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VOLUME XXXIII
GENTRY NOMINATED
FOR MAYOR OF CITY
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M. K. Snyder Is Nominee for Coun
" cilman-at-Liiigo—All Other Of
ficers Renominated
Pullman's Nominees
Mayor—N. E. J. Gentry.
Councilman-at-large — M. K. Snyder.
First ward councilman — U. G. I.aw
ler.
Second ward councilman — F. V.
Roth.
Third ward councilman —A. A.
Rounds.
City treasurerJ. S. Clark.
City clerk -.Matilda F. Gannon.
City attorney —D. C. Dow.
Less than 200 votes were cast at
Pullman's primary election last Tues
day, the interest in the primary be
ing at a lower ebb than at any pre
vious municipal election in the city's
history. Mayor N. E. J. Gentry was
nominated for a second term, re
ceiving 108 voter to 44 cast for Will
iam Swain. M. K. Snyder was nomi
nated for councilman-at-large to
succeed W. C. Kruegel, whose re
moval from the municipal limits
made a second term impossible. All
of the other retiring counci.lmen
were nominated for another term,
as well as the city clerk, treasurer
and attorney.
The vote in the various precincts
was as follows:
Precincts
11 51 64 73 Total
Mayor—
N. E. J. Gentry.. 32 16 45 16 108 1
William Swain ..82511 0 44:
Scattering . . . .19 0 4 13 36
Councilman-at-large—
M. K. Snyder .. 4 646 19 75
W. A. Yeo 29 27 4 2 62
Ist Ward Councilman
U. G. Lawler . . .36 36
Ed Spencer .... 7 7
Scattering . . . . 7 7
2nd Ward Councilman—
F. V. Roth 44 . . . . 44
Sird Ward Councilman
A. A. Rounds 38 5 43
George Olson 0 12 12 >
City Treasurer—
J. S. Clark . . 194
City Clerk "*
Matilda F. Gannon 194
City Attorney—
D. C. Dow 188
A large number of complimentary
votes were cast, no less than a dozen
citizens being honored with votes for
the mayorality, including Lee Allen,
F. V. Roth, J. N. Scott, C. N. Curtis.
H. V. Carpenter, F. M. Slagle, O. L.
Waller, F. C. Forrest, .Mrs. .Mathews,
A. A. Rounds and G. A. Street. Mrs.
Serena F. Mathews received five
votes for city clerk and M. S. Jamar
the same number for city attorney.
DOUGLAS C. OF C. DELEGATE
B. H. Douglass, past president of
the Pullman chamber of commerce,
will represent the local booster club
at the meeting of the state chamber
of commerce, to be held Monday and
Tuesday of next week at Ellensburg.
"Mr. Douglass was elected a delegate
at Tuesday's meeting of the chamber.
WOULD MAKE ARMISTICE
DAY SCHOOL HOLIDAY
•presentative F. E. Sanger Will Be
Asked to Introduce Bill to that
Effect in SUite Legislature
Frank E. Sanger, representative
elect from this district, will be asked
by the Pullman chamber of commerce
to introduce a bill in the next legis
lature declaring Armistice Day a le
gal school holiday. Upon unanimous
vote of the chamber at its luncheon
Tuesday the legislative committee
was instruced to petition Represent
ative Sanger to introduce such a bill.
The action was taken after Superin
tendent Charles Henry of the local
school system had stated that under
the existing school laws it is abso
lutely impossible for a school board
to declare a holiday of its own voli
tion. Some of the high school stu
dents are service men, and desire to
attend the county Armistice Day cel
ebration at Colfax. To make this
possible the classes opened Thursday
morning an hour earlier than usual
and closed at noon, thus giving the
district the number of class hours
necessary to constitute a day under
the existing school laws.
W^ SIXTEEN PAGES ,
The Pullman Herald
Devoted to the best interests of Pullman and the greatest farming community in the Northwest surrounding it.
APPRECIATE FIXE SPIRIT
EXEMPLIFIED BY COLFAX
That the citizens of Pullman ap
preciate to the fullest extent the ad
mirable spirit displayed by the peo
ple of Colfax when they sent a cara
van of automobiles loaded with fire
fighters and equipment to the assist
ance of Pullman at the time of the
big blaze in the business district elec
tion day, was evidenced by action
taken by the chamber of commerce
last Tuesday. Upon unanimous vote
Of the members of the organization
the secretary was instructed to pre-'
pare a letter of appreciation to be
forwarded to the county seat com
mercial club and the city council.
