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VOLUME XXVI
NEW PAVING DISTRICT
FORMED BY COUNCIL
sJm Fathers Rush Proceedings and
Vote to Pave California Street
District Despite Request of
Owners to Amend
Resolution
Upon motion of Councilman F. E.
Sanger the city council Tuesday even
ing voted unanimously to proceed
with the improvement contemplated
1-, Resolution No. 278, and Ordinance
,\'o. 280, which provides for the Im
provement of the streets and parts
of streets named in the resolution,
was read first, second and third time*
and passed. The plans and specifica
tion of the city engineer covering the
district in question were presented
and accepted and the city clerk was
instructed to advertise for bids for
the Improvement, to be opened at the
meeting of the council July 21, The
. ordinance, which is printed else
where in this paper, provides for the
Improvement of parts of Opal, Gar
field, Havanna, California, 15. A,
Ruby and Monroe streets and Linden
avenue, on College hill, and creates
. Local Improvement District No. 17.
The only objections tiled with the
council against the Improvement ol '
the district was a petition, signed by
property owners residing in that part
of the district which includes Opal,
Garfield, Havanna and an un-named
street, asking that the resolution be
amended by striking out that por
tion of" the district. The petition
stated that "the streets above de
scribed are side streets, having little
travel and are never in bad condition
' from dust or mud. The expense of
the improvement is therefore entirely
unjustified by the benefits, if there
arc any, to be derived therefrom, and
is out of proportion to the market
. value of the adjoining property."
The petition itself represented a total
frontage of 1280 feet, a majority of
the property in that part of the dis
trict, and was signed by W. ,1. Young,
J. C. Ruth, J. P. Duthle, D. C. Corn
stock, 0. Mitchell, Mrs. W. Doty,
Mrs, G. R. Hurd, George D. Stone, E.
L. McAllster, C. B. Sprague and
Alice G. Patterson. W. J. Young,
who presented the petition, also pre
sented letters from T. B. Matlock, A.
L. Melander and W. L. LaPollette,
all owners of property in that dis
trict. The two former placed them
selves on record as opposed to the
paving, while Congressman l.aFol
lette straddled the issue and stated
that he is willing to pave if the
property owners desire it or is in
favor of leaving the streets as they
are if that is the desire of the prop
erty owners.
BLACKSMITH vs. AUTOMOBILE
J- Herbert Moore, the artistic
norseshoer, is nursing a badly
bruised and scratched forearm as a
result of a tussle with that long,
lean, worm-like automobile which
tor the past ten days has been the
attraction for many crowds of cur
ious onlookers. Moore was a pros
pective purchaser of the machine,
and was receiving proper instruction
to its operation. All went well until
toe steep hill south of Pullman was
reached, and the blacksmith was be
ginning to congratulate himself upon
h's quick mastering of the gasoline
c a«, when the elongated car gath
ered more momentum than Moore
thought necessary on his maiden
Wp and he calmly placed his foot
on the lever which he thought con
dolled the brake. The lever, how
ever, happed to be the one which
controls the gasoline flow, and with
increased motive power the little car
took the remainder of the grade at
*cl 'P that would make the veterans
«racy Oldfleld and DePalma turn
Kreen with envy. Absorbed 'n his
race against time the amateur driver
tort all control of the plunging ma
rine and when the car struck a
•"ton at the bottom of the hill its
"Iver and its owner found them
es sprawling by the side of the
road. Neither the occupants nor the
machine were very badly disfigured,
of the owner was obliged to at once
ut Mr. Moore on the list of
Prospects" who failed of material!
sation.
w Mrs. Bruce McCully returned last
«ek from Cohasset Beach, where
c attended the summer conference
oftheY. W. C. A.
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The Pullman Herald
tot c be»tmtere»t» of Pullman and tine best farming community in the Northwest surrounding it.
