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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-02-12
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
The Big Chicago Orchestra
Secured for May Musical
Festival.

The School of Music of Washington
State College has secured the Chicago
Symphony orchestra for two concerts
during the big musical festival. May
5, and 7, which is planned to be the
biggets event of its kind ever held in
the west. The big orchestra has Ga
members and is known as one of the
worlds greatest musical organizations.
1t has appeared here before and de-
lighted big audience.
Miss Myrtle Elvyn. the world re-
nowned pianist, has also been engaged
as one of the attractions of the big
festival and there will be number of
other big features. There will be Sc
veral concerts and an oratorio and the
school of music is preparing the great
est feast music lovers of the northest
have enjoyed.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-02-12
Harrington and Jay Here

Grover Harrington. former captait
of the Spokane high school foot bal
team enrolled as a student in Washing,
ton State College. Harring ton is ar
all-round athlete, a promising base
ball catcher and football player who
gives promise of becoming a wonder.
He will be valuable addition to the
base ball team which is short or
catchers and also to the football team.
Nilsson tried hard to get him to enroll
at idaho. but he chose the big Wash
ington school and there is great rejoic-
ing in athletic circles because of his
choice.
Orie Jay, of Pendleton. has also
enrolled this semester. Jay is one OF
Pendleton Highs famous athletes and
is thought to be one of the coming col
lege athletes of the Northwest. He
will try out for the high jump. broad
jump. pole vault and hurdles. jay
has record of 5 feet, II inches in the
high jump.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-02-12
A Monster Flag

For the annual military ball, to be
held in the gymnasium of Washington
State College on Monday evening,
February %. what is believed to be
the largest flag in the United States is
being made by Mrs. H. E. Mitchell.
wife of Captain Mitchell, u. S. A. :,
military instructor at the college. The
flag will be 80 feet wide and 100 feet
long. The stripes will each be one
yard in width The flag is being made
by Mrs Mitchell and assistants and
will cover one side of the gymnasium.
While there have been living flags"
composed of little girls dressed in the
colors of the national emblem that
were larger than this it is believed
hat no flag made of bunting ever
equaled the monster which Mrs. Nit
chell and assistants will hang up as
one of the many unique decorations for
the ball which is expected to eclipse
all previous social events III brilliancy
and number in attendance.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-02-12
RELATIONS WITH i, Of
". MAY Be RESUMED
Negotiations Now Pending
Between the two
Big Schools.

V. H. Zednick. manager of Univer-
sity of Washington football team
spent Wednesday night and Thursday
forenoon in Pullman in consultation
with the faculty committe and mem
bers of w. S. C. football team in an
effort to secure a resumption of athlet-
ic relations between the two big schools.
These relations were Suspended by the
University of Washington in its usual
high handed manner after it had in
duced W.S.C. to play footall in Seattle
and had agreed to play here this year.
Manager Zednick offered to resume
relations, or to make new contract
by which W.S.C. plays in Seattle
again next November, which would
make third consecutive game to be
played in Seattle without return game
in Pullman. The faculty committee.
of which Professor Carpenter is head,
refused to grant such concess ion and
nothing definite came of the confer
ence. Zednick went to Spokane Thurs
day for the purpose of meeting RAIDER.
manager of next seasons team, but as
RAIDER could not, if he wished, make a
contract without the athletic commit
tee. it is certain the proposition of
the University will be turned down.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-02-12
IMPORTANT DEAL
FOR THIS CITY
Company With $1OO,0OO.OO
Formed to Develop and
Improve Property.

