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The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1934-12-05
RELIEF MONEY
AIDS SCHOOLS
In PAST YEAR
Districts In State Received ST.
86l,84l From CWA And
VERA
$l8,735 Spent Here
Expended On School Projects In
Okanogan County, Relief Ad-
ministrator Announces

School districts through the state
benefited to the extent of $780,
841 from the CWA and VERA work
projects programs, since CWA was
inaugurated a year ago, to October
l, this year, according to a report
received by w. w. Dillon, district
administrator f rom the VERA
emergency educational program.
New construction and improve
ments to buildings and grounds gave
employment to 24,425 men for a
total of 3,585,010 man-hours, at a
total payroll of $1,324,645, all paid
by CWA and VERA, the report
shows. Material worth $111,355 and
equipment valued at $4,819 were also
supplied by CWA and VERA.
School districts contributed $421, 1923
in addition to these sums.
Taxpayers in the school districts
represented can feel they were
saved $1,440,819, the total of CWA
and VERA expenditures" Mr.. Dill
lon said. Greater than this none
tary saving, however, was the main
.tenance of morale and courage of
the 24,452 men who were painfully
employed at useful labor in the pro-
grams"
County Got S18.735
Expenditures in Okanogan county
were $18,735. Total expenditures by
counties and relief administration
districts were as follows:
District l, $162,542, including Is
land, $41,114; San Juan, $3.50;
Skagit, $22,849; Snohomish, $57,611;
Whatcom, $35,385. District 2, $685.
224, including Clallam, $23,4O8; JEFF
ferson, $44,308; King, $546,775; Kit
sap, $18,732 District 8, $235, 300, in
Guiding Thurston, $47,259; Grays
Harbor, 81,021; Mason, $1O,361;
Pacific, $14,876; Pierce, $82,291.
District 4, $145,315, including
CLARK, $42,714; Cowlitz, $47,457;
Lewis, $4O,419; Skamania. $11,669;
Wahkiakum, $3,O54. District S,
$133,O95, including Benton, $12,773;
Chelan, $24062; Douglas, $13,263;
Franklin, $l,967; Grant, $4,214; Kit
titas, $10,781; Klickitat, $5,O74; Okla
hogan, $18,735; Walla Walla, $14,-
698; Yakima, $27,525.
+ District 6, $13O,831, including
Adama, $3,712; Asotin, none; Co
lunbia, $2,539; Ferry, none: Gar
field, $50, 1859; Lincoln, $19,178; Pend
Oreille, $3.50; Spokane, $57,172;
Stevens, $7,329; Whitman, $7,28O.
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1934-12-05
WORKERS SEND
$2,OO0DAILY
FROM COULEE
Postoffice At Dam Site Does Big
Money Order Business
Now
Old Debts Are Paid
Money Goes To Creditors And
Money Goes To Creditors And
Families; Circulates
Throughout Area

GRAND COULEE DAM SITE,
Dec. 3.-Two thousand dollars day
is being sent out of here by work.
men in money orders.
That is the estimate set by Harry
Robbins, postmaster at the COulee
dam poStoffice, where MWAK work
ers flock to buy their money orders.
Except for about two hours a day,
the outer part of the office is
damned by Workmen calling for
their mail or seeking money orders,
Robbins says.
The $4,000 a day is going into cir
culation as soon as the checks are
cashed, to the grocer, the butcher,
the insurance companies and the
banks. And 80 per cent of the men
heave big signs of relief when their
letters with the cash are sent
away.
Good Cheer For Wives
Comes john Doe a 1abOrer. Per-
haps he has several children. He
smiles as he lays down the bills.
1.-The wife will be glad to get
that" he says. cts the first money
I've sent for a long time"
He's been out Of work and the
public works administration is put
ting him on his feet. His wife will
pay the grocer and some others.
Henry Jones wants draft for
nearly $50. It is going to savings
and loan association. If he hadn't
paid it within the deadline, they
would have moved his wife and
children into the street. That saved
his home. essr-s sa444, et3s--
Next is John Smith. His $24
money order is going to an inSur-
ance company, to reinstate his pol
icy. Protection is necessary, for his
bank account is gone. He hasn't
worked steadily in many months.
$50 Is Payment On Home
AL Sobachowski is going to send
$50 to a bank on the coast. THAI
money Will be the first payment for
scme time on a note. He borrowed
the money to make some repairs on
his home, then lost his job. He's
happy for he's moving out of debt
again:
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baton during which time the germ
is preparing the system for the on
set. Different diseases require diff
ferent periods. Also while some peo-
pie appear to be very susceptible
and apparently cannot miss any,
thing that is going around, others
seemingly are immune. Not only
is this true in diseases but in poll
tics, religion and the other various
fads, which have swept and are
sweeping our country. The rule
holds good.
Red Thunder, the nephew Of
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1934-12-05
Game Heads Plan
Big Fish Hatchery
Plant And Is Rearing Ponds Will
Be Built At Beebee Springs;
Deer Kill Checked

