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VOLUME xxxii.
PROMINENT FARMERS
FAVOR CO-OPERATION
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iirowt** of Over 200,000 Bushels of
. Wheat an Pullman District Join
the "Co-operative Marketing;
Association
The meeting of wheat growers}
Held in the K. of P. hall Tuesday af- I
ternoon to consider the co-operative
marketing plan, which is being pre
sented by the Washington Wheat .
Growers association, was a tremen
dous success. There was a large at
; tendance a nd the sentiment manifest- !
ed was decidedly friendly to the new j
plan- What questions were asked,
'were propounded in good faith to
draw out information, and not to I
arouse hostility. .
JW. Haines presided and first in
troduced A. A. Elmore of Spokane,
president of the state Farmers
■ Union, who briefly outlined the need
of changing the old system of mar- j
keting wheat. He was followed by |
Aaron Sapiro of San Francisco, who i
discussed and explained the contract I
paragraph by paragraph, and showed i
how the various provisions had
worked with the fruit growers of;
California. As usual, Mr. Sapiro
made a profound impression by the '
clearness and fairness of his expla
nation.
j Joseph Passonneau. state direct
or of farm markets, was introduced
and stated that he had carefully stud- I
ied the new plan from every possible '
angle, and was convinced that it was
worthy of support and would great
ly benefit the wheat growers. J. 3.
Klerngard was called upon and re- j
marked that the best endorsement he '
could give the plan was that he had
signed up his wheat with the associa
tion for six years and had advised his i
ataand son-in-law to sign up theirs
He said that if this plan is not put
in operation he intends to become
j a grain speculator, for he has found
that he could make more money in (
buying and selling wheat than he i
could by raising it._
An opportunity was then given for
those who desired to sign the asso- j
elation contracts and the following
responded, representing over 200,-1
MO bushels of wheat produced last
year:
| Oscar Kincaid.
,| E. D. Kitzmtller.
j John Kuder.
I ■ C. 0. Slusser.
| Frank Steams.
? A. M. Hays. '
I L. R. Rucker.
]M. Farley. .
I •>• W. Darland.
?/!>• R. Burnham.
I Henry Zell.rhoff.
(Continued on page seven)
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SEES PALOUSERS
AT LONG BEACH
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,' J. Vanßauggen Buys 97.1,000
I Apartment House—Washington
v Picnic Held Last Week
i Mr- and Mrs. J. H.T. Smith re
-W last Saturday from an ex
,|nded. visit with their son, Arnold
_v Smith, at Carlsbad. New Mexico.
m son is a graduate of the State
*j ege and is now employed :ts
m iy afsent for Eddy county- Mr
;-)r_|Mrß " Bmith returned via Cali
,„ and stopped off at Long Beach
'iuM th* score or more of Pullman
°P"e who are wintering at the Cal
«">»» city. They report that the
,i manlteß are all having a good
IRL>>«t that all are anxious to get
« l° the Palouse country. -.; Liv
« costs are soaring^ mountain high
totn 118 BeaCh and lt costs a small
»«ordi l° eX'Bt ,here thiS W,nter>
j rom "* to the reports emanating
ran* ? Measure point. As one
gSgto, aptly put it, "We came
|ct °r chan 8e and rest. The wait
the „,!,, c cbanße and the hofel gets
'he ,„ , chanP'' and the hotel gets
C* 'est." • •-, -
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that JT Uh brin back the news
■*,r*a_ed Vanßruggen > aßv. recently
io,|« at the Tnorn ton apartment
:1^ UaK Beach, a well estah
-'-.■ °^m with 15 rooms: Mr.
The Pullman Herald
Devoted to the best interest* of Pullman and the greatest farming community in the Northwest surrounding it.
Vanßruggen paid $75,000 for the
apartment house and within a few!
days refused an otter of $85,000.
Pat Ryan is spending most of his
time with relatives in Los Angeles,
but gets to Long Beach occasionally
to satisfy his cravings for Palouser
companionship. The Smiths were
present at a Washington picnic at :
Long Beach Monday of last week,
which was attended by about 20 Pull
manites or former residents of this
city.
