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VOLUME XXVI
STATE-WIDE PETITIONS
CONTINUE TO SWELL
Twelve Hundred and Eighty-Four
j Certified Signatures Already Sent
to Heardquarters From This
Locality
j. N. Emerson, who has charge of
the circulation of petitions in the
southeastern part of Whitman
county asking that the state-wide
prohibition question be given a place
on the official election ballots this
fall, Wednesday sent his second in
stallment of petitions to the state
wide prohibition committee at Seat
tle. This installment consisted of 36
petitions, bearing a total of 1057 sig
natures, and raised the grand total
of signatures submitted from the 12
precincts of which Mr. Emerson is in
charge to 1284. In these 12 pre
cincts a total of 1872 votes were cast
at the 1912 election, making a total
of 72% per cent of the voters in that
territory who have already signed
the petitions. Several of the papers
have not yet been turned in, while
others have been sent direct from the
circulator to the committee head
quarters, and it is estimated that
when the petitions are all turned In
and totaled no less than 1500 of the
1873 voters will have signed the pe
titions. Mr. Emerson designates his
territory as the driest in the state of
Washington and the figures would
seem to bear out his contention.
Ewartsville precinct has the honor
of the largest precentage of "dry"
supporters: 103 of the 104 voters in
that precinct having affixed their
signatures to the papers. The total
vote cast In that precinct in 1912 was
only 66, the percentage of women
voters at that time being small as
compared to the male voters, but the
.women have taken advantage of
their newly acquired rights in the
state-wide prohibition matter, with
tie result that 104 bona fide voters
.. *ere found in the canvass made of
that precinct.
• Out of a total vote of 107 at the
last election in Branham precinct,
103 signed the state-wide papers,
while 39 of the 63 voters of Seats
precinct have already affixed their
signatures to the papers. In John
son precinct 90 of the 108 voters
signed and in Guy precinct 119 of the
179 voters signed. The canvass in
Russell precinct resulted in 20 signa
tures, while 41 votes were cast in
that precinct in 1912, and 59 signers
were located in Staley precinct, al
though the total vote there In 1912
was only 48. In Albion precinct 79
out of 122 voters signed the docu
ments.
Five hundred and sixty-five voters
of the three Pullman wards signed
the petitions out of a total registra
tion of 672 and total vote cast in
1912 of 946. In Pullman country
Precinct 179 votes were cast ln 1912
and 108 voters signed the petitions.
The petitions circulated in Clinton
Precinct have not yet been turned in,
but 30 signatures are reported. In
this precinct 54 voters took part in
the 1912 election.
A significant feature of the peti
tions is the almost equal number ot
male and female voters who have
signed. While an attempt has been
made to make a thorough canvass of
the voters of each precinct, in many
cases this has been impossible, and
the percentage of voters who have re
fused to sign the petitions is less than
10 Per cent. In the three Pullman
wards only 29 voters refused to sign
the papers in a house to house can
vass, or only a fraction over four per
cent of the voters who were located
in the canvass.
PARCELS POST CHANGES
The scope of the parcels post law
8 increasing rapidly and new Items
are being added to the list of
eligibles" from time to time. One
of the most satisfactory of the re
cent additions to the list is seeds,
cuttings, bulbs, scions, etc.. which
have heretofore borne the rate of
Ho per ounce, but may now be trans
ited at parcel post rates. Books,
weighing over eight ounces, are now
included, and miscellaneous printed
matter weighing over four pounls
m ay also be sent by parcel post. A
new rule provides that letters, bear
ing proper first class postage, may be
attached to parcel post packages.
The Pullman Herald
evoted to the best interests of Pullman and the best farming community in the Northwest surrounding it.
MARIE SAVAGE WINS
HIGH SCHOOL CONTEST
Pullman Girl Takes First Place in
District Contest and Will Par.
ticipate in County Cham
pionship Contest
•Miss Marie Savage of the Pullman
high school won first place In the
district declamation contest for high
school students held last Saturday at
the local high school to select a rep
resentative from this part of the
county for the annual county cham
pionship meet to be held in Colfax
Tuesday, April 14, before the mem
bers of the county teachers' insti
tute. This district includes some 20
school c.islricts and die victory of the
Pullman girl is a signal one. Miss
Blanche Henry of Johnson took sec
ond place in the high school contest.
