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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1936-07-02
Case Continued
In Litigation Suit
Superior Court Will Decide Ii State
Has Right to Tax Companies
Under Govt. Contract

OLYMPIA, June 30-The case in
superior court over the states right
ito impose the general business and
occupation tax on companies under
contract with the government at
Grand Coulee has been continued
until motion day, July "a, the clerk
Of the supreme court, Ben J. Hart.
said today.
The contractors appealed from a
Thurston county court judgment
that the state can collect the taxes,
involving about 100000.
Payment of the tax is protested on
the grounds the companies CONTRACTS
make them federal instrumentalities
and their contracts are performed
wholly upon territory owned by the
federal government over which the
state has no taxing Jurisdiction.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1936-07-02
DOUBLE DANCE PROGRAM
AT RINIROCK PAVILION

The Rimrock dance pavilion will
attract crowds from all over the
Big Bend and Coulee dam ar,a
this weekend. when they feature
dances on both Friday and Satur-
day evenings.
The double dance program will
help residents of this country solve
their entertainment problem for
the Fourth Of July, and as spec
ial treat they will have the oppor-
tunity to dance to the music Of
Swanson's orchestra, musical or
ganization that Is famous for its
renditions OF popular airs and nov
city numbers.
The pavilion is easily accessible
from here, being located on the
Speedball highway, midway be-
tween Coulee City and Grand Cou-
lee.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1936-07-02
Structure VIII Contain Three Cells.
Council Hall and Room for
Fire Truck

A call for bids was issued by
the city council at their meeting on
Wednesday night for the construc-
ton Of large building which will
contain three-cell jail and bull
pen," council rooms and fire sta-
ton.
Advertisement for the bids will
run for two weeks and they will be
opened July 18th when the council
takes up the session adjourned
from last night. If satisfactory
bid is received, a contract will be
awarded and construction will be-
gin Immediately.
The new municipal building will
be located between the old blac6-
smith shop and state road ware
house, 40x26 feet reinforced con-
crete with stucoo front.
The city officials should be COM
mended on their decision to build
this structure, as it is real for
ward step in the history Of Coulee
City.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1936-07-02
HAM HOOKER
IN HOOSEGOW
Transient Claimed He Won Meat
4 at Circus Carnival, But Plead
4 Guilty to Larceny

This might rightfully be called
'"the caserof the missing ham, OF
who stole the hog-leg." William
Malloney, the villain from PARKWAY
Montana. so he said, SWITCHED the
ham from the meat counter in
Stout's store and sold it to the
Black Cat cafe for $1.00, after
telling them he had won it at a
circus carnival. The cafe unknow-
ingly bought the ham and Mr.. NAL
loney left for Wenatchee by air.
Air you going my way, mister"
Jack Gilden. butcher, traced the
ham by the simple procedure Of
asking different people if they had
seen anyone carrying the meat.
They had, for the man had drop
ped it no less than four times while
en- route down the street.
Constable Moore was called
after the ham was found and iden-
tilted. and he. accompanied by
Chuck Wilburn, who readily recog-
nized Malloney as being in th>
store at the time of the theft, AID
Wilmer Debolt, found Mr.. NAL
loney blithely walking down the
side of the Sunset highway to We
natchee. They graciously offered
him ride, and after his identity
had been verified by the owner of
the Black Cat as having been the
person who sold them the ham, he
was taken to Ephrata.
Malloney dryly remarked that
he thought the ride had been sus-
piciously easy to get, and protested
that If he had known the intent of
his supposed benefactors he would
rather have walked.
He plead guilty of petty larceny
at Ephrata and Justice C. w. Dun
can decided that Is days in Jail
would be a good cure for Mr.. lIal-
loney's itching "meat hooks"
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1936-07-02
ALONG Main Street,

