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The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1936-01-30
INDIAN ASSOCIATION FIGHTS
MOVE TO BUY SAWMILL
Indian Association Votes Against
100000 Expenditure; Susan
Speaks
Equity In Danger
Would Have To Give Timber
Security Worth Eight Million
Dollars; Draw Protest

Disapproval of the Tribal Coun-
ellis recent decision to buy the West
Fork sawmill for $4,000 was shown
by an unanimous vote at a meeting
OF the Colville Indian association
held at the old agency building In
East Omak Saturday.
Speaking on behalf of the older
Indians, Chief G. B. Susan told
the association members that the
older group would be willing to
mortgage their equity in their tim
Der holding to buy the younger
group a sawmill, but only providing
that certain members of that
group studied sawmill operation for
two or three years.
Security Required
This he believed would be essen
tial if such mill were to be oper-
ated profitably by the Indians. He
pointed out that the security asked
by the government for the loan of
$4,000 with which to purchase and
equip the mill, would be the equity
in reservation timber holdings con-
servatively valued at eight million
dollars. He opposed risktng this
equity.
Peter Gum, president Of the
association, claimed that the price
of So thousand, for which the In
dians would be expected to sell
their timber to the sawmill was too
low. Experts had informed him that
the million and quarter feet of
timber owned by his mother and
himself would some day be worth
SIS a thousand, he said.
Others Oppose Purchase
Chief Jim James of Keller and
the Wapato brothers from Chelan
Informed the association that their
people were also opposed to the
purchase.
1T is obvious that the Tribal
Council made their decision with
out an adequate knowledge of the
wishes of their people," said Mrs.
Fred Caller, one of the three
council members who opposed the
purchase.
A protest was drawn up by Mrs.
Grace v. Coil, association secretary.
and will be laid before Superin-
tendent Harvey K. Meyer, upon his
return from Washington, D. G.
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1936-01-30

Frank A. Banks, bureau of recla-
nation construction engineer in
charge of the work at Grand Coulee
dam, outlined plans and hopes
for the Columbia Basin project in
an address. at the National Reclaim.
alton association meeting.
The address follows:
I should like to talk to you brief
ly, if I may, of one of this coun-
try's most valuable natural resour-
ces and some of the steps that are
being taken for it's development and
utilization. I refer to the Column
bia river in Washington and the
large body of semiarid but exceed
ingly fertile lands of the Big Bend
country adjacent thereto-together
constituting the Columbia Basin
project.
Rising in the Canadian Rockies
and crossing the international bor-
der into the State of Washington
near it's northeast corner, the Col
umbia river, the second largst riv-
er in this country in point of rum
off, then flows for $50 miles through
this state along it's southern bor-
der to the Pacific ocean, falling on
it's way 1900 feet and earning for
itself the distinction of being by
far the largest river in this country
in point of potential power suscept
ible of economic development.
Adjacent to this river in central
Washington is 100000 acres of
what has been many times referred
to as the finest body of undeveloped
arid land in the West. Unproductive
and of little value in its present
state, this land when irrigated will
produce a. great variety of agricul
tural, horticultural, livestock, dairy,
and poultry products in abundance
and provide homes, employment
and business for a vast agrarian
and urban population. The COM
bination of these water,
power, and land-for the creation
of the Columbia Basin project has
been the goal of the people of
Washington for 80 years or more.
Many plans have been evolved and
investigated through all these years
by engineers and economists of the
State of Washington, the Army, and
the Bureau of Reclamation, with
the result that the pumping plan
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1936-01-30
DIAMOND JIM" COMING
TO NEW DEAL THEATRE

