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WM. GOODYEAR. Editor and Publisher KARL P. ALLEN, News Editor
Published ever) Friday at Pullman, Washington, and entered at
the Pullman post office as second class matter
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PULLMAN, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1920
MODERN HARPIES
Harpies were mythological mon
sters described as having the faces
of women and the bodies of enor
mous birds, with long talons. They
were known as spoilers, because of
their destructive proclivities and
their enjoyment of causing misery.
Some people have the instincts, it
not the appearance, of harpies. in
times of financial stress they go
about starting and spreading rumors
that some bank is shaky or some
merchant is about to fail. It matters
not to them whether such rumors
have any foundation in fact or how
much damage the circulation of them
may cause. They seem to delight in
prophesying calamity and in under
mining the financial reputation of
business institutions and individuals
by whispering stories about their in
solvent condition.
With them almost invariably the
"wish is lather to the thought" and
it they have a grudge or a real or
fancied grievance against anyone.
they do not hesitate to spread any
thing they may hear or imagine
which is derogatory to the financial,
standing of that person.
In ordinary times these modern j
harpies can do little harm because
few people will listen to or pay any
attention to their malicious gossip.
But when money is tight, us at pres
ent; when the banks and menchants
are straining every resource to carry
the farmers until they can secure a
better price for their wheat; when
the necessary curtailment of credit
is slowing down the purchase of
commodities and causing a nervous
tension in business circles; then these
human harpies are in their element '
and become a dangerous menace, be
cause they can find auditors among
people who are inclined to be credu
lous or pessimistic.
The croaklngs of such harpies
have been in evidence in this com
munity during the past few weeks,
but sensible people will turn a deaf
ear to them and join in bringing the
authors to justice. The law provides
a term in the penitentiary for anyone
Convicted of circulating unfounded
rumors of this kind.
The Palouse country is financially
sound and prosperous. As Oscar L.
Cox, representative of the National !
Bank of Commerce of New York City,
observed in Spokane Monday:
"There is enough wheat in this 1
section to pay the federal reserve oh-1
ligations two or three or possibly
four times. It Is a certainty that if
the farmers haven't sold their wheat i
the money for it has not been spent.
The recession in price levels, which
has been pretty drastic, has not yet ;
spent itself, but the credit structure 1
is fundamentally sound and it is toI
be hoped that there will be no i
boom."
Even if the price of wheat should
go no higher than it is to day, there
is no possibility of a repetition of the
hard times of 1893 and the few fol
lowing years. While the banks and
the merchants have heavy loans and
accounts outstanding, they are amply
secured, and when the wheat is sold
they will realize on these obligations
and the money stringency will be re
lieved. The farmers are not going i
ti? be ruined by $ 1.50 a bushel
•wheat. They will not make any
profit and some of them will have to I
assume a loss, but very few of them I
will be hit hard enough to lose their
credit. As long as the farmers are <
solvent and can meet their obliga
tions the banks and merchants are
In no danger of failure and any ru
mors to the contrary are not being
circulated with any desire to help
matters.
The banks and merchants are de
serving of the gratitude and cordial
co-operat'on of the community in |
their efforts to help their patrons
through a trying situation and any
attempt to hamper their endeavors
or impair confidence in their finan
cial soundness can be safely at
tributed to the malicious instincts of
some modern harpy.
WM. GOODYEAR
OVERDRIVEN
The people of this community and
piobably of every other community
in the United States have been over-j
driven until they refuse to respond 1
to any more drives to raise money.
The plan of selling Liberty bonds
and raising vast funds for war activ- j
ities ity organizing drives, assigning
a certain Quota to each community,
and to nearly every resident
Of each community worker so!
successfully during war that |
It has been followed by many 1
organizations since peace was!
declared. The plan hat been over-j
worked and tin average citizen Is]
Sick and tired of being, approached;
by some solicitor and told that he orj
t-ht ought to contribute a certain'
amount to make up the quota as
signed to the community.
It is useless to use the whip or
spur on an overdriven horse and it
is equally useless to use arguments
or threats to stimulate an over
driven community. From now on
organizations trying to raise finals
will find it. advisable to seek dona
tion by leading instead of driving.
Instead of telling each individual
that it li his or her duty to con
tribute a certain sum In order to
protect the reputation of the com
munity, the solicitor will get better
results by explaining the need and
then asking for whatever amount
the individual feels like donating.
