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; volume XXVII
II LAWLER NAMED
'FOR POLICE JUDGE
, lb Stiver* Will Be City Marshal
and S. ''• Dunham Will Act a*
Deputy
f. ■'.: city- council met i in regular !
The ■'••' city .•-council met^in regular >
«asion Tuesday, evening **uth Mayor '
; a ck,on - v^ 1 -1-"1-:
Egft bands: % #
The! . . . „
■.jaUd-a U-' <-• llaj^r-wrto ■
an addition in thenar of his
-.luiubi-u- shop on Gra*?d* street, both '
the shop and addition to be covered '■
•with Imitation Iron brick, was '
\ granted. '
■ V proposition from I lose. Company '
v O . l, that each time the fire bell '
I rings the city pay $1 to each mem
-9 ber of the company reporting for ;
1 duty, and $' every time that water
is turned on a fire, was read. Coun
cilmen Wagner and Swain were ap
pointed as a committee to confer
with the firemen and offer a propo
sition; to pay a fixed sum every <
year for their services.
The city clerk and street commis
sioner were instructed to notify
property owners In College Park to
number their houses.
Ordinance 289, which is published
on another page of this Issue, was
read a first, second and third time
and passed. The hearing on the as
sessment roll of improvement dis
trict No. 21 was continued to Febru
ary 2.
The bonds of the city treasurer ,
and clerk were submitted and ap
proved. The clerk was instructed to
advertise for bids for the city print
ing. 'U. G. Law was appointed by |
'he mayor as police Judge and the
appointment was confirmed.
The mayor submitted the names of
three candidates for the positions of
city marshal and deputy marshal
and said that he would appoint the
" two selected by the council. A vote
was taken with the following result:
Stivers 5, Dunham 3, Douglas 2. On
motion of Burnett, seconded by
Kruegel, Stivers was confirmed as
city marshal and Dunham as deputy.
The mayor announced the appoint
ment of the following public welfare
committee: Wm. Goodyear, B. F.
Campbell, H. Folger, E. XXX Thorpe,
J- W. Caughlan, Mrs. Mattie Quar
els, and Mrs. Ira 1). Cardiff.
HIGH PRICED SOW
J- K. Smawley & Son on Monday
shipped to Theo. P. Tollefson at
Stites, Idaho, a Berkshire brood sow
for which they received $100. This
bow was one of the best of their fine
herd and won prizes at both the
Pullman and Lewiston shows.
WHEAT ADVANCES
ONE GENT PER
Quotations Average Seven Cents
Above Those of Last Week—
Oats Slump From High
"Mark
One cent per bushel per day is the
average advance of all kinds of
wheat on the local market during the
Past seven days, yesterday's quota
.:.., "ons averaging seven cents higher
on each variety than the prices quot
e<l '" last week's Herald. The feat
ure of the local market during the
we «k was the sensational advance in
°"8 ' which on Monday went to ?1.C5
9* hundredweight, an advance of
J- cents over last week's quotations.
m middle of the week, however,
als began to decline, and yester
ays price was five cents above that
wit Friday. Local grain men esti
■* -«!1 9 that uot more than five per
ci of the 1914 crop is still in the
"ands of the farmers.
i< f esterday's quotations were as
follows:
* Ed Russian . |i' 2s
? Ub wheat ...'..'.'.' [\\[ $130
fortyfold wheat $1.32 ft
jj*. per, cwt $1.55
Uarley, per cwt $1.32^
-•» Christensen. a new arrival
rom Fargo, N. D., has accepted the
lotion of local manager of the
"andard Lumber Co. In place of
em Bruner, who has resigned, but
x Pects to remain in. Pullman.
jTnP* W*sk
The Pullman Herald
Devoted to the be,t intere.t* of Pullman and the best fiming community in the Northwe.t surrounding it.
