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.Volume xxxiii
APARTMENTS N
. OPEN AUGUST 15TH
Motion Apartment House Will Be
Credit to City of Pullman — All
Apartments Rented and .Many
on Waiting List
— f J
The commodious Roth apartment
house, at Oak and Star Route
streets, will be ready for occupancy
August 15. A large force of work
men are putting the finishing
touches on the interior this week.
The apartment house will be one of
the best, arranged of its kind in the
Northwest, with every, convenience
for the renters, It is of fireproof
construction throughout and the fix
tures are the best obtainable. Com
pleted, the new building will repre
sent a cost of $112,000. The exter
ior is of Joseph's Coat pressed brick
and all of the bedrooms are finished
in a silver gray tint, with cream
ceiling.
The building will include 20 apart
ments on the three floors, of four
and five rooms each. The five
room apartments include two bed
rooms, living room, dining room,
kitchenette and bath, with four clos
ets. The kitchenettes are equipped
with built-in features and pantry.
Six of the 20 apartments are on the
first floor, six on the second floor
and eight on the third. Each floor
is equipped with a two-inch fire
hose for fire protection and steel fin
escapes lead from each floor. There
are no inside rooms and the abund
ance of light is one of the best feat
ures of the building.
The basement includes a wash
room with eight stationary tubs and
an electric washer, shower hath. 20
fruit and vegetable lockers and com
modious store rooms. The boiler
room contains a 60-horsepower boil
er and a Moline system heating plant
adequate for two buildings as large
as the apartment house. A 500
--gallon hot water tank will provide
hot water in ample quantity for all
the apartments at all times. The
basement also contains a large in
cinerator to dispose of the garbage
and other refuse which accumulates
in the various apartments. The coal
bins have a capacity of three car
loads, with a driveway direct to the
bins wide enough for small trucks.
The basement floors are concrete
and, the ceiling is of metal lath and
, plaster, making it fireproof in every
detail.
The five-room apartments rent for
167.50 per month and the four-room
apartments for $55. All are rented
and Mr. Roth has 49 families on the
waiting list. Among those who have
secured apartments are T. .1. Lara
way, Captain W. T. Scott, Miss Zora
Coombs, Mr. Austin of the Powell-
Sanders Co. of Spokane, Mrs-. C. A.
Mulledy of Kooskia, Idaho, Superin
tendent Charles Henry; Lieutenant
A. B. Perm, John Staley, Mrs. Anna
L. Dellaplaine, Harry 11. Irwin. .Mrs.
Saidee Pteiffer, Miss Ethel Oderlin,
8. A. Yeager of Spokane, Bernice M.
01ipbant, Emma Ludwig, Oscar Will
ma W. A. Pearl, Scovel Mayo of
Cheney, and S. ]>„ Holmes.
.Mr. Roth states that in case he
as made any errors in following
out the order of priority in letting
th apartments he will willingly
make corrections. Hi, policy has
J een to let the apartments to the
first applicants and he desires to be
'air to everyone.
.The opening of th.. new apartment
nouse is expected to furnish relief
'0r the acute shortage of houses and
rooms.
ONE-THIRD HAVE LICENSES
11 is estimated by the department
™. "censes that on August 1, when
, « enforcement of the automobile
th r «r« license law was ordered by
• legislature only one-third of the
w.l?_ in the state had complied
jj* 8 DeWßtatuto- Director Fred
clerk n°W ha" a double Bhift of
Ucen" at work issuing and mailing
>l° tardy applicants. The
not _ f* ay patrol Probably will
Septet aCtiVe duty much before
d ri J O, er *' but enforcement of the
<»» law will be left largely to
to th* " anywa y* The fines go
»• community where the arrest is
ft lt ,a ° d as th« minimum fine •is
beer, ; the ad Vl*ntage of local of
ceri to enforce the law.
The Pullman Herald
DUnM *° "" *•"' interest, °f Pullman and the greatest farming community in the Northwest surrounding it.
V \i:\V BUSINESS ENTERPRISE
Pullman Is to have a new business
enterprise in the nature of a cream
station and milk distribution plant.
The promotes are i. Willis Carson
and .lames T. Roberts, both of whom
are local men and experienced in that
line of work. The business will be
launched in the quarters formerly
occupied by the State College cream
ery, on Paradise street, and Cue
young men hope to be operating by
September I. They plan to start on
a modest basis, with machinery cost
ing approximately $3000. and to add
to the equipment as fast as possible.
