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VOLUME XXIII
CITIZENS DISCUSS j
COMMISSION PLAN
. Muss Meeting to Discuss Commission
Form a- Government Brings Out
Itig Crowd Question Will Re;
Debated.
The mass meeting held in the city
hall last Friday evening to discuss
the commission form of government.
.In regard to its adoption by Pullman, ;
was largely attended. Several lady |
voters were among those present and |
took part in the discussions, showing i
themselves to be as familiar with the ,
workings of the commission form of
government as the men. I
.Mayor Ed .Maguire acted as chair
man of the meeting, and short talks,
in keeping with the subject, were
Dade by Prof. Carpenter, Mayor Ma
guire, Prof. Thatcher, Prof. Waller,
J. N. Emerson, the Rev. Robert
Brumblay, .1. M. Palmerton and Mrs.
Damman. Attorneys p. E. Sanger
and M. S. Jamar explained the com
mission form of government from a
legal standpoint, explaining the
workings of the state law in regard
to it, and F. M. Slagle read several
articles bearing on the subject.
While some of the speakers 'look
a decided stand on the question,
others stated that, they were not well
enough acquainted with the subject
to form a fair opinion ami would not
take a stand either for or against the
commission form until they had be
come closer in touch with its work
ings. The consensus of opinion was
that the citizens should become well
acquainted with the subject before
they were asked to vote on the ques
tion of whether or not the commis
sion form of government will i"
adopted by Pullman, and with the
idea in view of presenting to lie
voters arguments on both sides of
the question, it was decided to have
the question debated by six repre
sentative citizens at an early date.
A committee, consisting of .L X. Em
erson, Mrs. Damman and Prof. Car
penter, was appointed by the chair
to select the debaters, three of whom
are to he opposed to placing Pullman
under the commission form anil the
other three in favor of it. Tin* de
hate will he held at the Methodist
church, but the speakers and date
have not yet been named hy the
committee.
Xew Instructor In Piano.
Miss Mary B. Sawyer has been en
gaged as Instructor In pjano in the
State College of Washington, taking
the place of Miss Dora K. Sauvageot,
who recently left for Vienna, Austria,
for study under Leschetlpky.
Miss Sawyer comes highly recom
mended. After having studied with
sonio of the leading teachers in the
East she went to Berlin, Germany,
where she was a pupil of Mine, ste
panoc. and for two years, filled the
position of teacher of piano in the
WUlard School for American Girls.
Fine Artist Engaged for State College.
Mr. Oscar .Tacobson of Minneapolis
has been engaged as head of the work
In painting and drawing at the State
College of Washington. Mr. Jacob
son was attache to the Royal Swedish
Commission and had charge of the
Swedish Art Exhibit at the St. Louis
Exposition in 1904.
A few .years ago Mr. .Tacobson
was represented by his work in the
New Haven Paint Clay Club Exhibit,
and at the Messiah Exhibition at
Lindßborg, Kansas. He exhibited two
paintings at the A.-V.-P. Exposition
at Seattle, where his portrait of the
late Governor John A. Johnson at
tracted much attention and was re
tained by the Swedish Club. He was
also an exhibitor at the Minnesota
State Art Society in 1910.
Resides his earlier trainnlg. Mr.
Jacobson pursued graduate studies at
Yale University Art School, where he
received a prize scholarship in 1906.
He has been associated with the fam
ous Randall Studio in New Haven.
Connecticut. Por the past two years
he has been at the head of the Art
School of Minnesota College. Minne
apolis. He is secretary of the Minne
sota Society of Fine Arts.
Mr. Jacobean will commence his
,*ork in Pullman on September 18th,
at the beginning of the college year.
Union services will be held at the
Congregational church next Sunday
evening. ••.'■"
The Pullman Herald
_______!__: the best interests of Pullman and the best farming community in the Northwest surrounding it
ASK ROTTER RATING
OX NORTHWEST APPLES.
Chamber of Commerce Asks Amer
ican I'oiuological Society to dive
Apples Raised in Northwest
Better Rating.
At the conclusion of the regular
dinner of the Chamber of Commerce,
Tuesday .'veiling. It. c, McCroskey
made a short address urging the or
ganization to assist in promoting the
Anti-Smut Convention to be held in
Pullman, September 28 and 29. The
meeting then adjourned to headquar
ters. li was decided to transfer the
balance in the legislative fund and
the uninvested portion of the Initia
tion fund to the general fund.
