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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-06-07
Local Happenings

:. Mrs. Thos. Parry spent few days
at Davenport this week.
Miss Mabel Jones is visiting with
friends in Portland for a few days.
d. w. Jones made a business trip
to Davenport Monday.
> Oscar Ellefson left for short
business visit at Spokane this morn
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E. Gregg motored
to Spokane last Wednesday and re-
turned Saturday night.
Miss Lila Parry is at Davenport
this week taking treatments at the
Teeter sanitarium.
Mr.. and Mrs. Crawford are the
parents of nine pound girl which
arrived last Saturday.
FOR SA4E-ONE 3 BOTTOM;
Oliver plow, second hand but in Isl
ClHSS SlldpS. lCC lS5llls
w. j. Jones & Co.
Mr.. and Mrs. James B. Griffith, OF
Ephrata, attended the Twining-
Griffith wedding Wednesday even
ing.
Quite a large crowd attended the
dedication of the Catholic church or
Main Street last Sunday afternoon
at four o'clock.
The second musical recital of the
pupils of Miss Mary Davis will be
given in Gregg's Hall, Monday eve
ming, June the 9th. Everybody i.
cordially invited to attend.
Mrs. r. C. Maynard returned homo
from Soap Lake last Sunday in YER
much improved condition. She
has been i'll for several weeks witt
inflamatory rheumatism.
Mrs. C. H. Cook arrived from Spo
kane last Saturday night to join hel
husband here. Mr.. and Mrs. Cool
are very much elated over the arriv.
al of their son, Earl, some three
weeks ago.
II. H. Harvey, who has been work
ing on the Dispatch for severa,
weeks, left Monday morning fol
Spokane where he was successful
in passing the first examination fol
admission to the army.
D. w. Jones received car loat
of Fords last week, the first one foI
several months, but they were all
contracted for before they arrived
He expects to have one more ca
load only this summer.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-06-07

Frank ]. Butler, of Wilson Greek,
was a Coulees City visitor Tuesday
afternoon. -
Dent Pugh returned home the first
of the week from Republic, where
he has been looking after his sheep.
E. P. Donnelly and Evert Barrows
left Wednesday for trip to Repub-
lie. They will likely be gone week.
Parry and WEIGH have purchased
a new REQ truck which they are
using for delivering purposes.
j. L. Tucker, proprietor of the Cit
Y Garage, motored to Spokane this
morning.
A large crowd from here attended
the Sunday School Rally at Hartline
Sunday.
Bob Baker and Godfrey Linderi
motorcd to Bridgeport Sunday where
they delivered new Chevrolet.
Mrs. D. w. ions left the early part
Of the week to attend the Rebekaf
Grand Lodge at Vancouver, Wash.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyle Cubbage hava
moved to Almira where Mr.. Cubbag,
will buy grain for the Central Wash
ington FIGURING Mills.
Smith 4 Co. have closed out thei,
hardware stock to the Woodbur,
Lumber Co. and will carry another
line instead.
The appearance of the City Garage
las been considerably improved
with a. coat of cement over the hol-
low tile.
F. H. Fisk spent several days If
Spokane this week hunting for e
barber. He says they are prett.
scarce but he finally persuaded one
Town Wednesday night.
The AL G. Barnes circus which
showed at Mansfield last Friday
hight and again at Wilbur Monday
attracted large crowds from this
,lace who reported very good per-
Torrance.
Chautauqua boosters took advan-
age of the holiday Tuesday and Wis
ted all the small towns in the Inn
Mediate vicinity where they solo
season tickets with more or less sue
cess.
Geo. w. Clous, Optician, will AGAR.
visit Coulee City Friday, June 22nd
md may be found at the Hotel Cou-
&c. He will examine your eyes with
out charge and fit them to your per-
'ect satisfaction. If you need glass
IS or new lenses in your frames, ii
will pay you to see him. All work
Guaranteed. =
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-06-07

SPOKANE, Wash, June7.-A spe-
cial effort to enroll men who have
seen service in the national guard or
U. S. army is being made by Cap
tain Lawson Moore and Lieutenant
Fred Insigner who are recruiting
the mounted machine gun troop at
Spokane. 1--WE would impress upon
men who have seen service the fact
that this is the only force in the fed
eral service which is commended
by West Pointers" said Lieutenant
Insigner. 1--WE are accepting recru-
its between the ages of 10 and As
and giving special preference to
men If their families are not depen-
dent.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-06-07
BLEWETT ONLY ROUTE
OPEN FOR TRAFFIC.