INTERESTING SUBJECT
EACH TUESDAY NIGHT
Pullman's I'm hi Stimulating; Hog
Industry Will Bo Subject for
Tuesday Evening's Meeting
of < luiiniiei of Commerce
In an effort to foster a wider and
deeper Interest in the doings of the
Chamber of Commerce, it is planned
to have discussed at each Tuesday
evening meeting of the Chamber
some subject of interest to the en
tire community. The subjects for
discussion will be announced a week
ahead and "-• farmers and others In
vested in that particular subject,
v. h,-the members of the Chamber or
not. will be invited to attend. At
next Tuesday evening's meeting the
subject for discussion will be "What
Can Hi.- Pullman Chamber of Com
merce I'" to Stimulate tho Hog In
dustry in This Locality?" The dis
cussions will be led by Professor
William Hlslop, animal husbandman
at the State College, and Professor
George Severance, head .11 the de
partment, of agriculture.
All fanners ami others Interested
in the hog industry are* urged to at
tend the meeting ami take pan in the
discussions, and a full attendance of
the members of the Chamber is also
urged.
OIL UOLDEK RETURNS
in F. A. Colder, professor of his
tory at the XV. S. C, who has been
on leave of absence, doing research
work at St. Petersburg, Russia, for
the Carnegie Institute, returned to
Pullman this week. He came by way
of China and had some Interesting
experiences.
ARREST OF GIPSY
MAY CLEAR MYSTERY
Gipsy Woman Arrested at Shoshone,
Idaho, May fie One Who Filched
gIOOO From Mrs. Anna Booth
Through Hypnotism
Last Saturday a Gipsy woman was
arrested at Shoshone, Idaho, -who is
said to answer tho description given
by Mrs. Anna Booth of the dark
skinned woman who in 1911,
through her hypnotic influence,
filched some $1600 from the ex
chequer of the Pullman lady. The
arrest was made at the request of
.1. I". Baymiller, city marshal here at
the time of the mysterious case, and
the woman was taken in charge by
the sheriff's office at Colfax.
The case attracted wide attention
because of its peculiar and myster
ious nature, when the facts were
made known by Mrs. Booth early in
January of 1912, and all efforts to
locate the criminal at that time were
futile. Mis. Booth was first visited
by the roaming Gipsy woman on
August 7, l'Jll. and claims at once
to have been east into a hypnotic
spell which made her subservient to
every demand of the Gipsy. Before
leaving the house the woman had
secured something over $600 in cash
which Mrs. Booth had in the house,
and mi later occasions she handed
over sums of $600 and $360 on the
demand of the Gipsy. On New Years
day of 1912 Mrs. Booth came out
from under the wonderful hypnotic
influence as mysteriously and as
quickly as she had become the toy
of the woman, and for the first time
realized what she had done. She at
once related the strange story In
every detail to her brother, D, M.
Haynes, and furnished a description
of the woman to Marshal Baymiller
and to the sheriff's office.
BOYS' CONFERENCE
At a meeting held at the Christian
church last Sunday afternoon ar
rangements were completed for en
tertaining the Inland Empire Boys'
Conference, which is to bo held in
Pullman February 19, 20 and 21.
The following officers were elected:
Chairman. Leon Martini; vice chair
man, Willis Carson; secretary,
Arthur Daniels; treasurer, Jervis
liner.
The following committees were de
cided upon and chairmen of each ap
pointed: Entertainment committee,
Jervis Fulmer. chairman; arrange
ments committee, Glen Guthrie,
chairman; banquet committee, Willis
Carson, chairman* •
DAY
PULLMAN. WASHINGTON, FRIDAY. JANUARY 22. 1915
HIT A BRICK WALL WHILE GOING 1
! SIXTY MILES AN HOUR AND DIED
|
Edward S. Bates Killed and Four Per-
I sons Injured in Coasting Accident I
j Wednesday Evening |
When a bobsled on which a party
of five was coasting Wednesday
evening crashed Into the west side of
the Davis Stationery & Drug com
pany's store. Edward S. Hates, sec
ond cook at the Palace hotel, was
j killed almost Instantly, and four
jolliers, all connected with the hotel,
were seriously injured. The injured,
all of whom will recover, are:
Harold Dawson, sou of A. H. Daw
son, proprietor of the hostelry, left
thigh badly injured, possibly cracked
and face cut and bruised.
Mrs. Harold Dawson, badly
sprained left leg. with deep cuts
above and below left knee.
Mrs. Stella Poore, waitress, com
pound Had of left leg. just below
the hip; bad bruises.
I
Charley Britton, porter, severe
scalp wound and bad gash on cheek.