TI:X XIS TOURNAMENT
IX PULL SWING
Preliminaries in Summer Tennis
Match Are Being Played—Prizes
Will (to to Winners
The preliminary events In the
summer tennis tournament tor sum
mer school student:, and townspeople
are on in full blast on the college
and fraternity courts, and each even
Ing from three to six or the singles
are Played. Arrangements have
been made lor prizes for both the
singles and the doubles and conso- ;
lation prizes will be offered tor the
novices who play through the tourna- !
ment. Some fast and exciting '
matches have already been played,
and as soon as all the entrants have
taken their turn at the nets, the win
ners will be pitted against each other
in the semi-finals. The double
events will follow the completion of
the singles, and each contestant will
be privileged to choose his own part
ner.
The events in the singles which
have already been played resulted as
folllows:
Evans won from Penlck, 6-2 1-6
6-4.
Goodyear won from Tleje, 8 6, 2-6,
C-3.
Allen won from McCurdy, Ml.
6-2, 6-4.
Thornton won from Tweed 6-6,
7-5.
Clark won from Jacobs, 6-0, 7-.".
Bohler won from Monroe, -2,
6-0.
I leg won from Persons, 3-6 8-6,
7-5.
Bender won from Melvln, 6-0, 6-1.
ASK THAI STREET BE WIIUMh
The Washington Water Power Co.,
Roy A. Smith, S. 11. Cameron and 11.
M. Beck, property owners in block
14 of the original town of Pullman,
have presented a petition to the city
council asking that Olson street, be
tween Alder and Pine streets, be
widened, and offering to dedicate to
the city that part of lots 3 and A
of that block which would be re
quired to widen the street. The peti
tion contains a provision, however,
that the city raise the grade of Pine
street and part of Olson street to the
elevation of Main street,- and the
further proviso is included that no
vacation be made on Olson street be
tween Alder and Pine on the north
side unless the property owners sign
ing the petition be remunerated for
that property which they oiler to
vacate. The petition was discussed
and the concensus of opinion was
that it would be poor policy to grant
the request of the property owners
with the strings attached. The com
munication was referred to the com
mittee on streets and highways.
PULLMAN BANKS IN
PROSPEROUS SHAPE
Three Financial Instil ill ions Have
Combined Resources of Nearly a
Million Dollars—Deposits
Total #74»,0:50.»:t
That the people of Pullman and
adjacent country are in a prosperous
financial condition is proved by the
statements just issued by the three
banks in response to the call of the
comptroller of the currency, which
shows total deposits on June 30, the
day the call was made, of $749.
--630.93. This showing is highly sat
isfactory, even though at this time
of the year the finances of the aver
age farmer are naturally at a low
ebb. That the three banks them
selves are in a prosperous condition
is proved by the comihned resources
as shown by the same statements
The resources of the three hanks to
taled $996,552.35, divided as fol
lows: First National. $418,
--301 52; Pullman State. $359,255.90;
Farmers State. $188,894.93. Of the
deposits the First Nat'onal bank has
$326 569.80, the Pullman State
bank' $288,259.84. and the Farmers
State $134,811.29.
The three institutions have a total
In cash on hand and due from banks
of $160,230.14, the First National
having $70,947.92, the Pullman
State $04,804.13 and the Farmers
State $24,478.09. Loans and dis
counts total $709,657.04. divided as
follows: First National, $315,
--243.60; Pullman State, $240,698.95;
I Farmers State, $153,715.09.
PULLMAN, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, JULY JO. 1914
SQUIRES IS CHOICE OF BUSINESS MEN
Straw Ballot on Postmaster Shows Old-Time Democrat the
Popular Favorite by Overwhelming Odds
John Squires 51
G. W. Reed ....22
W. N. Philips 14
E. G. Gill 5
George N. Henry 3
John Squires is the popular favorite of the Local business
men, regardless of party affiliations, for the position of post
master, For the purpose of stirring up a morsel of news at
a season when that requirement to a successful newspaper is
scarce, the editor of the Tribune and the editor of this paper
"ii Tuesday conducted a straw ballot among all the business
men of the city. Ninety-five business men placed their cross
opposite the name of their favorite candidate and pieced the
ballot in a sealed box. When the vote was completed these
ballots were counted by a committee consisting of George 11.
