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VOLUME XXVIII
i PULLMAN BOYS TO
DO DUTY ON BORDER
Alfred Langdon and "Jap" IntiFol-
A lette Answer Call for National
yf-f Guard Enlistment ami Leave
I for Mobilization Camp ,
i
,
Pullman will be ably represented
Jat the Mexican border line by two
of her most sturdy youths, Alfred
Langdon and W. J. LaFollette, who
1 went to Spokane Saturday, signed
(enlistment papers and passed the
;physical examination in jig time, be
ing assigned to Campany I of the
Spokane guards, which entrained
Sunday afternoon for the mobiliza
tion camp at American lake. La
!Follette" is a son of Representative
W. L. LaFollette and for the past
year has been employed in the Pull
man State bank. He has spent prac
tically his entire life In Pullman and
is widely known. With the enlist
ment of Alfred Langdon, Coach Dietz
loses one of his best football men.
Langdon has played for the past
three years on the State College
team, and last year, as a member of
the unbeaten team turned out by
Coach Dietz, was named as all-North
west center, He bad another year
to play and his loss will be keen 1
felt.
A total of eight Whitman county
boys joined the Spokane companies
prior to departure for] American
Lake. Their names, together with
their address and the companies to
which they were assigned, are as
follows:
John H. Newman, Colfax, Com
pany H.
E. Paul Morrison, Colfax, Com
pany H.
I Andrew Hole. Colfax. Company I.
Frank A. Whetsel, Winona, Com
pany H.
A. C. Langdon, Palouse, Com
pany 1.
; W. J. LaFollette, Pullman, Com- ;
pany I.
) •I. F. Dlonne, St. John, Com
, Pany H.
I Arthur J. McDaniel, St. John,
Company H.
Warren Taylor. Garfield, Com-
pany H.
j Harry Struppler, a former guards
f man, whose term has expired, has
been named recruiting officer for
Pullman and in case another call for
enlistment is made will endeavor to
secure additional recruits from Full
man.
FORD OVERTURNS •
NONE ARE INJURED
T. W. Amos, his two children, and
his sister-in-law. Miss Emma How
ard, miraculously escaped serious in
jury Sunday evening when the Ford
car driven by Mr. Amos struck a pile
of sand on the Busbey road, two
Biles east of Pullman, and turned
completely over. Miss Howard was
P'nned underneath the car, but was
I extrica ted uninjured, the only dam-
i a Se being a shattered windshield
nd ""lapidated radiator for the
or d. The accident happened when
' '• Amos attempted to pass another
* omobilo, the lights on which were
jot dimmed. The glaring light pre-
e ed him seeing the road and the
«struck a pile of sand at the side
I th highway, throwing the ma
ch'ne into a ditch.
HEAVY RAINFALL
ral^ rine th» last 10 days a total
the il ° f 234 ,nches is reported by
I le e soils department of the State C..1
--j th ' I fißUreß being taken from
! ffeath '""""' at the college
I fall Mr bureau. The heaviest rain
I w aa 'or one day durtog Ula( time
I th at recorded June 25, when, during
I oord e r V lo^ ,G1 InCh WaS re"
1 1» w ' 'ne Precipitation on June
I *aa ?o' ii in°h and on June 22 U
mm 49 an<l on June 22 il
Il* a '.. lnoh- The heavy rains will
I j D'K help to growing crops.
| SLIGHT BLAZE
■"v Th m "
■/oat a. *re depart "ient was called
V blaze "nday even,o« when a slight I
1 *tory V diߣovered in the second j
|' p»radi° the °ld car Penter shop on
H th e bun B,Peet Laborers were ÜBing
1 The da ding for sleeping quarters.
I linage was negligent.
The Pullman Herald
evo to t c best interests of Pullman and the beat farming community in the Northwest surrounding it.