Completion of the Beebe springs
fish hatchery near Chelan Falls and
the construction of Is rearing ponds
in connection with the establish
ment, will be rushed by the state
game commission early in 1885, G..
A. Stapleton, Omak member of the
commission, revealed Wednesday.
day.
Work on the big trout Matching
and rearing plant will be put under
way Immediately after the first of
the year, Mr.. Stapleton said, and
will be completed as rapidly as
possible.
Plans tor the project were dis
cussed and lined up at a meeting Of
the commission in Seattle early this
week. Mr.. Stapleton is in charge of
the fish division for the game COM
mission and will serve in super
visory position over the large-scale
hatchery and rearing pond con-
struction program.
Count Deer Taken
A check-up of the state game
protectors disclosed to the commits
sioners that approximately $500
deer were taken from Okanogan
county during the past hunting
season, Mr.. Stapleton said.
At the four checking stations
maintained on principal highways
Of the state during the season, game
protectors checked 1900 hunters re-
turning to their homes from the
game areas, he revealed, and count
ed $1,000 game birds and animals.
A large share of the game total was
made up of Hungarian cartridges
killed in Whitman and Yakima
counties.
Protectors also reported a sharp
decrease in the number Of Chinese
pheasant hunters this year, and it
was learned that a much smaller
kill Of the pheasants was made in
Okanogan county last season than
the previous year, Mr.. Stapleton
said.
Arrests for game violations in
Okanogan county were less this fall
than during the previous season, he
stated, but the average for the state
was higher During the month Of
Continued On Page Four)
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1934-12-05
Set Boxing Card
Saturday Night
Young Doc Smell And One-Round
Springer Will Meet At
New Deal Theatre

With Young Doc Smell and One
Round Springer billed for the main
event, mixed boxing and wrestling
card will be presented at the New
Deal Theatre here Saturday even
ing, December 8.
Both fighters are well-known
here, and will go into the ring at
lib pounds.
Other bouts scheduled on the pro-
gram follow:
Rasmussen VS.. Patoshak, Wrest-
ling. ~
Katox Tomeo VS.. Wildcat Fried
lander, boxing.
Carl LeMay VS.. Knockout Kelly
boxing.
Arrangements have been made to
secure two fast fighters for the cur
tain-raiSer event.
A dance, featuring the Rosalia
dance band, will follow the fight
program at the theatre.
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1934-12-05
INDIAN VOTE IS POSTPONED
TILL AFTER FIRST OF YEAR
May Not Cast Ballots On Wheeler
Howard Bill Until March 1,
Superintendent Announces
Measure Gets Favor
Tribesmen On SIS Reservations
Vote For Application Of Re
organization Act,

Indians of the Colville Indian res
ervation will not decide until after
the first of the year, possibly not
until March /, 1885, whether or not
they will approve the Indian reor-
ganization act, which would broad
en- Indian supervision policies to
permit a greater degree of seM-gov-
eminent among the tribes1men.
Superintendent Harvey K. Meyer
Of the agency at Nespelem, has an
nounced that plans to hold a vote
among the Indians early in Deem
Der have been abandoned, and that
the voting will be delayed for at
least month.
Vote Will Decide Issue
The outcome OF the balloting will
definitely decide whether the tribes
men will come under the provisions
Of the Wheeler Howard act, ap-
proved recently by the president. At
recent meetings the measure was
explained in detail to the Indians
by Superintendent Meyer.
Some reluctance on the part OF
the older Indians to accept the act
has been encountered, both on the
Colville and Yakima reservations.
The most significant provision of
the act authorizes the elimination OF
the present allotment system on In
dian reserves, and involves the re-
claiming of former Indian lands
located in original reservations.
Many Tribes Favor Bill
John Collier commissioner 9. IN
dian affairs at Washington, D. G.,
has announced that SIS Indian
tribes had held referendum cleo
tons ON the Wheeler Howard bill
and none has turned it down. On
several reservations. Collier said, no
negative votes were cast.
While in one election, that on the
Apache reservation in Arizona. the
majority Of those voting disapproved
of the Indian reorganization act,
Collier said this election did not con-
stitute q negative vote under the
terms of the bill.
:. On the Swlnomish reservation in
Western Washington, 100 per cent
of the voters went to the polls and
only one negative vote was cast.
The total Of all votes cast for the
act now stands at 1858 with 5,193
voting against it.
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1934-12-05
Lunches At School
Now Being Served
Indian Service Provides Hot.
Food Free To Indian
Children Here

