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VOLUME XXIII
MEMBERS OF CHAMBER
Will BEAUTIFY RIVER
Pullman Chamber of Commerce Will
get Aside Bay for Cleaning Up
and Ilea I lying South Pa
louse River in City Limits
At the meeting of the l'ullman
Clumber of Commerce, held at the
Alton hotel Tuesday evening, several
matters of importance were consid
ered and acted upon. The commit
tee on city improvement and sanita
tion, which had been delegated to de
lta ways and means of clearing up
md beautifying the South Palouse
river, which runs through the city,
reported as follows:
"Your committee on city improve
ment and sanitation beg leave to re
port as follows: We held our regu
lar meeting on Tuesday. April 11.
We have had Professor Thornber
look over the river with a view to
beautifying it. Prof. Thornber has
suggested that two parka be made.
We have brought the matter to tin
attention of the local agents of the
railroads and both have said that
they thought that if the matter was
taken up with their companies that
assistance would be rendered.
"We would suggest that a special
day be set aside for the purpose of
cleaning up and beautifying the
river, that on this day we ask all of
the male residents of Pullman to
gather for two hours ami work under
the direction of Prof. Thornber. We
believe that were this done tin- river
can be made a beauty spot. We
would also recommend that th,- mat
ter of making the little parks be
taken tip with the railroad compan
ies.
"We would also recommend that
the Chamber of Commerce ask the
college to maintain the lights on the
Auditorium building.
".I. EARL ELSE, M. D.,
"Chairman."
The idea of the committee is to
clean out all the rubbish along the
river bed. cut out the- dead brush and
the brush that obstructs the stream.
trim the willows and plant trees am!
flowers. The report was accepted
and filed and the chamber voted that
a day be set for the cleaning up of
the river and that the members them
selves do the work, no substitutes be
ing allowed. The day will be nam,-,!
by the committee, which meets again
next Tuesday.
■ P. M. Slagle, who had been ap
pointed a committee of one to appear
before the county commissioners at
their session last week and confer
*'lth the members in regard to the
matter of "permanent roads," re
ported as follows:
"The county commissioners were
still in session when your committee
called Wednesday morning, Mr.
Whitlow being absent. There had
been no petitions presented for im
provement districts, although Colfax
contemplated asking for one leading
out Spring Flat from Colfax, and the
commissioners were much disap
pointed in Pullman not asking for
construction work from Savage's
corner toward Colfax.
_ 'The members present stated that
they were of the opinion that the
hoard would favor petitions for im
provement districts where the peti
tioners were willing to pay 15 per
*»t or more, and where the districts
ed to ward other trade centers, rath
er than for the county to build all
tie road or to build it in opposite di
rections from other towns."
The report was accepted, filed and
tfie committee dismissed.
Word lias been received from the
Publicity department of the 0.-W. R.
N. Co. that the Pullman literature
[jTf i ready the latter part of this
The treasurer reported a balance
* "and of $570.r»0 and two new
jmes were added to the membership
' •the club, they being T. C. Martin
m Wm. Laird.
•The next lectins of the Chamber
to Commerce will be held at the Al
n hotel next Tuesday evening.
"Balogna" Hears Teddy.
• »logna." Pullman's only Chin^
Wan ' and a well known character
&b • and a well known character
toT town' went to Moscow Monday
Ual i" Roosevelt - The aged celes
a ' blossomed out ;n a white shirt
of Btarche d collar, his first offense
deatrT. natUre during his long resi
fl*ace in this city.
The Pullman Herald
Devoted to the best interests of Pullman and the best farming community in the Northwest surrounding it.
HEAVY FROSTS DO
DAMAGE TO I Kill
Reports Differ as to Extent of Dam
age Done Fruit by Heavy Frost
of Wednesday Night—Some
Report \o Damage. \ /
Wednesday night was the coldest
April night ever known in the i'a
louse country and undoubtedly did
considerable damage to the fruit un
Snake river. The thermometer reg
istered several degree below freezing
at Pullman and ice was formed to the
thickness of a quarter of an inch.