JACK GILDEN ruthlessly pur-
suing missing ham, but endeavor-
ing to throw the JIMMIE BLAKE
into the limelight for disclosing
heretofore hidden talent and a
high degree of efficiency in play
ing mama G. G. MOORE
watching TOM TWINING play a
snappy tune on typewriter ;.
JOHN BROWNE using tho writing
table in the postoffice f. SIDNEY
JACKSON and NELSON CHENEY
washing dishes at the editor S
house MAX GILL with pain
in his neck" H. e. STOLL
Strengthening the wheel on baby
buggy, under the watchful eye of
Mrs. Stoll BERT BROCKWAY
applying a new coat of paint to
front of WAGONER'S store .
MIR. and MRS. r. B. CARPENTER
home from their vacation KEN
LOKENSGARD, former Coast in
tercollegiate boxing champ at w.
S. c., driving Union Oil truck :.
GOLDIE MOSIER and FRANKEY
MCCAIN visiting in the beauty
paTlor TOM TWINING, after
thumbing a ride, having to tpnk
car that was devoid of gasoline
JACK ADAMS in town for The
mail.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1936-07-02
High Dam Is
Not Endangered
"RestrictionS" Do Not In Any Way
Nullify Original Authorization
or Project

So called restrictions, on appro-
priation of $20,75O,O0O for continu
alton of construction work at Grand
Coulee dam for the coming fiscal
year do not in any way nullify or
iginal authorization of the Grand
Coulee project contained in Section
OF the rivers and harbors act OF
August 80, 1886"
This is the opinion of Sam B. HIM.
resigned Washington congressman,
expressed in u letter received by ].
l.. Kinman, president OF the Spok-
ane Chamber of Commerce.
"The appropriation for the Grand
Coulee dam project consists of $780,
100000 to be applied on the MWAK
contract and other construction
costs, and $4,000 for administra-
tive expenses" the letter explains.
There was no item for surveys OF
the lands in the Columbia basin ar
ca. Two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars was allotted for this purpose
last year. About 100000 has been
expended, leaving about $4,000
to carry on that work. The acting
com missioner OF reclamation, Mr..
Page, advises me that this work will
go on with the unexpended balance
OF the previous ALLEGATION"
The so-called restriction Simply
requires that construction authori-
cation or appropriation or both be
granted by congress as a condition
precedent to a new contract for fur
Their work at the dam as the present
contract is treated.
II had this matter up several
times with chairman Buchanan and
the clerk Of the committee on an
preparations before 1t was put in the
bill. They assured me that II In no
wise nullifies the authorization In
the rivers and harbors act for the
Grand Coulee project. This authori-
cation stands as the authority for the
appropriations committee to provide
in further appropriations bills money
for the continuance Of the Grand
Coulee developmant." i,
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1936-07-02
EXTEND LOW RATE
ON LAND BANK LOANS

Temporarily reduced interest on
Land bank loans will continue for
one more year at 1-2 per cent to
all members Of national farm loan
associations, President e. M. Ehr-
hardt of the bank at Spokane was
informed today by Land Bank Com
missioner A. S. Goss of Washington,
D. G.
Commissioners Goss explained that
President Roosevelt signed bill
June Is extending the temporary
8 IL per cent rate until June 30th,
1897, on all loans which have been
made through and guaranteed by
national farm loan associations. Bor-
rowers who have obtained loans dir
ect from the bank will pay reduced
rate of per cent until June 30th.
1887.
The temporary interest reduction
applies on approximately $4,000 900,
600 of loans which have been closed
through national farm loan associa
tions during the nearly 20 years the
Land bank system has been in opera
ton. 1t affects a substantial saving
for nearly 10000 northwest farmers
who have financed their mortgages
ttyn al y or, h,, L.
of Spokane.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1936-07-02
.STORK BUSY IN COULEE

The stork had a rush season in
and around Coulee the past week,
three babies being born. Two of
the tots were born at the Coulee
hospital, seven and one-half
pound boy to MI. and Mrs. Edwin.
Nicholson, and ten-pound boy to
Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Layton. A seven
and one-half pound girl was born to
Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood Harold at
their home June 80.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1936-07-02
RETURNS FROM SOUTH

