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VOLUME XXXIII
HFHMNSOF F.HAMELIUS
SHIPPED FROM HQBOKEN
Funeral Services for Pullman War
Hero Who ell in France Will
Be Held Sunday Afternoon /
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? The remains of another Pullman
war hero who • made the supreme
sacrifice in France and will be laid
to rest in native soil when the body
of Sergeant Frank .1. Hamelius ar
rives from Hoboken, New York, from
whence it was shipped last Saturday.
The body is expected to arrive not
later than Saturday and plans are
being made for funeral services to
beheld Sunday afternoon at 2:30
at Kimball's chapel, in charge of
Whitman Lodge No. 49, F. & A. M.,
of which deceased was a member.
All members of F. & A. M. are
requested to meet at the Masonic
hall at 1:45 Sunday afternoon to
prepare for the funeral.
Sgt. Hamelius was the son and
only child of Mr. and Mrs. Math Ha
melius of Pullman. He was drafted
into the national army and left for
Camp Lewis for training with one
of the first contingents from Whit
man county. He was soon elevated
to a corporalship and just prior to
sailing for overseas on July I, 1918,
was given the rank of sergeant. He
•was assigned to F company, 361 st
regiment of infantry. Hist division.
Sergeant Hamelius lost his life
near Ecllsfontalne, on September 28,
1918, being shot through the body
with a bullet. Concerning the death
of Sergeant Hamelius, Colin V. Dy
ment, of Walla Walla, Red Cross
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searcher for the 9 Ist division, wrote
as follows:
"The town of Pullman, Wash.,
lost Sergeant Frank J. Hamelius soon
after noon on September 28, 1918.
when the company, always a dashing
one, had come within 500 yards of
Eclisfontaine itself. A machine gun
bullet or rifle sniper shot Hamelius
through the body. He died without
speaking in a tew minutes. Ha
melius was a good soldier. 'You bet
he was.' said Private Perrine E.
Moore of Los Palos, California, who
was 10 paces away. The body was
Picked up and carried bach when
■ company returned. The night be
fore he said: I'll be glad when it's
done with. I want to get in and
break the ice.* "
_ Sergeant Hamelius had resided in
Pullman since childhood, his father
having been section foreman for the
Northern Pacific company here for
m»ny years, coming here from Mar
shall Junction, near Spokane. He at
tended local schools and later the
State College, and was held in high
esteem by his many friends and ac
quaintances. The mother never re
covered from the shock which ' at
tended the receipt of news of the
heroic death of her only son and a
"ort time ago was taken to Medical
In the hope that treatment
ffl 'Bnt restore her health.
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PttLLMAN MAN PREACHES
ON BOARD LAKE BARGE
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p"" 16 Rev. W. E. Monbeck of the
Wman Baptist church preached a
•ermon to several hundred people
"t Bunday on hoard a barge on
"*« Coeur d'Alene which was car
,n * '» group of Baptists to the
*°P of the Baptist Young People's
•eably at Mica bay, on .the Idaho
?*?i Many families took their din
"r to the camp, where they spent
tie asy.
HOUSE GUTTED 15V I IRE
The residence on West Main i
street occupied by the A. H. Watts i
family was gutted by fire Thursday I
afternoon. The blaze is believed to I
have been caused by an overheated
stove or defective flue. The fire
department responded promptly to I
the alarm and did efficient work.
although handicapped by inadequate j
pressure, which made possible only
a single line of hose. The chemical
equipment was brought Into play
and proved very effective. Prac- 1
tically all of the household effects ;
were saved.
SQUIRRELS EXPENSIVE
It costs 84 cents to keep one
ground squirrel for a year on wheat :
worth a dollar a bushel, says W. T.
Shaw, zoologist at the State College.
who, alter an exhaustive study of
the subject, has written a bulletin on j
squirrels. One squirrel is capable
of destroying slightly more than 50 '
pounds of wheat a season.