Within a few minutes after Colfax
had learned of the blaze, which for
a time threatened the entire busi
ness district, a dozen touring cars
loaded with Colfax citizens and two
II tick loads of hose were on their
way to assist in extinquishmg the
flames. The harmony and good feel
ing existing between the two biggest
towns of the county can not but re
sult in good to both communities,
J. A. ROGERS DIES AS
RESULT OF ACCIDENT
Pullman Street Sweeper, Struck by
Motorcycle, Succumbs at Hospital
Riders Exonerated by Officers
J. A. Rogers, for some time past
employed by the city of Pullman as
street cleaner, died at the Northwest
Sanitarium Friday night, about mid
night, from injuries sustained when
he was struck by a motorcycle on
East Main street Friday noon. Mr.
Rogers was working near the con
crete bridge on East Main when two
motorcycles, ridden by John Hicks
and Edward Irwin, high school stu
dents, approached. Irwin was ahead
>f Hicks, and was towing the latter';*
motorcycle with a rope. Witnesses
state that after the first machine had
passed Mr. Rogers stepped directly
over the rope between the two cycles
and was thrown against the handle
bars of the second machine. He was
dragged several feet and his head
came in contact with the curb, the
skull being fractured at the base of
the brain.
The injured man was rushed to
the hospital, where his injuries were
found to be fatal, and physicians stat
ed that he had but a few hours to
live. He succumbed to the injuries
that night. Hicks and Irwin were
arrested at 1:30 Saturday morning
by Chief of Police Sargent.
Roy LaFollette, representing the
prosecuting attorney's office, and
William Cole, from the sheriff's of
fice, came to Pullman Saturday after
noon to investigate the case. After
questioning numerous witnesses the
officers concluded that the boys were
not at fault and both were promptly
dismissed.
Funeral services were held from
Kimball's chapel Monday afternoon,
the Rev. Mr. Law of the Methodist
church officiating.
J. A. Rogers was born at .Mayville,
Illinois, September 10, 1847, being
73 years of age last September. His
youth was spent in Wisconsin, where
he was united in marriage to Mary
A. Sanderson, who survives him,
nearly 50 years ago. Eleven years
ago they came to Pullman and have
resided here since. Five children
survive the father, these being 'John
Rogers of Wisconsin, Mrs. Mabel Ur
ban of Wisconsin, Mrs. F. C. Smith of
Everett, Mrs. Eunice Ashley or Wis
consin and Martin L. Rogers of Pull
man. Five brothers and three sis
ters also survive.
PULLMAN COUPLE WEDS
A quiet wedding took place at the
homehome of G. G. Vincent last Sat
urday evening when Miss Leona
Homer and K. H. Vincent were unit
ed in marriage, the Rev. J. G. Law
conducting the ceremony. Dinner
was served at 5:30 and the wedding
took place immediately afterwards.
REV. REYNOLDS RETURNS
The Rev. H. J. Reynolds of the
Christian church returned Sunday
from Long Beach, California, where
he was called by the death of his
father, E. E. Reynolds, who was 76
years of age. Rev. Mr. Reynolds was
gone about three.weeks and visited
at San Diego, San Francisco, Los
Angeles and other California points.
PULLMAN, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12. 1920
BANK ISSUES VALUABLE
HISTORICAL FOLDERS
Interesting Series of Articles on "Our
Government" Appreciated by
Public
A few months ago the First Na
tional bank sent out the first of a
series of monthly folders on "Our
Government," designed to give the
people of the community a keener in
sight into national affairs. These
contain much of historical value and
complete files tit' them are being kept
by many of their recipients for refer
ence purposes. The last of the fold
ers mailed from the bank concerned
"The World's Biggest Job, the Presi
dency," and is one of the most use
ful and educational of the series, up
to the present time The subject
matter in this folder carries the read
er through the important events sur
rounding the presidency of the Unit
ed States from the time of the elec
tion of George Washington up to the
present time. It deals with early
election systems, the president's of
ficial family, vice presidents who
have become presidents through the
assassination or death of the presi
dent, succession to the presidency
and other interesting sidelights on
the office.
