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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-05-03
Primary Classes.

We are very busy making May
baskets for the pupils who are out
of school on account Of sickness.
Bessie Mills and Wetha Brown,
who have been out of school on
account of measles, are back. We
have an absence of SO this week on
account of measles.
The second grade is progressing
nicely in their new books.
The first grade is learning to spell
quite rapidly.
If your soil and climate are adapt.
ed to growing beans, you have every
reason to plant all you can handle,
There is no crop more now in de-
mand. Ways will be found to trans
port them to the armies even tho
the spuds have been evaporated or
fed to the pigs.
Every citizen, every family, every
seed dealer, having peas or beans
that can be used for seed will help
the cause of food production by no.
tifying the local or county food pro-
ducts committee, or the county age
mt in counties which have them.
Such committees will notify this
office of any surplus. Beans now
on hand should be used for seed and
not for food at this time.
Plant every foot of land you can
care for because in so doing you
will be making money for yourself
and serving the country. Plant the
crops that you do not have to sell in
hurry.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-05-03
SHIPBUILDERS WANTED FOR
GOVERNMENT SERVICE.

The Uuited States Government
Employment Service Of the Depart
ment of Labor has been instructed
to make thorough canvass of the
Northwest with the hope of secur-
ing the names and addresses of
skilled mechanics who are qualified
and willing to assist in building
wooden vessels for the Uuited States
Government which is required to
meet the necessary preparations for
war. all men experienced as ship
wrights or ship carpenters, caulkers,
and iron workers for wood ship
construction, who are willing to
accept employment in such work,
are urged to forward their names
and addresses, together with brief
statement as to their special line of
work and experience to the office of
the u. S. Government Employment
Service, Seattle, Washington.
In calling for applicants who are
experienced as ship builders there is
no element of compulsion of service
and the filling of the application
does not obligate anyone to accept
employment, but is desired for the
purpose of offering opportunity to
those who are willing to accept
such employment.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-05-03
BE CAREFUL OF YOUR SEED.

Only good marketable potatoes
are suitable for seed. Small Gull po-
tatoes should not be planted if it
is at all possible to secure suitable
seed. Crops will run out" if un-
warranted economy is used in seed,
and it should be remembered that
good seed will be as essential next
year as now. 1t is Of great import
ance that potatoes showing discolor-
attn at the stem should not be plant
ed The dark ring showing on the
out surface indicates disease call
ed fusarium wilt, which is fatal to
crop production. Look out for it,
lest you waste your seed and spoil
your ground for potato growing for
several years to come. No solution
cures this. You must avoid using
infected seed. If any discoloration
is cut into the knife should be dip
ped into the solution before any fur
ther cutting is done.
1t is rarely advisable to plant par
ings or Single-eye cuttings, for the
new plant requires good supply of
starch to become strong and sturdy
and productive. Cut the seed piece
about one and a half ounces, with
two good shallow eyes. Remove all
sprouts more than two inches long.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-05-03
SHEEP.
ST. ANDREWS, IL; COULEE, 6.

Last Sunday saw the defeat of the
Coulee City baseball team at the
hands of our neighbors, St. Andrews
by the score Of II to 6. The game
was ragged played affair with St.
Andrews the betting favorite. Cou-
lees team work was about the rot
teness we have ever had the honor
to witness. The only ball player
ON the Coulee team Was Edgemon
and who is now playing with Will
bur team. He took every chance
that came his way and went through
the game without an error to his
credit. The sensation of the game
was home-run made by the first
baseman of the Coulee team, but the
worse part of the thing was that no
one was on bases when the trick
was turned.
This was St. Andrews first game
of the season and we will say that if
it was also the style of ball they in
tended playing that they would fin
the season at the head Of the list in
the county baseball circles with no
opposing team to pay with.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-05-03
Sophomores

The Domestic Science class show
ed their skill in cooking and serving
a dinner for the tennis players Sat
urday.
The Ancient History class takes
about ten pages of advanced assign
ment now in order to cover their
work. They are allowed aid of the
topics for reciting.
There was great exciteent Tues
day afternoon the cause being two
fire drills.
The Domestic Science room is re-
arranged to its former position.
Several girls have finished their
dresses and have started their
waisst.
The Domestic Science class made
biscuits by the three day process
The members are taking turns dem
onstrating to the class now.
Freshmen.
The ninth grade English class is
now studying out of the text book
which they find quite interesting.
The ninth grade Algebra class is
studying puadratic equations.
The General Science class was
short teacher Monday, Mr.. Hodge
being absent.
There was great excitement here
Tuesday on account of having two
fire drills in one day.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-05-03
Juniors.

