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VOLUME XXV
PRESENT WINTER
1 A RECORD BREAKER
la Point of Low Temperature and
•!. Heavy Snow Fall It Is in a Class
By Itself
? The impression curredt among the
oldtimers of the Palouse country that
the present winter has been the hard
est In point of heavy snowfall and
cold weather in the memory of the
Resent generation is, for the last 20
years at least, substantiated by the
weather records of the State Experi
ment Station.
The average temperature for the
month of January, 1913, was 23.15
degrees above zero. Only two win
ters since the founding of the State
College in 1890 show colder weather
than this, for January. Those years
were 1902, the average temperature
for January being 22.8 degrees; and
1907, the January average being 20
degrees.
The present February has broken
all existing records for cold weather,
the average being 18 degrees above
zero. The coldest February record
ed heretofore was in 1894, the aver
age being 25 degrees above zero.
The snowfall record at present ex
ceeds, by one inch the heaviest fall
of snow recorded at the experiment
station. It is 65 inches, against 64
inches In 1904. The heavy snow of
1904 was unnoticed, however, for
thawing followed each snow, prevent
ing deep accumulations. This year,
exceptional in this respect to the
whole period of the records, the snow
itayed on. Forty-eight inches fell
last January. In 1904, nine inches
of the 64 recorded fell in March; so
that there Is now a good chance for
70 inches of snow In the Palouse
country before crops are sown.
The average of 18 degrees for the
present February is 13 degrees under
the average for 20 years at the sta
tion; and the January average—■
23.15 degrees—is five degrees under
the .January average for the same
period.
"It shows," says Professor C. C.
Thorn, who is in charge of the weath
er records, "that if we get the pre
cipitation, the country will be prac
tically the same in respect to its
mean temperature as any other in
land locality of the same longitude."
HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS
HERE NEXT WEEK
Arrangements Being Completed for
F -Inter-Scholastic Tournament
-March 7 and 8 the ten strongest
'-h school basket ball teams of
'■_*■I 6 Washington and Northern
Uaho will compete for the cham-
Wonshop of the Inland Empire. The
* high schools which are to enter
teams in this tournament are:
s Lewis and Clark high school of
P°kane, and the high schools of
"lace, Genesee and Moscow, Ida-
A*ai Prosser, Pullman, Sprague,
J*»n, Davenport and Colfax, Wash
es on. The teams will compete for
-I 'th UP which has been offered
'. toe Stall-Dean sporting goods
jj Games will be played on Friday,
Waning at 4 and 7 p. m., and on
I&SSSrt beginning at 3 and 8:30
aiim 1 The admission to the tour
»oent has been'placed at $1.00,
* Price of admission to single
£■«■ being 50 cents. Eleven games
*•» will be played.
th. "angemeDts have been made by
management whereby special
"_, ;! °f a fare an<i one-third will
"ial _eD °D °th the °'"W- R. &N.
ihoto Nortnern Pacific railroads to
•eat f Wißh,ng t0 attend the tourna
■Vta.i var,oUß towns of Eastern
, ilngton and Northern Idaho.
W^ schedule of games follows:
.^afternoon—
Moscow vs. Colfax.
J-onesee vs. Latah.
**»* night—
y ***** vs. Spokane,
'_«I enportVß- Wallace.
JPrague vs. Pullman.
?*** morning-
BPectlve winners of these Aye
*.*', odd team playing with
*• be team of the losers. a
The Pullman Herald
evoted to the best interests of Pullman and the best farming community in the Northwest surrounding it.
Saturday afternoon
Winners of the morning play In
the afternoon, odd team playing
the best team of the losers.
Saturday night—
Championship teams play for the
cup.
The various fraternities are mak
ing arrangements to entertain the
members of the basket ball teams
that will compete in the coming In
ter-Scholastic Basket Ball Tourna
ment for the championship of the
Inland Empire.
The members of the Lewis and
Clark high school of Spokane will
be entertained at the Kappa Sigma
house; the team from Wallace, Ida
ho, at the Sigma Nu; the Genesee
team at the Alpha Tau Omega; the
Sprague five at Gamma Delta; the
Latah quintet at the Delta; the Dav
enport team at the Phi Upsilon; the
Colfax team at the Sigma Phi Ep
silon, and the Prosser athlete's will
be the guests of the Sphinx Club it
Ferry Hall.
TO TALK GOOD ROADS
AT ANNUAL MEETING
Business Men and Farmers Will
Gather Tomorrow Afternoon to
Discuss Important Question
At the meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce Tuesday evening the most
important business was the arrang
ing of the details for the annual
"Good Roads" meeting, which will
be held tomorrow afternoon, Satur
day, March 1. The committee in
charge reported that they had se
cured the Masonic hall and had ar
ranged with the Mode] bakery to
serve a lunch there, consisting of
sandwiches, doughnuts and coffee,
at 16 cents a plate. Lunch will be
ready at 12 o'clock.