The following letter, submitted by
the horticultural committee, was en
dorse! and ordered forwarded:
Prof, John Craig, Secretary American
Pomological Society, Ithlca, N. V.:
Believing that the apples of the
Northwest at the present time do not
have a fair and equitable rating with'
the apples of other localities, and
feeling that an injustice is being done
US in the present standard as it now
exists, and that we are placed at a
great disadvantage in the production
and marketing of the superior quali
ties of apples, We desire to express
our appreciation of the fact that at
the last meeting of your society a re
vision committee was appointed to
revise the present standard, and we
earnestly hope thai we may have a
just consideration of the merits of
our tipples. We also believe that a
more just rating can be obtained in
the use of 100 per cent as a standard
Instead of the points as they are now
considered, and hope that the com
mittee may establish it.
Horticultural Committee of the Pull
man Chamber of Commerce.
On recommendation of he horti
cultural committee it was decided to
divide the work of preparing an ex
hibit for the Spokane Interstate Fair
among several committees. The mem
ben of the horticultural committee
will collect the fruit, George McCros
i key and Tweed Amos were appointed
to collect grains and grasses, P. A.
Brownell to look after the vegetables
and XV. XV. Robinson and Clarence
Brownell to get up an exhibit of poul
try.
The hoard of trustees announced
that they had selected .1. M Reid to
take charge of the Pullman exhibit at
the Missouri Valley Fair and Expo
sition to be held at Kansas City, Sept.
22 to Oct. S.
The following delegates were se
lected to attend the meeting of the
Spokane Chamber of Commerce on
Pullman day, Sept. 19; W. E. Han
son, .1. .1. Rouse, P. C. Martin, C. R.
Dutton, and the secretary and presi
dent. Any other members who de
sire to attend will lie added to the
delegation.
The trustees were authorized to
purchase two dozen of the best kind
of folding chairs to he used in the
headquarters.
It was decided to send all of the
last issue of the Pullman Colonist
folders to the 0.-W. R. & X Co. for
distribution.
.'he committee on sanitation and
improvement offered the following
report, which was adopted:
To the Hoard of Trustees:
Your committee on city Improve
ment and sanitation begs leave to re
port that we have an opportunity to
secure the moving picture films from
the Washington State Society for the
Prevention of Tuberculosis for Oct.
13 and 14. Mr. Miller has offered the
use of the Star Theater for a matinee
on both afternoons.
We would recommend that the of
fer be accepted and the exhibition be
well advertised.
J. Karl Else, M. D., Chairman.
Everything you need in the
kitchen at the Variety Store.
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J. L. Taggert, cashier of the Fidel
ity State Bank of I'liiontown, passed
through Pullman Monday on his way
to Colfax. He returned to Union
town Wednesday.
Dr. C. E. Abegglen, formerly of
Kitzvill . visited with Dr. Archer and
family Tuesday and Wednesday. The
doctor is en route to Los, Angeles,
"where he will take a post graduate
course at Los Angeles College of Os
teopathy. . '
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Coach Osthoff returned to Pullman
I this week and is getting a line on the
| material to be available for the W. S
|C. football team. ,•'.."
PULLMAN, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15. 1911
FOOTBALL DOINGS
AT HIGH SCHOOL
Excellent Prospects for Winning
Team nt Pullman High School.
Conch Cave Hounding Team
Into Condition,
The Pullman high school football
team (if 1911 promises to be the best
the school has yet turned out, except
ing not.even the championship team
of last year. The squad is somewhat
| smaller than the one of last year, but
; nearly all of those who are turning
out are experienced, and lack noth
ing in weight and strength. A faster
team will probably be developed than
hist year, and the combined weight of
the players will about equal the
weight of last year's team.
Coach Cecil Cave has the squad out
in uniform every day and is putting
the players through some good prac
tice, Cave coached the team of 1910,
and says he can make even a better
team this year, in spite of the fact
that the fullback, both halfbacks and
one end have left, school. Nearly the
win line is hack iii school, and some
big. hUSky students are here to take
the places that are vacant.
The members of last year's team
who are back in school are Harter
(captain). Glover, Meoks. W. Hinch
liff. Henry Livingston and Moss. To
till the vacant positions a number of
players, who have had experience.
are turning out, and two full teams
are out for practice nearly every
night. Both halfbacks and the full
back of the nun team are out of
school, hut these positions can prob
ably in' filled with experienced play
ers,
The first game will be with tne
Lewiston .Normal School, at Lewiston,
on October 11. These two teams
played a tie game last year, the score
being 11 to 11. The rest of the
schedule follows:
October 28 —Tekoa, at Tekoa.
NoV. 4— Oakesdale, at Pullman. '•
Xovember 11—Rosalia, at Rosalia];
November 18- Colfax, at Colfax.
