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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-08-19
News In Brief

N. A. Cheney of Grand Coulee
spent the weekend at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs, Bob Hilson.
Bert Brockway has been busy
kalsomining and painting the in
terror of Pyles store.
Bill LAWN, Portland, was a Wis
itor at the Leo LAWN home this
week. They left for Seattle today.
Chuck wilbur and Frank Ber-
gen made business trip to Spo-
kant today.
H. l.. Davidson is spending a
few days with the LAWN construc-
ton crew at Dayton.
FOR SALE-Medium size coal
sonable. Inquire M. c. Kirkwood,
Dry Falls.
Mr.. and Mrs Hiram Chappell
and son, Paul, were guests at the
f. w. Mccain home last Thursday
evening
Mrs. Williams of Seattle is visit
ing her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H.
H. Harris.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Learner and
Elmer Nelson attended the circus
in Wenatchee today.
Mrs Aver Stembridge. of Kirk
land, Wash returned home Tues
day after months visit at Dry
Falls with Mr., and Mrs. Giezen-
tanner.
EX-President Herbert Hoover
was visitor at Dry Falls Monray
his first visit here.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-08-19
GEORGE w. STAFFORD, SO,
PASSES AWAY AT ALMIR.A

George w. Stafford, SO, passed
away at the home of his daughter
Mrs. Ethel Mae Hilson at Almira,
this morning, after short illness.
He was born August IS, 1854. at
Caledonia, Ohio, and spent the
greater part of his life in and ar
ound Chicago, ILL.,, where he was a
railroad baggage agent for many
years.
From Illinois he moved to Flor
ida, and came west to Spokane
about Is years ago. He resided for
short time on homestead hear
Wilson Creek before retiring. Mr..
Stafford has made his home for
the past several years with Mrs.
HilsoD.
He was member Of the I. o. o.
F. lodge, having joined the organi-
cation over so years ago, and also
belonged to the Masonic order.
Surviving members Of the family
include three sons. William Fl. of
Oaeksdale, George E. of Tacoma,
and Robert w. of Spokane; five
daughters, Mrs. Ethel M. Hilson,
Almira, Mrs. Grace Monks of Chi
cago, ILL.,, Mrs. Katherine Ingram,
Milton, Florida, Mrs. Eva Hall of
haywood, ILL.,. and Mrs. Bess Nor
ris, Los Angeles, California.
He also leaves fifteen grand
children and three great-grand-
children.
Funeral services are to be held
Saturday, at the Thornhill-Carey
Funeral home in Spokane. Burial
will be in the family lot in Morr-
ison, Illinois
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-08-19
MRS. JOHN WILLIS

Genoa Donley Willis WAS born Mar.
>, 1876 in Jackson county Iowa. On
August 9, 1897 she was married to-
John NJ Willis of the same state and
county. Thus she passed away on the
fortieth anniversary of her marriage,
and within n few hours if the exact
time of her marriage. The end of her
tourney was reached in Spokane Mon
day evening, August 9.
Mr.. Willis came to Washington in
1900, and Mrs Willis few months
later. They settled near Hnrtline. Lat
or they took a homestead across the
coulee in the Baird country. In 1908
they returned to Hartline and took
up their residence on the present
home property, south of Hartline.
Surviving are: Her husband, John;
two daughters, Mrs. Edna Hilty Of
Spokane, Lorraine at home; two grand
children, Blanche Cunningham and
Willis Aldredge; three stepchildren,
Ina Aldredge, Keller, Wash, Walker
Willis, Coulee City, and Paul Willis
of Chicago; a brother, Jim Donley, Of
Troy Idaho; and a sister, Mrs. Orpha
Bennett. Deary, Idaho.
She was "a member of the Order Of
the Eastern Star at Hartline and al
SO a member of the Hartline Metho-
dist church.
Funeral services were held Thurs
day afternoon from the church, with
Rev. w. w. Swtzer officiating Jen-
kins and Son Mortuary of Ephrata
was in charge of the interment, which
was in the Hartline cemetery
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-08-19
Committee To
Visit Dam Soon