The folders are all profusely illus
trated, the current issue containing
likenesses of the three martyred
presidents, views of the Whitehouse,
the cabinet and interior views. A
list of the 28 presidents is given, with
the politics, home, Inauguration date,
age, length of time served, vocation
when elected and date of death.
This table shows many interesting
facts, among them the coincidence
that five of our presidents were rest
dents of Virginia, five came from
Ohio and five from New York state.
In the list of vocations that of law
yer far outnumbers the others. 20.
of the 88 presidents having been
members of the bar when elected, j
The sixth president was the son of
the second and the twenty-third
president was the grandson of the
ninth. Only two former presidents
William Howard Taft and Woodrow j
Wilson, are now living.
The bank will be glad to add any I
person to the mailing list who is not
now receiving the valuable folders.
STATE COLLEGE GRADUATE
WEDS OREGON GIRL
T. S. Goodyear and Miss Genevieve
isabeile Dove were united in mar
riage last Sunday afternoon at the
home of the bride's parents in
Rainier, Oregon. It was a pretty but
quiet wedding, only the close rela
tives and a few intimate friends of
the contracting parties being present.
Mrs. Jack Howard of Portland, Ore.,
attended the bride, as matron of
honor, and A. McDonald of Olympia
acted as best man. The Impressive
ring ceremony was performed by
Rev. 11. H. Howe of Rainier. After
the ceremony several appropriate vo
cal solos were rendered by E. M.
Cramer and a dainty collation was
served, at which the wedding cake
was cut and distributed.
Since completing her studies at '
the Bellingham and Ellensburg Nor
mal schools, the bride has been
teaching in the Tacoma and Olympia
school*. The groom graduated from
'be State College with the class of
1916 and since that time has held \
the position of assistant state for- '
ester of Washington, excepting for
a year which he spent in the army!
during the war. He is a member of!
the Sigma Nu fraternity.
After spending a short honeymoon
in Portland, Ore., Mr. and Mrs Good
year will begin housekeeping in
Olympia. A large circle of friends
extend congratulations and best
wishes for their future happiness.
NALDER APPOINTED
SPECIAL COLLABORATOR
Dr. F. F. Nalder, director of the !
division of general college extension
work at Washington State College,
has been appointed special collabo
rator in the United States bureau of
education at Washington, D. C. Dr.
Nalder will have charge of the home
study courses in literature, educa
tion and vocational guidance, and
pest-war studies in the state of
j Washington. The duties of the new
i office will not conflict with his ax
tension work being carried on In the
state.
SWALES GRABS PRIZES
ON DUROC-JERSEY HOGS
Wins Lion's Share of Honors at i
Western Royal ami Lewiston
Live Stock Shows
G. Osborne Swales, of the Crescent
Stock farm, east of Pullman, won
the lion's share of the honors with
his Duroc-Jersey hog exhibits at the
Western Royal Live Stock show in
Spokane last week and repeated at
the Lewiston Five Stock show at
Lewiston, Idaho, this week. The
competition at Lewiston is said by
•
stockmen to have been the Strongest
In the history of the Northwest shows
and the honors won by the Pullman
man are signal ones. The winnings
Of Mr. Swales at the two shows were
as follows:
Western Royal— First junior
yearling boar, senior and grand
Champion boar, second senior pig.
second junior pig. first and second
yearling pig, first national Duroc
special on five 1 sows and boar, second
aged herd, first young herd, second
young herd bred by exhibitor, first
produce of sow, first get. for sire.
Lewiston—Second junior yearling
boar, third and fourth senior boar,
first senior yearling sow, first, third
and fourth senior pigs, second aged
herd, second young herd, third and I
fourth produce of sow, third and j
fourth get of sire, junior champion
sow, all-Northwest futurity, third
and fourth boar pig, first, third and
fourth sow, second litter, fifth and I
ninth junior boar, tenth junior sow, j
sixth and ninth on litter of junior
pigs. At the Lewiston show as high
as 45 pigs were shown in some of.
the classes.
Air. Swales will hold a bred sow
sale at the State College on January I
5 and a combination sale later. .Most i
of the swine exhibited at Spokane!
and Lewiston will be included in the j
sales.
