Pullman herald. [volume], July 11, 1919, Image 1

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FARMERS OBJECT TO !
TELEPHONE MIES
{A Manager Kuth Why Charge Is I
; Made for Connection With Pull- ;
]f: man After Years Contract
S^V,: "ic-,-'' ;is Paid '.
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answer to queries by subscrib
£V"ob several rural telephone lines j
Tto why a connection charge is now .
made for service with Pullman when j
provision for such charge was not I
»de in the connection contracts
with the Inland Co-Operative assocla- :
m which are paid up until Janu- !
$J; 1920, J. C. Ruth, manager of j
,ie local system, entered Into a com- j
plete discussion of the telephone sys
tem it the meeting of the chamber J
0 ! commerce Tuesday, clearing up
my "points which have been the I
aose of dissatisfaction in the past, j
Manager Ruth was called upon by!
T he chair to explain the situation at;
the outset of the discussion, but took |
a point of view shared by many mem- j
bers when -he declined to open the;
discussion, asking that complaints be i
Bade before the chamber first.
f Charles Burnham, a subscriber on i
Line 17, objected to the 10 cent con- j
Lection charge between the Albion |
and Pullman exchanges which, he,
aid was placed in force without, no-j
nee to the subscribers and after they
bad paid their yearly toll until Jan- j
nary 1, 1920. Joseph Naffzlger, Sr.. ;
representing Line 3; took the same;
viewpoint, stating that the subscrib- j
ers expected service when they paid
their annual dues and that the .con
nection fee' should have been insti
tuted before the dues were collected
it at all. Subscribers on Line 1 I took
same stand.
,gia answering the objections Man
seer Ruth dealt with the telephone'
system hi its entirety. lie took ex
ception 1 to the alleged policy of cit
izens and farmers in spreading dis
sension and "scattering tacks" in the
path of • the telephone concern. He
objected to the method adopted by
the chamber of commerce in its at
tempt to get an index to the senti
ment of the members in regard to
'•he phone,situation, stating that had
those members been Invited to stand
»ho found no objection to any busi
lesaiu Pullman a like \ result, no
aember on his-feet, would have been
noted. v'- TZ . ._, ■ t
Manager Ruth stated that he did
not deem it necessary to enter into a
discussion; of ( the increased rates of
"* company in the face of the ftnd
"lW of the .federal .representative
**<> investigated the situation and
tbe »t«te: public service commission,
*»ich ratified the rates, these fiad
■2s being based on the greatly in
"eased cost of labor, materials, and
««rything that enters into the oper
ation of a ; telephone exchange, In
irea«ed rates, he contended, must
"'low if the company is to survive.
« claim that the local company
"^ better equipment to serve the
!"lfcll<-' than many of' the city con
«ras.'-,;/.,
Tt>e general objections of the peo
!«»ere discussed by Manager Ruth,
"o Pointed out that many of these
'■ lections are not founded on real
v. ,' Ct ana .'" mail) cases the trouble
* th* UUof the subscriber himself,
.. gj 'J?. nls anxiety to get a number
J «ly, often places the company at
„B disadvantage through his own
't .""'"'on, although, when this fault
i Covered, he is seldom willing
'.!p»owied ß e the situation.
--1 Pto* ClB and figureß were quoted to
the? ,hat connect are made at
i) th!!* l *XChung? much more quick
;; 'ii k °n the big majority of other
!| lunges.
. *to? eaUn' 8 with the rural telephone
'\ IT •Manager Huth laid much of
i. %& affl- c at the feet of the sub
• V ttto 't^mßelveß> some of whom,
'v; ,1" • have aot looked after 1 their
I "Sod' 1:' years. "You can't ex
•i h^^^" 106 when your receiver,
Wtt^ Ue»' and ground rod are per
% **" 80 l 5 years without, inspec
' d^ , Bad The company, '"'
' - gets the blame which, lii
•JhS^' °Uld Properly SO to
4 idft ?-• BUDBcrlber, • who Is expect
' Wu- l» his own instrument and
Vr working ord , r :
I*! , hw Uth ■Breed with: the object
|,^ terv , 80tne fanners are paying
I ...» which they are not get
The Pullman Herald
Devoted to ,he best interests of Pullmen and ,he greeto* f.™i„ g c. mmun i, y in ,h. Northwe., .«„ou„di„ g i,.
or ruuman and the greatest fanning community in the Northwest surrounding it.
ting, but claimed that it is their own I
fault and contended that some are
getting more than they are paying
! for when they take the time of the
| telephone girls In their attempts to
get connections from instruments
that are out of order, or over lines J
' that are crossed.