Watt and -I. X. Emerson, with the above result. While the
straw ballol will probably have no bearing on the result of the
scrap for the postbffiee, it shows the desires of the business
men who are patrons of the office. Of the total of 99 busi
ness men who were found in their places of business or on the
street Tuesday, only four refused to vote their choice, on the
ground that they had no choice in the matter. The poll in
cluded all the business and professional men of the city who
nmld be located, and was conducted in an absolutely fair and
impartial maun. 1. The ballots were placed in a settled box md
lite way each man voted was known only to himself.
Although an appointment litis been expected daily for the
past month, the local postoffiee situation is apparently as far
Iron) solution „s it ever was. All the candidates have finished
their campaigns for the position and are eagerly awaiting the
decree of tin postmaster general
MIEN LANE DISTRICT PAVING
BIOS REJECTED BY CITY COUNCIL
Three Proposals Submitted for Im
provements in District No. —
All Are [{ejected Upon
Recommendation of
Engineer
Three bids were submitted to the
city council Tuesday evening for the
Improvement of District No. 16,
which includes .Maiden Lane and
abutting streets, but upon the recom
mendation of City Engineer Edwards
all of the bids were rejected and the
city clerk was authorized to readver
tise lor proposals. It is proposed to
improve approximately 13,468
square yards of the district with a
standard, hard-surface pavement,
and about 1800 square yards with bi
tuminous macadam, with necessary
curbs, gutters, etc., and judging
from the bids submitted Tuesday
evening, the Improvements will cost
at least $40,000. The new bids will
bo opened at the regular meeting of
the council July 21. The proposals
rejected by the council Tuesday
evening were as follows:
Warren Construction Co.: —
Bltulithlc pavement, 2 In.
top, 1 'a in. stone founda
tion, without guarantee,
per sq. yd $1.90
Same with I'- in. surface
and 11-;l 1-; in. stone base. . . . 1.77
Same with 2 in. surface and
4x k in. cement concrete
foundation 2.13
Same with IVi In. surface
and 4 'l> in cement con
crete foundation 2.03
Concrete curb and gutters,
per lineal tool 02
I Concrete curb 34
| latch basins, each 1 9.00
; Eight-Inch vitrified sewer
pipe. In place, per lineal
foot 65
j Earth excavation, per cable
! yard 75
Solid rock excavation 3.00
Inland Hassam Paving Co.:—
, llassam concrete pavement,
5 Inches thick, with 5-year
guarantee, per square yard 1.59
Concrete curb, per lineal foot .31
Earth excavation, per cubic
yard 59
1 Solid rock excavation 2.00
Bituminous Macadam
Warren Construction Co.:
, Bituminous macadam, per
square yard 1.23
All other specifications same as for
paving.
W. G. Milllgau Co.: _
Bituminous macadam, per
square yard 96
Concrete curb gutters, per lin
eal foot 56
Concrete curb, per lineal foot .4
Eight-in. vitrified sewer pipe,
in place 90
Earth excavation, per cubic
yard . . „ on
Solid rock excavation, per cubic
yard 2.00
Representatives of each of the bid
ding concerns as well as many inter
ested property owners, were in the
council chambers when the bids
were opened and read, and the coun
cil at once resolved itself into a com
mittee of the whole and adjourned to
the office of the city clerk to discuss
the merits of the several bids in pri
vaet. It is the opinion of City En
gineer Edwards that Inasmuch as a
big fill must be made on Maiden
Lane to establish the grade, a heav
ier foundation than has been used
in the other districts must be put in
to stand the wear and tear of the
heavy traffic, and it ;s possible that
the council will decide upon a cement
concrete foundation for the wearing
surface in place of the rock founda
tions which have heretofore been
selected.