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DENTISTS °R(.\M/i;
j Fifteen Dentists From T wo Cunt
i Attend Organization Meeting of
New Association
I Fifteen dentists from Whitman I
7"" 1 Latah counties met in the rooms!
of Dr. A. A. Rounds last Saturday
I evening and perfected the organiza
| tion of the Whitman and Utah
j Count) Dental society, the. purpose
of which will be to promote more
| friendly relations among the den
tists of the two counties and pro
vide for discussions of questions of
fraternal interest. Dentist from
Pullman, Colfax. Garfield, bakes-1
dale, Rosalia; Palouse, Moscow, |
Troy .md Kendrick took part in the I
organization proceedings, a consti
tution, patterned after thai of the
Washington state- Dental society,
and , by-laws, were adopted, when
the following officers were elected:
President —Dr. Chapman, Colfax. I
Vice president Dr. Shaw, Pull
man.
Secretary Dr. Pugh, Colfax,
Treasurer—Dr. Mcßrlde, Moscow.!
Librarian— Dr. Beutley, Garfield. ;
Regular meetings of the society
will be held bi-monthly, and round .
table discussions and clinics will be
made a feature of the- sessions. The
next meeting will be held at Mos- ;
COW, July I. The newly formed so- !
ciety will affiliate with the' Wash- j
ington State Dental society.
OLD SETTLERS PICNIC
J. M. Reid, Ed Nagle and several
other Pullmanites attended the old
settlers' picnic in Garfield Wednes
day. An invitation was extended to
hold next year's meeting in Pullman,
but inasmuch as Garfield is more
central, it was voted to meet there
permanently. Col. William Duling
was elected president of the organi
zation for the ensuing year and will
have charge of next year's gathering.
ELIZA C. JOHNSON
DIES AT OLD AGE
Aged Matron, for Sixteen Veers
Resident of Pullman, Passed
Away Last Sunday
Mrs. Eliza C. Johnson, aged 70
years, ■". months and 11 days, died
last Sunday at. the home of her
daughter, Mrs. 11. D. Locklin, deartl ,
being caused by intestinal trouble, j
Funeral services were held Monday
afternoon at the Methodist church
and interment was in Fairmont ■
cemetery. The services were in
charge of the Rev. J. XV. Caughlan,
who read the following life history
of the respected womna:
Eliza Catharine Wilson was born
In Shenandoah county, Virginia,
January 14, 1841. and died at Pull
man Wash., June 25, 1916. At the |
age of eight years she left Virginia |
with her parents and located near
Peru, Ind. April 14, 1562, she was
married to George W. Johnson, and
to this union were born 1 1 children, j
live dying In infancy. With her hus
band and three small children she
moved to Osage county, Kansas, en
during the hardships of the early
pioneering in that state. At the age
of 13 she was converted and took her
trials to Him who careth for all.
Sixteen years ago last March Mr.
and Mrs. Johnson left Kansas and
name to Pullman to educate their
two youngest sons. Seven years ago
.Mr. Johnson left her for the better
world and she has since made her
home with her daughter, Mrs Lock
lin.
She leaves to mourn her death six
children: Mrs. 11. D. Locklin of Pull
man, Mr. C. S. Johnson of Elberton, '
S. B. Johnson of Harrington, Kan.,
Abe Johnson of Nashua, Mont., Eu- 1
gene Johnson of Galata, Mont., and j
.Tared XV. Johnson of Seattle. Sev- 1
enteen grandchildren and one great
grandchild, six brothers and two sis
ters also survive. She has been a
Christian and a member of the l
Methodist Episcopal church, a good j
i friend and neighbor and above all a
(good mother. Her children and
grandchildren can truly call her
blessed. Our loss is her gain; she
was anxious to go to be with her
Savior and be at rest. |
PULLMAN. WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, JUNE 30. 1916
Honor Memory of James J. Hill
The long dining tables In the
I chamber of commerce rooms were
[crowded to capacity Tuesday noon
I with citizens who had gathered to
1 pay tribute to the memory of the
late .lames .1. Hill, head of the Great
Northern railway. The address of
the day was delivered by P. XV. Crn
ham, western Industrial and immi
gration agent for the Ureal North
ern company, who paid a high trib
ute to the in.' of the "Empire Build-
I er," mentioning as one of the great
i est achievements and examples of
foresight on the part of the railroad
| man the training of his son. Louis
I W. Hill, to take up the burdens of
railroad administration where they
were left off by the elder Hill. Mr.