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MRS. BARBARA SANDERS
DIED IN CALIFORNIA J
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Former Pullman Woman Succumbs
After Brief Illness Settled Near
Pullman in 1884)
After a brief illness Mrs. Barbara |
Sanders passed away at her home in j
Long Beach, California, Tuesday
evening, October 26. j
Mrs. Sanders was born in Missouri
August 3, 184 6. She was married;
to David M. Sanders in the early six
ties and at the conclusion of the war
she and her husband joined an im
migrant train and crossed the plains
behind a yoke of oxen. Alter more
than six months on this journey, dur
ing which time they encountered
many thrilling experiences over tin- j
marked trails and crossing bridgeless
rivers, often times fighting back un
friendly Indians, they readied
Yamhill, Oregon, where they resid- j
ed a short time. In I 880 the family
migrated to the Palouse country and j
settled four miles north of Pullman,
then known as Three Forks. There!
the family lived until 1906, when
Mr. Sanders passed away. In 1910
Mrs. Sanders, with her daughter,
Mrs. J. J .Murray, and family moved
to Long Beach, California, to reside.
Mrs. Sanders was well known in
the Pullman neighborhood and en- \
deared herself to all her friends and
neighbors by her unselfish Character,
especially among the early pioneers
was the news of her death received
with sorrow. Deceased leaves two I
daughters, Mrs. .1. J. Murray and Mrs.
Mary Stacey, both residing in Long
Beach.
The funeral services were attend
ed by a number of old Pullman i
friends who are now in Southern
California. The remains were laid \
away in the beautiful Sunnyside
cemetery at Long Beach Friday
afternoon.
810 SHOW PROMISED
The annual "Forty-Nine" show to
be staged on the evenings of Novem- ;
ber 25, 26 and 27 by the K. of P.
lodge gives promise of surpassing any
of the former shows conducted by
the lodgemen. Many new features
hive been added and elaborate set- j
tings are being planned. There will j
be nothing to offend, with much to
please. The show will be advertised
throughout the Palouse country and
delegations of visitors from nearby
towns are expected. '
HAD CHECK ARTIST
GOT PI II.M CASH
Emil Rider a young man who har
vested In the Pullman section this
fall, is in custody at Moscow and war
rants were issued Saturday afternoon
by V. W. Clarkson and John Gan
non of this city charging him with
Issuing worthless checks, Rider is
claimed to have signed the name
"Dave Flodine" to chocks written in
favor of a number of Pullman mer
chants about two Weeks ago, the pa
pers being returned marked "no
funds." At both the Clarkson and
Gannon places of business he made
small purchases, receiving the bal
ance In cash. The check written in
j favor of Mr. Clarkson was for $5,
! that issued to Mr, Gannon being for
! $10. The young man is alleged to
have confessed his guilt when ar
! rested at .Moscow, where he was tak
en in custody on a charge of passing
' bad checks in Idaho,
"BIG SIX" WILL FEED
i hungry citizens
i
; Chamber of Commerce Banquet
Scheduled for Tuesday Evening
In K. of P. Hall
Next Tuesday evening w'll occur
j what promises to be the red letter
event in the history of the Pullman
! chamber of commerce, On that even
j ing, at the K. Of P. hall, the 800
I members of the chamber will sit
down to a sumptuous banquet at the
j expense of the mooted "Pig Six," in
' eluding F. E. Sanger, Lee Allen, F.
■C. Forrest, Robert Neill, J. N. Scott
; and C. A. Isaacs. While an air of pro
. found mystery surrounds the plans
; for the big event, something startling
; and unusual is promised by the "Big
| Six," while the committee of the
' whole, headed by "Jim" Klemgard
! and Tom Martin, promises that the
: chamber at large will not come out
! second best in the contest of wits
I which is expected to feature the big
I occasion.
I
Secret meetings are being held by
both factions almost daily, and one
I of the richest entertainments in the
I history of Pullman is anticipated,
with jollification and wit running
i rampant.
The feed itself will lie a banquet
j fit for the kings, What ever else
| may be said of the defeated "Six,"
I they are not accused of lack of
I gameness, and their promise of a
feed that will satisfy the fondest
hopes of the multitude is assurance
for 100 per cent realization.
Every member of the chamber is
urged to attend the banquet, Coy
! era will be laid for 300.
The banquet is the result id' a
I friendly contest staged recently be
: tween the "Big Six" and the commit
j tee of the whole The "Six" chal
! lenged the entire organization to a
; membership campaign contest, with
' the banquet as the penalty to be paid
i by the losers. Alter a sensational con
i test that savored of questionable tac
tics, but added over 100 names to
; the chamber rolls, the "Big Six"
! were declared losers and promptly
[ pledged themselves to 'make good"
| on their promise.
