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VOLUME XXXIII
WHEAT COSTS HIGH
111 PALOUSE COUNTRY
survey of Over 24M> Farms Shows
Cost of 1 Production to Farm
Owner to Have Been $1.00
1
Per BushelJ —To Ten
ant Farmer $1.44
The average cost of producing a
bushel of wheat on more than 200
farms in the vicinity of Pullman and
.Moscow, Idaho, was $1.69 on owner
farms and $L 4 4 on tenant farms in
1919, according to figures contained
in an official survey conducted un
der the supervision of the State Col
lege of Washington, the University
oi Idaho, and the U. S. Department
Of Agriculture. This report has just
been returned to the State College,
bearing the approval of the Office
cf Farm Management of the Depart
ment of Agriculture at Washington,
D. C. '
The cost of production of winter
wheat averaged $1.63 per bushel,
with a range of 90c to $4 on owner
farms, and of $1.44, with a range of
70c to $3.30 on tenant farms.
Spring wheat cost an average of
$1.83 per bushel on owner farms and
$1.34 on tenant farms, with a slight
ly narrower range of difference.
The figures cover 229 farms with
about half of that number in each
of the States of Washington and Ida
ho, made up of 168 farms operated
by owners and 7 1 by tenants.
*
The survey was conducted last
summer, by experts in. farm man
agement from the experiment sta
tions of the State College of Wash
ington and the University of Idaho
co-operating with experts from tie
U.S. Department of Agriculture. A
continuation of this survey is pro
posed for the crop years of 1920 and
1921, after which the summary will
furnish a basis for the computing of
cost production figures for any
given year. Two and three men
from each of the three departments
worked continuously to assemble
these figures for the three months of
the summer vacation last year. These
men visited the 229 farms and con
sulted with the owners and operat
ors in detail.
The survey covers data on a total
ol 19,128 acres of winter wheat with
i yield of 554,420 bushels, and 10,
--953 acres of spring wheat, yielding
a total of 220,664 bushels. The av
erage yield in the winter wheat was
2!* bushels, with 20 bushels in
spring wheat.
The report shows that SO per
cent of the total of both winter and
spring wheat from owner farms was
produced at $"1.90 per bushel or less.
In winter wheat, 86 per cent of the
tctal production on owner farms was
« a cost of $1.90 or under, though
there was a range of cost from 90
(Continued on page six)
MERGE CELEBRATION
AND«PIONEER PICNIC
"Big Three" Starts Work Toward
Giving Pullman Biggest Fourth of
y July Celebration in History
Of County
| Hans for Pullman's gigantic
Fourth of July celebration are al
ready taking shape, with every mdi- ■
cation that the American Legion j
wst, sponsor for the big event, will
realize its ambition to produce the
f ost successful celebration in the
Mstory of Whitman county. The
'_ Three" committee of Maynard I
_"<* Post has already held one
feting, when the different details
the celebration were assigned to
N e members of the head committee.
J»l Dow, chairman of the "Big
m re «>' will look after the arrange
rs for sports and athletic feat
c _* 8; Nazaire Yelle will have in
tion 86 the parade and city decora
lookf WhHe Reade M Young will
T af ter the various concessions.
entative plans are under way for
fc * combining of the annual Whit
thig Lo Unty Pioneer picnic, which
'he / 6ar COmes t0 Pullman, with
olfi Ccr ° of July celebration, and
»re *™ °f the pioneer association
l*o hi l ° faV°r tne merging of the
y. D' 6 events. In case the combin
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Devoted to the best interest! of Pullman and the greatest farming community in the Northwest surrounding it.
ation is effected a section of the pa
rade will be assigned to the pioneers,
in which will be depicted the evolu
tion of the history of Whitman
county from the time of the first set
tlers to the present time. Picnic
features and a pioneer program
WOUld also be provided for the early
settlers of the county. John Bishop
of Pullman is president of the Whit
man County Pioneers association,
and while the annual events have in
the past been held in June, the date
is left to the discretion of the of
ficers.
