VOLUME XXX UNIONTOWN-LEWISTON ROAD TO BE FINISHED Stated Highway Commissioner Allen Mays Thn-e-MUe Gap Will Be ] Finished Neat Year if .No Oilier Work Is Done ./The three-mile stretch of unim proved road between Lewiston hill i road and the Uniontown macadam will be improved next year, thus com pleting the highway, if it is the only road work done in the state, accord ing to State Highway Commissioner James Allen, who, with Harold Doo little, district engineer for the high way department, was in l'ullman Tuesday. The highway officials were just returning from an inspection of the unimproved gap, and state that the reports that the government Will not assist in financing the promised improvement are erroneous. Five thousand dollars still remains from the last appropriation, accord ing to Commissioner Allen, while the county has appropriated, by resolu tion, $2 0,000 toward the work, and a like amount is promised by the fed eral government. The three-mile stretch will require a considerable amount of concrete work, thus add ing materially to the cost of the im provement. Three concrete bridges. 30, 20 and is reel will be required, as well as a 12-foot concrete culvert. The cost of the improvement is esti mated at 138,000, but, under pres ent conditions, it would not be sur prising if this figure proves too low. An agitation looking toward the eai ly completion of the road was re cently stalled through the Pullman chamber of commerce. Senator H. C. .McCroskey of Garfield being the prime mover. A committee was ap pointed to investigate and the report of this committee that no national funds will be available for road work caused the work of the committee to lie abandoned and hope for the com pletion of the road prior to the end of the war was likewise abandoned. The state highway department, ac cording to Commissioner Allen, will follow the policy of attempting no new road work during the period of the war. The present levies, how ever, will be permitted to stand, and the funds thus accumulated will make possible a big road Improve ment program when conditions again become normal. The completion of the Lewiston-Uniontown road, how ever, is considered an essential, both by the state and national depart ments,, and will be accomplished as early as possible. All road work at tempted by a city, county or the state must be approved by the state high way department. The completion of the Uniontown road will provide a continuous im proved highway to connect with the magnificent Lewiston hill road, and will make good the promise of good roads advocates of the stato of Wash ington to the people of Lewiston that this state would do its part toward the excellent improvement by provid ing a hard surface road to the top of tho lull The announcement of the state highway commissioner will '•ring keen satisfaction to the people of eastern Washington and northern Idaho. M'llAl. OF JOHN YOUNG Funeral services for John Young, a Pioneer of the Pullman district, who died Tuesday at Vancouver, WaJh., from heart disease, were held here yesterday afternoon from Kimball's chapel, in charge of the Rev. R. C. Sargent of the Christian church. Mr. Young was 56 years of "**-'' and li survived by his widow and three children. The family left Pull man 14 years ago. One brother, Henry J. Young, resides west of Pull man. Mrs. Young is a sister of,J. S. and J. M. Klemgard of this city. •MRS. PRICE IMPROVES -Irs. A. R. Prlco, who wa*_ serious l injured in the automobile accident "J Rosalia last week that cost the life 0 Mr. Price and Mr; and Mrs. Hen el. is reported to be improving rap ay and expects to return from Ro _*"-'• to Pullman within a month. •*«• Price suffered a severely bruised P. hut no bones were broken. ____i_______yi____?ALD evo c best interest, of Pullman and the best farming community in the Northwest surrounding it. I "l LIBGRTY LOAN COMMIITEK ' D. F. Staiey, who will mange the 1 Fourth Liberty Loan campaign In the | Pullman district, has named the fol- ■ I lowing committee to assist him: Lee : Allen, .1. E. Barbee, .1. R. Brown, ,) ! 