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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-01-25
CLEARING WORK SCHEDULE
Is COMPLETED ON TIME

In mass defiance Of old King Winter
who has now proclaimed frigid.
white reign over the regions of the
upper Columbia river, WPA "arrny"
of 1880 workers last Friday eomplet.
ed two week clearing schedule on
time, in preparation of the future Cou-
lee dam reservoir lake bed. Don e.
Abel, state work projects administrat.
or, said WPA workers cleared 1000
acres of timber, underbrush and other
debris in IA days, rate of progress
equal to that of the past two and a
half months, despite the rigors and
hazards tof mid winter weather.
Abel said all the area had been
cleared on the lower San Poll river,
which will be an arm of the future
ISL mile backwater. Crews are now
working from point about As mites
above the dam, along both banks of
the Columbia, to Kettle Falls, and op
the lower Spokane river below Detill
lion bridge
Approximately five million feet of
marketable timber have been taken
cut to date by WPA workmen on the
project and about 70 per cent of the
detail 28,440 acres to be cleared are
now finished, Abel declared. An esti.
mated 35 to 40 million feet of market
able timber must be taken out in ad-
dition to brush and scrub timber, be-
fore the project is complete. The
marketable timber is sold to private
sawmills.
WPA crews are concentrating on
removing combustible materials and
ether pbstructions from land below
tho 1900 contour. All areas below
this elevation are expected to be flood
cd in next summer s annual rise of
the Columbia river. Men are working
out of WPA Camp Lincoln, Camp
Spokane, tent camp; Camp Clifford,
and Camp Kettle at Kettle Falls.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-01-25
Ask More Funds
For Fiscal Year

Representative John M. Coffee and
Charles Leavy (Dem., Wash.) asked
President Roosevelt yesterday to sup
port an 100000 deficiency appro-
priation to permit construction to con-
tinue on Grand Coulee dam after
March l
They told Mr.. Roosevelt that the
$23,000,000 appropriated for Grand
Coulee construction in this fiscal year
will be exhausted by March and the
next regular appropriation would not
be available until July l.
''The Columbia river reaches flood
stage in June" Leavy said. "The
Grand Coulee contracts are all timed
against flood sage and if the Colum-
bia at flood crest flows over the top
of an uncompleted dam it might cause
damage running into millions of dol
lars.''
Leavy and Coffee said that Mx.
Roosevelt took the attitude that it
would be matter Of terrific loss IT
work were not continued on Grand
Coulee. lin
They said they also told Mr.. Roose-
Welt that rich deposit of magnesite
ore had been located within GO miles
of Grand Coulee-the only deposit of
pure magnesite known in North Amer!
ica.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-01-25
MRS. G. P. RICE DIES

The Maritime community was griev-
eel when word was received Saturday
night that Mrs. c. P. Rice had passed
away at a Spokane hospital, following
a major operation on Tuesday. Earlier
reports had been that her condition
was favorable.
She is survived by her husband a
daughter, Mrs. May Olsen, and sis
ter, Mre. J. w. Harmon, all of Hart.
lire: one brother, Ole Hart, who lives
on the coast.
Funeral services were held from
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. I. W. Har
mon Wednesday, at p. m. Smith fu-
neral home of Spokane in charge
Burial was in maritime cemetery.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-01-25
FACTORY TREND UPWARD
FOR WASHINGTON STATE

Establishment of new n.anufaGtor-
ing enterprises in the state Of Wash
ington shifted to a forward speed in
1889 after being in reverse since
1880. For years prior to 1880 the av-
erage annual increase was in excess
of 1856, then it dropped to an average
of 6s, not including 1899 which came
forward with 70 as compared with
Al in 1898.
The new factories were distributed
throughout the state among follow
ing places: Seattle and Tacoma Zach
2e, Anacores, Aberdeen and Spokane
each three, Sedro Woolcy two, and one
each for Bothell, Olympia, Mount
Vernon, Kalama, Winlock, Marble
mount, Edmonds, Sunnyside. Steven
son. Everett, Naches Curtis, Camas
Wash and Westport.
Nemah, Pacific county, reported
its first factory shingle mill. There
are now ass places in the state boast
ing of one or more fact ries.
Twenty new commodities were add
ed to the factory produced items
These included powdered apples unc
apple flour, marine and oceanographi,
equipment, polishing, juicing and pc
tato sorting machines. plastica, SHRIMP
chips, climbing cleats, wine coolers
weed destroyers, cigarette holders
faxed ice and water lounges.
The total number Of factories Of
the active list at the end of the yea
was 4,947.
Tho Golden Jubilee year shout
turn in new payroll peak, exceeding
| by a substantial margin the previou
peak made in 1929. In round number
the '29 record was $3.50 million, the
went into reverse until it backed dow
to 1929 million in 1888, since whe
it has been making good speed ahead
and may total $500 million for 1893
These figures are based upon return
made to the state department of labo
and industries.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-01-25
SCHOOL NEWS