The farmer rates here have been j
! *»; per year for a long time for ex-1
| change service, but the federal of- i
ficial who recently Inspected the sit
i nation found that the rates must be
j raised to meet operating expenses
[and the charge for interconnection.'
j was recommended by him. The ,"i- j
raj rate, according to Mr. Ruth, can |
the changed only by th.' public seiv
■ Ice commission, and he invited the
I fanners who object to the increase
i to Hake It up with the commission,
j agreeing himself to sign a petition i
requesting that the 10c connection!
j fee be waived until January 1 of next |
| year. The company would not he
i willing, however, to continue the free
I connections after January 1, :
In closing Manager Ruth urged
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MISS MARJORIE NEILL !
I WEDS FERRIS CARR
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! Ite.iiit.iiul Sunday Afternoon Wed
ding at Hume of .fudge mid .Mis.
Titos, Will Unite Popular
Couple {
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A beautiful wedding was solemn-.
I ized Sunday afternoon at the home
ol the bride's parents on State street
v.'hen MiSS Ruth Alarjoiie Neill,
daughter of Judge and I.Mrs. Tlios.
Nelll, became i lie wife of Ferris M.
Cur of Colfax. The words that made.
the young couple husband and wife
\. ere spoken by the Rev. c. N. Cur-;
tias of the Federated churches In the'
presence of about all friends and rel
atives of the bride and groom. The
bride was beautifully gowned in
French voile and carried a bouquet
o' Columbia roiea. She was attend
ed by Miss Luclle Love, of Colfax
| while Hugh Allen of this city was
groomsman. The Misses Helen and
\lurlej Carr of Spokane, nieces, of
the. groom, were flower girls and
carried baskets of cut flowers, while
the bride's ring Was borne on a
' dainty ribbon by Marion Nelll and j
Wendell Allen. Miss Alma Gerber
i Of Colfax played the wedding march. ,
The residence was artistically dec- 1
orated with cut flowers, potted
plants and foliage, the handiwork of
Roy Neill of Neills' Greenhouses. j
immediately following the cere-'
mony a wedding dinner was served
and the happy couple departed by
automobile amid a shower of rice,.
old shoes and well wishes, for Medi-;
iuont. Idaho, where they will spend j
a short honeymoon, to be at home
j to their friends at 602 .Mill street,
Colfax, after July 16.
The'bride is a true daughter of
Whitman county, having been born
at. Colfax, where she graduated I
' from the high school. Later she re
-1 moved to Pullman with her parents
' and attended the State College, more
recently having been employed in
the law office of Nelll & Sanger. She ,
is one of Pullman's most charming
young ladies and enjojs the friend-:
ship and esteem of the entire com
munity.
Mr. Carr Is foreman of the Will
iams & C.allaugher garage at Colfax
and L , a young man of sterling qual
' Hies with a high standing in Whit-
I man county. lie is the son of W. W.
Carr erf Spokane.
An interesting sidelight to the
marriage of the popular young peo
ple was the difficulty encountered
jin securing a marriage license, due
to the Fourth of July vacation for
the Whitman county court house
1 force. The county auditor and all
j his deputies were out of the city
'Saturday and .it was impossible to.
I secure V license in Colfax. Tele
| phonic calls to Asotin failed to lo
cate the Asotin county auditor or his
| mlv . .but late Saturday afternoon
>| a deputy In the auditor's office o
I Spokane county who had remaned
I horne during the two-day vacation
kvas found by friends of the *****
I people In Spokane and -held, under
I strict "observance" while; the' Per
■l pHxed bridal I^^SS
• trip to Spokane by automobile and
'secured the coveted paper
PULLMAN. WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, JULY 11. 1919
SUMMER WHEAT CONVENTION I
MAKES BIG HIT WITH FARMERS
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, Visitors Express Surprise at Great Set.,* of Work Undertaken in Their
\ Interests by. Stale Ex^rinient Station— 1*,,,, Johnson Talks
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"I had no idea of the magnitude
ot the work of the experiment sta
tion and the State College in the in
terests of the agricultural Industries.
I have profited Immeasurably
through this trip and would not haw?
missed It for anything. Every pro
gressive farmer should avail himself
of every opportunity to get in closer
tcuch with the work of the station
and the college. It means dollars
and cents. I am coming here as
ofien as possible hereafter."
