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The Pullman Herald
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VOLUME XXXI
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COUNCIL CONSIDERS
SUNDAY OPENING
Bequest of I*. W. Struppler for Per-
Amission **' Oi»en Grand Theatre
Sunday- Made Special Order .
of Business for May 0
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The city council is again tussling
with the Sunday theatre problem as
the result of a petition from P. W.
Struppler, proprietor of the Grand
theatre, for councilraanic permission
to open his show house Sundays. The
petition was presented to the coun
cil at the session Wednesday evening,
but owing to the fact that two coun
■ciimen were absent, action was de
ferred and the petition was made a
-special'order of business for the
meeting of May 6. Following the
reading of the petition last night
Councilman W. ('. Kruegel moved
that the request be denied. The»mo
: tion was seconded by Councilman .1.
P. Duthie and a lengthy discussion
ensued, with the fathers of the mo
tion apparently opposed to granting
the petition and the other three
eouncllmen present, 'g-yV. Roth, .1.
E. Hammond and U. G. Lawler, non
committal, but not openly unfavor
able. Action on the motion was de
ferred until the next meeting in def
erence to the absentees.
; The two absentees, Dr. A. A.
Rounds and Ira N. Nye, will prob
ably cast the deciding votes at the
meeting of .May 6, with proponents
wf the Sunday opening f proposal
claiming that an affirmative vote by
either of the two eouncllmen will
result in the opening of the theatres
on Sunday.
'J: The last Sunday opening agitation
: followed the request of E. F. Em
mick, then proprietor of the Grand
theatre, for permission to open his
.show house on Sundays some three
Iyears ago. The question at that time
was referred to the voters of the city
and petitions were circulated by botn
factions. The results showed a ma
jority of signers in opposition to
granting the petition and the coun
cil voted the request down.
Sentiment on the question appears
fairly evenly divided and neither
faction is claiming more than a sin
gle vote majority when the petition
is considered by the council. It is
expected that petitions will be circu
lated during the three weeks interim
from the presentation of the petition
to action by the council.
HILL EXPLAIN STATE
HIGHWAY LAWS
' Harold J. Doolittle of the state
highway commission will address the
engineering students of tho State
College and all other interested par
ties in the Mechanic Arts building at
the college, room 208, next Thurs
day i morning at 10:30. His sub
ject will be ::The Highway Laws of
♦he State of Washington." Every
body cordially invited to hear the
address.
AUTOMOBILE DEALERS
V • MEET IN PULLMAN
A monthly meeting of the Whit
man County Automobile Dealers as
»ociation.was held at the chamber of
commerce rooms Monday afternoon.
, dse Thomas Neill gave an interest
ing and instructive talk on "Legal
and F. C. Forrest and A.
•Metz discussed the relationship
T ween bankers and auto dealers.
*enty-fiv 6 dealers from outside
Points were present and were enter
»™ed at lunch by the local dealers.
tore whole session was lively and in
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V- P. MISSIONARY MEETING
BSj °men'B Missionary society
the United Presbyterian church
"with Mrs. William C. Kruegel on
Wednesday. The meeting was led
..(,„' rB, D R - Atherton. Papers on
M 7 an«»"tlc Work in Egypt," by
SsSSfW " Mißßlon Schools
most , !'" by Mrß' J- L' Hunt roved
fan! lnterestin Mrs. F. C. Chal
b.'n'ir "Poar Ye Not- Oh Israel,"
during BuCk ' al *° another song
Erna V tea Wh,ch followed- Ml
Widow-_ at b, Ury gaVe a reading/ "The
"gypt Itu Box" : The' Btudy of
m eetln WUI be continued at the next
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OMAN AND MARTIN I I
FORM PARTNERSHIP]
Pullman Tire Shop Gets New Qua,.
tors in White Brick Building—-
Mammoth Retreading Kettle
Harry F. Oman, who for several
months past has operated the Pull
man Tire Shop on Paradise street,
has formed a partnership with Leon
Martini, just recently discharged
from the service, and the shop has
been moved to the corner room in
the white brick building on Main and
Grand streets. New and modern
equipment has been added and the
firm now boasts the best equipped
tire shop between Walla Walla and
Spokane. A mammoth retreading
kettle, with a capacity of five tires,
has just been added, and tlie firm
is in a position to do all kinds of re
treading on short notice, Equipment
for the new "dry cure" retread has
also been added, and this method of
renewing the life of automobile tires
is proving very popular.
