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The Pullman Herald
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; IDS BIG SESSION
mission of Wheat Prices, Roads
m Farm War .Measures Feature
Sessions of Whitman Pomona
No. a
A discussion of the price to be re- j
ceived by the farmers of this county
tor the 1918 wheat crop featured the
session of Whitman County Pomona
Grange No. 2, held Friday at Pull
man. The Whitman county farmers
will receive close to 15 cents per
bushel more for their wheat this year
than last, according to deductions
made by the ('.range members after
wheat prices, freight and shipping
rates and warehouse charges had
been considered. The 1918 price of
M.28 at New York will mean that
He Whitman county farmers will re
ceive approximately $2.20 at Port
land, on a No. 1 Northern basis, or
approximately $2. OS at interior
points. This will mean that Red
Russian, the wheat mostly raised in
this county, will bring in the neigh
borhood of $2 at interior points, with
the harder wheats a few cents higher.
i Grangers from every part, of the
:ounty were in attendance at the ses
sion yesterday, interest being greater
than that displayed for many years.
Twenty-eight new names were added
to the Pomona membership by initia
tion, while lb were reinstated to
membership.
J. W. Haines and XV. W. Robert
son, in discussing tin- question of
better roads, urged sand and gravel
roads in preference to the higher
priced highways, with a wider sur
face wherever practicable.
The elimination of constructive
road work until after the war was
lrged by Senator B. c. McCroskey of
.arfield, who pointed to the fact that
ill available labor will be needed to
larvest the grain crops and take care
nf the other farm work.
The possibility of securing the
1319 session of the State Orange for
Pullman was discussed and the Po
mona voted to exert every effort to
assist in securing the convention for
the college town.
"The question is not of doing
What you can best afford to do, but
what the government can best afford
(to havo you do," said William Good
year of Pullman, in speaking on the
subject "Farmers and the War." Mr.
Goodyear took the position that dol
lars and cents should not be consid
ered by the farmer during the time
of war as paramount to the needs of
the government and its allies, say
ing: "This war can not be won with
out tremendous sacrifices, and these
sacrifices must be made not by one
f'ass, but by all classes alike."
The state plan for increasing food
Production as a war measure was
Alined and discussed by Director
*■ S. Thornber of the extension
Service of the State College. The
methods to be employed by the col
lege in increasing the food supply
*re outlined by Director Thornber
»s follows:
'■ Special bulletins prepared
"gely by men,hers of the faculty of
college of agriculture, experiment ;
i,at'on and extension service.
2- Press articles distributed to all
'apers and numbered as "War
Emergency Food Supply Bulletins,"
lnd signed by the several writers.
"'■ Posters.
■»< Extension schools.
*• Institutes and local demonstra
lons.
*5- Boys' and' girls' clubs.
"•■ Cow testing associations. Ten
esters and over 20 associations in
as state.
,->• Personal visitations.
'• Extension News Service (ls
tte<l semi-monthly). .
10- Illustrated lectures (to be
)&ned to individuals and organiza
on). ß
Jo co-ordinate all these agencies
a« see that every part is attended to
11 "me, the State College will desig
ate a committee from its staff, one
,e mber to give his entire time to the
ork.
The planting of wheat in the or
jards was suggested by Director
bomber cs one means by which the
inner can increase his wheat pro
nation this year.
Devoted to the best interests of Pullman and the best farming community in the Northwest surrounding it.
KLEMGARD BUYS
BRYANT RANCH
Yesterday a deal was closed by
which .1. S. Klemgard became the
owner of the Nat Bryant place of 400 j
acres six miles southwest of Pull
man. The sale was negotiated by 11.
Folger and the price paid was $100
per acre. The place is well improved
with a modern house, good barn and
other outbuildings. This purchase
gives Mr, Klemgard 2240 acres of as
fine land as there is in Whitman
county, His son, Cordon, will move
into the house and farm the whole
ranch with his brother-in-law, C. O.
Slusser. Mr, Bryant will sell his i
farm outfit at auction and then move!
to Alberta, Canada, where he and
John Metsker purchased about 3000
acres of wheat land last fall.