They hope ultimately to have a busi
ness that will serve the entire Palouse
country.
CLARENCE LAIRD
WEDS PASCO GIRL
Wedding bells chimed happily at
the home of Wm. Laird, 1205 Star
Route street, at high noon Saturday,
July- 30, when Clarence Laird was
married to Miss Gladys Irene Myers
of Pasco, Rev. H. J. Reynolds offi
ciating, The bride was becomingly
attired in a navy blue traveling suit
and carried a shower bouquet. The
ring ceremony was used. Following
the wedding a sumptuous wedding
luncheon was served. The happy
newly weds left on the afternoon
train for an extended wedding trip.
SUNDAY MORNING FIRE
BURNS TWO BUILDINGS
Peterson Battery Station and Pull
man Planing Mill Suffer Losses
— Buildings Owned by M. I).
Henry and F. H. Benton
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Damage to the extent of $8000 or
$9000 was done by fire Sunday
morning which gutted the buildings
on Grand street occupied by the
Peterson Battery station and the
Pullman planing mill The fire was
discovered about 7:00 o'clock near
the wall between the two buildings,
and people who were early on the
scene are of the opinion that it or
iginated in the battery station, prob
ably in the Charging room. The fire
department responded promptly and
within two minutes from the time
the alarm was sounded had water on
the flames. The efficient work of
the fire fighters undoubtedly saved
the frame buildings on the north of
the burned structures. Had the fire
gained a greater headway before :t
was discovered it is probable that
the entire block of buildings, inclu 1
\ ing the Artesian hotel and the J. M.
| Palmerton building, would have been
destroyed.
The greatest loss was sustained by
| Harry Peterson, owner of the bat-
I tery station, through damage to bat
| teries and equipment. Mr. Peterson
carried $4000 insurance on a stock
[ estimated at nearly $7000. L. W.
i Eddy, owner of the Pullman planing
| mill, had but $1000 insurance, but
i his salvage will be considerable.
1 many of the tools and machine be
! Ing only slightly damaged.
The building occupied by Ihe plan
| ing mill was owned by M. D. Henry
| of pullman, who carried but $350 in
! surance, owing to the almost prohib
itive premium rate of $7 per $100.
The building occupied by the battery
j station was owned jointly by Mr.
i Henry and F. H. Benton of Spokane,
and was not insured.
Mr. Eddy is still doing business at
his old stand and expects to add new
machinery and equipment as soon as
'the building is repaired or new quar
ters secured. Mr. Peterson will not
j decide upon his future course until
; his loss has been adjusted, but ex
pects to continue in the battery busi
ness in Pullman.
DIED AT MEDICAL LAKE
•John Lamb, for 12 years a resi
dent of Johnson, died at Medical
Lake last Saturday at the age of 70
years, eight months and 29 days,
death being caused by a complica
tion of aliments. He was taken to
Medical Lake five weeks ago in the
hope that his health might be bene
fited, but failed to recover and death
came to end his suffering. ,He is
survived by his wife and several
children. Funeral services were held
at Johnson Monday afternoon and
interment was in Johnson cemetery.
PULLMAN. WASHINGTON. FRIDAY, AUGUST 5; 1921
ACTION DEFERRED
I BY CITY COUNCIL
I .
Only One Bid Received tor Proposed
Work in Local Improvement
District Xo. ,J7
The members of the city council
are in doubt as to whether or not to
proceed with the proposed improve
ment of North Monroe street and
Michigan avenue, included in Local
Improvement District No. 37.
When bids were opened Tuesday
evening, the only firm bidding was
the Standard Asphalt company. Their
| bid amounted to $19,441.00 for the
job. This sum plus the engineering
| costs would entail an aggregate ex
penditure of $21,385.31, as against
: an estimate of $20,342.37.
The total assessed valuation of the
real prwoperty in the improvement
district is but $"8270.00 and of the
improvements $1.1,740.00. a total of
$20,010.00, which showing might
jnake the sale of the bonds a difficult
matter.
The council first voted to reject
the bid, but later reconsidered this
action and postponed th.' decision of
j the matter to Wednesday evening in
order to give tin 1 councilmen an op
i port unity to look over the property
; included in the district. At the
meeting Wednesday evening final ac
tion was again deferred to the next
'regular meeting, August 16.