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WHEAT QUOTATIONS
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Red Russian 85c >
Club 88c i
Bluestem and fortyfold 90c
Oats, per cwt $1.15 I
GONLEYGETS^CONTRACT
: FOR M. A. BUILDING
Spokane Contractor Will Complete
Third Floor of Mechanic Arts
Building; for $13,887
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The building committee of the
' board of regents of the State College,
of which Senator R. C. McCroskey
of Garfield is chairman, Wednesday
afternoon awarded the contract for ,
_ the completion of the third floor of ;
the Mechanic Arts building to M. C.
Conley of Spokane, who offered to
[do the work specified for $13,887. |
• The second lowest bidder was F. E.!
Peterson of Spokane, who estimated
the job at $15,400 and the Valk-!
i VanGorder Construction company of j
Pullman bid $18,925. It is likely j
i that deductions will be made in the ,
I specifications which will bring the
cost to under $12,000.
Mr. Conley is now executing his
I contract for the construction of the
j first unit of the college poultry plant,
I which was destroyed by the cyclone
I of last year, and is also making addi
[tion to the gymnasium. He expects'
I to start on the contract for the Me- j
j chanic Arts building at once and the ,
j third floor will be ready for use by
i the time college opens.
The specifications call tor the |
plastering of the entire third floor,!
1 the laying of maple floors, construe
! tion of partitions and placing of oak ;
! doors.
PLANS UNDER WAY i
FOR MODERN HOTEL
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(". C. Cooper, Kit/villo Man. Investi
gates Possibilities for Launching
Enterprise in Pullman
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C. C. Cooper, an experienced ho-j
I tel man of Ritzville, is in Pullman .
j this week investigating the possibili-
I ties for the construction of a modern >
, and spacious hotel for this city. Sev
eral sites are under consideration
and prospects are very favorable for
I the launching of the enterprise,
: which would fill a long felt want.
Mr. Cooper visited the chamber of
commerce at the noon luncheon
Tuesday and made known his plans
to the local business men. He was
enthusiastically received and upon
motion a committee of five was ap
pointed to co-operate with the vis
itor in investigating tthe possibilities
for such an enterprise. The com
mittee includes F. C. Forrest, Prof.
C. A. Isaacs, D. F. Staley, J. N.
Scott and Dr. F. F. Nalder. Some
citizens favor a plan for the con
struction of a community hotel, with
stockholders among the citizens, and
this plan will be considered by Mr.
Cooper, who has stated a willingness
to invest his own capital in such an
undertaking if that is the desire of
the citizenship.
PULLMAN, WASHINGTON. FRIDAY, .11*1,y" 29, 1921
COLFAX PEOPLE PLAN
BIG "JOY WEEK" EVENT
Count) Sealers Will Abandon Coun
ts Fair Hut Will provide Week's
Entertainment Karl J in
September
Colfax is planning a "joy week"
for early September to take the
place of the annual county fair and
according to the information con
cerning plans for the big event ema
nating from the county seat the peo
ple of the county will have no cause
to regret the chance Concerning
the "joy week" plans the Colfax Ga
zette said:
Colfax business people are talk
ing about. forgetting the annual
county fair this year and turning
all their efforts towards a "Joy
Week" celebration to be staged
early in September. The county fair
with its exhibits from garden and
orchard and the little old horse races
no longer attracts and entertains.
People want something different and
they have been going elsewhere to
gel it until the county fair Idea has
become a joke with the people who
are supposed to attend, and a night
mare to the people who have been
trying to put on the fairs for the
past few years.
Proposed plans for a show that
will be different were discussed at
Wednesday's commercial club lunch
eon. The idea brought forth by J.
D. Lewis Is for a three or four days'
celebration with special afternoon
features, possibly including a buck
ing contest one afternoon, a parade
another afternoon, and some other
special feature on other days, with a
huge, home managed carnival each
evening.
The scheme provides for no trav
eling carnival company, no grafting
—instead, a home managed dance
on an open-air dance floor, a wild
animal show, country store, popcorn
stands, hotdog Stands, peanut stands
and all sorts of concessions, all run
by home people.