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CUHTISS-MOKRISON NUPTIALS \
Lou Curtiss, manager for the
Emerson Mercantile company here,
and Miss Jessica Morrison, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Morrison, 1
were married at the Federated
church parsonage at 2 o'clock Wed
nesday afternoon, the Rev. C. N.
Curtis officiating. The young peo
ple left soon after the ceremony for!
Spokane, where they will enjoy a
short honeymoon and on their re
turn will take apartments at Wash-,
ington Court. Both the young peo
ple are well known locally and both
have hosts of friends who extend
congratulations and well wishes. Mr.
Curtiss returned to Pullman only
recently after serving Uncle Sam'
during the war. and the bride has
for some time been employed by the
extension service of the State Col
lege.
FARMERS PROTEST
DUMPING GROUND
,
Say Carcasses of Dead Animals Ate
Left Uncovered and that Other
insanitary anal Unsightly
Conditions Exist
Strenuous objection to the condi
tion of the city dumping ground,
near the mooted septic tank, was
registered with the city council Tues- j
day night by a number of residents
of the northwest of Pullman district,
who filed a petition with the city
fathers asking that,steps be taken
at once to remedy the situation. The
petition was referred to the commit
tee on city improvements and sani
tation with instructions to investi
gate the possibility of securing a
more secluded dumping ground.
In their petition to the council the
signers said, in part:
"When the high water comes in
the spring a portion of the land over
flows and large quantities of cans
and junk come down the river and
lodge on the adjoining land. The
carcasses of dead animals are fre
quently left there without being
buried, and other disagreeable fea
tures, too numerous to mention,
take place during the year, which
makes it unbearable for those living
in the vicinity, and we respectfully
ask and request that something be
done to remedy the situation.''
Following closely upon the suit
field by J. X.< Smawley against the
city for $5000 for damages to his
property because of the alleged un
sanitary condition of the septic tank
itself, the petition has created much
local interest, with public sentiment
favoring a general clean-up in the
district referred to in the petition.
The signers of the petition are:
W. M. Savage, H. J. Lingg. Arch Mc-
Avoy, H. T. Lingg, Ira Short, W. D.
Carter, S. L. Pinkston. Robert Ger
main. Bettie Sigler. F. W. Wilson.
J. D. Skeen. Jake Flock. Harry Wex
ler, W. C. Glaspey and J. P. Haxton. j
HANKS' RESOURCES
OVER TWO MILLION
Resources of over two milion dol
lars are reported by the First Na
tional and the Pullman State banks
in the reports under date of Feb
ruary 28. The combined deposits
of the two financial institutions as
shown by the statement just issued
reach $1,797,297.85. Together the
First National and State bank have
surplus funds and undivided profits
aggregating $70,000. The state
ments are both highly creditable
ones and Indicate that the people of
the Pullman community, are in an
exceptionally prosperous, condition
as well as that the banks themselves
have attained a high degree of sta
bility.
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PULLMAN, WASHINGTON, MARCH 5. 1920
CITY WILL PAVE SEVENTEEN
BLOCKS ON METHODIST HILL
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UNLAKGI.H DISTRICT WILL BE
CREATED FOB PAVING OF
HIGH, PARADISE, DEXTER,
siDl,. HILL, SOUTH, JACKSON
AND SPUING STREETS
Seventeen blocks ot highway on
Methodist hill will be improved with
paving by the city this year. At its
meeting Tuesday evening the city
council adopted a resolution declar
ing its intention to pave parts of
High, Paradise, Dexter, Side. Hill,
South, Jackson and Spring streets,
and set Tuesday. April 6, as the date
for the public hearing on the resolu
tion. The resolution by the council
followed the presentation of a peti
tion signed by the owners of over
50 per cent of the property abutting
the streets proposed to be improved.