Another innovation at the tire j
shop is the installation of equipment'
for mending rubber boots, and wet
weather footwear being made as
good as new by the use of the equip
ment. • ]
The firm handles United States'
and Goodrich tires and carries a full I
stock of tire necessities. ;
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J. W. ROBINSON BUYS !
THE MODEL BAKERY
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Will Move Prom Present Quarters as J
Soon as New Hake Oven Can j
lie Constructed
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A deal was consummated this week
by which the two Pullmau bakeries
will be consolidated. J. W. Robin
son has purchased from 11. M. Beck
the Model bakery with all its equip
ment except the soda fountain and
baking machinery. By the terms of
the deal which involved a considera-1
tion of some $6000.00 Mr. Robinson;
will take possesison of the Model
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bakery at once. He plans to build a
large, modern bake oven and, until
It Is completed, will do all the baking
at his present quarters, but will
close the front part of his bakery
next week and conduct his retail and
restaurant business in the front, part,
of the Model.
He will serve three meals a day,
breakfast, luncheon and supper, on
the same plan that he has been run
ning his popular noon day luncheon.
He states that he proposes to install
the best modern equipment and to
employ only skilled help, believing
that one large, high -class bakery can
serve the community more satisfac
torily than two smaller ones.
Mr. Robinson has been in business
in Pullman for about 18 months and
during that • time has made many
friends »md built up a large and
steadily increasing business.
Mr. Beck has bought a bakery at
Bremerton and will move his baking
machinery and soda fountain to that
city. He benight the Model bakery
nine years ago and has greatly im
proved the plant and developed the
business. Both he and Mrs. Beck
leave a large circle of friends, who
will regret their departure hut wish
them the best of fortune in their
new venture.
WILL REPRESENT ]
WHITMAN COUNTY,
,—
Frank E. Sanger of this city, rep
resentative from this district in the
recent legislature, will represent
Whitman county at the Y. M. C. A.
conference to be held at Camp Lewis,
commencing next Tuesday, where:
problems of community service and j
service to the returned service men ;
will be considered. P. J- Bragg. V .
traveling secretary, was in town this i
week in the interests of the con
ference.
P. H. S. BASKET BALL
BOYS GET LETTERS |
Six boys of the Pullman high
school champion basket ball team re
ceived their letters amid the applause ■
of the school last Friday morning, j
Those who received letters were Wal
do Roberts, Lowell Schroder, Carl
McCarthy, Bryan • Reese, Newman
Carson, and Lanch Crow.
PULLMAN. WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, APRIL 18. (919
CHAMBER GOOD ROADS MEETING
DREW BIG CROWD TUESDAY
Men Prominent in the Better Roads
Movement Were Guests of the
Chamber of Commerce
There was a big attendance at tne
chamber of commerce supper Tues
day evening to hear the good roads
question discussed by prominent au
thorities, in order to assist the au
ditors in making up their minds re
garding the wisdom of bonding the
county for the construction of roads.
Frank W. Guilbert. secretary of,
the Spokane County Good Roads as
sociation and executive secretary of
the National Parks Highway associ
ation, was the first speaker. He
strongly advocated a bond issue for
the construction of a unified system
of highways to be constructed where
most needed and where they would
connect with one another. He ar
gued that under the present plan of
constructing short stretches of road
here and there, all over the county,
the best results can not be attained.