The powerful subcommittee of the
House Appropriations Committee
which approves or rejects the recla-
nation project allotments today ac-
Grand Coulee dam and become con-
WINGED that funds expended for this
mammoth undertaking are funds we'll
invested The visit is an official one
and will occur in early September.
Needless to say, this visit by the
congressman, who for the House con-
troll the purse-strings of Uncle Sam,
as far as reclamation projects go. is
an all important one to our section Of
the State. If the Congressman are
properly impressed their powerful in
fluence will immeasurably assist the
cause of the Grand Coulee. Like the
President, they will become convinced
Of the Importance of western irriga-
ton.
The visit will be made in two sec
of Kentucky, and James M. Fitz-
patrick. og New York, will see the
project on September Z. Other ar
rangements have made necessary their
visit before that of the other mem
bers of the committee. On September
13 and IA, Representatives James G.
Scrugham. of Nevada. acting sub
committee chairman; Robert F. Rich,
of Pennsylvania, Jed Johnson, of
Oklahoma William p Lambertson. of
Kansas, and Charles H. Leavy, of our
state of Washington will tour the dam
| and surrounding area
VIII Be Auspicious Visit
The September visit should be an
suspicious one in eastern Washington
history. as it should virtually insure
the speedy approval of future funds
by this committee, and aid the sub
| sequent approval by the committee
! proper. believe in Congressional
| significance, it will be second only to
the visit to the dam by President
! Roosevelt and Secretary Ickes a few
years ago.
One of the big issues of the annual
Grand Coulee appropriations fight
has come from the eastern represent
atives and senators who have never
visited a western reclamation project
and thus found out what miracles can
be performed by watering an other
wise desert To Representatives o.
Neil and Rich, this visit should be
Illuminating; Fitzpatrick is an ardent
booster already, because of such a Wis
he made several years ago.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-08-19
OFFERS PLACEMENT AID

In an effort to help hold tourist
trade in Coulee City, John Tucker
today offered his help in finding
rooms for tourists during the la
Dor day holidays.
In the past there has been a
shortage OF places for visitors to
stay overnight, though doubtless
there are persons here with spare
bedrooms who would be glad to
rent them. Simply list your room
with Mr.. Tucker and he will d.
rect the visitors to your homo.
The Labor day holidays this
year include September and s.
In addition to making some
extra money for themselves, local
home -pwners will be aiding res
taurants, service stations, etc, and
will also help to publicize this city.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-08-19
INTEREST HATES REDUCED
FOR TWO YEAR PERIOD

The temporarily reduced inter
est rate of three and a half per
cent on Federal land bank loans
made through national farm loan
associations continues in effect for
lila interest installments payable
in the period from July 1, 1887,
to June 80, 1898; and the rate
with, be four per cent for one year
thereafter. The rate on loans OBJ
tanned directly from the Federal
Land bank Is one-half of one per
cent higher.
The interest rate On Land bank
Commissioner loans is temporarily
reduced to four per cent per annum
for all interest falling due over a
period of two years beginning July
%, 1897.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-08-19
THRIFTY MARINE
SAVES $15SO.34

An interesting case of thrift on
the part of an enlisted marine at
the end of first enlistment has been
received by Captain G. c. Gill, officer
in charge of the Marine Corps Re
cruiting Station, 433 Federal Build
ing, Seattle, Wash, from Colonel
David M. Randall, Commanding Off
icer of the Marine Barracks at the
Navy Yard, Mare Island, Calf. He
recently discharged Corporal Levi T.
Burcham and turned over to him q
check amounting to $1580.34. Bur-
cham, native of Bel Air, Maryland,
enlisted on July 10, 1898, at Bait
imore and on completion of his re-
cruit training was transferred to
the Marine Corps Base at San Diego.
All of his service since then was
spent at San Diego, aboard the USS
Saratoga, and at Mare Island.
Depositing $40 per month for
seven months, increasing it to $40,
and then stepping it up successfully
to s35 and $40 per month, his saw
ings, with the four percent interest
allowed by the government, am
ounted to $127O. In addition his
savings on liberal clothing allow
ance, and transportation from Calf
orDia to his home in Maryland,
totaled $158O34. The incentive for
this creditable saving was Burcham IS
ambition to enter the University of
California this fall. During his four
year enlistment the privileges Of
study through tht facilities of the
Marine Corps Institute were open to
Corporal Burcham.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-08-19

