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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-10-15
DON'T LIKE MONTANA
Nj. c. Gray and j. w. Mathews Re-
turn to Pullman Without TAX
ing Homesteads

There is vast difference of opin-
ion as to the value of land in Mon
tana. Some people who went from
/ here to Great Falls are delighted with
that country and predict it is de-
stined to equal the Palouse country
| in few years. Others return to
Pullman without taking land and de-
clare the country is greatly over-es-
timated. Among the latter class are
DR.. j. r. Kaylor, NJ. G. Gray and j. w.
Mathews.
Mr. Gray went to Great Falls with
view to obtaining a large horse
breeding ranch. He spent much time
in looking over the country and
studying conditions. Mr. Gray is a
close observer and does nothing with
out first making a thorough investi-
cation. He came back without in
vesting When seen by The Herald
reporter Mr.. Gray said:
mo, | did not invest. l do not
think the country is as good as many
people think. 1t has been a good
stock country, and would be a good
stock country now if it were not for
the fact that the land is being taken
up by settlers who expect to farm 1t.
| would rather have 25 acres of Pa
louise land than $50 acres of the
land we saw near Great Falls. | am
fully satisfied that the Palouse coun-
try is the best country in the west.
| am more firmly convinced of this
every time | go away from home and
come back. I feel better satisfied here
after seeing other sections"
J. w. Mathews, the attorney, who
accompanied Mr. Gray. raised legal
point which may have much bearing
on the taking of desert claims by
people from other states than Mon
tana. Mr. Mathews said: | did not
take a omestead or a desert claim.
was not greatly impressed with the
country, and ! did not feel like TAX
ing the chances of filing on a desert
claim. I like the open air too we'll.
To take a desert claim one must take
an oath that he is a bona fide resi-
dent of the state of Montana at the
time the filing is made. ! could not
see how a man whose home is in Pull
man, and whose family and all his
household goods and other property
is here, could take that oath. Many
of those who went there have done
done safely. | would not like to take
the chances"
DR.. Kaylor thinks the Palouse coun-
try is good enough for him and did
not invest, nor take a homestead or
desert claim. Many others are go
ing there and taking land and ex-
pect to move to that country and
engage in farming. Analysis of the
soil taken from w. A. Wallis claim
near Great Falls, was made by Profess
sor Thatcher who pronounces the soil
equal or better than that about Endi
colt, in this county. One thing is
certain and that is that Pullman and
the surrounding country will lose a
large number of citizens who are GO
ing to Montana to take land. Predic-
ton is made of those who have visit
ed the Great Falls district that many
of them will return to Pullman in q
few years, but many of those who
have visited the Montana lands are
loud in their praises and strong In
their faith in that country and its
future.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-10-15
BACHELORS NOT WANTED
Potlatch Lumber Company Trying to
Discourage "Baching" and
Favor MatrinOny

r. ]. Cox, well-known in Pullman,
has returned from Potlatch, Idaho,
where he worked for several months
in the lumber yard of the big mill at
that place Mr. Cox boarded with a
friend he had known in Baker City,
Oregon, until a few days ago when
the friend had to leave Potlatch on
account of his health, and Mr.. Cox
bought the family's household goods,
intending to rent the house, get his
two boys with him and work at Pot
latch this winter and "keep batch. +"
After the deal was made for the
furniture Mr.. Cox and his friend
asked for his time and told the man
ager that he was going to give up
the house and Mr.. Cox would take it.
Have you wife?" was asked of
Mr Cox When he replied in the
negative he was informed that he
must have a wife or he could not get
the house. The company owns every
house and every lot and every busi-
ness interest in the town and Mr..
Cox was politely informed that "the
company will not allow any of its
houses to be occupied by bachelors.
Only men with families can have
houses, and unmarried men must
board at our company boarding house
and we will have no 'baching' in Pot
latch"
This edct settled it for Mr.. Cox
He could not get house under any
consideration, except that he should
get married, and the price appeared
to him too high, so he called for his
time. quit the employ of the COM
pany and returned to Pullman, where
man can live in single blessedness
| if he wants to.
1t is not known whether the Pot
latch lumber company, with its saw
mill, railroads, lands, townsites
stores banks, hotels, schools and
boarding houses, conducts a matri-
monial agency, but If not that will
probably be added soon and one will
then be able to get anything from
a million feet of lumber to a postage
stamp or a wife from the greatest
trust ever organized in the west.
The company" boarding houses
are conducted on the lumber camp
plan. The employees pay s4.75 per
week for board and lodging, the
lodging consisting of an opportunity
to occupy a room with two beds and
three other men, and one is not al
lowed to choose his own bedfellow.
Two men in each bed, and you take
for a companion whoever chance hap
pens to give you. Mr.. Cox says that
kind of a life is enough to drive a
man to matrimony, if there were no
other method of escaping 1t.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-10-15
PULLMAN CITY
ELECTION
No Interest Taken In Local Politics
and Time For Filing DecIara-
tiOns Passed

