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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1920-12-03
STATE AGR|CULTUR|STS
HOLD CONCLAVE HERE
College Calls Head of Twenty Or
CARNATIONS for Suggestions for
Better Service

For the purpose of revising the
agricultural program at Washington
State College SO that the college "can
better serve those engaged in all
branches of agriculture in the state"
conference has been assembled at
the college by President e. O. Hol-
land, the sessions beginning Wednes-
day.
Invitations were issued to the
presidents of 20 state agricultural
organizations including wheat grow
ers, millers, shippers, horticulturists
berry growers, dairymen, poultry
men, grangers. and farmers unions
Each president was asked to select
four aides and attend the conference
at the State College.
The conference began Wednesday
afternoon, with an outline by DR..
Holland Of the purpose of the gather
ing. The afternoon was spent in Wis
ting the agricultural laboratories
and the various units of the farm
plant. In the evening, Dr. Holland
addressed the conference again, Civ
ing the delegates a resume Of the
work of all departments of the in
stitution.
George A. Hayton of Chehalis,
president of the state farm bureau,
was elected chairman of the confer
ence, and Thos B. Hill of Seattle was
named secretary. Four general COM
mjttees were named as follows: an
imal production, including animal
husbandry, dairy husbandry, veter-
mary science, and poultry husbandry,
with J. Houston McCroskey Of Gar
field chairman and r. A. Balch of
Spokane, secretary; crops and soils
committee, Asa Clark of Albion
chairman and Mrs w A. Ritz Of
Walla Walla secretary; horticulture
committee, A. G.. Craig of East
Farms, chairman, and w. H. Reaugh
of Neppell, secretary; and COM
mittee on farm management and farm
marketing, with r. f.. Alexander of
Chehalis. chairman, and r. " Per-
ringer of Belmont, secretary.
The reports and recommendation
OF these committees will be made
this morning. and the afternoon
will be given over to discussion of
these recommendations which will
be put in shape to be placed before
the next meeting of the board Of re-
gents.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1920-12-03
Pullman Inventor Has High Glass Article

and pushing the button. 1t will OPP
crate any number Of records with but
one push button. The records are
set at all times enclosed and protect
ed from dust and dirt, and the sepa-
rate compartments make warping i'm
possible. The mechanism is very
simple and neat and is substantially
built adding to the attractiyeness OF
any photograph.
Mr.. Henry has working model OF
the device at his home on State street.
where it has been viewed by many
business men, all of whom pronounce
it an invention Of no little importance
and predict that it will prove of con
siderable monetary value to Mr. Hen
ry Photograph statesmen say It is
just what they have been wanting
for many years and state that If is a
perfect device for handling records.
The inventor is securing a basic
patent on the attachment and expects
70 sell the patents to some wholesale
house as soon as the patent office red
tape has been unwound.
Mr. Henry is a mechanic of unusual
ability and since boyhood has been
o. an inventive turn of mind, having
conceived several very useful arti-
cles. About nine years ago he in
vented and installed the electric fire
alarm system which is still in use
by the city of Pullman. This system
ig said to be one of the best IN the
west and has never failed to function
since its installation.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1920-12-03
George NJ. Henry VIII Secure Patent
on Photograph Record Device
Which Holds Big Posi-
bilitieS

Pullman has an inventor of no lit
tie ability in George NJ. Henry, whose
latest device is a monograph record
cabinet and ejector which will fill a
long felt want in the photograph
line. The invention makes it possible
to secure any desired record in stock
by simply moving sliding push but
ton to the number of the record, push
ing the button and taking out the
record, which is automatically eject
ed. 1t is a simple attachment, yet
complete in every detail, and Mr..
Henry is being congratulated by many
photograph statesmen who see in the
attachment a device that will find a
ready market ana who have already
made several good offers for the
right to manufacture and sell the at
tachment.
The attachment will fit into any
standard photograph cabinet and
will hold from so to Is records. de-
pending upon the size of the machine,
or can be used as a separate cabinet
and made in different sizes, to hold
any number of records desired. The
invention will also prove a boon TO
business houses as sales cabinet,
making 1t possible to locate any rec
ord desired by the customer by simp-
ly moving the indictor to the number
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1920-12-03
LIEUT.. HAROLD HOLT
WEEDS KANSAS GIRL