Win. S. Shank, a si.., examiner of
the bureau of inspection and super
vision of public offices, is making
one of the periodical examinations of
the offices of the city clerk and
treasurer. lie has been busy check
ing the books for about a week and
thinks that it will take a couple of
weeks more to finish the work He
will draw $8 per day from the city
treasury for bis services.
GETTING READY FOR
NEXT LIBERTY DRIVE
Big Drive Will Start April 0 to Sell
Bonds to Raise Money to Carry
on the War
The next Liberty Loan drive will
-•art April 6 and every community
in the nation is beginning to organ
ize to make it a success. Wednesday
morning F. C. Forrest, who has been
appointed to head the drive in this
section of the county, called a meet
ing of the committee of business men
who conducted the two former
drives. The committee, which is
composed of F. C. Forrest. I). F.
i Staley, J, N. Emerson, W. L. Creena
walt, J. S. Klemgard, Lee Allen, XV.
C. Kruegel, T. A. Martin. F. O.
Brownson, M. I). Henry and Win.
Goodyear, reorganized by electing F.
C. Forres*, chairman and I). F. Staley
secretary. F. M. Slagle was added to
the committee.
Definite information as to the i
amount of the third Liberty Loan
and the rate of interest the bonds
will hear has not been given out by
the government, but it is gene -ally
believed that not less than five bil
lion dollars will be called for and
that the rate of interest will be 4 V 2
per cent.
In the two other drives the quota
of bonds assigned to each community
was based on the bank deposits.
This time the apportionment will be
based 50 per cent on the value of
the land in each community and 50
per cent on the bank deposits. Whit
man county has been divided into
three districts. F. C. Forrest will
have charge of the drive in the dis
trict including Pullman, Albion,
Johnson, Colton, Garfield, Palouse
and IJniontow'n. Ralph Comegys of
Thornton will have charge of Tekoa,
Oakesdale, Rosalia, Maiden, Pine
i By, St. John, Lamont, Farmington
and Thornton; If. 0. DePledge of
Co.fax will have .barge of Colfax,
i Elberton, Winona, LaCrosse, Hooper,
Steptoe, Kndicott. Maps have been
prepared showing the territory which
each town will canvass, so as to pre
vent any disputes.
The local committee has prepared
a card index, showing what each
resident of the city and tributary!
country has done up to date to help:
win the war in the form of subscrip
tions for Liberty Bonds or donations
for Red Cross and Y. M. C. A. work.
This record will be carefully kept up
during the war and will provide con
clusive evidence as to who are the
patriots and who are the slackers.
It was the sense of the committee
that all the details of the next bond
issue should be placed before the city
and country people through news
papers and speakers and then that
they should be asked to come to the
banks and subscribe for the bonds
between certain specific dates, in
stead of waiting for a soliciting com
mittee to visit them at their homes.
. Judge Neill was appointed to take
charge of the campaign of four min
ute speakers and advertising slides in
the moving picture theatres.
■
PULLMAN. WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, MARCH 8. 1918
Will Back Boys wilh the Colors
Relatives of Pullman Men lo Army
and Navy Plan to Organize to
Help Win the Win-
About 30 residents of Pullman.
each of whom has a husband, son,
brother or sweetheart serving in the
army or navy, met Monday evening
In the city hall to formulate plans
for backing up the boys with the
colors. The meeting was called to
i order by F. M. Slagle. who made a
strong argument on the importance
of convincing our fighting men that
their relatives, friends and acquaint
ances are back of them heart and
soul and are prepared to make any
necessary sacrifices to help them
win the war. lie read an article
from the Independent, written by
Edward Earle Purlnton, who asserts
that the boys in the trenches can win
but 4 0 per cent of the war and that
the remaining 60 per cent must be
' won by the folks at home. Tho ar
ticle suggested the following meth
ods by which the people of this*
country can help and encourage their
i men at the front.
1. By smiling when your dear one
leaves to join the colors.
2. By writing cheerful and fre
quent letters to him, full of home
news and your pride in flu- fact that
he is fighting for his country.