He estimated the funds which would
be available for Whitman county
roads during the next two years to be
approximately as follows: From na
tional government, $100,000; auto
licenses. $320,000; permanent high
way fund. $170,000; county road and
bridge fund, $184,000; road district
funds. $18100,0, He estimated the
average haul of wheat from the
farms to be five miles and the aver
age cost per ton, per mile, to be 40
cuts, and figured that $120,000 a
year could be saved on this cost as
the result of good roads. He esti
mates that it costs $9500 per mile to
construct a road surfaced with gravel
and $22,000 to construct a paved
road. He maintained that no read
should be paved before two years af
ter graded, in order that it might
have time to settle, the drainage
faults corrected and the weak places
reinforced. He asserted that a bond
issue of $2,500,000 could be paid off
in 20 years from the end of the con
struction period, by a three-mill tax,
and that the roads would outlive the
maturity of the bonds. He present
ed three different plans for bonding
and left them with Secretary Thorpe
for the information of any who are
interested.
Fred Adams of Spokane, speaker
of the lower house of the last state
legislature and' field secretary of the
National Parks Highway association,
was next on the program. He ex
plained the Donahue act, which he
maintained, virtually provided for
FORTNIGHTLY CLUB
HOLDS^CELEBRATION
Observed Twenty-fifth Birthday With
Joint Open Meeting and Annual
Musicale
The Fortnightly club celebrated
the twenty-fifth anniversary of its
founding Thursday evening of last
week with a joint open meeting and
annual musicale. The celebration
was held at the Jane Addams house,
Mrs. Ellen Bakke acting as hostess.
The guests included the husbands of
the members and a few others, about
75 being present.
The program was opened with two
selections by the quartet of Treble
Clef club. A vocal solo was rendered
by Mary Brock, which was followed
by an instrumental trio by Miss
Christonsen, pianist, Miss Baker,
violinist, and Mr. Merritt, operating
bells. Miss Melcena La Follette gave
a reading and Mrs. Waller read a
history of the club. Pictures of the
former presidents of the club, all of
whom are living, were projected on
a screen. Mrs. Elton Fulmer pre
sented a. birthday cake to the club
bearing' 2 5 candles. Dr. A. A. Cleve
land, in behalf of the husbands of
the members, presented several sets
of spoons to the culb, which were
accepted in a clever speech of thanks
by Mrs. Kruegel.
Refreshments and an hour of
social conversation rounded out a
very enjoyable evening,
very enjoy»-^
bonding the county, without getting
the best results. lie maintained that
the cost of road building Is not go
ing to decline and that it is foolish
to postpone road construction. He
claimed that under the Donahue act
the county becomes "responsible for
50 per cent of the bonds issued, the
road district for 25 per cent and the
special district, including the land
for two miles on each side' of the
road, for the remaining 25 per cent.
This assertion was disputed by Coun
ty Commissioner .1. B. Sanborn, who
said that the county is not respon
sible for the bonds. He outlined die
road construcljion program of the
county commissioners which he he
lieves can be completed without a
county bond issue.
Harold .1. Doolittle, assistant state
highway engineer, In charge of con
struction in northeastern Washing
ton, said that work on completing
the gap between Uniontown and the
Idaho line was being started and
would be completed by fall. Grading
of 'the eastern branch of the Inland
Empire highway between Garfield
and Oakesdale will be finished this
year, and the survey between Gar
field and Pullman will be made and
the location of the road definitely
fixed. The county expects to surface
the highway between Rosalia and
Oakesdale. lie called attention to
the need of improving a half mile
of the Genesee, Idaho, road, which
lies in this state. While it is a part j
of the Idaho system that state can :
not improve it because this little
piece is located in Washington. !
Senator Oliver Hall of Colfax gave I
a brief history of the inception and |
development of a definite good roads
program for this state!, This pro
gram was planned and Is being car
ried out to serve the best interests
of the whore state and the men who j
have no broader vision than to im- •
prove the roads in their own county
will have little influence. He called
attention to the fact that the people
are to vote on a proposition to bond
the state for road building at the
next election and argued that the
possible result of this vote should be
considered in determining the ques-,
tion of bonding the county. He said
that he had not made up his mind re
garding the wisdom of the latter
proposition and felt that it should be
very carefully studied and all the
facts brought out before action is
taken.