A deal of vast Importance to Pull
man and vicinity has been consumated
here this week by the organization of
the Palouse Country Development
Company. with capital stock of
$100, 900 paid up capital. F, M. Slagle,
of Massachusetts; w. II. Country
man, of Chicago; II. H. FoIger and
j. 2. Duthie, of Pullman. are the in
corporators and a number of local
capitalists will own stock in the big
company. Mr.. Folger is the owner of
the old Tom Bryant ranch, three miles
west of town, consisting of 320 acres,
for which he paid SIG. 900 Mr.. Slagle
is the owner of the old Burrill ranch
known as "No. 1897 on Union flat,
and containing 800 acres. for which
he paid S35, 500. These two ranches,
together with Mr.. Duthie's lumber
and fuel business and the real estate
he owned. excepting his residence,
have become assets of the new COM
pany. Mr.. Duthie sold his property
to the company and takes stock as
part payment.
The business will be divided into
departments. Mr.. Slagle will be gen.
eral manager. Mr.. Folger will be
manager of the lumber and fuel husi-
ness. Mr.. Countryman will have
charge of the farm management and
Mr.. Duthie will have charge of the
construction department.
1t is the intention of the company
to engage in farming, real estate lum-
ber and fuel business and the construc-
tion of homes. The land formerly
owned by Messrs. Folger and Slagle
will be divided into smaller tracts,
homes built, orchards planted. roads
and driveways surveyed and graded
and the property will be beautifed
generally. 1t will be put on the
market in tracts to suit purchasers.
Other lands will be bought and divided
and a general business of furnishing
homes for desirable settlers will be
opened. Mr.. Slagel came directly
from the east short time ago and is
said to have the backing of capital
lists in Boston and other eastern money
centers and also to have in view
number of desirable families who will
be brought to Pullman and will make
homes on the lands owned by the COM
pany. The deal is regarded as one of
the most important that has been con-
summated In a long time. The articles
of incorporation were cent to Olympia
today and will be filed with the state
auditor and the county auditor of
Whitman county.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-02-12
One Acre Brings $232.8O

The wonderful possibilities of Pa
louise soil is shown by the experience
of Willis Ford, who raised 1922. 80
worth of produce from one acre of
ground which was only plowed once.
In 1906 Mr.. Ford raised 100 sacks of
potatoes which sold for 81. 05 per sack,
a total of $168 for the crop. Without
blowing the ground he sowed it to oats
and got 80 bushels which brought him
s43. 20. He then diseed the land and
sowed it to wheat and got 30 bushels
which sold at 72 cents, or S2l.6O for
the crop. The ground had not been
plowed since before it was planted to
potatoes.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-02-12
BIG ENROLMENT At
WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE
Enrolment in Washington's Big School
Has Passed the 1900 Mark.

Registrar Barnard, of Washington
State College, has submitted to Presi-
dent Bryan report showing the en-
rollment of the school for the year be-
ginning last summer and ending next
June. This shows a total of 1916 en-
rolled Thursday of this week, with new
students arriving daily. The new
semester began Monday and new stu
dents began enrolling Tuesday. and a
large number of former students have
returned to complete their courses.
There were 36 new students enrolled
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-02-12

Grant Clark. of the College Book
Store, has one of the finest deer heads
seen in Pullman, a trophy from hi;
recent hunting trip to northern Wash.
ington. The deer was kill on PEND
O'Reille river, 60 miles north of New.
port, Wash. Grant killed it with the
first shot from a Remington automatic
rife, the bullet passing through botE
shoulders. The deer is of the black
tail variety and the head is beauti.
full specimen. the neck being almost
white and the ears and horns standing
out we'll. The head was mounted BY
S. E. Piper. of Washington, D. c.,
who is here for a few weeks, and il
an expert taxidermist.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-02-12
HOTEL PROBLEM SOLVED
Four Hotels and Three Res
taurants to Feed Pull
man Visitors.

