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VOLUME XXX
(HICKS AND RABBITS
AS WAR MEASURES
F.nerts Discuss Production of
Chickens, Kins a and ,**,»*' Re- j
; fore Chamber of Commerce —
t\ Talk Continued Next
Meek
"if every member of the chamber
... commerce who was Impressed with
the possibilities of chickens, eggs and
rabbits as a back-yard war measure
through the Intelligent discourses on
the subject at the chamber of com
merce session Tuesday were to fol
low up that conviction with an hon
est attempt to raise a few chickens
or rabbits, or to encourage his boys
and girls to do so, problems of the
Hoover moat program would be
solved so far as Pullman is con
cerned.' Practically the entire ses
sion of the chamber was given over
to a discussion of rabbit and chicken
production as a war measure, and
enough arguments were presented to
prove conclusively that a few chick
ens or rabbits in the back yard will
not only help win the war, but
will prove highly profitable as a com
mon setose measure.
The chicken and egg side of the
question was ably presented by Mrs.
W. K. Whltaker, head of the poultry
division at the State College. Mrs.
Whitaker urged the encouragement'
ot borne production of chickens and
eggs by the chamber of commerce!
and other organizations, so far as
practicable, stating, however, that it
would be a mistake for persons who
have not the time to care for them,,
who lack the Inclination to attend to
them properly, or who are not
equipped to take care of them, to
attempt to raise chickens that would
produce eggs enough to pay for |
themselves. The speaker called at-!
tention to a 40 per cent decrease mi
laying stock in the state this year. I
a deficit that must be made up this
ipring if the chicken is to do her
hill part in the food program.
Eggs produced by pallets entered,
in the all-Northwest egg laying con
test at the State College sold for a
year-round average of a trifle over i
44 cents per dozen, figures proving
that the average cost of producing a;
dozen eggs, with pullets that lay 150;
eggs per year, is 35 cents per dozen,
not including the item of labor.
.Last year many cases of eggs from I
the contest pens were sold during the i
high producing months at from 30!
cents to 36 cents per dozen lor put
ting down, and by this means many
families solved the winter egg prob- !
lem In a satisfactory manner. This
year, however, none of the con
test eggs will De sold in Pullman,;
and eggs for waterglass or cold stor- j
age preservation must come from [
other sources.
While the college poultry plant
"ill produce as many day-old chicks
M possible for distribution this year
as a war emergency measure, Mrs.
Whitaker stated that the division
has no desire to compete with com
mercial poultrymen, and the maxi
mum production will probably be
800 chicks.
Pullman merchants who are pay
in 8 45 cents per dozen in cash for
fresh eggs and selling them at retail
or 50 cents per dozen, are losing
money, according to Mrs. Whitaker,
*'ho contended that eggs can not be
handled for five cents per dozen
Profitably.
Belgian hares and other breeds of
wavy rabbits as a part |of the fam
-1 y food-producing plant were
Wrongly urged b> V. A. Bllderback
° Clarkston. a dealer In thorough
bred rabbits, who at present has 250
bares i n his hutches. Besides tak
* |hg care of his duties with the Lewis
°°*Clarkßton Traction company, Mr.
""derback finds ample time to give
Woper and painstaking care to his
IS family of rabbits, stating that
•J minutes of his time at noon and
*J minutes at night is all that Is re
ared for the 25° rabbits. He
tated that rabbit meat, is eight per
m 6nt more nutritious than any other
frl tiand can be produced at a small
actlon of the cost of beefsteak or
and\ ' h °PS ' ° Yen on a Bmall scale '
™ « a small boy or girl. He called
tot. 01' 011 t0 one youngster at Clarks
p , Who ' °y rabbit production, is
ha* ng -'10 per montb on a Jot he
Phased adjoining that of his
The Pullman Herald
Devoted to the best interests of Pullman and the best farming community in the Northwest surrounding it.
father. He disposes of the rabbits to
a restaurant at 30 cents per pound,!
diesscd, and can not supply the de
mand.
As an indication of the high pro
ductiveness of rabbits, Mr. Bilder
back cited tin- record of one of bis
does, which, since January, 1917, has
produced ."GO pounds, live weight, of i
meat, worth at least 17 cents per
pound. "Children" and "grand-11
children" of the doe were Included
In the figures.
"If the average family will pur
chase a trio, one buck and two does," j
said the Clarkston man, "there will i
be no excuse for them going without j
meat next winter." lie told in detail I
i
of the require* tents for housing and i
Feeding the rabbits, stating that it
costs an average of 32 cents to feed i
a mature rabbit during the winter
months, while the summer .lists are |
negligible. At present be feeds his j
big family of hares alfalfa, "mill
run" (bran and shorts I. and apples.
