Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-05-28

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suitable increase and the determ-
nation by the board as to the
exact manner of It's use.
1.-THE second fiscal year will end
next month and the fund will
then likely exceed $500 and the
exact use will then be determined
upon. | might add that the Unit
ed States Department of Agricul-
ture not only requires report
of each item of expenditure each
year, but sends an agent to the
college to check up each voucher.
The department of the interior
likewise requires an itemlzed re
port with the receipt of the payee.
Any money left over any year re-
verts to the United States treas
ury. An itemized report, giving
name of payee, amount and what
for, in made biennially to the leg
islature and is published and is
accessible to the public. =
SO desperate have the friends
of Land Commissioner Ross and
the other members of the corrupt
gang on the west side become, that
they are making strenuous efforts
to distract attention from the cor
ruption that exists in Olympia
and are striving to turn the at
tentlon of the people to the east
side. The Seattle Times, which
shows jealousy of Washington
State College in every issue, max
es the awful charge that a number
Of members of the college faculty
are stockholders in the First Ma
toual Bank of Pullman For this
hcinous crime the Times demands
that the full legislative committee
come to Pullman and investigate.
The ignorance of the Times and
DR.. Beach, in making these charg-
cs is simply appalling. Following
is tn, list of faculty members the
Times charges with the awful
crime Of being stockholders in the
First National Bank:
What Bank Report Shows
The last report of the First Ma
tional Bank Of Pullman shows;
.. L. Waller, professor of ma
thematics and civil engineering III
the State College, was one Of the
directors and owned twenty shar-
es OF stock in the bank, valued at
-, 450.
Elton Fulmer, professor of
chemistry in the college, owned
twelve shares.
Scion Shedd, professor of geo
Ilogy and mineralogy, owned six
shares.
w. w. Johnston, instructor in
English, had six shares.
w. NJ. Porter, the college ac-
conntant, owned twenty shares.
Il. w. Thatcher, associate pro-
frssor Of chemistry and chemist
OF :he experiment station, owned
six shares.
f. f. Flanders, formerly in
structor in chemistry, owned six
shares
II. V. Carpenter, professor of
mechanical and electrical engi-
neering, owned four shares.
Edith f. McDermott, professor
Of domestic economy, owned three
shares
w. J. Roberts, associate profess
sor of mathematics and civil engi-
necring, owned ten shares.
G.. f. Strangeland, former as
sistant professor of political eco
nOmy, owned ten shares.
For the enlightenment of the
Times and of DR.. Beach it might
be well to state that w. NJ. Porter
has not been accountant of the
college for Is months, having re-
signed in December, 1907; that
w. w. Johnston severed his con
nection with the college more
than a year ago; that F. f. Fland-
ers has not been connected with
the college for much more than a
year, but is now with the govern
men pure food commission at
Seattle; that Edith McDermott is
married and living at Puyallup
and has not been a member Of the
college faculty since June, 1908
and that w. j. Roberts left Pull
man and Washington State Col
lege a year ago.
That this action is taken merely
to save Ross and other political
leaders who are strongly suspect
ed Of actual crime, from being in
vestigated is not doubted. 1t has
been proposed that people Of the
east side prepare and circulate
petitions asking Governor Hay to
call a special session of the legis-
lature and insist upon a thorough
investigation of every state officer