Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1918-04-26
LOCAL ITEMS
OF INTEREST
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north of town.
Miss Elma Bashaw of Orofno
is the new clerk in Joe Gauls
confectionery store.
Miss Lou Lytle, one of our
schoolmams, is having a tussel
with measles at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. o. D. Hamlin.
F. B. Mckinney of Grange
vile spent Sunday here at the
home of his father, Geo. F. Nc
Kinney.
Frank Foresman this week
bought a new Dodge car and John
Seyler a secondhand Ford from
the Cottonwood Hdw. Co.
Mr.. and Mrs. Asa Jones and
son Lewis of Boles spent several
days this week with their relatives
in Cottonwood and Grangeville.
Miss Velma Petersen, a popu-
lar schoolmam of Ferdinand, was
the guest Saturday and Sunday of
her friend, Mrs. H. C. Matthiesen.
Mrs. G.. Weber of Cotton, Wn.,
is expected to arrive here this
evening with a nice line of mil
linery. See notice in this issue.
The Hoene Hardware this week
sold to B. Tacke and Peet Reuter-
each a 5-pass. Buick and to w. R.
Walker and A. E. Powers each a
Ford car.
The stockholders of the Farm
ers Union Warehouse Co. will
hold a meeting tomorrow to dis
cuss the advisability of enlarging
their elevator.
Grangeville will raise big SER
vice flag on May 4th, containing
1853 stars-representing that num-
Der of boys from Idaho county al
ready in military service of the
country.
A May festival basket social
and dance will be given at Keu-
terville next Wednesday night,
May l, for benefit of the Red
Cross. A good time is assured
and everybody is invited.
Sergeant Jesse Robertson, who
is off on ten days furlough from
Camp Lewis, is here visiting his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. M.
Robertson. Jesse went out today
with bunch of boosters for Lib
erty bonds.
Sidney Brown has the proper
system in providing against the
shortage of farm labor. Last
Monday, 22d, another bouncing
little son came to bless the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Brown, four miles
| north of town.
Charley Johnston and wife have
just closed a deal with J. |. Cook
of Spokane whereby they become
the owners of the Cottonwood ho-
tel property. Mr.. and Mrs. John
ston are making a splendid sue
cess of the hotel business here.
DIR. Orr, assisted by DR.. Stock
ton, performed three operations
Monday, as follows: Mrs. Mel
Pierce, E. E. Hale and Ollie, the
19-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert Zodrow of Ferdinand. All
of the patients are getting along
nicely.
Charley Hall, a young man in
the employ of John Chase neal
Winona, narrowly escaped being
killed Monday. His team, hitch
ed to a disc harrow, ran away
throwing him onto the harrow
He was terribly cut about the
head, but it is thought he will re.
cover.
Geo. Downer and wife and hi
brother Henry left Tuesday by
auto for Montana, where they ex
pect to buy or file on homestead
claims-if suitable land can bt
found. Henry has been drafted
for army service and it is his in.
tention to file on a claim befor,
going to war. In such cases {
soldier is given credit for the tim,
he is in the service just the sam,
as if he were living on the claim
Thirty young people-nearl!
all pupils of Miss Evelyn Porter
music class-honored her with ;
most delightful farewell part,
Wednesday night at the home o
DR.. and Mrs. Shinnick. The eve
ming was pleasantly spent play
ing games, music and partakinl
of everything good to eat. AS
mark of esteem the members o
her music club presented Mis-
Porter with a Hoover" set O
] garden tools, which she prize
very highly. She expects to leav
next week for her home at Skid