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The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgenwebarchives.org ************************************************************************ THE EATONVILLE DISPATCH A Weekly Paper For Tacoma Eastern People Third Year, No. 46, June 28, 1918 Eatonville, Pierce County, Washington Pg. 1, col. 1 LOCAL AND PERSONAL Miss Louise Mensik, who is employed as stenographer in the office of the Tacoma General Hospital, visited with friends and relatives in Eatonville, last Sunday. Mr. B. w. Reeves, local agent for the Weyerhauser wood-stave silos has just received a car-load shipment which were delivered to the following purchasers: R. Marti, Chas. Jaensch, Paul Nelson, Frank Ellis, Chas. Kreger, Wm. Bement and b. W. Reeves. The use of the silo is becoming more popular and will, no doubt come into more general use in the Western country as time passes. Mrs. Ernest Robertson, whose husband is serving his country in France, is visiting with her sister, Mrs. F. W. Hoover. Earl Pravitz who has been home on sick furlough for about two weeks, returned to Camp Lewis last Sunday. Harold Pravitz and wife spent last Sunday visiting relatives in Eatonville. Harold is employed as telegrapher in the construction camp at Camp Lewis. Herman Hekel has accepted the position with Christensen's Department Store, left vacant by the resignation of L. A. Wright. The wife and three small children of Chrisitian Sinding, Eatonville Lumber Company blacksmith, spent the week-end with him, returning to their home in Tacoma on Monday. Harry Guske of Tacoma was in Eatonville last Sunday and during his stay, called on the "Dispatch" and arranged for its paying weekly visits to his mother in Gig Harbor. Mr. and Mrs. Norman J. Bruen are spending Sunday with friends in Seattle. Pg. 1, col. 2 After a very pleasing patriotic talk rendered by the Honorable Gunner Johnson at the Chautauqua Tuesday evening, the Canadian "fighter" was very successfully entertained by Miss Lucy Gordon at her home. A very pleasant evening was spent listening to stories of the battle-field and several musical numbers played by Miss Gordon. Mr. Johnson intends to return to the Canadian University after giving the world a few stories of his experience in France and boosting for the next Liberty Bond Drive. Lost:--Boston Bull Dog, Brindle with white neck. Call M 522, Reward. For Sale-A Durham milk cow. Inquire of H. Stutzman, Eatonville. Misses Alice Furro and Pearl Funk were guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Ingle last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Jas Hayes motored to Olympia Saturday returning Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. e. K. Dorwin and children of Tacoma spent the week end with Mr. Dorwin's mother, Mrs. J. T. Clark. J. C. Pratt announces that the Interurban Auto-freight of which he is manager, has secured permanent quarters at 501 Puyallup Ave. It will be recalled that the former station was totally destroyed by fire entailing large financial losses to the management. It is characteristic of Mr. Pratt, as his friends will know, to disregard the blow and buckle into work again man-fashion. We predict his success. Wanted-Employment, nursing or light work. Phone or address Miss E. Darr., Elbe, Wash. Mr. and Mrs. Hayes of Mineral motored to Eatonville, on Monday. Mrs. Bradfield and son, are leaving Eatonville. They will make their home in Everett. War Savings Stamps are on sale at: Eatonville Post Office, Eatonville State Bank and Christensen's Department Store. B. L. Cambridge has just returned from his examination for selective draft. He was exempted. Miss Myra Gordon just returned from Tacoma and Seattle having had a very pleasant visit with her friends and relatives. Mrs. Gordon will leave for a short visit Thursday. Brown Smith, injured some time ago in the Royce Logging camp, is now able to walk with the aid of crutches. LOCAL RED CROSS The following attended the meeting of the local Red Cross last Friday: Miss Wilcox, Mesdames Wilcox, Magnuson, Vail, Clark, Swanson, Coombs, Nettleton, Walker, Brislawn, Jacob Christensen, Nyberg, Halvorsen, Hearn, Bartlett, Wingard, martin, Green, Williams. During the day, the work of making hospital pajamas was completed and sixty bandage socks were made. Material will arrive soon for new work at the next meeting. Ira D. Light and family of Steilacoom visited with Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Nettleton