The program has not been fully
completed, but it is expected that
Professor L. V. Edwards will give a
lecture on road building illustrated
with stereopticon views. Addresses
will be made by County. Commis
sioner Whitlow, Peter Triesch of
Unlontown, and by several road
supervisors and prominent farmers.
Bruce Lampson was made chair
man of the membership committee
and F. M. Slagle read a letter from a
man who is figuring on starting a
brick yard here. Professor Waller
called attention to the excellent at
tractions which have been provided
by the Twentieth Century club free
of charge to the people of Pullman,
and suggested that the business men
should contribute something to heip
defray the expenses of the good
work.
Plans for the proposed drinking
fountains at the N. P. and 0.-W. R.
& N. depots, which had been pre
pared by J. E. Patterson, a college
student, were submitted, but on ac
count of the absence of F. E. Sanger,
who secured the plans, no action was
taken. The plans call for a foun
tain, rectangular In shape, made of
concrete and having two sanitary
drinking cups. The design is plain,
but attractive, and places are ar
ranged on the front and top for ad
vertising cards and pictures to bo
displayed under panels of glass.
Marriage of Clara Basil
Miss Clara Buell and Dr. O. J.
Couch were married at the residence
of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
C. H. Buell, Sunday morning at 6
o'clock. They went to Garfield to
visit with the parents of the groom,
and from there to Portland, Ore.
They will reside in Soldier, Idaho,
where Dr. Couch owns a large ranch.
The bride is a popular girl and has
lived In Pullman since childhood. The
groom Is a graduate of the veterinary
department of the W. S. C. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. C.
H. Harrison and was followed by a
wedding breakfast.
School Election
The annual school election will be
held tomorrow afternoon, Saturday,
March 1. The voting will be done
at the high school building and the
tolls will be open from 1 to 6 o'clock.
One director will be choßen to take
the place of J. C. Ruth, who was ap
pointed to fill out the unexpired term
of J. S. Klemgard.
PULLMAN. WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28. 1913
Charitable Work to be Organized
Pullman Will See That All Destitute
Citizens Aye Provided for Prompt
ly and Well
A meeting was held iv the base
ment of the Methodist church Tues
day evening to take steps to form an
Associated Charities organization.
Rev. brumblay was chosen president,
and C. A. Bingaman secretary.
Mr. Harrison, chairman of the
social welfare committee of the
Chamber of Commerce, stated the ne
cessity of the meeting by citing sev
eral cases in need of charity, reported
to tho social welfare committee.
Rev. Brumblay pointed out the
need, as did also Professor Waller,
and the latter cited incidents of the
past to show the necessity of wise dis
tribution of charity to eliminate
waste. Suggestions were made by
Professor Waller and J. N. Emerson
regarding the plans for such an or
ganization. They thought that the
committee should Include representa
tives from each of the churches, the
fraternal organizations in the. city,
and also all of the doctors.
Professor Waller moved that a
committee of five be selected to size
up the situation and to formulate and
execute plans for the establishment
of a system of organized charity to
meet the needs of the city. The fol
lowing committee was named: C.
11. Harrison, Robert Brumblay, O.
L. Waller, Mrs. Duthie, Mrs.
Downen.
The committee at once went into
session and recommended that the
proposed committee include the
doctors of the city, pastors of the
churches, and the following repre
sentatives of organizations:
Baptist Church Mrs. Heater.
Christian Church — Prof. Isaacs.
Christian Science Church — Mrs.
Sanders.
Congregational Church — Mrs.
Waller.
Episcopal Church — Rev. Robin
son.
M. E. Church — Mrs. E. W. Dow
nen.
High School Notes of General Interest
Basket Ball Team Defeats Lewis
.mil Clark Five in Spokane and
Also Medical Lake
The basket ball team won both
games on their trip to Spokane and
Medical Lake last week. The game
at Spokane with the Lewis and Clark
team was very close. At the end of
the first half the score was 7 to 7,
and in the beginning of the second
half Spokane took the lead. But by
coming in strong in the last few
minutes Pullman won by one point,
the final score being 21 to 20. The
game at Medical Lake was not so
close, being won by a score of 35 to
17. The team will play Colfax at
that place tonight, which will be the
last game before the tournament.
The county debating team deliv
ered their speeches before the 'stu
dents Wednesday afternoon. The
enthusiasm of the student body was
shown by the repeated applause and
the cheering led by the yell master.
The team and the coach, Mr. Lamp
son, have been working hard and de
serve tin* support of all Pullman peo
ple' in the race for the cup. They
will debate Oakesdale at that place
tonight. The team is composed of
Erich Klossner, Eric Egge and Lam
bert Hoover.
