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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-03-08
PIONEER HOME
Is DESTROYED
Elmer Seaton House Upstream
From Dam Burns; Old Cable
Ferry Is Also Out

GRAND COULEE DAM, March
-Unbeknown to nearly everyone
the old Elmer Seaton residence,
located about a mile and a half
around the bend and upstream
from the dam site, burned down to
the ground last week.
The house, which was built
some 20 years ago near the old
Elmer Seaton ferry, was occupied
by Mrs. Seaton, her two daughters
and a son-in-law.
The fire is believed to have been
started from a chimney spark ON
a particularly windy day. Not a
single household item was saved.
Even the glasses worn by one of
Mrs. Seaton's daughters was de-
stroyed. 1t was the second fire
of q building in which Mrs Seaton
lived within THREE years. She is
building a new home in Elmerton.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-03-08
St. Andrews Man
Dies at Age of 70

A resident of THE town of St
Andrews since 1905, Kristian Tan
nerberg, 10, died at his home Wed
nesday evening at $50 o'clock.
Kristiam Tannerberg was born
May 2, 1856 in Horsens, Denmark
and came ITO the United States in
1880, locating in South Dakota. He
was married to Katrina Jensen, De-
cember 20, 1881 at Viborg, South
Dakota. To them IL children were
born. ten of whom are now living.
In 1900 the family moved to Mime
sofa and came from There to st.
Andrews. Mrs. Tannerberg preceded
her husband in death on December
4, 1925.
Surviving are six daughters, Mrs.
Mary Christensen of Junction City,
Oregon. Mrs, Annie Wogensen and
Lille Jenkins, both of st. Andrews,
Mrs. Dave Harris of Chelan, Mrs.
Mamie Warmer of Western, Oregon
and Mrs. Savina Jenkin of Water
Vile; four sons Jens of Bridge
port, Lawrence of ST. Andrews,
Harvig of Chewelah and Rasmus of
st. Andrews; rs grandchildren and
one great grandchild. -
Funeral services will be held Sat-
urday at 1870 p. m. from the st.
Andrews schoolhouse with the Rev.
erend Alfred Sorenson officiating
and Jones and Jones in charge.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-03-08
The Gold Clause Cases

The recent decision of the United
States Supreme Court ends q period
of uncertainty over monetary matters
In this country.
the opinion of the Court in the
private bond cases was generally an
tlclpated lnasmuch as an Act Of Con-
gress prevented the debtor from
making payment as promised. More
over, no private contract can stand
against public policy, legally pro-
claimed by legislation.
The suit on Liberty bonds raised
another question. Could Congress.
after the government had created q
legal Obligation. vary the terms of
the contract? The answer Is mega
tive, but the majority opinion goes a
step further. Having a binding con-
tract with the government what Ia
necessary for recovery by one claim
ing breach thereof?
Like any other suit for a breach
Of contract the plaintiff must recov-
or by showing damages. This, the
Court concluded, had not been at
tempted. The holder could not use
gold except as permitted by law, In
the restricted domestic market, and
to- show damage must demonstrate It
In relation to buying power. In view
OF the fact that such loss does not.
at present exist. the opinion is that
recovery Of more than like number
OF dollars would be an "unjustified
enrichm ent."
OF course, lawyers and financiers
Will continue to argue the case. New
ertheless. a majority of the Court
has spoken and those who dissent
have no reason to impugn the motive
of the Judgment. Anyway, for prac-
tical purposes the average American
Is convinced that the opinion is just
and that 1t robs no American of any
thing.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-03-08
NEW MAP SHOWS
PUBLIC. DOMAIN

PULLMAN, Wash, Feb. 29.-The
location of all public domain in the
state of Washington is shown on a
new map prepared by e. F. Lander
holm, State Land Planning Consult
ant. The public land amounting to
nearly 100000 acres in Washington,
was withdrawn from entry by order
Of President Roosevelt early in Feb
ruary this year. A similar map show
ing the state-owned land is now I'M
der way and these two maps will be
used in determining areas of publical-
ly owned land that might be ex-
changed with the state and blocked
up for more efficient management
and administration.
A few small areas of public do
main lands are found inaccessible
parts of the west-coast counties, but
most of these lands are scattered
throughout central and eastern Wash
ington. Public domain lands ar
those that have never been home
steaded, and for the most part, these
lands are of no agricultural value.
Recently the public domain was
closed to homesteading as it is be-
lfeved that practically all land fit for
cultivation has been taken up. A
classification Of the lands is planned
and when it has been completed these
lands will. be put to their best uses.
Public domain and state-owned
lands are scattered throughout the
state in small parcels in a checker
board pattern. Certain legislation is
now being considered that will en-
able the state and the Federal Gov
ernm ent to exchange lands of equal
value SO these politically owned lands
may be blocked up into units large.
enough to be more efficiently adj
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-03-08
irant County Tournament
School Election
May BE Probcd