.'!. Confine your letters to the
boys whom you know personally.
The censorship rules forbid the men
of the expeditionary forces to corre
spond with strangers.
4. 'Send your boys the homo pa
pers, carefully addressed.
■". See that the boys receive lit
tle gifts once or twice a month.
6, Take an active part in fight
ing the German propaganda in this
I country, and refilling the false
i stories and rumors which are con
i stantly being started by German sym
pathizers.
i 7. Look for the best and be ready
1 for the worst, always remembering
■ that each of our boys has '.i I chances
in 100 to come back alive.
I Mr. Slagle urged that the people
who have relatives at the front
: should take a cheerful view of the
• wat and concentrate their thoughts
. upon winning it, instead of upon the
i hardships and dangers which it im
! : poses upon their loved ones. lie ar
. gued that an organized effort on the
; part of the folks at home would con
* tribute much to maintaining the de
■ termination and morale of the sol
■ diers and sailors.
Sergeant Puckett said that he
thought such an organization could
accomplish much good, but urged
that people should be careful in giv
• ing out information contained in un
censored letters written by relatives
i in the camps and navy bases in this
' country. Such Information reaching
the ears of pro-Germans may en
• danger the safety of our troops being
i I transported on railroads or sailing
I I for Europe.
RED CROSS LUNCHEON
SATURDAY, MARCH 16
Neighborly Neighbors (Tub to Have
Charge of St. Patrick's Feed to
Iks Served in Chamber of
Commerce Booms
The Neighborly Neighbors club,
composed of ladies residing on Sun
nyside hill, will have .barge of the
big St. Patrick's luncheon to be
served as a Red Cross benefit on Sat
urday, March 16. The trustees of
the chamber of commerce have of
fered the use of the chamber room,
tables and dishes for the affair,
which will greatly facilitate the serv
ing of the luncheon. At the meeting
of the Neighborly Neighbors club
yesterday committee! were named to
have charge of each phase of the
work and the ladies will leave noth
ing undone that might add to the
success of the occasion or result in a
few more dollars for the Red Cross
treasury. Luncheon service will start
at 1 1:00 a. m.. continuing until 7:00
o'clock. The ladies of the city will
bo solicited for sandwiches, cake and
other "eats." thus reducing the ex
pense to a minimum.
M. J. Chapman said that ho was
11 hearty sympathy with any move
nent aimed to arouse the people of
this country to win the war. He
thought that too often relatives of
the boys at the front waste their
money and energy in buying or mak-l
Ing gills which are absolutely use-!
less to the recipients and simply en
cumber the mail and freight service, j
J. 10. Lindsey expressed the idea .
that the people of the United states
occupy the same position to the
men at the front as the rooters do to
the players on a football team it
is our duty to pull for and encour
age our soldiers and sailors in every J
way possible and we should organize
our support, just as the rooters or
ganize to ,1,, effective yelling. He
said, thai he had never been in the
habit of joining organizations, but j
that be would gladly become a mem
ber of an organization aimed to back
up and encourage the men who aro
fighting In our defense.
Other short speeches were made
in favor of perfecting an organiza
tion, after which P. M Slagle was
elected chairman and J. E, Lindsey,
secretary. The chairman was au
thorized to appoint a committee to
prepare a constitution and by-laws,
and named M. J. Chapman, J. E.
Lindsey and Win. Goodyear. This
committee will report at the next
meeting, which will be held at 7:30
next Monday evening in the city hall,
when a permanent organization will
be perfected. Each one present was
urged to bring some either wife, par
ent, sister, brother or sweetheart of
a man with the colors.
REl> (BOSS NEEDS
MODE GAUZE WORKERS
The lack of sufficient gauze work
ers is hampering the work of the Red
Cross and all ladies who can do this
class of work are urged to report at
headquarters. Mrs. E. W. Thorpe,
chairman of the local branch, this
week received a letter from Bed
Cross headquarters asking that tho
local branch put all its time on hos
pital garments and gauze work. This
request is in anticipation of heavy
casualties during the expected big
spring drive and every effort is be
ing made to have a sufficient supply
of this class of hospital necessities on
hand for the injured "Sammies."
