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Cottonwood Chronicle

Location

Cottonwood, Idaho, United States of America

Date

Aug 02, 1918

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North and South Idaho State Highway planned rapid build

The Wallace Press Times reports Idaho will spend 340000 from a bond issue to construct a North and South Idaho State Highway. The project, aimed at uniting the state and improving transport, will fix rugged sections from New Meadows to Grangeville and connect to Boise.

North Idaho Wallace Press-Times Boise State Highway Commission Highway Commission Council of Defense New Meadows Little Salmon Grangeville Camas Prairie Pollock White Bird North Idaho

War Chest Organized In Cottonwood Community

An enthusiastic meeting at Odd Fellows hall elected W B Hussman as chairman and W W Flint as secretary to organize a local War Chest. Five executives were chosen: W W Flint, W B Hussman, J W Baker, John Hoene, and Fred Simon to draft the constitution and by laws. Ten adjoining districts plan branches with one executive member each. Local Red Cross solicits donations of five dollars each.

Odd Fellows Hall W. B. Hussman W. W. Flint J. W. Baker John Hoene Fred Simon Cottonwood War Chest Cottonwood Chest

August Draft Leaves Monday From Grangeville Idaho

The article lists Idaho County men ordered to Grangeville for examination and to depart Monday for Camp Fremont California. It notes 1918 registrants called, three failed to meet physicals, and predicts class 1 depletion with class 2 calls possible in October or November. A reception and ball are planned in Grangeville to honor the mobilizing troops with a depot sendoff.

Idaho County Grangeville Camp Fremt Cal Emmett Lee Mulhall Ernest Cris Nissen Clinton Reeves William James Jewett Clifford Paul Powell Josh H. Alkire Parke Forrest Butler Floyd Clinton Barnette John Edward Thomas Enoch Oatman William Kellum R Roy Simler Niles Solberg James Lott Adcock Myron Erba Campbell Bernard Henry Gehring Glenn R Snyder James Stanley Charles Edward Simler Melvin E Sewell Grover Sharp Alvin Henry Bensching Joseph Schallberger Fred Marion Poe John Hamill Avery A. Gentry Henry Kauffman Joseph Loren Tribe Orval Booth Trueblood Marvin John Smith Thomas Large Edward Funke Charles F Anderson Joe Weholt Fred E Morris John Otto Duus Grover B Pollan Marshall Engle Benjamin S. Taylor John Lloyd Turner Earnest D Lemons David Bruneau Sivert Juvet Randolp Randall Ben Koelker George C Dobbins Aaron R Calvin William Hassler Leslie S Huffman Edgar G Pickler Frank H Gentry Henry H Hattrup Albert J Hughes Edward R Allen William Bies William E Zumwalt Henry Dempewolf John Deputat Beecher Sims William Allison Carroll D Ward Zeb James Hallett Harry Patterson Joe L Roberts Albert H Herbeth Edward H Clarke Otto John Olson Harry Wayne Bryant George Washington Hackett R. Casper Manwaring Dreamland Hall Hall's Grove

Nonpartisan meeting at Orpheum draws local farmers

Last night a meeting at the Orpheum united several farmers with nonpartisan speakers. Mel Pierce sustains a painful hand from blood poisoning while sewing grain sacks. Concrete work advances on a new city well near the Catholic church for the upcoming electric motor arrival. J L Chapman of Waha shipped a Hereford steer weighing 1700 pounds to Spokane for 13 1 2 cents a pound totaling 229 50. Mrs Joe South and her little son visit river friends for a few days. Joe jokes about failed flapjack moulding and boiling water mishaps.

Orpheum Mel Pierce New City Catholic Church J.L. Chapman Waha Spokane Joe South Little Son Joe

John Meyer and Family Visit Lewiston

John Meyer reports Cottonwood crops will yield 25 to 30 bushels per acre this fall and 20 to 26 for spring, with overall Cottonwood region production near normal despite heat and drought. Hog production will be well below normal due to wheat conservation and high barley prices. Meyer heads to Portland for mill and elevator business, visiting local residents before continuing.

John Meyer Lewiston Tribune Meyer Portland John Hoene Portland Surgical Hospital

Body of drowned girl found near Lancaster home

The body of Ella Lancaster, drowned in Salmon River fourteen miles west of here, was found Saturday morning five miles below the drowning site. Searchers and relatives attended the burial at the local cemetery after funeral services led by Rev. Wm. Gornall. The report notes heavy rain and a threshing season price of 18 cents a bushel for northern Idaho.

Ella Lancaster Salmon River Here Lancaster Bert Teift Pres Mitchell Roy Unzicker Dan Hill Tony Nau A. Maugg Wm. Gornall E. A. Lancaster Eva

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