Previous to the opening of the
bills, a petition, signed by nine of
the property owners in the district,
representing a total frontage of 17.10
linal fee, was presented to the
council, requesting that the district
he. paved with bltullhtic pavement,
providing that the price is no higher
than the lowest price secured for the
same paving in other districts. This
petition, upon which no action was
taken by the council, was signed by
Harley Jackson, Dr. M. .1. Beistel,
Edith A. Dawson, ii. V. Carpenter,
Ira D. Cardiff, John F. Herding, W.
A. Yeo, A. E. Egge and Mrs. M. V.
Batts.
WEST MAIN WORK PROOBF.SSING
The extensive grading operations
on West Main street prelim to
paving the street with bituminous
macadam is almost completed. The
steep hill has ben cut down mater
ially and does not look nearly so for
midable as before. The trenches for
the curbing are now being dug and
the work is being rushed with all
possible haste.
I XXI (HITS Will. I'M NIC
A I i:\v.\uts\ 11. 1.1,
Members ol Evening Star I.mine ami
Their families Will Enjoy Out
ing Sunday, .Inly 111
The members of Evening Star
lodge No. 20, Knights of Pythias, to
gether with their families, will enjoy
an all-da) picnic at Ewartsvllie Sun
day, July 19, The trip to the picnic
grounds will be made In large carry
alls aud not the least attraction of
the day's program will be a mam
moth basket dinner. There will be
plenty of "eats" ami entertainment
from morning until night. An invi
tation will be extended to the lodges
tit Colfax and Albion to lake part in
the picnic and the happy mingling of
the followers of Damon ana Pythias
from the three towns should result
in a memorable affair. The commit
tee in charge of the affair consists of
Oilis Plnkley, K. A. Hazen and D. E.
Chilton, and all Knights who desire
to make the trip are requested to
communicate this fact to the commit
tee, so that arrangements for trans
portation may be made.
COMPLAIN OF DUMPING dItOUN'D
Formal complaint of the character
of the refuse which is being dumped
on the city dumping grounds just In
side the city limits on the west was
made to the city council Tuesday
evening and the health committee
was ordered to investigate the
charges. it was claimed by the in
formant that manure hail been
dumped in such quantities near the
footbridge across the South I'alouse
at that point that it was almost im
possible to cross on it and that gar
bage and dead animals had been
thrown on the huge pile of refuse
which has accumulated. The peti
tioner stated that he is going to take
the matter up with the state
authorities.
REARS ARM IX -FA 1.1,
Howard Plnkley, 7 year-old -son of
Mr. and Mrs. i iliis Plnkley, sustained
a broken arm Wednesday when he
fell from a tree. The left arm was
broken at the wrist, but the break
Is not a bad one and the little fellow
is getting along nicely.
RAMI CONCERT
A concert by the Pullman Citizens
hand will be given Friday evening,
July 17, at the Christian church.
Features of the concert will be songs
by Phoebe Russell and several mem
bers of the brass quartette, The
quartette is composed of F. A. Masek
and Cleo Miller, cornets, E. N. I Much
liff, baritone, and Phil Wilson, alto,
An admission of 25 cents will be
charged.
PULLMAN BABY WINS
NATIONAL RENOWN
Wayne Davis, Son of Mr. and Mrs.
Bert Davis, one of Hie Seventeen
(hit of 100,000 in United
Slates to Make Perfect
Score
One of the only 17 babies In the
entire United States out of a total
of 100,000 who were tested, to score
perfect in the "better babies" con
tests conducted during the past year
is the distinction which has come to
Wayne Davis, the sturdy year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Davis, residing
near Pullman. Wayne was not con
tented with high honors at the
"better babies" contest conducted in
Pullman last September, but went to
Spokane to enter the contest held In
connection with the Spokane Inter
state Fair, when; he won a medal
and $100 cash, being pronounced the
sturdiest country baby of the many
hundreds entered In the pontes! and
getting a perfect score. The
Woman's Home Companion has for
some time made a feature of the re
sults of these contests, and the Au
gust number, which will be ready for
distribution about July 13, will give
a full page to the reproduction of
pictures of these 17 perfect speci
mens of childhood, among which
will be a likeness of Pullman's cham
pion baby. Pullman is justly proud
of her priM winning baby, which has
been a means of much valuable ad
vertising for the Artesian City.
