Pullman herald. [volume], December 06, 1918, Image 6

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CHAMBER WILL DIVIDE
RECONSTRUCTION WORK
Committees to Be Named to Look
'After Separate Phases of Big im
provement Program
With the adoption Tuesday of the
report of the special committee ap
pointed a the chamber of commerce
to digest the reconstruction program
undertaken by the chamber upon the
suggestion of .1. N. Emerson, the
various phases of the big program
are distributed to different commit
tees, and practically every member
of the organization will leave ,i con
crete part to take m the work under
taken. The report of the special
committee, which Included J. N. Em
erson, L. B. Wenham and William
Goodyear, provides tor tho disposi
tion of each of the suggestions as
follows.
Celebration for returned soldiers
and sailors -Special committee to be
appointed to have the celebration in
charge, the recommendation benlg
made that the celebration bo de
ferred until the bulk of tho men have
returned, thus avoiding the necessity
of several demonstrations.
Monument for fallen heroes—To
be referred to special committee.
Job for every returned soldier and
sailor— Referred to special commit
tee.
Man and family on every 320 acres
of land—Referred to special com
mittee, to include one. agricultural
man, one business man and one pro
fessional man.
Corn and pea cultivation to replace
summer fallowßeferred |to com
mittee on agriculture.
Road program —Referred to spe
cial committee.
Grist mill to produce flour and
breakfast foods — Referred to special
committee, Including F. M. Slagle,
Prof. Geo. A. Olson and A. R. Metz.
Adequate hotel building —Re-
ferred to special committee.
Park improvements—Referred to
special committee, with instructions
to co-operate with city and take steps
toward the employment of a park
caretaker for the summer months.
Better cemeteries—Referred to a
special committee to co-operate with
the city in locating and improving a
municipal cemetery.
LACEY WILL HEAR
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
■ : XV. A. Lacey, principal of the Pull
man high school, was elected chan
cellor commander of Evening Star
lodge, No. 26, Knights of Pythias,
as the business meeting which pre
ceded the memorial service Monday
evening. Other officers elected by
the lodge are as follows:
Vice Chancellor—J. W. Robinson.
Prelate—Thos. Lukins.
M. of W. — F. Oman.
K. of R. & B.—Claude I. Stone.
' M. of F.—lra G. Allen.
M. of E.—Roy A. Neill.
M. of A.- Alva Swisher.
Inner Guard— (',. A. Street.
Outer Guard—G. F. Fairchild.
Trustees—Ollis Pinkley and Karl
P. Allen.
A committee was appointed to
make full arrangements for a K. of
P. club room. The rooms and para
phernalia of the former Pullman
club will be taken over by the lodge.
NO DELEGATES TO PASCO
Although five delegates were
named by the chamber of commerce
Tuesday to represent the chamber at
the Eastern Washington Good Roads
meeting at Pasco, scheduled to be
held yesterday and today, none of
them will attend the meeting, due to
various reasons, chief of which is the
influenza situation throughout the
state. Colfax is in a like predica
ment, and none of her five delegates
will make the trip, as is also the
case with a number of other Inland
Empire cities. The delegates named
by the chamber were Representative
elect Frank K. Sanger, County Food
Administrator .1. N. Finer- Prof.
O. L. Waller, George 11. Watt, and
Dr. E. A. Archer.
WOODMEN ENJOY DANCE
The dance given last Tuesday
evening by tho Woodmen of the
World for their rubers and neigh
bors who are here with the S. A. T.
C. was enjoyed by * large crowd. For
those who did not dance card tables
were m de- available and were freely
patronised. Refreshments were
served late in the evening and all ex
pressed themselves as having had a
very enjoyable time.
Next Tuesday will be a business
meeting of the camp and as there are
several applications to be acted upon
it Is hoped that a large number will
be present.
INSURE WITH McCLASKEY
BRIEF LOCAL NEWS j
Hugh Hunt received a wire last
night stating that his father, S. V.
Hunt, had been seriously injured at
Gooding, Idaho, but giving no further
particulars. Mrs. S. V. Hunt left this
morning for Gooding.