County Auditor Terry L. Ross
had the satisfaction of telling the
Ellensburg garage men a few plain
facts on Sunday. He spent Satur-
day and Sunday in that city and was
told by the garage men there that
Blewett pass was not possible for
cars to get over. He wanted to be
home for the opening of his office
on Monday morning and started
back to Wenatchee by way of VAN
tage ferry. He found half dozen
cars lined up on the road leading
down to the ferry and after six
hours stay in which it was discover
ed that the ferry was two miles be-
low the crossing and could not work
its way up the river on account of
the wind and high water, he started
back to Ellensburg on his thirty
eight mile trip. Getting hack TO the
Kittitas county seat he had the salts
faction of telling the garage men
of the crime they had committed in
telling the autoists to make the trip
by way of Vantage, particularly
when they know that the ferry was
closed and also the Blewett pass was
open to traffic.
Mr.. Ross made the trip over the
pass leaving Ellensburg after dark
and getting in here shortly after
midnight. He had no trouble what
ever and found the Blewett pass in
good ONpdition for auto traffic.
WY -Wenatchee World.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-06-07
FREE IMMUNIZATION
FOR FARM HANDS.

The state of Washington has fur
nished her full quota in all branches
of the army. Our young men have
not waited to be co1Ecripted, but
have come forward in manly and
heroic manner and offered their
services to their country.
In this worldwide war it is real
lied that the battle must be fought
not only in the trenches but to an
equal extent in the harvest field, and
to the call for soldiers in the harvest
field our State has responded in the
same patriotic spirit. The boys and
girls of our schools, too young to
enlist in the army, are offering their
services in the. harvest field battle.
These soldiers in the harvest field
are entitled to and must receive the
same protection from disease as is
furnished to those who enter the
fighting ranks. The first precaution
taken with all soldiers entering the
army is to render them immune, so
far as possible, against disease.
Every soldier is immunized against
typhoid fever. This point seems to
have been overlooked with regard
to the soldiers we intend to send in
to the harvest fields. To neglect
this important duty would result in
serious condition.
The water supplies of our cities
are constantly guarded, and, as a
result, are the purest to be found in
any State in the Union. The water
supplies of our country districts are
very frequently; to say the least,
contaminated. People who have
been in the habit of drinking pure
water are much more susceptible to
water-bourne diseases than are
those who have not been in the hab-
it of drinking pure waters. No boy
OF girl should go into the harvest
field until he or she has been imm-
unized against typhoid fever. En-
tering the harvest army is a patri-
otto act. The immunization of the
soldier is performed for double
purpose: list, to protect the soldier
himself. End, to render him more
efficient. A sick soldier is not only
of no use in the army, but he is act
ually detriment to the army, and
this applies just as truly to the sold
Ter in the harvest field as to the
soldier in the ranks.
We hereby warn everyone who
intends to enter the army ranks of
harvesters to be immunized against
typhoid fever. We cannot urge this
on you too strongly. Arrangements
will be made whereby the physici-
ans in the various localities will
administer the bacterin free of
charge. The State Board Of Health
will furnish the bacterin. 1t will
therefore cost the individual abso-
lutely nothing. The names of the
physicians who offer to administer
the typhoid bacterin free of charge
to those enlisting in the harvest ar
my will be published in &le news
papers.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-06-07