Graham was Introduced by P. C. For
rest, president of the chamber of
commerce. His entire address is
given below .
.Mr. President and Gentlemen:
This day has been designated by
your chamber and many other com
mercial organizations throughout
the state to commemorate the life I
and achievements of James J. Hill, j
and I am honored by being invited
to pay a brief but sincere and hum
ble tribute to his memory.
James .1. Hill was born on Septem
ber 111, 1838, em a. farm near |
Uuelph, Ontario, of Scotch-Irish par
ents, He die-el at 9:30 a. m. May 29,
at the family home in St. Paul,
Minn., in his 7Sth year.
.lames .1. Hill was a self-made man
in every sense of Hi.' term. He was i
born in humble circumstances and |
his boyhood days were not unlike j
those of many another. He attend
ed the country school until he was
12 years old. He then attended the.
Rock wood academy a couple of I
years, In the meantime his father
died and he and his brother bad to
go out to work as there was hut lit
tle left for the family to live on. He
entered a drygoods store at Rock
wood, Canada, intending to learn
the business. ■ He left this to go Into j
a general store at. Guelph, when he
was 18, but remained only about Fix
months. lie then went to New York j
state and worked his way to St.]
Paul, not having the price of a
ticket, He landed In St. Paul penni
less on July 15, 1856, and secured aj
job the same day unloading slab- j
wood. St. Paul was then a frontier
town of but 5000 population. In
the same' year he entered the employ
of J. W. Bass & Co., agents for the
Dubuque & St. Paul Packet com
pany. In 1865 he became agent for
the Northwestern Packet company.
in 1866 he engaged in the general
fuel and transportation business for
himself. The next year he married
Miss Theresa Mehagan, and became
station agent for the St. Paul & Pa
cific railroad, In 1869 be formed
the fuel and warehouse firm of Hill-
Griggs & Co. in 1870 he organized |
the Red River Transportation com
pany. In 1875 he formed the North
western Fuel company.
He worked hard and saved his
money and steadily progressed. His
associates and superiors observed his
abilities and energy and he estab
lished a foundation and reputation I
that was to carry him to the highest J
pinnacle Of success in later years, j
His railroad career began at this 1
juncture in his career, when he fore
saw the opportunity of securing and I
developing the St, Paul & Pacific
railroad, a bankrupt line of several
hundred miles, which ran from St.
Paul to St. Cloud and Breckenrldge
and the Red River valley. It was lit-.
tle better than two streaks of rust
and a right of way and had proven J
a financial failure. Scraping to
gether his limited personal means
and securing the backing of George
Stephen, afterward Lord Mount Ste
phen, and Donald A. Smith, after- 1
ward Sir Donald A. Smith, he oh-!
tamed control Of this dilapidated!
system which was the nucleus of
what is now the Great Northern rail-j
way. He improved and extended this
road and in 1890 organized the
Great Northern railway. He stead
ily extended the road and built i
branches until the goal was reached
on Puget Sound in 1893. To most
men this would have been a crown
ing achievement, but not so with Mr. I
Hill. In conjunction with the North
ern Pacific railway he' purchased the
Burlington system and organized)
the Northern Securities company in
1901, but decreased it-, capitaliza
tion by a court order In 1904. The
Great Northern and Northern Pacific
Jointly bull! the Spokane Portland
& Seattle railway, Oregon Trunk,
and Oregon Electric railways, and
i gave to Oregon a competing system |
|of rail transportation. Meanwhile |
jhe built palatial steamships to ply!
