Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-12-20
'aCific Northwest News.

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fore in their history have the people
of the state of Washington been call
led upon to give so freely of their
money as they are at the present
time. The Christmas Red Cross
drive lis now receiving general at
stention throughout the state, the eff.
fort to interes the people in Gov
erment war stamps is just at its
Zenith and in Seattle an effort is be-
ing made to raise 100000 for Red
Cross hospital, through the girls re-
lief bazaar. The latter comes off
next week and will be the biggest
hing of its kind ever held here
Well to do men are contributing te
his bazaar not alone by the humid
reds of dollars but by the thousands
One family has given $4,000 to the
affair, another has contributed a 3d..
)0Oautomobile to be chanced off, the
funds to go to the bazaar funds
while dozens of other men and fir.
MS have come through with $1,000
each. 1t is generally admitted that
lot sicne the war started have the
Niles faced the serious situation as
loW confronts them. With German
success in Italy and on the eastern
'ront, with promise Of a German
lrive on the western front, it be.
comes more evident every day thai
f the war is to be won every Amer
ican will be compelled to make
much more serious sacrifices thar
le has done to date, 6H
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Seattle now has new chief oil
police. His name is Joe Warrer
md he will have the backing of the
United States Government in an eff
'Hort to clean up the city of its un
lesirables. He was recommended to
Mayor Gill by a government Off
ial who enjoys the confidence OF
he authorities at Washington. May.
)r Gill asked for Chief Becking
lam's resignation during the past
week and the chief resigned unde.
protest. The men, and women back
Of the movement to have Gill inn
/ reached pushed their fight in the
aope of inducing the council to Gus!
. he present chief executive, but the
ouncil voted against impeachment
The individual who goes into 6
estaurant, orders cup of coffee
md then throws four or five Jumps
If sugar into the cup is to have
,Ome reformation introduced into
lis life. Within few days restau
ants will remove sugar bowls from
he table and when person orders
,offee he will find two small Jumps
IN his saucer. If he wants more he
will pay for it. This reformation is
go still farther. Three slices OF
)read will be allotted to each person
md if more is wanted the price will
>e from five to ten cents additional
The Food Administration has foun6
hat while thousands of people art
Helping the Government to husband
he wheat and sugar resources OF
he country, the human hog who
'efuses to have his comforts inter.
cred with is operating along the
anne old lines; he eats just as much
f not more than he ate before the
var and he demands the things that
he Government asked him to cut Out
)r at least to aid in conserving. II
has therefore become necessary to
adopt more stringent rules in order
hat greater economy may be prac-
ticed.
An effort is to be made to stand
ardize the butter manufacture in the
state of Washington. There arc
thousands of pounds of butter com.
ing into the markets every week
which sell under theregular market
price because it is not up to the stan.
lard that it should be and which il
,ould be if little more care were
Exercised in turning it out. 1t is
claimed that owing to poor methods
IN butter-nlaking thousands of pou-
Ids are wasted in this state every
year. The Washington Creamery
operators and Buttermakers' Associ-
ation in annual convention in Seat
lie the past week discussed in detail
he matter Of inspection, licensing of
cream buyers and testers in all bra
lches of the trade and a centralized
market agency supported by all the
creamery interests of the state, to-
yether with standardization of but
ter grades. Out of this discussion
t is expected that real steps will be
taken to bring about the much need
ed reforms in the butter business of
the state.