This remark, made by a fanner at
tendant at the sumemr session ot
the wheat convention, held Tuesday
at the State "College, was typical of
tie sentiment of every member of
the big delegation. The first an
nual Bummer wheal convention was
a magnificent success, and the con
tinuance of the plan, suggested by
Senator K. C. McCroskoy, is assured.
With the greater part of the hun
dreds of different experimental plots
in prime condition to indicate con
crete results of the investigations,
the visiting farmers, in their after
noon trip over the big station farm,
were able to learn at first hand the
difference between good and bad
farming, to note the varieties of
wheat and other crops that give the
greatest promise, and. best of all,
to come in closer touch with the ex
periment station and the experts con
nected with it. who are laboring ef
ficiently in the interests of the agri
cultural interests of the state.
' About 4 0 automobiles, loaded to
capacity with visiting farmer:, made
the trip over the big farm. The car
avan was divided into three groups,
each group in charge of a guide who
was qualified to explain the differ
ent Investigations being conducted,
and to answer the myriads of ques
tions propounded by the different
farmers.
Five Hundred Wheats Grown
Five hundred and more varieties
and hybrids of winter and spring
] wheat growing side by side in single
; rows in a comparatively small tract
j was only one of the many sights
that held the attention of the 200
farmers. The 800 -varieties and hy
brids of wheat are In the "nursery"
in the south field of the 500-aere
farm where hybridizing exeriments
for smut resistance and yield are
farm where hybridizing experiments
| includes 250 different hybrids ef
• fected by college experts and 100
i varieties of wheats Imported from
I Australia, as well as scores of stand
ard varieties used as check plots.
I All of the varieties were planted
j under like conditions and at the
same time,' and all the seed wheat
I was rolled In smut before planting.
i The different plots vary from almost
100 per cent smut in some of the
less insistent varieties to »5 per cent
i clean wheat in some of the better
developed hybrids.
Cropping Experiments
Another experiment which held th"
close attention of the farmers was
one showing the relative value
of manure on wheat land, summer
fallow, a crop rotation Including le
gumes and continuous wheat in total
wheal production in a long period.
These plots have been maintained
tor 20 years and the experiments
have proved that a rotation includ
ing legumes returns about an equal
svield of wheat in a given number
of years to wheat and summer fal
' low. with the added advantage of the
' crop „' legumes. A tract in continu
ous wheat, but well manured every
year and well tilled to conserve mois
ture, produced 640 bushels of wheat
! i,, the 20 years, while a tract of the
'same SIM in which early plowed
summer fallow was rotated with
i wheat, produced 400 bushels and an
other tract of late plowed poorly
! tilled summer fallow produced.-20
bushels.
',' Those plots Planted continuously
• in' wheat bift well manured every
'year showed no decrease la yield,
while the plots planted continuously
'to wheat, without proper.f^rtiliza-,
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tion, have become practically depict-1
ed and show almost a negligible i
growth of wheat. The plots rotated i
for the past 20 years, with ,i crop
each year are as fertile as ben the
experiment was begun. In answer
to a question Professor Qeorg? Sev
erance ' stated that fall manuring'
proved by far the more satisfactory, !
and that the fertilizer should be well
I spread. Wheat on tracts fall plowed
With manure has never burned,
while the spring manuring has re-,'
suited in burned plants occasionally.;
Karfyl tillage to hold the moisture
:s one of the ids things in wheal j
growing, according to Professor Sev-'
erance,
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No Need of Summer Fallow'
In summing up the manure and
crop rotation experiments Professor
Severance said: "There is no need
ol' summer fallow in districts with
a rainfall approaching that ul Pull-'
man, if proper rotation is followed
and if the soil is worked at a time
when it will hold the moisture, ant
properly tilled."
Experiments conducted to learn
the best varieties and the best meth
ods of tillage of clover and alfalfa
for seed are beginning to show re
sults. The best yields were returned
by plots with rows planted IS Inches
apart, and with eight pounds of seed
used to the acre. Early seeding of
I legumes is advisable.
No. lag Best Winter Wheal i
That State College hybrid No. m
is f probably tge best £ winter wheat
from a general standpoint now raised
in the sections of Eastern Washing
ton having adequate rainfall is the
deduction to be gained from the hun
dreds of variety tests being conduct
ed on-the station farm. These tests
are this year being conducted on
".round that last year produced corn
and peas, the soil being disced and
harrowed but not plowed, and all of
the established varieties show an ex
ceptional)' good yield and compar
atively free from smut. Another
variety that gives much promise and
may even surpass hybrid 128 in a
tfew years is triplet, a hybrid of
turkey red, Jones fife and little club.