COULEE DAM, March 5.--(Spe-
Grand Coulee with the starting of
an investigation by Mrs. Ida Fleisch-
mann, townsite promoter, relative
to the eligibility of certain por-
tion of the voters.
A. D. Roberts won the school
board election with 473 votes, as
against 2S2 for Howard Bolen, 252
for Tom Osborne and 40 for L. R.
White.
Investigation is being made as to
whether or not part of THE -Purtee
and Lael addition of Grand Coulee
is included lin the present district or
in an old and separate district of
Grant and Douglas county. 1t is
thought that the disputed section
votde heavily for Roberts. If it is
found that am old district still ex-
lists, the election will probobly be
contested
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-03-08
lNsTALLS LINOTYPE

This week model 'K'' two ma
gazina linotype was added to the
equipment of the Coulee City Dis
patch. For several months part of
the body of the paper has been set
up in the office Of the Grant Co.
Journal Of Ephrata. From now on
we expect to set The entire paper
in our own office, and as soon as
the machine is working properly
hope to give our readers better
appearing, newsier paper than in
the past.
With the aid of the machine we
will be better equipped to handle
all forms of job and commercial
printing. as web as devoting more
space to general and local news
and feature stories. tWe sincerely
hope our readers will cooperate
with us by contributing articles of
news hwenever possible.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-03-08
School Notes
GRADES I and ii

GRADES | and III
The Primary Room is Interested
i'm making Dutch scene on the
sandtable.
Helen Reading wa the only one
in our room who received a certi
ficate for being neither absent nor
tardy last month.
Two of our classmates have with
dAawn from school lately; Lyle
Cadmium and Peggy Lou Wood
head have gone to live at Osborne.
Among newcomers to our room
are the following; Jack Ewell from
Los Angeles, Anna Trout from
Spokane, and Phyllis Moore. from
Chelan. Their coming has increased
our enrolment to twenty-one.
GRADES v and vi
The Fifth and Sixth grade are
busy this week repairing the bal
diamond ives of the schoolhouse.
During the past week the Sixth
Grade Geography class has made
some interesting notebooks ON thu
Netherlands.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-03-08
DANA FORCED TO
CLARITY HIMSELF
ON. THE HIGH Dam

PORTLAND, Ore. March A.
Marshall NJ Dana of Portland,
chairman of the Pacific Northwest
Regional Planning commission,
stated today he believes it essential
that the plan for the Grand Coulee
dam project in Central Washing
ton be changed from low dam,
exclusively for power development
to high dam as unit of land
and resettlement project.
Dana, who is president of the
National Reclamation association
said this change of plans should be
made at once.
His statement was made in a
letter to Rep. Culkin GRIN. W.
who was quoted as having de-
clared Dana was opposed to high
dam construction at Grand Cou-
leo.
There can be no doubt" Dana
said. of the immediate employ
ment and longlrange development
value of THE Columbia basin ne.
velopment which includes the
Grand Coulee project, and which
will be particularly valuable fo1
use, as submraginal areas are with.
drawn from Improbable produc.
tion and as resettlement of fam.
Niles lis undertaken from blighted
and congested districts
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-03-08
COAlee City Giants
Have Good Season

For the basketball season just
closed the Coulee Giants played 90
games, winning eleven and losing
the same number. They averaged
FL points per game and their oppo-
nents 10. During the five seasons
that Mr.. Wodehouse has coached
the Giants, they have played in 90
games, winning SO and losing SO.
During the past five seasons the
CouDee City teams have outscored
every team in Grant County. They
won the Grant county championship
in 1888. Coulee has also placed
more men on the all star teams
during THE past five seasons THAN
any other Grant county team.
The seniors which will be lost by
graduation are John and Fred Jop-
lin, Kenneth Scheibner, David
Davis, Elmer Jess, Orson Craig and
Fred Hayden.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-03-08
FARM POPULATION INCREASES

According to Don L. Thompson,
supervisor Of the 1885 federal farm
census i'm this area, it is estimated
that there has been a IA per cent
increase i'm farm population in this
district.
Although the census is only two
thirds comlpete, preliminary
check-up shows a large increase in
tho number of small farms com
pared with the total of five years
ago when the last census was
taken.
Residents ON marginal producing
agricultural have decreased, how
ever, with such owners returning
in many cases Ito smaller but betbeu
producing TRACTS, MIN. Thompson
said.
There are eight counties in the
Spokane district. They are Spok-
ane, Stevens, Lincoln, Chelan,
Douglas, Ferry and Pend O'reille.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-03-08
Work Ia Resumed
On Government r. r..