He stated that four to five months
is the proper age to market rabbits!
for meat purposes, and urged that
thoroughbi.d hares be raised Instead
of scrubs. Rufus Red Belgians audi
New Zealand hares, he said, are bet
ter for meat production than Flem
ish Giants. '
Due to "inadequate time for a full-]
er discussion of the chicken and rah-:
bit question and the unusual Interest
displayed, the discussion was con
tinued until next Tuesday, when a
number ocal "fanciers" will give
their experiences for the benefit of
the Pullman public.
LAWLKR WILL ASSESS
PULLMAN PROPERTY
County Assessor True has appoint
ed 24 of his 27 field deputies, who
on March 1. will begin the work of
assessing the taxable property in the
county. Eugene Lawler will do the
v/oik in Pullman. Albion will be as
sessed by C. W. Taylor. Staley by J.
M. Klemgard, Colton by W. D. Henry,
Jr., and Uniontown by Walter E.
Faerber.
CHAMBER DIVIDED ON
CAPITOL BUILDING
Motion to (io in Record as Opposed
to Construction of Office Build
ing at Olympia Referred to
Committee
A well defined division of senti
ment in regard to the proposed con
struction of a new office building
for the capitol at Olympia was evi
denced by the members of the cham
ber of commerce at the Tuesday ses
sion when a motion was presented
lor consideration which, If passed,
would have placed the chamber on
record as opposed to any additions
to the capitol buildings at the present
time. The motion to oppose the new
building came as the result of a
communication from the Dayton
commercial club, which had pre
viously voted against the plan, in
which other commercial bodies were
asked to fall in line in opposition to
the improvement.
In order to give more time for a
full investigation of the facts in the
case and the urgency of the need for
the added capitol building space, a
second motion to refer the communi
cation to the legislative committee of
the chamber carried, with several op
posing votes.
The legislative committee will
probably make its Investigation this
week and report at the next session
of the chamber, when a lively dis
cussion, pro and con, is expected to
develop.
CAESAREAN OPERATION
A successful Caesarean operation
was perforn^d Sunday at the Pull
man hospital when Mrs. John Foe,
| daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
| Masten, gave birth to an eight-pound
i boy in the same manner that Caesar
' was born. It was the second opera
tion of Its nature in Pullman history.
Both mother and son are doing
nicely. Dr. L. G. Kimzey officiated.
ALBION MOTHER DEAD
! Mrs. Ira Warner of Albion passed
[away at the Northwest Sanitarium
' last night from blood poisoning. De
j ceased is survived by her, husband
and two small children.
PULLMAN. WASHINGTON, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 22. 1918
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Pullman May Get Many Soldiers
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College Will Close May 1 in Case
I'ncle Sam Sends Men Hero for
Mechanical and Military
Training
The closing of the present college
term on May 1, instead of May 23,
as formerly decided upon, is a pos
sibility now (lending the decision of
the War Department in the matter
of making use of the State College
tor five months following May 1 for
the giving of special war training to
enlisted men.
According to information received
at the college, the War Department
in co-operation with the Federal
Board of Vocational .Education is
planning to send to land grant col
leges and universities of the United
States enlisted men for special mil
itary training during a. five months
period beginning "May I.
This special war training includes
accountancy, auto mechanics, bak
ing, blacksmithing, carpentry, draft
ing, machinists, electricians, mold
ers, photographers, pipe fitters, sheet
metal workers, stationary engineers,
stenographers, wireless operators,
wood finishers, tractor • operators,
hospital dieticians, topographers and
many other lines of work training
which contributes to the military
.strength of the country.
In submitting information to the
U. S. Bureau of Education, and the
Federal Hoard of Vocational Educa
tion as to the capacity of the State
College to give special training along
the lines indicated, President Hol
land has stated that the college has
ample drill grounds for 1000 men,
should that many participate in the
HISLOP TO CONDUCT
BIG BRED-EWE SALE
W. S. C. Animal Husbandman Will
Dispose of MO Bred Ewes at Spo
kane Thursday, March 7
An auction sale of 850 bred ewes
is being advertised by Prof. William
llislop of Pullman to be conducted
at the Spokane Union stock yards on
Thursday, March 7. The ewes are
consigned by Prof. Hislo pand Ross
Howard of Moscow, Idaho, and the
sale will be conducted by George
Cue and Harry C. Cranke, live stock
auctioneers. The consignment in
cludes 200 Rambouillet ewes, five
and six years old; 250 Cotswold and
Lincoln ewes, two to six years old;
200 Shropshire ewes, two to six years
cd, and 200 full blood Lincoln ewes,
two to five'years old.