Mrs. A. M. Troy is suffering from
a badly sprained ankle, the result of
a fall last Sunday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. .m. M. Waters, former
old time residents of Palouse, but
now located In Montana, have been
visiting their daughter, Mrs. A.
Spuler.
Mrs. .1. M. Haker of Colfax, who
has been visiting her daughter, .Mrs.
A. R. Metz, left Tuesday for Ceres,
Cal., where she. will spend the v inter.
W. 11. Miller went to Spokane
Wednesday on business.
Mrs. .1. O. Adams was called to
Buhl, Idaho. Monday by the death
of her brother.
W. P. Paullus expects to leave in
a tew d.tys for Southern California
to spend the winter.
Clyde! Hupp, formerly connected
with the First National bank here
and now assistant state bank exam
iner, was In Pullman on business the
first of the week, Mr. Hupp still re
sides at Oakesdale, but his work
takes him all over the state.
Lieutenant and Mrs. George T. Mc-
Mahon visited Pullman friends las!
Friday. Lieutenant McMahon was
on his way back to Camp Lewis after
taking instruction on the proving
grounds in New Jersey. As soon as
he has been mustered out he expects
to return to Pullman to reside.
Harry Nash was called to Tacoma
last Sunday by a telegram announc
ing the death of his father.
Mrs. E. A. Archer, who had been
at Dayton nursing relatives who were
suffering from Influenza, returned
home last Saturday.
Mrs. Dan Mcßae has gone to Salt
Lake City, Utah, to take care of her
daughter, Mrs. Howard Melville, who
is down with influenza as well as
other members of the family.
Lester O'Day came over from
Bremerton to spend Thanksgiving
day at. home.
The Union of Women for Com
munity Service will hold a meeting
in the .Masonic hall, over the First
National bank, on Wednesday, De
cember 11, at 2:30 p. m. There will
be a social half hour, followed by an
Interesting program. All women of
the community are urged to be pres
ent and mingle with their neighbors.
INSURANCE Talk with DOWNEN
LEWISTON .ENGINEER TO TALK
F. S. Rice, a Lewiston engineer
who has recently secured the water
rights on the horseshoe bend In the
Salmon river, will address the < ham
ber of commerce next Tuesday on the
possibilities tor developing power
from that project. Mr. Rice comes
to Pullhian upon the invitation of
the chamber, and the address is cre
ating much advance interest locally.
UNION THANKSGIVING SERVICE
The union Thanksgiving service
drew an audience which taxed the
Beating capacity of the M. E. church
and all joined heartily in the exer
cises. Short addresses were deliv
ered by Win. Goodyear, President
E. O. Holland and the Rev. W. A.
Spalding, and Mrs. Herbal sang a
beautiful solo. The offering amount
ed to $108 and will he donated to
the relief of the Armenians.
INLAND EMPIRE DENTISTS
A regular quarterly meeting of the
Inland Empire Dental association
was held in l'ullman last Monday.
Members were present from Colfax,
Tekoa. Garfield, Moscow, Idaho, and
Lewiston, Idaho. The afternoon was
devoted to cllnicc in the local dental
offices and in the evening a banquet
was served at the Maple. After the
banquet a business session was held
at which Dr. Gilbert of Lewistcn,
Idaho, was elected president, Or
Titll of Colfax, vice president, and
Dr. Bentley of Garfield, secretary
and treasurer.
NAVAL COMMANDER
SON OF PULLMAN LADY
Commander W. K. Wortman of
the "George Washington," which is
carrying President Wilson and his
party to the peace conference In
France, is a son of Mrs. Mar) Wort
man of this city and a brother of Mr-;.
C. R. Sanders, with whom Mrs.
rtman Is making her home. Com
mander Wortman has been In the
United States navy since he "as 10
years of age ami was in command ot
a U. S. 6estroyer during the war.
NEW GRAIN MAN
Gilbert Stairet, formerly connect
ed with the Northern Grain & Ware
house Co. of Colfax, has accepted the
agency for the same company at this
place, succeeding William Chambers,
who has removed to Portland.