In their present frame of mind peo
ple can be led Into giving for worthy
Causes who could not be driven into
giving a penny, not because they are
any less charitable than before, but
simply because they have been over
driven.
The country needs and should be
given a rest from any more drives.
WM. GOODYEAR.
THE KEY TO THE SITUATION
We must open up our usual and
natural outlets for cotton, wool, grain
if we are to relieve the present dis
astrous economic situation, which
lias already cut the farmer's income
far below the cost of production.
There is no real surplus crop-pro
duction in this country today. With
the exception of corn, potatoes and
apples, the total production of most
01' the important crops is under the
five-year average.
Domestic and European demands
have, of course, taken a decided
slump recently, but one of our big
troubles is that some of our normal
outlets are closed. Of the 9,000,
--000 bales of cotton normally export
ed before the war, 3,000,000 bales
went to Germany. Now that the
after-the-war boom has subsided the
absence of this prewar market is
making itself keenly felt.
Abundant evidence is accumulat
ing to prove that the opening of for
eign markets is the real key to the
solution of our present economic ills,
and objection to an extension of
credit to foreign countries to permit
them to buy such of our products as
they badly need is becoming less
each day. Aren't we losing several
billions in non-production and loss
of wages while we are waiting? Will
not the reopening of foreign markets
stop the downward rush, restore con
fidence, start needed purchasing in
this country, and reopen our mills
and mines and farms on a reasonable
but readjusted basis? No mere
banking arrangement, to facilitate
the transmiss'on of goods will suf
fice. What must be provided is real
money or credit. Not only would
the government be able to make the
loan quicker than a banking syndi
cate, but it would be better able to
protect its interests abroad than a
private enterprise. Moreover, the
government might be justified in
taking the risk involved in the trans
action which a private concern would
hesitate to accept. —Farm Bureau
Federation.
The local telephone exchange has
been working under great difficulties
during the past few weeks. The
building has been completely remod
eled and the noise and confusion Inci
dent to the improvements have been
a severe strain upon the operators.
People should make allowances for
any delays or errors in the service as
conditions made (hem unavoidable.
The work is nearly finished and in
the future the improved facilities
and added conveniences will doubt
less result in more satisfactory serv
ice than the exchange has ever been
able to render in the past.
ANOTHER OF THE
OLD GUARD PASSES
(Continued from page one)
that time the aged patriarch has
been patiently waiting. Much of the
time was spent in reading the word
of life. At other times he devoted
his time to writing a book of devo
tional prayers. When the final sum
mons came he was ready. He was a
good soldier of Jesus Christ. Of
such there are too few.
"Servant of God. well done'
Thy glorious warfare's past,
The battle's fought, the race is won.
And thou art crowned at last."
The funeral Wat Conducted from
the Pullman Christian church, the
minister, .1. H. Reynolds, officiating.
The interment was made in the Mos-!
cow cemetery.
Ladies wanting Spiralis corsets call
or. Mrs. A. L. Jinnett. 108 Grand St..
or phone 1564. nov26jan2
INSURE WITH MeCLASKEY
THE NATIONAL LEAGUE
OF WOMEN VOTERS
The following bills have been en
dorsed by the National League of
Women Voters:
The Sheppard-Towner bill, which
provides for the protection of ma
ternity and infancy.
The Rogers bill, affecting the citi
zenship of women. A foreign woman
now becomes an American citizen,
with the right of franchise, upon her
marriage to an American, but an
American woman loses her citizen
ship upon her marriage to a for
eigner.
The Smith-Towner hill, which cre
ates a department of education.
The Fess amendment, which is for
the purpose of making larger appro
priations available for work along
the lines of home economics, as out
lined in the Smith-Hughes bill.
The Curtis-Gard bill, which regu
lates child labor and school attend
ance in the District of Columbia.
It is very desirable that all people
interested In these important meas
ures write to the two Washington
senators, Wesley L. Jones and Miles
Poindexter, and to John W. Sum
mers, congressman from this district,
urging them to use their influence
in getting these bills passed.
There will be a recess of congress
at Christmas time and then a short
term of two months.
During 1918 23,000 women died
from childbirth or complications re
sulting from it and 260,000 babies
die annually. It is safer to be a
mother in 14 other countries than In
the United states. The Sheppard-
Towner bill, if passed, will lessen
such appalling mortality amongst
mothers and babies. Use your influ
ence for its passage.
MRS. WM. GOODYEAR,
Chairman of League of Women
Voters for Pullman.