1 W. Darland. licit Davis. J. N. Emer son, F. C. Forrest, X. E. J. Gentry. I Win. Goodyear, W. L. Greenawalt, J, W. Haines. M. D. Henry, .1. S. Xl, m , gsrd, Andy Mael, T. C. Martin. A. It '■ Metz, Thos. Xeill. .1 X. Scott, J. .1 Staiey, Geo. 11. Watt, M; XV. Whitlow. The committee met last Saturday j and decided to appoint a sub-commit tee to hear and equalize any com-1 plaints regarding the allotment of bonds to individuals. TELEPHONE SYSTEM SOLI) A. T. West, president of the Mos cow, Idaho, and Davenport telephone companies and who controls a long distance line from Moscow to Spring Valley, has acquired a controlling in terest in the inland Co-operative Co. of Pullman. .1. C. Ruth will act as secretary and manager of the local system. SAYS FARMERS SHOULD BE GIVEN DEFERMENT County Pood Administrator Emerson Urges Necessity of leaving Young Farmers on the Farm Basing his contention upon the as sertion that the agricultural interests of eastern Washington, and particu larly Whitman county, will suffer Immeasurable harm through the present policy of exemption boards in placing In Class A young fanners without dependents, County Pood Administrator J. .V. Emerson, in a talk before the chamber of commerce Tuesday urged that concerted steps toward relieving the situation for fu ture drafts be taken at once. Ad ministrator Emerson asked the ap pointment of a committee to make a full Investigation and place Its find ings before the proper officials, and President. Neill named Mr. Emerson, Dr. B. O. Holland and G. H. Watt as a committee to undertake the investi gation. Administrator Emerson called at tention to the fact that through the reclassification of the registered men who had previously been given defer ment on agricultural grounds, an overwhelming majority, or over 90 per cent of the last two contingents sent from Whitman county were young farmers. Some of these, he said, were forced to leave their crops In the shock, and in some cases even uncut, trusting to others to harvest their grain. He pointed to the condi tion as a regrettable one, but at tached no blame to the exemption boards, who. he said, were merely following the instructions laid down for them. "We must have farmers on the farms." said Administrator Emerson, "and every effort should be made to relieve the situation, if our agricultural Interests are to be protected." Through the recent reclassification approximately 300 young farmers were elevated to Class A In Whitman county alone, and the places of many of these, according to Administrator Emerson, can no more be filled by available Inexperienced help than could the position of an expert In any line be filled by a layman, without resultant loss in output and disor ganization. On the other hand. Administrator Emerson urged that It is a patriotic duty to see that no young man Is ex empted on agricultural grounds who is not entitled to that exemption. "Such a man." he said, "should be pulled out of his pleasure automobile and sent to the front." FIRE DESTROYS BARN AND HAY Fire, caused probably by spantane ous combustion of hay. destroyed a large bam on the property of Mrs. Lida Dew, in the southwest outskirts of Pullman late Wednesday after t>oon. Several tons of hay and a quantity of grain were also destroyed. The property Is Just outside the fire Hmltfl end the strenuous efforts of a hastily organized bucket brigade were required to keep the flames from spreading to nearby structures. PULLMAN, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20. 1918 Program for Child's Welfare Days Xexi Monday and Tuesday nave '-ecu fixed as Child's Wel fare Days in Pullman ami the following program will be ren dered in the .Jackson block': Monday Afternoon, September 23 2:3o—' Feeding of Children'| Dr. M. .1. Beistel -:!•' "Outdoor Games" Miss Grace Douglass Leonard 3:00— of Temporary Teeth'/ Dr. A. A. Rounds 3"Ethical Training" Key. -I. \V. Uaualilau *i :3U— "Toys Thai Teach" ' 3:4s—''lnfectious Diseases" hi-, l. G. Kim-_ey Tuesday Afternoon, September 24 2:30— "Bathing" D,.. GUleland 2:4o—'.'Fundamental Traits of Childhood';; A. A. Cleveland 3.-00—Milk, the Protective Food" Miss Kdna Walker ' "Talk" D,. A . i; Hudson 3:3o—"Story Telling" Mix K. O. Kreager 3:45— "General Care of Children" Dr. *.*, A. Archer 4:00 "Reading I'm- Children" Miss Virginia.' Slagle There will lie exhibits of educational toys, good books, pic tures, dietaries for children of differenl ages, posters and charts. The Jackson block will be open from 10:00 a, in. to 12:00 in. and from 2:15 p. m. lo 5:66 p. in. -Music will be provided at each session ami sample copies of kindergarten song books will be on display. Mothers are urged to lake their babies to be weighed, meas ured and examined. Many have slight physical defects I hal can he remedied with little treatment. Some have apparent lv slight defects that without tmitraenl may develop fatally or to such a degree as to handicap them all their lives. The place of examination will be in the old Variety store room, across the street from the lion Ton. The room will be well equipped for the comfort of mothers and babies. The lime will be the same as that for the exhibition and programs, from 10:00 to 12:00 in the. morning and from 00 to 5:00 in*the afternoon, Monday and Tuesday, September *-''' and 24. Bankers-Farmers Meet Nov. 8-9 Dates Set for Third Annual Conven tion— Prominent Speakers Al ready Secured for Program The third annual banker-farmer convention, under