the stage or auto bus. In connection
with this line a number of years ago
on a dry, hot summer day a certain
prominent Northern Pacific official
was making the trip across this sec
ton of the road, and he remarked to
others on the train that the two sta
tons, Bacon and Adrian, instead of
being called by those names should be
ramed "Dante' and "Inferno. !"
But, of course, the then Grand Cou-
lee dam and Columbia Basin prof.
Get was not in the offing.
Interesting Scenery
In spite of what the gentleman said
there are many interesting things to
be seen along this road. When cross
ing the high ridge south OF town an
observer has a good view of much
that happened during the great ice
age, and can see some of the catar-
acts and coulees that lead from them,
enc of which will no doubt be used in
getting the water across to Adrian
where distribution will be made for
the reclamation project.
Along the east side of the dry cou-
lee the road is high up on the walls
and one gets good view of Dry cou-
lee and the intersecting canyon that
comes across Grand coulee. Here too,
une will observe the old Indian trails,
these, of course, abandoned.
Uphill from Adrian
Coming this way from Adrian is
just about all up hill. We had two To-
comotives on the train, one in the
rear and one ahead. 1t was interest
ing to watch the way they would puff
and pull up the heavy grade, and then
over the summit where the going Is
easy again and mostly downgrade in
to the yards where they leave the load
for the dam locomotives to pick up.
This is a commonplace trip to the
crews that make it so often, but to the
writer it was a most interesting jour
pey. We hope the engine crew enjoyed
the trip as much as we did.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-08-19
Sentiment favOrS
District Formation

OLYMPIA--Charles A. Kennedy,
chairman of the organization COM
mittce of the Columbia Basin Irrign-
ton district, submitted report OF
the preliminary work of the district
at committee meeting in Ephrata
Wednesday.
J. B. Fink, director of conservation
and development, said that Kennedy
had visited every part of the proposed
project, talked with many land own
ers, and found sentiment favorable
and desire on the part of the land
owners for complete information on
all involved details
Fink attended the meeting, but said
the department IS interest was wholly
in administering the interests Of the
state in connection with the prof.
ect.D
"The bureau of reclamation and
this department. merely will act in
an advisory capacity,' Fink said.
GIVE will provide expert legal advice
and will pay portion of the prelim-
mary costs.
HWe want the farmers and owners
of the project lands to realize that
this is their task
Fink said, however, the district
should be formed and all questions
settled in about two years, and that
"means there must be no unnecessary
delay.'
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-08-19

In the building of the Grand cou-
lee we often think of all the work be-
ing done at that place. 1t is true the
major part is done there, but there is
much done in other places--in the
mining and manufacturing of all
kinds of material and in it's trans
portation to the dam Site where it is
put into its final place within the
dam.
And right here under our eyes we
see trainload after trainload of Gem
ent going down the coulee to the dam
without which no dam could be built,
and we do not give it much or any
thought, only as an incident in the
whole affair. When we want to see
something in the building line we all
go to the dam proper to see it.
"Took A Ride"
But last week the writer and Frank
Willis, local engine tender, through
the courtesy of Charles Steinbaugh,
Northern Pacific engineer, were of
fcred and gladly accepted the privi-
lege of riding the Iron Horse from
here TO Adrian and back. 1t takes
snme five hours or more to make the
re und trip. They go from he1e to the
junction east of town and pick up the
empty cars from the dam on the NV
AK railroad, then pull over the "f'
and on to the main line at Adrian
The train goes backwards to Adrian
and picks up the loaded ca,s there
and is reaty to head home with the
loaded train. The one We were on had
AZ carloads | was told they contained
a total of about $500 tons of cement.
IF this is used at the ratio of seven
to one, it will give you some idea of
the immense tonnage in one traiDload
of the finished product in the dam.
Truly, these crews of men are doing
their part in the construction of the
project.
Years ago we often went over this
line to Adrian, in getting to Wenat-
chez or the Coast. That was before
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-08-19

NOTICE

Notice to parents of school child
rem whose children have to be tr-
ansported by motor vehicle or
otherwise to school. There will be
a meeting at the schoolhouse on
Tuesday, August oath, 1887, 1880
pm. for the purpose of arranging
the transportation facilities for the
coming school term.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SCHOOL DIST $50
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-08-19
ALONG MAIN STREET.