I the Great Lakes, between Buffalo i
and Duluth and in 1904 inaugurated
trans-Pacific steamship service by
the steamship Minnesota, which was
followed the next year by her sister
■hip, The Dakota. The latter's ca- 1
reer, however, was short lived, for
the Dakota was wrecked on Shiro
! hama reef in the Inland sea a year
and a hair afterwards, but with no
life loss. The steamer Minnesota
continued in the service, carrying
millions of dollars worth of exports
and Imports between Seattle and the j
I Orient, up to last year, when the pro
visions of the Seamen's Bill drove'
her from th.. route forever. These
two leviathans of the deep were the
largest freight carriers and the larg
est steamships flying the American
Hag In the world. California and
Honolulu were connected up with
the Great Northern and .Northern |
Pacific railroad last year by the in-;
auguration of regular service from
the mouth of the Columbia river by
the palatial liners. "Great Northern"
and "Northern Pacific."
Time will not permit of my enum
erating other accomplishments, of
which there were many,
Mr. Hill's works were always con
structive and never destructive. He
was never a speculator or an ex
ploiter. His road weathered the
panics that swept so many other
roads into receiverships, It was al
ways Mr. Hill's pride that the Creat
Northern never received a cent of
governmental subsidy or a govern
ment land grant. The stockholders
have regularly received seven per
cent on their investment ond a divi
dend has never been passed. His
whole life was wrapped up in the
success of his railroad and often
times when he had opportunities to
take dvantage of conditions for his
own personal gain, in which he could
not be- accused in any way of self
seeking, he deliberately forebore
using it to his personal advantage
and used it to the. advantage of his
stockholders and the communities
which his line served. For example,
when he purchased the iron ore prop
erties in northern Minnesota in 1900,
at a cost of $4,000,000, he could i
have retained them to enlarge his
own personal wealth and that of his
family, but Instead of doing so he
turned it over to the stockholders of
the Ureal Northern railway. He es
timated at one. time the value of the
oie contained in those properties at
$750,000,000. While he was presi
dent and afterwards chairman of the
board of directors of the Great
Northern railway he never drew a
cent of salary.
From the day he acquired control
of the old St. Paul & Pacific railway
to the day of bis death he realized
that the permanent prosperity and
development of the territory along
the lines of the railway controlled
by him were, dependent upon a con
structive policy that would bring
BhCCess. not only to the railroad com
pany, but to the communities which
it served.
In the early days he aided tre
mendously In the development of the
Northwest by establishing rates on j
forest products which enabled lum
ber and shingles to find an eastern
market and which has resulted in
the upbuilding of the lumbering in
dustry to the point where it is the
largest single industry in this slate.
In his policies involving the agri
cultural development of the terri
tory, particularly in North Dakota
and Montana, he caused agricultural
experiments, soil surveys and re
searches to precede the work of ac
tively securing settlers. The result
has been that no agricultural terri
tory along the line of the Great
Northern railway has been prema
turely settled. Success was assured
before the settlers went upon the
land.
L. XX. Hill, supplementing the
work of his father since the settle
ment of the farm lands in the dry
farm areas of North Dakota and
Montana and other states along the
line, has established an agricultural
department whose one and only ob
ject is to aid the settlers to Increase
their output by adopting the most
up-to-date and scientific methods of
agriculture.
In addition to considering the wel
fare of every settler and every in-,
dustry that located along his rail-:
way. James J. Hill also considered j
the interest of the stockholders who,'
by their confidence and Investments,
enabled him to carry on the great I
work which he completed in such
masterly fashion. In no case did he
ever consider his own personal in
terest first.