The Juniors have three big stars.
They hope to have a holiday soon.
The spring breezes seem to have
brought good deal of mischief and
spring fever to d large majority 81
the pupils. :.
The German classes are preparing
to memorize another German poem,
'Heidenrosleim." This is the sec
ond such poem they have committed
this year.
Who says we are not patriotic? :?
We have two big new flags. One
for the assembly room and one for
the flag pole. We are also practic-
ing economy in this matter in view
of the coming "hard times" by dis.
playing the new flag only when the
weather is favorable, and when it is
not the old, smoke blackened one is
raised while the new one is care
fully locked up. But ragged or
whole, Dusty or clean, large or small
they all stand for the same thing
and altho one may be little smoky,
they are all "Old Glory"
We have about forty new library
books consisting of fiction, history,
reference etc.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-05-03
Third and Fourth Grades.

Those who were neither absent
nor tardy last month were as foil
ows: Esther Howard Zella Heinlin,
Ruth Jones, Thelma Pugh, Leila Tut
tie, Dorothy Church, Ralph Bond,
Lawrence Deeter, Dlae Davis, Owen
Hancock, Patsy Gilbert, Andrew
Jensen, VIM. Keith, Ollie Mathis,
Herbert Russell, Roy Smith.
The boys and girls worked faith
fully Friday afternoon towards
cleaning up the school room.
Windows were washed, pictures
cleaned, boards, floors and wood
work thoroughly cleaned last Friday
afternoon.
The third grade are very glad to
welcome new pupil, Lewis Jordan,
from Waterville, Wash.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-05-03

LOST-Primary arithmetic and
Home Geography. Finder please re-
turn to Cecil Gull. (BIG REWARD. }
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-05-03
Fifth and Sixth Grades.

The appearance of the ground and
building is very much improved
since "Clean Up" day.
Mayme Adams, of the fifth grade,
won in the spelling contest Friday
night. We wish her success at the
county contest at Neppell Saturday.
We received a few reference
books this week which have proven
very interesting.
We made May Baskets on Tuesday
May 1st.
Those who received 100 in spell
ing last week were: Sevilla Ricks,
Dallas English, Margaret Wright,
Carl Jones, Gladys Box, Lonnie
Triplett, Beulah English, Lewis Box,
Florence Logg, Norval Davis, May
me Adams, Verlie Barry, Mildred
Davis, Orphia Davis, Emory Towne,
Rachel Roberts.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-05-03
RECRUITING CAMPAIGN TO BE
PUSHED HARD THIS MONTH.


"a thousand day in May" is the
slogan selected by the Washington
State Harvestr's league, working
here through special committee
of the chamber of commerce, in its
efforts to enlist. an army to gather
Washington's crops next summer
and fall.
Work of registering the city nd
town dwellers of all parts of the
state who will spend a part of the
summer in the harvest fields and
orchards will be pushed by the var
ious local committees all over the
state, in hopes of enrolling $4,000
for at least week each by the time
their services are needed.
eve can use women and girls by
the thousand" said Frank Water
house of Seattle, state chairman of
the league. "They can work in the
small fruit and orchard districts,
thus releasing men for heavier tasks.
We will apportion them to such fruit
growers as assure us that living con-
ditions for them will be made as
comfortable as possible and that
clean and wholesome meals will be
provided.
"We wish the cities in the farming
districts to first make a thorough
canvass among their own citizens
to ascertain how much work they
can expect their own people to do,
and then they will be able to esti-
mate how many others they will
need to have"
Parties wishing to remain to-
gether will be assigned to the same
jobs as nearly as possible. 1t is sug-
gested that those who desire to do
so, donate their wages during the
vacation employment to the Red
Cross.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-05-03
SECRETARY LANE PRE-
diets LONG STRUGGLE