Xovember 25 — Coeur d'Alene, at
Pullman.
Thanksgiving Day- Palouse, at
Pullman,
There is some doubt as to whether
or not the game with Coeur d'Alene
can be arranged, but the other games
are definitely"settled.
Pullman .Man Would He Lieutenant.
C. A. W. DawsonXof this city, and
a graduate of the State College with
the class of mil, is taking the ex
aminations being held in Spokane
this week for commissions in the reg
ular army. He is seeking a lieuten
ant's commission in the coast artil
lery, and is confident of securing a
passing grade, which will place him
in line for appointment at once.
While in college Mr. Dawson was two
years colonel of the cadet corps, and
was as well informed along the line
of military matters as any man who
ever attended the institution.
Pullman Man Married.
Tracy Smoot, employed at the col
lege as a mechanic, was married to
Miss Martha Stitts, of Cairo, 111., last
Monday at high noon. The ceremony
was performed by the Rev. Mr.
Brumblay of the Methodist church, at
the home of Mr. Smoot's aunt, Mrs.
Nicholson, only a few relatives and
friends being present. The young
couple will occupy a residence which
the groom lias leased on Methodist bill.
Reports Dig Yield.
C. H. Kincaid has just finished
threshing his crop on the J. S. Klem
gard farm. The crop consisted of
500 acres of Red Russian and Col
lege hybrid No. 108, and yielded 10,
--039 sacks, or about 44 bushels to
the acre. J. M. Klemgard reports a
yield of about 25 bushels to the acre
on 2', acres of Red Russian, which
was disced into the stubble.
Vinegar Factory Buy* Apples.
Operations were started at the vin
egar factory yesterday, but it was
found that one of the sprocket, wheels
for the conveyor chain was too large
; and It was necessary to order one of the
right size from Spokane. In all prob
ability the wheel will be replaced by
| tonight and work resumed tomorrow.
Several tons of apples are already on
hand at the factory and the manage
j ment states that they will be pur
jchased in any quantity from now on.
The price being paid for the apples is
,$»; per ton.
LIVKLV DEBATE FOH
.TUESDAY EVENING
Commission Form of Government
Will lie Debated by Six ClUzertii
of Pullman nt Hie Methodist
Church
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On next Tuesday evening the Meth
odist church will be tho scene of one
of the liveliest debates in the history
of Pullman. On that evening the vir
tues and faults of the commission
form of government will be expound
ed by the speakers, and the public
will have an opportunity to acquaint
itself with both sides of the question,
The committee appointed nt the
niassn ting last week to select, de
baters, has chosen Arthur Price and
F. E. Sanger for the alllrniittve and
E. X. Hinchliff and William Goodyear
for Hie negative, with a third speak
er, probably a woman, yet to be bos
en tor each side. This debate will be
held at 7:45 p. m.. and every voter
in the city, either man or woman,
should attend.
PULLMAN SCHOOLS
SHOW HEALTH- GROWTH.
Enrollment in High School and
tirades Will Reach Six Hundred.
Much New Material Added.
The Pullman public schools, which
opened for the fall term last week,
are experiencing a steady growth ami
nearly live hundred students are en
rolled in the high school and grades.
The enrollment in the grades on Mon
day of this week was 378, which is
considerably larger than the enroll
ment at this time last year. The
high school enrollment, however, is
somewhat smaller than at'the end of
the first week In the 11)10 term, al
though there are 128 in the high
school at present, and It is known
that quite a few will enroll during the
next week.
Superintendent 11. A. Bills is of the
opinion that the enrollment in the
grades will total 150 and in the high
school 150. This will lie larger than
the combined enrollment of last year
The school work been improved
considerably and much new material
has been secured. Two hundred and
fifty volumes have been added to the
library. S.", volumes have been se
cured for the high school English
work, 40 reference books for the his
tory students have been secured, and
in the scientific (Masses much new
equipment has been Installed.
Supt. Ellis states that the English
course in the Pullman high school is
as good as can be found in any high
school, and that the Scientific course
is as good as in any high school of
the same size.
Grain Prices Steady,
Grain prices in Pullman have been
lat a standstill for the last ten days,
and very little grain has been sold
I since the drop in quotations. Oats
have dropped from $1.25 to $1.20
since last Friday, and parley from
$1.(10 to $1.45. Yesterday's quota
tions by local buyers were as follows:
I Hluestem .73c
Fortyfold 7 tic
Club . 69c
Red Russian ..w;.- 67c
Oats, per l lo . .*. $1.20
Xew - /7 _ : of Cadets.
Xew Commandant of Cadets.
