 23-is
y getting along fine, and that any one
who figures the baby has weak lungs
has another guess coming.
Il Governor Alexander has Just APP
pointed Geo. G. Killmar of Winona
as one Of the three trustees for the
II North Idaho sanitarium at Orofno.
Mr.. Killmar takes the place made va
cant by the resignation of Geo. Erb Of
Lewiston.
Il See w. r. Rogers notice in this
issue giving his schedule of prices for
hauling passengers. Will is now a
H full-fedged licensed chauffeur. He
has the reputation of being one Of
the most careful drivers in the coun-
try.
Saturday evening about 6 o'clock,
John Hoene's fine residence near the
II public school narrowly escaped de
struction by fire. A bed in an up
stairs room in some manner caught
fire, presumably from defective cleo
trio wire, and required some very quick
work to extinguish it by throwing the
bedding out of window. All danger
was over by the time the fre-fghters
arrived with the hose carts.
II Joe Reiner of Greencreek met with
II what might have been serious acct
dent few nights ago. He was re
H charging the machine for his acetylent
H light plant and unthoughtedly set 6
II lantern too close, which caused an ex
H plosion of the gas. The only damage
H done was to scorch his face and hail
Il pretty badly-besides soaring him out
/ of about years growth. This kind
/ of work should always be done il
/ daytime, when light or fire of any kline
is unnecessary.
/ C. E. Hayden of Ferdinand
/ this week purchased a fine s.
H months old Poland China hog
II from John Funke.
H Seven cars of cattle and hogs
were shipped from here Tuesday
for Spokane and Seattle. See
market report for prices.
Il All those interested in organic