BILL PYLES testing wet paint
JACK GILDEN drawing pic.
ltures on his ad copy-he's sure a
lousy artist STANLEY JONES
trying to bring HeTbie Hoover
back to the memories of the editor
and Tom Twining. He couldn't do
1t either FRED EGGERS sell
ing hats MRS. JOSEPHINE
RHODES paying for two cups of
coffee she didn't drink ALT
TWINING matching dimes-and he
won too JOE DODD remark
ing, "As long as / don't have to
get up nights to fiji these repair
orders, It will be okeh."
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-08-19
INJURED IN WRINGER

Lavina Smeltzer, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs Arnold Smeltzer, was
painfully injured Tuesday when
she accidentally caught her arm i'm
a washing machine wringer. The
little lady was given first aid treat
ment by Mrs. Margaret Dodd. No
bones were broken, but the hand
and arm were badly bruised
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-08-19
ENGINE BURNS

The gasoline engine which is
used to pump water to the Dry
Falls reservoir, caught fire Tues
day and was badly damaged be
fore the flames could be extin-
guished. Water is being hauled to
the, park from town until the mo-
tor can be repaired.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-08-19
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank our kind
friends and neIghbors for their
acts of love and sympathy during
our recent loss of wife, mother
and sister, and also extend CRATE
full thanks for the beautiful floral
tributes to our loved one.
John M. Willis and Family.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-08-19
COMMITTEE OKEHS BUDGET

The county school budget COM
mittee, in session at Ephrata Mon
day, approved the local school ex-
penditures as planned by the Cou-
lee City school board for the COM
ing year.
r. Fl. Twiniug and Charles Chap
pell, local school board members,
attended the meeting.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-08-19

Mrs. V. e. holland made trip
to Spokane Saturday where she
enjoyed a Visit with her sister,
Mrs. Mamie Van Dusen
Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Struntz of
Mold, visited at the home of their
daughter, Mrs. Hershal letters,
Wednesday.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-08-19
AUTOS DAMAGED

Two auto accidents occurred in
this vicinity this week, but no one
was injured in either mishap.
Early in the week a sedan roll
ed over near Park lake. The occu-
pant, Grand Coulee man, escap-
ed injury, although the top of the
vehicle was flattened out nearly
level with the seats.
A car bearing Massachusetts Ii
eense plates sideswiped a truck
about two miles east of Coulee
City on the Sunset highway and
went into the ditch. Considerable
damage was done to the lower
gears of the auto, but the rest of
the car and the three young people
in it were not hunt.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-08-19
BUILDING PLATFORM

A platform so by 80 feet is be-
ing erected by Dodd & Gill at the
end of the new warehouse they
built last fall The large crop OF
grain this year in this vicinity has
necessitated the additional piling
space.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-08-19

Mrs. C. ID. Gillanders returned
ITO her home in Vancouver, B. c.,
after a visit with her daughter
Mrs. Milton Kirkwood
Lee Williams and family of
Neppel, visited at the Oscar Lar
sen home Sunday.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-08-19

Mrs. Gregg returned this week
from California where she enjoyed
a vacation.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-08-19

H. e. Stoll and Lloyd letters
went to Lake Chelan Wednesday
might.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-08-19

SCHOOL DIST. $50
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-08-19
Iron Horse Plays Important Role
In Construction OF Great Dam
(By Frank Mccain

In the building the
lee often think of all the this
is the Ion
The Washington times., 1937-12-24
H. BLUMENFELD
EXPIRES At 62

Hyman Blumenfeld, 81. liquor
dealer, died yesterday at Johns
Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.
after a brief illness.
Born in Poland, Mr.. Blumenfeld
came to America more than so
years ago to live in Baltimore with
relatives. He later moved to
Palestine, where his mother is now
living, staying there for three
years.
After his return to America, Mr..
Blumenfeld moved to Washington.
He had been here about eight
years. He made his home at 1852
Princeton Pl. N. w.
Although interested in several
Jewish organizations, Mr.. Blumen-
field belonged to only one Jewish
association, the George Washing
ton Lodge.
Services will be held at the Dan
zansky funeral home, 1901 Four.
teenth st. N. W., at l o'clock Sun
day. Rabbi z. Green will officiate.
Interment will be in the George
Washington Lodge Cemetery.
Besides his mother, he is sur
vived by his widow, Mrs. Tillie B.
Blumenfeld; three children, Jo-
seph, Ethel and Grace Blumen-
field; two brothers, Sam and Max
Blumenfeld, of Baltimore and
Philadelphia, and a sister, Rose, of
Baltimore.
The Washington times., 1937-12-24
Idle Census
Surrey Results To Be
Announced Jan. 3

