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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-11-21
ORGANIZE COUNTY
OFFICERS UNIT
To Fight Capitalization of More
Authority in Olympia; Taylor
Is Head

Determined to stop the trend to-
ward Capitalization of all govern
ment in the state in Olympia, cleo
tive and appointive officers of Ok
anogan county organized a unit of
state association for that purpose
here Tuesday evening. e. F. Tay
loi. commissioner of the first dis
trict. was named chairman and H.
A. Yates, deputy assessor, was
named secretary-treasurer.
The officer declare there is a de-
cided drift toward taking the pow
ers and duties of county officials
and placing them in the hands OF
state officers. They point to thegam
and highway departments as proof
of this tendency.
I'VE believe" Taylor said, "that
government should be kept as close
to the people as possible. Nothing
in the present overation of the
state or federal governments sup
ports the claim that centralized
government is either more efficent
or less costly than decentralzet
government - Okanogan Indepe1
dent.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-11-21
P I. A. DISCUSS HOME
MANAGEMENT OF CHILD

The November meeting of the
P. T. A. was very interesting and
profitable. The meeting was held
Monday evening, November 1S
The meeting was profitable from 9
financial standpoint, as 5neark 80
per cent OF those present paid dues
Interest was so strong that the
play hour was dispensed with in
order to have, more time to discuss
plans for the future. An enthusias
tic committee, with Mr.. Beard as
chairman. is to plan the program
for the next meeting.
Keep the P T A in mind. you'll
hear more about these plans with
in the next month.
The subject of the study lesson
for Monday night was Home Man
agement of the Child" Mrs. JEFF
fers was the leader of the discus
sion in which all took part.
After the meeting adjourned,
those prtsent went to the home
economics room and enjoyed cot
fee and doughnuts. served by Mrs.
Purcell and Miss Thmpson.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-11-21
MEMS STORE MOVES
TO GRAND C0ULEE

Bjorklund's Men Store, owned by
Wick Bjorklund of Ephrata, has
moved frmo Coulee City to Grand
Coulee Center, where Mr.. Bjork
fund has purchased the Kinnune
Stock or general merchandise and
leased the building, Ralph Acker
man, who was in charge of the
store here continues as manager in
the new location.
The people of Coulee City regret
to see this popular store leave
town. 1t carried one of the best and
most up to date stock of mems
goods in this seoSin, and the appear
ance of the store was a real esset
to the city. Manager Alderman is
real live business man who took
an active interest," in the affairs of
the city. He and his family have
formed many warm friendships
during their short stay here.
j. II. Browne, proprietor of
Brownies Popular Price store has
leased the building occupied by the
Bjorklund store, and will move to
his new location the first of the
week. The new location will give
Mr.. Browne more room to display
his goods. He carries a general
line of ladies AID mems goods.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-11-21
LEADS
IN FARM LOAN

Loans to the Pacific Northwest
farmers through their local assoc
iations by the Production Credit
Corporation of Spokane, were the
largest of any district in the coun
try, according to recent report
made by E e Henry. president of
the Corporation.
Loans in the first nine months
of 1895 totalled 22.432.00O, a
gain of more than $S,OOO,00O, com
pared with the corresponding fig
urt last year and nearly $4,000 600
larger than the total loans of the
second largest district, that of
Berkeley, California.
Live stock loans, taking much
larger amount of credit than other
farming , operations, account at
least in part for the big volume of
loans made In Spokane distcrict,
Mr.. Henry said.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-11-21
COULEE CITY HOOPSIERS
LOSE TO ALM|RA QU|A1

Last Friday evening Coulee City
went to Almira for their first game
of the season and lost both games
of a double header. The Coulee
girls played hard but lost % to 3.
1t was the first game for the Cou-
lee girls and the second for Almira
The Coulee Giants lost by a lop
sided score of II to Z. The teams
We're more evenly matched than
the score would Indicate Coulee
had the ball over half the time but
they could not convert One man
was badly off form and out of II
attempts never scored.
Bud Austin, freshman, showed
UP WELL Coulee City has potential
strength and all they need is prac
tice and seasoning. 1t as their first
game while Almira had played and
beaten maritime, last years cham
pons.
Coulee City will play Neppel
here Friday. November 20 in big
double header. Neppel won more
games last year than any other
oountycounty team. They only lost
one man and are rated as the team
to beat.
The Giants can hardly expect to
beat the veteran team, but they
promise to give them real battle.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-11-21
A GOOD SIZED
GROCERY BILL