A list of the names placed on the
honor roll for the last semester has
been posted on the wall of the as
sembly room. It was printed by
■ Earl Whltham and will be a decora
j tion that means something.
One hundred and fifty-three new
books have been received for the
grade libraries, and 240 more will
soon arrive. The books will be dis
tributed among the three city schools
in proportion to the attendance. This
addition brings the total number of
books In the libraries of the city
schools up to 1800.
Dr. Archer delivered the weekly
i lecture on hygiene to the Senior class
| Tuesday, Instead of Dr: Beistel.
Roman Catholic Church —Mrs. C.
D. Wilson.
City—Mayor Shaw.
Chamber of Commerce — C. 11.
Harrison.
Fortnightly Club Mrs. Shedd.
P. __, O. Clvb —Mrs. Folger.
Historical Clvb —Mrs. Duthie.
Elks Lodge —H. D. MacVean.
1. O. O. F. Lodge—R. E. Haynes.
K. of P. Lodge—Joe Dew.
Masonic Blue Lodge— F. Brow
nell.
Modern Woodmen -Harry Austin.
Moose Lodge—ll. M. Beck.
Royal Arch Masons — D. D. Kim
ball.
Woodmen of the WorldGeo.
Ewing.
Artisans —Miss Miner.
Eastern Star Lodge—-Mrs. Hall.
K. & L. of S. —Mrs. Day.
Rebeccas — Mrs. McGuire.
Royal Neighbors— Mrs. Gannon. -
Women's Relief Corps-— Mrs. C.
L. Jain.
Women of Woodcraft —Mrs. Mat
terson.
The report was accepted and it
was voted that a meeting of the
committee be called for Thursday
evening, February 27, at 7:00 p. m.
In the office of the Chamber of Com
merce.
Several urgent cases were brought
to the. attention of the meeting and
committees were named to investi
gate* these cases and to report to the
meeting on Thursday evening.
lt was the understanding of the
meeting that the representative
from the churches and lodges would
be asked to attend the meeting on
Thursday evening so that they might
he. able to report to the various or
ganizations the result of the work
and secure from the organization
which they represent confirmation
of the work undertaken and the au
thorization of someone to represent
each order. if the one whose name
was suggested to serve on the com
mittee finds it impossible to act,
then each organization in town will
be requested to name a repre
sentative.
Washington's and Lincoln's birth
days were observed by the high
school Friday afternoon by the fol
lowing program:
Columbia,' the Gem of the Ocean
School
Washington Selected
Mary Sanders
Washington's Ancestors, original
- composition.
Lelah Burgess
The Boy Washington, original com
position.
Emal Jacobson
The Sage of Mount Vernon, original
composition.
Gracia White
Valley Forge Beveridge
Roscoe Duthie
The National Flag Adapted
Mark Morgan
The Star Spangled Banner ._■
School
The Typical American. .H. W. Grady
Nellie Emerson
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
Earnest Henry
Abraham Lincoln . Stryker
Homer Mathews
') Captain! My Captain
.". Walt Whitman
Clark Atkins
America
School
Prof. Ralston Dangerously 111
Prof. W. E. Ralston of the veter
inary department of the W. S. 0. is
in a very critical condition and thus
far the physicians have been unable
to positively diagnose his malady. He
was attacked by a sensation of numb
ness in his arms and legs on Febru
ary 16, but said nothing about it
and continued to go about bis work
till last Sunday, when severe pains
developed across his abdomen; and
the lower part of his body became
paralyzed. ; Dr. Campbell, his physi
cian, called Dr. Semple of Spokane in
consultation and they are Inclined to
believe that the trouble has been
caused by the breaking of a. blood
vessel in the spinal column. They
consider the condition of their pa
tient to be serious, but have hope of]
his complete recovery.
PULLMAN CITIZEN TO
LOCATE IX OREGON
A. ,1. Hochradle Disposes of Interests
in Pullman and Will Engage in
Business at Ro#ebarg, Ore.
A. J. llochradie*. for the past three
years proprietor of a pool and bil
liard parlor In this city, this week
bold the establishment to George Ste
venson, who took charge, immedi
ately.
Mr. Hochradle will dispose of his
household goods at public auction
Saturday afternoon, and will leave
Sunday for Roseburg, Oregon, where,
he will put in a stock of gents' fur
nishings, shoes, etc. He will be as
sisted in the new enterprise by Roy
Durbin of this city, who has already
left for the Oregon town. Mr. Hoch
radle will retain his residence prop
erty here.
It. C. Balrd is enjoying a visit from
his brother, a resident of Spangle.
RALPH BINGHAM
HERE MARCO 6
Famous Humorist Will Appear on
W. S. <'. Lecture Course
Ralph Bingham, another number on
the forthcoming entertainment course,
is a humorist who for thirty-five years
has been making large audiences laugh
and still Is in the prime of life. This
la accounted for bj the fact that his
first appearance was at the age of six
years, when he traveled as the "Boy
Orator of America." Ills appearances
on the American continent number
nearly 10,000. The past summer he has
been traveling In Europe.