WASHINGTON, d. c., May q
Secretary Lane told the governors
comforting here today with the Cou-
neil of National Defense on the part
of the state governments will take
in the war, that the federal govern
ment had heard 100000 tons of ship
ping had been sunk in the past week
by German submarines. The dest-
Secretary Lane said, was
not only threatning the existance of
England and France, but was alarm
ing the United States. Study of in
ventions to combat the submarine
menace is being diligently pursued
in the interior department, he said.
The United States must build ships
as rapidly as possible, he told the
delegates. If we don't fight the war
on the other side, he said, we will
have to fight it on this side of the
Atlantic.
Prepare for Two Years War.
Secretary Lane declared to the
assembled governors that he believ-
ed the war would last at least two
years and that every resource of the
country must be brought into play
to bring it to successful conclu-
sion. Many persons thought, said
Secretary Lane, that all we had to
do was to issue bonds and that Ger
many would bow her head in sub
mission. Nothing could be further
from the truth. We do not know
when this war will end. 1t may be
a one year war. Personally /. be-
lieve it will last several years. Her
bert C. Hoover has informed this
government that Germany has food
enough to last two years but no lon
ger. Germany has put up the great
est fight of history and she has the
advantage of fighting a defensive
warfare. Don't go back home and
inspire your people with the idea
that immediate action can bring this
war to an immediate end. Your
people must look to this years crop
and next years crop and the next
after that. We cannot afford to fail
in this war. Every man in this
country is involved in this war, and
every man in the country is sold
ier. Secretary Lane warns his hear
ers against discomfort and attack up
on the government. Always, he said
there was dissatisfaction with those
who were directing a war and he
urged his hearers to base their criti-
ciSms on facts and not on rumors.
Secretary Baker asked the state
representatives to cooperate with
the government in putting into oper-
atom the army draft law. He told
of military and industrial operation
and described difficulties the gov
ernment faces in raising the greatest
army in the history of the country
and of the need of supplies. The
state, secretary Baker said, can ass
ist the government by giving sup
port to the draft, aiding recruiting
and seeing that proper exemption
is enforced and that men needed at
home are not sent into the army.
wv are not going to make war, he
said, with our right hand or our
left hand, but with both hands and
every man in the country can aid.
Secretary Daniels asked the aid of
the state in recruiting the naval
personnel to 100000 men after the
inew bill is passed.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-05-03
School Notes
EDITORS
Seniors.

The Physics class underwent an
examination on the subject of elec-
tricity Friday morning.
The remaining members of the
English class who heretofore have
not been able to get classics now
have their "Carlyle's Essay on
Burns"
The Coulee High School is proud
yes, anxious and glad-to say that
she on the tennis tournament last
Saturday. There were several sch
ools represented, mainly, Quincy,
Ephrata, Hartline and Wilson
Greek. Quincy run Coulee a close
race for the meet. The domestic
science department served dinner TO
all the players and chaperones,
which was one Of the most success
full performances of the day.
The Civics class has practically
finished the taking of the census
and are now preparing to make two
permanent files of the information
thus gained. The result of the
work will be given in next weeks
paper.
The track meet is to be held at
Neppell next Saturday. Coulee
High has no team to send but they
are going to have an excellent repre-
sentation for the Declamatory, Ora
torical and spelling contests.
The Seniors are to bgin the
practice of their play Wednesday of
this week.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-05-03
Spring.

Spring is looked upon by many as
the most delightful season of the
year, but this cannot be said of the
rheumatic. The cold and damp
weather brings on rheumatic pains
which are anything but pleasant.
They can be relieved however by
applying Chamberlain's Liniment.
Obtainable everywhere.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-05-03
LARGE APPROPRIATIONS
FOR Army AND navy