The district to be paved includes
approximately 11,000 running feet,
or 17 blocks, described as follows:
Paradise street, from the west
property line of Alder street to the
east property line of Grand street;
High street, from the south line of
Main street to the south city limits;
Dexter street from the east line of
High street to its intersection with
side street; Side street from Dexter
street to the intersection of South
street; South street, from Side street
to the Intersection of Hill street;
Hill reel, from South street to the
intersection of Jackson street; .lack
son street, from Hill street to Its
Intersection with Spring street;
Spring street, from Jackson street
to the edge of the paving on Daniel
street. Beginning on Spring street
where it intersects the alley through
block 23, Original Town, thence
west along said alley through blocks
_.'!, 21 and 25. and across lot 4,
block 2, Original Town, to the east
line of High street.
The improvement will be made
under the "enlarged district plan,
under which all the property owner?
who derive benefit from the improve
ment, whether their property abuts
the paving or not, will be assessed
their proportionate part of the cost
of the improvement. The largely
signed petitions by the property
owners asking for the improvement
preclude the possibility of the fail
ure of the movement through pro
test by other owners, and the paving
appears ot be a certainty. The pro
test of 75 per cent of the property
owners would now be necessary to
defeat the paving.
The petitions were signed by -prop
erty owners representing ."."Oil run
ning feet of frontage of the approxi
mated 11,000 feet to be paved. Of
the frontage not represented on the
petitions 2565 feet, or over one-half,
is owned by non-residents, with 15
of the non-resident tracts classed as
income properties.
When Pullman's paving program
was Interrupted by the war three
years ago, 106 blocks had been im
proved and the completion of the
Methodist hill project will increase
this to 123 blocks or six and one
half miles of paving within the city
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Special Session Legislature
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Soloes Will Convene March 22 to
Provide Faaaads for State Schools
and Ratify Suffrage
Amendment
For the purpose of providing
funds for continuing the State Col
lege, the state university and the
normal schools, whose available
funds have become exhausted, and
for considering the ratification of
the proposed amendment to the fed
eral constitution relating to woman's
suffrage, a special session of the
Washington state legislature has
been called by Governor L. F. Hart,
the solons to assemble at Olympla
March 22.
Governor Hart's proclamation call
ing the special session is as follows:
•To the anembers of the legisla
ture of the state of Washington:
limits, a record exceeded by few
cities the size of Pullman. The im
provement of High street lias been
an imperative need for many years,
the street havln_; been' impassable
for automobiles at certain seasons
of the year.
i While no definite specifications
have yet been prepared for the im
provement, it is probable that High
street, from Main to the top of the
hill, will be improved with hill-climb
ing brick pavement, while the bal
ance of the district will probably be
made bituminous macadam.
'lie- property owners who signed
the petitions asking for the Improve
ment, with the frontage in feet, in
all cases where the property abuts
the streets proposed to be paved, are
as follows:
<'. M. Hooper, 150; A. J, Dressier,
R. P.. Wilson. Inez Austell, 50; C.
11. Hinchliff, -"in: .1. E. Hammond,
150; J. H. T. Smith. Ralph Prater,
Lucy Nicholson) 75; G. P. Libby,
50; Evening Star Lodge No. 26, K.
of P., 90; .lames I.inn:;. 185; School
District No. 59, 120; Melvin Clark,
125; H. Sevier, 160; C. A. Scales,
75; Lydia Lukins, 200; Anna E.
Lindley. 100; May L. White, 100;
M. W. 01 instead, Annie Clyde, 66:
j I. C. Lawler. 1 53; M. V. Erwin; A.
J. Hudson, J. F. Linatg, Pullman
Saving. & Loan Assn.. 50; Mrs. A.
K. Copenhaver. 100; Mrs. L, C. Sta
ley, 220! A. P. Rush. 140; Robert
Neill, 100; Otho West, 200; Mrs.
Jennie Miller. 280; .Tames Neill Es
tate, 50; I). C. Dow and wife, 378;
1, J. Sprague, 110; Yeo & Emert,
42; Matilda V. Cannon, 176; S. Kir
kendall, 40; Mrs. George Schroeder,
71: T. A. Ball and wife, 100; Mrs.
Ira Bnder, 225; S. B. Lingg. 75;
Mrs (| H. Thayer, 140; Mrs. E. '0.