The City Cleaning Parlor has
moved two doors west of Neihart's
Drug Store.
+ Miss Iva Sears, who attended
school here for several years, was
here this week visiting the Box fam
lily.
Mrs. D. D. Ray returned home last
Sunday from a two weeks stay at
the Steve Evans ranch near Hart
line.
Miss, Adella Bogart arrived home
Saturday night from Omak, where
she has been teaching school during
the past winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. C. Gilley returned
home from short visit to Spokane
Tuesday night. Mr.. Gilley left for
the city again Wednesday morning
on business.
Rufus Woods, proprietor of the
Wenatchee Daily World passed thru
here Tuesday on his way to Spokane.
He was accompanied by Mrs. Woods,
her sister and their little son, and
Mr.. D. H. Dickson who is in the en-
ploy of the World.
LOST-ONE THREE YEAR OLD
bay Gelding, branded E on right
shoulder, wire scar on left front foot
star and small strip below star. Al
so light bay yearling filly. No brand.
Tail bobbed and fore top clipped.
Last seen west Of Coulee City three
weeks ago. SIS reward for inform
alton leading to the recovery of
these horses.
J.P. Jacobsen, Almira, Wn.
F. r. Woodbury., of the Woodbury.
Lumber Co., has been here several
days this week. Mr.. Woodbury. in
forms us that his company will take
over the hardware stock of Smith
& Co. which will be largely added
to and moved to their lumber yard
office.
Seven marriage licenses We're is
sued at Ephrata last Monday in spite
of the fact that newly married men
are not exempt from the army.
Report from the county seat says
that the permit business was very
good the latter part of last week, the
reason being that shipments arriv-
ing at their destinations after mid
night Tuesday night were to be re-
turned to the shipper, the Bone
Dry" law taking effect at that time.
Spring.
Spring is looked upon by many as
the most delightful season Of the
year, but this csnnot be said of the
rheumatic. The cold and damp
weather brings on rheumatic pains
which are anything but pleasant.
They can be relieved however b.
applying Chamberlain's Liniment.
Obtainable everywhere.
SPEND THE 4TH AT NESPELEM
Big bills are out announcing the
days celebration and stampede at
Nespelem the 4th to the 9th of July.
This will be real western show
consisting of two days of Indian eel
ebration and four days of Roundup.
$500 in purses will be given for
bucking contests, bull-dogging,s steer
roping, relay races, trick riding,trick
roping, drunken ride, horse races,
squaw races, pony express race,
quick change race, wild horse race,
maverick race and many other wild
west sports that are seldom seen any
more in this or any other part OF
the country. Anyone having a good
outlaw bucking horse is urged to
bring it there the week of the 4th as
good prizes will be given in this par
ticular line. Over 1000 Indians will
take part in the parade and war
dance in their war paint. The best
camping ground and fishing in the
state is near Nespelem. There will
not be dull day during the entire
| week. For any information regard
ing the celebration, write VIM. Con-
don, Manager, Nespelem, Wash.
The Detroit times., 1917-06-02
LIBERTY BONDS
ONE BEST BUY

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$40 p ke Liberty bonds snd
give 6onu 40 Eve r cant 500
parf or whole purchase prize ~
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The Detroit times., 1917-06-02
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been happy Bul always there AZ
some unhappluess even on Che love
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very very miserable She hodn
dreamed thar any one could Dee so
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tto Green Forrest. $50 frightened that
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her shroat most of the time, and
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strong ANA wilful and had dlsobeyed
her mother by coins ont " sight
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place aned With dreadful people
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The Detroit times., 1917-06-02

Commonccmcnt dar - fo Pc er
brated today at MieVear ief
turai College. with ihe dedIea 0 o.
the ness engineering agldne
Feature.
The Detroit times., 1917-06-02

FrErv IN. May 2s-Rutfsrs Sales
week.
The Detroit times., 1917-06-02

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H. rtaht--sriuaes lob Dept--Main f5zo.
The Detroit times., 1917-06-02

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o. right-Iimes Job Dcpi.--main $500.
The Detroit times., 1917-06-02