County Assessor J. M. Klemgard,
who rode a steer successfully at a
round-up at the Clay Barr ranch near
Pullman recently before a crowd of
2000 people, offered to ride a steer
during the Colfax jollification week
if W. E. McCroskey would do like
wise. Dr. Tifft and Charley Schuldt
are already matched to box for the
featherweight championship, and
many others are ready to take part
in the proposed jollification.
It was also suggested that an au
tomobile and other prizes be given
away at the end of the week on
tickets distributed during the week.
. Arrangements for the jollification
will be taken up again next week
and the people of Whitman county
may rest assured that'there will be
something worth while when tin.
»how is ready for presentation.
FISH I OK COl VI V STREAMS
Fifty thousand eastern brook
trout,were placed In Whitman coun
ty streams last week by County Game
Warden 11. W. Terhune of St. John.
Most of the fry were placed in Rock
creek and a few in the streams above
Palouse. A large number of perch
have been placed in Whitman county
waters this season and next month a
quantity of blue catfish will be
placed in different streams. A big
lot of small-mouth bass are also to
be placed in the streams in the west
ern part of the county and in Rock
lake next month
Swimming Pool Regulations
Effective Thursday, July 28
Swimming Hours 10 a. m. to 9 p. m.
Men and Hoys Mondays. Thursdays, Saturdays, ID a. in.
to 5 p. in.
Women and Girls Tuesdays. Wednesdays and Fridays.
10 a. m. to 6p. m. Mothers may bring small boys under
school age (five years old and less) on ladies day. With
this exception these days, from 10 a. m. to f» p. m., are
strictly for women and girls only.
Open to All—All day Sunday and other evenings from sp. m.
to 9 p. m.
By authority of City Administration,
c. f. McCarthy,
Supervisor of Municipal Swimming Pool.
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COUGAR FOOTBALL
PROSPECTS EXCELLENT
lied Hamilton Will Conch Fro.sh
Team — Many Veterans Will Re
turn—Ten Hard ('nines on
Schedule
With the selection by the athletic
council of Fred Hamilton, captain
and tackle on last year's varsity foot
ball team, as frosh coach to succeed
Norm Moss, the State College coach
ing staff is completed for the 1921
--22 season. Gustavius Welch win re
turn as head coach and "Hack' Ap
plequiat as assistant coach, with Ath
letic Director J. F. Bohler again
Serving as trainer. With this squad
of coaches ami the prospects for an
abundant of mat. rial, both old and
new, football stock at the State Col
lege is soaring high. The coaches
will report September i and will give
two week? to securing a line on the
situation and mapping their program
for the training and playing season.
Official practice for the colleges of
the Pacific Coast conference will
start September 18.
Annum the varsity men who have
signified an Intention of returning
for next fall are Harold i lanle>.
"Spud" Loomis and George Bohan
non, ends: Eldon Jenne, Mike Mo
ran, Roy Sandberg, "Pink" Mclver
and "Hill" Winans, half backs; Moe
Sax and "Curley ' Skadan. quarters;
C. A. Webster, Holla Powers and
"Dutch" Durrwachter. full: Captain
"Dutch" Dunlap, center; Ford Dun
ton, Wallace McKay, "Buck" Davis.
Tromanhauser and Jans, guard and
tackle.
Added to this array of material
from last year's varsity, most of
whom won their letters, will be •■
large group of men from last year's
frosh team, reputed to have been
the best first-year team in the col
lego's history. Vernon Hickey, Quiun
Fisher, J. Zaepfel, E. Alexander,
Wheeler and Mulledy of the frosh
team are likely candidates for half
back berths, while J. McDonald and
Fenton will go after a quarterback
job. Cole. Meeker. Lf C. Cook and
H. T. Cooke will be on hand to enter
the scramble for end positions.
Members of last year's frosh team
who will try lor line positions this
fall are J. Hays; G. Beneke, A. Keefe.
J. C. Crosby. Art Hamilton, Pete
Kramer, A. Doust, M. M. Huffman,
C. W. Wetsel, S. Farmer and E. W.
Robertson. Captain "Dutch" Dun
lap will have J. Stackhouse and L.