Diamond JIM" the colorful, ro-
mantle screen biography of James
Buchanan Brady, the shrewd cap
italist and gem collecting Broad
way playboy who made the gay
NinetieS gay in America, comes to
the New Deal theatre Friday and
Sunday.
More dramatic than the widest
flights of fiction is the true history
of this Irish saloon keepers son
who became one of the wealthiest
and most picturesque figures of the
night life of New York in the
1905 and early 1900's.
When ne died, in 1917, at the
age Of So, in the full tide of indie
fatigable activity and still at the
height of notoriety, bank presidents,
railroad magnates, philanthropists,
and celebrated doctors, lawyers and
merchants, stood side by side with
chorus girls, prize fighters, police
men, neWsboys and day laborers, at
the funeral services. Diamond Jim
was everybody's friend. His chief
title to fame was that he covered
himself with precious jewels and
was a good fellow, good spender
and a Gargantuan eater, but his
hold on the affections of people in
so many dissimilar walks of life
was due to his childlike nature and
his generous heart.
AS Diamond Jim was man of
extraordinary height and breadth,
weighing over $40 pounds, it was
necessary to find an actor of con-
siderable avoirdupois to play the
role. After testing number of
well known character actors, Off
Gals selected Edward Arnold, re-
Gently seen in important roles in
Sadie Mckee" and "Richelieu," as
ideal for the part, provided he
would put on an additional 20
pounds. Binnie Barnes has the
coveted role of the beautiful actress,
Lillian Russell, who turned down a
cool million dollars in cash along
with Brady's proposal to marry her
but remained his close friend for
40 years. Jean Arthur plays an
other OF his sweethearts.
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1936-01-30
Cemetery Group
Meets Monday
VIII Lay Plans For Improve
ments To Be Made
In Spring

The Cemetery Association will
hold the annual meeting at the
Grange hall, Monday evening, Feb
ruary 8, at o'clock. There will be
an election of officers.
This is an important meeting at
which every family should be rep
resented The little trees which
were planted some time ago are all
doing nicely and water is available
for grass and shrubs.
Every person in the community
should be interested in making this
restful, attractive spot and the
association plans to make many
improvements
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1936-01-30
Banks Explains Benefits
To Come From COuLee Dan,

as opposed to the earlier gravity
plan is generally accepted as the
more feasible.
The principal features of the
pumping plan include the Grand
Coulee dam for raising the water
surface of the Columbia river 1855
feet, thereby creating a disable stor-
age capacity of more than $780,
600 acre-feet; the power plant for
the generation of 100000 kilowatts
of electrical energy for irrigation
pumping and commercial use; the
pumping plant for raising 10000
cubic feet of water per second a
vertical distance of 280 feet into the
Grand Coulee; the Grand Coulee
Reservoir, which with usuab'e
capacity of $4,000 acre-feet, regu-
lates the flow of irrigation water to
the project and permits of the use
of secondary power for pumping
purposes; and the distribution sys-
tenn consisting of the east and west
main canals, secondary pumping
stations, and the laterals for con-
veying the water to the 1900, 002
acres of land. Although Congress
by the passage of the rivers and
harbors bill, approved August 20,
1885, authorized the construct on,
operation, and maintenance OF the
Grand Coulee dam and necessary
canals, structures, and other Incl
dental works, funds have so far
been made available only for sur
veys of the irrigable area for the
construction of the foundation for
the Grand Coulee dam and power
plant.
Plan Comprehensive
The comprehensive plan for the
development of the Columbia river
as worked out by the army engi-
neers, contemplated the construc-
ton of 10 dams to utilize 80 per
cent of the available fall in the
river between the international
boundary and the Pacific ocean. BY
far the largest and most important
of these is the Grand Coulee dam
largest in that it Utilities 355 feet or
81 per cent of the total available
fall and includes an installation OF
800 OOO- kilowatt capacity, which is
larger than any existing develop
ment in the world today and mosC
important in that it creates a stor-
CONTINUED On Page Three
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1936-01-30
BUS STALLED
In DEEP SNOW
ON OWHI FLAT
Zero Weather Sunday Marks Sea
son Low; Traffic Problem
Acute On Upper Flats
Low Wind Helps
Coolest Weather Of Season Makes
Travel Difficult
In District