NUMBER 41
FRUIT GROWERS UNITE
TO FIGHT FIRE BLIGHT
Protective Association Will Take
Drastic Measures to stop Spread
of Dreaded Fruit Disease
The dreaded fire blight of fruit
trees is doomed so far as Pullman
and vicinity is concerned. At a
meeting of the members of the Pull
man Fruit Growers association held
last Saturday in the Chamber of
Commerce building, a fruit growers
protective association was formed,
Which will have as Its sole object the
eradication of fire blight fgrom the
orchards of Pullman and vicinity,
and drastic measures toward the con
trol of this dreaded fruit disease
will be taken. While lire blight has
not made as great inroads upon the
orchards of this vicinity as in numer
ous other fruit sections, the fruit
men will lake no chances, but will
nip the activities of the disease In
the bud. A. B. Harris of Carfleld.
county fruit Inspector, was present
at the meeting Saturday. He stated
thai the blight Is spreading rapidly,
and urged the local growers to Im
mediate and united action to check
the disease.
The remedy adopted by the asso
ciation for combatting the disease is
the cutting of all Infected branches
at least eight elnches below the show
el the disease. These diseased
branches will lie at once burned and
both the Instrument used to sever
the branch and the wound itself will
he disinfected with corrosive sub
limate, one part to 1000 parts of
water.
A second meeting of the associa
tion is called for Saturday, .Inly ix,
when reports on the progress of the
battle against the disease will be
made and plans for future activities
formulated. All fruit raisers who
are interested in ridding the country
of this disease are urged to attend
the meeting and to lend their hearty
support to the move.
col NCI DOINGS
At the meeting of the city council
Tuesday evening the election returns
from the special election held last
week to vote on the question of ex
tending the municipal limits to per
mit the establishment of a postal sub
station on the college campus were
canvassed and the returns as pub
lished in The Herald were found to
be correct.
City Clerk Gannon Is advertising
for bids for the Improvement of Dis
tricts N'os. 10 and 17. The bids will
be opened at the next meeting of the
council, July 21.
city Engineer Edwards was In
structed to construct concrete slabs
for the foundation for the paving
on Olson and Main streets across Dry
Fork, neither to exceed $500 in cost.
street. Commissioner Hooper was
ordered to instruct the property own
ers to open the alley from Grand
street to State street, back of the
Ricketts and Llbby property and be
low the Brownell property.
Price C.ass was granted permission
to connect his residence, just outside
the city limits, with the city water
system, and a hydrant was ordered
Installed near the Engfer property
north of the city.
COMMITTEE ADOPTS PLANS
The executive comiiiitee of the
summer Sunday school campaign
met Wednesday evening and adopted
the following plan for the Tuesday
evening meetings:
For the next five weeks each Tues
day evening is to be devoted to the
consideration of Sunday school work
by departments. Next Tuesday
fJuly 111 at S p. m. the meeting will
be held iii the Episcopal church.
'The Primary Department" will be
the topic. The primary workers of
the various schools In town will
have charge of the meeting. Every
body Invited.
The attendance IB the various Sun
day schools last Sunday (July 5) was
as follows: Methodist, 126; Presby
terian, 124; Congregational-Baptist
Federation, 89; Christian, 84;
Episcopal, 24; Nazarine, 51.
Mr. and Mrs. John Squires and
little daughter returned Wednesday
from a week's outing in the Priest
river district. He reports excellent
I fishing.
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