WASHINGTON, D. c., May a.
The emergecy war bill, carrying
$2,82S,0OO,000, was passed by the
house today, with only representa-
tive London, socialist, voting no.
The bill appropriates $2,321, 100000
for the army, 100000 for the
navy, and the remainder is to meet
extraordinary expenses Of other de-
partments arising chiefly from the
war.
Out of total of $2,827 7,653, ,653
carried by the bill, $2,320, ,591, ,907 is
for the military establishment. For
the navy $503,399,637 is provided,
and the remainder goes to other de-
partments for miscellaneous pur-
poses including extraordinary ex-
penses due to the war. The bill is
based upon war department estimat-
es amounting to $3,460, ,340,968, the
appropriations comittee having eli
minated overs$600, 100000.
Items in Meausre.
The military appropriation which
is in addition to the regular annual
army and fortification bills and the
$4,000, 100000 proposed as an initial
appropriation for the new war army
includes items of 1921 100000 for
clothing and camp garrison equip
age;S130,00O,000 for arodnance sto-
res; 39,000,000 for automatic mach
inc guns; 3,75O,00O for civilian train
ing camps; 609,00O,000 for coast and
insular Notifications and 4,320,000
for fortifying the Panama canal.
More than 125,000,000 was added
by the amendement increasing the
pay of enlisted men from $f5 to $50
a month, a proposal already accept
ed by both senate and house as part
of the army draft bill, but trans
ferred to the appropriation measure
today to faseiliate -final.%enactment.
it brings up to more than 1926, ,000,-
600 the total appropriation in the
bill for army pay.
In the aggregate of more than
half billion carried for the navy
are included items of S11 100000 for
aviation; $7,778,000 for outfits for
newly enlisted men; S2O0,O00,OOO for
the ordnance bureau, including $780,
100000 for ship ammunitions; 5000,
600 for medical stores and supplies,
and more than S25,000,000 for the
marine corps, including $685. 600
for the military stores of that bra
nch of the service.
Will Give No Authority To T. r.
House and senate conferees began
the task of adjusting differences
over the annual army appropriation
bill, and as soon as settlement is re-
ached, they will seek to reach an
agreement on the war army bills, re-
passed by the senate yesterday.
Aa early agreement on both meas
ures is hoped for, so as to send
them on to President Wilson this
week. Prospects are that the house
conferees will refuse to agree with
the senate amendmnt which would
permit Theodore Roosevelt to raise
a volunteer expedition for foreign
service. Most of the other major
differences are supposed to be sus-
ceptible of adjustment, including
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-05-03
THE PORTLAND MARKET.
CATTLE.

The cattle market was lively yes
terday at sharply higher prices. Ad-
vances ranged from Is to rs cents.
Best beef grades made the greatest
gains there being an advance of so
cents on all prime beef steers. While
yesterdays run was only oderate,
the quality of the cattle was excell-
ent. Yearling steers brought $11.25
while heifers brought S10.65. $3.50
for ordinary dairy bulls as the low
est market quoted is considered ex-
ceedingly high.
HOGS.
The receiptssof hogs while not be-
ing very large yesterday met with
only small demand which met
with good steady market. One
load of heavy hogs brought S15.S5
with couple of loads at $15. IS.
The bulk of the sales were made
from $3.50 to 1855. Pigs sold
from $14.25 to $14.60.
SHEEP.
Sheep receipts continue light with
but little dmand and prices are pra-
ctically unchanged. A small bunch
of valley lambs sold at 1880 with
ewes at $11.00.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-05-03
BEWARE OF VOLUNTEER SYS-
TEN SAY VETERANS.

General approval of universal
military training service is voiced
by Grand Army veterans. These
men have seen the evil effects of the
voluntees system in two wars and
dclare it should not be relied upon
further.
1t is their contention that con-
scription puts everybody on fair
basis while under the volunteer Sys-
tenn only the best and most patriotic
young men are taken and the stay
at-home, |. w. w. sympathizers and
pacifists escape the hardships of
army life.
LOST-Primary arithmetic and
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-01-04
U. S. BUREAU SAYS HEAT-UNIT
GAS WOULD COME HIGHER

