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VOLUME XXX
PYTHIANS HONOR
ENLISTED MEMBERS
_
Honor II"" of Kvon,ng Star Lod *
So. mO, K. of ■'-. Contains
Twenty-two Name* — Inspir
ing Ceremonies A (tend
Its Dedication
Inspiring ceremonies marked the
dedication Monday night of die
honor roll of Evening Star lodge, No
26, Knights of Pythias, containing
the names of 22 Pullman Pythians
»ho have enlisted in some branch of
,he military or naval service. With
the beautiful service flag, Its 22 stars
neatly arranged in triangular form,
symbolic of the order, the honor roll
was given the preferred place of
honor on the walls of the castle hall.
-A large number of Pythians and
their families, together with the rel
atives of members whose names
graced the honor parchment, attend
ed the ceremony and paid tribute to
the brethren who, in the words of
one of the speakers, "When their
country called, like Pythias, gave
• themselves, wholly and unreservedly,
to save the nation and their homes
iiid loved ones from a deadly peril
I and loved from only to destroy
which threatened not only to destroy
our freedom, but to enslave our
homes and our posterity in the bonds
of a military power."
The Impressive services were in
charge of Judge Thomas Neill, who
I served as chancellor commander, the
' other officers for the evening being:
Karl P. Allen, vice chancellor; W. A.
Lacey, prelate; R. M. VanDorn, mas
ter of the work. I-:. A. Pearce, keeper
of records and seal, and Lee Wen
ham; master at arms.
At the close of the ceremony, in
which each of the officers had an im
pressive speaking part, Grand Chan
cellor A. It. Metz gave an interesting
address, befitting ilie occasion lie
dealt with the principles of patriot
ism and loyalty upon which the order
was founded and has been main
tained since its inception 54 years
ago, impressing upon the members
the duty they owe tlie enlisted mem
bership and their country in the time
of strife.
An interesting feature of the even
ing was the display of 22 identifica
tion medals which the lodge will pre
sent to its enlisted brethren. Each
of the medals is inscribed with the
name of the soldier-member and the
number of the lodge, with a raised
Pythian emblem on the reverse side.
As a prelude to the ceremonies the
College quartet sang several selec
tions, the appreciation of those pres
ent being evidenced by the repeated
encores.
The names of the __ members,
fine of whom are already on the bat
tle front in France, are as follows:
Lieutenant George T. McMahon,
Camp Lewis, Wash.
Lieutenant Frank 11. Jenne, in
Prance.
Lieutenant Frank W. /ink. in
Prance.
Lieutenant Richard V.' Ageton.
Vancouver, Wash.
Lieutenant Clarence 11. (Irani. U.
s- A., Russian Railway Engineers.
Lieutenant L. T. Pate.- Medical
Cor Ps. Vancouver, Wash,
First Sergeant Claude Baucom,
* ranee.
C Harvey Drown. France.
Charles R. Wenham, France.
Nelson Vaughn, France.
| % Butler, France.
D- F. Panky, France. •
J ,(Jyd A. Lyle. Prance.
,r *in M. Allen, U. -a. S. Granite
,Ma'e, North River, N. V.
Maurice L. Hazen', Camp Lewis.
«ash.
Raiph Zumhoff, Camp Owen Ber
nlce ' Fort Bllbb, Texas.
• E- Chrlstrnan, Mare island, Cal.
icm.' W. Hooper, Radio Training
ghool, San Francisco.
tweo/ H. Gannon, Aviation Sec
,lon. Spokane.
J-ee Lukms, O. T. C, Camp Lewis.
. • J- Kimm, Ordnance Division,
*«tertow n , M ass .
J* D - Jlnnett, Walla Walla,
roll "-J 8 the 'atiol, of the honor
Event A' Pearce - X - of R. & S. of
notlf| Dg, Star lodge ' has received
the i l 0" that another member of
formed' a !: ,,lM\ Uull,h H- *°«*W«'
«M w emidoye of the Sanders
Jo tl ," Ungerfor<J stores, has enlisted
**« i„ Be,7' ,Ce- Mr * Rogers is a ser
in the cadet aviation corps and
The Pullman Herald
Devoted to the best interest, of Pullman and the best farming community in the Northwest surrounding it.
is temporarily stationed at Reserva
tion Point, San Pedro, ('al. His
name will be added to the honor roll.