A crew of between fifteen and
twenty mem started work Monday
morning putting THE finishing tou-
ches ON the government railroad
from Coulee City to the, Grand
Coulee dam. The size of this crew
will be augmented to about 100
Within few days or as soon as
weathen conditions permit. Cold
nights of the past week have de-
layed the work considerable because
t6he frozen condition of the ground,
permitting work only in the after
noon. With a full crew and favor
able weather, it lis estimated by con-
tractor Ryan, that the road will be
completed and ready to turn over
TO the government within thirty
days or six weeks.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-03-08
MWAk COMPANY SUED


Profits of $14,832 were lost by
the finn of Miller and Paulsen
when THE MWAK organization re-
fused ito carry out an agreement at
Mason City for them to do sewer
and water main work, the concern
alleges in suit in Spokane We'd
nesday.
I'he complainants allege that the
Sllas Mason Company and other
firms in the organization agreed
they should do the work last fall,
out after they had assembled equip
ment lMWAk told them the work
had been done by another firm.
This is the first suit to be filed
against the MWAK company on
charges having grown out of the
building of the dam by that firm.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-03-08
Engineer Says Grand
COulee Power Can
All Be Used

SPOKANE, WASHlNCTON-G
F. Uhdeu. power market engineer
for the Columbia Basin commission
makes the statdtment that at THE
present rate of increase in power
consumption, Washington will be
consuming its present installed ca
pacity of electric energy by 1941,
whe nthe first power from the
Grand Coulee dam will be available,
A power market report which Mr..
linden is preparing starts with 1919
When consumption was 38,OOO,OOO.-
600 kilowatt hours.
During the following ten years
There was steady, rapid increase
Until record consumption of 97,-
362, 600, 900 X. w. h. was reached
IN 1879. The national power con-
sumption STARTED to decline in 1880
and continued to fall until 1882
when 1T reached a low consumption
"a, 900, 100000 X. W. h.
In 1884 we find gain in con-
sumption 10 91,163, 100000 k. w. h
Mr.. Uhden reports. "The chart for
Washington shows 1884 leading
the peak year of 1929 in power
consumption. Consumption in this
state in 1929 was 2,552.OOO, 600 k.
W. h. while in 1884 it jumped to
the new record of 2,634.66O,OOO
K. ". h. and is steadily increasing.
No one can predict the record
power consumption will make
when electric energy is made a.
valuable ito the consumers atssrea-
sonably low rates. No one can dis
quite the deside of the American
people ITO use electricity, because
that is shown by the increased use
of electrical appliances in our do
mestic and commercial life. /.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-03-08
IT'S A SCREAM

Residents of certain neighbor-
hood in Coulee City were horrfied
Tuesday evening to hear a shot
and scream followed by a terrible
heart rending groan. The moaning
became so bad that even vimid
neighbors refused to stand idly by
and allow murder to be committed.
Imagine their surprise find upon
investigation that it was only the
Coulee City Wowen's Club rehear-
sing their 8 act comedy Mystery
to be held Tuesday Mar. 26, in the
Hi-School Auditorium.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-03-08
F.W.. McCaI1r1 Speaks
At Mason CITY

F. w. Mccain, of this city, best
informed man in this region on the
geological formations of the Grand
Coulee, delivered an address before
reclamation and MWAK engineers
at Mason City Tuesday evening.
For years Mr.. Mccain has made a
study of the Grand Coulee and has
been of much assistance to geolo-
gists from other parts who came
here ito study 1.-The coulee. Prof.
Bretts, of the University of Chicago
relied upon him for a great deal of
information when he was preparing
his book on the geological forma-
tions of the Grand Coulee.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-03-08
MR.. THOMPSON SPEAKS

At a meeting of the Associated
Student Body Wednesday morning,
MIR. Thompson, local pharmacist at
Neihaa-t's Drug Store, gave an inter
esting talk ON Pharmacy. His
speech was the second in a series
of vocational addresses to be given
to the student body from time TO
time. AS the knowledge of pharmacy
lis not as developed as much as that
on other vocations, the students
found his remarks educational as
well as entertaining.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-03-08
Grand C0u|ee Lad
Killed By Falling Rock

