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VOLUME XXXIII DEPUTY SHERIFF I MAKES BAD BREAK Cuts Gash In Head of Showman with Gun, Without Duo Provocation, According to Witnesses *»fA fracas occurred in Pullman Monday evening which put Deputy Sheriff Baker in a very bad light ; md aroused much indignation j among Pullman citizens. The affair grew out of the arrest by the deputy of Emmet Bafford, who was running a doll game at the ball park, where the Levitt-Brown-Hugglns Amuse-; ment Enterprise had just opened a wee engagement under the aus pices of the Pullman fire depart ment. It is alleged that Baker charged Bafford with having won some $40 from a young man by a gambling device. Bafford denied the charge and asserted that he was running a square game with dolls as the prizes and had taken in but f about $6 during the time the game had been open. Nevertheless, Baker put him under arrest and when the proprietors of the show asked what the trouble was. is said to have in formed them that it was none of their business. The prisoner and : the complaining witness were taken , up town and placed in the officer's . car, which was standing in front of i Robinson's bakery. Besides Deputy Baker, it is said that two other dep uties and a detective of the 0.-W. R. &N. Co. were present. What followed was witnessed by Harry Peterson. C. E. Graves, M. S. Jamai, F. E. Sanger, Wm. Prinderville, Chief of Police Bashaw .and, one or, two others. They agree substanti ally as to the following facts, though all did not hear just what j was said. H. C. Huggins, one of the propri etors of the show, who had followed j the party from the ball park, stepped up to the car and asked: "What is the charge against this man and ; where are you taking him?" Baker replied, "It is none of your business." To which Huggins responded: "I asked you a civil question and am entitled to a civil i answer." Baker replied with several oaths and Huggins protested that the of ficer had no right to use such lan- j guage to him. Baker made some remark to the effect that ho would do more to him than cuss him if he did not shut up and Huggins assert ed that if Baker would take off his star and gun and get out of the car they would prove whether or not the officer could do anything more to him. Baker jumped out of the car, showed his star and struck at the showman. Huggins warded off the blow and turned away, where upon the officer drew a gun and struck him on the back of the head, cutting a gash and tearing his col lar. Huggins then again challenged Baker to take off his star and of fered to lick him anytime or any where. Baker asked one or two of the spectators if they had noticed what .-*. taken place and they replied Jlth denunciations of his action, whereupon the officers drove "off and Huggins had. his wound, which was Weeding profusely, dressed. Tuesday morning Huggins and •everal Pullman citizens drove to j Colfax and took the matter up with the prosecuting attorney. They found that Raker had filed a charge ( against Huggins of interfering with ; w officer. This charge was Promptly dismissed by Prosecuting Attorney Weldon after ho had talked *ith th« Pullman witnesses. , Tues fey afternoon Roy La Follette, dep- Wy Prosecuting attorney, came to I "man and after a thorough in-1 ligation of the doll and other ttmes operated on the show Poinds, announced that they were Perfectly legitimate and that the tar against Bafford would, be ''•missed. He also investigated the ""instances of the Raker-Huggins Co] Cas* Tuesday evening Sheriff « came up and interviewed the f^ses of the assault. It is man °d that several of the Pull iudi neSS men Pressed their t-rm natl°n t 0 him in no uncertain .e_i"''^ nd some went so far as to ||"«g „the dismissal of Baker. _ .ether Mr. Huggin* and the People will prefer charges Jot v " lßt the matter drop has » been determined, but the PHI V"^ SIXTEEN PAGES HI ii ilr HA "^ r■»] j_« _sr n_p _ht .m ____* .• __ *w_ »_> f^* l§T *_■_ The Pullman Herald Devoted to the best interest, of Pullman and the greatest farming community in the Northwest surrounding it. ] general sentiment here is that the j officer set a very had example, to say the least. The charge against j Bafford was dismissed Wednesday morning. I MRS. OSTERMANN DIED j AT PORT SHERIDAN A letter received Saturday by Mrs. E. W. Thorpe from Miss Jean Burns. , a State College student now at Long ' Beach, Calif., brings the news of the death, on July 26, of Mrs. F. J. Os termann. Mrs. Ostermann was the wife of Major Ostermann, former ; commandant of cadets at the State College, who left his post here for active duty at the time of the declar ation of war on Germany. "Mrs. Os termann's death was caused by heart failure, superinduced by the admin istration of in anaesthetic previous to a minor surgical operation, and ! occurred at Fort Sheridan. Major Ostermann has since removed to Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana. Mrs, Ostermann was well known in Pullman and leaves many close friends here who will regret to learn of her sudden death She is sur- : vived by her husband and two chil | dren, ROY BATTY MARRIED Hoy Cecil Batty of Wawawai and Miss Knona Belle Bal nor of Lewis ton, Idaho, were married Sunday af ternoon at the Methodist parsonage In Moscow. Idaho. They will reside on Mr. Gainor's fruit farm near Wa wawai. HEW MEN'S DORM. IN I.M.C. A. BIDING Accommodations for at Least Fifty Students Will Be Provided by Alterations Now in Progress Work was started Monday morn ing on the remodeling of the college Y. M. C. A. building, so as to provide additional dormitory accommoda tions for at least 50 men students. The building is now owned by the college V. M. C, A. and is located on property belonging to and leased from the W. S. C. Alumni association. The college will bear the expense of remodeling the building and will be recouped by a portion of the rent received from the rooms, the bal ance going to the Y. M. c. A. The plans, which are being pre pared by Rudolph Weaver, college architect, provide for the addition of 16 rooms, by utilizing the space now occupied by the stage and auditor ium. The present lobby and reading room will be materially enlarged and the kitchen and dining room will also be enlarged so as to provide fa cilities for furnishing meals to all the roomers. The building will be heated by steam and there will be two large and modernly equipped shower baths and toilets on each floor. The dormitory will be run on the same basis as Ferry hall and the women's dormitories, but will still be used as headquarters for the V M. C. A., and the alterations will not In any way interfere with the work of that organization. In fact, the proposed changes will tend to facili tate the work of the Y. M. C. A. by enlarging the lobby and reading room and eventually the building is likely to be used as a Y. M. C. A club. A force of carpenters started Mon day morning on the necessary altera tions and work will be rushed so a. to have the new dormitory ready for occupancy when college opens Sep tember 19. The new dormitory will be a big help in relieving the room ing situation and, because of its con venient location, is likely to prove a popular place of residence for stu dents. The building was constructed dm* ing the war to provide Y. M. C. A. accommodations for the members of the S. A. T. C. stationed at the State College. The project of remodeling it Into a dormitory promises to bene fit both the college and the Y. M. C A R. C. McCroskey, chairman of the building committee of the board of regents of the college, was in Pull man last Saturday and officially ap proved the project. On account of the limited time in which the alterations must be completed. Architect Weaver is preparing the plans as the work progresses. * PULLMAN, WASHINGTON. FRIDAY. AUGUST 26, 1921 EARLY REMINISCENCES OF CITY AND COLLEGE JUDGE THOMAS NEILL RECALLS SOME IMPORTANT EVENTS IN THE HISTORY OF PULLMAN (Following is the first of several installments or a historical review of the early days of Pullman, which Judge Thomas Xeill has written for The Herald. The second install men will appear next week.) PREFACE Events through which we live and have a part, do not appear to us to be of much Interest to others, it had not occurred to me that the events leading up to and surrounding the lo cation of the State College at Full man would he of any particular in terest to the present or future gen erations, until after i had related some of them at the last "Foundation Day" at the college, when it was suggested that I should write a short review of the early days of the town and college. It is in compliance with that suggestion that I write the fol lowing very brief and very imperfect reminiscences of those days, and trust that it may be of interest, if not of value, to the future historian. I desire here to give the Hon, E. H. Letterman, ,• now deceased, a credit which was (unfortunately for the city) withheld from him when he was alive and able to appreciate it. Mr. Letterman, Dr. H. J. Webb, A. T. Farris and the writer were the four whose efforts, assisted of course by the citizens generally, located the college in Pullman. Mr. Letterman -,..,. ...... -e—-r_ r. •■--.■■ .liSVt3 r ■•-''•■ ■ '■• ■ ,'4^??^%v' "' s'*?f* ■';; -■ - -W^"^M'- r A -- _ lion E. 11. Letterman I and Dr. Webb are dead, and Mr. Far- I ris lives at Eugene, Ore. While each of these four con-' tributed his part to the results achieved, and without their joint ef forts the college would likely have been located elsewhere, nevertheless, without taking from any one of them any of the credit due him, and with ! a present consciousness of the part ; played by each of them, and especi ally by Dr. Webb, whose death was the result of the great nervous strain which he was under for several years in relation to the college, I have no hesitancy in saying that it would have been impossible to have succeeded without the efforts and services of Mr. Letterman. It was his indomitable will that overcame obstacles which appeared to the others insurmountable and, I during times of discouragement it was his confidence in our ultimate success which gave us courage to re new the fight, He backed his belief with his money, at a time when very few were able to raise money, even for the necessities of life. The dark er the hour, the more courage he displayed. When it appeared to the others that the fight was lost, he would remind us that the Union army was defeated when Sheridan appeared and made his famous ride to the front, and by his courage and confidence made it possible for his army to win the day. It was Mr. Letterman's courage and confidence that won the day for Pullman in the most remarkable achievement in the political history of the state of Washington. The Founding of Pullman Bolin Farr settled on the north east quarter of section 6. township 11 north, range 45 E. W. M In April. 