Parri___, 225;, C. K. Kuhn, H. J. Wal
ter, 144; George W. Walter. 150;
J. C. Parr, 225; C, N. Caddis, 145;
George C. Allen, Amelia Kruegel,
233; Cornelia S. Hill. 100; C. N.
Caddis. 273.
SCHOOL ELECTION
The annual school election will be
j held tomorrow, Saturday, March 6,
at the high school building. The
polls will be open from 1:00 to 7:00
o'clock p. m. and all voters residing
in the district, whether registered or
not, are qualified to vote. One di
rector for a term of three years is
to be chosen to take the place of Dr.
A. A. Cleveland, who declines to be
a candidate for re-election. F. T.
Barnard has been suggested as an
available candidate and is develop
ing considerable strength. The field
is open and several candidates may
be entered before tne polls close.
HIGH SCHOOLERS TO SPOKANE
The high school basket ball team
will go to Spokane next week to rep
resent this district in the Inland Em
pire tournament. Fans who have
been watching the local high school
ers in action this year believe that
they have a chance to cop the cham
pionship again.
"Whereas, an extraordinary occa
sion exists requiring the assembling
of the legislature of the state of
Washington;
"Now, therefore, 1, Louis F. Hart,
acting governor of the stale of Wash
ington, by virtue of the authority an
me vested by the constitution, do
hereby convene , the legislature aof
« relay convene the legislature <of
the state of Washington in extra
ordinary session in the capitol at
Olympaa on the 22d day of March.
A. D. 1920, at the hour of 12 o'clock
noon. The purpose for which the
legislature is called together is that
it may provide funds for continuing
the state university, the Washington
State College and the state normal
schools, and to consider the ratifica
tion of the proposed amendment to
the federal constitution relating to
suffrage, and such other matters as
It may deem advisable."
EXPLAINS MOW
ASSESSMENT PLAN
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County Assessor John If. Klem
gard was a guest at the meeting of j
the chamber of commerce Tuesday:
noon and gave an interesting talk!
On the new assessment plan adopted I
by the association of county assess
ors of the state. Under the new law '<
tea' estate will be assessed at 50 per j
cent of its true value, while last year
the average assessment was on 38]
per cent of the true value of the'
property. Whitman county, under
the new equalization and the 50 per
cent basis of assessment, will show !
an assessed valuation between $8,
--000,000 and $9,000,000 higher than
last year, according to Mr. Klein ;
gard, The field deputy assessors
Started their work last Tuesday.
FOURTH BIRTHDAY
IN sixteen YEARS
On last Sunday, February 21»,
Charles Hammond, son of Council
man and Mrs. .1. I-:. Hammond, cel
ebrated his fourth birthday, al
though he became 16 years of age
on that day. In celebration of the
occasion a number of his high school
friends were entertained at the Ham
mond home the previous evening.
(lames and refreshments predom
inated.
COUNTRY AND CITY
MUST CO-OPERATE
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Aaron Sapiro Discusses Co-operation
Before Chamber of Commerce—
Cites Fresno, California, us
Example
The Washington Wheat Growers
association and what it means to the
community was discussed before the
chamber of Commerce Tuesday by
Aaron Sapiro, legal advisor for the
association. The association is not
only a movement in the interests of
the farmer, said Mr. Sapiro. but in
the interests of the community as
well. He outlined the activities of
the California Associated Raisin
company, and related that through
the work of this and other co-opera
tive marketing organizations the
town of Fresno has been elevated in
the past nine years from a town suf
fering from business stagnation to
the most prosperous small city in
the world.
"Gel the city builders and the
country builders together," he said,
"and you have organized community
builders, with increased prosperity
for all a certainty." Mr. Sapiro
stated that when the California Rais
in association was organized in 1911
the raisin growers were receiving one
and one-half cents per pound for
their product and the market would
not handle the entire output. The
following year the price advanced to
lour cents per pound, through the
activities of the association, and to
day the association is marketing sev
eral times over Ihe amount raised
in 1911 with demands for even more.