The school lunch room started
serving hot lunches Monday morn
ing, under the direction of Mrs. G.
II. Beggs, who is in charge of the
lunch room.
The Indian department. serves
free lunches to all Indian children
every winter, and white children are
permitted to buy their lunches at
the cost price. This year there are
86 Indian children enrolled at the
Nespelem school. Z
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1934-12-05
Farmer Arrested
On Assault Charge
Duck Hunters Allege Ralph Ortt
Fired On Them And
Damaged Car

Charged with having fired sew
eral shots at four men hunting
ducks on Alta Lake, near Pateros,
Saturday, November "a, Ralph Ortt
was taken into custody by sheriff's
officers last week.
Arraigned in justice court at Pa
teroS, Ortt pleaded not guilty and
was bound over to superior court
for trial.
Complaint was filed by Alvin An
derson, Richard Godfrey, Robert
Godfrey and j. Armstrong, who said
Ortt fired upon them and smashed
the windshield and radiator of their
car with Ratchet.
Sheriffs officials stated that Ortt
declared the men were trespassing
on property being cared for by him.
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1934-12-05
CCC Employees
Have Big Feast
Thanksgiving Day

The 400 Civilian Conservation
corps workers in the eight camps on
the Colville and Spokane Indian
reservations Toasted Thanksgiving
Day on 81 turkeys, 800 pounds of
sweet potatoes and $50 pounds of
cranberrieS.
Tables also were weighted down
with approximately seven boxes Of
oranges, 80 dozen bananas 80 gal
Ions of mince meat, eight cases of
canned pumpkin made into pies,
200 pounds of walnuts and like pro-
portions of potatoes, peas, carrots,
cauliflower, celery, jello, marshmal-
lows and shrimpS.
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1934-12-05
Miss Whitelaw
Becomes Bride !.
OF Geo. Carson

At quiet ceremony performed at
the home of the bride, Miss Joy
Whitelaw became the bride of
George Carson Saturday, Deem
Der /. The Rev. G. H. Schneider read
the ceremony
Mrs. Carson is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. John WhitelaW. ATT
tending the wedding were the
brides parents, and two sisters, Ma
Wis and Barbara, and Herman and
James F'riedlander.
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1934-12-05
NAMTUEs CLUB MEETS

The members of the Nantues
club held their regular meeting Sat-
urday afternoon at the school lunch
room. Mrs. G. H. Schreioer and
Miss Jones assisted with the pro-
gram.
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1934-12-05
RAINFALL TOTAL HIGH

George Nanamkin, weather obser-
yer, reports rainfall for the month
of November to be 2.93 inches, and
the total rainfall for the year to
date is 11.54 inches, already exceed
ing the general average by more
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1934-12-05
Red Thunder,s Gold Search
Described By DR.. Hudnutt

(Note: This is the fifth of series
of articles dealing with Nespelem
history written by DR.. F. o. Hud-
mutt, widely known pioneer physi-
clan of Nespelem.)
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1934-12-05
VIEWS GRAND COULEE

Judge William G. Brown of Okla
hogan made trip to the Grand
Coulee dam Wednesday
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1934-12-05

BY DR.. F. o. Hudnutt
All infectious and contagious di-
seases have their periods of incu-
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1934-12-05

than an inch, and still one month
to go. In the last three months
rainfall has been 6.34 inches.
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1934-06-16
RUSSIA AS IT Is
Continued from page y