There has been many changes in the
hotel situation recently. but the pro-
blem of how to feed the stranger who
is within our gates'' appears to be
happily solved. Since taking charge
of the Artesian hotel Mr.. Dawson
has taken out the partitions between
the office and hall leading upstairs and
into the dining room; has torn out the
put a new floor in the Office. This
gives the hotel a large and we'll ar
ranged lobby, removing one of the
chief objections to it, as the office has
always been too small. The wash
room has been removed to room south
of the Office and many other improve
ments have been made or are under
contemplation. Mr.. Dawson will soon
begin work of arranging the new Pa
lace hotel, which will be in the Bloom
field block. This will have Is of as
good rooms as can be found in any
hotel in the Palouse country and the
grill room and lobby will be frstclass
in every respect. Dell Wilson anc
wife took charge of the Alton hotel
February 1st and will conduct that
along the same line IS before. Joe
Bromley, who managed the Alton fol-
the past year. has taken rooms in Mrs.
Wills rooming house, formerly the
Methodist parsonage, and will remain
in Pullman until school closes when he
will return to his former home in
Nebraska.
Frank Newton, of Colfax, has leased
the north room on thefirst floor and the
rooms on the upper floor of the new
Parish block, north of the city hall,
and has opened the "Palm Cafe" and
lodging house. Mr.. Newton will serve
meals at all hours and has neat
place of business. A lunch counter will
be run in connection.
Pullman will have four hotels, the
Artesian, the New Palace, the Alton
and the Farmers. Two restaurants,
M. D. Henry's and Frank Newton g
have lodging rooms in connection. and
Peter Bosler's restaurant on Main
street, makes three restaurants, two
lodging houses and four hotels in the
business section, in addition to the
Pullman lodging house on Grand street.
The new Methodist church and the
Christian church each has a large
kitchen and dining room in the base
ment capable of seating 100 persons al
time, and there are numerous pri-
vate boarding and rooming houses in
all parts of the town. When there is
large crowd in town. such as or
field days. convention days and other
occasions, the churches will serve din
ners and suppers, too, if needed, sc
there will be no need for any one tc
go hungry or sleep out of doors when
in Pullman.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-02-12
Are Paving Poll Tax

Pullman has received more money
for poll tax for the year 1908 than ev-
er in its history. Up to date the re-
ceipts from poll tax have reached the
sum of $736. which is almost double
the usual amount collected The city
officials are making an earnest effort
to collect poll tax from all who are
required by law to pay. A few have
failed or refused to pay and Marshal
Matlock, acting under instructions of
City Attorney Dow, is giving each of
these an opportunity to pay and those
who refuse will be prosecuted. A num-
ber of prosecutions will be started next
week.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-02-12
WHEAT REACHES ONE
Ti DOLLAR IyI PER BUSHEL
All Records for High Prices in Grain
Broken and Farmers are Happy

For the first time in 20 years. if
not the first time in history, wheat is
selling for 81 per bushel in the Pa
louise country. Several sales of Blue
stem wheat have been made at that
price within the past week or 10 days
and the price still has a strong up
ward tendency. Bluestem wheat sold
for 81 per bushel at Colfax and Rosa
liza last week and Forty fold is bring
ing 80 cents, while club and other va
rieties are we'll up toward the high
mark set by the two first named va
rieties. William Chambers sold 10, :
600 bushels for export Monday at
prices which mean new records for
Pullman. Red Russian, the lowest
priced variety grown here, was sold
on the basis of 80 cents at Puget
Sound points while Bluestem brought
$1.10 at Seattle. Forty-fold sold for
$lO.2 and club for 81 per bushel. at the
coast. H. H. Warner, of Colfax,
sold 10, 600 bushels of Forty-fold for
90 cents. at Colfax last week.
According to these prices Red Rus
sian is worth about 81 cents per bushel
in Pullman which is probably the high
est price that var1ey of wheat has ever
brought in the Palouse country. Oats
are selling for 81. 55 and barley for
Sl2.5 per 100 pounds here and the pre-
diction is made that seed oats will
bring $1.75 per 100. Charles Price Of
Price & Klemgard, makes this predic-
tionand urges farmers to buy good seed
oates at this high price and plant
them. believing. as many others, that
oats will continue to bring high prices
for many years to come. Few farmers
doubt that wheat will remain high for
several years and James j. Hill. one
of the wisest financiers of the United
States. predicts that in 10 years this
country will be importing wheat for
home consumption, which means con-
tinued higher prices for an inefnite
time.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-02-12
NEW METHODIST
CHURCH TOO SMALL
Big Auditorium Not Large
Enough to Accommodate
Worshippers.