The school bus on the OWhi Flat
cute, driven by Ralph Kinkaid,
was unable to get through thu
now drifts Monday, and was still
stuck there Tuesday.
Snow on the upper flats is quite
\ problem now but it is fortunate
hat so far there has been no bad
wind. Sunday morning the Their
mometer registered zero, the coolest
of the year.
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1936-01-30
Deckers Are Feted
By Agency Workers
Official And Wife Leave For
New Post In Dixon,
Montana

A reception was held at the mess
hall at the Agency Saturday night
by the employees for Mr.. and Mrs.
H. o. Decker, who left this week for
their new home at Dixon, Montana.
The evening was spent with pi-
nochle and bridge and refreshments
were served. A gift was presented
to MIR. and Mrs. Decker as token
of appreciation.
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1936-01-30
County Veterans
TO Get $4O3,0OO
Soldiers In Five North Central
Washington Counties Will
Receive $l,475, ll4.28

Okanogan county veterans OF the
World war will receive approXlm-
ately $4O3 900 as a result OF the
bonus measure passed by congress
yesterday over a presidential veto.
1t is estimated that veterans OF the
five counties of North Central
washington will receive $li475,-
ll4,28,
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1936-01-30
Crew Clears Lake
For Ice Harvest
Cold Snap Assures Plentiful
Supply Of Ice For Next
Summer

Monday a crew from the Agency
went up to Owhi lake and cleared
the snow off the ice with the trac-
tor, ready for the ice harvest.
The ice is clear and IL inches
thick and every one will be able to
get ice this year. Last year there
was no ice on any of the lakes.
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1936-01-30
DIsAUTEL MAN HURTS FINGER

DISAUTEL-E'mer A. Thurman
of Disautel, lost part of finger on
his left hand Monday afternoon
when it became entangled in a
cable which he was fastening to a
tractor. He was brought to Omak
by E. r. Aston, where the finger
was cared for by DR.. G.. w. Jenkin.
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1936-01-30
FROZEN GROUND STOPS WORK
ON ROAD FOR COMING MONTH

The work on the road between
the Agency and Nespelem was
stopped Tuesday. The ground has
frozen so hard that the work will
have to be abandoned for q month
until the ground thaws out.
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1936-01-30
Ten Persons Get
Grange Degrees
Social Hour And Eats Features
Of Friday
Meeting

The Grange meeting Friday night
was well attended. The second and
third degrees were given to Mr.. and
Mrs. G. A. Newell, Mr.. and Mrs.
Vern Seigel, Mr.. and Mrs. Arden
Irwin, Mr.. and Mrs. Dale Nissen,
Ira Canterbury and Vern Canter-
bury. The evening included a So
cial hour and refreshments.
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1936-01-30
Digging New Well
For Local School
Electric Pump Will Be Installed
Soon; Improved Water
Supply Sought

A we'll for the school has been
started near the west bank of the
Nespeiem river just below the pond.
1t is planned to use gasoline
pump until electricity is available.
The water system in the school
chlorinates all the water used. 1t
is planned to have water available
in about week.
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1936-01-30
PLAYERS
SCORE VICTORY
in TWO GAMES
Grand Coulee Tries Hard But
Proves No Match For
Nespelem Squad
Davis Is High Man
Game Played In Council Hall As
. Equipment For Gym
Not Here Yet

The Nespelem quintet scored a
"a to 26 victory over the Grand
Coulee invaders in closely con-
tested game played on the floor OF
the Council hall at the Agency
Friday afternoon.
Nespelem's second string hoop
sters took their share Of the glory
by trouncing the Grand Coulee
second string by comfortable
margin of 80 to 16.
Davis, playing forward COR the
locals, was high point man of the
game with q points to his credit.
Barr at forward for Grand Coulee
piled up - points. Ferris Tat
shama was high in the second
string contest with IL points.
The lineup for Fridays game in
49, i
Evening star., 1936-01-16

ceeded as president Of the Augustana
Synod by Rev. p. O. Bersell of Of
tumwa, Iowa.
DR.. Brandelle, last FAN as the
synod's president emeritus, attended
the Lutheran World Convention In
Paris. He was staunch prohibition
advocate.
DR.. Brandelle was born March 10,
1861. In Andover, Ill.
His widow, the former Lydia Appel,
and two daughters, Mrs. G. J. Beng
ston Of Rock Island, ILL.,, and Mrs.
w. c. Ekeberg Of Dayton, Iowa,
survive.
Evening star., 1936-01-16
Check Coughs!
Here's How