Reports from Wawawal and vicin
ity differ as to the amount of damage
done the buds. Win. Batty, whose
fruit ranch is a mile up the canyon
from Wawawai, reports that very lit
tle damage was done, the only dam
age being to apricots and early pea
ches. Harry McKenzle, four miles
up the river from Wawawai, reports
that his orchard was not damaged in
the least., he stating that only about
one-fourth of the buds were frosted
and that they would have had to he
thinned to that extent any way.
White Bros. & Crum, who purchased
i've large orchard from W. 1.. LaPel
letti two years ago, are reported as
saying that their orchard was not
damaged in the least.
Thomas Batty, whose orchard is on
>vawal creek, two miles above its
mouth, reports a heavy damage to
.lis trees, also stating that his alfal
fa, which stood eight Inches high,
was laid Hat and was perfectly black
after the sun came up Thursday
.•"horning.
Reports from Clarkston say that
the fruit crop there was destroyed
earlier in the week. "Smudge pots"
wen- burned in many of the orch
ards, but even these did not save the
crop. The cold was intense and a
strong wind accompanying the hard
freeze, seemed to penetrate every
where. W. .1. Jordan, agent for the
Northern Pacific at Lewiston, stated
Tuesday that lie' feared the fruit crop
in the vicinity of Lewiston, Clarks
ton, Vim-land and adjacent districts.
had been destroyed. This is a hard
blow to that section, where there
have been many more failures than
successes during tin- past ten years.
The prospect for a big yield of fruit
in that section was unusually bright,
until this week, which has been the
coldest ever know there at this time
of year. Snow, sleet, hail, rain,
thunder, lightning and strong winds
have combined to make a "pot
pouri" of weather seldom equaled in
any section in April.
Reports from the upland fruit dis
tricts, where winter apples form the
principal crop, are that no injury has
resulted to the apple crop and it is
believed that at least an average
yield will be harvested next fall. The
upland trees were not nearly so far
advanced as those on the river, where
the altitude is much lower and the
climate milder, and it is thought that
the apple crop has escaped Injury,
less to the fruit growers of Whitman
county is estimated at $ ,000,000
Dawson Buys Newport Hotel,
A. 11. Dawson, proprietor of the
Palace hotel, returned last Friday
evening from Newport, Wash.,
where he closed a deal on the Martin
hotel. This is a tine, new, rock
faced concrete structure, three stor
ies in height, with 34 rooms, fitted
up with all modern Improvements.
The ground floor offices are particu
larly attractive and no expense has
been spared to furnish it with every
thing conducive to the comfort of the
traveling public Mr. Dawson does
not intend to leave Pullman, but will
divide his time between the two ho
tels ami when he is away his son,
lan,ld. will be in charge of the Pal
,-■-. Newport is Hi,- county seat of
the new county of Pend Orlelle,
which was created by the late legis
lature. It is a prosperous town of
over 2000 inhabitants, situated on
Hie Pend d'Orellle river, is served by
two railroads, the Great Northern
and I. & W. N., and is the center of
an extensive mining and lumbering
district.
/ At a ceremonial under the auspice*,
of Omar Alkayami Temple. D. O. K.
X., held at Winchester, Idaho, last
Saturday night, Ira E. Clark, of this
city, was elected Royal Vizier, the
highest office In the order. John
Jones, also of this city, was elected
supreme delegate of the Lewiston
temple to attend the national conven
tion to be held at Toledo. Ohio, this
summer.
PULLMAN, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, APRIL 14. 1911
SIDEWALK ORDINANCE IS
KILLED BY COUNCIL
I'ity Council Deals Death Blow to
Proposed Ordinance Requiring
Property Owners to Construct
Concrete Sidewalks.
The ordinance requiring that side
walks within the corporate limits of
the city of Pullman be constructed
of concrete was put out of business
by the city dads at their last regular
session when the much mooted ordi
nance was read the third time and
laid on the table Indefinitely, which
cans that it probably will not be
again considered. The councilmen
contend that the proper manner to
lire,vide for the installaton of these
sidewalks is for the property owners
to petition the council to have Im
provement districts created in differ
ernt parts of the city.
