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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-12-23
SUMMONS.

In Justice Court, before William
Swain, Justice of the Peace in and for
Precincts No. Ia and Is, Whitman
County, State of Washington.
State of Washington, County of
Whitman, IS.
State of Washington,
To Rufus Bader:
In the name of the state of Wash
ington, you are hereby notified that the
Stewart Clure Hardware Co., a corpo-
ration, has filed a complaint against
you in said Court, which will come on
to be heard at my office in Pullman,
in Whitman County, State of Wash
lngton, on the 18th day of January,
1906, at the hour of ten o'clock, a.
M, and unless you appear and then
and there answer, the same will be
taken as confessed, and the demand of
the palintiff granted. The object and
demand of said complaint is to en-
force payment of certain promissorv
note made and executed the 2nd dav of
June, 1905, for $31. 80 with interest at
the rate of ten per cent per annum.
and for ten dollars as attorneys fees,
and for the costs and disbursements of
the action.
Complaint filed December 9th, 1905.
VIM. SWAIN,
Justice of the Peace.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-12-23
Royal Neill is visiting friends in
NU
Colfax.

Royal Neill is visiting friends in
Colfax.
Harry E. Goldsworthy has been
elected editor of next seasons "Chi-
~ nook"
Prof. Kimbrough will spend the
Christmas holidays with friends in
Spokane.
I. R. Hughey, financial agent of
Edwards college, at Albion, was in
1.-The city yesterday.
&C. C. Todd has gone to Lincoln
county to spend the holidays with rel
atives and friends.
"A number of the college profess
Ors are away from town attending
farmers Institutes.
-Chas. Olmsted and family leave
today for Portland, where they will
visit during the winter.
The most of the students have gone
home for the holidays, and the college
has deserted appearance.
Many youngsters in the city will
observe Christmas with nice case of
measles, that disease still being quite
prevalent,
E. A. MacKay and A. A. Ham
mer were in Spokane last week on
business connected with the college
Annual.
Ray Brooks, who has been min
ing at Butte, Montana, the past
eight months, has returned to hang his
sock at the home freside.
Mr. Charlton Andrews has accept
ed the position of instructor in French
at the State College, and will take
up his duties at the beginning of the
second semester.
Among the members of the faculty
who will attend the meeting of the
Teachers Association at North Yak
ina Dec. q to 80, are President Brv-
an, Professors Beach, Waller, Roberts
and Sampson.
DR., Nelson left last Saturday for
the Sound. While on the West side
he will attend the meeting of the
State Darirymen's Association at
N beiilngham, before which body he
Will deliver an address on ''Tubercu-
losis; Vital Question" After the
Dairymen's Association he will attend
the State Teachers Association at
North Yakima, returning to Pullman
about January 1st.
The annual winter school for
farmers begins at the college January
Ind The first two weeks will be de-
voted to grain production; the SECOND
two weeks to fruit production; the
u next two weeks to dairying, and tn,
last two weeks of the term to liv,
stock. The railroads give fare O
one and one third; full fare comm,
and one third returning upon pres
entation of receipt from agent at start
ing point. Tickets good returning a
any time. The school will be unde
the direction of capable instructor
and large attendance is expected.
A japanese student wants a positio,
as school boy in small family. Box
lO4. II MatcJo
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-12-23

House for sale-New seven room
house, with all modern conveniencies,
on Mechanics hill. Will be sold
cheap. Enquire of Jos. Wallis. IA
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-12-23

Store your potatoes on track and save
hauling when markets are high and
roads bad. Only five cents a sack.
See C. G. Crawford at creamery. st.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-12-23

FOR SALE-400 acres farm land
two miles south of Pullman, Wash.
all in cultivation. 140 in fall wheat.
Price $50 per acre, with terms. APP
ply to T. E. Bramel, Lewiston, Idaho.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-12-23
Duthie buys Hides and Poultry.

Duthie buys Hides and Poultry.
Practical presents for particular
men at The Toggery.
Don't neglect to see the many nice
things that the Pullman Hardware
Store has to show you.
Duthie delivers flour, feed, hav.
coal, wood and produce to all parts
of the city. Order by phone.
Have your clothes made in Pullman
by Frank Zalskey, merchant tailor.
Try sack of Genesee Purity Patent
flour at Duthie's.
Practical presents for particular
men at The Toggery.
NOTICE.
For Christmas holidays the o. R.
& N. will make rate of fare and a
third but not less than SIS, for univer-
sity and college students.
j. H. SMART, Agt.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-12-23

All advertisements will be continued and
charged for until ordered out.
The Washington times., 1905-02-19
Capt. James E. Griggs
a Typical IIarbor
Pilot.
Has Been in Command
of Iceboats for Thirty
Winters.
Often Digs Out a Score
of Vessels in a
Day.