In the contest for grade students.
Beulah Hittle of the Bryant school,
five miles southwest of Pullman, won
the honors, and will represent this
part of the county in the grade con
test to be held at Colfax the same day
as the high school meet. Other con
testants for the grade pupils were
Earl Zimmerman of Pullman and
Leona Maynard of Pullman.
A goodly contingent of Pullman
supporters will accompany Miss Sav
age to Colfax on the occasion or the
county contest and will exert every
effort to provide the rooting neces
sary to a winning candidate. The
trip to the county seat will be made
in automobiles.
GRAIN PRICES SOAR
A generous advance in grain quo
tations in noted in the figures given
out by local grain buyers yesterday.
Fortyfold wheat is quoted at 78Vic
per bushel, club at 77 Vie and red
Russian at 76 Vie, Oats have jumped
to $1.05 per hundredweight, and bar
ley to 95e. These prices have failed
to* attract the few small holders,
however, and only a few small sales
are reported.
SONS OF VETERANS
A meeting of Pullman camp, Sons
of Veterans, will be held in the K. of
P. Hall next Sunday, April 12, at 4
o'clock p. m. All members and all
who are eligible to membership are
urged to attend.
E. T. PATEE, Commander.'
MAIDEN LANE PAVING
KILLED BY COUNCIL
Mooted Proposed Improvement ls
Voted Down After Several Months
of Postponed —Vote
In Three to Three
Maiden Lane, the principal and
shortest route to the college campus,
will not be paved, the proposed im
provement having been voted down
by the city council last Tuesday
evening. The improvement of this
district has been before the council
for several months, and following
the filing of a largely signed re
monstrating petition from the prop
erty owners of the district, the ques
tion lias come before the city fath
ers at each meeting, only to be post
poned until the following meeting.
Tuesday evening when the matter
was brought to the attention of the
council for the 'steenth time, the
usual motion for postponement of
action on the resolution which de
clared the intention of the council to
improve the streets in question was
made by Councilman Sanger, and
seconded by Councilman Scott. On
roll call, Councilmen Sanger, Watt
and Scott voted in the affirmative,
while Councilmen Wagner, Kruegel
and Nye voiced their disapproval of
the motion.
To again get the question before
the council, Councilman Kruegel pre
sented a motion to the effect that the
council proceed with the improve
ments contemplated as outlined in
Resolution No. 24 8 and that the city
attorney be instructed to draft an
ordinance covering the improvement.
On this motion the vote of the pre
vious motion was duplicated, Coun
cilmen Sanger, Watt and Scott voting
yes and Councilmen Wagner, Krue
gel and Nye voting to sustain the re
monstrance of the property owners.
The motion was declared lost and the
proposed improvement of Maiden
Lane died a natural death after
months of suffering.
PULLMAN. WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, APRIL 10. 1914
WILL MAKE PULLMAN A CLEAN CITY
At a recent meeting of the Pullman Chamber of Commerce the
Committee on Sanitation was asked to co-operate with the city au
thorities in planning the work of the cleanup days, which have been
designated by the mayor as April 14 and 15.
This committee, alter a meeting with .Mayor A. E. Shaw, have
decided Upon the following plans of work. The citizens of the town
are urged to clean up their premises, collecting all rubbish and
Waste of various kinds, and placing it in convenient piles or re
ceptacles for removal. Teams will be provided hy the city for the
removal of this material. In collecting the material, combustible
material, such as paper, rags, sticks, etc., should he kept separate
from non-combustible material, such as brick bats, tin cans, etc.
Garbage must not be mixed with this rubbish, but should bo kept
entirely separate.
lt is the desire of the mayor and Sanitation Committee that the
citizens do this work on Tuesday, the 14th. The following day, the
15th, volunteers will he called for to aid in the cleaning up of vacant
property, or property owned by non-residents, and the streets ami
parking In front of such property.
Prlnlcpal Eyre of the high school has promised that he will In
terest the high school hoys In this good work, and doubtless a num
ber of them will volunteer their assistance.
In order to prosecute the work effectively, the , city has been
divided Into six districts, and a leader appointed for each district
as follows:
District No. 1, College Park Addition, .1. L. Ashlock, leader.
District No. 2, that portion of the First Ward not included in
College Park add., IT. G. Lawler, leader.