Spokane, Washington COM
pared with huge orders for steel,
Tor millions of barrels of cement,
and for lumber, machinery. tires
and trucks by the hundreds. the
orders for groceries at the Grand
Coulee are a small item.
However, the following intesest-
ing item clipped from the Washing
ton Farmer, the issue of November
Ia, indicates that small items in
connection with the mammoth pro
ject are large from any other viey
point:
If there's any surplus in food
products in this country, the work
men who are building the Grand
Coulee dam are doing their best to
overcome it, according to a survey
of the qualities of food they con
sumo in the giant mess hall of the
MWAk Construction company.
To begin with, it takes two men,
working steadily with an elej'rict
grill, which is 10 feet long, three
straight hours hours to cook the
$500 pancakes required for break
fast. Another man stiTs 80 gallons
of oatmeal; another makes IS gal
Ions of coffee, and on another grid
ESQ pounds of bacon, $50 pounds
of ham and $50 pounds of saus-
age is cooked.
The breakfast bill of fare calls
for 800 dozen eggs each morning
And that's only the beginning
of the day. Here are some of the
total qualities of food and drink
used each day in the mess hall.
Nine sacks of patatoes, 1870 gal
Ions of coffee, combination salad
(made from a crate of radishes,
two crates of tamatoes, crate of
cabbage, etc., $50 gallons of milk,
800 loaves of bread (each loaf be
ing tow feet long), and 100 pounds
Of butter :.
Ten cases of tomatoes, $50 pies,
1900 pounds of chicken Con Sun
days. nine sacks of flour, 100 lbs.
of shortening, about 1900 pounds
Of meats, 1900 cups of ice cream,
and other items in similar proper
ton.
Thirty men work in the kitchen
and corresponding number of
walters are used. On occasion al
most 1900 men into the mess hall
in 10 minute period.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-11-21
BIDS ARE CALLED FOR
HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT
Coulee City Soap Lake Highway
Will Be Put in Shape During
Winter Months

Bids will be opened at Olympia
by the state highway department
on December 3rd, 1885, for the
following Improvements on the
Coulee City Soap Lake highway:
Grading, surfacing and con
structing light bituminous sur
road, Soap Lake to Coulee City, U.
S. Work Program, highway pro
ject number WPSO 1877 in
Grant county.
The contract will carry pro
vision limiting the employment of
labor to eight hours per day and
one hundred and thirty hours per
month per individual, with the fol
lowing minimum scale prevailing:
A minimum wage of $1.20 per hr.
skilled labor, $o.75 per hour for
intermediate grade labor, and
$3.50 per hour for unskilled labor.
Labor required for the above i'm
provements shall be from lists furn
ment Service.
The award of the above con
tract to the successful bidder will
be hailed with delight by the PEG
pie of this section. This highway
has been in a deplorable condition
for the past year. For the past
few months there has been practi
cally no travel over it outside of
those living In the Coulee. All
other Lrave, mas been routed over
the StTatford cutoff.
few months ago the Public
Works department allotted $3.50,
600 for improving this road. 1t is
that what is left over
from this amount over the contract
price will be applied in stratghten
ing out the curves and widening
the road bed in places.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-11-21
Scientist Visits C[QDd COuee

George wv Beck of the science
Department of the Ellensburg Nor
NAL school, was visitor in Coulee
City this week, accompanied byDr.
Ralph w. Cheney, of Berkeley Cal,
G. D. Ross, inspector of national
parks, and M. H. Astrip, distcrict
park inspector
The object of the visit is to ex
anime the fossil animal found in
Blue Lake region lower Grand
Coulee, last summer.
Dr. Cheney is a well known auth
oTity on fossil animals, and is here
at this time to make an inspection
of the above find. He has been in
China, visited the Cobb desert re
glon with Roy Chapman Andrews.
been IL South America and other
ctu1tri 8. Ho remarked to the
writer ,hat inimal life here was
rather tame or quiet,-no Rh'nos
nd others of it's type, running ab-ft
This would imply what was surlnl2
ed, that the Blue Lake fossil is a
Rhino They were ple' tiful during
the middle Miovcene Period this
time of course antedated. the later
! Basaltic flows the formation of the
great mantle OF soil on top the last
(the present surface). Later the
coming of the great Continental
Ice sheet the melting ice creating
the great floods OF water which d
sected the plateau to depth oil
about 1000 feet. This gorge is cal
ed the Grand Coulee.
Nature at this time made a mucf
greater dam al the head Of the
Grand Coulee than man will eve
be able to build The residue of thi
has caused engineers and workme,
a great deal of trouble in Slide
and great ar"ount OF overburden tC
be removed to reach rock found;
ton for the dam now under COZ
strucion.
Long after the trcnching of tn,
Grand Coulee came the white man
and found opposed to his view thu
marginal ed ~es of submerged 70
ests. In Jul Of this year was foun,
the fossil re aims of an animal tn
only one fo:ad In the world TIL
hot lava cor~ uming all life and n
remains lc"', his one evidentl
lodged In . yamp or lake and wa
preserved Do to the projection {
mud and wa'cr. Part of the bone
were in pla and intact and mol
made of 1t, 1hape. Final repo
will be mad on this tlaer.
f. w. McCANN.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-11-21
FIRST CEMENT FOR
WORLDS LARGEST DAM