This week a letter from the lodge,
enclosing the identification medal
r.nd a receipt for the current year's
clues, will bo forwarded to each of
the 23 men.
The Pullman branch of Ihe Red
Cross has received $28.85 from the
Clinton school, six miles east of
Pullman, the proceeds of a play and
pie sale given by the pupils of the
school.
SUCGOMBS SOON AFTER
DIAMOND ANNIVERSARY
Funeral services for Mrs. Mahala
Jane Lewis, aged 80 years, wife of
.1. 11. Lewis, and one of the earliest
pioneers of Whitman county, were
held Wednesday morning from the
Christian church, in charge of the
Rev. R. C. Sargent of that church.
The body was taken to Moscow, Ida
ho, for burial. Mrs. Lewis died at
the Northwest sanitarium Sunday
morning after an acute illness of only
a few clays. She is survived by her
husband, now 88 years of age, and
nine children,
.Mis. Lewis, then Mahala Jane
Dixon, crossed the plains from Illi
nois with her parents in *.'._, locat
ing in Marion county, Oregon. There
she met Mr. Lewis, who had come
west from Kentucky in 1851, and the
couple were married at Salem, Ore.,
on January 30, 18;".:?. Early in* the
seventies Mr. and Mrs. Lewis came
to Whitman county, locating on a
homestead near Johnson, eight miles
east of Pullman, where they have re
sided ever since. The aged couple
celebrated their diamond wedding
anniversary at the old homestead on
January 30 last, having rounded out
8" years of happy married life.
Eleven children were born of the
cn'on, tune of whom survive.
"HOME SUBSIDIARY"
WILL BE ORGANIZED
Meeting nt All Persons Who Have
Son, Brother, Husband or Sweet
heart in Service to Ho Held
Monday Evening at
city Hall
With the object of uniting in a
bond of union all persons in l'ullman
or vicinity who have a son, husband,
brother or sweetheart in the United
States service, a new organization
will he perfected in Pullman next
.Monday evening, to be known as the
Pullman Home Folks Subsidiary to
U. S. Army and Navy, American Ex
peditionary Forces." A 1 meeting of
till persons whose; son, husband,
brother or sweetheart Is now doing
service for Uncle Sam has been called
by F. M. Slagle, to meet at the city
hall at 7:. Monday evening, when
the organization will be perfected.
The purpose, as outlined by Mr.
Slagle in his call, is to take concerted
action to keep constantly and con
tinuously before our men what we
expect of them and an assurance of
our loyalty and sacrificial support
until it is accomplished."
The business of the organization,
under the plan proposed for adoption
by Mr. Slagle, will be* confined to an
exchange of information received
from the men in the service, sugges
tions for action on the part of the
organization to promote its objects,
and other matters having to do with
the welfare of the men in the service
and tho service itself. /
The organization will be supported
by voluntary contributions by its
members, and the password for each
member's admittance will be his or
her man's name as given at the time
application for membership was
made.
It is proposed that the organiza
tion have as officers a president,
secretary, treasurer and doorkeeper.
Much Interest is evidenced in the
proposed organization and it is ex
jected that a large crowd will be
present at the chamber of commerce
rooms Monday evening to assist in
effecting an organization.
PULLMAN. WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, MARCH I. 1918
Dargan Tells of Beautiful France
I ,
The People Maintain a Mask of
(iayety but Underneath Are
Terribly Sad
E. XV, Thorpe has received the fol
lowing interesting letter from M. P.
Dargan, former football star on the
"prep" team:
Prance, .lan. _. J9lB.
Dear Thorpe:
Your good letter, written Novem
ber it;, arrived on Christmas day.
We were all doing our best to be
Cheerful, hut tin- irony of it all was
too obvious for comfort. Your letter
brought some real honest-to-good
ness cheer to me, however, and I'll
never forget it, old man. We did
our best to make thai day a cheerful
one, and in a measure, we succeed
ed, but somehow, everything fell just
a little flat. Your letter proved to
be just the needed condiment to give
the day a flavor that wasn't arti
ficial. 1 read it several times, di
gested all the news ii contained,
laughed genuinely at the first good
joke i have read or heard for five
months, then read it to the gang,
after giving them something of a bi
ography and sketch of E. VV. Thorpe.