Prof. llislop, who for the past
three and one-half years has been
head Of the department of animal j
husbandry at the State College of |
Washington, has resigned his posi
tion, to become effective March 1,
and will open a sheep commission
office at the Spokane Union stock
yards, He. is recognized as the fore
most authority on sheep in the
Northwest.
military side of the training; and i
that 2000 men can be accommodat
ed in college dormitories and private
homes and rooming houses of the
town, or, should military discipline
be maintained, 2000 could be accom
modated on the college campus with
the aid of some additional military
equipage which likely can be bor
rowed.
The dozen or more lines of work
mentioned in President Holland's re
port, in which the State College is'
prepared to give special war training;
at once are gas engines, n.'lio signal
ling, auto repairing, electrical repair
. work, clerks, stenographers and typ
ists, draftsmen, blacksmiths and ma-.
I chinists. With some slight reorgani
zation, many other lines of the gov
ernment war work can be provided'
for, if necessary.
President Holland "as informed
the Federal Board of Vocational
I Education which is co-operating with
i the War Department in perfecting ar
! rangements for the sending of enlist
ed men to the land grant colleges
and universities of the country for
special training, that the equipment!
of the college will be at the disposal j
of the government for this, war-time
training on May 1, if desired, but has
urged that the number sent to the
college be sufficient to justify the
overhead expense of operating the in
stitution, which will be as great for;
a few hundred soldiers as for a thou-:
sand or more.
In the event that the soldiers are j
not assigned for special war training!
to begin May I, the present college
term will continue till May 23. Final
examinations will be from May 23
to 29, followed by the opening of the
sum 1 school.
KIMM HAS RESIGNED; i
! MAXWELL APPOINTED!
Vacancy in Office of County Auditor
Will Bo Pilled by Popular Hanker
of Palouse '
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J. J. Kimm, who was appointed to
the office of county auditor to fill
the vacancy caused by the resigna
tion of A. R. Metz, has resigned the'
office and entered the service of the
government In the ordnance depart
ment. His resignation was accepted
by the county commissioners, who
appointed A. L. Maxwell of Palouse
to fill out the unexpired term.
Mr. Maxwell has been a resident
of Palouse for about 13 years, hay-
ing come there from Wisconsin to
take the position of superintendent
of the big sawmill formerly operat
ed at that point by the Potlatch |
Lumber company. Of late he has
1 been serving as vice president of the
■ National Bank of Palouse. tic Is a
, republican in politics and has the
reputation of being a first class cler
ical and business man. He assumed
his duties as county auditor this
week.
Mrs. E. W. Thorpe is visiting rel
atives in Spokane.
REPORTS OX LIGHT HKAIUNOI
lb P, Staley, who represented the
ihamber of commerce at the recent
lei trie rates hearing held before the
public service commission In Kpo
tane, ported to the chamber Tues
lay. Figure! presented at the hear
-11.-' by the Washington Water Power
'ompany indicated that the receipts
or electricity in Pullman aggregated
ipproximately 10,000 per year,
with expenses totaling some $13,000
■ early. The net receipts here re
urncd between 7:00 and 8:00 per
• nt on the local investment for the
Washington Water Power company,
Mr, Staley stated that the rates for
dectrlc current for lighting purposes
lere, 13 cents per kilowatt hour, are
is low or lower, than the prevailing
rates throughout the Inland Empire
Kill) CI IOSK TEA
The Pullman branch of the Red
Cross will serve cake, sandwiches,!
..- and coffee at the headquarters
Saturday, commencing at 11:30.
Women of the city are being solicited
or materia] for the "feed" and !
iveryone is invited to partake of the
refreshments and help swell the I
iiminished Red Cross exchequer.
Sandwiches, cake and tea or coffee
kill be served to all comers at 25
lents per plate.
CITY COUNCIL
A short meeting of the city coun
cil was held Tuesday evening. The
appointment of Dr. J. L. Gilllland to
fill the vacancy caused by the res
ignation of Dr. E. T. Patee, was
confirmed and he was instructed to
continue the tests of the milk supply
of the city. A warrant was ordered
drawn in favor of W. L. LaFollette
to reimburse hi in for the cement
sidewalk in front of his home, which
was torn out to conform to the re
grade of California street.
FORMER HERDSMAN
LOST ON TUSCANIA
Alexander McAlister, Herdsman Here
for Two Years, Ibises Life With
in Kitty Mite-- of Birthplace !
i
i
Hope entertained by friends of Al
exander McAlister, for two years a
herdsman in the employ of the di
vision of animal husbandry, that Mc-
Alister had escaped transportation to
France on the ill-fated Tuscanla by
reason of transfer to someSDther com
pany than that in which he enlisted,
was abandoned Monday when J. 11.
Gooding, collage florist and close
friend Of McAlister received word
from the war department to the ef
fect thai McAlister was on board the
Tuscanla, has not been listed with
the survivors and is supposed to be
among the unidentified dead. Mr.