Promptly. pleasantly, Halls
lExpectorant soothes and heals
Iirritated membranes of the
Throat. Coughs, due to colds, are
checked amazingly quick. Users
say Nothing better for coughs
when one has a cold" Right they
arel Halls Expectorant has been
relieving cold coughs more than
rs years and is in great demand.
Remember the name. Ask any
druggist for Halls Expectorant.
Three sizes: 35e-60e-$1.
Advertisement.
Evening star., 1936-01-16
Boat Whistle Case
Five Years Old Is
In Supreme Court
Jurists Asked to Rule
Tpo s'Short TOOts'':
Not Blasts.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Supreme Court Justices were
asked yesterday to rule that couple
Of short toots" were not two distinct
blasts" Of a steamship whistle-more
than five years ago.
The odd ruling was asked by owners
Of a tug who are protesting damages
found by lower Federal courts on
grounds the tug did not heed a
warning signal and so caused crash
which involved two steamships with
five tugs following them. It happened
December 10, 1880, in the narrow
channel between Staten Island and
New Jersey coast.
Lower Federal courts divided the
damages between the tug William G.
Moore and the steamship w. L. Steed.
Both have appealed to the highest
court.
Evening star., 1936-01-16
MRS. A. R. PR0bERT
SUCCUMBS At g
Wife of Chesapeake & Ohio
Vice President Dies at
0lney, Nd, Home.

Mrs. Adelaide r. Probert, 50, wife
Of L. C. Probert, vice president Of the
Chesapeake g. Ohio Railway. died
early today at her home, Homeland
Farms. at Olney, Md. Death was due
to an illness which followed an attack
Of pleurisy in September.
Mrs. Probert, q native of New York
State, came to Washington with her
husband az years ago and had resided
here or In nearby suburbs ever since.
Active in women's club and COM
munity work in Montgomery County,
she was widely known for her labors
in behalf Of those in need and many
others unknowingly were beneficiaries
Of her private charities.
For several years Mrs. Probert was
chairman Of the Woman's Board Of
the Montgomery County General Hos
pital and had a large part in its
development. She also was q member
Of the Board of Directors of the
Washington Animal Rescue League
and one Of the founders of the Mary.
land Virginia Animal Rescue League.
She is survived only by her husband.
Funeral services will be private and
1t was requested no flowers be sent.
Evening star., 1936-01-16
TRIPLE MURDER SUSPECT
GOES ON TRIAL MONDAY
Douglas Van Vlack Accused of
Staying Divorced Wife
and Two Officers.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
TWIN FALLS, Idaho. January 16-
The State won the right yesterday to
try first Douglas Van Vlack, accused
Of a triple murder. on q charge Of
Staying his pretty divorced wife. Mil
dred Hook. %, whom he abducted at
Tacoma, Wash. The trial will open
Monday.
Her body was found, the head
beaten and penetrated by a bullet, in
a culvert near here November 20.
Previously two officers were wound
ed fatally when they attempted to
halt the automobile In which Van
Vlack was believed to be fleeing with
Miss Hook.
Evening star., 1936-01-16
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