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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-12-31
Pecan Industry Developing Rapidly in This Territory

will be many times the trees there are
now in the Americas district. Ten
years from now the choicest nuts re-
ceived in the great markets of the
North and West will come from this
and the few counties adjacent. To
speak of Americas in nut circles will
then mean a reference to the chief
shipping point for the finest pecans
grown in the country. There is no
reason to regard this as an exaggera-
ton.
Already there are a number of trees
hereabouts whose output is coming on
the market. The illustration of an in
dividual tree given herewith is of one
in the orchards of Mr.. H. w. Smith
wick, of Americas, probably the orig
inal promoter of pecan culture in this
section. This tree was set out by him
in 1905, from what is known as two
to three feet nursery stock. The pho
tograph was taken in September, 1909,
when the tree was about six years old.
The previous season four large nuts
were the crop from it, In 1909 the
crop was five and a quarter pounds;
in 1910 it was 26 ga pounds, and in
1911 fifty pounds were secured. The
selected nuts of this crop of fifty
pounds were sold at 81 a pound, the
remainder at so cents a pound, the
crop of fifty pounds from this single
tree netting $50 This trees is grow
ing on gray sandy loan, with clay
sub-soil. Four crops of sugar cane
have been grown around it. No direct
fertilization has been applied to the
tree, but it has benefited by the en-
richment of the soil for the sugar cane
crops.
Mr.. Smithwick's experience as a nut
grower is a fair criterion of the ex-
perience of others, of what those who
come after him may reasonably anti
cipate. On his main orchard of five
hundred trees, in the fourth year, he
secured thirteen pounds of pecans. The
following year the crop was eighty-six
pounds. In the third bearing year
the crop was $40 pounds and last
year, the fourth bearing year, the
crop was six hundred pounds. Selected
nuts We're sold for $100 a pound, the
Schley variety brought Is cents a
pound after the selects had been re-
moved, and the culls in general
brought soc. The outlook is that the
coming season will bring a crop from
this orchard of six hundred trees of
fully a thousand pounds, perhaps, as
high as twelve hundred, and thai
they will command equally as satisfac-
tory prices. Each season for many
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No chances are being taken on the de-
velopment of the industry by expert
mentation with any but trees whose
merits have been tested and estab-
isl ed AS a result of the exercise of
Unusual care in stock selection, in the
method of planting and care of cul-
tire, the pecan industry hereabouts IS
apt to encounter no setback, but to
continue to thrive and expand until
it vies in public interest, in the extent
of its crops, and in the resulting pro-
fits, with the great peach industry that
with the famous Elbertas and Geor-
gia Bellies has made Southwest Geor-
gia known throughout the country as
the producer of the most luscious, fin
est favored and largest peaches
grown in the United States.
Climate and soil combine to make
the country of which Americas is the
hub natures choicest spot for pecan
culture. Especially why this is 81
even the nut experts cannot definitely
tell. All they know is that the re-
suits already achieved point to this as
enc of the great pecan raising sec
lions of the near uture. Nature
: in her infinite wisdom seems
| to highly endow certain limited local
, tiles for specific crops of a type supe-
| rior to those grown elsewhere. Just
, as the famous peach belt stops just
to the south of Americas, and en-
/, braces in its extent a territory only
| fifty miles or so in length, so the ter
ritory that is peculiarly and most
| highly adapted for successful pecan
culture seems to be confined within a
! comparatively narrow scope. Sumter
! county and few counties round
about seem to present advantages in
| this respect that are not found else
where. In other sections, it is true
pecans can be grown for market
grown profitably, but the trees do not
seem to enjoy the same rapid, health
full growth, to be so immune from dis
ease, or to so quickly put on crop
or to bear nuts so large, so uniform
in size, or with fruit so toothsome-
| ly sweet, and SO exceedingly desira
BILE for the purposes for which the
highest market prices are paid. Be.
/ cause of these facts, Americas prom
Uses to become the centre of the pecan
industry, with orchards surrounding
| it in all directions. A fortunate starr
has been made. The pioneers in the
movement have sufficiently demonstra-
ted what the results can legitimately
and conservatively be expected to be
The expansion of the industry is now
at hand. Five years from now there
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Americas, Ga, or w. C. Bryan, 1245
First National Bank Building, Chicago
III. (See advertisement on page 13.)
There are, it is stated, two hundred
and twenty varieties of pecans in the
list of standards. Mr.. Smithwick
started experimenting with twenty
seven good varieties, but has now con.
centrated his attention on six that h
has found exceptionally adapted to-
this territory. These are the Schley.
StuaEA Delmas, Frotschen, Pabst and
Success. The Mobile variety he also.
considers as very promising. On a,
large orchard now being set out in.
Sumter county, near the Flint river
boundary, the Hale and Russell va
rieties are also being used. The Van
Deman has been set out to a consid.
cradle extent in Lee county. The
Schley is regarded with high favor as
one of the best large paper she'll va
rieties, its nuts averaging about AS to
the pound, the choice selected nuts SO
or "a to the lb. They are Of
medium size, ga x rs
inches, oblong oval she'll, thin
brittle. This nut is always,
tightly packed with meat, with a rich,
sweet and nutty flavor. The Deimase
is a seeding of the Schley, with
nut egg-shaped, thin shell, large and
succulent meat. The Stuart is larger
than many other varieties, 5-Sx3
thick and brittle, well filled with d,
rich, fine grained meat, The Success,
has a fairly thin shell, is round in4
shape and well meated. The Pabst is
more oblong, soft shell, but not
claimed as paper shell. The Van De-
man is very large, dark brown, taper
ing pointed, shells medium thickness,
kernel plump, flavor good. The Frot-
schen is also a large and well-shapeda
nut i-oAl IL IHCuSS, OuG
as its meat does not always fill the
shell it is not regarded with the fa-
yor accredited to others.
Gradually the trend will undoubt~
eddy be to concentrate on three or
four varieties that yield a fairly large
nut distinguished for the firmness~
sweetness and other favorable mark
etable qualities, it being realized that
the interests of this territory as a
nut growing section will be promoter
by uniformity of output. AS a general
proposition the varieties now grown
hereabouts will average 40 to 45 nuts
to the pound and are of the class
that are eagerly sought by buyers at
the large consuming points.
The planting of a pecan orchard
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-12-31