Courtney Ferguson, Coulee pio-
neer, Is back in town renewing old
acquaintance after long vaca-
ton spent travelling in the East
and South.
Mr.. Ferguson left Coulee last
fall and visited with relatives in
Pennsylvania until December, and
from there he went to Florida
were he spent the winter sight
seeing over the lower part of the
alligator state.
In March he wnet back to Penn
sylvania and stayed there until his
recent return to Coulee.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1936-07-02
Renovate Inside
Of Neihart Drug
Tasteful Color Combinations and
Fixture Encouragement Gives
Big City Atmosphere

If anyone would care to see lust
what big city drug store looks
like inside, they need not go out
OF town to do so, as the Neihart
Drug store has been remodeled
and refinished until it now prese its
an appearance that is on a par
with any drug story in any size
town.
To begin with, the entire inter-
Tor of the store has been repainted
the walls a bright aluminium
and the woodwork has new iyory
surface, with the trimming in
black. To say the least, it will i'm.
medlately bring exciama tions OF
praise from patrons on the al
tractive color combination.
THE fixtures have been changed
around for convenience, and have
also been vanished a golden oak
until they fairly they fairly shine.
In addition to this, new green dis
play stands of the latest type nave
been installed in the center of the
floor, giving touch of neatness
that would be difficult to dupli-
cate.
Mrs. Neihart states that a formal
opening will be held on about ,Ju V
IL, when customers and friends
will be invited to be present and
view the altered appearance of hel
drug store. Complete plans will be
announced in next weeks issue of
the Dispatch, and readers are ur-
ged to watch or them.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1936-07-02
COUNCIL CALLS FOR BIDS
ON NEW CIVIC BUILDING
MANY YARDS JUDGED
IN BETTER YARD CONTEST

The preliminary Judging for the
Better Yard contest was held
last Friday, with the judges ex-
pressing the opinion they were
very we'll pleased with the showing
of the gardens and the number en-
tered in the contest.
Final jduging will be this fall,
and added work will be scored.
Contestants who wish to see
their score may do so by calling at
Mrs. John McCann's.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1936-07-02
PAINTS STORE

A complete coating of attractive
creme paint is being applied to
the front of Wagoner's store, with
the work to be finished the latter
part of this week. The work Is be-
ing done by Bert Brockway.
Mrs. Wagner is to be congratu-
her newly-garbed store.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1936-07-02
FEATURE PICNIC

A gala program of swimming,
boating, fishing and racing for
the July holiday will be held at
McCann's beach, Blue lake, when
they stage their annual Fourth of
July picnic, Saturday.
Races for all sizes and ages OF
swimmers will be held, with prizes
given to the winners.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1936-07-02
WOMEN BID FAREWELL
TO MRS. o. A. SORENSON

The Coulee City Women's club
gave handkerchief shower as a
farewell party to Mrs. O. A. Sor-
ensen, who left Coulee this week.
Bridge was played following the
shower, with Mrs. H. e. Stoll win
ming high score honors.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1936-07-02
LEAVES TO VISIT MOTHER

"Rusty" Griffin left Saturday Oh
in the East. He plans to be gone a
month, most of the time visiting at
the home Of his parents in Chicago.
Don Mutt will have charge OF
the barber shop during MI. Grit
fins absence.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1936-07-02
LODGE DELEGATES FETED

The Odd Fellow and Rebekah
lodges held pot-luek dinner the
first Of the week, and heard Mrs.
C. L. Chappell and H. e. Stoll, del
egates to the Grand Lodge at Walla
Walla, tell of what occurred at
the meeting there.
After the talks, dinner was SER
we'd, followed by pinochle playing
and a general social evening.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1936-07-02

Ray Dalrymple of Yakima, a
nephew of Mr.. and Mrs. A. r.
Thompson, is a guest at their home.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1936-07-02

Mrs. G. w. Williams of Seattle,
stopped at her parents home, Mr..
and Mrs. H. H. Harris, on her way
TO Occur d'Alene, Idaho.
Mrs, H. P. Backus left for Cedar
with her parents.
Nortie and Dickie Waters Of
Administration City, returned to
their home after a weeks vacation
as a guest OF Donald Thompson.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1936-07-02

