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

VIII railroad with one OF the Dig East
ern companies.
According to letters received here
from members of the Second Idaho
regiment, the Idaho troops will leave
Boise next Monday for the training
camp at Charlotte, n c.
Hill brothers, former residents of
this place, came back here this week
from their homes in Montana and took
back with them this week car of
horses, which they will sell up there.
Arthur McSpaden and wife and
Kenneth Barrett of Doumecq, P. L.
Keener of Joseph and Sam Jones of
White Bird are among the Idaho
countyites attending the Roundup at
Pendleton this week.
Henry Mager and several other
men returned yesterday from Elk
City, where they had been fighting
forest fires for several weeks. The re-
cent heavy rains assisted them greatly
in putting out the fires.
j. A. Bushue and family of Ferdi-
nand left this week for Joseph, Ore
gon, near where they have purchased
a 500 acre farm. Mrs. Bushue was
here the last of the week visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. B. L. Hussman.
Ed Blake was in town yesterday
from Westlake. He reports fire
scare in his neighborhood Wednesday,
when A. S. Lester set fire to some
brush in clearing. 1t required some
pretty hard work by several men to
keep the fire from spreading and doing
damage.
Miss Helen johnson of Vollmer,
who spent several days here this week
visiting her friend Miss Bernice Ed
wards, left this morning for Spokane,
where we understand she is soon to be
married to prominent young busi-
ness man Of that city. Miss Edwards
accompanied Miss johnson to Spokane
for short visit.
B. Tacke arrived home Wednesday
from few days visit with his rela-
tives near Carter, Montana. His
three sons-Joe, Tony and Barney,
and nephew, Lou Tacke, and son-in-
law Fred Funke, are all prosperous
farmers at that place and getting
along nicely. The Cottonwood Chron-
icle is welcome weekly visitor to all
of their homes.
Gus Seubert, wife and baby and
Pete Bies arrived home last night
from record-breaking auto trip to
Spokane, having made the round trip
in his Ford car in just 80 hours, with
II hours rest in Spokane. The OBJ
ject in making the hurry-up trip was
to get some extras for the Bies thresh-
er--which would have. taken or"5
days to get by express.
Exhibitor WiWer is now a full
fedged farmer;~and takes to the work
like duck to water. This week he
bought 8 good horses from Geo.
Killmar, 2 from Theo. ,Foennis and
one each from Fred Pfannebecker and
Andy Rustemeyer Frank has been
busy all week hauling all kinds ofnew
machinery out to his farm, and in fact
is as busy as the proverbial cat.
P. H. Sallee and Miss Elsie Gray,
both of Westlake, were married Sun,
day at noon, Sept. 18th, at the brides
home by Ed Blake, Justice of the
Peace. Only members of the family
and a few friends were present and en-
joyed fine wedding dinner. Mr.. and
Mrs. Sallee have gone to Olympia,
Wash, where they have relatives and
where they will spend the winter.
| Yves Hockersmith, who conducts
the Rice creek ferry and stopping
place, was in town Saturday. He ex-
poets to circulate subscription paper
among our citizens within few days
for the purpose Of raising funds with
which to improve the Grave creek
road. Last spring the road was wash
ed out for a distance of about five
miles, making it impossible for autos
or wagons, and the many people Of
that part of the Salmon river country
are forced to use pack-horses in com,
ing out to Cottonwood to do theiI
trading. Mr.. Hockersmith thinks
the washed-out portion of the road car
be put in shape for wagon travel fol
less than $500. He says this road
has been sadly neglected by the coun
ty court, although some of the heavi