Last Sunday night the crowd in at
tendance at the Methodist church was
so large that the main auditorium
would not accommodate all of the Wor-
shippers and $50 overflowed into the
lecture room. The church is being re-
organized and the Sunday School,
which has a regular attendance of
mpre than 200 is being classified and
arranged, with an able corps of teach.
ers. The new church is fortunate in
numbering among its members many
of the educators of Pullman and these
are being impressed into service as
teachers in the Sunday school. Fol-
lowing is the corps of teachers in that
department of the church work: Pro-
fessor Z. w. Thatcher. superintend-
ent; DR.. ]. Earl Else. first assistant
superintendent; Professor H. A Ellis,
second assistant superintendent; Mrs.
S. C. Roberts, superintendent of the
primary department; A. d. Wexler.
bCaNiCI Vi bIC chdulL DiDlC GldcS hs
H. Marvin. teacher of the critical
bible class; II. A. Ellis, teacher of
the normal training class; Professor
H. V. Carpenter, teacher of the
college young men; Professor Thorn
ber, teacher of the college young
women; Professor NJ. K. Snyder,
teacher of the high school boys; DR..
J. E. Else, teacher of the high school
girls; Professor S. C. Roberts, teach
er of the Eight grade boys; Mrs. J.
E. Else teacher of the Eighth grade
girls; Miss Fordyce, teacher of the
grammar grade girls; j. N. Emerson,
teacher of the grammar grade boys.
The church is being fitted up in
style commensurate with its fine ex-
terror. A free reading room will be
opened on the basement floor in the
south west corner and this will be kent
open at all times as a reading and rest
room for all who wish to patronize it.
North of this room is. large dining
room which Will have capacity OF
seating 100 at time. and fine. large
and we'll equipped kitchen, with $75
steel range. adjoins this on the north.
The kitchen is fully equipped with cup
boards, cabinet, drawers, ETC.. and is
ideally arranged. Three doors lead
from the kitchen to the dining room
so there will need be no crowding thru
the entrances in case of rush when
dinners or suppers are being served. A
large. we'll arranged and commodious
parlor for ladies adjoins the dining
room in the basement on the east side
and this will be equipped with seats
and cozy place for ladies to rest and
visit. The Sunday school class rooms
are being nicely fitted up and the
whole arrangement of the church is
artistic and convenient.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-02-12
E. W. GRAGG RETURNS
After Nearly Four Years Alb
sence Decides Pullman is
Best Place to Live

E. w. Gragg, who was a resident of
Pullman for many ears, has returned
to stay. Mr.. Gragg was connected
with the college for number of years,
having charge of the landscape garden
ing, but was offered higher salary
to go to Redmond, nine miles from
Seattle, where he had charge of the
parking of 400 acres for j. w. elise.
the Seattle banker. He spent three
and half years there and during that
time Mr.. elise spent more than $780,
900 on the estate, which he is trying
to make one of the finest country es-
tates in the west. The entire tract of
more than 400 acres is being laid off
in parks and a force of from 20 to so
men have been employed in making the
improvements. Mr.. Gragg was fore
man of the work. He reports the Pull
man colony in Seattle as happy, but
all of them still have warm spots in
their hearts for the college town.
Mr.. Gragg tills owns his two fine
residences in Campus Park addition
and his wife and children are here.
He expects to remian in Pullman and
it is likely he will again accept posi-
tion with the college for he is an able
man and work in his line is needed
there.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-02-12
Reception to Pastor.