It is now up to the property own
i ers interested to get busy and make
; their wishes known. If they desire
| to have only a part of the streets mi
i eluded in the district improved, the
I council would probably concur rath
l er than drop the project, as an ex
pense of some $300 has already been
incurred in the preliminaries.
UNIONTOWN' JOURNAL SOLD
S. P. Shutt, who has operated the
| Uniontown Journal for the past yea,-,
has sold the plant to 11. A. Reed and
('. F. Lake of Freewater, Ore., who
took charge of the newspaper Au
! gust 1. Both the new owners are
i experienced newspaper men who
| have followed the business in the
I Walla Walla country for many years.
| The retiring owner expects to engag•
i in a different business, failing health
i making the change necessary.
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The Misses Katherine and Bessie
White returned last week from an
' outing at Seaside, Ore.
WAGNER WOULD MOVE
HOTEL TO PULLMAN
Former Pullman Man Contemplates
Removal of Empire Motel From
Maiden to Pullman —Roth
Will Estimate
George Wagner, tor many years
a citizen of Pullman, realizes "i
in gent need tor added ho ' accom
modations in Pullman and la consid
ering the possibility of tearing down
; the Empire hotel, a commodious
three-story brick structure at Mai
; den, and bringing the material to
this city to lie used toward the con
! struct ion of a modern hotel here.
j Mr. Wagner has written to the Roth
! Construction company for an eirtl
; mate on the cost of tearing down the
', Maiden hotel and constructs a
new one here, and F. V. Roth, man
i ager of the company, will go to Mai
| den early next week to make the
estimate. In his letter to the Roth
Construction company, Mr. Wagner
says, In part:
"Will you kindly give me an Idea
1 ns to the possibilities of tearing down
and moving to Pullman the hotel, of
which I am enclosing a photograph.
: If this is practical you may give me
! the approximate cost of taking down,
moving and putting up again. The
salvage here of doors, windows,
plate glass, plumbing and heating
appliances are all in good condition,
and the brick may also be used to a
neat extent. This hotel is now
easily the best in this county and all
furniture is of good quality. Pull
man is in need of a good hotel and I
1...1 sure if this can be moved and
renlaced Pullman can easily be proud
of the new addition."
Mr. Roth is of the opinion that the
plan is a practical one and will con
fer with Mr. Wagner as to the de
tails next week.
CAPT. SCOTT PLEASED
WITH COLLEGE CADETS
Showing at (amp Lewis Rifle Com
tition anil in Scholastic oil.
Ings Credit to sine College
It. O. T. C.
Captain Walter T. Scott, command
ant of cadi at the state College of
Washington, arrived in Pullman last
week and spent a few days before
taking advantage of a mouth leave
of absence granted him by the War
Department.
Captain Scott had just completed a
month of duty at the It. O. T. C, in
fantry camp, Camp Lewis, Washing
ton, and is highly pleased with re
stilts achieved by the State College
cadets, they having captured nearly
all the worth while honors.
As a result, of the preliminary rifle
competition held at Camp Lewis on
July IS, the team from the State Col
lege will represent the Ninth Corps
area in 'he national matches to be
held at Camp Perry, Ohio., during the
week ending September 18, 1021.
Individual scores of the winning
team are as follows.
Granath, Louis P . .220
I McClain, Daniel A 107
j Wiggins, Lowell 0 209
Oilman, Rudie 210
Crosley. Everett N 212
Cronk, Willis G 201
Graham, Harold, alternate 189
Louis P. Granath was awarded
three gold medals, one for highest
total score, one for highest slow fire
score and one for highest rapid fire
score.
Captain Scott, will meet the team
in Chicago August 26, when he will
take active charge, with Sergeant F.
H. Fordyce as team coach.
Captain Scot! also expressed pleas
ure with the excellent showing made
by W. S. C. cadets in other lines.
if. W. oilman of Rellingham won
the highly coveted rating of "Distin
guished Graduate" and the following
W. S. C. cadets Qualified as "Honor
Graduates": E. L. Dunlap. Harold
Graham. Alois Moefle, F. M. Day, R.
W. Bucklin, L. P. Granath and L. O.
Wiggins.
Captain Scott will return to his
duties at Pullman about the 23rd of
September.