The first carload of cement to
ward the building of The largest
structure built by man. the Grand
Coulee Dam, went to the scene Of
CONSTRUCTION last week.
From now on cement is to move
to Grand Coulee dam site in increas
ing volume, starting at around SO
to 40 cars week. OF this total,
six or seven a week will go from
Metaline Falls; three or four u
week from the irwin plant of Spok
ane Portland Cement company, and
80 cars from coast plants.
The MWAK company is not yet
ready to pour concrete, but will fill
the silos in preparation foT the
first pouring. These silos have
10000 barrels capacity, or 100 car
loads of average $50 barrels each.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-11-21
LOCAL ORDES WILL ENTER
Tain STATE COMMANDER

local Post, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, to make Wednesday might,
November q, a gala night in the
history of their organization.
The activities for the evening
will open with the installation of
officers for the current year. Walt
er l.. Daniels, of Seattle, command
Ell of the State Department of Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars, will be here
to act as installing officer. He vii
be assisted by State AdjutantHarry
F. Stengel, also of Seattle. Follow
ing the installation ceremonies,
Commander Daniels will talk on
Veterans Legislation, including
soldiers bonus and other subjects
of vital interest the Veterans.
His address will be in open meeting.
Following this dancing will be
gin. Sometime during the evening
| there will be an auction sale of has
kets. Ladies are requested to bring
baskets; receipts from the sale oil
which will be used for locel vetel
an activitteA -
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-11-21
MWAK IS LIABLE
FOR STATE TAXES
MUST PAY MILLIONS On COU
LEE DAM WORK

Olympia. Nov. 10. Superior
Judge Judge John M. Wilson held
today that the state can collect
more than $3,000,000 in business
and occupation taxs on federal con
tracts for constructor of the Grand
Coulee dam.
Judge Wilson ruled on two suits
brought against the state tax com
missin by the MWAK company
builders of the Grand Coulee dam,
and David r. Ryan builder of the
railroad from the Northern Pacific
tracks in Grant County to the dam.
The two companies contend that
the state has no right to tax a fed
eral contract and that it can
not tax an operation on property
which has been coded Ito the FEEDER
al government by the state.
The MWAK company's contract
amounts to about 29,O0O,0O0
and Ryan's $1,000,000, but faxes
on future contracts for construc
ton of the dam will aggregate
more than $3,00O,000, members of
the commission said.
Judge Wilson said 'fthe govern
ll1GuL Is Ill uO way oIlOSIOu Ny |hS
fact that the agents pay Or do not
pay the tax any more than the gov
eminent could be affected by a
payment of tax upon an agents
truck or machinery"
"The exemption of the instru,
mortality by one government from
taxation by another must be given
such practical construction that 1t
will MA unduly impair the taxing
power of taxing government,
Judge Wilson wrote.
"That it was not the intention of
the parties that the federal govern
ment should have exclusive jurfs
diction over the coded area is ev
idenced by number of provisions
of the specifications of this con
tract
Overriding the contractors con
tentions that the land belongs to
the federal government, Judge Will
son said, 1.-THE federal govern
ment retains the title to the dam
until THE state can repay the cost
for building it."
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-11-21
PLANNING TO CLEAR
STATE RELIEF ROLLS

=--
Tightening Of tAes relief load
throughout the state of Washing
ton is gradually gaining moment
UNI and the goal of the Works Pro
gress Administration, to have re-
lief recipients off the dole and on
the WPA payroll by December l.,
appears in fair way to be realiH-
ed. Attainment of this goal, Geo.
H. Cannon, State Administrator,
says, depends upon release Of the
funds in Washington, D. G. IF
sufficient money is allotted to car
ry on the projects which we have
set up, the matter of placing the
unemployed to work is a matter of
detail which we are prepared to
handle expeditiously," Cannon
said.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-11-21
EIGHTY TWO GUESTS
PRESENT AT SHOWER