the auspices of the State Hankers association, will be held at. the State College on Friday and Saturday, November _ and 9, ac cording to announcement, made by Prof. C. A. Isaacs, chairman of the faculty committee in charge of the event, A committee from the cham ber of commerce will co-operate with the college committee and bankers | in making arrangements for the con vention. Two speakers of national i Importance have already accepted Ruin In Its Wake '■'V^_i f-u3-i Hs*^^^ ._^,y_'%-»>^f*-»- v_l_fl [qKS^-s^ BBa _^^_MBank_^___tj_________h____w^w^__^__^__^__^__^__99i^9 V^_^_r Jl H.w_Bk-rL "^( *^, %_ * ' __3*__SS|j_^^ ""^sr^Hßyte- ','.; J^-__Sfcw^^_a-^-Kfl^^iS-K9si 4__B BB^- r ■RfcflL. (mW^^s^ -W^^^is+ti' -*%. *"**" r '____ \i~mr ' *kWW _^_^_t '•* 'mdm 'mi^mmm "Five Million Men in Fiance!" • If the Americans at Cantigny, at Chateau Thierry, along the Marne and around Soissons, has proved a whirlwind which yon Hindenburg could not withstand this year, what will be the German terror when "Forward to Victory*' ring, out next year to armies that hide the plains. , The rich blood of sacrifice already strengthens the soil ot American resolution from which will spring the flower of triumph. The sacrifice abroad must be met by sacrifice at home. No effort we at home can make will approach the price paid willingly by those who do not return from the battle for Democracy. Register the measure of your support by your oversubscrip -"«„ «f your ouota of the Fourth Liberty Loan. places on the two-day programs, these being Prof. T. N. Carver, head of the depart nient of agricultural ec onomics of Harvard University, and Dr. 11. .1. Waters, editor of the week ly Kansas City Star and formerly the president of Kansas Agricultural College. While these men will be the leading speakers, a large num ber of other speakers, experts in their lines, will be given places on 1 he programs. LiriLt; (.11;i. mis • Bessie D., the two-year-old daugh ter of Mr. ami Mrs. F. J. Kinder, re siding north of Pullman, died on Wednesday morning from litis. funeral services were held yesterday from Kimball's chapel. 1"T1,1.*.1A.\ MEN WON In 'he stock Judging contest at the l Interstate Pair held in Spokane Be_i I tern ber 2 to 7. .1. 11 Gooding of the veterinary science department and j Cecil Sly of the animal husbandry department 01 the State College tied for first place, scoring 86 per cent each. The first and second prizes 1 were equally divided between them. ; Homer Collins of tho agricultural de partment won third place and other ( W. S. C. students also did some good Judging. The college herd made a line showing, winning two grand champion ribbons, two champions, 16 first prizes, seven seconds and two ' third*. HAUL) S« ALIMCI* David S. Troy is Buffering from a badly scalded leg. Tuesday morning he was taking a double boiler off the electric range when part of the scald ing water was spilled on the front of his left leg. pealing off tb,. skin from the knee to the ankle. While the burn is very painful he is getting along as well as could be expected. LIEUTENANT ROBERTS INSPECTION OFFICER Popular Detachment Officer (liven I'osiliDii „| l;es|M.llsilii|ity as !{•■ ward of Merit —Reports -it Missoula First Lieutenant John Dudley Rob crts, adjutant and court officer ol the Slat;' College training detach ment and In command of A company, has been elevated to the rank of in Bpectlon officer and left Sunday for Missoula, .Mont., where be will under- take bis first work Lieutenant Rob erts is assigned to inspection work for the various students' army train- ing corps now in operation and to be established at. all the principal educa tional Institutions and ii is expected that the work will bring him to Pull man frequently. The honor accorded to Lieutenant Roberts is a signal one Inasmuch as it is very seldom that an officer of lower rank than captain is assigned to inspection work, and conies to the officer as a reward of merit. Lieutenant Roberts is a form er student of the State College. His departure from the State College de tachment is keenly regretted by every man of the detachment and the peo ! pie of Pullman. It is said that only the youth of Lieutenant Roberts de fers his advancement to the rank of captain. The training detachment will here after be known aw Section A of the Student army training corps, the col- lege section to be designated as See- | tion 11. Colonel Willis T. May will I be iii command of both sections, and : it is expected that the joint strength of the two sections will approximate 2000 men. / PILLMAX GIIYI. MAKRIKD Miss Josephine Reedy, niece of Mr. and Mrs. F C. Densow, Tuesday even ing became the bride of Zenas Arm | strong of Colfax, the ceremony being performed at the Densow home by [the Rev. J. XV. Caughlan