An effort will be made to raise
sufficient funds to purchase a bet of
street decorations outright, to be
used first at the celebration and bit
er for other patriotic or big public
events.
PVTIII.WS ENTERTAIN
THEIR LADIES ROYALLY
One hundred and fifty members of
Evening Star lodge. No. 26, Knights
Of Pythias, with their ladies, attend
ed the social session of the lodge
held .Monday evening. Cards, (lam
ing, refreshments and musical num
bers featured the session. Forrest
Peck appeared in Swedish mono
logue, while Syndey Allison sang sev
eral baritone solos and John Buhner
rendered Scotch monologue numbers.
The Lambda Chi Alpha Quartet add
ed variety to the program; The so
cial meeting was one of the most
successful ever conducted by the
lodge and the big crowd was enter
tained in a way thai brought con
gratulations to the committee In
charge, which included A. (1. Sutton,
It. M. VanDorn and J. W. Robinson
STATE COLLEGE FUNOS
INCREASED $475,000
I Legislature Appropriation Commit
tee Passes on General Fund
Measure
Washington State College was
given an appropriation of a little over
$2,000,000 for the next biennium by
the state legislature when it passed
the general appropriations bill Wed
nesday. This is about * 100,000 more
than had been allowed by the appro
priations committee earlier in the
session.
Included in the appropriation is
money* to build the new dairy build
ing, and for the replacement of the
farm buildings destroyed by the cy
clone last summer. No funds are
available for the completion of the
Mechanic Arts building.
The detailed appropriation for the
college is as follows:
From the Scientific School
Current and Agricultur
al college current fund
until exhausted. bal
ance from State College
I fund.
Salaries, wages. sup
plies, material and serv
ice 11,386,444
Capital outlays 1 17,750
Total $1,504,194
i J] 00,000 to be allotted to Puyallup
experiment station.)
From the general fund, the state
college is given the following
amounts:
For Prosser experiment sta
tion $ 34,000
For amount to secure Smith-
Lever fund from United
States government for ag
ricultural work 116,318
, For new boilers, generators
and extension of tunnels. 50,000
i For completion of equip
ment of dairy building.. 250.000
! For farm building* 68,000
Total $522,318
This sum is about $475,000 in ex
! cess of what the State College re
ceived from 1919 appropriations.
! levy, and general fund.
j RACKET HALL CLASSIC
TO BE PLAYED TONIGHT
The Pullman high school basket ,
ball team, champions of Whitman
county and runnersup in the tourna
ment at Cheney last week-end, will
close its season this (Friday) evening
with a game with Colfax high school. |
The contest will be staged in Bohler
gymnasium at the State College, the |
high school gymnasium being too
small to accommodate the crowd.
The chamber of commerce has en- j
dorsed the game as the season's high ,
school classic and many tickets are ,
being.sold. The funds will go to
clean up a deficit in the high school
athletic treasury, any balance remain
ing to apply on the athletic field pur
chase price.
PULLMAN, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY. MARCH 11, 1921
COMMUNITY CENTER MEMBER
SHIP DRIVE STARTS TUESDAY
Memberships in Community Memorial
Association Will Sell at $100
Each to Build Community
Center
The sale of memberships in the
Community Memorial association will
start next Tuesday noon, the object
of the membership drive being to
raise sufficient funds to construct
the proposed community building on
Main and Pine streets. The mem
berships will sell at $100 each and
it is hoped that it will be possible to
dispose of 1000 of them in Pullman
and vicinity.
Revised plans for the building, to
conform to the lots on which it will
be Constructed, have been prepared
by the architect, together with a
drawing of the .Main street elevation.
The plans call for a community build
ing complete in every detail. On
the first floor will be a spacious gym
nasium and community ball, .6x122
feet, with a balcony and stage. The
seating capacity will be between
2500 ami 3000. The offices for city
j officials, ladies' rest rooms, chil
dren's play rooms and other small
rooms will also be accommodated on
this floor. The second floor pro
vides .for a spacious chamber of com
merce and community banquet room,
with kitchen and other appurten
ances. The shower baths and lock
ers will be installed in the basement.
together with a rifle range for the
national guar 1 unit, furnace, fuel
and storage rooms.