The raisin growers have become
prosperous and the community, in
cluding Fresno and other smaller
towns in the district. Id enjoy
ing a like prosperity. This success
was only made possible through the
co-operation of the business men,
the bankers, the newspapers and the
farmers themselves. This same CO- '
operation, according to .Mr. Sapiro, ]
is necessary to insure the success 01
the Washington Wheat Growers as
sociation, which means as much to '
the city man as to the farmer him
self in that it eliminates the middle
man and. keeps the money all at ]
home. '
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BATTLE SCARRED '
VETERAN WEDS
Albert Zibble. twice wounded <n
the battle of Chateau Thierry, and
Miss Olive Donoho of Pullman were :
married by Justice of the Peace G.
W. Larue at his offices in this city I
last Saturday. The young people left '
immediately for a short trip, to Spo- |
kane. Mr. Zibble-ls a student at the j
State College, taking a course, in
horticulture and agriculture at the '
expense of the government.—Colfax
Gazette.
NUMBER 20
ROAD BONOS CARRY
AT SPECIAL ELECTION
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iota- Is 100 to _*» in Favor of Bond
Issaae of $111,000 for lanpa-ove
aaient of Bond to North
Limits „ (
The city of I'ullman will issue mu
nicipal bonds in the amount of $15,
--.00 to improve the road leading to
he north city limits, the special elec
ion held Tuesday for the purpose of
roting on the question having result
ed in a vote of LOO to 26 in favor of
he bond issue. The unusually light
rote was the result of the failure of
the big majority of Pullman's citi
zens to qualify for the election by
registering at the office of the city
clerk. An entirely new road will be
graded over the greater part of the
route, the new highway to run west
of the N. P. tracks the entire dis
tance, thus eliminating two danger
ous railroad crossings.
In Precinct 41 a total of 35 votes'
was cast, of which 24 were favorable
to the bond issue and 11 opposed.
Forty-two votes were cast in Pre
cinct 51, with 36 for and six against.
Thirty-two voters in Precinct 64 fa
vored the bond issue, while only
three opposed, and in Precinct 72
the vote was eight to six in favor of
the bonds.
The city will proceed with the im
provement of the highway, which
connects with the east branch of the
Inland Umpire highway, as soon as
possible and will rush the work to
lompletlon before the heavy hauling
season. »
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TROPHY SHOW TONIGHT
The trophy show and dance to be
given in the K. of P. hall this. Frt
lav. evening by Maynard-Price post
)f the American Legion is attracting
much attention and it is believed
hat the event will draw one of the
biggest crowds of the season. The
Legion boys have assembled a col
ection of trophies that will prove
highly interesting and have given
natch time and attention to the plans
or the event. The newly organized
Legion band will make its first pub
ic appearance on the streets Friday
afternoon to advertise the trophy
-how and dance and will play
main in the evening. The trophy
show will open al 7 o'clock and con
iiuie until nine, when dancing will
bo in order. The proceeds will go
oward purchasing a flag and stand
ard for the post. ,
A. R. Mac Donald was in Pullman
aver the week-end visiting his niece.
Muriel Mac Donald. She accompan
ed him to Spokane Monday.
CITIZENS OBJECT TO
ACTIOE POLICE
"Inlaaa Prosecutions for Trivial Auto
mobile Offenses Should bo Mod
ified—Furor "First Notice"
Plan j
Criticism of the action of local
lolice officials in arresting alleged
violators of the city automobile or
llnances on trivial charges and as
lessing heavy tines was raised Tues
aay at the chamber of commerce
Meeting by a number of prominent
Risen*. Complaint was made that
me farmer had been arrested for
i.irking has automobile within 20
eet of a city hydrant when the hy-
Irant was completely hidden by a
elegraph pole and when the ordin
nce had not previously been closely
abserved. One business man sug
gested that large chalk marks be
daced on the pavement near the
aydrants to indicate the forbidden
one.
Objection to the alleged pernicious
irosecution of automobile owners for
iffenses which showed no intent to
lisobey the laws has ; become quite
;eneral and many citizens favor fol
owing the Spokane plan of giving
In alleged violator a "first offense'
totice before fining him for these
esser violations.