Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1918-04-26
COTTONWOOD
AND VICINITY

home Sunday evening from Boise.
Henry Trautman went to Gull
desac Tuesday on land business.
Mrs. Stockton and little daugh-
ter, of Grangeville, were guests of
Mrs. Orr last Monday.
A. S. Wickersham of Lewiston,
who owns farm near Keuterville,
spent several days here this week.
J. G. Jackson of Boles was in
town Monday. He went to Win
chester the next day on a brief
business visit.
DR.. Blake reports the birth of a |
fine little son to Mr.. and Mrs.
Dominic Roman, near Reuter-
vile, on April 20.
Miss Nellie Ratliff, an accom-
plished schoolmam from Nezperce,
is the guest of Mrs. Geo. M. Rob-
ertson for a few days.
D. F. Van Pool of Spring Camp
spent a couple of days in town
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daughter, Mrs. o. D. Hamlin.
1 Work is progressing nicely on
w. B. Hussman's elegant new
/ modern bungalow in the south
/ western part of town, near his
/ planning mill.
Il Manager Ed Blake of the Cot
y tonwood Creamery now sports an
H auto truck, bought last week from
i Tony Nau for use in delivering
Il creamery products.
Il Mrs. R. H. Dearborn left Mon
Il day for her home at Ashmoor,
II Mont after a visit here of several
y days with relatives-the Manwar-
n ing family. She had been visit
il ing a daughter at Prairie City,
Il Ore, for several weeks.
Il Tony Ross, residing near Ferdi-
Il nand, has a SOW that is doing her
Il bit towards furnishing meat for
!! the soldiers. Last week she gave
/ birth to 16 fine healthy pigs-that
u should make a respectable bunch
/ of pork by next Fall.
/ Fred Hinkelman of Winona left
| this morning for months visit
| at his former home at Trail City,
4 S. D., his first visit to the old
| home for about II years. Fred
Y was as "tickled" as a little boy in
1 red-topped boots going to circus.
Il A rousing meeting of our Patri-
II otto League was held last night
j and some very important work
y outlined. There are over 100
- members now and every one of
: them should be present at the
meetings every Thursday evening
N at 8 o'clock in Odd Fellows hall.
Jesse Rogers, who was one of
% the Cottonwood boys to leave here
with Co. E for war service, is now
in France, having sailed from
New York about six weeks ago.
For a long time Jesse had been
sick and in the hospital at Camp
D Greene, N. c., and later was in
training at Newport News, Va.
Mrs. Hensley of Vollmer, book
NJ keeper for the Nezperce Telephone
Co. for this county, was in Cot
tonwood the first of the week
checking up the local Office. Miss
Myrtle Gallaher, who did relief
work here for about six weeks,
ig has gone to Nezperce. Mrs. Cra-
- mer is now one of the regular
hello" girls here.
What might have been disas-
trous fire was narrowly averted
s. Saturday morning about ten
o'clock. Several young men were
- working on Frank Simon's auto
at his home garage when in some
manner oil on the floor caught
fire and in an instant the entire
Is floor was in flames. Luckily, Fat
ID Hamlin, who always carries a
- chemical fire extinguisher on his
auto truck, happened to be near
and put out the fire before any
damage was done.
Mrs. Viola Rhett has been ap-
pointed by the county, court to
serve as registrar for the Cotton
|, wood district in registering voters
for the coming election. On May
4th and every Saturday thereafter
,m until the November election Mrs.
Rhett will have her registration
books at Randall's store, where
the voters are asked to call. The
DIS registrar for Greencreek is Joseph
Sohn, for Keuterville Ben Grun-
lob, for Joseph Mrs. James Aram
nv Although it was one of the best.
IN advertised sales in this part Of
the country, the Mulhall horse
e. sale at Denver Saturday proved q
~ failure. 1t seems like there is