30 little interest is taken in muni-
clpal politics that the time for dIing
deciarations of candidacy has passed
with only four declarations nIed
Ihese are james S. Clark. who aete
to be reelected as city treasurer.
George N. Henry who wants 70 snc,
Teea hlmself as city clerk; u. G.. Law
Ter, Tor councilman in the first ward.
ana Harry Douglas for councilman
in the second ward.
mayor, councilman from each
ward, councilman-at-large: attorney
clerk and treasurer are to be elected
AS 1t Is now too late to file decIara-
tons OF candidacy for these officers
II VIII be necessary to hold a caueus
and nominate candidates, or this can
be done at the primaries. While
there IS no issue, as yet, there Is like
~ to be one. The wet and dry issue
will be settled at the special election
TO be held November 30, one week
before the city election. which will
be held, according to law. on Tuesday.
December 7.
The people of Pullman should
awaken and take some interest in
municipal politics. The city govern
ment should be in safe hands and IL
is up to the people to nominate and
elect good men to manage the af-
Iairs OF the town. If care is not TAX
en- to prevent it, INSCRIPTIONS men.
who are more interested in perpetu-
aiing faction, or injuring some one
who does not agree with them In poll
TICS, religion or some other matter,
may get control of the city govern
ment If this occurs the people who
neglect politics, and fail to take an
interest, but pay the taxes, will have
none but themselves to blame. No
man who is not property owner and
a tax payer should be nominated for
any Office. Pullman should be govern
ed by men who assist in paying the
costs of government and who will
have to pay their share of any finan-
cial losses caused by mismanagement
of the affairs of the town
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-10-15

work. The squad is divided about
equally into first" and second
teams and Nelson coaches the sec
ond" team. The two teams mix up
in hard scrimmage work and are pret-
ty evenly matched. The men play
with as much enthusiasm and class
as if they were opposed by a bitter
rival team and this kind of work is
doing much to round them into con-
dition for the seasons games. 1t is
believed that the college now has the
best and most evenly balanced lot of
men from which to pick a team that
have ever been upon the football
field. All of the men are conscien-
tious workers and are putting much
interest and enthusiasm into the
work.
Tuesday afternoon Robert Burns
took pictures of the men, individual
ly and as a squad and got some fine
pictures. The men were playing
hard, when Coach Kienholz called to
them to knock off a minute and get
a picture" They posed for the pict-
ure and then returned to work with
a yigor and earnestness which shows
that every man intends to make the
team if possible.
The date of the Washington-Idaho
college game has been changed from
Saturday, November 6, to Friday
November ). This change is made
in order that the business men of
Moscow may attend the game. AS
Saturday is a bad day for stores
TO close the business men asked that
the game be played on Friday and
many Pullman business men and
Jerks can go to Moscow on Friday
who could not go on Saturday. 1t is
believed there will be a record crowd
at the game.
Many Pullmanites, college people
and football men will go to Spokane
on October 80 to see the game be-
tween the University of Washington
and University of Idaho. This will
be a good opportunity for the home
team to see the Idaho team work and
get line on their plays, and it
will be highly beneficial to the w. S.
c. team in the game to be played
with Idaho the following Friday.
Next Tuesday, October 19, the first
game of the season will be played
here, when Puget Sound University
meets w. S. c. on Rogers field. Every
person who possibly can do so ought
TO attend this game. 1t will be diff
ticult for the management to come
out whole" financially this year and
it is due the team and the college
that the games are we'll patronized
by the people of Pullman. This will
be the first chance to see the home
team in action and there should be
big attendance.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-10-15
WEEKLY MARKET REPORTS