After the meeting Mr. Guilbert
and Mr. Adams gave an illustrated
FIND-POSITIONS FOR
RETURNED SOLDIERS
Veterans' Welfare Commission Looks
After Interests of Returned Sol
diers and Sailors
Lieut. R. W. : Stone, state repre
sentative of the Veterans' Welfare
commission, was in Pullman yester
day ln the interests of the commis
sion, which has been organized for
the purpose of finding acceptable po
sitions for returned service men and
assisting them in other ways. M. D.
Henry was appointed local repre
sentative of the commission and will
look after the work so far as Pull
man is concerned.
The commission already has a well
established office at Spokane, locat
ed in the Mohawk block, from which
an average of 25 service men are sent
to good positions each day. Finan
cial assistance is also given many re
turned fighters and much good ad
vice is dispensed.
The assistance of every loyal citi
zen is solicited in securing positions
for these service men, not only in
farm work, but in every civil voca
tion.' If you have a position that
some soldier or sailor might appreci
ate, see Mr. Henry at once.
The Herald suggests that the city
council submit the mooted question
of Sunday movies to a vote of the
people of Pullman and let them net
tle the matter once for all.
lecture at the Theatorium on the
scenic beauties of the Northwest.
They showed some wonderfully fine
pictures, which delighted the au
dience.
WHO KNOWS WHERE THEY ARE?
The home service section of the
local Red Cross has received in
quiries from Washington, I). C, as
to the present whereabouts of Mrs.
Susan Mary Standard and Dollie
Granstrom Robinson, whose •ervicc
allotments have h|eu returned to
the federal offices as unclaimed.
Anyone knowing the whereabouts of
either of these ladies will kindly noti
fy the Red Cross as soon as possible.
CITY MUST CONTROL OEMRTERI
City Attorney D. C. Dow has been
instructed by the council to draft an
ordinance covering the control of the
city cemetery in accordance with the
state laws governing municipalities.
Under the law it Is not legal to dele
gate outside persons or organizations
to assume charge of municipal enter
prises for which taxes are levied.
This makes it impossible for the city
to vest authority for the control of
the cemetery in some other organiza
tion, and other means of taking care
of the burying ground must be de
vised.
COLLEGIATE ALUMNAE
RENEW THEIR YOUTH
I Graduates of the Universities of Ne
braska and Indiana Act as Host
esse* at Joyous Gathering
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Fifty were in attendance at the
I April meeting of the Association of
1 Collegiate Alumnae, which was held
with Mrs. Gifford at the home of
President Holland last Saturday.
Among those present were the home
county demonstrators, who are here
l for the state workers' conference. At
.the business session the following
! standing committees were estab
\ lished: Legislation and vocational
I guidance, Dean White, chairman:
' educational, including Americaniza
! tion. Dr. Alida Degeler. chairman:
I College aid, including scholarship,
i Mrs.G. C. Robinson, chairman; pub
! licity. Miss Margaret Boyle, chair-
I man. A nominating committee
I was also appointed to report at the
May meeting, when the election will
; be held.
Dr. F. A. Colder gave a splendid
; talk on Nationalism and Internation
alism, taking the different concep
tions of a state or nation and analyz
ing them, discussing the self
determination of peoples, also Presi
dent Wilson's and Lenine's ideas of
Internationalism. It was most help
i ful to all in view of the present him,
, tion of the league of nations.
The company was then entertained
by a few stunts in glorification of
the alma maters of the hostesses, |
! Nebraska and Indiana. Forty-six |
slides of the campus and buildings
of the University of Nebraska were
shown. Mrs. William Kruegel read
extracts from letters written by her
father, the late Judge Malott, to his
father, while attending the Indiana
University law school in 1852-53. In
diana songs were sung by Mesdatnes
Gifford, Kulzer, Kruegel and Miss
Patterson. A Penrod Scofield story
by Booth Tarkington was cleverly
given by Miss Franclna Kennedy.
Refreshments were served by the
hostesses, who included Mesdames
Thayer, Fulmer, Misses Green, Fitch
and Wilson of Nebraska and Mes
dames Gifford and Kruegel and Miss
Alice Patterson of Indiana.
BACK FROM PRANCE !