A grass fire on the hillside back of
j the residence of Professor George
j Severance caused the turning in of a
fire alarm Tuesday,
CONTRACT NOT LET FOR
UNIONTOWN BUILDING
Roth Construction Co. and Valk*
VanGorder Co. of Pullman Sub
mit Rids Witter Engineering
Co. Rids on Plumbing
The Herald was misinformed last
week in regard to Ihe letting of the
contract for the community building
at Uniontown and the statement thai
the contract had been let to the Valk
pGorder Construction company of
Pullman was erroneous. The follow
ing story concerning th status of
ihe preliminaries to the construction
of the building Is taken from th'j
Uniontown Journal:
Bids for Ihe construction of t.h. ;
Cniontown community building were
opened Monday afternoon In the
commercial club rooms by ,1. 1. Crief.
clerk of the school board, and Ar
chitect Rudolph Weaver. Both gen
eral contracts and bids for the
plumbing and heating were submit
ted. No contracts were let, but all
bids were taken under consideration
Rids for construction with the 2 I
feet additional length and maple
floor:
Roth Construction Co., Pullman I
$18,356.
Valk-Van Gorder Construction Co.'
Pullman, $22,500.
Robert Meyer, CI irks ton, $"22.-'
868. I
Nels Lee, Lewiston, $22,62."..
J. C. Leaker, Lewiston. without
the 24 feet additional, $10,950.
For steam heating
Witter Engineering Co., T35-7
boiler. $2313.15
Philipi Plumbing Co., $"2900.
Chas. Hahn, with valves ho as to
cut off any part of building. $2175.
Empire Plumbing Co., T36-9 boil-j
er, $2608. ..
Plumbing:
Empire Plumbing Co.. $74 2
Chas. Hahn. $898.
Philip! Plumbing Co.. $1295.
Witter Engineering Co., $1069.
"Ml KXTKMH--.il FOR
STR'KET IMPROVEMENTS
At the meeting of the city council
Tuesday evening the Standard As
phalt Paving company was granted
■'" extension of 30 days to complete
its contracts in Improvement Dis
tricts Nos, 31 and 36, and 80 days to
complete its contract, for ihe Im
provement of north Grand street.
Ordinances No. 100 :I nd 401 to
amend a defect in the ordinance pro-
'dins for the improvement of the
streets In Local Improvement Dis
trict No, 36 and confirming the ass
essment roll of District No S3 re
spectively were passed and are
printed in full in this Issue of The
Herald.
The committee on sanitation was
empowered to formulate rules and
regulations regarding the disposal of
garbage and the city attorney was
Instructed to prepare an ordinance
regulating the burning of rubbish
within the fire limits.
The council decided to make an
offer to the North Pullman Water
Users association of $350 for the
purchase of the water pipes which
have been installed by thai organi
zation.
Adjournment was taken to Wed
nesday evening for further consid
eration of the hid tendered for the
proposed Improvements in District
No. 21.
MC CULLY RETURNS
FROM EUROPEAN TRIP
Believes That I nil Status as Domin
ion Within British Empire Is
Coming to Ireland
That full status as a dominion
within the British Empire Is coming
to Ireland is the opinion of Dr. Bruce
MeCully, former head of the English
department of the State College, who
has just returned from nine months
of travel in Europe.
The Irish question, he claims, is
already settled, and needs only putt
licity to make the problem a matter
nt history. The Englishman is fast
coming to a realization that this is
the inevitable result and seems re
conciled to the situation. Public
opinion In England is marvelously
sane on the Irish question, he stated.
Dr. MeCully spent much time In
England, and also visited Scotland,
Holland. Belgium, Prance, Switzer
land and Italy. He gained a first,
hand insight into actuaj conditions
in the European countries and give?
the British Empire much credit foi
the manner In which her peoples are
solving economic and other problems.
"That peculiar tolerance and won
derful self-control is the strength of
England," according to Dr. MeCully
who opined thai the Englishman is a
likeable fellow and that there is a
strong feeling of friendship toward
America and the American people.
Dr. MeCully spent considerable
time inspecting the battle lines of
France and Belgium, but states thai
the constructive wank of the past
century holds much more permanent
Interest than the destructive work of
four or fixe years. There is much
unemployment in England, he stated,
hut conditions are very different
from conditions in the States. Eng
land, be claims, is a full generation
ahead of the United States on the
lai,or question, and many of the prob
lem ■ which the Britishers have al
ready met are yet. to be solved by the
people of the United States. British
labor, he rays, li not. red, but sane,
and the tolerance and self-control of
the Britisher is again evident in labor
problems.