The following, report which show;
the progress already made and the
id.ins for the Immediate future, was
submitted by the committee to the
chamber of commerce Tuesday noon
and unanimously uproved by that
organization.
We, your committee appointed by
President Hounds February 8, 1921,
to confer with like committees from
ether bodies to formulate plans for
a community building, and to report
back to the chamber of commerce as
soon as possible our findings, beg
to submit (he following report:
After conferring with the mayor
and members of the city council, the
local American Legion and the repre
sentatives of the following ladies'
clubs: Ingleslde, Fortnightly, P. E.
()., .Military Hill Junior club, Mili
tary Hill Senior club, Pleasant Hour,
.Mothers club. Historical club and the
Neighborly Neighbors, and the fol
lowing churches: Baptist, Catholic.
Christian, Federated, .Methodist-and
Presbyterian, and the following fra
ternal organizations: M. w. of A.,
Knights of Pythias, W. O. W., East
ern Star, United Artisans, Moose, Boy
Scouts and the local guard unit, as
to ways and means and to the advisa
bility of attempting financing and
building a suitable community center,
with their aid, assistance and en
couragement, we submit the follow
ing plans for financing and building
the community center:
First, that we name it the Com
munity Memorial association and or
ganize a non-profit corporation on
the same plans as a church or fra
ternal organization, and instead of
shares we issue memberships.
We propose the following form for
such subscription:
As a token of my grateful appre
ciation of the unselfish and patriotic
Join the Crowd Saturday, 2:30
Tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon at 2:30 a big rally will be
held at Main and Pine streets, on the site of the proposed com
munity memorial building, for the purpose of exercising some
of the pent tip enthusiasm which has been generated anion;: the
citizens of the community for the community structure. There
will lie short and snappy talks by a number of leading citizens
and music for the occasion will be provided by the college band
of 40 pieces. The Hoy Scouts will be out en masse for the occa
sion and other organizations arc invited to take similar action.
Interest in the big community memorial building movement
is at fever heat and the rally is expected to attract a big crowd.
Save the date. Saturday, _:^ii p. m., and join the big caravan
ol boosters for the most important movement attempted in Pull
man in many years. Let's go.
services rendered by the men and
women of this community to their
country, and to perpetuate the spirit
which prompted such service, 1 here
by subscribe for membership In the
Community Memorial association of
Pullman, Washington, and l promise
to pay therefor the sum of $100.00
as follows, $10.00 cash, $40, or or
before September 15, 1921, and
$50.00 on or before December 1,
1921 .;it bank
Washington. Dated this . .day ol
March, 1921.
We recommend that the building
be used for all community affairs
free of charge, except to lake care
of actual cost of heating and lighting
and janitor service; and in case an
admission charge is made by the
users of the building.
That the city of Pullman take Ibe
title to said properly and that, we
give them offices in it, this to take
care of the matter of taxes and to
keep control with them and with the.
Community Memorial association foi'
all lime.
The Community Memorial associa
tion to elect trustees and officers to
manage the affairs of the associa
tion, no member having more than
one vote.
Your committee, with the counsel
and ad ice of the other organ
tions, has contracted to buy lot 6
and 7 In block 13, for which we are
to pay $400<) for lot 6 and $7250 for
lot 7. We had to make a decision
then and there, as the owner of lot
i had his business ready to go, and
it was a matter of the,: or never,
so we made such a contract. The
two lots back of these we expect to
get for the state and county taxes
and street assessments, which will
amount to about $1600, The Ameri
can Legion paid from their own
funds $500. We have to pay $*1000
on March 15, 1921, and the balance
April 1, 1921.
Your committee has made arrange
ments for a final meeting of the
general finance committee Monday
evening at the chamber of commerce
moms at 7 p. m., together with the
committees which will do the solicit
ing, to get everything in shape to
start the drive the next day at the
chamber of commerce meeting. The
meeting will be preceded by a big
outdoor rally Saturday afternoon at
the proposed sit" of the new build
ing.