cat Federae Soviet Republic for purpose engaging
productive labou who belong the working class and peas
ants who do employ the abo of Others in accordance with
the decisions of the supreme authorities of the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics
Article H. The Russian Socialist Federatve Soviet Repub-
lie grants the right Of asylum all foreigners for
their revolutionary iberatng activities.
Article 13. The Russian Socialist Federatve Soviet Repub-
lie recognising the right of all nations sefdetermnaon,
including separation and acting the firmly expressed
will Of the workers Of the separate naonaies nhabtng the
Russian Socialist Federave Soviet Republic constitute them
selves political entity with the Russian Socialist Federative
Soviet Republic mites with these natonaes by creating
onal Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic and Obasts within
the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
All citizens shall be equal before the law irrespective of
nationality In conformity with this principle the Rus
Socialist Ferav Soviet Republic declares all oppression
national mnores Of whatever description and all disabilities
whatsoever imposed them well the establishment
federation of direct indirect special privileges for nd
vdua naonaties to be absolutely incompatible with the fun
damena laws of the Republics the Russian Socialist Federatv
Soviet Republic recognizes the right of all citizens freely to
their native language Congresses in courts OF law the
schools the administrative offices and in public fe and
cures them in the full enjoyment of this right.
Article H. In the interests of the workers. the Russian So
cas Federae Soviet Republic dprves individuals
of individuals rights which they exercise to the prejudice of
the socialist revolution.
Article 15 All lands, forests, mineral deposits bodies Of
water all factories and industrial enterprises railroads.
water and transport and all of communication the
property socialist state accordance with the respective
enacmens the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics and the
organs of the Russian Socialist Federave Soviet Re-
public. III. A. Guilford
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1934-06-16

instead of handing that fifteen
million over to the dredge and
steam-shovel fraternity, suppose
we begin building decent homes
for those people who exist in
unspeakable squalor and filth.
Not all of them. I know many
celored people, many white peo-
pie in that section, who are
fighting a gallant battle against
submersion. They don't want
to be dragged down. They want
homes, not novels, cleanliness
not filth. Let's give them a
chance-let the river take care
of it's own.
Let's take that fifteen mil
lion dollars and begin building
small modern houses. Or take
it and build modern family fiat
buildings. Tear down those old
rookeries. If the owner Of the
dirt on which they stand, re-
fuses to sell for a reasonable
price, condemn his property and
make him like it.
We, as a state or a city, do
that quite often when we want
to build a highway and a pri-
vate property owner has his
garden or farm or hencoop in
our line of march. So condem-
nation of property upon which
to construct cent homes
would be nothing drastically
radical. And the real estate
owner, even though he howled
his tonsils loose, would be glad
to sell-under pressure or with
out it.
But he would have to do
neither sell nor submit to con-
demnation.
He could be supplied with the
necessary credit to purchase
material and pay labor for the
construction Of one or two thou
sand dollars worth of decent
building to replace the one now
littering up his lot. He would
be glad to make the shift from
shack to house. He could be
charged a nominal rate of in
terest-say the same rate that
Senator Shipstead secured for
the nine-foot channel boys-but
not for the farmer! He would
be given ten years in which
to pay off the principal. Think
any lot owners going to flare
up and turn red around the eyes
at opportunity to borrow one or
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1934-06-16

Continued from last week.
or fifteen million dollars tc
shoot at the brides:
There are sections of the city
where thousands are compelled
to live surrounded by the vilest
of conditions; in tumble-down
shacks, 'hovels unfit for swine
unsanitary filthy. These peo-
pie are a menace to civilization.
Not that they are abnormally
vicious, but because they can
not fight themselves out of a
subnormal atmosphere. They
sink, mentally, as their "home'
succumbs to the ravages of time
and elements. They lose all in
terest in community life. They
don't olive they merely ex-
list. There are thousands of
them, tens of thousands of them
black and brown and white
and yellow-but all human.
with a God-given right to live.
Instead of pouring tens Of
millions into river-bed bitches
that fill as fast as they can be
dredged clear; instead of sink
ing other millions into river i'm
provements that benefit no one
except dredge and steam-shovel
owners, why not build decent
homes for these homeless thou
sands?
Let's try and be sensible,
once. Difficult, / know, but let s
look at this too-long relief line
and too-desperate thousands
who are potential occupants Of
that line and see what we can
figure out.
Let's take for example, the
so-called "Sixth avenue North"
section Of the city. It's no
worse than other sections, but
We'll use it for illustration:
1t costs the taxpayers Of Min
neapolis more to provide fire
protection for that section, than
the city receives in taxes, so it
isn't a very profitable PROPOSE
ton, is it?
Various people own those
tumble-down shacks and bust
ness blocks-that cost more to
protect from fire than the tax
received. Suppose we borrow
five million dollars from the
federal government-which is
presumably all Of us-and then
raise ten million dollars more
from an issue of city bonds, but
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1934-06-16
CHAIN STORES