1880. Daniel McKenzie settled on the southwest quarter of the north west quarter, section 5. on May 7, 1881, and William Ellsworth settled on the west half of the north quarter of section ... In Nov >in ■ IXBI. it is on these lands that rYe main part of the townslte of Pull man is located. It la a significant fact that these men took the land under the pre emption law, which required only Six months residence and tiie pay ment of $1.25 per acre to acquire title, it was evident that they did not intend making this a permanent home, but were Imbued with the idea then quite common among the early settlers that the palouse country was a stock country and was of no value for farming, but they lived to see fa. land produce crops in greater abund ance than In the states from which they came. . The first post office was named "Three Forks" from he fact "i ft Dry Fork, from the south, and Mis souri Flat from the north, Join the south I'alouse river here. in the spring of 1 88 i Orville St< .>*■ art opened a general store, and Bolin Fan platted about 10 acres of his land for a town site, and named it Pullman, after George Pullman ol the Pullman Car company, who gave $">" towards the first celebration ol July ith held here. Ch tries Moore of Moscow, Idaho, purchased the Fata- townslte and in December, 1882, he and Daniel Mc- Kenzie replatted the town, and this I I .^B__^ii'-'*>|4_^'sr *"' <* *<_____> _*_/ ____R H y>___.J_||_' Dr. 11. .1. Webb new plat become the original plat of Pullman. The Columbia & Palouse railway, which is now a branch of the Ore gon-Washington Railroad & Naviga tion Co., constructed' its road into Pullman during the summer of 1885 and the first train came over the j road to Pullman September 8, 188".. The Spokane & Palouse railroad, from Spokane to Genesee, Idaho, : was built to Pullman In the fall of 1887, and on April 11. 1888. the I town was legally organized as a vil lage. It then had a population of 250, but it's citizens were awake to its future possibilities and they pro cured a write-up of the town and surrounding country in the North west magazine, a paper published at Minneapolis, Minn., in which the needs of the town were set forth, ! among which was the need of a newspaper. The writer saw the ar ticle and being interested in a nov. paper at Dawson, N. D., and looking (Continued on page four) __H w '«_____■ _*»& ..«__. ___! ■ v^_i _■ .__■__ Thomas Neill ] HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS UNITED IN MAURI I William Harlan Gannon and Miss Opal Eastman, both of Pullman, were quietly married Tuesday at the court house in i.ewiston. Idaho. by Judge Woelflen. The groom is the youngest Oil of Mrs. Matilda Gan non, and is a member of the senior class of the high school. Th,' bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Eastman and was also a student in the high school last year. The bride is I ; years of age and it was necessary tor her mother to ac company her and consent to the mar riage. The age of the groom is IS years. Immediately after the ceremony the youthful pair returned to this city where they expect to make their home. They have a largo circle of friends among the younger set, who extend congratulations and best wishes. SO PHONE CALLS AFTER FIRE ALARM Xo telephone calls of any nature, except. In case of extreme emergency, will be handled by tile local tele phone company within three minutes following the Bounding of a fire alarm, under the terms of arrange ments made between the fire depart ment. and the telephone company. This rule is designed to make it pos sible for firemen to learn the exact location of the fire without delay through the •central* office, and will do away with the many calls from private citizens Immediaaely after the alarm is sounded. CHAMBER BOOSTS i BUILDING PROGRAM ; Plan Secured for Houses of Three Looms Which Can lb* Built Complete for $050 Who will invest $650 in building a house of three rooms, and thereby render a patriotic service to the State College and city of Pullman That is the question which the cham ber of commerce is putting up to the residents of this community. At the regular luncheon Tuesday, the report of the special committee, appointed to prepare plans and spec! fications for the construction of a small but neat type of house, was the chief topic of discussion. Chair man Barnard of the committee staf led that a plan had been secured for a three-room bungalow