Wheat is two cents higher than last
week, with a strong upward tendency
and few sales. Farmers are holding
for higher prices and the indications
are that they will win by so doing.
Local dealers quote Bluestem at 85
cents up, depending upon how badly
1t is wanted. Fortyfold is 80 cents,
and strong at that; Club is worth rs
and Red Russian, 76 cents. These
are the prices quoted, but 1t is claim
ed that actual sales are made at
prices slightly above these figures.
Oats are strong at $1.15 to $1.17 1-2;
Barley is strong and firm at $1.10.
Cattle are about the same, the price
ranging from 2 1-2 to 2 ga cents
per pound for cows; 3 to 3 ga for
steers; hogs, 12 to 8; and veal Z
to 8 cents
Potatoes are selling for so cents
per 100 pounds. Eggs, 80 cents per
dozen; country butter so cents per
roll; creamery butter, 40 cents per
pound. Other produce about the
same as last week. Hay is strong
in demand and higher prices are pre-
dicted. There seems to be a scarcity
of hay already and If this is the case
high prices are expected be-
fore spring.
Coast grain markets are strong,
with an upward tendency and pre-
dictions are made that 81 per bushel
will be paid for wheat at Inland EN-
pire points before March /. Many
farmers are holding with the expecta-
tion of getting these prices. At Wal
la Walla club wheat is selling for 80
cents but farmers are holding for S5.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-10-15
VIOLIN RECITAL

On last Wednesday evening in the
new College auditorium Professor
Lionel Gittelson gave a violin re-
cital OF high merit. The m makeup of
the program was unusual in that IL
contained two three-movement num-
bers, sonata and concerto, separat-
ed by two numbers of lighter mood.
That Mr.. Gittelson ventured to play
SO exacting a program, and that he
held his audience in rapt attention
throughout his numbers, speaks high
ly for his elevated artistic ideals and
the confident adequacy of his execu-
tion.
The evening opened with Crieg's
Sonata in F major" whose opening
allegro movement and vivace third
movement are In effective contrast
with the long-clinging. sweet-toned
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-10-15
COLLEGE FOOTBALL NOTES
Another Valuable Addition to The
Team Comes From Spokane.
The Idaho Game

4 If Washington State College does
not have a winning football team this
year it will not be the fault of Coach
Kienholz or Manager Jones, both of
whom are working hard to get the
men into condition to win the north
west college championship. The team
has been peculiarly fortunate in Sc
curing men at the needed time. Last
week The Herald told of the good
luck which brought Wallace Dewitt,
the Spokane star fullback to Pullman,
Just at the time when ii looked pretty
blue because of the weakness in that
spot.
This week there Is another good
piece of news in the arrival of Wesley
Enge4horn, from Spokane, and ne
will play guard. These were the only
weak spots in the team and both have
been filled from an unexpected source
and by strong men, each of whom
fits into the position like the paper
on the wall" Engelhorn is star In
athletics, and made an enviable re-
cord in the interscholastic field meets
held here last year and this. He is
big fellow, and has been the star
guard for the South Central High
School at Spokane. He had planned
TO go east and enter Cornell, but
changed his mind and came to Pull
man, to enter Washington State Col
lege.
The men of the football squad are
doing hard, constant and conscien-
tious work. Coach Kienholz is be-
ding ably assisted by Jack Nelson, who
has had much experience in football
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-10-15
f.. A. PEARCE FOR MAYOR
Suggestion of Prominent Business
Man For That Position Meet
ing With Favor