District No. 3, that portion of the Second ward .south of tho
railroad, M. D. Henry, lender.
District No. 4, that portion of the Second ward north of the
railroad, Ira Nye, leader.
District No. 5, that portion of the Third ward west of Opal street,
G. G. Smith, leader.
District No. 0, that portion of the Third ward east of Opal St.,
Win. Kruegel, leader.
"LIMA JIM" WILSON 10 DELIVER
DEDICATORY ADDRESS JUNE 11
Ex-Secretary of Agriculture Invited to Assist
in Dedication of Building which Bears His
Name—Cunningham Heads Board
James ("Tarnma Jim") Wilson,
ex-secretary of the United States De
partment of Agriculture, was select
ed by the board of regents of Wash
ington State College, who met in an
nual session Monday and Tuesday of
this week, to make the principal
dedicatory address at the dedication
of the magnificent new agricultural
building, which, in honor of the ex
secretary, has been named "James
Wilson Hall." The dedication will
take place on Monday, June 11, Com-
mencement day, and aside from ex-
Secretary Wilson, an address will be
delivered by Henry Wallace, editor
of Wallaces' Farmer, of Dcs Moines,
lowa, who also will deliver the an
nual address to the graduating class,
and will deliver the dedicatory
address for the new Presbyterian
church. Preliminary communication
with ex-Secretary Wilson elicited the
information that he would make
every effort to fill the engagement in
case the regents selected him and it
is very probable that he will be in a
position to accept the invitation.
The Monday morning session of
the regents was occupied in a tour
of inspection of the college buildings,
grounds and laboratories, and R. C.
McCroskey, chairman of the building
committee, reported satisfactory
progress on the new buildings on the
campus. Monday afternoon the an
nual report of President E. A. Bryan
was read, and on Tuesday this report
was taken up and disposed of, section
by section.
Important among the business
which was presented for considera
tion in the annual report was the de
termination of the policy governing
the expenditure of funds accruing to
the college for work in agricultural
development, from the Lever bill —
which has now passed both houses of
the national congress. In general,
the policy, as urged by President
Bryan, and which was favored by tho
board, will be to give preferential
consideration to counties which have
already shown their Interest in the
work by the employment of county
agriculturists. The counties at pres
ent are: Spokane, Lincoln, Adams,
Benton, Douglas, Okanogan, and
Walla Walla. At the outset, the
Lever bill will give to Washington,
for the purposes of agricultural de
velopment, extension, and demonstra
tion, above $13,000 annually, which
13 increased each year. Under the
policy recommended in the report the
earliest fruits of the Lever legisla
tion in Washington will be felt in the
counties now having agricultural
agents, as provided for by the state
act creating the state bureau of farm
development.
The establishment of a '"pharmacy
garden," the prime object of which
is to familiarize pharmacy students
with the living form of the medicinal
plants, and a sub-target gun, for use
in the marksmanship practice in the
military department, were recom
mended and adopted. In the recent
national shooting contest the W. 8.
C. cadets won the first place in class
B, their nearest competitor being
Cornell University and the naval
academy. Charles McNeill of the
University of Minnesota was recom
mended for the position of foreman
of the college farm, aucceeding Mr.
W. D. Foster, deceased.
The board was reorganized for the
coming year by the election of James
C. Cunningham of Spokane as presi
dent and R. C. McCroskey of Garfield
as vice president. President E. A.
Bryan is secretary ex-officio and
State Treasurer Meath is treasurer
ex-officio. President Cunningham
announced his committee appoint
ments as follows.
Finance—McCroskey, Troy.
Experiment Station—Troy, Mc-
Croskey.
Building—McCroskey, Cunning
ham. Troy.
Special committee on services, in
cident to laying cornerstone of new
agricultural building, June 11 —
President Bryan, Regents Troy and
Cunningham.
A department of dry land experi
mentation and demonstration, with
Ira D. Cardiff, director of the state
experiment station, as supervisor,
was created. Harry E. Goldsworthy
was elected vice director of the new
department, which is a direct result
of the recent conference between the
regents and members of the Spokane
Chamber of Commerce to devise ways
and means of assisting the farmers
of the dry belt of the state. Mr.
Goldsworthy will have headquarters
at Llnd, and will direct the opera
tions In experimentation and demon
stration which will be carried on ex
tensively in the counties of the
Columbia basin.