Respectfully submitted.
A. R. McCLASKEY,
C. A. ISAACS,
THOS. NEILL,
GEO. H. GANNON,
J. F. BOHLER,
Committee.
MRS TAMER SUCCUMBS
Susie B. Taber, aged 77 years,
died at her home Wednesday morn
ing. Several years ago Mrs. Taber
uttered a paralytic stroke and had
been in ill health since. Susie'Winn
was bom In Howard county, Mis
souri, January 10, 1844. Upon the
death of her husband six years ago
she came to Pullman to make her
home with her sister, Mrs. Ferguson,
and her niece, Mrs. Bessie Brobst.
Funeral services were held yester
lay afternoon at Kimball's chapel,
with the Rev. .1. G. Law of the Meth
odist church officiating. Interment
was in the I. O. O. F. cemetery.
TO RAISE FUNDS FOR
COMMUNITY BUILDING
A big masquerade ball will Ik* con
ducted by the W. (>. \\. lodge next
Wednesday evening, March l(|, in the
I\. of I', hall, tor the pose of rais
ing funds for the new Community
building. Admission will be $1.50
per couple and those desiring to at
tend limy get Invitations by applying
to any member of the Woodmen of
the World. Prises will be given for
the best sustained characters and the
best music obtainable will be dis
pensed.. It is anticipated thai there
will be a large crowd present to help
swell the fund for one of the great
est movements jet conceived in this
community.
PERSONAL TAXES DUE
Less than a week remains in whlcn
to pay personal property taxes ami
County Treasurer K. 11. Thompson
reports that about 5000 people In
hitman county have not yet paid.
A list of those delinquent on March
l•> is turned over to he sheriff Cor
collection, together w'th interest at
he rate of 1 5 per cent, costs and
mileage.
A rebate of bice per cent is al
lowed on real estate taxes paid be
fore March 1.7. ;;, „i estate taxes for
1520 may be paid in full or one-.'
half on or before Mary 111. 19 _i. If
no payment is made at thai date
the taxes are delinquent, but i,
half payment has been made the
taxpayer has until November 30 to
pay the second half. If the second
half is not paid then, or if none is
paid, he Interest dates from June I,
1921, at the rate of I 'J per cent pel'
annum.
FIFTY-EIGHT MEN IN
NATIONAL GUARD UNIT
Rifle Company' Mustered in Wednes
day Evening by Captain Ralph
Hon— First Drill Next
Wednesday
The Pullman rifle unit of the Na
tional Guard' was mustered in Wed
nesday evening by Captain Ralph
Hon-. 58 local men taking the oath
after successfully passing the phys
leal examination. The guard unit
has secured temporary quarters In
the old .Masonic hall, on Alder street,
which will be known as "Guard hall."
The first official drill period is Bel
for next Wednesday evening. George j
11. Gannon is provisional captain of
the company, It is expected thai the |
official federal Inspection, which will i
complete the organization process, !
will be accomplished within the next ■
10 days. The following men enlist
ed in the local unit:
Alex L. Adams, Elmer 11. Alex
ander, Dayton F. Archer, Frank D.
Avery, Benjamin It. Barton, Dwighl
L. Barton, Benjamin F. Berry Jr.,
Philip M. Bradbury, James L. Brett,
Fructuoso G. Calachan, Walter Car
rcthers, Luther M. Clarkson, Harry
L. Cole, Don Carlos Dow, Neal E.
Dow, Paul H. Douglas, Clark C. Ellis,
Claire R. Ellsworth, Lloyd li. Em
eit, Kenneth 1.. Gage, Harlan Gan
non, George H. Gannon, C. E.
Haasze, Stanton J. Hall, Charles
Hammond, James R. Haxton, Gilbert
R. Hays, Honnas S. Hays, Victor W.
Healey, Eugene K. Henry, Harold ii.
Henry, Max Hinrichs, Jr., William
Adrian Hodges, Edward L. Irwin,
James L. Irwin, Clark B. Kimball.