This wheat grades higher than hy- 1
brid 128, No. i bringing $2.20 at.
terminal, has excellent smut resls-
I
i tant qualities and up the present
time has yielded almost as well, al
though it has not been grown on the
college farm long enough to make
sure its superiority over 128.
Banpalia peas are the best for
Stock purposes although they do not
sell well on the market for food, Is
the experience of station experts,
the result of intensive pea investi
gations.
"Disease garden" maintained by
Dr. Heald for Investigation of the
various grain and plant diseases.
principally the smut of wheat, oats
and barley and potato and tomato
diseases interested the farmers.
Late August plantings of wheat have
proved to be freer from smut than
plantings on other dates, with Octo
ber seeding showing the greatest per
centage of Smut kernels One hun
dred varieties of winter wheat and
100 varieties of spring wheat are
now being tested in the "disease
garden," which includes 10 acres.
All of these varieties are given an
equal'opportunity-to smut and those
showing the greatest resistance and
the best promise are used for hybrid-
I izing experiments.
Artichokes Yield Well
Artichokes grown on the, station
farm last year as an experiment to
ascertain their value as ensilage
crops, yielded 11 tons.of tops and
14 tons of roots to the acre. Other
ensilage plots are for corn, sun flow
ers and wheat.
The value of. gypsum on alfalfa
tracts was explained by H. II Curtis,
a' Pullman farmer, who has experi
mented quite extensively along that
Hue. Upon invitation of Profes- 1
sor Severance Mr. Curtis related that
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LAND CHANGES hands
AT HIGH FIGURES
Property sales aggregating $149,
--: 857.50 were made this week by W.
A. lliteiv. who has recently opened a
real estate office in this city, shar
; ing tho D. C. Downen quarters on
'Mi in street. The Ben Henson 160
--acre tract, two miles east of Pull
man, brought $150 per acre, or $24,
- The name of the buyer has
; not yet been made public. Mr. Hen
! sen in turn purchased the W. V.
! I'atillus -140-.icre farm six miles
j southwest of Pullman, paying $125
per acre, or $55,000. E. E. Snyder
\ as the purchaser of a 320-acre tract
i near Lewlstown, Montana, paying
j $11,000 for the property. The \V. R.
j Morrison 501-acre tract six miles
| southwest of Pullman was sold to
\v. li. Eaton, who paid $117.50 per
j acre for 481 acres and $25 per acre
j for the remaining -'(I acres. The E.
i E. Snyder threshing outfit was sold
j by Mr. (lately to Glen Harlow of Pa
; louse for $4,000.
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PULLMAN PEOPLE HELP |
NEIGHBORS CELEBRATE!
1
Colfax and Moscow Draw ltig Dele
gations from Cullman for the
Fourth Moscow Celebration ,
ii Commercial One
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Pullman was practically depopu
lated the Fourth, hundreds of clti
-1 sens going to Colfax and Moscow to
Celebrate the nation's birthday.
!'•' th of the neighboring towns made
big plans for the celebration and
huge crowds were accommodated at
both places. Hundreds of soldiers
' gathered at Colfax, the celebration
there being In honor of the returned
h< roes The festivities there were",
well conducted and the Pullman citi
zens who enjoyed the hospitality of
the city of Colfax returned with
nothing but words of praise for the
the celebration. It was purely a pa-j
triotic celebration, entirely free atom
commercialism) and the Colfax peo
ple outdid each other*in their at-.
tempts to make the visitors feel at
home and to provide wholesome en
joyment for them.
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Reports of Pullman people who
took in the Moscow celebration are i
to the effect that the big iron dollar j
seemed to be the principal aim of j
the Latah county celebration com-!
mittee, and that the pocket had to
lie turned inside out for change
every lime the clock ticked. The
j airplane was a real attraction, and
was itself worth going miles to see, I
but so far as the rest of the attrac
tions were concerned it is claimed
that they were decidedly mediocre, j
One party of Pullman people was,'
forced to pay $2.50 to get into the
fair grounds late in the afternoon of |
the Fourth, when nothing was left on j
lie program but a few innings of |
baseball. They were guided to a .
parking place for their automobile
by a grounds policeman, but were
moved four times within a few min
utes, by which time the "big show"
was over. Another CUtOmobllS party
from here returned immediately to:
Pullman rather than pay the fee de
manded for entrance to the park late
In the afternoon. Everything con-,
■idered, the Moscow celebration was
ti huge success, from a financial
standpoint, for the city of Moscow
and for lhe range lie Cowboy
band, which conducted a Bowery
dance on the Main streets and
charged 10 cents straight for the
privilege of jazzing half way around
the hall, as well as for some of the
concessions, which caused celebra
tion prices to soar higher, than the
airplane that attracted the big
crowd.