O&4 I'VE W . 4N 0xs46Gs
TODAY.
Dinner, Ladies' Aid Society, West
minister Church, 434 Seventh street
southwest, 4 pm.
Supper. Amity Club, Hamilton Hotel.
8 pm.
Bingo party, Lambda Sigma Delta
Sorority, Zeta Chapter, Hayloft. 1926
Massachusetts avenue, $50 pm.
Meeting, Thirteen Club. Willard
Hotel, 8 pm.
Card party. Chapter House, D. A. r.,
Willard Hotel, 8 pm.
Dance, Massachusetts, State Society,
shoreham Hotel, $50 pm.
Dinner dance, Beta Rho Sorority,
Shoreham Hotel, $50 pm.
Dinner. Reciprocity Club. May
flower Hotel, $50 pm.
Meeting, Tau Phi sorority. Raleigh
Hotel, 8 pm.
Banquet, Quentin Roosevelt Post.
American Legion, La Fayette Hotel,
TO pm.
Card and bingo party, st. Patrick's
Church, Carroll Hall, 924 G street,
pm.
Dance, Southeast Community Gen.
ter, Buchanan School, Thirteenth and
D streets southeast, $50 pm.
Reception. dance and annual elec-
ton, Nebraska State Society. Willard
Hotel, 9 pm.
Dinner, Epiphany Church, Four
teenth and G streets, pm.
Bingo party. Nativity Parish Hall
Fourteenth and A streets southeast
8 pm.
Meeting, Sergt. Jasper Post, No. Is
Pythian Temple. 1912 Ninth street.
8 pm.
TOMORROW.
Luncheon, District Bankers Asso-
citation, Willard Hotel, 12:45 pm.
Luncheon, Reciprocity Club, La Fay
cite Hotel. 1890 pm.
Dinner, Trinity Young Peoples So.
ciety, La Fayette Hotel, 8 pm.
Banquet, Ladies' Auxiliary, District
Fire Department, Hamilton Hotel
pm.
Card party, Ohio Girls Club. Thomas
Circle Club. 1926 Massachusetts, ave-
nue., 8 pm.
Card party and dance. Mathis Club,
Mayfower Hotel, 8 pm.
Dinner, General Federation of wom-
ems Clubs, Mayfower Hotel. z pm.
Dance, Georgia State Society,
Shoreham Hotel pm.
Meeting, Kentucky Club, Willard
dotel, pm.
Dance, Wisconsin State Society,
Willard Hotel, 8 pm.
Dance, Arkansas State Society, VIII
lard Hotel, 9 pm.
Dance, lexington Community Gen.
ter, Langley Junior High School, First
and T streets northeast, $50 pm.
Bingo party, State Council Benevo-
lence Committee, Masonic Temple,
Eighth and F streets northeast, 8 pm.
Bingo party, Nativity Parish Hall,
Fourteenth and A streets southeast,
8 pm.
London's Weather.
London's thermometer averages SO
in January and SO in July.
Evening star., 1936-01-16
DR.. G. A. BRANDELLE
DIES IN ILLINOIS
President Emeritus Of Evangeli.
cal Lutheran Augustana Synod
Victim Of Pneumonia.

By the Associated Press.
ROCK ISLAND, H., January 10
DR.. @. A. Brandelle, rs, president
emeritus of the Evangelical Lutheran
Augustana Synod and nationally
known churchman, died in q hospital
early today Of penumonia.
DR.. Brandelle served as president
of the synod from 1918 to June, 1895,
when he was retired.
He was q former president Of
the National Council Of Lutheran
Churches Of the United States, and
was honored by Archbishop Nathan
Soderblom Of Sweden, who awarded
him the Bishops Gross. He was sue.
Evening star., 1936-01-16
ROTOGRAvURE ADS GAIN

CHICAGO, January Is R.-Roto-
gravure advertising in newspapers dur
ing 1885 gained nearly q million lines
over 1894. according to a tabulation
announced yesterday by Advertising
Age.
The total In 1885 was 1927, 1877 lines.
Evening star., 1936-01-16
INDICTMENT DISMISSED
Evelyn Frechette Served Two.
Year Term as Dillinger Associate

ST. PAUL, January Is @.-Dis.
trict Judge r. A. Walsh yesterday
dismissed an indictment against
Evelyn Frechette, one time woman as
sociate Of John Dillinger. since slain,
charging her with harboring him
here.
He acted on request Of James r.
Lynch, assistant county attorney, who
said she had served q two-year sem
tence at Milan, Mich. Federal re.
formatory for the same offense
charged here.
Evening star., 1936-01-16
ALEXANDER J. GAGN0N,
AUTO EXECUTIVE, DIES
Was Former Vice President OF
General Motors-Also Served
Fisher Body Firm.