Tramp steamers Iadened with ali sorts
Of merchandise. fruit boats, whalebacks
full OF oil, passenger steamers, IN fact,
nearly all vessels which enter the bay
during the winter months claim the aid
OF the Latrobe or of the Annapolis.
Oyster boats and sehooners that venture
occasionally into the long bay are dug
out. These operations mean thousands
Of dollars saved 10 the companies to
which the ships belong. For not only do
they mean large saving in provisions.
but they mean that the vessels are not
permitted to drift at the mercy Of the
wind and tide. If caught in large foe
OF ice they drift hither and thither. it is
not only possible, but highly probable.
that they would be carried aground and
seriously dana ged. In the case Of the
smaller boats the Annapolis and L4atrobe
save them from being crushed by the
ice, thus saving not only property. but
the lives of human beings.
The Washington times., 1905-02-19
Was it Providence ?

Was it providence which made q
change in course imperative? Who
knows2 Men have such a habit Of
charging odds and ends up TO providence
that when a true bill comes along it is
sometimes hard to find sign check.
No matter what it was that made the
Annapolis steam through Hedges strait
fifteen Crisfielder oystermen were saved
as a result of the changed course who
might otherwise have starved TO death
For the iceboat had gone but a few
miles through the strait when the look
out spotted several small boats and a
signal OF distress on a distant shore
Rugged up on a sweep was an old sheet
and with the glasses it was possible to
see a number of dark figures running
about the shore trying to attract the
attention of the men on the steamer.
Some of them took off their coats and
waved them franticaIly. some climbed
out on the bowsprits of the boats and
beckoned with their arms.
The steamer wbistled announcement
10 the castaways. Immediately there
was a rush for the cabins of the ice
bound boats to collect what belongings
could be carried away. Two men pushed
a small skiff over the ice to open water.
clambored in and puiled for the Annap-
oils -Four others ran as far up the
shore as they could to wave a welcome
to the rescuing party. Lffeboats were
lowered from the iceboat and then began
a long pull throu@h the icy water in the
teeth Of wind that cut like knife.
The Washington times., 1905-02-19
Not Ornamental But Useful.

Broad in the beam, with immense side
wheels, the iceboat is far removed in ap-
pearance from the steamers to whose
rescre she goes daily But though she
is not built for beauty, she is built for
business, particularly the ice business.
Her hull is coated with two-inch plates
of iron and In the bow a double thick
ness is used. The lines of the bow curve
upward something like the bow-end of
an egg This makes 1t impossible for
the boat to get down tilt, no matter
how thick the ice may be upon which
she runs Indeed. she rides well uD on
tie ice and crushes it Gown as she
breaks through. The paddle wheels,
cfurning the broken cakes Of ice into
white mass which looks for ali the
world like Il creme de menthe frappe.
are bound with iron. Even SO the strain
upon them is so great that they are fTe-
quently broken
The Annapolis numbers thirty-three
souls all told. The officers are Captain
Griggs, First Mate w. II. Stark, Quar-
termaster Julian Woodford, Assistant
Quartermaste Marion Uoolford. Chief
Engineer Poole, and First Assistant En-
gineer John Bias Owing to the size of
the engines a large part o.. the crew are
employed on the engineer force. For
the anna DOllS zbOdStS lsfu SuiIdSC SOii-
densing engines each capable OF pro-
ducing /. 400-horsepower. The engine
room takes up a large portion of the
boat, and in the boiler room ii is as hot
as Tophet, no matter what the tenpera-
ture be on deck. TO generate the steam
necessary TO run these huge engines. no
less than twenty tons of coal are used
each day. The gross tonnage OF the
boat is SIT tons, which, by the way. is
of ice fade away as though struck by a
breeze from the Sahara.
The Washington times., 1905-02-19
A Pitiful Sight.