Clifford Hayden, 10, son of AL
vim Hayden, a powderman at the
'danlsite, residing att Grand Coulee,
was instantly killed last Sunday in
Rattlesnake canyon when a rock by
which he was trying to climb down
a steep wall, loosened, fell on him
and crushed his head.
In company with two other
younsters, the Hayden boy had
spent most of the afternoon climb
ing about the treacherous walls of
the deep canyon. According to the
other boys, they had been sending
big rocks wumbling down the can
yon. On climbing down from 8
cliff, the accident occurred.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-03-08
Basin Commission
Reports on Dam
Disbursements

SPOKANE, Especially - Expendi-
lures approximating $7,23O,661.57
had been made on the Grand Coulee
power project up to December 81,
1884, 1t was revealed in liquidation
prepared by the Columbia Basin
Commission. The report shows that
financial benefits from the construc-
ton OF the power project have been
well distributed throughout tn
state.
Exclusive of the general contract
of $29.339.301.57 awarded the Ma
SON Walsh-Atkinson Kier company.
contracts have been awarded totall-
ing about $6.629,219.57. OF this
amount $3.407.783.05 has been ex-
pended In Spokane. Seattle, Tacoma,
Wenatchee and Coulee.
About $30,000,00O remains unex-
pended in the ALLEGATION of $63,0OO,-
600 made by President Roosevelt for
development of the Grand Coulee
project. From this amount will be
awarded the major contracts for the
purchase OF tons and tons Of cement
to be used in building the huge dam
and for the purchase of electrical
equipment for the power plant.
The following interesting figures
include contract awards by the Re-
clamation Bureau and MWAK Com
pany to contracting firms in various
cities:
City Amount
spokane -..-.---.-...-.---$ 1,559,975.5O
oeattle ---.-.-.-..-----.------ 1882, 681.66
Coulee City .-.-..-.. 336.839,OO
Wen8tcnee .-..--. 226500 90
Tacoma ...-....... 2O2,887.OO
I'VE are very much pleased to
find that the Grand Coulee project
has meant so much financially to
our state" said James O'Sullivan.
Secretary of the Columbia Basin
Commission. ut Is sometimes said
that all of the financial benefits
have gone and are going to- one COM
munity or another. Our tabulation
OF expenditures d o es not indicate
That to be true. 1t seems that every
section of the state has been well
represented.
Contract awards outside of the
state amount to slightly more than
100000. OF this amount about
one-third went for the purchase or
steel sheet piling. which is being
driven at this time by the MWAK
Company IN the construction Of the
big rotterdam. Considerable. Of the
4smaintng $4,000 900 expended else
where went to Pacific coast contrac-
tors in Oregon and California, who
were low bidders on the various
jobs"
|. Mr.. O'Sullivan mentioned in par
ticular the $601,342 spent by the
State Highway Department in devel-
opment OF heavy traffic roads to the
project from Wilbur, Almira and
Coulee.
Had it not been for the splendid
cooperation we received from Mr.. l..
V. Murrow, Director of Highways,
work on the project would have been
greatly delayed" Mr.. O'Sullivan ex-
planned. "As 1t is. all materials for
the project are still being trucked to
the dam, and will continue to be
-trucked until the railroad is put in
to operation
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-03-08
EASTERN FIRM SEEKS
LOCATION IN COULEE
FASTENERS USE PLANE
GET PHOTOGRAPHS

Am event of more than ordinary
significance occurred i'm this region
Monday for an eastern financial
house that is considering an invest
ment in the Coulee dam region.
OF % or more moving pictures
taken, L. wree from the ground
and 10 from the air. They were of
construction. in progress and COM
pleted, towns and people. The
photography was directed by Mat
Scaler, accompanied by Max Krause
New York Giants football player,
and the plane, a 'Stearman, by Roy
Shrek.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-03-08
Grant County Re
ceiveS Gas Money

Representing the smallest secom-
Diary highway apportionment since
january 1884, State Treasurer Otto
Case, Tuesday distributed $446, 1903
among the counties as their share
of gasoline tax collections during
February for January sales. Heavy
SHOWS and bad weather during Jan
uary were blamed for the fall in
gas tax receipts. The allotment by
counties included:
Grant county, $482O; Chelan,
$9595; Douglas Salts; Ferry, $33O2
Grays Harbor $14.281; Island,
$2722; Jefferson, 1886; Okano-
gan, 5000.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-03-08
FIRM SELLS TRACTORS