CHAIN STORES
BUY IN LARGE QUANTITIES FROM LhRG-, MANU-
FACTURERS, DENYING THE SMALL MAN AN
OPPORTUNITY TO DO BUSINESS.
ELIMINATE statesmen AND OFFICE HELP WITH
THEIR PURCHASES OF FACTORY OUTPUTS.
PURCHASE SECONDS AND SHORTS WHICH ARE
REPRESENTED AS NUMBER ONE QUALITY
GOODS AND SOLD AS SUCH
GIVE NO ALLOWANCES TO CLERKS AND MAN.
Ayers FOR SHRNKAGE, AND APPROPRIATE
THE CASH BONDS OF EMPLOYEES WHO GIVE
FULL WEIGHT AND FULL CHANGE TO GUS
TONER'S THEREBY INCURRING A NATURAL
SHORTAGE.
BY THEIR METHODS, ENCOURAGE DISHONESTY
AND TRICKERY BY EMPLOYEES
CREATE MONOPOLY, CAUSE UNEMPLOYMENT, GIVE
NO SERVICE, AND WITHDRAW CIRCULATING
MONEY FROM COMMUNITY AS SOON AS TT
REACHES THE CASH TILL.
FORCE INDEPENDENTS TO JOIN BUYING GROUPS.
TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF MASS BUYING
POWER, FURTHER INCREASING THE Diff
GUILTY OF THE SMALL MANUFACTURER OR JOB
Der IN HIS SEARCH FOR CUSTOMERS. al
NEVER ATTEMPT TO DEVELOP A COMMUNITY,
WAITING INSTEAD UNTIL THE BUSINESS Is
THERE, AND THEN ENTERING TO CHIsEl PROF
ITS FROM THOSE WHO PIONEERED THE FIELD.
ABSORB LOSSES CAUSED BY PRICE CUTTING IN
EXPERIMENTING COMPETITORS IN NEW
FIELD, OUT OF THE PROFITS OBTAINED IN OLD
PASTURES WHERE COMPETITION IS SWAMPED.
THROUGH THEIR ORGANIZATION, TAKE AN ACTIVE
PART IN POLITICS, EVEN TO THE EXTENT OF
SENDING PAID LOBBYISTS AND ENTERTAINERS
TO LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS
DOMINATE THE EDITORIAL POLICIES OF NEWS
PAPERS THRU THEIR LARGE ADVERTISING
APPROPRIATIONS
WHY DO YOU SUPPORT Them?
BY H A. Guilford.
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1934-06-16
TWO PIPE DREAMS

One Reducing Population Of Our Relief Lines by Spending
Ten Fifteen Million Dollars With Dredge and Steam
Shovel Owners Scrape the Mississippi River Bottom
Other of That Same Fifteen Million Sunk in Seven
Thousand, Five Hundred New Homes
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1934-06-16

ten yearly payments TO mop up
on the principal? None that l
ever met.
There's a thousand thousand
in a million, isn't there? All
right. Then in fifteen million
we'd have a collection of fifteen
thousand small homes costing
one thousand dollars each and
there ism t family living in the
district I've mentioned, that
wouldn't be tickled pink to
move from their tumble-down
shacks into a new thousand dol
lar home. But we won't build
thousand dollar homes. Well
double that and build seven
thousand five hundred two
thousand dollar homes. The fell
low who wants to buy one can
do so. The fellow who wants to
rent one can do so. In either
event we've a better chance of
getting our money out OF fifteen
million dollars invested in
homes than we have of getting
it back out Of muddy river
bed after it's been worked over
by feet Of dredge and steam
operators and owners.
The construction Of seven
thousand, five hundred small
homes would keep an army Of
men and women employed for
more than a year and at good
wages.
It would boom the lumber
business and the nail and lath
and paint and concrete and dec
orator and just plain "brawn"
trade. There isn't a business
concern in the city that
wouldn't benefit by the con-
struction Of those homes. Why,
even the junkmen would reap
harvest from the wrecking of
the old shacks! And the tax
payers would be able to spend
an occasional smile. They
wouldn't be digging down into
their own pockets to pay for
the fire protection on these new
homes. They are now, for those
old fre-traps and rat holes.
I know I'm just having
dream. I realize that this plan
is good for a sheer. But 1 rather
like to dream-but not OF
dredges and steam shovels dig
cling the CUTS out of a stagnant
river. I like to take look at
that "Sixth avenue North" dis
trict and visualize what it
could be-if men didn't want
so much gravy poured over
their spuds and so much grease
on their palms.
I don't like to dream of mud
flats and sinking river bottoms
that no one ever sees. When /
see little Riddles, black or
brown or white or yellow, start
ing out for life's race from
mudhole or a dirty yard or
home, I just like to imagine
what a better chance they'd
have if
And then I dream and see
those same kids all cleaned up
and tumbling over grass plots
and lolling around under trees,