1t WAS pitiful sight that awaited the
rescuers. Men with haggard, pinched
faces, covered with scraggIy boards, and
sunken eyes gave proof of the awful ex-
periences through which they had just
passed. They fought to get into the
boat which should take them from the
ili-fated island. They crowded the life
boats until there was danger of their
being swamped. Finally, however, they
were all taken off to the Annapolis and
to dinner. How those men did eat For
tunately a large supply Of provisions
had been taken abroad TO meet lust
such an emergency.
But the work Of rescue was not all
completed. 1t was thought at first that
the fifteen men picked up in Hedges
strait were the Deals Islanders to whose
aid the Annapolis had been summoned
But a few words with the half-starved
men showed that this was not the case
There was nothing for 1t but to continue
the search. After hoWs OF ramming the
ice boat broke Its way into Tangier
sound and with the aid of glasses two
more signals of distress were discover
ed They were at least mile apart on
the edge of the marsh and proved to be
the 1fteen oystermen from Deals Island
The Washington times., 1905-02-19
Captain Griggs Blown Up.

Capt James E Griggs, commanding
the Annapolis IS a typical harbor pilot.
AS he puts 1t. '.I was born IN Baltimore,
but raised on Chesapeake Bay. And
this is strictly true for the first shipped
on the bay sixty-five years ago. when
he was only thirteen years old. Since
that time he has been almost constant
Iy en- the water, most of the time sery-
ing as a pilot. Today at seyenty-eight
he is as hale and hearty as a man thir-
ty years his junior. He commanded
two other fceboats in the bay before he
took the Anna polls. and altogether has
been in command of an icebreaker more
than thirty winters.
1.-The first craft of this kind I had
was the Chesapeake said the captain
to a Times reporter. She blew up,
he added quietly as though TO be blown
up was an everyday occurrence with
him. 'She blew up shortly after we
left Baltimore one morning in Decens-
ber, 1873. We had just begun to break
through a heavy field or Ice when she
went up Four men We're killed and
another badly hurt. The boat took IRE
and burned to the waters edge. We es-
capped from the burning steamer in the
lfeboats Why did she blow up? Why,
she just naturally blew up. Too much
steam aboard for the boilers, 1 recR-
on.
THE Maryland was the next iceboat
took. She was sold afterward. Neither
one of these boats was as large as the
Annapolis, but were much on the same
plan. They were not built for beauty,
but they could cut through the ice in
good shape. Speaking of getting through
the ice, L have heard a good deal of
talk about these boats running UP on
the cakes and breaking a channel by
sheer weight. It sounds well but it
isn't so. No. sir, we cut through the
ice. butt right through it. When the
ice is about twelve inches thick we have
all the work we can do TO get through it.
The Washington times., 1905-02-19
seven-Year Old Girl Rescued.

A case In point occurred recently.
schooner was caught in the ice well
down the pay. For days she lay help
legs Finally the Annapolis reached her
and took her into port Had the
schooner been left much longer to her
own devices undoubtedly her sides
would have been crushed by the ice
which was massing about her and the
lives of her crew would have been lost
Another schooner was picked up by
the iceboat off Drum Point On board
the schooner was the captains daugh-
ter. little Miss AIeeks, seven years old
For three weeks she had suffered tbs
Ilardsf.ips due to exposure with the rest
Of the crew.
In spite of their protecting arnor ana
their ability to break a way 10 Fort az
any time, the fceboats are by no means
free from danger themselves Scarcely
more than 8 week ago the Iatrobe,
while conveying a fleet of ice-bound
boats to Baltimore, was run down by
the steamship Fernfield, which was
coming slowly in the wake of the lee
boat. The Latrobe had found 1t neces-
sary to back out TO ram a foe OF heavy
ice a second time when the accident
occurred The big steamship crashed
into the port side of the iceboat.
smashed the port guards. and tore up
the decking It was feared at first
that the iceboat had been seriously
damaged, but she iimped back to port
unaided-
The Washington times., 1905-02-19


And if there are any of the rest Of the
crew pr sent there is a general laugh,
Making a joke of brave deed is q
healthy sign. It means there are no
sweIled heads and that the deed can be
repeated again whenever there is need
1t Is like drawing teeth to get stories
out of these men of the lives and vessels
they have rescued.
Go out aboard one of the Chesa peake
Bay ice boats on a stormy day 1t
does not take long to find out that ship
ping on one Of these craft is no easy
birth Only the kind of man who can
whistle 'In the good old summer time"
with the thermometer registering zero
and a gale blowing thirty miles an hour
need apply. Any one else who signs
to sail with one of the ice boats would
stand as good a chance of a freeze out
as the yye1ng man who asks a pretty
girl for a kiss. Men who have served
on the Annapolis or the Latrobe are
well trained for an exposition to find
the North Pole
The Washington times., 1905-02-19
JOINED IN LAUGH.
Irate Driver Turns Parsons Admoni-
ton Not to Swear Into a
Gnnd IOke