Lieuteuan, Harold Holt, W. S. c.
g and son of MIR. and Mrs. J. b.
Holt, pioneers of this city, has de-
serted the ranks of the bachelors
and taken unto himself a bride in the
person Of Miss Helen Lawrence, OF
Junction City, Kansas, the wedding
occurring Tuesday of this week at
the home OF the brides parents in
Junction City, MIR. Holt served over
seas as a captain during the war and
is now stationed at Douglas, Arizona.
He was prominent in student affairs
during his college career and served
as rooter king the year previous to
his graduation. The bride is a grad
uate of Kansas Agricultural College
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1920-12-03
LOCAL RESTAURANTEUR
VICTIM OF FORGERY
Frank A. Demar Passes Forged
Check for $50 at RobinSon'S Bak-
ery-Gets Stiff Penitentiary
Sentence

J. w. Robinson of Robinson bak-
cry is holding the sack for $72 as a
result of the operations of Frank A.
pemar, an alleged forger, who cashed
OF F. Heitzman, commander of the
the American Legion post at PalOuse.
Demar also worked in Lewiston, Ida
no, where he cashed a worthless
check for $S1 at the r. c. Beach
company, another for $40 at the
Alexander store and checks for small
er amounts at numerous other Lew
iston stores.
Demar was arrested in Colfax Fri
day and on Saturday entered pleas OF
guilty on two separate charges and
was sentenced to from one to 10
years in the penitentiary on one
charge and from three to four years
on the other.
Demar was in Pullman for several
days about the middle of the month
and on Saturday, November 10, APP
preached Mr.. Robinson, requesting
that a check in the amount of $72
or the Security State Bank of Pa
louise, bearing the signature of IF.
Heitzman" and made payable to
Frank A. Demar, be cashed. Mr..
Robinson refused to cash the check
but advanced Demar $50 on the pa
per. Sunday afternoon Demar again
presented himself and requested the
balance on the check, stating that he
had urgent business in ColfaX and
desired to go to the county seat at
once. Mr. Robinsin completed pay
ment on the check, and the paper
was returned by the Palouse bank
the Monday following marked "forg-
cry"
An investigation of the case was
started at once by the sheriffs Of
flee and it was discovered that De-
mar is a returned soldier who was
wounded in action. He borrowed 81
from Commander Heitzman of the
Palouse post upon the plea that he
wanted to come to Pullman, where
he had a position. A check in that
amount was given by Heitzman and
it was from the signature on this
check that the forgery was attempt
ed
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1920-12-03
OFFICERS NAB TWO IN
ROOM|NG HOUSE RAID
Belle Patterson and Mrs. NJ. T.. Kit
son Arrested on Charges of Hav-
ing Liquor in Their
Possession

Following raid on the rooming
house over the Pullman Cafe Friday
night Mrs. NJ. E. KitsoE, proprietress
of the cafe, and Belle Patterson, an
employee, were arrested on charges
OF having liquor in their possession.
Papers were served on the Patterson
woman Immediately and she was
taken to Colfax. The day following
she waived her right to enter a plea
and her case was set by Judge Nc
Croskey for December Is, with bail
az $1,000 In default of bail she was
placed in the county Jail to await
trial. Mrs. Kitson was arrested the
day following and her bail set at
$500, which was furnished.
The raid was engineered by Sheriff
Mcclure and Deputy Baker, who sus-
pected that liquor might be found
in the room occupied by the two
women. The officers applied for ad-
mittance to the room. which was re-
fused, and they proceeded to break
their way in. The Patterson woman
was found in bed, in a highly fin
ished state of intoxication. A quart
bottle. about one-third filled with
LIQUOR, was found in the room.
Mrs. Patterson entered a plea of
guilty Tuesday and was fined $3.50
and costs. Upon investigation by the
office of the prosecuting attorney the
case against Mrs. Kitson was dis
missed.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1920-12-03
WHEAT SHOWS ADVANCE