R. Crow as understudies at the cen
ter position, and both are good men.
The official schedule for the State
College Cougars calls for 10 games,
the hardest schedule for many years.
The games played will he as follows:
October I—Alumni1 —Alumni at Pullman.
October 8 — Camp Lewis at Ta
coma.
October 1 .">—Gpn/.aga at Spokane.
October 22— Idaho at Pullman.
October 29—California at Port
land.
November 6 — Oregon at Pullman
(Homecoming day).
November ll—O. A. C a' Cor
vallis.
November 24—Washington at Se
attle.
December 3—Southern California
at Los Angeles.
New Years Day—Notre Dame at
Tacoma.
The families of M. S. Jamar and
H. H. George returned Sunday even
ing from a week's vacation at Deer
Lake, in Stevens county.
j OH.TON BEATS PULLMAN
Colton won from Pullman Sun
■. afternoon al Colton, Kotula,
pitching tor Colton, gave one of the
j best exhibitions of the season, strik- •
[ing out 22 Cullman halters. Cook;
'.was on the mound for Pullman and
j retired 10 Coll on players by the
strikeout route Pullman's four j
: runs were the result of errors. Col-1
j ton bad wo earned runs.
The score:
R 11 El
| Pullman \ ,-, 4
I Colton 6 8 4 j
Batteries—Cook and Stairetl: Ko-1
; tula and Hunter. Umpire—Van j
j Dorn of Pullman.
"THE COUGAR" NEW
CAMPUS PUBLICATION*
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Volume I. No, i of '.'The Cougar,"
an eight page, three column publi
cation intended to be of interest to
i students and prospective students of
J the State College, is off the press.
j The paper is edited by Allen 11.
. Roberts. '22, of Spokane, and was
! supervised by Registrar Frank T.
j Barnard The journal contains
many items of interest to students,
Including a careful selection of va
cation new- concerning students and
j faculty members.
SECOND GENERATION !
j AT STATE COLLEGE
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Children of Two Graduates Will En
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roll This Fall— Marks New Epoch
in XV. S. <'. Hi* tor)
With the enrollment this fall of
two "second generation" students, a
1 new epoch will be marked in the
i history of the State College of Wash;
] ington. Miss Jessie i; Hungate,
l daughter of Mr. and Mrs. .1. A Hun
! gate, pioneers of Pullman, was a
; member of the first graduating class,
I receiving her degree in 1897. Short
. ly after graduation she married 11.
jC. Sampson, at that time bead of 1
! the department of education, now a
; prominent business man of Spokane.
; This fall their son, 17 years of age
I and a graduate from Lewis and Clark
; high school, Spokane, will enroll in \
economic science and history, just
I 25 years following the graduation of
i his mother with the first class. Mr,
and Mrs. Sampson now reside at 2212
! ManitO Boulevard, Spokane.
The second "second generation"
student will be a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur B. Ann la of St.
Maries, Idaho. Mrs. Annis was in
Pullman a few days ago to secure
rooms for her daughter in the dormi
tory. Both Mr. and Mrs. Annie are
: former students of the state College,
Mr. Innia receiving his degree in
pharmacy in 190.",. He is now pro
, prietor of ,i drug store at St. Maries.
FANS LESSEN SIT
EXPLOSIONS, FIRES
Threshing Mm bines Equipped With
Smut Fans Ho Better Work and
Are Safer
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Smut explosions became so serious
two seasons ago that Insurance com
panies refused to insure the ma
chines. This ha in-, n overcome to
I a large degree by installing smut
fans. Only two out of eighteen ma
chines which were using fans last
season had explosions.
It seems quite certain say:-- George
1.. Zundel, extension plant disease
: specialist of the State College, that
when the insurance companies be
come better acquainted with the
smut fan, and the type is Improved,
that insurance will he reduced.