One of the best stories of the season
is told by Senator Blackburn of Ken
lucky A number of years ago, he says,
there was an old fellow who drove bus
for one of the hotels in Louisville, and
he could "cuss" by note. One morn
ing the weather was cold and frosty.
the streets not In the best condition,
and the old man had considerable diff
Guilty in getting a frisky young mare TO
do her part in pulling the bus The old
driver ripped out oath after OATH and
one of the passengers, clerical gen
tlemen, entered protest, telling the
driver to be patient and that the skit-
tish young mare would do her duty.
.'P-p-p-a-ti-e-n-t, h-h-e-l-l. stutter-
ed the old man. "G-g-i-i-t up.
d-d-a-mn y-o-u you
''Don't swear, my good friend" put
in the man with the sanctified look
"Job was good man and man of
patience"
"W-ho t-t--the hell d-d-d-id he
drive f-f-for?"
This was more than the protesting
passenger could stand and he was
forced" adds the Kentuckian. Ito join
in the laugh"
The Washington times., 1905-02-19
State of Maryland and
City of Baltimore in
Charge.
Maintain Powerful But
Honely Ve5se. S for
Service.
Rescue Many Oystermen
Who Get Marooned
by the Ice.
. ROM massive. crushing foes of
- ice. from death by starvation

hoM massive. GTuSHllS noes Oh
- ice. from death by starvation
and exposure. the iceboats. An
napolfs and Latrobe, rescue
scores OF frost-bound oystermen in
Chesapeake bay each winter. and save
thousands OF dollars TO the shipping in
terests of the country
Powerful but homely craft, the two
Maryland ieeboats are the only ones of
their kind in this part OF the world.
though there like is to be found in some
of the ports OF Russia, where ice forms
curing a large part of the year, and
which, unless kept free, would be as
useless to commerce as a single glove
to a man with freezing hands.
The waters of Chesapeake bay are
sluggish, its tides and currents are not
as swift as those of many more North
ern ports and harbors. Consequently it
is comparatively easy for the waters of
the bay to freeze again and again dur
ing the winter months. and If no steps
were taken to keep the channel open
shipping would necessarily be aban-
doned. Thousands OF dollars in trade
would be lost to Baltimore and Annapo-
lis. Washington, too. would feel the ef-
fects of such calamity
steaming through icy waters. grind
ing and smashing huge fields of ice day
boats. Each day. each hour, is of i'm
portance in this work, for Ice Is like
folIveau rich-give him an inch and he
viii take an ell, and the more soild
the mass of ice becomes the more diff1-
cult it is for the boats TO dig passage
through it.
Baltimore owns and operates the La
trobe, while the State OF Maryland puiie
the Annapolis and pays her running
expenses. Usually the boats go INTO
commission January /. though II the
weather is such as to warrant 1t, may 90
so In December The Latrobe stays in
commission all the year round, ana IN
the summer carries the poor or Saiti-
more far down the Chesapeake Tor
breath Of fresh air. Both lcepoats are
veterans, the Latrobe having served
nineteen years and the Annapohs ioF
fifteen.
Scarcely two weeks ago thirty men
were stranded far down the bay. Ihich
ice held them fast. While IL was ohIy
mater of ten or twelve miles TO safety
they might as well have been STUCK IN
the great foes in the Arctic circle. NO
one cal1ld reach them to bring them aid,
nor could they escape from their ley
prison. For fourteen days they had
been waiting and hoping for warm
wave which would loosen the ice and
permit their escape in their small boats
Provisions ran lower and lower. Slowly
but surely they were being brought to
she point of starvation. Some OF them
had had nothing to eat for several days
except bread and water, and precious
1iftle of that Fifteen had only six
pounds Of -four left among them, whlle
tae whole crowd depended upon meited
snow for their drinking water. For
fuel they had what driftwood they could
dig out Of the ice. a few crab shaptles
built on the salt marsh where they We're
raarooned. and their boats The cold
was intense Already they had torn
away part of the scanty shelter for the
fire which must not be allowed to die.
The Washington times., 1905-02-19
Salt Ice a Poor Diet.

