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

dealer, visited his brother here Mon
day.
Mrs. Nicolas Meyer of Seattle is
here visiting her relatives. She is a
daughter of DR.. and Mrs. Turner.
G. w. Crocker and family have
moved from Westlake to Olympia,
where he orders his Chronicle sent.
Mrs. Z. M. DeCourcey, 9Th grade
teacher in our public school, returned
home Monday evening from a brief
visit in Lewiston.
Postmaster Wisener, wife and little
son and Mrs. j. c. Safley of Grange
vile motored over Sunday for a brief
visit with friends in Cottonwood.
For particulars see ad in this issue
announcing Reese Bros. Africander
Co.'S. show at the Orpheum next
Tuesday night. Tickets at Randall's
store.
j. b. Kreger, who recently sold his
numbering plant at Keuterville to the
Madison Lumber Co. is building a
fine residence in the eastern part of
Cottonwood.
The 6-year-old son of Mrs. Anna
Nash fell off an apple tree this morn
ing at the Rowe farm near Fem and
broke his left arm. DR.. Orr is at
tending him.
Mrs. Jennie Bailey left Monday for
Brainard, Mimi, where she will spend
the winter. She had been staying at
the home Of her daughter, Mrs. Ella
Hale, in Cottonwood.
All of the state officials are expected
to be in attendance at the big stock
show in Lewiston today and tomorrow.
Lieutenant Governor Parker and wife
went over to Lewiston Thursday
morning.
1t is impossible to get all of the
names of the hundreds of people from
this county who are in Lewiston to
see the big stock show and other
doings. Perhaps 200 people from
Cottonwood and vicinity are in at
tendance.
J. Jensen, of the Cottonwood
creamery, left Tuesday for Wallace,
Occur d'Alene and other North Idaho
points, to take orders for butter, eggs,
etc. He expects to be absent cou-
pie Of weeks.
DR., Shinnick reports the following
births: To Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Gaul
on Nov. 5th, daughter To Mr..
and Mrs. Tony Nau this Friday
morning, Nov. 9th, son. The
mothers and babies are getting along
nicely-also the fathers.
The fronts of the Hoene Hardware
store and the H. H. NuxolI block
business houses look decidedly better
under fresh coats of paint, put on this
week by VIII Kelsey, the painter. A
crew of painters is also at work paint
ing the Phoenix hotel, which is sadly
in need of dose of such treatment.
A large crowd witnessed the
wrestling match here Saturday night
between Charley Wilson and George
Lambert. Wilson won the contest
and the side bet of 5000 by winning
out Of 3 falls in l hour and Is min
utes. All who were present pro
nounced it the most scientific wrest
ling match they ever saw.
The largest potatoes we have seer
this season were left at this office this
week by J. N. Mcclure of Keuter.
vile and VIM. Harman of Green.
creek-all of the samples weighing 4
pounds each and better. They both
have several hundred sacks of these
extra good spuds for sale at one cent a
pound. Ed Harman who brought in
the potatoes from his fathers farm,
said he dug up one potato having two
''prongs' on that weighed pounds.
These potatoes we're of course grown
in dry land.
For lively bidding and good prices
we are informed that Will Rogers
auction sale Monday at his Green
creek ranch was one of the best ever
held in this part of the country. A
very good reason why everything
brought such good prices is that al
of his stuff was first class and in til,
best condition. The cheapest team O
horses sold brought $3.50 and tn
highest $535. The total sale
amounted to $48OO-about S1OOC
more than Mr.. Rogers had figured OIL
getting out of the sale. He and hi