The benefits of Installing a smut
fan on threshing machines are now j
; beyond the experimental , stage. A J
[ large number are being used in the
I wheat fields of the east side, and it
is almost the universal opinion of
! farmers using them, that they will'
! not operate their machines in the
' future without the fans Using the j
smut fan gives greater safety from |
smut explosions, produces cleaner r
grain and makes better and cleaner
working conditions around the ma
, chines.
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No, 42
NEW RECORD MADE FOR
EARLY WHEAT DELIVERY
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Find New Wheat From Farm of It.
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s. Booth, Fast of Pullman, July
li.%— New Record for Pull
man Vicinity
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A new record for early delivery
j of wheat to the warehouses was es
• tablished Monday when R. 8 Booth,
] a farmer two miles east of Pullman,
hauled his first load of new wheat
to the Kerr Gilford warehouse. Mr.
Booth not only established a record
■ for early delivery, exceeding all for
i mer records by if) days, bur for the
third time in recent year? he gainer?
the distinction of being the first
Pullman farmer to the warehouses
With his new crop of wheat A
search of the records of local grain
buyers disclose 1 the fact that on
every year Mr. Booth has been among
the first to harvest bis wheal and
on two previous years has been the
first farmer to the warehouse He
started operations with bis station
ary outfit last Saturday in a field
of Hybrid No. 128. Tests of small
samples of the grain, which is re
turning a pood yield, showed 59
pounds to the bushel, with a slight 1
i smut content, estimated ai one-hilf
| of one per cent.
While cord of all local buyers
are not available Mayor N. E J-
Gentry, who was In the grain busi
ness here for over SO years. is au
thority for the statement that Mr.
Booth unquestionably established a
new record for early dellVCl'V of
wheat. The available recor.iS show
that fall barley has been delivered
before August 1. with August 5 the
earliest date for wheat.
Thomas Batty, of the Wawawai
1 canyon district, delivered 39 sacks
I of club wheat to the Northern Grain
it Warehouse company sevo.'il 'leys
ago. but this wheat was raised in a
district which is from two t^ three
weeks ahead of the Pullman district
and is not considered local wheat.
i Mr. Batty, however, was the fi St
man to sell new wheat In the local
markets, disposing of his crop, with i
was from six acres, at 87 cents per
bushel, on a basis of 90 cents for
NO. I. The wheat tested 58 pounds
to the bushel.
PULLMAN FAMILIES HAVE
VERY INTERESTING TRIP
The families of Walter Glaspey
and Perry Haxton have returned
from a two weeks automobile trip
which Included many points of in
terest. A diary was kept by tho
daughters of the two families which
contains an accurate log of the en
tire journey. From Tacoma the
party went to Camp .Murray, where
Richard It ixton and Nello ' llaspey,
who were there with Company K.
National Guard, joined them and con
tinued Ihe trip with their families,
to Portland. Two punctures was Ihe
only car trouble on the entire trip
and no bad roads were encountered.
The natty camped in auto parks,
finding some good, others fair and
others not. so convenient The best
crops were observed ween Colfax
and Spokane and in the Walla Walla
count
ihliV SURPRISES FRIENDS
L. W. Eddy, the local planing mill
man, surprised his friends last Sat
urday when be took as his bride Mrs.
Mabel F. Hazel of Portland, Oregon.
The ceremony was performed by Jus
tice William M. Porter. The bride
is well known in Portland, where
she has been employed by wholesale
firms. Mr. Eddy has been a resident
of Pullman for several years and has
many friends who extend congratula
tions and well wishes.
WOMEN WIN W. S. C.
HOME PLAN PRIZES
Prize winners in the third and
last group of farmhouse plans have
been announced here by Professor
i.. .T. Smith of the department of
agricultural engineering. They are:
Miss Orilla E. Miner. Pullman;
Mrs. C G. Waterman Deer Park,
and Miss Edith M. Cox. Kennewick.
In addition to the three prize win
ners, two sets of plans were picked
out as being very near the top and
having points of unusual interest.
These were sent In by Mrs. Helen D.
Whitaker. Palouse, and Mrs. L. G.
Thayer, Pullman.