Yesterdays wheat quotations on
the local market were l 5 cents high
er than those of Friday of last week.
After remaining practically at a
standstill for three or four days, the
market showed a decided upward
tendency Wednesday and continued
on the upgrade yesterday, when red
wheat was quoted at s1.2S to $1.3O
and white wheat from 1913 to $1.S5.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1920-12-03
FULL-FLEDGED AMERICANS

Final citizenship papers were
granted to a number of applicants at
ColfaX Monday, Those from Pull
man who were made full-fledged cit
liens were Rev. c. n. Curtis, Prof.
O. {. Gebert and Frank Forman.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1920-12-03
LITTLE GIRL sUCCUMBs

Eta May Swift, the 10-year-old
daughter OF Mr. and Mrs William
Swift, succumbed to nephritis at the
family home last Friday. The little
body was laid to rest in the City Gem
etery Sunday afternoon, services be-
ing conducted at Kimballs chapel by
the Rev. c. y. Curtis of the Federal
cd churches. The little girl had been
sick about a month
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1920-12-03
MARRIED IN ASOTIN

Jack Lee, operator of a local taxi
cab service, and Miss Eva Marsh. of
this city, were married at Asotin last
week. The ceremony was performed
at the Methodist church parsonage
by the Rev, J. G. Carrick Mr. and
Mrs, Lee will make their home in
Pullman.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1920-12-03
GRIFFITH BURIED HERE

The body of George Griffith, a for
mer citizen of Pullman, was shipped
from Moscow last Sunday and buried
in the City cemetery. Mr.. Griffith
was 80 years of age and a bachelor.
He removed to Moscow from this
community several years ago. Fun
eral services were conducted IN Mos
COW.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1920-12-03
WILL DEMONSTRATES FLOUR

A demonstration of Olympic flour
and Olympic products Will be held
al the c. r. Sanders store Friday and
Saturday of this week and on Mon.
day and Tuesday of next weel. at the
j. O. Adams store
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1920-12-03
GARAGE AND AUTO BURNED

\ garage in the rear of the c. r.
Sanders residence on Montgomery
street, leased by Dave Bryant. burned
to the ground Saturday night, an
OIdsmobile touring car stored in the
garage being consumed in the flames.
The origin of the fire is a mystery.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1920-12-03
MUSIC RECITAL

Mu Phi Epsilon will give a
music recital in Stevens hall this
friday afternoon at 4:3O in honor
ot the various women clubs of the
city. All club women are cordially
invited to attend.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-22

stable. ole DR.. Pussy allus carried
a pitcher e tn pump. I kin jest
see Gran'paw Rhodes at that pump.
He aIlus carried a green umbreller
an when he took a drink he allus
took his t'backer out o. his mouth
an held It till he drunk, an tn way
he tried { manage that pump an
his terbacker an his umbreller an
tin cup wuz a sight { see. Elmer
Trollope allus scrubbed his false
teeth at tn pump at o'clock ever
morning. TIL pump wuz a meetin'
place fer everybody. III see you
at tn pump" wuz a common sayin'.
We allus layed fer people at tn
pump. Sometimes folks would stop
at tn pump L take a powder or a
pill. Little boys would wash their
feet at tn pump before venturin'
home. Business men secured Their
teeth at tn pump after chewin' ter
hacker all day. Constable AL Sher-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-22

hogs patronized tn big wood trough
at tn pump. givin' tn locality tn
appearance Of a barnyard Some
times in tn hot dry August
weather, turkey buzzards would fly
miles out o. Their course Z cool Their
parched threats at tn pump. Tired,
dusty, umbreller members often
fingered fer hours near tn pump
waterin' up fer tn long, tedious
Journey { tn next stand. Some
times an angler would clean a mess
o. fish at tn pump. In tn winter
when tn ole pump froze up, Al
Johnson, tn blacksmith, could allus
be counted on { thaw it out with
hot irons an then business would
resume its normal course. Fever
wuz little kncwn in them days an
lots O. folks that drunk at that pump
from childhood up have lived { be
over a hundred"
Copyright, 1920 }
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-22
THE OLD TOWN PUMP