of the | Methodist church in the presence of a few relatives and friends of the young people. Mr. and Mrs. Arm i strong will reside in Portland until spring, when they will remove to Wyoming, where the groom will have , charge of one of his father's farms. . .Mr. Armstrong Is a son of E. .1. Arm- strong, an early pioneer of Colfax I and now a resident of Spokane. The bride has resided in Pullman for sev eral years and for the past 13 years li a: made her home with her uncle i and aunt. RED CROSS ELECTION Nominations for the four offices of the Pullman branch of the Red I Cross including chairman, vice chair man, secretary and treasurer, will be made by ballot next. Tuesday. The polls will be open nt the chamber of commerce rooms from 12:00 until 0:00 o'clock^ The two ladies receiv ing the largest number of votes for the different offices will be declared the nominees and their names will appear on 'he ballots for the election which lb set for Tuesday, October 8. . ■■■. NUMBER 48 COLLEGE TO HAVE I SPACIOUS DRILL HALL ; ItegenU- Vote to Construct ilia Build ing for l so of .Soldier-Student-*— Instructors Assigned u> Army Work A spacious drill hall, 15ux_00 feet, will be constructed on the college campuß at once at a cost of $6000 for the accommodation of the hundreds of voluntarily inducted soldiers who will become members of the studeuts' army training corps at the Slate Col lege. This decision was reached by ilie members of the board of regents Thursday evening. Regent R. C. Mc- Croskey and President E. 0. Holland were authorised to find the most available location [or the new struc ture, and President Holland states that the building will he constructed either on the rear of the college campus or on ibe college farm. The matter of housing the student soldiers was left in the hands ot President Holland, who has not yet completed his plans. The regents engaged a number of specialists to give instruction along various lines to the soldiers of the raining detachment and members of the S. A. T. C. Prof. A. C. Abel was selected as superintendent of the au tomobile division of the detachment work and will have charge of the work in automobile construction. Prof, it. L. Steele will be in charge of the work in radio telegraphy, while Harry Nash vVas named to have charge of the carburetor laboratory work of the auto mechanics, truck drivers and motorcycle men. .1. W. Beyer will assist, in the electrical en gineering work, while Clarence John son will instruct In auto mechanics. It. .1. Davis will be in charge of the work in blacksmlthing and F. J. Wilde will Instruct In carpentry and general mechanics. J. E, Wetherall is engaged to lake charge of tho sheet metal work, while Prof. J. P. Pair bank will be returned from ('amp Lewis to take charge of the work in auto mechanics. Henry Ney will al so be returned from Camp Lewis and will be assigned to mechanics work, as will H. .1. Dana, now at Camp Lewis Bernhard Bens is made In structor in radio, as is also B. F. Bod well. George and Walter I lord of Rock ford will have charge of the 30 sur veyors who will bo trained at the college, while Prof. C. L. Hix was named as Instructor for the 20 topo graphical draftsmen. Prof. F. N. Bryant will have charge of the 20 topographical computers, and Prof. G. K. Thornton and Erl B. Parker will train the 80 general draftsmen. The regents elected Prof. H. A. Noyes of Purdue University assistant chemist of the experiment station. Prof. Noyes received his training at Massachusetts Agricultural College and was selected by the regents after a search covering almost a year. The resignation of Mi_s Carey D. Miller, Instructor in home economics, was accepted. Mrs. Myrtle Turnley of Rosalia was elected stenographer for the college of agriculture. HELPS MAUL WOMAN; PINED $00 Charged with assault and battery on Mrs. Myrtle B. Young, Frank Harter, who lives just northwest of Pullman, was found guilty and as sessed a fine of $99 and costs, ac cording to information from Colfax ytf-terday afternoon. The trial was held before Justice George Laßuo of Colfax Mrs. Harter, for whom a separate warrant was issued at the request of Mrs. Young, was tried later in the afternoon, but the re sult of her trial had not been learned here at the time The I"ar a!d was printed. Mrs. Young alleges that the dispute between the Harters and herself arose from a difference of opinion as to whom the rent on a residence Mrs. Young was renting should be paid. She alleges that Mr. Harter held her while Mrs. Harter applied her fists, blacking her eye and bruising her face considerably. Mrs. Young Is held In the highest es teem by all who know her, and the result of the trial only bears out tbe belief of her friends that she was made the victim of an unwarranted attack.