Coulee Oity's eighth grade team
defeated Coulee Dam in a basket ball
game here Monday afternoon, 20 to
10. Jack Lewis was high point man
for the local boys with IL points. Our
boys won IL to IL at the dam about
ten days ago.
A cred hot" conference game is
coming up here Friday between Quin-
cy high school and the Giants. the
Giants lost down there by two points
and are out to redeem themselves.
Miss Mary Jane Van Dorm has
been i'll. Her room has been taught by
Mrs. Gardner during her absence.
Superintendent Roy Harris Of Eph-
rata brought debate squad up for q
discussion type debate on the railroad
question with Coulee. City debaters}
A &C" club, composed of all boys
who have won letters in major sports,
has been organized. Their badge of Of
flee is little blue paddle. The paddle
Will be used on boys. who violate the
rules-such as jumping down stairs
or trespassing on the lawn. thus slim
uiating good school citizenship.
Superintendent Fitch has received
notice Of his appointment to member
ship on state wide Legislature COM
mittee of the Washington Education
Association.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-01-25
ANNOUNCE EXAM

The UNITED States civil service
commission announces an examination
for mechanic (pump). for filling a
vacancy In the reclamation service,
Coulee DAM. at $1.371s an hour.
Applicat IONS must be on file with
the Secretary, Board of U. s. Civil
Service Examiners, Bureau of RECLAIM
alton, Coulee Dam, Washington, not
later than February 9, 1910.
Full Information may be obtained
from the above.nanred secretary, or
the Manager, 18th U. s. Civil Service
District. $50 Fedora Office Building,
Seattle. Washington, or from the post
master of this city.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-01-25
CHEVROLET SALES SHOW
LARGE GAIN IN PAST YEAR

Chevrolet dealers sales Of new
cars and trucks in the final ten days
of December continued at the fast
pace maintained ever since the 1910
model announcement, resulting in a
gain of 1922 per cent, for the month,
as against December, 1898, W. E.
Holler, general sales manager, an
notnced recently.
Units sold detailed 27,432 for the
period and S8,801 for the month, as
compared with 22,697 and $685. re-
spectively, in December of last year.
December thus became Chevrolet's
third highest sales month SINCE An
gust, 1887.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-01-25

e YOU
KNOW?

Washington had long been terri;
tory before the sound Ut the human
voice was ever transmitted farther
than one could shout and have tho re-
verberatipns travel by echo. lit was
only 10 years before the admission Of
Washington that Alexander GrahaY
Bell created and exhibited the first
crude telephone at the Centennial
Exposition Of 1875.
The first exchange in Washingtos
Territory was established in Seattle
i'll March 1888, but the service wae
still relatively crude in the year Of
admission At the beginning Of 1889,
pioneer telephone exchanges were in
operation in Seattle, Tacoma, Wala
Walla, Port Townsend, Colfax and
Spokane. All instrument totaled $50
telephones.
BY 1899 there were 6,557 tele.
phones in use, by 1920 there were
199,447 and by 1899 there were
S23,121 telephones in Washington.
When YOU take the receiver off the
hook today, you may connect with
more than $4,000 other telephones
in the state of Washington. You may
likowiee obtain almost immediate
connection with any Of 100000
| telephones in the United States. Fuy-
Their, you have available SO per cent
of the telephones in service through.
out tho world.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-01-25
DIVORCE BUSINESS BRISK

Two interlocutcry DEGREES were
granted by Judge Z. w. Schwellen-
bach in Ephrata Tuesday. Juanita
Hobrough, Grand Coulee, was granted
a divorce from Harry c. Hobrough,
and Norma Bartholmy, Grand Couleo.
from Oliver G. Baltholmy.
Vivian L. Whitney, Grand Coulee,
filed for divorce from Ray C. Whit
ney, and Alexander Wood, Grand Cou..
lee filed for q divorce from Gertrude
A. Wood.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-01-25
BLIND SPRINGS GRANGE
SPONSORS BIRTHDAY BALL