T. De Witt Talmage, after hearing
Bingham, said: "Bless Bingham and
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RALPH BINGHAM.
all the apostolic college of humorists.
The man that makes me laugh Is my
benefactor. God bless all skillful pun
sters, all those win. mirthfully surprise
us with unusual Juxtaposition of words.
Theirs ft a divine mission."
Mr. Bingham is an impersonator, a
humorist, a violinist, a pianist and a
vocalist. The coming season his wife
will travel with him ond play the ac
companiments for his vocal and violin
selections. -
This will be Mr. Bingham's first
appearance before a Pullman audi
ence. He has but one purpose, and
that Is to make people laugh. No
one who has beard him will question
his ability to accomplish this result.
Mr. Bingham's entertainment Is the
fifth number of the College Lecture
Course. He will be heard in the Col
lege Auditorium Thursday evening,
March 6 at 8:15 o'clock.
Alio! her Pioneer (June
Wm. .hiptha Lyle, aged 67 years,
died at his home in this city Monday,
after a prolonged attack of pneu
monia. He had been a resident, of
Pullman fur about 20 years, having
been in the 'draying business till
about two years ago, when bis health
began to fall. 11 is widow, two sons
and two daughters survive him.
Funeral services were held at the
family home, Rev. W. G. M. Hayes
officiating, and the remains were In
terred In the Odd Fellows cemetery.
If. S. McClure-of Garfield, county
secretary of tlie Farmers Union, was
in Pullman Tuesday on business.
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NUMBER 23
PLENTY OF WATER
BUT TOO MUCH SAND
After Tom of Wells E. T. Tannatt
.Makes Recommendations to the
City Council
E. T. Tannatt of the Tannatt-AUen
Engineering Co. of Spokane, at the
meeting of the city council, made hie
report on the condition of the city
wells and recommended the installa
tion of a practically new pumping
plant. He reported that about 20
feet of sand was removed by air
pressure from the well Inside the
pumping station, while very little
sand was found in the well outside.
lie accounted tor this on the theory
that the first we'll was drilled deeper
than the other and ran into a sand
bar in an underground stream of
water, which the well outside did not
reach. He figures that an ample
supply of water can be developed
from the two wells to meet all the
requirements of the city tor years to
come, but that It is absolutely neces
sary to increase the present flow,
aud to keep the sand out of the
pump, by the construction of a set
tling tank. He predicts that unless
this is done it will be impossible to
take satisfactory care of the pump
ing machinery or to install meters,
as the sand will cut the machinery
and clog the meters.
His recommendations provide for
(I)'' removal of the sand for a consid
erable space around the bottom of
the we'll by the use of air pressure;
for the construction of a .urge two
compartment tank, in one section of
which the sand will settle, and from
the other of which tbe clear water Is
to be pumped; for tho purchase of a
new rotary pump to take the place of
the pump now in use, which, he says,
is almost. .worn out. His report and
recommendation's have been referred
to the city engineers for considera
tion. ■ !
Congregational Church
C. 11. Harrison minister. Services
next Sunday at the* usual hour. In
the morning the pastor will speak
on the topic, "Sight and Insight"; ln
the evening, "Child Labor." Special
musical program arranged for the
evening service at 7:30.
SCARCITY OF FUNDS
IS CHIEF HANDICAP
Figures Show That Many Students
Leave College to Earn Money to
Complete Courses
Every year and from every insti
tution there is more or less loss of
students, temporaiy or permanent.
Some fall, some are sent away for
the general good, some are ill, some
run out of money and some have
heart failure. Professor M. K. Akers,
the proctor of Ferry Hall, the
dormitory for men, has Just complet
ed an interesting cansus of the Hall
on this point. Thus far, this year,
24 students have left the Hall, of
whom 10 went into fraternities or
outside clubs, and 24 have left col
lege. Of the 24 who left college,
58.4 per cent did so on account of
Ink of funds; 12.5 per cent —or
three students—for reasons connect
ed with the college; 16.7 per cent
for miscellaneous reasons, and 12.5
per cent unaccounted for.
Of the three leaving for reasons
connected with the college, one com
plained that he was required to take
too much languages, and would go
to the University of Washington. A
second went home because he could
not get the subjects desired, and the
third went home, saying that he
would perhaps go to the X{. of W.
next year. A majority of those leav
ing for lack of funds will be back
next year.
Mrs. John R. Bender has been suf
fering a great deal from an abcess in
her head, but it has broken and she
l« now Improving rapidly.
? The Presbyterian ladles will give*
St. Patrick's tea on March 17 at the
home of Mrs. Rounds. {40* Colorado
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