A movement has been inaugurated
to nominate e. A. Pearce for mayor
of Pullman, and the suggestion is
meeting with much favor among busi-
ness men. The suggestion has been
made that business man, who can
devote more time to the Office than
can a professional man, should be
nominated and that the administra-
ton of the town should be conduct
ed along business lines. Little in
terest has been taken in political
matters lately, but it is time that a
ticket was put in the field. The time
for filing declarations of candidacy
has passed, but men can be nominal
ed at primaries or caucuses, and their
names placed on the ticket.
One reason advanced for Mr..
Pearce's selection for mayor is that
"he has never trained with either
policital faction and would do much,
if elected, to heal over the ill-feeling
between the two factions which have
been at war in Pullman for a long
time" This reason is a good one,
for the breach should be healed over
and the old fight, which originated
over the saloon question, should be
dropped. That matter has been set
tied and there is no need to keep the
ill-feeling alive any longer The
Herald hopes to see Pullman placed
on business footing and all factional
fights discontinued. If Mr. Pearce
can do this, The Herald will cheer
fully support him. The fact that his
candidacy is backed by some Of the
best business men in Pullman men
who are anxious to unite the various
factions and have a business admin
istration of the town, is in his favor.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-10-15
FINE HEREFORD CATTLE

Ira E. Henshaw has fine herd of
pure-bred Hereford cattle at Sherm
Brannon's ranch, at the head of Wa
wawai canyon. He has SO head OF
pure-breds and those who have seen
them declare they are as fine a lot
of cattle as can be found anywhere
in the Palouse country. They con-
sist of cows, heifers, steers and calves.
Mr.. Henshaw recently sold several
young bulls for fancy prices. He
kept the cattle during the summer
in ]. S. KLEIN CARDS summer-fallow
fields
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-10-15
ENTERTAINED SENATOR TAYLOR

United States Senator Robert Taylor,
of Tennessee, at five-course lunch
con, in Van Doren hall, Saturday
night. The luncheon was prepared
by the senior class of the domestic
science department, and served by
the young ladies of the other classes.
The affair was a brilliant one and
Senator Taylor expressed delight with
the manner of his entertainment and
spoke words of encouragement to the
young ladies of the domestic science
department and the members of the
Evergreen staff.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-10-15
PRESIDENT BRYAN AT DAVEN.
PORT

President Bryan of the State Col
lege, delivered a very entertaining
lecture in the Auditorium last Thurs
day evening. A large audience greet
ed Presi dent Bryan. whose subject
was "Old and New Rome" Possess
ed of a fine education and valuable
knowledge gained through European
travel, he moved his hearers with
his delineation of the history of the
ancient city.
President Bryan was accompanied
to the platform by County Superin-
tendent Craig, and six of the states
brightest young men who had grad
uated from the State College under
President Byran The latter were
r. f. Nader, deputy state superin-
tendent public instruction, class '01;
DR.. o. L. Adams, of Davenport, class
'O2; Robert E. Gay, principal of Har-
rington schools, class '07; j. L. Thay-
er, superintendent Davenport schools,
class '07; Clyde Myers, assistant prin-
cipal Sprague schools, class '09; j.
w. BYislawn, county auditor, class
'O7. The latter gentleman in his
ever ready distinguished manner, in
troduced the speaker, who spoke
words of praise and admiration of
the young men seated beside him,
who had risen to high positions in
the professions and public favor
Davenport Tribune.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-10-15
IMPORTED FARM PRODUCTS

Pullman people are eating import
ed eggs and butter. Creamery but
ter at 40 cents a pound and eastern
eggs at 80 cents a dozen, being eaten
by residents of one of the richest
farming sections in the world. That
don't seem right. But it is true.
Why this country, which is an ideal
dairy section, and is also a good poul-
try country. should import these pro-
ducts from six to eight months each
year is mystery, but such conditions
exist
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-10-15
RuGs GO no GERMANY

Professor A L. Melander, ento-
mologist of Washington State College,
made a novel shipment to Germany
Thursday of this week when he sent a
box of dried insects" To p. Stein,
Treptow. Prussia, German Empire.
The box was labeled Natural His
tory Specimens. Dried Insects. from
chronological Laboratory, Washing
ton State College, Pullman, Wash. "
.It went by Northern Pacific express.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-10-15
COLLEGES NEW PIANIST

Miss d. Kathryn Sauvaseot, of Ia
coma, has been employed as instruc-
tor in piano at Washington State
College, to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation of Professor Carl Tun-
berg. Miss Sauvageot recently com
pleted her musical education at
Vienna, Austria, and comes to the col
lege highly commended as an in
structor of ability
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-10-15
CONTEST AWAKENs INTEREST
Mis-Spelled Word Contest Keeps Au-
dtOrium Patrons Busy Study
ing Programs