A petition signed by nearly all the
property owners of Military hill ask
ing that a sewer be laid in that dis
trict was read. The petition was re
ferred to the sanitation and sewer
committee, with power to employ an
engineer to locate a route for the
sewer, the committee to report at the
next meeting.
A petition signed by W. F. M.
Rlcketts and others asking for the
vacation of 20 feet of lot I, I,lk 44,
near the site of the old opera house
was presented, read and granted.
The hearing on same was set for May
4th.
Bids for laying the sewer in dis
trict No. 0 West Main street were
opened and again rejected. The low
est bid was thai of W. A. Moss, who
offered to do the work for 50 cents
per lineal foot, charging $_" for each
manhole. His first hid, which was
rejected two weeks previous, was for
52 cents a foot and $28 for man
holes. Th,- sewer will be construc
ted under the supervision of the city
council, that body to employ day la
bor to complete the improvements.
Several ordinances of minor con
sequence were- read, also an ordi
nance providing for changing the
names of several streets on College
hill. According to the terms of the
ordinance, A and ll streets will be
known as Ohio and Idaho streets, re
spectively; a part of Monroe street
will be known as Colorado street,
and Short street will be changed to
Monroe street, making Monroe and
Colorado continuous streets.
The council voted to employ a
team to do the city sprinkling and
team work at $100 a month.
"His House in Order,"
Next Tuesday evening the Web
sterians of the college will present
"His House in Order." which is their
sixth annual production. The scene
of this four-act drama Is Overbury
Towers, Mr. Filmer .lesson's country
house on the outskirts of a town in
central England.
Clarence Cooil takes the leading
part, that of Mr. Hilary .lesson. Brit
ish minister of the republic of Santa
Quarda, The part of next impor
tance is taken by Joseph L. Philips,
that of Filmer .lesson, brother to Hil
ary and member of British Parlia
ment. The heroine's part Is taken
by Miss Hazel Taylor as Nine, Mrs.
Filmer .lesson. 11., whose trials and
tribulations are considerably greater
than those generally falling to the
ordinary second wife.
The other characters are:
Derek .lesson — A Spoiled Child . .
Miss Jessie Perry
Mile. Thorni —French Governess. .
Miss Bess Harlon
Sir Daniel Ridgeley.Harold Damman
Pryce Ridgeley Howard Melvin
Geraldlne Ridgeley. .Miss Bess Cook
Lady Ridgeley . .Miss Dorothy Turner
Major Marewarde —late of Brit-
ish Army E. C. Stewart
Dr. Dillnott —Mayor of Town....
Frank .Tonne
Harding—Secretary to Filmer. . .
....'. J. H. McCready
Forshaw —Newspaper Reporter. ..
Howard Gregory
A very Interesting feature of the
program is the special opera music
which will be played by a select or
chestra. Under the leadership" of
such artists as Mr. Fltzslmmons and
Mr. Dcs Voignes. "Chung Lo," a
Chinese monkey doodle. "The Dream
of the Rarebit Fiend," and several
other new selections will be rendered
for the first time in Pullman.
Cheese — full cream, strong or
mild, which ever you prefer. Sand
ers' Grocery,— Apr. 14-th.
WHITMAN COLLEGE
WINS co-id DEBATE
First Co-ed Debate in Inland Empire
Attract* Large Crowd to College
Auditorium.
The first co-ed debate between the
teams of W. S. C. and Whitman col
lege drew a large crowd at. the col
lego auditorium Tuesday evening.
Mrs. John Mathews presided and W.
W. Tolman, C. C. Hill, of Spokane,
ami Win. Goodyear acted as judges.
The question was "Resolved, That
Women Should Receive the Same
Wages as Men for the Same Work
Performed."
Whitman had tile affirmative and
W. S. C, the- negative, and both sides
presented some cogent arguments In
a clear ami forceful manner, despite
(he fact that tin- time for preparation
had he-en very short, and that the
subject was a new one. From start.
to finish the debate was interesting
and Instructive and the evenness of
th,- two teams is Indicated by the
fact that the verdict of tie- judges
was not unanimous, two deciding in
favor of th,- affirmative and one for,
the negative. j
During the evening several selec
tions were rendered by tie- college
orchestra and after the debate a very
pleasant reception was tendered the
visiting debaters at Stevens hall.