MAY mi:\i:si ON
Pullman's hay harvest is on in full
blast with excellent yields report* 1
In sill the farmers. Fall wheat is
. fagt. turning color and gives promise
iof a highly satisfactory yield, al- ,
though some spring grain Is not fill
inn as well as'could be desired. 'Up :
to the present time there has been,
plenty of help for the hay harvest
I end Indications are that no labor
shortage will be experienced during
tho grata harvest. j
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NUMBER 3*
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"JAP" LAFOLLETTE
STIRS WASHINGTON
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Exploits of Pullman Man Give Him
Front Page in Daily Papers—
Drives Irish Float in Big
Parade
".lap" LaFollette, son of ex-Con
gressman and Mrs. W. L. LaFollette,
; and well known in Pullman, has sud
! denly come into the limelight at the
actional capital, his exploits in the
Peace parade ercently conducted at
Washington giving him a full column
on the front page of the big dallies.
1 The dispatch carried in Sunday's
! Spokesman-Review, written by Ash
-1 man Brown, was as follows:
j Washington, July . s.—"Jap" La
j Follette of Pullman, Wash., Bon of
! tinner Congrosomtn W. L. LaFol-
I bite; Amelia Roaser, who was pro
claimed by some 100,000 persons yes-
I terday to bo the prettiest girl in
I Washington; one high powered and
highly decorated motor car, and the*
j headquarters of the Irish revolution
li Washington, all figured.in a series
; of episodes during Washington's cel
ebration of the Fourth of July that
caused much anguish of spirit to of
ficialdom and joy to the populace.
• When the movies come out pic
turing scenes la Washington's beau-
I tiful peace pageant, watch for Jap
! LaFollette and. Miss Rosser In their
j car. The news movies took many feet
;Of film of them; not that they be
longed in the parade and pageant—
quite contrary—but they were fea
tures thereof. The propagandists of
tree Ireland have seen. to it that the
movies and pictorial weeklies are to
have numerous pictures of them and v
their Fourth of July stunt. .
Irish Object to Marshal
To begin the story at its begin
ning: When announcement was
ode thai Captain Roy H* men, hon
orary militry attache of the British
embassy, was to be chief marshal of
the parade, Irish here made a tre
: mendous fuss. They protested to
the committee In charge and made
such a row tin Captain Glen, hear
ing of it, voluntarily resigned on the
night of July 3 oh the ground thai
he had to go to New York to meet
his mother.
Then the Irish national bureau
1 made application to the same au-
I thorities to have a float in the parade
[along with 4 0 Other nations partici
j paling. The committee refused on
'the ground that tho list was closed.
' When the bureau insisted, the com
'■, m'ttee procured from the state de
-1 partment lists of nations diplomat-
I ic.ally accreditee' to this capital and
announced that it would have to
strnd on that list, in which, j, of
course, the name of Ireland did not
1 appear.
i The Irish accepted the inevitable,
! apparently, but got busy in their own
; way. While the parade was sched
! uled not to start until 7 p. m. on
the- Fourth, early In the day a huge
automobile, decorated with taste and
| beauty, made Its appearance on the
•it rests. On one side it bore this
| placard: "All free people in pageant,
Official statement. I am refused a
! place. See a white race held in
chains." On the other side was this
placard: "There will be no peace in
He world until Ireland is free."
The driver of the car was Jap La
Follette. The Irish bureau had been
looking for a young man of daring,
audacity and initiative and Jap had
qualified. He Is a personal friend of
a number of those in the movement.
Seated in the car in regal state was
.\iiss Rosser, a Virginia "in a niece
of the late General Thomas Rosser
Of Civil war fame, whose beauty and
harming bearing made a tremendous
hit. She was dressed to represent
Erin.
Girl Starts Friendly; Riot
Over the floral decorations of tie
car were hung chains that gave the*
appearance of binding fair Erin. For
hours the car paraded nil by Itself
getting cheers from the crowds. Miss
Roßser, LaFollette.-'and . officials of
• the bureau lunched at a downtown
hotel. Following lunch, when Jap
, had to lift Miss Rosser over the deco
rations to get her into the car, aj
| small riot among army officers stand
ing about the entrance started. They
all wanted to help. *'
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