Announcement Of the results of
the nationwide jobless survey will
be made January 8, John D. Big
gers. unemployment census ad.
disclosed today.
Writing to William B. Warner,
president Of the National Associa-
ton Of Manufacturers, Biggers as
sured induStrialistS a careful
check is being made by postal EN-.
ployes to determine the accuracy
of the survey.
House to house canvasses, Big
gers said, are being made on
1854 postal routes throughout
the country, reaching approx.
mately 100000 persons. The re-
suits Of this checkup, he added,
will be announced January 2.
The Washington times., 1937-12-24
DR.. GOLDSTE|N
IS DEAD AT 58

NEW YORK, Dec. 24.-Dr. Isa-
dore Goldstein, 56, ophthalmic
surgeon and author Of numerous
articles on ophthalmology and the
pathology of the eye. died at his
home here yesterday.
DR.. Goldstein, noted particularly
for plastic surgery Of the eye, was
on the staff Of Mount Sinai Hos
pital at the time of his death.
Other surgical associations of
DR.. Goldstein included post as
assistant senior surgeon Of the
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary,
and conSultant ophthalmic sur
geon at Sydentam and Trinity
Hospital and at Beth Abraham
Home for the Aged. He also served
as an instructor In ophthalmic
surgery in the post graduate de-
partment of Columbia University
Medical School and lectured on
this ubject to post graduate stu.
dents at Mount Sinai Hospital.
Born in New York, DR.. Goldstein
was a graduate of Cornell Uni"
versity Medical School and com.
pleted his interneship at Mount
Sinai Hospital. He is survived by
his widow. Mrs. Hazel Ritter Gold.
stein, and a daughter, Phyllis Ann
The Washington times., 1937-12-24
Rites Sunday
FOrBendheim
In Capital

Funeral services for Ferdinand
Bendheim, SO, District resident for
80 years, will be held Sunday at
10 o'clock at the Washington He
brew Congregation, 1922 Eighth st.
N. w.
Burial will be in the Congress
Heights Cemetery, which bears the
name Of the synagogue where the
service will be held.
ALEXANDRIA NATIVE
A native of Alexandria, Mr..
Bendheim was educated in public
and private schools there. Prior to
his nine-year association with the
Independent Oil Company Of Ross
lyn, Va, Mr.. Bendheim was In the
mercantile business for himself. He
made his home at 2815 Twenty
seventh st. N. W.
He was a member of the Andrew
Jackson Lodge, Order Of Masons.
LIST OF SURVIVORS
Surviving is his widow, Mrs.
Famine Bendheim; a son, David
Bendheim; q daughter, Mrs. Stan
ford Abel, Of washington; two
brothers, Sam and Louis Bend
helm. Of Atlantic City, N. j., and
a sister, Mrs. Minnie Shrier, OF
New York city.
The Washington times., 1937-12-24
Col. Nil er
Dies Here
At 62

Col. Lorimer D. Miller, 81. U. s.
A. Reserve Corps. for six years
commodity expert at the United
States Tariff Commission, died
yesterday at his home, 1868
Euclid St. N. w. Colonel Miller
died a few hours after suffering a
heart attack at his office yester-
day. Grief over the passing of his
wife. the late Gertrude Miller. two
months ago, was attributed as
the cause of the attack.
Born in Philadelphia. Colonel
Miller was graduated from Cor.
nell with the degree of mechanical
engineer and electrical engineer.
He entered the government serv.
ice in 1901 as an electrical engi.
neer in the Engineering Depart
ment. During his service from
1901 until 1917 he was chief Of
electrical engineers in charge Of
development.
STATIONED HERE
From 1917 to 1918, Colonel
Mile rwas stationed at the gen.
eral engineering depot here as
chief of the electrical Division.
His purchase of electrical sup
plies, motor transportation for
engineers of the American Expe.
ditionary Forces amounted to
500, 100000. His foreign service
was as a liaison officer on the
development Of Army Searchlights
for antiaircraft defense. Later he
was attached to the Army Gen
eral Staff Corps as chief Of the
methods section, with duties Of
developing methods for facilitat-
ing and coordinating the purchase
of Army supplies and reviewing
Army contracts.
His business affiliations have
been with Mack Trucks, Inc, of
New York City; special repreSen-
tative of the development and
research department of Bethle-
hem Steel Company and manager
of sale sfor Julian P. Friez &
Son, Baltimore.
FUNERAL MONDAY
Colonel Miller was a member Of
the American Society of Military
Engineers and the Cosmos Club.
Funeral services will be held
Monday. Burial will be in Airing
ton Cemetery. Surviving are son,
John Lorimer Miller, of Baltimore,
and a daughter, Miss Marion At.
wood Miller. of Washington.