Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1920-03-05
BRIEF LOCAL NEWS

through the wall between the Baker
Motor company rooms and the rooms
to the east recently acquired by the
company. The shoe shop has vacat-
cd the building and George p Libby
will move his tin shop about the | 5th
of March The new arrangement
will give the Baker company ade-
quute floor space, with a much better
srranged work room and display
rooms.
Arthur Henry OF this city has been
appointed county speed cop and
has already started his work of
rounding up automobile law violat-
ors on the county motorcycle
DR.. f. f Nader, director OF gen
| eral college extension at the State
College, this week purchased the S.
V. Hunt residence property Oh Mont
gomery street, near the conege cam
pus The property includes two lots
and a nine-room house.
County Assessor J. NJ. Klemgard
was a visitor in Pullman Tuesday.
The members Of the First Nation
al bank pig club will meet at the
bank Saturday afternoon at goo
o'clock to effect an organization.
Professor C. NJ Hubbard of the State
College will be the club leader.
Frank Morrow was tried in JUS
tice George Henry's court Monday
and paid fine OF SIS and costs up
on his plea OF guilty to a charge of
speeding,
F. c. Forrest. cashier of the First
! National bank. went to Spokane
Wednesday on a business trip.
The Baker Motor company this
week received a carload of Chevrolet
Baby Grands and a car of Republic
| trucks
Miss Audra Remedy of Centralia
was the dinner guest of Miss Dorothy
Morris Wilson Sunday at Stevens
/ hall.
The Martin GARAGE reports the sale
Of Ford touring cars this week to
| DAME! Boone ST., VIM. Ailor and
Fred peed William Swain took de
| livery of an Oakland Six touring car
and John Hooper an Oakland road
ster. Jesse Gray and w, Morton pur-
chased used Fords
Miss Polly E. Mitchell, former
| w. S. c. student and former seCre-
tary to Col. W. f. May during the S.
A. T. G.. days, arrived Tuesday from
! Seattle to spend a few days visiting
| friends She will go to Yakima. her
home town, to take a position in the
office of garage.
At the regular meeting OF the
State College Grange in Wilson hall
next Monday night, March s, the lee
ture hour will be devoted to educa-
tional movies.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. T. Cole, east of
| town. entertained Thursday evening
at four-course dinner Mr.. and Mrs
Geo. Farrand and children and Mrs.
! Mary Miles, the occasion being Mrs.
Coles birthday.
Glenn Dyer, who served % months
overseas in the medical department,
has taken a position at the White
drug store. Mr.. Dyer is a graduate
of the University OF Washington
pharmacy school.
The sympathy of the community is
extended to George Ewing because of
the sad bereavement which befell the
family of his brother near Colfax last
week. The father, wife and daugh-
ter succumbed to pneumonia follow
ing influenza. the deaths all coming
within few days.
A. W. Lathe. the Herald press
foreman, was Spokane visitor Sat
urday and Sunday
Farmers in the vicinity of Pullman
report that many squirrels have
made their appearance during the
past few days. The annual war on
| the pests will be started by most
| farmers at once
\ rews item from Colfax conveys
the intelligence that the county seat
town still rests secure in its position
as the most populous town in the
county. The information that Col
fax will lead Pullman in the census
returns came from W. E, McCroskey,
census supervisor for this district
At the last census Colfax led Pull
man by very small margin and
many local citizens believed that this
lead had been overcome during the
past few years. According to Mr.
McCroskey Colfax and Pullman are
the only towns in the county that