Mrs. E. N. Clark received a tele
gram Tuesday morning that her sis
ter and her sister's husband were
critically ill with influenza at Mont
rose, Colo. At noon another tele
gram arrived announcing that the
husband had died. Mrs. Clark left
Tuesday evening to take care of her
sister.
Mis* Glenna Troy, who Is teaching
at Newport, is suffering from an at
tack of Influenza.
I The thank offering of the Worn
; en's Missionary Society of the Unit
ed Presbyterian church amounted to
108.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs.
McNamara of Oakland, Cal., on
Thanksgiving day. Mrs. McNamara
is a daughter of \. B. J. Gentry.
Prof. C. A. Isaacs came home for
Thanksgiving and spent a few days
with his family.
P. A. and 11. XV. Hodges made a
business trip to Spokane last Mon
day, returning home on Wednseday.
Thomas Lukins of White's drug
store went to St. John Monday in re
sponse to an S. O. S. call from that
village for a druggist to assist. in
fighting the influenza epidemic, the
St. John druggist being himself a
victim of the disease.
Mrs F. C. Forrest is recovering
from an attack of influenza.
The army Y. M. C. A. has asked
permission of the city council to ex
cavate a tunnel under Campus ave
nue through which to carry heat for
the now "V" building. The matter
was referred to the street and high
way committee.
Max Severs, who has been em
ployed this fall by W. 11. Pritchard,
left this week for his home tit Mil
waukee, Wis.
Miss Ella Alexander, head of the
domestic science department in the
Yakima high school, is ill with in
fluenza. ' .
Mrs. F. M. Slagle spent a few days
in Spokane this week.
Coach "Doe" Bohler. has returned
lo Pullman again to take up his work
at the Washington State College. He
had been at Princeton University,
i
where lie was qualifying as an in
structor in military physical exer
cises.
Richard Valentine Ageton is the
name of a brand new baby boy who
was born to Captain and Mrs. Rich
ard V. Ageton at Seaside, Ore. Capt.
Ageton is now stationed at Clatsop,
Wash.
The lights committee of the city
council is investigating the urgency
of tho need for wo additional street
lamps on North State street, one near
the bridge and the other on Military
hill.
PROMIT INSURANCE
SETTLEMENT
Mrs. Chas. B. Miller has received
$7014. 2 from the Downen Insur
ance company, agents for the Hart
ford Insurance company, as indem
nity lor the accidental death of her
husband, which occurred on Novem
ber 20. The policy was for $7500
and the weekly indemnity and surg
ical fees amounted to $114.28. The
adjustment was made by George XV.
Carey of San Francisco, Cal.
NO MORE SURGICAL DRESSINGS
A recent order from Red Cross
headquarters in Washington, 1). C,
authorized the discontinuance of
surgical dressings work except that
already out in chapters and branches.
The allotment now on hand in the
local branch must be shipped not
later than December 11, finished or
i unfinished. It will require a large
i force of workers every afternoon,
Saturday included, to gel this work
finished.
TEKOA WANTS NURSES
An urgent call for nurses to help
Tekoa combat the influenza epidemic
was received Thursday by .Mayor
William Swain from the mayor of
Tekoa. Similar calls have come re
cently from Almira and other affPc.
ed communities, but there is a dearth
of nurses both trained and practric
al. locally, nearly all of those who
. assisted during the epidemic here
, having left the city. A few case.-} of
influenza are developing in Pullman
from day to day, but the situation :'s
not "OKfldered alarming at this
Line.
i
. MEMORIAL SERVICE
Memorial services in honor of Sgt.
Frank .1. llamelius will be held Bun
, day morning, December 8, at the
; M. E. church. All members of F. &
a M. and O. E. S. are requested to
meet at their hall at 10:00 a. ra.
FRED C. DENSOW, W.M.