ers, approaching these peculiar ad-
vantages are rapidly expanding their
operations as nut planters, while a
number of others, having smaller
bodies of trees, have met with such
encouragement that large additions
will be made to their orchards. j. S.
Lowrey & Co., whose pecan orchards
in Lee county lie about twenty miles
to the south of Americas, have the
largest orchard in this section, some
sixteen thousand trees. Information
can be obtained from NJ. NJ Lowrey,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-12-31

pioneer steps in one of the most prom
Using industries now being developed
in this section of Georgia.
Plans have been laid that mean the
doubling of this number of pecan
trees in this district within year of
two. Several thousand trees have
been put out this winter. The number
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bouts seems to be in the remarkable
adaptability of certain very choice
varieties of pecans to the climati,
conditions that here surround them,
in the vigorous health they display, in
the rapid growth they show, in the
rapidity with which they begin to
bear nuts, and the unusual crop ex-
pansion that comes with each sue
ceeding season. The slight illustra-
tons that have been given demon
strate this. Other growers can re-
iterate the experience of Mr.. Smith
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years should bring an increase in the
total yield of nuts, the trees being
carefully selected stock and display
ing decided adaptability to the en-
vironment in which they have been
placed in this section.
While the soil has its virtues, the
chief reliance of nut growers herea.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-12-31

wick. Mr.. H. ]. Webb, of Sumter
City, Mr.. Lee Hansford, of Americas,
the Byron Corporation, of Byrom-
vile. DR.. n. C. Aston, of Rich
land, and j. s. Lowrey & Co., in Lee
county. Mrs. F. D. Ramsey, of Lees
burg, Mr. R. S. Pryor, of Lee county,
address Smithville) -these and 9TH
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-12-31

are growing in several orchards that
have been put out as d business prop
osition. In the territory within TWEEN
ty miles of Americas there have been
probably forty thousand trees set
out in the past five years.
These are but the beginning, the
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-12-31

would have been much greater but for
the inability to secure standard nur-
sery stock of a high grade. The pc
can trees being set out in the Ameri-
Gus territory are all established va
rieties, selected from the choicest
stock of nurseries of high reputation.