/' There existed a close bond of sym- |
pathy between James J. Hill and his
son. L. XV. Hill. The young man al
ways entered whole-heartedly into
bis father's plans and policies, and i
since 1912, when he became chair
man of the board In addition to presi- j
dent of the road he has relieved his
father of the responsibilities connect.- 1
ed with the administration of the
Great Northern railway and for the !
past four years has been the active
directing head of the organization,!
carrying out his father's policies
with a breadth of view and an under
standing of the needs of the territory j
served by the Great Northern rail- |
way which was born of an Intimate
knowledge or the Northwest, ac
quired through a life of service in
the Northwest. L. XV. Hill, who suc- i
ceeds his father, is a Northwestern
man. He was born and raised In the
Northwest. When he takes a vaca
tion, he spends it in the Northwest.
He makes frequent trips to the
Northwest and has his finder con- j
stantly on the pulse of business con- 1
ditions. James J. Hill was known as
the Empire Builder. Louis VV. Hill
has been known for several years
past as the Empire Developer. To
my mind there is no greater example
of James J. Hill's foresight, for
which he was so justly famed, than
his course in making his plans for
the day when he would be no longer
here. He could see into the future ;
as few. if any, other men could do.!
(Continued on page four)
i MASONS AND FAMILIES
IN ANNUAL FROLIC
I'.ig Banquet in Masonic Mull Fol
lowed Ity Program nl' Sports on
lingers Field
in celebration of St. John's day,
the members .if the Pullman Ma
is..in. lodges, with their families,
j held their annual dinner and frolic
last Saturday, The banquet, owing
I to the rainy weather, was held In
Masonic hall, over 150 being seated
|at the well-laden tables, Pol lowing
the banquet the merrymakers ad
journed to Rogers Held, where an
exciting program of sports Was held.
The feature of 'he afternoon was a
baseball game between two picked
nines, the team captained by Frank
Henderson walking away with the
long .-nd of a 22 to 2 sen.' against
ii team headed by O. K. Draper, Dan
Downen and A. B. Nystrom formed
the battery for th.' winners, while
Lawier and Leonard, Kuhn and
Lewis performed lor the losers.
Mrs. .lack Adams ran away from
the' field In the' free-for-all race for
ladies, and Prof. A. li. Nystrom
broke the tape in the men's free-for
all. Arthur Ageton won the sack
race for boys and A. E. Olson, Jr.,
won first place In the boys' free
for-all.
CATCH FINE TROUT
J. I. Meiske-r and V. XV. Clarkson,
with their families, spent several
days the first of the week at Deer
lake, in Stevens county, angling for
•Mackinaw trout. Four of the big
beauties fell before the ixaak W'til
toiis, the biggest measuring nearly
l".i inches in length and weighing
nine pounds. 'lie second largest
fish, measuring 26 Inches and weigh
ing eight pounds, was displayed In
the show windows of the City mar
ket Wednesday ami attracted wide
attention, as well us creating not a
little envy. The trip was made in
the Metsker and Clarkson cars.
SUMMER SESSION
ATTRACTS MINISTERS
Twenty-five Mural Pastors Attend
Two Weeks Course for Ministers,
Which Opened This Week
Over 2". rural pastors, a prepond
erance of them being disciples of the
Presbyterian faith, are attending the
third annual two-weeks conference
for rural ministers, which opened
Monday, as a part of the summer
session at the State College, The
pastors are representative of the en
tire Northwest and are taking much
interest in the course outlined for
them. The ministers' courses are in
charge Of the Rev. Matthew B. Mc-
Nutt, who is connected with the
Presbyterian Hoard of Home Mis
sions, with headquarters In New
York. The Uev. Mr. McNutt is a
specialist, in rural church work, and
a better man to head the courses
could not have been found Local
ministers are co-operating in the
work.
Th.- courses in rural sociology in
clude a study of the changes in ru
ral population; economic conditions
affecting the country church; social
and recreational life in the. country
and its relation to religion and mor
ality; some church problems; how
to make a survey of a rural parish;
what the agricultural college will do
for the country minister; how to con
duct a country life Institute; oppor
tunities In country churches, sue
cessful country churches.
The religious education courses
will deal with the aim of the Sun
day school, the method ..I re. na
tion; graded lessons; material equip
ment; co-operation among farmers;
country festivals; marketing; the
farmer, a co-worker with Cod;
j homesteading; ownership of land;
the teachings of Jesus In relation to
j farm life; tenantry.