A Presidents Birthday ball wiz be
given by the Blind Springs Grange
of Hartline at the Grange hull, Sat
urday, January 9th. Proceeds will
be donated to the fund to aid infan.
tile paralysis victims.
Music will be furnished by Wills
orchestra Of Waterville. Admission Is
rs cents, tax included. and supper
plates Is cents.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-01-25
CROP AND FEED LOANS
ARE NOW AVAILABLE

Emergency crop and feed loans for
1910 are now available to- Douglas
county farmers, and applications for
these oans are now being received at
Waterville by George Kirkwood, coun-
ty extension agent, and Charles w.
Apley, field supervisor Of the emer-
geDcy crop and feed loan section Of
the Farm Credit Administration.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-01-25
CALLS WATERWAYS A RACKET

The failure of the United States
TO adopt sound national transpor.
ration policy twenty years ago "has
cost the ctuntry as q whole a waste.
full expenditure running into billions
of dollars,'' according to Senator
Clyde M. Reed of Kansas.
During the last two decades, the
Kansas Senator pointed out in A re-
cent address, the investment in trans
portation facilities Of all kinds has
been more than doubled. "None of
them is prosperous, he said, "be-
cause there is more transportation
being offered than there is traffic to
novel,
While the recent Improvement in
business "has lessened the tension"
Senator Reed warned that it has not
solved the transportation problem.
"There may have been periods in
our national history" he said, "whan
it might have been advisable to use
the public treasury to substitute some
form Of transportation. That PERIOD
has passed. We have come to time
when every character Of transporta-
ton should stand on its own feet With
cut burdening the taxpayer by vast
ing his money, whether by unwise
governmental expenditure or wasteful
competition between private capital
investing in unneeded transportation
facilities.
sThe inland waterways" he con-
tinued, ''never have, do not now,
and never can handle traffic as eff
ficiently, as eSpeditiously, or as
cheaply as the railroads, or, for that
matter, as the highways. /"
River transportation, he said, "is
the highest cost of any of the gen.
eral forms of transportation. The dif-
ference between the charges on the In.
land waterways or the railroad and the
highways, is made up by subsidy
out Of the public treasury which is
paid by the taxpayers as a whole"
Senator Reed charged that river
improvements had become racket
"Many smart men," he said, "are
making living out of promoting
so-called finland waterway improve!
ment'. They get support from cities
from newspapers, large corporations
that own their own barges and eur
move their own freight on publicly
built right Of way at a lower charge
than the railroads make; they make q
business of interesting Chambers OF
Commerce and commercial bodies; II
putting pressure on senators and rep
resentatives for huge appropriations
for river improvement which vii
give some particular city or number o.
cities a freight rate advantage
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-01-25
WEATHER 10Y

The coolest weather of the winter
swept into the Big Bend this week, in
the form of an icy wind that chased
residents of this vicinity to their fire.
sides-even the more hardy submit
ting to their overcoats. While tenn.
peratures did not quite reach zero,
the wind gave the effect of much
colder weather.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-01-25
HEREFORD SALE FEB. %

The annual Hereford and Shorthorn
sales and show will be held on sue
cessive days, February % and 20, at
the Old Union Stockyards in Spokane.
seventy.five head Of registered Here
fords will be sold, and the day fol-
lowing, 50 Shorthorns.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-01-25
Hartline News