W. S. C, was represented by Miss
Nellie Belfre, Miss Cora White, Miss
Ester Bull; rebuttal," Miss Belfre;
and Whitman by Miss Helen Walter,
Miss Alice Lllllequest; Miss Alice Mc-
Millan, rebuttal, Miss Walter.
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W. S. C. TEAM
Miss Nellie Belfre, Miss Cora
White, Miss Ester Pull.
Early Morning Blase.
The clanging of the fire hall at
4:30 Thursday morning brought the
firemen out of their beds to extingu
ish the flames that had gained con
siderable head way at the residence oc
cupied by W. B. Cleveland, known as
the Chenoweth place, at 1506 Star
Route street. Th,- fire started in the
upper story, presumably from a de
fective flue, and although nearly all
the furniture was saved the house
was damaged to a considerable ex
tent before the blase was extingu
ished by the firemen.
Imported Spanish Pierrentoes In
1., c cans.— Sander's Grocery.— April
14-tf.
PULLMAN "BOOSTERS"
ASSURED SUPPORT
Ilaseball Team Which Will Represent
Pullman in Inland League Will
Receive Support From Kusi
ness Men.
At A meeting of th,- baseball fans
held Monday evening last, there was
a small atetndalice due to the very
inclement weather. There was, how
ever, sufficient enthusiasm among
those present to make up for the
lack of attendance and all that could
he accomplished in the way of finan
cing the baseball situation was well
taken care of, officers for tin- local
organization were chosen, and plans
perfected for the inaugu raton of the
season here April 16.
Frank B. Sanger was chosen presi
dent. T. W. Amos treasurer, Ira E.
Clark manager, and a board of direc
tors composed of J. W. Anderson, Jr.,
.1. N. Scott, I). P, Staley, .1. It. Step
henson, Frank E. Sanger and U. (1.
Lawler. This personnel of officers and
directors assures a businesslike ad
ministration and success to Pull
man's representation in the Inland
league.
The plan adopted for raising the
necessary funds for equipping the
grounds, viz.. that of asking but
small contributions from each one,
has met with such general approval
that no difficulty thus far has been
encountered in raising funds
Since it is assured that our grounds
will he in belter condition than ever
before and better accommodations to
care for the people in attendance, a
banner crowd is looked for at the
opening game. Bleachers tire under
course of construction, and will 1,,- in
readiness for the opening game. By
' he time i In- second game is played ii
is hoped the management will have
had 1 sufficient encouragement to go
ahead with the construction of a
grand stand, it is sufficiently well
appreciated by the management that
Pullman will ably support, a team in
he league, an every effort is being
made to pi-,,vide comfortable acconio-
atioiis for the lovers of the game.
While support is being asked from
the fans in the form of small con
tributions th.- amounts ask el are
small and such hal all can well af
or I and feel willing to give. And
'hen each contributor can feel thai
he has contributed to something for
i.- own pleasure and convenience,
As a further incentive to those
who have come to the aid of the boys,
they have the sal Isfacton of knowing
we will have a formidable line-up In
our team an '■ a good article of ball
is assured from the standpoint of
Pullman's team. While a serious
handicap has overtaken the team
curing the past week, the- weather
conditions making Impossible the
necessary paretic,-, most of the team
Is In good condition from practice
games played during the early sea
son. Team work is all that is need
ed to put the team in the best of con
dition for the opening fray and with
the weather permitting the boys have
promised to work hard luring the
next three days to accomplish the
necessary team work.
All iv all the outlook for a success
ful baseball season is tin- very
best, and the slncerest hope of the
management and the team is that
they will merit the liberal support
given them, by putting a winning
team in the field.
Come out to tin- game and give the
boys your earnest support and show
the other towns of the circuit that
Pullman will be second to none In
point of atendance. Remember the
date, April 16th. The probable line
up will be as follows: Catcher, Gra
ham; pitcher, Moss, Muir or Osthoff;
first, base, Thompson; second. Van
Horn; short, Moss: third, Buck; left
held, Sanger; center field, Caddis:
right field, Tulley.
Third Annual Ball.