You passed successfully, and your
letter met with much good comment,
all except the story, which was met
with cheers. You enjoy the unique
distinction of being one of Uie very
few civilians who ever received nine
rabs in a little two-by-four hut, given
by a bunch of weatherbeaten, leather
necked Sammies, somewhere in
France.
Above all.things that I have want
ed from the States was dope from the
old school, and news of the fellows.
Your letter certainly satisfied that
want. I wish you would do it again.
I wish I were able to tell you some
thing of the places 1 have seen and
the things 1 have clone since I came.
Service said something about danc
ing with the village belle and added:
"Where I've been will not matter
And what I've seen I won* tell."
It's just a little different with me.
I can't tell. I'd give my interest in
that corporation over which his Sa
tanic majesty presides if 1 were able
to tell you something of the cities
which I have always dreamed about
and lately seen. 1 spent several days
in England, in her wonderful cities,
and I have been five months in
France, during which time 1 have
seen some of her best. France is a
dream country during the summer
time, and a wonderful country the
year 'round. Of course the country
is a sad one, but the sadness isn't on
the surface. You have to get under
the crust to see it among the people.
I made it my particular business to
penetrate the crust the first few
months 1 was here, but I'm trying
not to see it all now. It's best that
way. ln another letter 1 will tell
you something of the sorrow that is
here. That is never an agreeable
task, and anyhow I feel rather light
hearted today. Of late I have learned
to try to keep that attitude when I
am fortunate enough to strike it.
Red Cross Clears $127 on Saturday Lunch
Luncheons to Be Held Monthly
Hereafter — Women's Clubs Asked
to Volunteer to Take Charge
The Red Cross luncheon served
hist Saturday at the headquarters at
Main and Grand streets netted $127
for the Red Cross treasury, over 400
people partaking of the excellent
luncheon. Sandwiches an.) cake in
profusion were donated by the
women of the city to feed the hun
gry citizens, all of whom felt that
they got more than value received
for their two hits. The luncheon
filled a long felt want of the business
men, who on Saturday are too busy
to go to their homes for luncheon.
.Mrs. E. XV". Thorpe, chairman of
the Red Cross, desires to continue
the luncheons, holding them at least
once each month. Mrs. Thorpe urges
that some club of the city take charge
of the affair each month, the articles
of food to be donated by the ladles
of the city and the club merely to
have charge of the serving. The
next luncheon will be a "St. Pat
rick's feed," to be served Saturday,
I wrote you a short note in the
middle of December, and 1 believe I J
head. ,] it 'Somewhere ln the .Mud."
The mud lias practically disappeared
now. The mornings are usually crisp
and frosty and the days quite sunny. I
We are hoping for that first hat
binger of spring, for spring, we are
told, is the season of seasons in I
Frame. If it is more wonderful than
the golden autumn that we saw, it
inns, be a rare season indeed To
picture France in autumn one must
take from California her climate.:
from the Sound country her wealth
of foliage; one must extract from the
Palouse tier finest feature —color
scheme —blend them all together and |
dot them with tenth century, old
world chateaux. You have the pic
ture of Prance.
The cities of France are beautiful
— the large ones. They have all the
gayet- for which they are so famous,
d.-spite tile war. 1 fancy thai the
'life" has been dampened somewhat
by the war, but the spirit and, let me
say unconventionally, of it is still
rather startling to the American. The
French are the master merry makers j
of the world. Making merry is their |
chief occupation, and they refuse to j
be foiled. Of course this type of life
is confined mostly to the amusement I
'centers of the great, cities. Away
from there it is different. l believe
that there is a greater difference be
tween the people of different parts of
Franco than there is between the
people from the extremes of our own
vast country, In so small a country
the complexity of national life is per
plexing, It is easy to perceive the
difference between the Parisian and
the Frenchman from the south, but '
it Is '"res defioile" to find a reason*
for the difference. 1 am afraid that I
most of our old sociological plati
tudes don't apply. Most everyone in '
Franco will tell you why the people j
of different parts differ so, hut no |
one will tell you satisfactorily.