RIG WAGE INCREASE
That the County Farmers Union
has gone on record as favoring a 25
per cent increase in wages for com
mon farm help this year was the
statement made by .1. M. Reid at the
chamber of commerce meeting Tues
day. Last year the prevailing wage
for farm help was $40 per month
and keep, except during tin- harvest
season, when much higher wages
prevailed. This year, according to
Mr. Bold, the wage will be $50 and
keep.
MISS CRAIG BRINGS
MESSAGE FROM HOOVER
Colon of Women i*. i- Community
Conservation lv Hear Federal
Director of Rome economics
.Miss Agnes Craig, professor of
home economics at Washington State
College and a federal director for
food conservation for the state of
Washington, has just returned from
Washington, D, C, where she has
been in conference with the national
11 rectors of food conservation and
Mr. Hoover, and she will address the
Union of Women for Community
Conservation at its regular monthly
meeting to be held In the chamber
>f commerce room at the City Hall
next Wednesday, March 13. There
will also be a short report from the
It. d Cross
Seats will be provided for all and
•very woman interested in the vital
I nest ion of food conservation is
irged to be present.
.
J. S. Klemgard went to Garfield
ast evening to attend the meeting of
be Whitman county Farmers Union
.vhieh is in session there today.
HIGH SCHOOL PLAY
AT GRAND THEATRE'
Friday evening, March 16, at the
Grand beano, Pullman high school
will present the two-act farce. 'The
Fascinating Fanny Brown," a breezy
play written by Helen F. Bagg. The
play has been coached by Miss Flor
ence Davis, bead of the English de
partment of the high school, and an
excellent cast of characters has been
selected, The following is the cast:
Perclval Gale Ralph Nash
Billy Pearson Robert Douglas
Henry Dudley Charles Hamlin
Mrs. Caldwell Annie Merbrache
Audrey Caldwell. Catherine Mathews
Dorothy Dudley Joyce Steele
Florence Howe Marie Plasket
Mrs. Mofflt Nellie Krous
Mat ha Elizabeth George
The price of admission has been
set at 25c, with no reserved seats
Musi.- will be furnished by an eight
piece orchestra.
MONDAY EVENING CLUB
Judge Thomas Neill entertained
the Monday Evening club at his home
on State street last Monday evening.
The feature of the- evening was a
very interesting address on •Heredi
ty by President E. O. Holland.
PULLMAN MAY GET
BIG TRACTOR SHOW
Plans {Started for Securing North
west Power Farming Demonstra
tion—Tractor Men Pledge
Support
A power farming demonstration
that will draw farmers from all parts
of the Northwest will probably be
held in Pullman next June as a re
sult of a wide discussion on the sub
ject at the chamber of commerce
meeting Tuesday, participated in by
several representatives of tractor
manufacturing concerns, college peo
ple, business men and farmers. The
matter was broached by J, P. Fair
banks, professor of farm engineering
at the State College, who stated that
there is a great demand by the farm
ers for actual demonstrations of the
various types of farm tractors to en
able each farmer to Judge for him
self which typo of tractor is best fit
ted for his particular farming condi
tions.
Prof. Fairbanks suggested that a
large farm near Pullman be secured
for the demonstration, offering am
ple facilities for a demonstration of
the qualities of tractors of both the
wheel and track-laying types.
Representatives of several tractor
concerns, who are In Pullman for the
short course in gas engines and tract
ors, spoke on the subject, all pledg
ing their hearty support to the pro
posed demonstration and urging that
the plans be carried to a successful
culmination.
The matter was referred to the
agricultural committee of the
chamber, which will confer further
with the tractor representatives, col
lege officials and farmers and report
fully at the next session. A favor
able report is expected, the senti
ment being overwhelmingly in favor
of proceeding at once with plans for
the big demonstration.