"A. ID. Pugh, associated with Jas
per. Corolus in the farm machinery
business, reports the sale of the
following tractors: Err Cooper. IA
40; John LONE, I'd 40; C. Don1ira.
I'D 40; j. Tilson, T 20; Roy Allen.
I 20; r. Stone, T 20; j. Thrall. I
20; G. Buckley, T 20; P. d. Nc
Grath, used 20; C. Evers, used 20:
Harry Christensen, used 1926: o.
L. Tupling, used John Deere; Ben
Allen, used John Deere.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-03-08
Hartline VII
LOCAL TEAM FAILS TO MAKE
FINALS. JOPLIN PLACES
ON ALL-STAR TEAM

In THE tournament held at Hart
line March / and 2, Hartline came
out on top,
1t was single elimination affair
this year.
The first game was a big upset
when Quincy upset the, dope and
beat the strong Neppel team 20 to
II. Neppel had won from Quincy
twice during the season.
The second game run true to
form and Wilson Creek beat Mar
hin 26 to 20.
CouJee and maritime furnished
the fire works in the third game.
Each team had won from the other
d11ring the season.
In the first half big Hinthorne
could mot be stopped. The score at
half was 20 to in favor of Hart
line. Coulee put two men on Hin
EhoIme in THE second half and
scored eleven points while Maritime
was making 10.
The final score was 80 to Is for
Hartline.
In THE semi final Wilson Creek
won from Quincy by 2 points ard
Hartline beat kphfata II to 49,
EpMata was behind IA points at the
half but came back strong in the
second half.
In the final game Hartline Won
from Wilson Greek SO to IA giving
Hartline first and Wilson Creek
second.
The single elimination did not
meet with approval sof all The
coaches.
Every team has off nights and it
doesn't seem fair THAT Dne game
should determine everything.
AIT present the playing season
determines nothing. NJ
During the past season Neppel
had the best record i'm the County.
They beat Maritime % to and vet
they lost to q team THAT had only
won s games all season.
Coulee and Ephrata only played
game apiece at the tournament
and Hhey both played Maritime.
Wilson Greek got second place
despite THE fact that Coulee and
Ephrata put up a BETTER fight
against Har'uline.
Record Of the teams for County
games played before tournaments:
Neppel won 9, lost q; Maritime
won 8. lost 8; Wilson Creek won z,
lost A.; Coulee own z. lost s; Ephra-
ia won 4, lost 8; Quincy won 3,Iost
9; Mralin won 1, lost 8.
Girls defeat P. E. class.
Junior boys beat seniors.
"A double header was played Tues
day afternoon. =
In the first game the girls team
beat the boys p. E. because the
boys could not play girls rules.
In the second game the Junior
boys beat tine senior boys for the
second time this year. The final
an overtime period
The Juniors have a strong team
and will no doubt be one of the
leading teams in the County next
year.
The lineup for the teams:
juniors: Dean Pugh, Glenn Lee,
Jack Ford, and David Spurbeck.
Seniors: John Joplin, Fred Joplin,
Elmer Jess, Fred Hayden and Ken
meth ScheibnJer. -
Pugh was high point man for the
Juniors and John Joplin was high
for the Seniors.
John Joplin makes All-Star team.
Hjartline places two with Coulee
Ephrata and Quincy placing one
each.
Jonh Joplin of Coulee, F.; Pruitt
of Ephrata, F.. Hinthorne of Hart
line, C.; Visnow of Quincy, G.; KEEP
hart of Maritime, G..
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-03-08
BANKERS
SEEK APPEAL

According TO recent dispatches
L. A. Nixon and Paul Patrick, con-
vicbed in fedral court in Spokane
last year on charges involving the
First National Bank of Ephrata, of
which they wree officers, are seek
ing appeals in San Farncisco this
week.
District attorney J. M. Simpson
OF Spokane will represent the gov
eminent. The ex-bankers were con-
vlcoed on four counts, alleging mis-
appropriation of funds, making
FRAUDULENT reports to the Federal Re.
serve Bank of Spokane, .useing the
malls to defraud and of overvalw
ing securities.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-03-08
TWINING is REELECTED
SCHOOL DIRECTOR

Very little interest was mani
Tested in the school election held
in the school house last Tuesday. alt
which time time director was
elected for term of three years.
Only sixteen votes We're cast with
the retiring director, T. H. Twining,
receiving the majority. No one filled
for the position and regardless of
the election. Mr.. Twining would
have held over until his successor
was elected.