A shower was given lsat Friday
afternoon at the Evert Mathis
home, honoring Mrs. Willie Schu
macher, (nee Thelma Jeffers) .
with Mesdames H. E. Stoll, John
Browne, T. E. Austin, MaTgery
Howell. Margaret Evans and Evert
Mathis, hostesses. There were 80
guests present. Mrs. Waters sang,
az Love You Truly" and Mrs.
Schumacher was then presented
with corsage boquet from her
husband. She was assisted in un
wrapping the presents by Mrs.
Stroup and Miss MaTgery Mathis.
Waters coffee and tea were served
by the hostesses.
Out of town guests were. Mrs.
A. l.. Tucker, of Grand Orchards,
Mrs. Tony Schumacher, Miss South
ard. and Miss Arbuckle. of Wilson
Creek, and Miss MargeTy Howell
of Elmerton.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-11-21
STATE HISTORIAN
VISITS COULEE CITY

j. D. Mclean, OF Seattle. repre-
senttng the National Historical,
Society, is in Coulee City this week
gathering material from this sec
ton OF Washington, for a history
of the State of Washington which
the Historical Society is compI
ing.
The new history of the state viii
cover every activity from the bogir
ming of territorial days to the pre-
sent and the research will be pains
taking and exhaustive. Boarl o
advisors from the state of Wasl
ington include such well known
men as Governor Martin, James
O'Sullivan and others.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-11-21
SURPRISE sCoUTMAsTER
Scoutmaster Evert

Scoutmaster Evert
very pleasantly surprised last Sun
day afternoon when the members
of the local Boy Scout organiza
tionwalked in on him, the occasion
being his birthday. A six o'clock
dinner was served by Mrs. Mathis
after which the evening was most
pleasantly spent in playing games
and talking over Boy Scout act
vities.
Mr.. Mathis has always taken a
keen interest in the younger gen
Grafton, championing their cause
at every 'opportuity, and when a
few years ago the Scouts were OF
ganized here, he was unanimously
chosen as the leader.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-11-21
MAD DOG AT LARGE

Notice is hereby given that all
dogs within the city limits must
be muzzled until further notice.
The reason for this order is the
fact that mad dog has been at
large in the city and is reported to
have bitten several dogs All dogs
found at large unmuzzled will lie
shot by the marshal To protect
the people of the city, this order
is given.
Dr.. N. r. Gregg,
Board of Health
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-11-21
SPECIAL NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that a
Special Caucus is called for Mon
day night, at 8 o'clock, to be held
in the Box hall, to place candidates
in nomination for the various city
offices. All voters Of the city are
quested to attend.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-11-21
new LICENSES
AVAILABLE DEC. z

License plates for 1886 will be
available in the auditors office at
Ephrata ON December 2. according
to an announcement made recently
by county auditor Miss Stanley
The plates will have the same ct"
initials as this year but the colors
will be reversed, being blue on
white.
Regulations for passenger cars
are the same as last year, except
Cuhat no provision is made for half
year licenses. The fee will be 1925
and in case the applicant desires to
hav his license mailed to him, there
will be an additional fee of eight
cents to cover postage.
Truck licenses will be issud on
the basis of the new truck law
passed last year, representing con
siderable saving to many classes of
truck owners. 1t is advisable, &C
coTding to Miss Staley, to have the
trucks weighed and bring a scale
receipt to the Office when the Ii
cense is applied for.
Licenses are based on the gross
weight of the truck-that is, on
the weight of the truck itself un
laden, plus the maximum load to
be hauled. The same schedule ap
plies to trailers which carry pay
loads.
Where the maximum gross
weight is less than 5000 pounds
the fee is 1925, the same as for
passenger cars. The following scale
is the rates charged for greater
lnn In
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-11-21
PLYMOUTH ROCK