Lieutenant. C. R. Bennett, of the
Seventh Infantry, has been appoint
ed commandant of cadets at the State
College, and will arrive in Pullman
with his wtfeVwithin a few days. Mr.
Bennett, who hi first lieutenant, for
merly had headquarters at Fort Mc-
Pherson, near Atlanta, Ga,, but dur
ing the Mexican uprising was sta
tioned on tho Texas border.
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I Hunting Party Returned.
Eddie Kruegel, Luther Clarkson.
Guy \breaves and Alva Greaves
returned Saturday noon from their
hunting and fishing trip in the Hitter
Root mountains. The party reports
landing mountain trout in large
quantities, hut from the 'standpoint of
big game the trip availed them noth
ing, bear being reported as very
scarce.
„
-Mrs, Charles E. Young and son,
who have been visiting Mrs. Young's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. George X.
Henry, for the past three months,
have returned to their home at Belolt,
Wis. '
Herman Gulberg, formerly of this
city but more recently of Spokane
has returned to Pullman and will ac
cept a position In Sanders' grocery i
, store.
COUNCIL RAPS SIDE
i WALK ORDINANCE
Ordinance Providing for Cement Side,
walks Again Comes lie fore Coun
cil nnd is Tabled Indefinitely
Once More,
The ordinance which was intro
duced into tho City Council some
three months ago, by the terms of
which all new sidewalks constructed
within the corporate limits ot the city
and all sidewalks ordered replaced by
the council must lie constructed of
cement, was again voted down by the
City Council ;t,t the regular meeting
of that body last Thursday night. On
the motion of Councilman Price to
bring the previously tabled ordinance
before Hie city dads, a vote was taken
on tin- question of again considering
the measure, Council men Douglas,
Sanborn, Price and Sanger voting yes,
ami Henry and Lawler no. A motion
was Immediately made by Council
man Henry, seconded by Councilman
Lawler. that the ordinance he again
tabled Indeflnltel) . and the vote stood
four for ami two against, Councilmen
Douglas, Sanborn, Henry and Sanger
voting to again table the much moot
ed ordinance ami Price and Sanger
voting to consider ii. The document
was again placed on he table, and In
all probability any future attempt to
reconsider it will meet the game fate.
While Councilmen Douglas and San
born voted to reconsider on the first
vote, their vote was registered In fa
vor of tabling the ordinance on Hie
second count.
An ordinance to establish a grade
on .Maiden Lane was read Mist lime,
tabled, d Blight change made In the
title, changing the wording from
"along the proposed parking line" to
"along the street line," brought up
for reconsideration, read first time by
title, the rules suspended and read
three times, and passed. The ordi
nance is prim ed in full in another
part of Hits paper.
An ordinance regulating the plac
ing of electrical wire-,, appliances and
construction in buildings in the city
of Pullman, providing for the inspec
tion thereof, and providing a penalty
for the violation thereof, was pre
sented, read three times and passed.
Councilmen Sanborn, Henry, Lawler,
Price and Sanger voted in favor of
the ordinance and Councilman Doug
las registered his vote against the
measure. The ordinance is printed
'on another page of this paper.
.1. F. Cochran resigned his position
as street commissioner and plumbing
Inspector. The resignation was ac
cepted by the council and C. M.
Hooper was appointed to the position
by .Mayor -Maguire. The appointment
was immediately confirmed by the
council, and Commissioner Hooper
entered upon his official duties the
next day. -
Moved by Henry ami seconded by
Sanger that, the Oregon-Washington
Railroad & Navigation Co. be re
quired to make such repairs on the
bridge at Kamiaken street, oh their
right of way leading to the Northern
, Paciflic right of way, as are necessary
to protect the traffic, the repairs to
be made within ten days of that date.
The motion carried unanimously.
The street commissioner was in
structed to build a crosswalk aero
the street from the C. C. Pulton prop
erty on unitary hill to the Nessly
property.
The following hills, together with
the Officers' salaries, were allowed
and ordered paid, after which the
council adjourned:
Idaho-Washington Light &
Lower Co., lights and mer
chandise for August $116.36
Same, power for August.,. 24:!.
Arthur Henry, labor 9.1 ',
' Oscar Ames, labor .76
Ella Rupley, typewriting . . 3.50
George 11. Newman, filing fees
In case of City of Pullman
vs. 0.-W. R. & N. Co 1.00
Lee Allen, supplies 0.80
Star Livery Barn, team hire, 1.00
W. .1 Lyle, sprinkling for
August 100.00
William Hammond, draying. 1.00
City Restaurant, meals for
prisoners 1.25
Pullman Herald, city printing 4.60
J. XV. Mathews, legal services
in McKillip case 46.16
3. 8, Clark, freight. . . , 3.70
Pullman Hose Co . fighting
tiro 25.00
K. C. Lean,engineer 78.00
Henry Raker, cbainroan 36.40
Frank Cochran, chainman,. . 12.00
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NUMBER 50
AMI-SMI (X)NVKNTIOX
IN TOLLMAN THIS MONTH.