COLLEGE WWTS WHEAT MOVIE
The college la anxious to secure
motion picture films of a i many good
stands of wheat, or other crops in the
Pullman district as possible to be
used as advertising mate.'lal. Per
sons who know of exceptionally good
fields of grata or other crops are
asked to get in touch with Vice Presi
dent O. L. Waller, who will see that
the movie camera ii sent to the loca
tion pronto.
C. W. Hughes of the Togs Shop
returned Sunday from a two weeks
vacation, spent on the north fork of
the Clearwater. Ho reports good
fishing and a fine time.
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IRA ALLEN NAMED
PULLMAN POSTMASTER
First Known Case in Northwest
Where Appointment lias Been
Made Without Competitive
Examination—Seventeen
Tears in Postal
Service
I/
Ira Q. Allen, acting postmaster
here since the resignation of Poet
master G. W. Reed three mouths ago.
last Friday received word that his
appointment as postmaster was made
Thursday by President Harding. So
far as known this is the first cane in
the .Northwest in which the appoint
ment for second class offices has
been made on merit and civil service
standing without calling a competi
tive examination, and it Is considered
an emphatic endorsement of the ef
ficiency of the acting postmaster.
Mr. Allen has been in the civil serv
ice continuously for the past 17 years.
From 1904 until 1909 he served na
assistant postmaster here under his
father, the late K. P. Allen, who held
the office I.'! years. For the lour
years following 1909 he was assist
ant printer in charge of the 13th di
vision. R. M. !■'.. printing office, at Se
attle, having been detailed io that
position by the civil service commis
sion. From 1913 to 1918 he served
as railway mail clerk on the North
ern Pacific, Spokane to Seattle, and
resided in Spokane. In August of
1918 he was granted a transfer back
to Pullman and became assistant
postmaster under (i. W. Peed,
The new postmaster is a pioneer of
Pullman, having come here from
North Dakota In 1 889. For many
years he was connected with The
Pullman Herald, which was operated
by him and his brother, Wil
ford, now of ('.rants Pass, Ore., under
1 the firm name of Allen Brcs He
disposed of his interest in the print
ing office to serve his father as as
sistant postmaster IT years ago
As soon as it became known that
there was to be a vacancy in the local
postoffice many voluntary endorse
ments were tendered the assistant
postmaster, including those of the
county central committee, every pre
cinct committeeman of the Pullman
district and many influential citizens
of both parties. it is believed how
ever, that the appointment was based
more upon qualifications, as indicat
ed by past service, than upon po
litical Influences.
Postmaster Allen announced ►hat
his assistant postmaster will be J. P,
Harper, present, clerk in the local of
fice, who has had IS years experience
In postal work.
The local post office is in the sec
ond class and the receipts from
tamp ties last year totaled $26,850.
The salary attached to the position
in $2800 per year.
While there wen two or three oth
er candidates for Ihe office, Ihe ap
pointment, of Mr. Allen meets with
general approval.
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.1. O. CALLOWAY SUCCUMBS
James Oliver Calloway, aged 53
years, one month and nine days, died
at the North sanitarium Satur
day after an illness of several months
duration. Mr. Calloway had been
seriously ill since last November, but
a few weeks ago his condition ap
peared to be considerably Improved
and he left the sanitarium, only to
return after about a week with a re
lapse. Deceased is survived by his
wife and two children. For several
years he hi- been farming In the
Whelan district, and leaves many
friends. Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon at 2:30 from the
Methodist church at Albion.
REMAINS OF F. HAMKIUS
LAID TO FINAL REST
Funeral services for Frank Ha-
litis. son of Mr. and Mrs. Math
Hamelius of this city, were held Sun
day afternoon from Kimball's chapel.
in charge of the local chapter of F.
& A. M. The funeral sermon was de
livered by the Rev. H. J. Reynolds of
the Christian church. The services
were largely attended and the floral
tributes were many and beautiful.
Sergeant Hamelius lost his life ln
France Just previous to the signing
of the armistice. The remains were
shipped to Pullman from Hoboken,
N. J., and arrived here Friday after
noon.
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