The party was coasting on West
I .Main street, and Britton, the least
, injured of the party, was guiding the
hob. which was going at a rate esti- ]
mated by bystanders at 00 miles an
hour when Grand street was reached. I
I A heavy fog had settled and Brit*
ton's eyes became blinded by the;
'vapor to such an extent that be
could see only a few feet in front of I
lithe sled, and lost control, the bob j
| dashing diagonally across Grand
street, When within about 1 .*> feet
of the corner he saw the telephone
pole In front of the Davis store and
In order to miss it headed the bob
to the south in an effort to .**tT*-ap
High street. The tremendous mo
mentum caused tin- bobs to skid, the
front sled striking the sill beneath
I the big plate glass window and the
back sled skidding around and
crashing into the brick wall.
Bates was riding on his hands and
'knees on the extreme rear of the
bob, and the impact threw him I
Quarter Million in Improvements
Two hundred and seventy-five
thousand dollars In Improvements,
either completed or at present under
contract, is the record of the city of
Pullman during the past three years.
Dr. A. E. Shaw, who served as mayor
during those three years of progress-
Iveness and unprecedented construc
tion, at the request of, The Herald
has outlined the improvements made
during that period of time. His re
port is a revelation, and proves that
Pullman is without a doubt the peer
of any town its size in the North
west in the matter of progressive
ness, Dr. Shaw takes just pride in
the accomplishments of the city dur
i ing his tenure of office, and the rec
ord is certainly an enviable one. The
full text of his report Is as follow.-,
i
_
I have been asked to give a re
port on the improvements made dur
ing the three years during which 1
served as mayor of the city of Pull
| man, from January of 1912 to Janu
ary of 1915. It would require a great
er expenditure of time than 1 can
devote to it to go through the city
records and make an itemized report,
' with the exact cost of each Item of
improvement, but l will endeavor to j
summarize the improvements made
and contracted for. An estimate of !
i $275,000 as the cost of these im
provements would be a very con-
I servative one, and every dollar of j
i that expenditure stands as a monu
! ment to the progressive spirit of the
people of Pullman, and proof of their
belief that Pullman Is destined to
grow and to prosper.
Improved Water System
It has been truly said that artesian
water made Pullman In !the 'first
| place, hence I will start my enumer- i
ation of improvements with a re- '
counting of the additions and im-1
provements to Pullman's magnificent I
water system. A lot just west of the i
Alton hotel was purchased and a
against :he brick wall with such
force as to .rush his skull. He was!
left hanging over the window sill, j
partlj inside the room and partly
outside. He was picked up and ear-j
tied to White's drug store, but ex j
piled almost Instantly, taking only a J
few breaths after ihe accident oc- j
cvi i ad,
Britten, who was guiding the bob, j
was thrown entirely through the
window, landing inside of the room,
but sustained only slight injuries.
The usher members of the party were
Injured through contact with the
brick all.
Mrs. Stella Poore was the most
seriously injured of the tour, and
will probably 1..- confined to her
room tor at least four mouths. She
suffered a double fracture of the left
leg, and the flesh was bruised almost
ito a pulp, it was tor a time feared
that Mr. Dawson's left thigh' was
broken, but closer examination dis
proved this theory, although tho
; bones may be cracked.
Mr. Bates had resided in Pullman
t for a year, and during that time had
been employed hy Mr. Dawson as sec
oud look. 11 is parents reside in Mis
soula, Mont., his former home, and
hi- has a brother and a sister in !
Colorado. His parents are in
straightened circumstances and he:
was their sob- support. A lodge re
ceipt, found among his possessions
shows thai he was a member in good
standing of Missoula lodge, No. 556,
ft 0 0. ai.. and yesterday the offi
cials of Progress lodge, No, 943, of j
this city wired an account Of his
death to li. E. Blakely, secretary of I
the Missoula lodge, and will take
(barge of the funeral arrangements
I if that is the desire of the dead man's
parents and his home lodge. De
ceased was about 25 years of age
land unmarried.