Frank Lindblad was business Wis.
itor to Ephrata Tuesday, in the In
tereet of the P. u. D.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Osborn and son
were dinner guests at the Fred Mel
son home Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Florence Bishop visited her
daughter and husband, Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Campbell, at Almira, several
days the past week. ~ Is
Mrs. II. H. He1ton visited nel
grandmother at Coulee City Wednes-
day.
Fred Nelson and his mother made
business trip to Spokane Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs Roy swigart were in
Spokane the first of the week. p
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Evers were
Spokane shoppers Tuesday.
I Those taking part in the Grange
play to be presented in the near flu.
ture, are busy rehearsing their parts.
The title Of the play is "Too Much
Matrimony.' Mrs. Chris Evers is d.
recting the production.
Our weather still remains at just
about the freezing point, with sunshine
every day.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. G. Tartar and fam.
lily were dinner guests at the Chris
Evers home Sunday. b.
Blind Springs Grange met in regular
session Saturday afternoon, with 1r.
win Thomas, overseer, as master. The
Grange decided to sponsor a Presi-
dents Ball Saturday night. Music by
Wills orchestra of Waterville. Come
out and help this worthy cause. Re-
member, SO per cent of the money re-.
mains in Grant county for Infantile
Paralysis fund.
Several of the young people at.
tended the dance at Wilson Greek on
Saturday night.
Ernest Tarter and Charles Frenn
have joined the U. S. Marines and
are now stationed at San Diego, Cal
Mrs II. C. Kephart and son, Clair
Jr, came Sunday from Spokane to
stay with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]
| E. Underwood Mrs. Kephart has not
fully recovered from an attack of in.
flammatory rheumatism and will re
main with her parents until she re.
| gains her strength.
The Methodist Aid was entertained
by Mrs. Myrtle Heathman Thursday
afternoon.
Mrs. 7. A. Martin is in Pullmal
| for a two weeks visit with her moth
er who has been ill.
Earl and Lloyd Heathman made
business trip to Spokane Tuesday.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-01-25
GARBo Is REAL STAR
IN COMEDY ROLE

Carlo sings, Carlo dances and she
laughs in her first picture in two
years and her first venture into mod
ern romantic comedy. The picture 10
"Ninotchka," in which the star comes
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, on
double bill at the Columbian.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-01-25

MIR. and Mrs. Van Pitts and children
of Ephrata, Mrs. Don Mcpherson and
Ida Struntz of Wenatchee spent the
week end al the Struntz nome.
Andy Larsen visited at the Mike
struntz ranch for few days cf last
week,
John Adams transacted business IN
Wcnatchec Monday.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-01-25
GRADERS BEAT GRAND CoULEE

Coulee City grade school basketball
team defeated Grand Coulee graders
10 to 10, ia a basketball game here
Monday. The contest started out
slowly, but toward the end it was
fast and exciting.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-01-25

Mr.. and Mrs lHerschel Jeffers and
JOY arc spending the week with Mrs.
Joffcrs' parents.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-01-25

Johnny Kirkland and Dale Wagner
of Maritime were callers in town
tuesday.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-01-25

Earl and Lloyd Heathman made
business trip to Spokane Tuesday.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-01-25

Mrs. 7. A. Martin is in Pullman
for two weeks visit with her moth
er who has been ill.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-12-20
OUR FILM FOLKS

THO VIII All have to take the
-Wrzp7 and that's Nd gag
The zntI-Nz1 League i demznd-
ing Federal prosecution Of UFA-
German film company, - Tiozt-
oEz Of the registration q foreign
agents law
Ann Dv0F2k. living IN retirement
On . farm these past years, re-
swes her career IN London Her
husband, Leslie Fenf01, was asked
By the British to direct = picture,
and he win use Ann as his star
After al those verbsl tugz-o1-
the-sntennz the premiere Of the
Benny-Auen szIyIoid VII Be held
neither IN Wsukegzn nOE Mani
Both have compromised q New
YORK because Of the high cost q
piping their respective breakfasts
HoIIyweodoingS: WhispeFers
claim Pz4Iette has left Charles
c 2biR for good isn't living
there currently. The court permits
Elaine Barrie to use the Barry
more m0nicker but not As Mrs
For the present Elaine IS trying
to make a name for herself with
out any more Chatter TumOFs
the Jack Bennys' bliss Is skdding.
Arthur KObeT off the press with
another Bronxish tome called,
Bella, Bella, Kissed a Fella"
WTneheIFs efherating IS the high
est Of all news commentators. A
big-hearfed ten-peF-centeF informs
his clients that if they should be
called for service duty, he would
not take the usual commission out
Of their salaries: Lucky Carol
Bruce Is scheduled to have Henry
Deannz DWbin) Roster as her
film director. George E Stone re-
enters the seenema in The Face
Behind the Mask"
Colunnist Cunningham relays an
anecdote anent "GWTW,' the pic
ture which John Hay Whitney
helped David Selznick reap several
million dollars for J. h Whitney.
After the film began to mint gold,
D. o. S. received a handsome time
piece. Inside was the inscription:
David Xmas Praise de Lawd
Jock"
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-12-20
HELEN aGSGUND