STEVENS HALL GIRLS
SEPARATE FOR HOLIDAYS
College women at Stevens hall
who will spend Christmas vacation
out of town with relatives and
friends are:
Miss Maybelle Tardy, Gifford, Ida.;
Miss Edna Erman, Spokane; Miss
Lillian Wingett, Spokane; Miss An
nabels Smith, Spokane; Miss Mom
Day, Colfax; Miss Margaret Fenni
more, LaCrosse; Miss Marion Blanch
aid, Spokane; Miss Myrtle McKen
ney. Snohomish; Miss Leila Martin.
Snohomish; Miss Ina Yeackel, Cen
terville.
Miss Ida Hedborg, Alder; Miss
Sarah Cooley, Clarkston; Miss Mar
ion Ackley, South Bend; Miss Olive
Hatfield, Tacoma; Miss Stella Eide,
Tacoma; Miss Marcella Niva, Center
ville; Miss Charlotte Rogers, Olym
pia; Miss Mary Kennedy, Tacoma;
Miss Janet Rae, Tacoma; Miss Mil
dred Peterson, Yakima; Miss Lucille
Taylor, Yakima.
-Miss Mildred Leonard, Pomeroy;
Miss Winifred Mitchell, Loon Lake;
Miss Annabelle McKee, Yakima; Miss
Margaret Rawson, Puyallup; Miss
Lucinda Kent, Puyallup; Miss Dor
othy Dwlght, Spokane; Miss Dorothy
Wilson, Ellensburg; Miss Emma
Frances Howard. Colfax: Miss Fan
chon Johnson, Puyallup; Miss Lu
cette Chaussat. Puyallup; Miss Paul
ine Coulter, Toppenish.
Miss Meryl Lewis, Westminster,
B. C; Miss Ray Welch. Westminster,
B. C; Miss Grace Gilley. Westmin
ster, B. C; Miss Florence Ward,
Pedro Woolley; Miss Doris Inman,
Yakima; Miss Beatrice Huckins, Elk;
Miss Georgina McKay, Spokane;
Miss Bernice Rohrer, Sunnyside;
Miss Marvel .Miller, Twisp; Miss Rena
Kolasa, Lewiston, Ida.; Miss Bertha
Rickey, Colville.
Miss Grace Cottman, Addy; Miss
Helen Moulten, Walla Walla; Miss
Marjory Taylor, Sumas; Miss Valeda
Brock way, Tacoma: Miss Mabel
Btryker, Tacoma; Miss Leona Con
ner, Yakima; Miss Mildred Manring,
ColviJle; Miss Catherine Goldback,
Medical Lake; Miss Helen Anderson,
Puyallup; Miss Grace Barron,
Oakesdale; Miss Clara Hair. Spokane.
Miss Irene Stetzer, Tacoma; Miss
Angelina Lockhart, Spokane; Miss
Florence Heidenreich, Colfax; Miss
Lois Lingenfelter; Selah; Mrs. Con
stance Hal*, Puyallup; Miss Esther
Kieth, Spokane; Miss Mildred Wood
en. Starbuck; Miss Grace Barnhart.
Starbuck; Miss Pearle Collins, Gen
t sse. Idaho.
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Property and Purse
Be Prepared!
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THE PULLMAN HERALD
COMMUNITY PICTURES
PREDICTED BY HAUNCH
Director of General College Exten
sion Sees Educational Movie Ex
change in Every Community
Dr. F. F. Nalder. director of gen
eral college extension for the State
College of Washington, predicts that
sometime, not far in the future, every
community will have its educational
motion picture film exchange and
there will be gathering places at
which there will be shown at regular
intervals motion pictures that will
instruct as well as entertain.
There is a possibility beyond that,
says Dr. Nalder. With some of these
pictures will go a lecturer, who will
know the subject of the films from
first hand experience and who will
talk as the pictures are shown, there
by educating and impressing people
through their eyes and ears.
One of the beauties of this form
of education is that it won't cost
much. These films will go Into all
sorts of places and the cost won't be
noticeable above the express or mail
charge:*. There will be some center
that will act as exchange, says Dr.
Nalder, and circuits will probably be
established for films so that ship
ment will not have to be made from
the center to the place of exhibition
and back again. And there will al
days be a goodly supply of films at
the central library which will be able
to supply calls for films not being
sent out on the circuit or to supply
films a second time.
The initial cost of the films is very
small. Dr. Xalder said his depart
ment at the State College now has a
library of 250 films and the whole
lot did not cost more than $250.