«ell was bored to a depth of 147
feet, the bore being 10 inches, audi
from that well the purest of artesian
water gushed at the rate of over
2400 gallons per minute, one of the
strongest flowing wells in the world,
and ample to serve me needs of Pull- j
man in that respect for many years
to come. A pump was installed at
the well, with a capacity of 800 gal- i
lons per minute. You will note that I
the flow of water Is sufficient for
three pumps of that capacity. An
other pump of 300 gallons capacity
was installed at I In- elevated tank,
and motors of 100 horsepower and
30 horsepower capacity were in
stalled for driving the two pumps.
The Installaton of the elevated tank
of 72,400 gallons capacity on College
hill, in addition to the old reservoir
of 394,480 gallons capacity, . gives
the city a reservoir capacity of 166,
--880 gallons, which, with the new sys
tem, can be pumped in eight hours.
The pumping of the same amount of
water under the old system would.
have required over 30 hours, and a
saving of approximately 33 1-3 per
cent in power each month is possible
under the new system.
During the three years i here was ;
purchased and laid 1500 feet of 10
--inch water main, 7700 feet of eight
inch main, 5800 feet of six-inch
main and 30,150 feet of four-inch
main. This, together with 11,000
feet of old two, four and six Inch I
wood pipe, and 400 feet or old two I
and three inch iron pipe, makes a
total of 00.150 feet of water mains j
installed. Seventeen new hydrants
have been placed In different parts
of the city and 700 water meters
have been Installed. The new elevat
ed tank will give the I olleg hill dis
trict adequate fire protection and
ample pressure for Irrigation pur
poses at all times. The total cost of
all the Improvements and additions
(Continued on page four)
SEVENTY' mam: MEUUY
AT savagi: IIO.Mi;
Members of Neighborly Neighbors
Club anil Their tainilics Frolic .11
Country Home of .liter
Savage
Sunnyside hill was almost depopu
lated Monday night, the cause of the i
unusual condition being the pilgrim-.
age of the members-.of Hie Neigh
boi Ij Neighbors club and their fata-i
ilies '.' the hum,- of '.'i and Mrs.
Walter Savage, two mil west of
Pullman. The club consists of the
housewives residing on Sunnyside
hill and the invitation to make merry .
ai th.- home of the amiable host and
hostess resulted in live bobsleds load- i
ed to capacity being pressed into ;
service to transport the arm* of 70
to the suburban home. Cards, In
cluding every game recognized bj
tioyle, from the simple "seven-tip"
lo ihe more intricate pinochle, occu
pied the attention of the invaders un
til the strains of old-time dam
music, emanating from a violin and
guitar in the, hands of masters of the
tut, caused the feet of the visitors to
Itch and the spacious parlor of the
Savage home was soon crowded to
capacity with dancers. As the dance
continued the more staid matrons
and heads of families, ho had long
since relegated the dance to the
graveyard of childish fancies, began
to led themselves growing young
again, and were seen executing the
old-time minuets, polkas and quad
rilles with an agility that made the
younger merrymakers ashamed of
themselves.
At midnight, refreshments were
served, and the trip home was start
ed at 1 o'clock.
HALLOWELL CONCERT
COMPANY JAN. 29
High ('lass .Musical Company Will
Appeal- .it Beck's Theater I utter
Auspices oi Knights ol'
Pythias—Danco Will
Follow
The Hallowell Concert company of
Chicago, composed of nine high class
Instrumental musicians and featur
ing John Wentzel, baritone soloist,
will appear in concert at Beck' 1
theater, Friday evening, January 20, \
under the auspice's of Evening Star
lodge, No. 26, Knights of Pythias,
and following the concert the big or-j
chestra will furnish music for an in-1
vital lon dance to be given In he K.
of I', hall. The company is on its
twelfth annual lour, ami everywhere I
Is met by capacitj houses. Press dis
patches from all parts of the United
States rate the company as one of
the best on the road, The musicians i
play in each city under the auspices
of some organization, usually the!
Knights of Pythias, and the local)
lodge of that order carefully Investi
gated the merits of the company be
fore he contract was signed.
The talent of the Hallowell Con- :
cert company is composed ot musi
cians who have been with such or
ganizations as Arthur Pryor, It. Kryl
Bands, Chicago and Minneapolis
Symphony orchestra, and graduates
of the best musical schools of the
United stale., and foreign count
The musicians are soloists as well as
ensemble players.