Don't believe all the stories you
I bear, but it isn't likely you will be-
I lieve too much. I know that when Ij
get back I'll tell some of the gang a
perfectly true story, and they'll wait
until I'm through and then wonder
why it is that "that guy never was
able to tell the truth." If, in my,
previous career, I had established a'
reputation for veracity instead of for
"bull" I can plainly see now, that:
more success would await me in con- 1
vincing the brothers that I have? seen
strange things over here. And then,
too, I sometimes wonder whom I
will have to convince. Most of them
will see it for themselves before it
is over, 1 fear. Let's hope they don't. I
This letter has been written at odd j
moments. It was begun two days
ago. My last odd moment for today j
is gone. 1 will tell you more of my
"little hit" in this game next time.!
(live my best to all my friends. Tell I
them I hope to be with them again
sometime. Let me know if Ivan
Price is still at school. If he is 1
would appreciate a letter.
This is my fifth month in France.
With best wishes, yours
"SHANTY" DARGAN.
March 16, and some club is asked to
volunteer to take charge of this
luncheon^ Arrangements will prob- '
ably be made to hold the St. Patrick's,
feed and those to follow In the cham
ber of commerce rooms, although
definite announcement of place ami
time will be made later.
The luncheon last Saturday proved
the wisdom of the plan from a stand
point of finances. It Is either a
question of raising money through
this and other means or taxing the
people a certain amount monthly to]
provide funds to purchase the neces- j
sary supplies, and this plan is con
sidered much the better of the two.
i
I
OIL ARCHER BUYS
DR. HOLT'S BUSINESS]
.
D. E. A. Archer this week y pur
chased the osteopathic business of j
Dr. XV. L. Holt, as well as the oHice
equipment. Dr. Archer will continue
to occupy his suite of rooms In the
Emerson building. Dr. Holt will ,
probably locate In Seattle, but will
remain in Pullman until the Ist of
April ...
RED CROSS NOILS i
Mrs. I-:. W, Thorpe, chairman of
the local branch of the Red Cross,
went to Clinton Saturday evening
and addressed the members of Clin
ton Grange on Red Cross questions.
An unusual demand for | auze
work has . ..us, i the local chairman
to issue an appeal for assistance in
thh- department. Great quantities of
gauze bandages and other surgical
dressings an now required at the
'ion' and workers in this depart
ment are greatly needed.
CHAMBER DECLINES
TO PROTEST TO LISTER
The Pullman chamber ,d' com
merce Tuesday refused to grant the
request of the Dayton commercial
club for a negative vote and protest
to Governor Lister on the proposed
construction of an office building
for the state capitol when the busi
ness men adopted, with only one dis
senting vote, tho report of the legis
lative committee, to which was ap-
ii.led a motion to table the com
munication from Dayton.
The committee gave a detailed
statement of the facts of the case, re
porting that the plan is meeting with
well defined opposition only because
it is a part of the capitol commis
sion's plan for the improvement of
the capitol grounds which, in its en
tirety, will cost only $.".,,10,i,,m0,
while another plan, known as the
Welder plan, would cost some $15,
--000,000, thereby resulting in a great
er Improvement for Olympia, but a
greater cost to the taxpayers. Tlie
I .i 17 legislature authorized the levy
of one-half a mill for capitol im
provement purposes, according to
the report of the committee, and Ibis
money can be used for no other pur
poses. This one proposed building,
according to the committee, is the
only unit of the $5,000,000 plan
which is contemplated for the near
ere.
————
G. A. R. AND W. R. C.
GUESTS OF SCHOOL
Service Flag, With Seven Stars, Pre.
sen by Ladies of the Relief
Clips—Patriotic Program
Given
As a fitting close to the National
Week of Song, Thursday. February
21, at 2:00 p. m. the Pullman high
school received as honored guests the
members of the Women's Relief
Corps and the Grand Army of the
Republic-, and all soldiers of former
wars and their wives or widows, j
A large representation was present
from the local organizations, the
W. R. C. and Die (i. A. R. attending
in a body. The high school orchestra
opened the program with three selec
tions from the popular war melodies
of the present struggle. In the decla
matory part of tin- program, selec
tions were taken from the three crit
ical periods of American history, the
first being from Lee's famous "First
i:'- War, First in Peace," the second,
Lincoln's Gettysburg address, and
the third our own President Wilson's
"The Nation Needs All of Its Men."
The rest of the program was whol
ly musical, consisting of selections by
the boys' glee club, the mixed glee
club, and the entire high school
chorus. All the songs were of a pa
triotic nature.