4SNcI 1V1y . Al ~
BY the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla, January l6.--Alex-
ander J. Gagnon, 81, retired Detroit
automobile company executive, died
yesterday at his Winter home here of
q heart attack.
Gagnon. former vice president Of
General Motors Corp. and former
vice president and production man
ager Of Fisher Body Corp, is survived
by his widow. Mrs. Minnie Gagnon,
and daughter, Mrs. William Book.
Detroit.
Evening star., 1936-01-16
African Highlands.

Equatorial East Africa has highlands
comparable in extent TO the plateaux
Of the Andes, with climate and re-
sources suitable to white settlement.
The Washington times., 1936-11-10
HEADS OF CIVIC
GROUP

ESDA, Md, Nov. 10.
Washington I. Cleveland, president
of the Kensington Chamber of
Commerce was reelected president
of the Montgomery County Civic
Federation at the annual meeting
held in the elementary school here
last night.
Other officers are H. S. Yohe,
vice president: Carl A. Kerberly of
Mohican Hills, recording secre-
tary; Orville M. Kile, of Mohican
Hills, corresponding secretary;
and John A. P. Farnham of Friend
ship Heights, treasurer.
The executive committee is
Josiah w. Jones Of Sandy Spring;
DR.. C. C. Galloway Of Takoma
Park; Allen H. Gardner of Wood
side Park and E. w. Shepard of
Chevy Chase View.
During a short business session
after the election the Federation
indorsed the drive for funds to be
conducted by the County Social
Service League in connection with
the Washington Community Chest
campaign.
The Washington times., 1936-11-10
CORN HUSKERS
BATTLE IN
THE MUD

OYLER FARM, LICKING
COUNTY, Ohio, Nov. 10 0.N.S0. T..
Overcast skies that carried a
threat Of snow and treacherous
mud under foot failed today to
dampen the ardor or materially
decrease the numbers of thou
sands Of farmers and city folk
who came here to see 18 IRON
muscled -oung farmers decide the
national corn-husking champion
ship.
Although the main event, which
will pit against each other the
two best cornhuskers each of the
nine corn belt States could pro-
duce, was not scheduled until
12:45 .. M, hordes of spectators
began their descent upon Alva L.
Oyler's 487-acre farm as early as
a. m.
The contest field was mud
soaked and much corn was weight
ed down by moisture from recent
heavy snow and rain, but most of
the 18 contestants, all rugged in
dividualists, eSchewed the use of
galoSheS.
Besides not being in keeping
with a professional cornhuskers
standard equipment, such artifi-
cial aids would slow them down,
these hghtning-fast conquerorS of
the cornStalkS asserted.
The condition of the field and
Of the corn was expected to dash
any hope the 18 combatants might
have brought here of setting a
new world record to replace the
41.5-bushel mark hung up by El-
mer Carlson, of Iowa, last year in
Indiana.
Carlson, by the way, isn't a COM
petitor this time. He has retired
until cornhusking produces more
formidable competition. But his
little brother, Carl, is carrying on
for the CarlSonS and for Iowa.
The Washington times., 1936-11-10
Don't Try to "Savet' on Home Remedies
Ask Your Doctor

There is one point, on which
practically all doctors, educators
and writer's on child welfare
agree. That is: Don't giDe your
child unknown remedies Without
asking your doctor first.
All mothers know this. But
not all practice it. For often the
instinct to save a few pennies by
buying something just as good"
overcomes their usual caution.
When it comes to the widely
used children'S remedy - milk
of magnesia" - many doctors
for over half century have said
''PHILLIPS." For Phillips Milk
of Magnesia is the standard Of