BECAUSE the proprietor OF
- home for tourists solicited pa
tronage on historic old Plymouth
Rock In Massachusetts, he was
brought before the town council Of
Plymouth within whose border the
old rock lies. The ruling Of the
council was that the old rock does
not belong to the town or to any
private Individual but to the entire
country, all Americans having the
same rights of Ownership-in this
shrine.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-11-21

oU,UUU POUNDS ana over I5U Id
These rates are all for gasoline
trucks and trailers. If they are
powered by steam, electricity Or
ded to the fees.
Trucks and trai Tiers on which
are mounted we'll drilling machine
air compressors, rock crushers, Or
concrete mixers, spraying machine
hofsts, cook houses or similar ma
ines or structures and not used
for carrying freight, take the 1925
rate regardless of weight.
The law provides that each
truck shall have it's maximum gros
weight painted upon it in a man
ner provided. Trucks or trailers
not carrying pay loads must have
the word 'Special-Fixed Load
painted on them.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-11-21

PROVING HIS WORTH
Bride You told me your for
tune ran into five figures.
Groom Well, it's $104.31 A
wise man always caunts his pen
MES,
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1935-02-15
NELLIE DODSON APPOINTED
TO NATIONAL STUDENT
LEAGUE OFFICE

Miss Nellie Dodson, Spokesman
and Recorder columnist and writer,
was appointed to the office of cor
responding secretary to the Uni
versity Of Minnesota branch of the
National Students League on last
Wednesday.
The League is a national organi-
cation of college students, active
in taking up problems of impor-
lance to American youth. At
present, the Minnesota branch is
fighting Negro segregation in
University dormitories and lodging
houses.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1935-02-15
Midwest Youth
Conference Urges
Equal Benefits
YOUTH CONFERENCE PASSES
NEW DEAL RESOLUTION

The Midwest Youth Congress
met in a two day conference in the
Frederick hotel in st. Paul, last
week, and passed resolution pre-
sented by Archie Jones, young
Negro delegate from Minneapolis,
sent by the Young Liberator club.
The conference of $50 delegates
from Northwestern states includ-
ing Michigan, Wisconsin, Ne
braska, South Dakota, and Min
nesota, had among it's number sew
eral colored delegates. Halle @.
Brown Settlement House, st. Paul,
was represented by Kenneth
Brown; Hursil Alexander repre-
senting the packing industry, came
from Omaha, Neb. The resolution
presented by young Jones and
adopted by the conference pro-
vided for the full and equal adj
mission of Negro youth to the
benefits of social, economic, and
political activity anywhere in the
Countrywide abolition of discrimi-
nation and segregation in work,
public or private-in education in
the schools, both public and pri-
vate, in athletic contests of every
kind, in the application of social
insurance and public relief.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1935-02-15
Sorority Hears
Social Worker

"Social Thinking in the Modern
World" was the subject of the de-
lightful, thought-provoking talk
given by Miss Louise Clevenger,
associate secretary Of the Commu-
nifty Chest Fund, who was the
principal speaker at the Founders
Day program given by Eta chap
ter of Alpha Kappa Alpha soror-
ity last Sunday afternoon at Hal
lie @. Brown Community House.
Thelma Rea Thurston, basileus
of Eta chapter, gave a sketchy
outline of the history of the So
rority and presided at the meet
ing. The speaker of the after
noon was introduced by Mrs.
Ethel Maxwell Williams. Other
numbers on the program con-
sisted of a violin and piano duet
by the Misses Martha and Carolyn
McWatt, and a piano solo by the
accomplished little Revoida Smith.
At the close of the program and
following the announcement of
next Sundays forum, refresh
ments were served. The colors
of the sorority, pea green and
pink, were carried out in the lime
ice, pink-iced cakes, pink and
green minis, and nuts which were
served. Members of the sorority
and Ivy Leaf Club who assisted
at the affair were: Sorors AL
verta Coram, Rachel James, Helen
Hatch, Victoria Stokes, Ethel
Williams, Thelma Thurston, Myrtle
Wormley, Margaret Benjamin,
Mrs. Mcfarland; and Bella Lee,
Vida Parker, Annie Foster, and
Emma Lou Coleman.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1935-02-15
SENIOR CHOIR PRESENTS
PROGRAM

Sunday night, Feb. II, the Senior
Choir of st. Peter A. M. E. Church,
under direction of Mrs. Margaret
Collins, will present a sacred mu-
steal concert. Members of the
Choir will render a number of the
selections which have placed this
organization in the forefront,
musically.
In addition to the musical num-
bers Mrs. Laura Walls, chairman,
announces brief talks by members
of the Spokesman's staff.
Sacred concerts by church choirs
have proven popular features of
Sunday night programs in several
churches of the Twin City religious
bodies, especially in attracting
young people, and Mrs. Walls
promises one Sunday night to
compare successfully with those
heretofore given. The evening
service begins at 8 o'clock.