Further extension in forest plan
tation was approved, also the estab
lishment of a plantation at the col
lege. The co-operative plan of ex
perimentation suggested by the clti-
( Continued on last page)
TWO NEW REGENTS
NAMED ion COLLEGE
Lieutenant Governor Hurt Appoints
Waldo (J. Paine of Spokane and
Arthur Gunn of Weaatehee
Olympia, April 7. — Lieutenant
Governor Louis P. Hart, who is act
ing executive during the absence
from tho state of Governor Lister,
sprung a surprise today by announc
ing the appointment of Waldo (5.
Paine of Spokane, and Arthur Gunn
of Wenatchee, as regents of Wash
ington State College for terms ex
pired March 9, 1913, The acting
governor left the capital for Tacoma
before the appointments were made
public.
The positions have been vacant for
more than one year. The terms of
McGregor of Hooper, and Lee A.
Johnson of Sunnyside expired March
9. 1913. Mr. Johnson died a short
time ago, but Mr. McGregor has con
tinued serving as regent, pending ap
pointment of a successor.
Mr. Gunn is a prominent banker
and orchardist of Wenatchee. lie
represented Chelan and Kittitas
counties in the state Senates of 1906
and 1907, being elected as a demo
crat. Mr. Paine is listed as a repub
lican. The appointments leave the
majority of tho board democratic,
State Senator David S. Troy and R.
C. McCroskey, democrats, and J. C.
Cunningham, republican, being the
old members whoso terms have not
expired.
Governor Lister met Lieutenant
Governor Hart in Tacoma Saturday.
WILL DEBATE STATE QUESTION
The county high school debate
championship will be decided tonight
in the local high school auditorium
when teams representing Pullman
and Endicott high schools will de
bate the state question, "Resolved,
That the immigration of the un
skilled laborer from the countries of
Eastern and Southern Europe should
he excluded from the United States."
Pullman high school, represented by
Brick Egge, Helen Keyes and Eric
Klossner, will uphold the affirmative
of the question, with Endicott de
bating the negative. The contest is
scheduled for 7:30 o'clock and music
for the occasion will be furnished by
the high school orchestra and the
girls' glee club. Admission, 25 cents.
WILLIAM SWAIN IS
NEW CITY FATHER
Local Architect Is Elected to Posi
tion Vacated by Councilman Pal
merton on Sixtli Ballot of
Lively Councilnianlc
Election
William Swain was last Tuesday
evening elected by the members of
the city council to serve out the un
expired term of Councilman J. ,M.
Palmerton, who represented the Sec
ond ward until his continued illness
caused hi mto tender his resignation,
which was accepted by the council
just previous to the election. In his
resignation, Mr. Palmerton suggest
ed A. R. Boyd as his successor, while
petitions signed by many property
owners of the Second ward asked the
council to elect John B. Sanborn,
who in previous years has served the
city in the same capacity. On the
first ballot Mr. Sanborn received
three votes, Mr. Boyd two and Mr.
Swain one, and the same result came
of the second and third attempts to
elect a Second ward councilman. On
the fourth and fifth ballots Sanborn
and Boyd received three votes each,
and on the sixth ballot Mr. Swain
was elected with four votes to his
credit, Mr. Sanborn receiving the
other two.
Three petitions asking the election
of Mr. Sanborn bore 83 signatures,
while a fourth, which was received
too late for consideration, was signed
by 30 property owners. While the
result of the election does not fol
low out the expressed desires of the
majority of the voters of the Second
ward, the election of Mr. Swain is
entirely satisfactory to all his constit
uents.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Burns re
turned Sunday from Dayton, where
on Friday they attended the funeral
services for Mrs. Mary B. Kribbs,
mother of Mrs. Burns, who died at
her home In Pomeroy last Wednes
day.
NUMBER 28
SENIOR STUDENTS
TO RECEIVE DEGREES
Of One Hundred and Thirty-Nine
Seniors at Washington State
College, Thirty-Four Give
Pullman as Their
Residence
Pullman is exceptionally well rep
resented in the class of Seniors at
Washington Stato College who will
receive degrees from the various
courses at tho Commencement day
exercises ou Thursday, Juno 11, 34
of the class of 139 Senior students
giving their residence as Pullman.