They were oystermen who had ven
tilred far out from the mainland ana
Deals Island to dredge for the succuient
bivaIve One night there came q, storm,
2 cold wave, and the next day the men
pcere nenned in the thick ice. There
was nothing for it but TO wait for out
side aid The average oysterman is a
pretty tough proposition He IS used TO
weather of all sorts. and has an abso-
lutte contempt for flair weather sail
ors." He takes things as he finds them
If all the tales told of them are true,
many Of these men are little better than
Lirates. and take things wherever they
ind them. But even an oysterman and
a pirate cannot live on diet OF salt Ice.
Their case was desperate. and in a day or
two they would have been compelled to
choose between starvation and can
nabaiism.
As the days went by and no news of
the stranded men came to their friends
the fear arose that they had perished in
tie ice. Some of them had wives and
families looking to them for support,
Although the thirty men were ali
stranded in what is known as Great
south Marsh. an immense salt marsh
southwest of Deals Island. they were not
in one party. Fifteen Crisfelders were
together on that side of marsh cut by
Hedges strait. The other fifteen. In two
parties, one of eleven and the other of
four, were miles away farther up Tan
gier sound and nearer Deals Island.
a hurry call was sent TO Baltimore by
the people of Deals Island Fifteen of
their men, they said were in great dam
ger. and all attempts TO send relief from
the island failed After rush meeting
OF the harbor officers orders were wired
The Washington times., 1905-02-19
Rescuers Themselves Caught.

The story of the rescue might well fig
ure in one of Clark Russell's s tales of the
sea. Mile after mile the ieeboat tore its
way through the thick waters of the
bay. The weather was bitter cold and
a heavy wind was blowing across the
ice, Time and again the Annapolis
would be brought almost to a, dead stop
by the thick ice, back off, and smash
into the heavy cakes again. AS long as
the iceboat kept TO the channel there
was little danger to her. but il was nee
essary to feel a way through the shoals
when we'll down toward Great South
Marsh. Captain Griggs determined to
fight his way through Hoopers straits
to the place where the Deals Island men
We're lying helpless. Suddenly there
came a long heave and the boat stopped.
It was not ice this time. The Annapolis
had run aground almost within striking
distance of its goal. The rescuing party
were themselves prisoners
Then began a long wait for the food
tide which should free the feeboat. It
was trying to the men there TO save
others whom they knew to be in q des-
perate condition. With glasses the An
napoIis could be seen from Deals Island,
and the islanders almost gave up hope
of rescue being effected when they
realized tnat the AnnapoIiS must De
aground. Their spirits sank still lower
when on the food the ieeboat backed
slowly out and turned In another diree-
ton.
But the rescuing party had not given
up only chosen a different course. Soon
afterward the Annapolis entered Hedges
strait. another path to the lost oyster
men. The change In course meant twen-
ty miles more of hard going and this in
snoaI water.
The Washington times., 1905-02-19
TOO MUCH GRAMMAR.
Educated Servant Who Did Not Sweep
Out the Corners.

This good story touching the servant
problem is told by Representative South
of Kentucky:
II recently heard of a well-known
resident of Washington who permitted a
true and tried servant of the African
persuasion to visit her old home in
South Carolina. She had been faithful
servant for many years, and the white
folks thought it would be a great treat
TO send her back to Dixie to see her
people.
ITO take Aunt Hattie's place a sub
stitute was employed, mulatto girl
who had been literally educated She
performed the duties In a rather indif-
fcrent manner. and when Aunt Hattie
returned after q months absence she
began her tour of inspection TO ascer-
tain how her work had been done. The
faithful old soul was dissusted with
the evident want of cleanliness mani
tested everywhere. Finally she went 10
the lady of the house and gave vent to
her feelings by declaring:
- Miss Martha, Use disgusted, l is.
I knowed dat you couldn't git gram
mar an clean corners out of the same
nigger,
The Washington times., 1905-02-19
Digs Out Twenty Vessels a Day.

If you ask Captain Griggs what the
duties of the Annapolis are he will an
swer: ITO keep the channel open be-
tween Baltimore and Annapolis. He
may neglect to tell you how many
steamers he rescues from the large fields
of ice every day. but If you press him on
this point he viii tell you, Twenty or
thereabouts.' Starting out as soon as 1t
is light, either from Annapolis or Balti-
more. the ieeboat cuts her way to the
first vessel which is seen caught III the
ice. If the ice is too heavy for the yes
sci to break her way TO port by the path
which the iceboat has already opened.
the Annapolis turns and conveys her
as far as necessary to make her en-
trauee sure. If not, and the vessel can
make the harber unaided, the Annapolis
continues on her way to the next in
need of assistance. Sometimes she may
loosen the ice around a whole fleet and
convoy them to port.