man would cool his boots off at tn
pump after tn business worries o
tn day. People gargled at tn
pump. an so fer as anybuddy
knowed, all n water that wuzn'
swallowed or carried away in YES
sells eventually found its way back
Z tn we'll II wuz fun { see a
dandy try { drink at tn pump with
out spattin' his boots. 1t wuZ allus
Uttered up like a circus lot about
tn pump-mud, cigar stumps, ter
hacker guilds. paper, medicine bot
ties, an things. Ladies in Their best
bib an tucker would stand off some
distance from tn pump an rely on
tn gallantry o tn gentlemen L
serve 'em. At night when some
troupe let out, tn audience allus
went at once L tn town pump wher
tn merits o. tn performance wuz
discussed between drinks. Stock
ran loose in them days an cattle an
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-22

My sakes alive, when I think o.
all tn sanitary tomfoolery o. tn
present day 1 can't help recallin' tn
ole town pump" said Grammar
Pash, tday. when I wuz a little
girl our town pump stood at tn
northwest corner o. tn public
square. II wuz a big. square, cum
bersome, wooden pump with a
fancy topknot an a long bowed
handle. When you pumped II, It
sounded like a startled guinea. 7
kin jest see tn steady procession O.
citizens, horses. dogs, cows, pigs,
country visitors an geese that used
e drink at that pump as If 1 wuz
a girl agin an watchin' EN- from
my gran'maw's window. TIL well
wuz a dug one an walled with
stone. Their wuz no sewers an tn
locality about tn pump wuz well
supplied with hitchin' racks. I kin
remember that allus after a heavy
rain tn water tasted like a livery
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-22
THE RAILROADS UNDER GOVERNMENT
CONTROL AND WHAT HAS BEEN DONE.

WITH the approach OF the day when the rail
w roads Of the United States are 10 pass back
private control and operauOn-of course with the
while hypercritical OF paternalism seeing TO
81 through congress that they are TO lose nothing
from the period OF government administration.-it
is Just we'll that those who care reflect
tonally the subject. should have some intelli-
Sence with reference to what the roads. while be
ing operated by the government, have really been
doing.
u is well too. because. after the owners have had
the roads back for a season and their old inefi-
cheney confronts the people againas it confronted
them previous the wsr.-and that public has
come TO realize what congress IS really doing for
the rail-owners with the return Of their property,
the reaction may not be so pleasant for the mag
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-22
Mrs. Solomon Says
Being The Confessions of Wife 7OOth

cry mans Ideal Woman; even a
pink-and- white damsel, with a lisp
and a dimple. and domestic tastes,
and a one-cylinder mind.
And 10, when they were married
she began at once, 10 make home
happy" for him.
Behold, she cast out the contents
Of his cellarette, and replaced then
with her fancy work, and embroid-
cry silks, and darning things.
She cleaned his desk, and bestow-
ed his morris chair upon the ash
man; and his comfortable antiques.
she exchanged for brand new ma
hOgany furniture. until the house
was full and running over.
she covered all his college pill
lows with rose pink satin. and hid
his trophies away in the closet
where they might not offend the
eyes.
She flung his oldest pipes away.
saying that they scented up the cur
tains, and his wooden bath robe
she replaced with a "1ounging coat
Of pure veIveteen.
And, upon his shelves she kept
only the pretty books; but the
dog-eared and well-thumbed vol
umes she sold for "old paper"
And. as for the II damsels who
had frightened his life. in his bach
elor days, they were not in her
set; and Lothario saw them no
more.
Yet, when the comrades Of his
youth questioned him. Lothario
smiled ecstaucally, and answered
them, saying:
Verify verify. my Wife is a
wonderland I am perfectly happy.
Yea, married life is the only life.'
And whether he spake truly or
falsely, he knew not.
For what man viii admit in his
heart. that his judgment is not in
fallible ?"
Selah
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-22