President 11. C. McCroskey of Antl-
Smut Association Calls Meeting
for Cullman, Septem
ber 28 and 20.
President it C. McCroskey, of the
Inland Empire Anti-Smut Associa
tion, has issued a call for a conven
tion of that association In this city.
September 28 and 2!), and every
farmer of the Inland Empire should
make a special effort to attend the
convention. . President McCroskey's
call Is as follows:
In accordance with power vested
in me at our last convention I hereby
call the Inland Empire Anti-Smut
Association to meet In Pullman,
Wash., September 28 and 29, Every
one Interested In the question of pre
vention of smut in grain Is urgently
requested to be present and assist In
working and planning for the solu
tion of this knotty problem. Those
who for years have given their best
thought and scientific knowledge to
the solution of the question think it
Is best for the wheat raisers them
selves to get together annually and
give their experiences during the pre
ceding year from notes carefully
taken, showing how their grain was
treated, when and how planted and
the results In the crop. Prof. Wal
ler, acting president of the State Col
lege, will place at our disposal all the
facilities for making and publishing
a report of our proceedings. Prof.
Thatcher, director of the experiment
station, will he present with such of
his staff as may he desired to answer
questions, and otherwise do our bid
ding, hut lie thinks It will be best
for the farmers to work out the
problem themselves. II is useless to
recount the woeful loss from smut.
Every wheat raiser is familiar with
this subject. Let every one, there
fore, who needs help come, and every
one who thinks he can give help
come. Let us enter upon a ten-year
campaign of concentrated action to
diminish or completely prevent smut.
There Is undoubtedly one way better
than all other ways to eradicate this
great scourge. Let us try to find that
way. If wo do not succeed we can at
least find a better way than our pres
ent method by getting together and
comparing notes.
A program of the convention will
he published in due time.
R. C. McCROSKEY,
President of the Inland Empire Anti-
Smut Association.
PULLMAN WOMAN OX
WHITMAN' JURY.
Mrs. Margaret Staley of Pullman One
of Three Women to Serve on
Whitman County Jury.
The name of Mrs, Margaret Staley
of this City appears on the jury list
just drawn for the October term of
court. The names of two other
iimmi, Mrs. Eula Maynard of Col
fax and Mrs. M. M. Silvey of Palouse,
were also drawn, and these three
women have the distinction of having
been the first ladies to be drawn on
a Whitman county jury.
Following is the list of jurors:
11. E. Wagner, Cottonwood; F. XV.
Milne, Thornton; R. E. Blackmore,
oakesdale; Christian Kleweno, St.
John; J. S. Robertson, Lamont; XV
F. Huffman, Steptoe; Clay Malmsten.
Fairbanks; C. E. Manring, Garfield;
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.1. A. Henderson. Oakesdale; C. V.
llarborn, Rosalia; John McLeod, Te
koa; G. A. Bellingsley, Thornton; H.
M. Mabbott, Tekoa; .1. A. Mitchell,
Maiden; C. G. Gleiser, Palouse; Mrs.
M. M. Silvey, Palouse; Margaret Sta
ley, Pullman; Jerome Hill, Albion;
R. I. Gray. Turn bo H. A. Spills,
Colton; J. J. Grief, Union ton: XV. A.
Yeo, Pullman; G. J. Rules, Pullman;
Chris Geiser, Moscow, Idaho; R. B.
Ageton, Pullman; C, A. Scales, Pull
man; J. R. Stephenson, Pullman; J.
A. Judson, Pullman; Simon Drelfus,
Colfax; George Gerlitz, Penewawa;
a. N. Snyder, Colfax; Mrs. Ella May
nard, Colfax; Joe Leinweber, l'ena
wawa; Kills Laid. Colfax; J. S. Stre
vey, Colfax: J. M. Lloyd, Colfax; D.
G. Hughes, Colfax; Homer Hull, Col
fax; Henry Helm, Endicott; J. XV.
Plan, Sr.. Colfax; J. E. Haun, Elber
ton; it. Lee, Endicott.
Mert Henry, of Spokane, who has
been visiting Pullman relatives for,
tho past' week, left Wednesday for
Portland and Seattle, where he will
spend several days before, returning
to Spokane.
Stationery at the Variety Store;