Oliver B. Klossner, George S. Llbby, :
Harry G. Llbby, Carrol McCoy, Ed
ward B. 'ally. Lowell G. McDon- 1
aid, Charles H. McKillip. Charles W.
May, Marion P. Malsed; Hector Men
son, Donald A. Newbrough, Melvin
R. Plaskett, Harry J. Porter, Henry
E. Roberts, Ernest Ruth, Edgar A.
Ruth, Laurence E. Schroller, Will
iam D. Steiner, Oscar Ullery, Troy D.
Walker, Joseph E. Wetherell, Reade
M. Young.
TEACHERS INSTITUTE
AT COLFAX THIS MONTH
The annual Whitman county teach
ers" institute will be held at Colfax
on Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday.
March 28, 29, 30. The Institute will
be held at th-? high school building
and a number of prominent educat
ors have been secured for the vari
ous programs. Upon the adjourn
ment of the county Institute some of
the teachers are planning a trip to
Spokane to attend the educational
meeting.
SCHOOL CODE BEATEN
BUDGET IS REDUCED
Senator Wllmer Tells of Hie Rush of
Work in Closing Days of
Session
We had a busy week. At the be
in; Ing of the legislative session we
"loaf 'd"; now w. go through the
daily calendar at i gallop, and there
Is danger of measures passing with
out adequate cot si deration. It is
presumed that all Li'ls have been
caretully considered in committee.
but 'a the final "lain measures may
pas- that should not pass.
'I he school code lost out again and
for the session. 1",,, ,'.' were switches
of \otes but net tosult was un
changed. However, the issue could
not he settled at this session, what
ever the vote. During the debate the
opponents threat.ii,, a referendum,
and now the propenants are seriously
considering an Initiative. So in any
case the quel lon must come before
the people in ember. 1 922.
The issue is now clouded and it
may be well to have two years for
the consideration of a matter so
vital.
The budget, is nearly completed. It
will be substantially less than two
years ago. This is most gratifying;.
We (the committee on appropria
tions) hardly expected to do more
than stem the rising tide of expendi
ture this session, preparatory to a re
duction next session. The result is
letter than anticipated. In some in
stances I fear we trimmed too much.
It must be remembered, however,
thai a million saved here reduces he
total lax levy but five-sixths .of a
mill. To gel real relief we must look
for it nearer homo.
The road situation looks rosy. It
Is not yet time tor felicitations, but
excepting the unforeseen, whitman
county will fare well.
There has been compete harmony
in the Whitman county delegation
and the most friendly relation- Un
fortunately Mr. Trimble has been in
a Seattle hospital since February 12.
House bill No. 255 (farmers mar
keting bill) will come before the sen
ate about Tuesday. It passed the
house so to 'J, but the opposition is
centering on the senate. It must be
amended in order to pass.
There Is much, very much yet to
do. Last week It was long grilling
sessions, with some night sessions,
and committee meetings and confer
ences until midnight. Well get
worn out with dulled preceptions at
the lime of all times when they
should be keen and alert to prevent
obnoxious measures from "slipping
over."
Next week we may have some all
night sessions.
F. J. WILMER.
JUDGE NEILL ELECTED
SCHOOL DIRECTOR
Wins Over Professor F. J. Bievere by
Vole of 11)0 to 7f> — Ha* Served
.Many Terms on Board
By a vote of 190 to 79, Judge
Thomas Neill was last Saturday
elected school director for he three
year term, winning over Professor
1' J. Sievers of the agricultural de
partment or the State College. Pro
fessor Sievers was an eleventh hour
"dark horse" candidate, sponsored
by members of a prominent women's
club, who conducted an active tele
phone campaign ill his behalf. Their
campaign stirred the supporters of
Judge Neill to action and the result
was one of the largest votes ever
cast at a local school election, with
Interest high. Judge Neill has
served many years as a director for
District No. 59, having first been
elected to the board 30 years ago.
During the past year he has been
chairman of the board.
The local schools now enjoy the
distinction of having the lowest per
pupil cost of any school employing
more than four teachers in Whit
man county, Maiden, with nine
hers, excepted. The district em
ploys 30 teachers.
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