McAlister enlisted in Co. E, Sixth
Battalion, 20th Engineers, early last
December, and left Pullman with
Charley Hanson and Joseph Knott
for Washington, D. C, where they
were In training for several weeks
previous to sailing. Knott and Han
son have been listed among the sur
vivors, but the name of McAlister
has not been included In any of the
lists, either survivors, lost or miss
ing, up to the present time, and hopes
were rife that he had been transferr
ed before the Tuscanla sailed.
Mr. McAlister was employed by I
the animal husbandry division for
nearly two years previous to his en
listment, at first having charge of j
the horses and later the whole of the ]
college livestock. He groomed the!
college animals for show purposes
arid became well known to many live
stock exhibitors of the Northwest
through his connection with the col- 1'
lego's •show stock." In 1916 Mr.
McAlister established a record when
he went to Portland with four W. S. I
C. horses, bringing back three first t
prizes, one second, and two cham
pionships. He was on expert horse-
man and very popular with the stu
dents of agriculture.
Mr. McAlister was a Scotshman by
birth, emigrating to British Colum
bia 10 years ago, during which time
he had not visited bis native land. |
His homo was at Rothesay, just 50
miles northeast of where the bodies,
af the American soldiers were found.'
NUMBER 18
ALL WELL AND HAPPY
BACK OF THE LINES
Harold Henry Writes Regarding
Mollis mid Rats in the Sunny
Ijukl of France
or and .Mrs. M. D. Henry have re
ceived another letter from their son,
Harold! in which he says:
In France, Jan. 21, 1918.
Dear Folks:
You probably think our letters are
few and far between. Well, they
tire, but it pan not be avoided. We
have to wait until we have something
to wtlte about and that something
can not be military In any shape or
form. So far i have rjeen real busy
scouting around over the country,
and humming around in general. We
fellows have no special duties to per
form at present, so we take hikes
every day. We try and make differ
ent points of interest, each time. We
went through the grave yard one day
and one would think from the dec
orations that it was a Chinese tea
garden. On all of the graves thero
were wreaths of flowers made in
bead work and celluloid. It is truly
wonderful work. Then there are
preserved flowers in glass cases.
There are some large tombs that are
decorated up in great style. Then
just outside of tin- wall is the Amer
ican graveyard. It is to be improved
and a monument erected by the
French. Another point of Interest is
a little village a few miles from here
which is several hundred years old,
and is sure some place. The houses
all have thatched roofs, or red tile.
The -ireets are crooked, narrow
and dirty; but the people are surely
fine. We stopped there for dinner,
arid it was the finest meal I have had
since leaving home. We had head
cheese, egg omelet,' cheese, French
fried potatoes, wine, bread, pork and
chocolate, and it was cooked in one
of those big fireplaces like you read
about. When we got to the village
everyone was out looking us over.
We were the first American soldiers
that had been there. Well, we went
into an inn and made our wants
known. They did not have what we
ordered, but they rustled it and. be
lieve me, it was certainly fine.
After leaving the village we were
mosleing along and came to an old
mill. It was running, so we went
In and looked it over. It was run
by water power and had two large
millstones: one was stationary while
the other turned slowly. It had a
capacity of 16 sacks of wheal a day
when running its maximum. Just
outside the mill we met a girl bring
ing some grain in an old ox cart.
So you see we ate in a country full
of new sights to us and a lot to see.
So far 1 have only received one
letter from .Mother. I don't know
whether my mail is going to the
147 th or not. but it is a cinch I am
not. getting it. Ernie and I have
been separated here, but will be near
each other again soon, then we will
be able to trade mall and see each
other often. When we leave this
place we will go to one of France's
beauty spots. Lieutenant insinger
says it is one of the prettiest valleys
In France and, as he has traveled
over most of France In an auto, he
is saying something for I have seen
a few beautiful places already.
I am getting to be a regular
Frenchy. 1 I can pretty nearly tell
when they are hostile and when they
are peaceable. As far as eats go
there is no need of telling you that I
can succeed very nicely in getting
plenty to eat. There Is one thing
thai bothers the Americans when
they come here and that is trying to
ask for a sandwich. The French
never heard of such a thing. So
when we want a cheese sandwich we
say "Le pain dv fromage," or bread
and cheese.
You have perhaps already heard
through the papers that our division
is being used as a replacement di
vision, and that may mean that our
brigade may be broken up, but the
officers think not; in fact, they are
quite confident that our headquart
ers will remain Intact. I am sure
praying that they are right. Ernie
and I may be separated for short per
iods, so you had better write to us
each separately, and when we get to
gether we can trade mall, but letters
are too few and far between for us
to wait, so write as often as you can.
HAROLD HENRY.