BOOKS FOR THE SOLDIERS
Urgent requests for more books
for the army camps and cantonments
have been received In Pullman and
E. N. Clark, manager of the Students
Book Co., has volunteered to take
charge of the gathering and shipping
of the reading matter. It is urged
that all citizens who havo books of a
readable nature which they are will
ing to give to the fighting men leave
them either at the Students Store or
Watt's Pharmacy before March 20,
when the shipment will be made.
Dr. Bruce McCully, who had charge
of the securing and sending of the
flfsl lot of books, reported to the
chamber of commerce Tuesday that
the people of the city responded lib
erally, three large boxes being
shipped. He stated thai any read
able books are acceptable, with good
fiction of course, at a premium. Text
books and books of a scientific na
ture are also in demand.
W. C. Forrest went to Spokane
Monday to discuss plans for the Lib
erty Loan drive next month.
NUMBER 20
STATEWIDE PLAN FOR
INCREASED PRODUCTION
Bulletins of Extension Servce of
State College (Jive* I let led plan
for Creator Food Production
in CMS
Extension service bulletin No. 36
of the State College, now in press,
Innumeratos the state plans for in
creasing food production for tho sea
son of CMS and will be sent free of
charge to all who request It. The
bulletin is of 16 pages and was writ
ten by George Severance, vice-dean
of the college of agriculture and act
ing director of the state, experiment
station, and XV. A. Linklater, super
intendent of the Western Washing
ton experiment station at Puyallup,
assisted by other members of the col
lege faculty and station staff.
The definite aims In tho proposed
food production propaganda are, for
convenience, grouped under two
heads in the bulletin, statewide and
regional.
The statewide propaganda Includes
bettor tillage, better seed, utilization
of barnyard manure, vegetable pro
duction, fruit production, control of
| Insect pests, control of fungous dis
eases, pork production, poultry pro
duction, and farm labor. Each of
these items is touched in a general
way by the writers of the bulletin.
The propaganda for the wheat re
gions includes the urging of the seed
ing of wheat on all lands that should
normally be seeded for tho 1918
crop, the discouragement of seeding
on stubble land that should normally
be Bummerfallowed, and tho encour
agement of seeding wheat on some of
tho best land that would normally be
seeded to barley or oats.
The production of more rye In the
very dry sections will bo advocated,
and the importance of timely soil till
age will be emphasized. Pea and
corn production on the better class
of summerfallowed lands where tbu
rallfall -cods is Inches will be
urged. Due to the present price and
mark.-i uncertainty, the further ex
tension of bean production will not
be encouraged. Greater production
of swine and sheep, and campaigns
for the control of wheat and other
cereal smuts, the control of smut
fires in grain fields and tho eradica
tion of ground squirrels are Included
In tho propaganda.
The weeding out of boarders
through the keeping of Individual
cow records, tho raising of heifer
calves from good dams, tho immedi
ate destruction or early vealing of
unpromising calves, the production
of more green feed to keep the stock
in good condition during the dry
spell, greater use of silos and silage
and more economical feeding meth
ods are urged as measures for great
er food production for use In the
dairy regions of the state.
As available measures to be urged
for tho Irrigated regions are enumer
ated the breaking up of worn-out, un
profitable alfalfa meadows for the
production of potatoes, corn or sugar
beets, greater attention to Irrigation
methods, production of pork on al
falfa pasture and corn and tho feed
ing of beef on alfalfa hay and corn.
Sixteen agencies are named to as
sist In the statu- plan for promoting
Increased production, an enumera
tion of the various means by which
each agency may assist being given in
each case. These agencies Include
the extension service of the Stato
College, the two state experiment
stations, the college of agriculture,
state department of agriculture, the
Orange, Farmers Union, the press,
and the state editorial association,
banks, commercial bodies, railroad
companies, grain companies, seed
companies, various state agricultural
organizations, county agricultural
councils, county councils of defense,
and creameries.
Agencies for the conservation of
food, to deal with the canning, dry
ing and preservation of food pro
ducts, include the division of home
economics, with two statewide home
economics demonstrators and spe
cialists, three district club demon
strators, and eight county club dem
onstrators.
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Sampson en
tertained a number of neighbors at
an enjoyable card party Wednesday
evening.