Ny Daughter, ask me why dam
sells wear furs in August, why dogs
bay at the moon, why men grow
bald, and why red-haired women
are irresistible. But ask me not
beseech thee. why a man seeketh
the companionship of one kind OF
womans-and weddeth the other
kind!
For, 1t is too much for me!
Now. in Babylon, there dwelt a
Bachelor, whose name was "Philan-
der" which IS TO say, One-whO
ruleth- his-own- heart, and enjoy
eth his freedom.
And the Matchmakers besieged
linn, continuously, saying:
why dost thou not marry"
But he closed one eye. and an
swered:
Nay verify For my time hath
not yet come!
Behold am full Of happiness
end possessed of every comfort. Ny
shelves are covered with beloved
books, mine abode IS bright with
college pillows and the trophies OF
the field. My cellarette is full. my
pipe is good, and 1 have Il dam
sells upon my calling list!
yet. peradventure, when my
girth and mine income shall in
crease. and my hair beginneth TO
thin out, 1 shall seek a wife. But
she shall be like unto none Of these,
who now divert me; neither a tom
boy in smocks. nor a highbrOw in
goggles, nor a remnant from Reno
nor a irt-in-happer' clothing; but
a regular girl. who will make me a
happy home"
And it came 10 pass, even as he
had said. that his fortune grew fat
and his hair grew thin. and he met
the Woman Of his dreams.
And the Matchmakers rejoiced
crying. How perfectly lovely.'
And Philander congratulated
himself nightly. For she was ev-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-22
AmeriCaniEGtiOn
of americans As
Urged By Aliens

1t might be helpful in tacklins
the problems which arise in dealing
with our foreign-born population TO
know what some Of these aliens
think about America after living
here. A writer In The Survey gives
some Impressions which she fouA
were troubling a number OF Rus
slams.
one. an educated man, whose
bookshelf held such authors as
Spencer. Darwin. Huxley. Kelvin.
Hugo. Thackeray. Dickens. Jack
London, Dante and Walt Whitman,
was dubious about the American
educational system as he found IT,
Il seemed 20 him that too much
money was spent on higher educa-
ton for the few who could anord
70 pay for it themselves and TOO
little for the children OF the land
il seemed TO him. too, that the mn
est schools with the best teachers
and best equipment We're put in hre
residential sections, and that the
schools IN poor sections were tho
first TO be neglected
A man who was sufficiently cdu-
Gated 10 know that there were nous
ing laws i'm the section where he
had been living said that he had
several times reported violation or
those laws 90 the authorities and
had been ignored or laughed al.
His wife had been burned 20 death
because OF a dangerous stairway in
a tenament
Another told OF an endowed hos
pitaI, the rules OF which provided
that there should always be as many
charity patients as paying patients.
His grandmother was a charity pa
tient IN that hospital and upon Eir-
ting her he found that all the cnar-
ity patients were herded into two
crowded rooms at the top or the
building. where they aid not receive
proper care. His grandmother. he
believes. died Of neglect and starFa-
ton
Others who worked in factories.
dairies and packing houses had
many tales 20 tell OF adulteratioh
processes and substitutes which
they knew cheated and sometimes
harmed the consumers.
All OF their stories may not 10
accurate. but they represent the
honest belief Of the men and WOE
men who told them, and they rep-
resent also disappointment and
chagrin on the part Of many for
eigners who expected better things
of America. u would seem thar
one very helpful form Of Ameri-
canization would be simply better
enforcement Of our own ideals and
laws UNFOLDING freedom and pro-
tecting the poor and helpless. a
civic pride on the part of native
Americans which would do away
with such abuses as these Russians
found would help 20 develop me
civic p-ide and love % America
which We think these foreigners
ought 20 feel Tor their adopted
land.