There is a system of exchange
planned for the entire country and
with all states working together,
there will be no more duplication
than is necessary in the production
of the films themselves. And there
will be a great saving made in the
photography and travel incidental to
making the pictures.
Dr. Nalder says that at present he
is distributing films through schools,
clubs, Young Men's Christian Asso
ciations and farm bureaus. The de
mand on his library is greater than
the supply and he is building the
latter up as fast as possible. He
obtains films at low cost from mo
tion picture distributing companies
and from other agencies such as his
in the country.
The State College extension de
partment now has calls for films all
the way from Montana, Idaho, Ore
gon, Washington and Alaska, and
the service is but one year old.
PULLMAN EVIDENCE
FOR PULLMAN PEOPLE
The Statements of Pullman Resi
dents Are Surely More Reliable
Than Those of Utter
Strangers
Home testimony is real proof.
Public statements of Pullman peo
ple carry real weight.
What a friend or neighbor says
compels respect.
The word of one whose home is
far away invites your doubts.
Here's a Pullman man's state
ment..
And it's for Pullman people's
benefit.
Such evidence is convincing.
That's the kind of proof that
backs Doan's Kidney Pills. Ask
your neighbor!
H. W. Baird, 1109 Star Route
street, says: "A cold which settled
in my kidneys caused an attack of
lame back some three months ago.
I had a dull ache in my kidneys,
which caused much suffering and I
had to get up nights to pass the kid
ney secretions. They were scanty
and highly colored. I heard about
Doan's Kidney Pills and one box
from White's Drug Store knocked
the ache out of my back and had my
kidneys acting like clockwork."
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy—
get Doan's Kidney Pills—the same
that Mr. Baird had. Foster-Milburn
Co., Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
GENERAL
WOODWORKING
Phone 205
Our Slogan Is
"Quality First"
Our Work is Guaranteed
Satisfactory
We do all kinds of cabinet and
carpenter . work. construct
built-in furniture and do ex
pert
Furniture Repairing
We call for and return furni
ture when charges exceed $2,
Smith & Basford
Opposite Corner from Palace
Hotel
SPECIAL VALUES IN
XMAS GIFTS
Beginning Friday, Dec. 17
We are offering at greatly reduced prices
many valuable Xmas gifts. These prices
will at once appeal to careful buyers.
Among many others, note the following
exceptional values: . —
One lot Reed Doll Carriages—
regular price $6; special $4.35
One lot Doll Sulkeys—
regular price $4: special price $2.75
One lot Doll Carts
regular price $2.98; special price $2.25
One lot Dull Carriages—
regular price $3.98: special $2.98
The Ever Popular Kiddy Kars—sizes No. 2 and 3—
regular price $3; special .$2.25
Sizes No. 4 ami 5—
regular price .$4.50; special $3.65
Large Sherwood Coaster Wagon, with Springs and
Ball Bearinjgs; regular price $12; special $9.95
One lot Large "White Enamel Doll Beds—
regular price $2.25; special $1.25
One lot Large White Enamel Doll Cradles—
regular price $2.25; special $1.85
One lot Doll Beds
regular price +1.(10: special 80c
All Kid Body Dolls and Dressed Dolls
regular price $1.50 and up; One-Fourth Off
All Baby Blankets—Pink and Blue—Assorted
Patterns—regular price $1.65; special $1.24
White Jap Cups. and Saucers—
sold iii sets only—per set $1.00
Large Horseshoe Tumblers—
regular price 10c; per set (sold in sets 0n1y).... 45c
Starting Monday, December 20, and continuing till
Christmas Day—Broken Taffy, Grocers' Mix, Pea
nut Brittle, and Peppermint Lozenges—
in lots of one pound or over, per pound 30c
Christmas Ribbon Candy—
per pound 50c
A Few Christmas Trees Left—Get Yours Early
No reservations taken by phone, and no exchanges on
holiday goods
Leonard's Variety Slore^
When you think of Clothes think of Clarkson
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Your
Christmas
This Year—
See that Christmas is
Christmas to you,
too, as well as your
friends.
Make Yourself a present;
new clothes, for in
stance.
It'll be Christmas to you
as well as other folks; you
won't be at the "mercy"
ihe of the beribboned and
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christmas bedecked things men re
store ceive for Christmas.
V. W. CLARKSON
Men's Outfitter
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Friday, inn-ember 12, 1920