which could be erected ready for occupancy for $650. Thte plan calls for a house 16x20 feet, which includes a living room 10x16 feet, a bedroom Bxlo feet, a kitchenette 6xß feet, a pantry lx■". feet and a toilet. The house is to be covered with stained shingles and plastered or papered, It can be constructed, including plumbing and sewer connections lor $*650, , Mr. Halliard Stated that ho was going to build one of these houses and hoped that several other citizens would do likewise and thus help to meet the acute demand for living ac commodations. He stated thai Long Beach. Calif., had solved its housing problem by the erection of hundreds of this type of dwellings. Dr. Arch er stated that the same plan had boon followed in t'b'iidale, Calif., where most of these small houses had been built on the back of lots, so that they could he used for dou ble garages when the owners were able to build more pretentious resi dences. Mr. Barnard predicted that there would be an active demand for this type of houses and that they could readily he rented at $15 a month, which would yield good in terest on the Investment. B. 11. Douglass ported that a firm of reliable carpenters bad ex pressed a willingness to invest their labor in building these houses and to receive their pay out of the rent or when the houses were sold Professor Isaacs urged that the building campaign be need and moved thai a special committee of ■even members be appointed to take the matter In hand. The motion carried and V T. Barnard, Professor Isaacs, Leo Alien. Herbert Kiin brough, B. H. Douglas?. F. E. Sanger and IT. L. Hathaway were named as members of tho committee. It Is hoped to interest enough citizens to Insure the erection of a number of the houses this fall. CUT PROPOSED IN 1922 CITY BUDGET Tax Levy of Sixteen Mills Will tU-m Sufficient Funds to Run the City Next Year The city council met Tuesday cut over $8000 from the budget for 1922. By careful figuring they cut nearly $801 from the budget of 1921, which will reduce the levy lor city purposes from 27 mills to 16 mills. The principal Items in which cuts were made under last year's budget are as follows: A reduction of . 000 tor material and labor "ii .streets; a cut of 000 on the appropriation for parks; a cut of $2000 on tbe appropriation for sewers; a .lit of $4000 in the ex penses and upkeep of fire equip ment the elimination of a $1500 item for the cemetery. The big sav ing of $4000 in the appropriation for the fire department is due to the fact that last year's estimate Includ ed the cost of a tiro truck, which , has since boon purchased, No ap propriation is made for the cemetery because there is now some $2000 in ■ the cemetery fund and It Is believed i that from now on the sale of lots in iho cemetery will moot all ex penses. There has also been an Increase of $500 in the estimated revenues of the city for next year, $200 of which sum represents Increased in terest on deposits. There has been 1 an Increase of $160 In the item of salaries to meet the pay of the new* . ly created position of milk Inspector, I and Increased allowances have been made for one or two other items. The total estimated expenses for 1922 aggregate $20, K47.fi 4, as against $29,035 for 1921, The to tal amount, to be raised by taxation in 1922 is fixed at $'19,955.64, as against $27,61 in 'ii' I. If the bud get stands as prepared a tax levy of 1(i mills will bo required as against 27 mills for 1921. The estimated budge) is as fol lows: Treasurer's salary $ 600.00 1 Clerk's salary 540.00 ! Attorney's salary 300.00 street commissioner's sal. 600.00 I Health officer's salary ... 300.00 j Milk Inspector's salary ... 300 Hose Co. No. I 300 Engineer ,000.00 Chief of police ,560.00 Additional police ,200.00 $6,700.00 Lights 110 80 c.p $2,320.00 60 100 c.p 1,620.00 City hall 60.00 $4,000.00 Streets Material $1,000.00 - Labor 3,500.00 $4,500.00 Parks $ .Mm. Sewers 1,000.00 Exp, and upkeep of fire equipment 1,000.00 i Printing 200.00 : Election expenses 150.00 Registration of voters ... 150,00 Insurance, fuel, filing fees and miscellaneous. 1,500.00 I. I. D. No. 10. 11, 18, 31. 1,147.64 $5,647.64 Ton'! estimated expense. .$20,847.64 Estimated Revenues for ii>'__* Billiard licenses $ 210.00 Theatre licenses 200.00 Miscellaneous licenses ... 200.00 Permits 300.00 Telephone franchise 300.00 Interest on deposits 4 00.00 Road and bridge fund . . . 530.00 $2,1 40.00 Amount to be raised by taxation $18,707.64 Interest on sewer and road bonds 1,248.00 $19,955.64 NIGHT JOY RIDERS STEP HARD ON' GAS While Alec McPherson and family were taking in the carnival at the ball park Monday evening his Oak land car was stolen. It was left af ter 6:00 o'clock Tuesday morning on a sand pile near the Midway store. The speedometer showed that from the time it was taken late Mon day evening It had been driven over 220 miles, which Indicates that the driver must have been stepping bard or. the gas. Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Forrest and daughters last Saturday took a com bined business and pleasure trip to Pomeroy, Dayton and Walla Walla, f- No. 46