Louis Henry, better known as 1
"Tine," son of W. D. Henry of
Chambers, returned last week from
France. He was attached to an in- 1
dependent British flying squadron ' '
and participated in several bombing
raids over Germany. / .
VISITS LODGES
Mrs. A. R. Metz, district deputy
for the order of Pythian Sisters, vis
ited tha temples at Farmington and
| Eiberton last week, and Friday of
next week will visit the Tekoa tem
ple. The district convention of the;
lorderIorder will be held at Colfax April 20.
NUMBER 26
HALL GIRLS CREATE
CLEVER DISPLAY
Fashion Show Attracts Big Crowd—
Co-eds Pose as Living Models for
Fashionable Apparel
. The girls of Stevens Hall decorated
the windows of the Emerson Mercan
tile company's establishment last Sat
urday, beginning tho window-dressing
' contest for all organizations on the
I campus which is being staged by Em
! erson's. Each organization is to put
on a window display, using materials
j furnished by the store, the best win
: dow display to receive a cash prize of
; $25. Aside from the cash prize each
i organization will receive $7.50 for
! efforts expended.
Stevens Hall decorated four win-
I dows, their displays of ready-mads
women's wear and of silk drapes
showing up to particular advantage.
Their other two exhibits consisted of
a novelty window, and an infants'
window, both of which were well ar
ranged. '
Saturday afternoon saw the stag
ing of a fashion show in the big win
dow at the front of the store. While
a large and appreciative crowd lined
the sidewalk, the girls from the hall.
acting as models, displayed to advant
age the latest things in afternoon and
evening wear, suits and coats.
As the first of the series of win
dow displays, the efforts of the Ste
vens Hall girls certainly answered all
expectations, bidding fair to carry
off another prize for that organiza
tion, unless the coming displays are
up to the dot. The windows of the
Emerson store will certainly be a cen
ter of interest and curiosity during
the next 10 weeks, at least for all of
he frivolous sex.
Thelma Mohanes was in charge of
j the various committees for Stevens
| Hall. Miss Hague and Miss McDon
ald arranged the window containing
j dress materials and footwear. Miss
Carpenter and Miss Himmelsback dis
played the infant wear, Miss Barclay
and Miss Wasson had charge of the
: window with the dainty lingerie, and
j Miss Kirkland and Miss Henessey
. dressed the ready-to-wear window,
making an effective background for
the Fashion Show.
Saturday afternoon the Misses Mc-
Donald, Cunningham, Barclay and
j Beausolell showed the spring wear-
I ing apparel.
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! BOY SCOUTS CLEAN UP
Wednesday evening Boy Scout
! Troop No. 1 cleaned up the side of
the hill along Maiden lane west of
! the .Midway cafe. The scouts, noted
: for their "efficiency, soon improved
i the looks of the unsightly cliff. They
burned the papers and piled up the
i rubbish to be hauled an ay. At a re
, cent meeting a committee was ap
pointed to arrange for a Liberty bon
; fire when the peace treaty is signed.
[GIRLS ORGANIZE CANNING CLUB
The girls of the high school will
j organize a canning club some time
this week under the supervision ot
Miss Blanche Henry. Lost year /.v.l
. pha Eaton and Grace Troy of the can
ning club here won first prize at the
l slate fair at Yakima and the girls
| are hoping to have a winning team
i this year at the Intertsate fair at
Spokane.
BUYS FARM NEAR WHELAN
W. P. Tate, who farms in th*
Fourmile district north of Pullman,
on Wednesday afternoon purchased
from Mrs. Andrew Baxter her 320
--acro farm, located eight miles north
east of Whelan, paying $35,000 for
it. Mr. Tate gets Immediate posses
sion. Mrs. Baxter expects to retire,
from farming. Hazen & McClaskey
negotiated the sale. V
II ILL-WALTER CO.
The Hill-Walter Co. has secured
office and sales rooms with the
Pullman Engineering Co., corner or
Paradise arid Pino streets, and have »
on display Dort, Saxon and Paige
automobiles. They will carry a full
line of these machines and will be
glad to show and demonstrate to any
who are interested. They will act
as distributors of the Elgin and Dort
cars in Whitman and Latah counties.