The third annual ball under the
auspices of Fvenlng star lodge No.
20, Knights of Pythias, will be held
In I. O O. F. hall Friday evening of
this week.
Professor R. W. Thatcher, direc
tor of the experiment station at the
State College has been appointed a
member of the committee in charge
of the agricultural chemistry section
of the International Congress of Ap
plied Chemistry, Which meets in
Washington, D, C, and New York
city in August, 1912. Th,- congress
meets in Washington, D. C, first.
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NUMBER 28
ELEGANT EXHIBIT OF
MODERN PAINTING*!
Masterpieces of Northwest Artists
Will lie Exhibited at V. W. C. A.
Rooms at College Friday
and Saturday.
Art lovers of Pullman will have an
opportunity to witness a real exhibit
of modern paintings. On Friday
and Saturday of this week there will
be hung on the walls of the College
V. W. c A. room pictures painted
by the leading artists of the North
west, Such artists as R. S. Boyntos
of tin- Spokane Art League, J. C.
Chapin and M. Adolph. Weil of Spo
kane and Mrs. Kerlin of the college
will he represented. Exhibits are
also expected from two other well
known artists. This exhibition will
be open to the public free of charge.
The climax of the exhibit will come
Off on Saturday evening when Mr.
Boynton will deliver his lecture on
'Modern Painting and Its Relation
to the Old Masters." So much non
sense has been said about art that it.
will be a relief to hear the subject
treated by a man who is a trained
artist anil has made a,careful Study
of the subject.
Mr. Boynton is a student of the
Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, hav
ing worked under such men as Wm.
P. Henderson, W. .1. Reynolds, and .1.
W. Norton. Whistler is an artist
whom Mr. Boynton greatly admires
and the critic will undoubtedly notice
the Influence of master on the pupil.
It is hardly necessary to add that Mr.
Boynton is an Impressionist, and so
are the other artists who are ex
hibiting.
Nearly all of the pictures on the
exhibit are for sale and I he attendant
in charge wil gladly furnish infor
mation on that subject, classes and
organizations int.tiding to make
presents to their shcool would do well
to look at the pictures carefully with
a view of buying them.
Owing to lack of accommodations
this lecture is not open to the pub
lic, but those desiring tickets of ad
mission may obtain them by apply
ing, enclosing a stamped envelope, to
Messrs. M. New-house, A. I) ,".sard
and Robert Prior, officers of the
Twentieth Century club, under wlii--,
auspices the exhibit is taking place.
VOCAL STUDENTS
TO GIVE RECITAL
Ladles' Double Trio to Assist—Date,
April IP.
Mrs. Strong's vocal students, among
which are Included some remarkable
talent, are preparing to give a recital
Wednesday, April 19, They will be
assisted by the double trio, which is
working up some special selections
for the occasion.
There have been numerous recitals
by the instrumental students, but a
vocal recital is more rare, and is
usually well attended, and the an
nouncement by Mrs. Strong of this
late comes as pleasant news to all.
No admission will be charged.
Whitman Glee Club Tonight.
The Whitman College Glee Club
will appear at the college auditorium
tonight, the proceeds of the enter
tainment to bo turned over to the In
terscholastic fund.
' The Whitman College Glee Club is
composed of sixteen young men un
der the capable direction of Prof.
Ellas Blum. In addition to the usual
glee songs there will be work by a
stringed orchestra and comedy read
ings. Besides having an evening of
excellent entertainment the patron
age of this event means the helping
of a cause which deserves the hearty
support of everyone. The following
is a sample of the program rendered
by the club this season:
Yatching Glee Culbertson
Old King Cole De Koven
Glee Club.
Santa Lucia Arr. William Rees
Kentucky Babe Geibel
Quartet.
Hungarian Dance Brahms
Angel's Serenade Braga
Strings.
Reading— Km-.. Deep In June .. .
'..... Metcalf
If I Were Andy Macy
Glee Club.
Minuet from Symphony In E Flat.. ;f
'„..; Mozart
t Strings.
Annie Laurie (Scotch)..Arr. K. Blum
Quartet >
Negro Melodies. .—Arr. E. Blum
Glee Club.