Mr.. and Mrs Chas. Taylor were
callers at Del Rio over Sunday.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1936-07-02

Continued on page five)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-30

his full duty at the polls. Wheth-
cr he realizes it or not he is a
Stacker and unworthy of citizen
ship. No person has the right to
accept the benefits and the priv
ileges of this nation afforded
him through the efforts and the
sacrifices of others, and fail to do
his bit toward strengthening this
democracy and making it succeed.
Every person eligible to vote
should be fined adequately for
each failure to vote unless he can
show a reasonable eXcuse-which
should be recorded and approved
before election day.
But" explains a citizen, 1.-THE
reason | do not go to the polls
is that often there is not a can
didate on our local ticket can
vote for and keep my self-respect.
Furthermore, | am convinced that
our local elections are not con-
Quoted honestly"
Quite so, but if you were re-
quired to vote or pay a fine you
would be inclined to join a move
ment which would insure that
your local elections would be con-
Quoted honestly and that candi-
dates would be brought out whom
you could support consclentlously.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-30
GONE FAR ENOUGH
Observer.

For six years the national government has been
financing itself in the red.
The miserable business started before the Roose-
Welt administration set in.
1t picked up in tempo to startling degree with
that regime.
This, therefore, is not matter to be approached
with partisan reproaches.
It is to be met with practical, everyday common
sense.
For six years this government at Washington has
been going it on a basis of spending practically two
dollars for every one dollar which came IN through
revenues.
Individuals handling their affairs on this basis
would sooner or later face the referee in bank
ruptcy, mostly sooner! ........
Governments have no special immunity from the
same punishment for their lack of foresight and
business prudence that befalls individuals
Time is at hand therefore for this serious hscal
fact to get down into the consciousness of the peo-
pie of this republic.
The way to stop it, in the meantime, is not so
much through balancing of the budget by raising
the revenues as by balancing of the budget through
decreased expenditures certainly through de-
crease of federal funds that easily find their way
into channels of wastefulness and extravaganza.
No single administration has monopoly on that,
either!-Charlotte Observer.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-30
WHERE TAXES HURT

The high tax burden being carried by American
business the Charlotte Observer says, ought to be
a matter of tremendous concern to those who are
lulling themselves to complacency in this matter
with the poison of 'let Big Business pay the
freight"
"a survey of 694 companies in rs industries, un-
dertaken by the National Association of Manufac-
turers, indicates that only three per cent of the
total payroll of American industry, sixtenths of
one per cent of sales or 10 cents for each share
of common stock goes to executive salaries.
"But on the other hand, "a per cent of the in
dustrial payroll is paid out in taxes, 0s per cent
of Sales 50 per share of common stock, or 142 per
cent of dividends. In the oil industry taxes equal
12O per cent of the total payroll Public utilities
and autoniotive manufacturers pay taxes amount
ing to SO per cent and Ss per cent, respectively,
of their payrolls."
And when it Is considered that most "big bust
npsses' are composed of many thousands of rela-
tvely small stockholders it is even less difficult,
The Observer says 'to through these statistics
The class of people who are being paralyzed by
mounting tax oppression-it is the industrial as
we'll as the captastic classes. "-Greenville News.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-30

in the State. In this section are people who
have come from the four corners of the
country to become citizens of North Caro-
lima. We are confident these splendid peo-
ple will support the assertion that, with
the usual exceptions, the native population
of this region is friendly, hospitable and
appreciative of the presence and co-opera-
ton of all good people who come from
other sections.
Therefore, The Times-News heartily
agrees with The News and Observers con-
elusion that North Carolina needs able and
intelligent men and women from other
States; and we believe such citizens will
be welcomed and will not find cause to
complain of their treatment by the native
population.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-30
Fined For Not Voting
Ry WICKES WAMBOLDT