The occasion was brought to an
impressive close by the presentation
ot a high school service Hag in honor
of the seven boys who laid clown
their books and volunteered to go In
defense of the colors, by Mrs. Aken
in behalf of the local relief corps, fol
lowed by the flag salute and "God
li!.-.-,-, Our Splendid Men." The
honor roll consists of Robert Cox,
Dewey Lingg, Roy Morse, Lee Stone
md Ora Emert from the high school
md Klden Coffee and Howard O'K.-l
ey from the grades. Only those
students were counted who were en
rolled at the time Of enlistment.
At the close of the exercises the
quests were invited to attend a bas
ket ball game between teams picked
rom all boys who were not on the
first team. This furnished great
imusement and showed the old vet
erans that there was still mettle in
he youth to call upon if need be to
.'rush the Kaiser.
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NUMBER 19
KLEMGARD TELLS OF
TRIP TO WASHINGTON
■_M-M-M-___B
.1. S. Klenigartl, Member of Delega
tion Sent to Washington in In
terests of Farmers, It- porta
to Chamber
An interesting report on the trip
and activities of the delegation
which recently went to Washington,
D. C, in the interests of the farmers
Of the Nortwest, was given before the
chamber of commerce Tuesday by J.
S. Klemgard, a member of the dele
gation. The efforts of the delegation
will probably mean at least $2.08 for
wheat at interior points in the North
west, or 13 .cuts more than the aver
age price received hist year, and Mr.
Klemgard was given an ovation when
lie arose to respond to the request for
a report.
Mr. Klemgard told in detail of the
work of the delegation and their
final sine ess after tin almost endless
chain of conferences with shipping
board members, Herbert Hoover, na
tional wheat men and other notables
who had an Interest in the case In
hand. At every conference the dele
gates were given little encourage
ment at first, hut as their 'case and
its merits became clear to the
national heads they warmed to the
situation and finally granted the re
quests of the committee for justice
to the Northwest wheat growers.
As a result of the visit of the dele
gation the shipping board established
a rate of $3.60 per ton on wheat and
$6 on flour from Pacific to Atlantic
ports. The board had previously
held that the actual cost of moving
wheat from the Pacific to the Atlan
tic was $11.50 per ton and that an
Increase over this rate might even be
necessary.
The delegation secured figures
from th.- shipping hoard showing
that 146 steel ships, aggregating
1,2411,150 tons, would he finished on
tho Pacific coast hy December 1, of
which 460,000 tons would be ready
by September 1 when the wheat be
gins to move. In addition, 138
wooden ships, aggregating 389,500
tons, aro building, and 94, aggregat
ing 185,000 tons, will be available by
September 1. This makes a grand
total available before December 1 of
1,007,050.
These figures, proving that ample
shipping facilities will be available
to transport the wheat, were present
ed to Wood Administrator Hoover,
along with the appeal of the farmers,
and his recommendation that the
$3.50 rate be established by the ship
ping hoard was carried out.
Mr. Klemgard explained the re
ports that all promises were off,
closely following the reports of the
success of the delegation, were due
to an error at Washington, and stat
ed that there was never any intention
of rescinding the agreement made to
the delegates.
The Pullman delegate gave a
number of interesting sidelights on
the trip, including the discomfiture
occasioned by the inability of the
[tarty to secure sleeping accommoda
tions the first night of their stay in
the national capital. He paid a trib
ute to the work of Food Adminis
trator Hoover, who, he says, is wide
awake to every situation and has
every detail of the many problems
confronting the nation in the matter
>l food production and conservation
well in hand. Mr. Hoover and the
members of the shipping board
ihowed every courtesy to the delega
tion, according to Mr. Klemgard, and
m every hand was evidence of a de
dre to play fair with the farmers of
•he Northwest.
Mr. Klemgard closed his report
a ith an appeal to the farmers of
his community and the entire North
vest to show their appreciation of
be favors granted by the national
leads by planting the greatest acre
ige in the history of the Northwest,
hus at once doing their duty in the
vay of assisting in food production
end proving their gratitude for the
airnoss of the shipping board.
The chamber of commerce Tuesday
Extended a unanimous vote of appre
ciation to the members of the North
vest delegation which recently se
•ered recognition for the farmers of
he Northwest at the hands of the
latlonal shipping board in the way
if decreased freight rates for wheat.