pre-
v50uzfy called Hell Jennie /.
win Be cztaIsgUed znSng the an
d-Nzzi films II Is dat In feel
ing but the case against dc
fax9Fz i 50 subfIy presented -
to result In q human, not . pRUp4-
gznda. document
Lu6zig Stossel, pOT1syng the
bul1et-hezded Hitler Of his Own
hone, does al outstanding piece
II character acting Stossel L oEe
C the refugees making important
Contributes 70 Hollywood prod
uctA
Did you know that Eddie Can
tor besides his regular radio
stint breakfasts two Extra
programs . week to England to
bolster British morale:
Oscar Levsnt and Hzrpo Marx
have finally decided On the what
for" of their JOINT lecture tour
Oscar VIII tel folks about The
Origin q the Hzrp-Harpo VIII
illustrate Al very highbroT,
you know, with Z sprinkle Of
laughs TO keep the audience
awake Topic q greater drawing
poEer would be The Origin of
Harp
The Rites On the fritz: At q
Palm Springs fur b oW Jimmy
RifZ did a bit Of modelling
slipped an elegant animal crea-
ton over his bathing suit :. Gag
No. /. Harry and Al noting
the possibilities !. slipped soap
bar under yimmy's poinSe :. Gag
the Second The fur coat got
dunked in the pool . the riotOOs
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-12-20
Answers To |. @.
Continued from Page Nine)

1. Nathan Rothschild.
2. The second century B. C. E.
8. Two.
4. Arabic, Aramaean, Syriac,
Babylonian-Assyrian, Ethiopian.
5. Yes.
6. In the time of the Palestine
Talmud Academies, the reading of
the Pentateuch on Sabbaths was
spread out over three years. The
present custom of reading it in
one year is of Babylonian origin.
and primarily due to the influence
OF the eminent Babylonian sage.
Rab. The m in reason for the
change was that if read within 50
weeks appropriate sections of the
Pentateuch synchronize with the
festivals they describe.
.. In the 18th century.
8. In Berlin, Germany.
8. LadiDO. 1t is the CastiIian
Spanish of the 18th century. mod
fled by the introduction of He
brew words. 1t is still spoken
throughout the Levant, Morocco.
Palestine and Syria, and Jewish
immigrants from those parts to
North and South America There
Is a rich literature in Ladino. In
New York Is printed q weekly
newspaper in LadinO, ia Vara. !"
10. Abraham Mapu, born 1903
died 1867. The novel is "Ahavath
Zion"-The Love Of Zion.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-12-20
Hoover Helping
Hitler?
By PAT FRANK

The condition Of the continent Of
Europe under gzngSter rule -
szughfngfy termed the new srd-
'@-has become 50 terrible, a.
we approach mid-Winter tHzt .
zumber Of influential Americans,
I'D by Herbert Hoover, are All 81
10 pay rzns0m- Hitler has KID
uaoed the continent, stolen what
food it had, and Row says:
If you 6ont come thrCugi with
some millions q bushels CT wheat.
snd tons Of meat, and cce4as q
ni1L, and carloads Of n1e--cinc.
taen my victim Is going 70 persr-
The same people who are horTi-
fed at the thought Of America
taking military action to get nd
Of the Ednaper are perfectly will
ing to feed the victim, and thus
take a load off the HdnaPeT's
mind. and economy, and free his
gangsterS 50 that they can kid
nap someone else. Eventually, OF
course, the gangsters viii get
around to kidnapping the foOd-pro-
ducing lands Of the earth Then
they won't have to ask for ransom.
The Jews are the victims Ct Hit
ler who have suffered nost-and
stin suffer, and VIII continue TO
suffer. in Europe. Friedrich T.
Birchau, II his masterful round
up Of conditions IN Europe and
under the new order" IN The New
York Times says: The condition
to which the Jews in Poland have
been reduced is pitisble beyond
expression
And yet since Hoover began to
beat the tom-toms to feed Europe
1 have talked to a number of Jews
who stin have close relatives in
Poland who told me: Il would "a
Their that my people starve than
that Hitler be able to move q
single division out of Poland, and
use it somewhere else"
They know Hitler better than
most people-the Jews. We have
been closer to him. We know that
any agreement he may make, he
makes while looking forward to
the day when it viii be broken. We
know that last winter he stripped
bare the soil Of Poland, and even
stole the pots and pans to be con-
verted into guns in the Reich. We
know that if America pours more
food into Poland this year, the
chance that this food will feed
Poles-and those who still live
Of the 100000 Jews who once
lived in Poland-will depend up
on a Hitler promise Does Her
bert Hoover still believe in a Hit
Ter promise? Or should he re-read
SIein Kanpf?