cent of the voters and are known
as the politically controlled vot~
erS.
But there is a third class of
persons indifferent or unpatrlotlc
who commonly do not go to the
polls at all though occasionally
some of them vote when fired by
some burning issue. This third
class comprises from thirty-five
to fifty per cent of the voters.
They actually hold the balance of
voting power. They could decide
every political issue. And the
chances are, should they go to
the polls, they would decide those
issues properly. Those citizens are
not blindly partisan, and they
would not sell their votes. But if
they would there are so many of
them that the politicians could
not afford to buy them; there
would not be enough money and
Jobs to go around.
Usually political machines can
not control more than thirty to
thirty-fve per cent of the votes
no matter how many they buy
and steal. They cannot tamper
with the election machinery and
tinker with the voters morals SUI
ficiently to swing more than from
thirty to thirty-five per cent Of
the votes. But that amount is
enough to overwhelm those sim
cere patriotic citizens who go to
the polls faithfully and vote con-
scientiOusly. 1t is the thirty-five
to fifty per cent Of our citizens
who, by neglecting to vote, throw
our state and local governments
time after time into the hands of
self-serving and corrupt political
machines. 1t is not fair for any
person to occupy the position of
citizen in this nation and not do
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-30
NEWSPAPERS OPINIONS
OFFICE HOLDING PARASITES

Il was in 1924 when Mr.. jefferson who had con-
trbuted his full part toward the establishment OF
the American government said:
"T think myself that we have more machinery
of government than is necessary, too many para
sites living on the labor of the industrious" All!
but if he could take look at it now!
The National Resources committee recently re-
norted TO President Roosevelt that there are 49,
900 different political units in this country
Broken down. that means that there are enough
of these political units today to allot one to each
TAO people of our entire population.
Mr.. Jefferson hit the nail on the head when he
classified the politicians and office holding ogarchy
az PARASITES living on the labor of the industri-
GUS"
That to be sure, would not justly be applicable
to every public servant. By no means
But there has been such multiplication OF OIL
fee holders within the last generation and such lit
tiers of them have been developed under the pres
ent national regime that at no previous time IN the
history of the American government has there oeen
such an agglomeration of parasites living on the
labor of the Industrious.
Spch. to be sure. is the inevitable result of bu-
reaucracy That is the mother of these parasites
Governmental bureaus, commissions, depart
ments and such have come into being IN practically
every area of state and federal government with
the consequence that hundreds of thousands OF or
fcials and clerks and illers-in have been added to
the public payroll to live ION the labor OF the IN
dustrious."
Perhaps, no more singularly vital reform could
be instituted by those who have the machinery at
their command than this of simplifying government
and leading it back into normal and orthodox chan
nels to the end not only that vast economies would
result but also that government itself would in its
functionings become far more eficient.-Charlotte
Observer.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-30
BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON
BY RODNEY BUTCHER,

II politician means that WPR
is hiring work-relief labor al
WPA wage scales or CCC boys al
the $50 month CCC pay on a
political basis, that's one thing. If
he means that administrative en-
ployes, from supervisors and fore
men up, are being required to
show political backing, that's an
other.
There's something more nause-
ating about the idea that subsist-
ence wages used as substitutes for
dole to avert starvation are con-
ditioned on politics.
Republican Manager John Ham,
ilton has answered Democratic
Manager Jim Farley's question:
"Has anybody who is listening
to this speech ever heard of a man
or woman being asked whether he
or she is a Democrat or a Repub-
lican before getting the dole or an
emergency job?"
4
IT'S a fair guess that Farley
meant recipients of cash or
work relief, although he may have
figured listeners would think he
covered more ground. &c.,.
But Hamilton comes back with
evidence that an applicant for
Job as a non-technical foreman in
a CCC camp was asked by Wy
oming's Governor Miller to fill
out an application blank requir-
ing him to give his political rec
ord. 90 ~ .. .., - q
Evidence that work-rcliefers
and CCC enrollees. have been re.
quired to leap political hurdles
hasn't yet appeared-although il
may, local politicians being what
they so often are.
In many states, however, WPA
administrative stats and CCC
non-technical foremen are EN-.
ployed largely on a political basis.
That's been true in CCC since the
late Speaker Byrns and an unoffi-
cial patronage committee of con-
gressmen went to the White House
and put up big holler for more
pie.
Downright. 1895. NEA Service. 1nc.)