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EIGHTH GRADE .CERTIFICATES
At the eighth grade examination
held June 15 and If, the following
| pupils of the Pullman schools won
diplomas: Ernest McCutcheon, Mcl
i vln Plaßkett, Irene Wilson, Edith j
I Wilson, Edith Creenawalt. May Car
ter. •
NUMBER 37
COMMITTEE GETS JOBS
| FOR 1000 STUDENTS
i
1 Farmers Eager to secure Student
Help Dining Harvest — Problem
Now 10 Find Enough stu
-1 dents for Jolts
The day of the "hobo" harvest
hand, the agitator and the idler is
doomed In the Inland Empire, so far
as harvest work is concerned, if the
students and prospective students of
the Slate College show as keen a
desire to assist the farmers in har
vesting i heir crops as have the farm
ers themselves to employ student
help, in response to blanks sent out
by 'he committee from the chamber
ot commerce soliciting harvest situ
ations for students, 1000 jobs have
been promised and the committee
has now turned its attention to se
curing as many students and pros
pective students as possible to fill
these positions, Within a few days
circular letters will be sent to all
the students whose addresses are
available, asking if (hey desire a
harvest situation, and those who re
ply in the affirmative will be placed
in direct touch with un employer
who desires student help in bar
vesting his crops.
The response from the employers
in the blanks sent by the committee
exceeded l.v a wide margin the fond
est hopes of the fathers of the
scheme and indicate that the farm
ers are alive to the desirability of
student help and anxious to rid
themselves of the hobo and agitator
type nt harvest hands. Many farm
ers have stated that they can use
practically a full crew of students.
CHARGE DISMISSED
The case against Joe Rlma,
charged by .Mrs. N. L. Stllllngs with
carnal knowledge of children, the
ease involving Mrs. Sellings' daugh
ter, Florence, was dismissed iii Jus
tice Henry's court yesterday after
noon after the Stillings girl had dis
claimed any improper relations with
the defendant. Prosecuting Attor
ney Hurgunder came over from Col
tax to conduct the case for the state
and the preliminary hearing was set
for 1:00 o'clock, but dismissed be
fore court was opened upon the vol
untary statement of the principal
witness. Attorney John W. Mathews
appeared for the defendant. Rlma
was arrested Tuesday evening, just
previous to his marriage to Miss Olga
Leidel, but was released on $1000
bonds, furnished by friends.
A. S. BOONE IS DEAD
Austin S. Boone, who has resided
near Pullman for IN years, died at
bis home on Union Flat last Friday
after an Illness of short duration.
Mr Boone was 75 years, 10 months
and 12 days of age. Funeral serv
ices were held Sunday morning at
10:20, conducted by the Rev. Harley
Jackson, and the remains were laid
to rest in the Whelan cemetery. De
ceased was born at Carlisle, Ind., In
1840. On March 25. 1880, he was
married to Nancy Pirtle at Carlisle.
To this union were born born 10
children, six of whom, with the
widow, are living. Mr. Boone re
moved from Indiana to Minnesota,
thence to different points in Wash
ington. Idaho and Montana, locating
on Union Flat in 1898. He was a
western pioneer. Deceased was a
lifelong member of the Christian
church and took an active Interest
In church work. The funeral serv
ices were attended by a large num
ber of Pullman people.
SCHOOL CENSUS
lb.- Pullman school census, Just
completed by Ceorge Schroeder, cen
sus enumerator, shows a total of
759 boys and girls of school age
within the city. Of this number 405
are girls and 354 boys. Three pair
of twins of school age are included
in the list.
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WILL ORGANIZE BRYAN CLUB
A meeting of voters will be held
at the city hall Monday evening at
7:30 for the organization of a per
manent Enoch A. Bryan club.. The
organization will be strictly non
partizan and all voters are urged to
attend the meeting.
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