SIX PULLMAN CITIZENS
SEEK NATURALIZATION
i
Applications for naturalization pa
! pers for six Pullman citizens are
! pending in the superior court at Col
j fax, and at least five of the six will
; be examined on semi-annual natural
( ization day, Monday, November 29.
Of the six Pullman citizens who have
applied for the papers the witnesses
lot one, Frank Form an, have already
! qualified and will not be called for
[a second hearing. Four others from
this city have been notified to ap
pear in Colfax with their witnesses
at 9 a m., November 29. These are
Margaret Meinhardt, Otto Carl Chris
tian Gebert, Peter Watzek and
, Charles Norman Curtis. (Included
lin the list of 18 county candidates
for naturalization are six whose
cases cannot be heard, according to
the chief examiner, because " a pres
idential exception from the alien
enemy classification is required in
asmuch as their declarations of in
tention were not two years old when
the United State* declared war upon!
the country to which the petitioners
were subjects." Included in this list
of Six is the name of Gottfried
'Herbst
«mEAT TOUCHES BOTTOM
WITH $125 OFFERED
Thirty-two Cent my line in Six-Day
Period Following Eleven-Cent
Advance— Market h
Demoralized
The farmer who could have found
it market for his wheat in this city
Tuesday afternoon would have re
ceived $1.25 per bushel for the pro
duct. That was the nominal price
quoted by the local buyers, but few
of them were anxious to buy even at
that figure, and none of the farm
ers were willing to sell. During the
six-day period from November 3 to
November 9 the Chicago markets
showed ii decline of 32 cents, one of
the most sensational slumps in the
history of the grain exchanges, and
in sympathy with the Chicago quota
tions local wheat dropped corres
pondingly. Wednesday's increase of
a fraction over 11 cents came as
abruptly as the previous declines had
come, however, and many grain buy
■
ers and farmers believe that the bot
tom was touched Tuesday, with pros
pects tor substantial advances. The
steady slump in prices, ranging from
three to nine cents, during the six
day period of depression, demoral
ized the local markets to a great ex
tent and several buyers were entirely
put off the market, offering to take
wheat only on consignment.
An even dollar marks the differ
ence between the highest prices paid
for wheat in Pullman this season and
the lowest quotation offered. At the
outset of the selling season a few
farmers sold portions of their crops
at $2.25, the vast majority, however,
holding for expected "three dollar
wheat." Almost immediately the
market started to decline and the
farmers, unwilling to sell on a falling
market, hung on to their crops, with
the price going down and down, al
most daily, until the low mark of the
season, $1.25, was reached Tuesday
of this week.
A very small percentage of the
Pullman wheat- has been Sold. The
only recent sale reported is a two
carload lot purchased Saturday of
last week at $1.58.
The following figures, showing the
closing Quotation on December wheat
in the Chicago exchange to No
vember 10, when an 11-cent advance
was noted, will prove interesting:
November 3 $2.07
November 4 2.01
November 5 1.98
November 6 1.90
November 8 1.84
November 9 1.75
November 10 1.86
JOINED SCOUTS IN CHINA
Aivin Gilbert, a nephew of Dr. L.
G. Thayer, who joined the Hoy Scouts
In Killing, China, In January of 1919,
this week transferred to Troop 1 of
the Federated Church Scouts. The
young man now resides in this city
and is a welcome addition to the
local troop.
HAWCROFF ARRESTED
FOR STORE BURGLARY
Attempts to Implicate Two Other
Boys ail When Boys Prove
Alibis
A young man who gave his name
as Hawcroff was arrested last Thurs
day on I John Doe warrant, charg
ing him with burglarizing the White
drug store and was taken to Colfax
for a preliminary hearing. It is
claimed that Hawcroff is on parole
from the Idaho reform school. He
is said to have admitted his guilt
and to have made attempts to Impli
cate two other Pullman youths.
Both of them proved alibis, how
ever, and it is believed that Haw
croff alone was responsible for the
burglary, which netted some $10 in
cash and a number of small articles
from the stock. At the time of the
burglary a note was left on the cash
register bearing the message: "Three
bad men will get you."
Dr. and Mrs. L. G. Kimzey went
to Elk. Wash.. Monday. The doctor
was called there by" the Illness of his
brother's wife.
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