Family washings, no Ironing:
called for and delivered. Call at 207
5 Jackson St. dec 6-20
i
'I Cauliflower for Saturday at San
ders Grocery. Phone 39. .!.•.-<;
NO MORE CLASSES
FOR S.A.T.C. UNITS
Class Work Discontinued While De
mobilization Ij* Under Way—
Iteguhir College Classes as
Usual
To preclude the possibility of Mi-
Other serious outbreak of Spanish In
fluenza or other disease among the
1200 men of the State College S. A.
T. 0., orders were issued Wednesday
closing down class work for the mil
itary men for the remainder of the
period of training. At the same time
the men of the military units were
forbidden to attend public gatherings
or theatres, although they will other
wise continue to enjoy the freedom
of the city. While the new cases of
influenza are very few and the situa
tion is not alarming, the measure
was adopted as a means of insuring
the continued good health of the
S. A. T. ('. men while the demobiliza
tion of the corps is being effected.
The orders do not affect in any
manner the 500 or more regular stu
dents, including tho girls and non
military students, who will continue
their class work under the same pre
cautions which have been exercised
since the ban was lifted two weeks
ago. All of these students who show
symptoms of illness are at once seg
regated and their cases watched care
fully for developments. There are
but four or five patients in the col
lege hospital at the present time.
The work incidental to mustering
out the military men has been de
layed by the non-arrival of discharge
blanks, but started yesterday. No
man will be discharged unless phys
ically as fit as when he enlisted.
INSURE WITH McCLASKEY.
WINS JUNIOR RIFLE
CORPS MEDAL
Charles Carpenter of this city,
with a score of 212, has been award
ed the marksman medal and diploma
offered by the Winchester Junior
Rifle Corps, a recently formed na
tional organization to promote shoot
ing among the boys and girls in
America.
Marksman and sharpshooter med
als are offered by the Winchester
Junior Rifle Corps to any hoy or gi
not over 1 8 years of age. A score of
li out of a possible 25 on ouch of
10 targets wins the marksman me
a' , and a score of 24 out of a possible
2.7 on each of 1.7 targets wins the
sharpshooter medal. The targets
must be shot on «. 50-foot range.
Lee Allen has been appointed lo
cal representative of the corps and
any boy or girl may register at his
store and secure membership certifi
cates., official button and targets.
PULLMAN BRANCH
OF COLLEGIATE ALUMNAE
' The Pullman branch of the Asso
ciation of Collegiate Alumnae had
its first meeting on last Saturday,
It was preceded by a luncheon served
by the women of the Presbyterian
church. This was followed by toasts,
Mrs. Kruegel, the president, acting
as toastmistress. She introduced the
officers in turn and each one respond
ed happily. Mrs. G. C. Robinson,
vice president; Mrs. Margaret Boyle,
secretary; Miss Leila Hunt, treasur
er; Dean White, councillor; Miss
Barbara Drum, chairman of program
committee; Miss Bean and Mrs. Car
penter, members of the finance com
mittee. Dr. Alida Degeler was elect
ed chairman of the membership com
mittee in place of Mrs. Isabel Mur
dock, who has gone to France.
Several important matters were
considered, among them that the
branch endeavor to have the scope of
government employment agencies in
clude all vocations for women; also
that a committee be appointed to aid
in the entertainment of women who
come for Housekeepers' Week and
the short course.
Mrs. Thayer read a clever original
poem. Those present and their col
leges are as follows: Misses Craig,
Sutherland and Strickland, Colum
bia; Mrs. G. C. Robinson, Smith;
Mrs. Brewster, Oberlin; Miss Lonns
bury, Michigan; Mrs. Kruegel, Indi
ana; Dean White, Dr. Degeler, Miss
Boyle, Wisconsin: Dr. Aase, Chicago;
Mrs. Fulmer, Mrs. Thayer, Miss
Green, Nebraska; Miss Carlson and
Miss Griffith. Washington; Miss Gar
rettH, California; Mrs. Lester Folger.
Mrs. Hlx, Mrs. Durham, Mrs. Bar
nard, Misses Barnes, Jarron. Holmes,
Keyes, Miner, Drum, Hunt, Jlean,
Inerson, \V. S. C.
New Eastern Dill Pickles just re
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Grocery. dec 6
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