A reception was rendered Rev. Har-
rison, the new pastor of the Congrega-
.tional church Thursday night. The re-
Iception was attended by many of the
church people and all of the pastors OF
Pullman. Rev. DR.. Hays gave the ad-
dress of welcome in his usual happy
style. The new pastor was given a
hearty welcome to Pullman and made
to feel that this will be pleasant
field for his labors. Refreshments
were served by the ladies and the eve-
ming was pleasantly spent by large
number.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-02-12

up to noon Thursday and large num-
ber are expected to enroll within the
next few days.
Following is the enrollement. show
ing the departments in which enrolled.
as shown by the report of Registrar
Barnard: Collegiate, $50: Elementary
science department, BIT. Summer
school. 2l4; Artisans course. II;
Farmers short course, Sc: Short course
in horticulture, 70; Special music stu
dents, 25; new this week and not clas-
sified, SO; total. 1916.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-02-12
Abraham Lincoln Subject of Sunday ad.
dress at M. E. Church.

Abraham Lincoln will be the sub
ject for the regular Sundary morning
sermon at the methodist church next
Sunday. The pastor. Rev. Mr.. Mar
win. will deliver the address and in the
evening at 7;30 will continue his ad-
dress began last Sunday evening on
"Why Young Men Do Not Enter the
MINISTRY these Days" The morning
service will be at II o'clock. All are
invited.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-02-12
Former Pullman Boy Arrested.

A dispatch from Dayton. Wash. Feb
ruary 9. tells of the arrest Of Archie
Tindall, aged Is years son of Robert
TindaI.. formerly of Pullman, on a
charge of larceny. What is alleged to
have been stolen or whether the charge
is grand or petty larceny the dispatch
fails to state.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-02-12
A Birthday Party.

Last Saturday was the 45th anniver.
sary of the birth of Professor Eltor
Fulmer and the occasion was celebrat-
ed by Professor Fulmer and number
of friends in birthday dinner at the
Fulmer home on College hill. Those
present were President and Mrs. Bry-
an, Professor and Mrs. o. L. Waller
DR.. and Mrs. Egge, and Professor and
Mrs. Shedd.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-02-12
Sold His 1907 Crop.

George Bloomfield, the wealthy
rancher and capitalist who owns fine
farm vest of town, sold his 1907 crop
of wheat recently for 7S cents in the
warehouse. Mr.. Bloomfield sold his
1908 crop soon after it was threshed
but got more for the grain which he
had held l6 months than for the new
crop.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-02-12

1t does not take a prophet to foresee
that the high prices of grain and other
farm products, if maintained, as is
generally believed will be done, will
result in greater demand and higher
prices for land where wheat can be
grown. j. S. Klemgard predicts that
land in the vicinity of Pullman will
go to 500 per acre within few years
and declares that with wheat bringing
rs cents per bushel, or better, the land
will pay good interest on that sum.
With the demand for hogs, horses,
cattle, apples. wheat, oats and barley
increasing and the prices of all ad-
vancing the outlook for the Palouse
country farmer has never been bright
er and the optimistic view taken by
Mr.. Klemgard is shared by many who
are regarded as conservative and we'll
informed men.
Two Big Deals Here
Two big grain deals were closed
here this week. P. W. Lawrence sold
to P. ]. Franceola of Tacoma, 430O
bushels of wheat for 81. 90 per bushel
delivered at Tacoma. This means 81
cents net, to Mr.. Lawrence for the
grain IN the warehouse. The grain
was mixed lot, consisting of Sonora,
Turkey Red. Canadian Hybrid and
Club. This is among the highest
prices ever obtained for this quality
of wheat in this counry and Mr.. Law
renee is said to have cleaned up neat
profit on the grain which he bought
some time ago at prices much below
that for which it was sold. Price
and Klemgard have completed the de-
livery of 300 tons of oats sold 20 days
ago to the Inland Grain Co. of Ia
coma. for $34 per ton. The price of
oats advanced more than 81 per ton be-
tween the date of sale and the deliv-
cry, oats now being quoted at more
than $35 per ton, or $1.75 per 100
pounds at coast points at this time.