Spokane is second in the list with 13
graduates. Every nook and corner
of the state of Washington is repre
sented In the Senior enrollment,
while other students are from Idaho,
Oregon, California, Ohio, Wisconsin,
Illinois, Indiana, Alaska, and tho
countries of Germany, England, and
Norway. The entire list of graduates
is given below:
Agriculture
George William Campen, B. S.,
Washougal; Lester Vander Cooke.
B. 8., Ellensburg; Leo L. Coulter, B.
8., Olympia; Wm. Leonard Davis, B.
8., Brewster; Btillman Dempsey, B.
S., Chehalis; Herman Julius Freier,
B. S., Richland Center, Wis.; Grover
German, B. S., Ellensburg; Roscoe
Myron Greene, B. 8., Grouse, Ore.;
George G. Harding, H. S., Sprague;
Carl E. I.indvall. B. S., Rockford,
III.; James Edward Love, B. S., Gar
field; Henry Wm. Meyer, B. S., Pull
man; Carl W. Morgan, B. S., Daven
port; Joseph Leon Philips, B. 8., El
lensburg; Arthur Henry Reilly, B. S.,
Hartline; Robert Julius Rodgers, B.
8., Prescott; Arnold Zane Smith, B.
S.. Pullman; Charles A. Thompson,
B. S., Oakville; Paul H. Weeks, B. S.,
Pullman; Sheridan S. Busch, B. 3.,
North Yakima.
Chemistry
Win. Charles Gregory, B. S., Boise,
Idaho.
Civil Engineering
Birger Olaf Bendixen, P. S., Port
Townsend; Edward Wm. Hecht, D.
S., Rockford; Clarence F. Holmes, B.
S., Spokane; George Stuart Hurd, B.
S., Rockford; Walter Stuart Hurd, B.
S., Rockford; Thomas Marlon Mead,
B. S., Spokane; Lawrence Raymond
Sampson, B. S., Oakland City, Ind.;
Lawrence Thuesen, B. S., Spokane;
Philip G. Wilson, B. S„ Pullman.
Economic Science and History
Bessie Babcock, B. A., Cheney;
Homer P. Foster, B. A., Pullman;
Homer Ewart Gregory, B. A., Sunny
side; Howard Edmonds Gregory, B,
A., Tacoma; Everett Ray Jlnnett, B.
A., Pullman; Charles Joseph New
land, B. A., Ritzville; Frank Ray
mond Newman, B. A., Colfax; Lloyd
11. Walter, B. A., Pullman; James
Anderson Williams, B. A., Pullman;
Education
Edwin Maurice Bailor, B. A., Cen
tralia; Henry A. Ellis, B. A., Pull
man; Esther Bell Hood, B. A.,
Clarkston; Elizabeth Jacobson, B. A.,
Pullman; Walter Conrad Muenscher,
B. A., Lynden; Norma Putnam Wil
son, B. A., Spokane; Louis E. Wol
ford, B. A., Clarkston.
Electrical Engineering
Jesse William Beyer, B. S., Spo
kane; Ronclsco Harold Davis, B. S.,
Spokane; Clark Clinton DuVall, B. S.
Colfax; Cassius C. Gaddis, B. 8.,
Pullman; John Gundershaug, B. S.,
Haugesund, Norway; Bright O. Stu
art, B. S., Everett.
English
Lois Margaret Caldwell, B. A.,
New Concordia, Ohio; Alice Elizabeth
Davit, B. A., Brewster; Quevenne
Margaret Mecklem, B. A., Palouse;
Zelva Mecklem, B. A., Palouse; Jes
sie Perry, B. A., Kennewick; Edna
Merle Winn, B. A., Oakesdale.
Forestry
Robert Russell Boyd, B. S., Pull
man.
Geology
Tony H. Rosenkranz, B. S., Pull
man.
Home Economics
Mary B. Anderson. B. A.. Spokane;
Inez Josephine Arnquist, B. S., Seat
tle; Margaret Elizabeth Brislawn. B.
S., Sprague; Pauline Davis, B. S.,
Brewster; Ellen June Gaffney, B. S.
Seattle; Nellie M. Games, B. S., Pull
man; Olga Grizzle, B. S., Berroi.
Cal.; Laurel Leonora Henry, B. *..
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