The gas company's heat-unit plan
and the proposed rates were given
final kick in the Stats today when the
U. S. bureau of standards gave the
city council committee on gas the
results of it's tests on heat-unit gas.
Heat-unit gas is a fairly good gas.
But gas bills would be higher under
the reduced rates" proposed by the
company than they are now.
Because it takes more heat-unit
gas to cook with than it does under
the present candIe-pOwer standard,
when the people got their bills under
the company's scheme they would be
greater than they are now, the U. S.
federal bureau announced.
The highest price the gas company
should get for heat-unit gas is SO
cents per thousand feet. That was
another figure arrived abby the tests.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-01-04
GIRL DIES-SPIRIT BROKEN BY
JAIL SENTENCE

Betty Benson's dead. Betty died
yesterday after they let her out of
the Los Angeles jail that broke her
spirit and gave disease a hold on
her
Betty lived in Chicago for a few
months last year-until she told a
story that Charles Bosch, wealthy
manufacturer of wallpaper, had
offered her $1,000 to get the goods
on a prominent North Side doctor
who sued Bosch for making love to
his wife.
Bessie skipped from this city as
soon as the police let her alone and
went to California. She married and
was caught in an auto with her new
husband by federal dope sleuths, who
said they were smuggling.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-01-04

ELECTION TO MAKE REYNOLDS
CUSTODIAN OF MUCH CASH
With George M. Reynolds cleo
ton as treasurer of the sanitary dis
trict by the drainage board, this aft
ernoon, the president of the Cont
mental & Commercial bank will be
the greatest custodian of public cash
in Cook county. Reynolds is also
treasurer of the South Park board
and is member of the federal re-
serve board.
Altogether with his political jobs
in local governmental bodies and his
job as chief executive for the Rookie
Teller banking interests in Chicago.
Reynolds is generally classed as the
man who knows more about what is
going on financially in Chicago than
anybody else
On the drainage board Reynolds is
expected to make a complete public
accounting with all items of impor-
lance stated. Such a report is not
made by the South Park board.
There Reynolds handles the cash,
the board reports to the public in
broad lump" figures and only in
siders know what's going on fnan-
CiaIIy.
1000
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-01-04
RAIL STRIKE TO BE VOTED ON
IN. CHICAGO THIS MONTH

Nationwide rail strike will be voted
up or down in Chicago this month by
the $40 chairmen of the four rail-
road brotherhood organizations on
all the railroads of the United States,
The meeting opens Jan. II, accord
ing to notices received yesterday. It
will be the first meeting of the $40
since August last summer, when they
were in Washington and made his
tory by asking congress to pass the
Adamson law or they would bring on
a national rail strike.
Reports from the four brotherhood
chiefs are to be heard. A hall has
not been picked yet, General head
quarters will be in Great Northern
hotel.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-01-04

DenVer.-col. Vim. F. Cody (Buf-
falo BiI), much improved IN health,
is in Glenwood Springs today, where
he will rest before tackling new
wild West" show.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-01-04

The gas company wants to- charge IS
cents per thousand feet to the small
consumers and 35 cents to big bust
ness firms which use large quantities
of gas.
GIPI DIES SPIRIT RROKEN nv
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-27
INTEREST ON BONDS.

There will soon be another big war
bond issue. We shall all be asked
to buy. What are we going to do
about It?
The interest will be per cent.
1t will be smaller than the return
ordinarily expected from an invest
ment.
We hear it said occasionally that
we can't be expected to keep on
lending our savings to the govern
ment at so low a rate when we can
make two or three times that much
in business investments. The Journal
Of the American Bankers associa-
ton replies:
ITO the man who says that he can
get 10 per cent for his money, the
answer is that certainty of his 10
per cent, or any other rate depends
entirely on the success of the gov
eminent in securing funds at 3h
per cent, or whatever rate congress
sees At to fix. If bonds cannot be
sold, nothing is secure. There are
always individuals who will hang
back and hold out for the 10 per
cent, but their safety in this respect
lies in having some one else supply
the funds at the lower. rate.
That puts the citizen who won't
buy war bonds in rather bad light.
He's a sort Of sneak. letting his
neighbors back the war with their
money, at little profit. so that he
may make much profit.
Fairness and patriotism demand
that every citizen do his share in
financing the war. And mere bust
ness precaution would suggest that,
If man is going to invest money in
private enterprise. he first invest
something in our great national en-
terprise as insurance for his other
investment.