No contest of recent date has awak-
ened so much interest as the mis-
spelled word contest in the Auditor
.ium program There have been three
of these contests and each of the
winners have been rewarded for his
or her pains Each program con-
tans a mis-spelled word. The word
appears in an advertisement and the
rules are that the first one appear
ing at a certain business place tn
next day after the show, with the
correct solution of the contest is
given a prize. The first prize was a
dozen fine photographs by Robert
Burns. The second was two tickets
10 the next show, given by the man
agement of the Auditorium. The
third was a nice tie given by Clark
son & Pearce
There is an interesting story and
a good joke on Joe Dew, the barber,
in regard to the first contest. Seth
Balsinger had found the mis-spelled
word and showed it to Dew the day
before the show, which was held on
Saturday night. Joe quietly slipped
over to Robert Burns home Sunday
morning. but Burns was in bed and
Joe did not like TO wake him, so took
a walk around the block, waiting un-
til Burns should get out Of bed.
While Joe was taking walk, Flor
.ence Taylor, a high school girl, went
to Burns home, and kept knocking
until Burns came to the door, and by
the time Joe Dew had completed the
circuit of the block, the prize had
TgI
City Attorney d. G. Dow won the
second prize, two tickets to the show.
This mis-spelled word was in the adj
yertisement of the Pullman State
Bank and was management" with
lthe "e" omitted after the g." In
connection with this The Herald re-
ceiyed the following interesting let
ter:
Pullman, Wash, Oct. 8, 1909.
Pullman Herald Office
Pullman Wash.
Gentlemen: The mis-spelled word
found in the program for the "Shep-
herd King" of October Q, Is on page
three in Hill & Woodin's ad. 1t is
In the sixth line, the word "Baerfi'
should be spelled Baker"
Plese re NIT ticets bye male.
Yours for spelling,
J. j. ROUSE,
Cashear.
The third prize, a neck tie, given
by Clarkson & Pearce, was won by
Clark Nye, mail carrier, who was at
the store early the next morning and
met the proprietors when they came
TO open the store. There is a mis-
spelled word in the program for to-
night. Watch for 1t.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-10-15

Mrs. l.. c. Brumblay has been in
attendance on the State W. G. 7. y.
convention at Spokane this week. Mrs.
Brumblay is the president of the
Walla Walla county organization.
Mrs. Bayniller attended the eonyen-
ton as the representative of the local
union.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-10-15

]. F. Boiler. physical director,
thinks the outlook for basketball
this year is bright. With Wesley En-
gelhorn, formerly of South Central
high school, Spokane, a star basket
ball player, added to the already
large list of good material in the
school. Mr.. Boiler thinks 1t will be
easy to make a winning team. 1t is
doubtful If there will be varsity
girls basketball team, but there will
be several good class teams among
the girls and some very good inter-
class games are assured. Captain
Barnes. of last years varsity" team
is not in school this year.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-12-14
ELDoN.

4. ~ = i
Edon--Mrs e. Ferguson is suffering
from an attack of the grip.
B. Burchett, Bloomfield, S. Sward,
Cedar Rapids, John Healy Nicholas,
Ia, G. e. Morgan, Atlantic. La, e. ].
Smith, Chicago and Henry Curry OF
Bloomfield were in Eldon Saturday on
business.
school Friday Dec. 18th.
Miss Ellen Owen is on the sick list
this week.
The Fortnightly club met at the
home of Mrs. o. Cresap Friday.
Dave McHaffey left the later part
of last week for an extended trip
through the southwest.
Mesdames Will Germer. l.. Nelson,
W. Cartwright and Nick Lutz were
Ottumwa visitors Saturday
Ed Shore and Jeff Davis were OF
tumwa visitors Saturday.
Miss Norma Daniels and Miss Marie
Hillery We're Ottumwa visitors Satur-
day.
Haven't you some seed corn, hogs,
horses, cattle, sheep, cordwood, poles
or something that you want to SELL or
don't you want to buy something in
the above line? You can do so by put
ting a want ad in the Courier. One
half cent a word.
Harvey Fehr and lis mother Msr. B
Fehr We're called to Cleveland, Ohio by
the illness of B. Fehr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Whistler and Mrs
w. Healey were Ottumwa visitors on
Saturday.