Below are given a (>■•: of lie many ;
tattering press notices:
Hallowell Concert, company sur-j
prises all. Every member a true ar- j
tist, The Hallo*" ell Concert com
pany gave Pendleton the finest |
music and the most generous pro 4
gram that the city hat enjoyed for
years, when a large audience filled
the Christian church last evening. It !
is not exaggeration to ay that, ex
cepting such large aggregation as
the Thomas orchestra of Chicago,
there is no finer musical organiza
tion on the road tods than the
Hallowell Con. company. -Pen
dleton 1 Ire. i LI •-■ Wire.
The l lallowell Concert company,
which appeared at the Palace the-1
ater last evening, before a large and j
appreciative audience, was consid
. red as one of the very hest musical
companies Chicago i 111 i Record-
Herald.
Fine program by the Hallowell
Conceit company. Ever member Is
an art! — Wenatchee (Wash.)
Daily World.
The best ever in Kallspell. That
la how the Kallspell people regardl
the Hallowell Concert company. —!
Kallspell, Mont. |
NUMBER 16
SOCIAL WELFARE
TO 8E DISCUSSED
Association Which Has Been Doing
Charitable Work Will Hold Open
Meeting i ebrtuu-*r ■*
—
Por nearly two years the Social
Welfare association has hud for its
chief work the care of families in
distress. in this community there
are very few such families, and sel
dom is any family found which is
suffering through want of the ne
cessities of life. Bin at times chll-
Idreii need clothing or a sick mother
is i'"l able to care for her home.
i lowing tales are brought to the
association about families at the very
point of starvation. Investigation
lias shown thai possibly children
need shoos or the groceries are run
ning low. Duly in one case, where
the father and mother were both ser
iously ill, has the home seemed to be
in danger and willing hands were
read) when the circumstances were
known Quite often a family needs
assistance, hut the assistance needed
is personal service and friendship
rather than money.
The Social Welfare association is
composed of one representative from
every lodge, and social organization,
one from each church, together with
all the physicians and ministers, and
the mayor of the city. Such an or
ganization represent the .-iv in its
social aspect very completely, and
an speak for the people of the city
as in. other organization can, for Its
membership is drawn from the wid
est circle. The aim of the associa
tion is not only to care for the occa
sional cases of distress which come
before it, but also to Initiate meas
ures looking toward the general wel
fare ul (he city, and to endorse and
support any movement begun by oth
ers, ii such movement seems wise.
.lust at present there is need or
some clothing, especially children's
clothing, and also work is desired
for women and men Information
may be given to Prof. Isaacs, Bell
phone 111 J, or to the undersigned.
A public meeting is planned for
Tuesday evening. February 2, at 8
p. in. in the basement of the Metho
disi. church. All lodges .-tnd other
organizations and individuals Who
are Interested in the proper care of
distress, and in the general welfare
of the city, are urged to be present
in person or by representative, The
meeting is open to all. A full state
ment of plans will then be given, and
there will be opportunity for ques
tions or suggestions, Key. Mr.
Caughlan Is president p.: the associa
tion.— ,1. c,. Robinson, chairman of
executive committee, Inland 1383;
Bell 237.
PULLMAN APPLES SELL
at $4 in ENGLAND
< load of Apples Shipped to Eng
land by ('. W. Vance Retails at
94.00 Hie BOX
Thai the quality of Pullman ap
ples is appreciated In the old world
is proved by Information received
from Manchester, (England, this
week, to ibe effect thai apples from
the orchard of ('. W. Vance were
bringing $4 per box at retail. Early
last. November Mr. Vance shipped a
carload of choice apples to England,
and in one of the boxes his son, Har
old Vance placed a note, requesting
the person opening the box to write
and tell him when the box reached
England and at what pricce the ap
ples were sold. On Tuesday of this
week he received a reply to his note,
dated al Manchester, England, and
signed in William Buckley, an as
sistant iv a retail store there. Mr.
Buckley stated that the apples were
sold to the retail stores December
21, and that they had been retailed
a' four pence per pound, or 16 shil
lings and eight pence per box. In
United States money this would
amount to approximately $4 per
hex. Mr. Vance has not yet re
ceived returns from his car, hence
does not know what price ho will re
ceive for the apples.
Women's white "''" pumps;
rubber soles; all sizes; C. R. Sanders
Dry Goods Cagj> -"22