last Sunday. For Rent-5 room residence with god garden. Call or phone: A. E. Waddell. Pg. 1, col. 3, 4 & 5 NATIONAL WAR SAVINGS DAY SET BY RESIDENT WILSON FOR FRIDAY, June 28TH. {Includes letter signed by Woodrow Wilson} Dave Griffith, nephew of Mrs. J. O. Ingle has left for Foreign Service. L. Kipper called up the Dispatch last evening just as the paper was going to press and said he had a small item for the paper. This item proved to be a full column in length so it will appear in next weeks issue. Watch for it. ROYCE MILL TEAM LOSE The Royce Lumber co., ball team met the Ohop team on the Lakewood ball grounds and got an awful walloping, on last Sunday. This being the second game the Royce played. The Royce boys will play Benston next Sunday at the Benston grounds. Pg. 1, col. 6 LOCAL TEAM WINS AGAIN Eatonville defeated the Tacoma Beavers last Sunday by the score of 10 to 7. The feature of the game was the heavy hitting on both sides. Tom Kenny pitched excellent ball for six innings then was relieved by Bender who didn't fare quite so well. The Beavers seemed to like his offerings but he however held them in check in the last inning. The game scheduled with the McKinley Hill baseball club had to be cancelled owing to lack of funds and non support on the part of the Eatonville fans. In what proved to be one of the fastest games of the season the Benston gladiators took the Kapowsin bunch down the line, Sunday to the tune of 3 to 2. Rollman directed the gunfire from the mound for the Benstonites. Rollman is the latest acquisition to the Benston pitching staff and if he whooped it up for the rest of the season at Sunday's rate he is some little acquisition. Pitching great ball he allowed but 5 scattered hits and walked none. Outside of Callahan the Kapowsin weavers played like the breaking up of a hard winter. The first inning Calahan's trusty soup bone seemed in the grip of sciatica, after that he whipped 'em out in triplets. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Nolen of Centralia and Mr. and Mrs. Will Duveal of Oakdale spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Waddell. Mrs. Duveal is a sister and Mr. and Mrs. Nolen the parents of Mrs. Waddell. Miss Marguerite Lindberg of Tacoma spent the week end with Dorothy and Alberta Brantner. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Adams and Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Lundin and son of Seattle spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Bruen. Miss Blanche Kunkle of Kent has been visiting her sister, Mrs. N. C. Christensen. Pro-Germans probably think the War Savings Campaign a foolish one. THE CHAUTAUQUA The Cadmean Chautauqua closed its Eatonville season last Wednesday. The attendance was fairly good on the last two evenings but was not sufficiently large at previous meetings to accord with the quality of the productions. Those who attended are well pleased with the first Chautauqua in Eatonville and, without doubt, arrangements will be made whereby our citizens may enjoy another such series next year. Every one agrees that every number was good, the only disagreement being on which was the best. EATONVILLE SCHOOLS RECOGNIZED BY STATE AND NATION Mr. C. C. Biggs, Eatonville, Wash. My dear Mr. Biggs: I wish to inform you that the State Board at a recent meeting, cited your school as one of the five to be approved without subsidy for the coming year. Owing to the large number of applicants and the uncertainty of your situation, no other action was feasible. Hoping that this will prove entirely satisfactory and that you may have a very successful year in spite of this action, I am Yours very truly, H. M. Skidmore, Supervisor, Vocational Agriculture. Pg. 3, col. 3 ALDER VICINITY Mr. Henry Hedburg purchased a Deleval separator and a gasoline drag saw. Mrs. Adolph Rotter was a visitor of Mrs. Henry Hedburg, Sunday. Mr. Chas. Marek of Bremerton, formerly of Alder was visiting last Sunday. Mrs. Vincent Rotter and Mrs. Josie Mensik were business callers of Eatonville. Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Rotter had as dinner guest; Mrs. Anton Marek, Mr. Henry Hedburg and Mr. J. R. Auvil. Mrs. Henry Hedburg and daughters Sadie and Helen were visitors of Mrs. Vincent Rotter, Monday. Mrs. J. r. Auvil underwent an operation for appendicitis a couple of weeks ago and is improving nicely. Her daughter Nancie, is staying with her aunt, Mrs. Hill during Mrs. Auvil's sickness. Mr. Herman Rotter and brother Adolph made a business trip to Ashford, Monday. Miss Elizabeth Rotter was at Elbe Monday to take her music lesson. The Red Cross had a large attendance last Friday. Frank Mensik is working for Mr. Rotter at present. Pg. 3, col. 5 NEWS FROM ALDER Mrs. Stoner and daughter Phoebe made a business trip to town over the week end returning home Sunday. Miss Florence Fuller of Milton is having a pleasant time renewing acquaintances and making new friends. Willie Hotes has left Camp Lewis with his regiment and is now on his way to some where in France. Miss Florence Toney will teach East of the mountains this winter. Miss Florence has just finished in the training school at Ellensburg. Mr. Edison Rathbone is going into the cattle raising business and will breed nothing but Earshire. Hereafter, Holsteins has had a prominent part in his affections until lately. Those out to Red Cross last Friday were Mesdames Rotter, Marek, Hedborg, Suderberg, Rathbone, McGilviary, Boettcher, Scurlock, Stoner Toney, Weckerle, Fuller. The Minute women of Alder will take a prominent part in the War Savings campaign, on Friday night here, and will be out in full force. Frank Oviate and family made a trip to Alder, Sunday from Puyallup in their Reo. Anna Hotes has returned to Tacoma where she is staying with Mrs. Criswell who is reported doing fine. Charles Marek was in Alder over the week end he expects to be placed on the North Dakota training ship. Frank Bettin is improving his ranch these days by slashing a grove of young Alders. Mr. and Mrs. Scurlock and family made a motor trip to LaGrande Sunday. Con't. to col. 6 Mrs. Adolph Rotter visited her husband at the Eatonville Hospital last week. The Sunshine Logging Co. have resumed operations and are working on the Boettcher timber at present. Pg. 4, col. 3 & 4 RED MEN DEMONSTRATE LOYALTY IN PRACTICAL MANNER. {picture of Ambulance} The two Post Ambulances, the gift of the members of the improved order of Red men of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and California were presented to the Base hospital at Camp Lewis with appropriate ceremonies Monday afternoon, May 20th. The presentation ceremony was witnessed by several hundred Red Men as well as hundreds of men in khaki, including many commissioned officers. Great Sachem Jensen, who had charge of the arrangements, called the assemblage to order and introduced the various speakers. The music for the occasion was furnished by one of the regimental Bands of the cantonment. Past Great Sachem T. J. Bell in presenting the Ambulances on behalf of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana delivered a very eloquent address which was highly appreciated by all present. The Ambulances were accepted by Major Greene of the Base Hospital staff who paid high compliment to the members of the Improved Order of Red Men for their timely and appropriate gift. Camp Lewis receives two Red Men Ambulances while the other cantonments receive one. The Great Spirit was invoked by past Great Sachem Rev. Harry Hudson, after which the services were concluded by the band playing "America." Among the other Great Chiefs present were: Thos. Ryan, Great Sachem of Idaho; Thos. J. Coberly, Great Sachem of Montana; Aaron Remley, Great Senior Sagamore of Montana; T. C. Reichle, Great Senior Sagamore of Oregon; O. L. Dickel, Great Chief of Records of Oregon; J. V. Lankin, Past Great Sachem of Oregon; Jas. W. B. Scott, Great Senior Sagamore of Wash.; L. A. Drinkwine, Great Chief of Records of Wash,; Hugh Herren, Great Prophet of Wash.; B. D. Rose, Great Sannap, of Wash.; Henry Behrens, Great Guard of Wigwam, of Wash.; A. F. Sidow, past Great Sachem of Wash. On Tuesday the visiting great chiefs were the guest of Great Sachem Jensen at Seattle. After luncheon at the Masonic Club they were shown over Seattle's famous Boulevards and all were loud in their praises fro the beauties of the "Queen City." Tuesday evening nearly for hundred Red Men gathered at the K. of P. Hall to help welcome the distinguished visitors and to listen to their words of wisdom. This is the first time in the history of the order in the northwest when the Great Chiefs of five Western Reservations were in attendance at one meeting and the event marks an epoch in fraternal visitations. Called to order by Great Sachem, C. R. Jensen. Music, "Stars and Stripes Forever" and "Star Spangled Banner". Presentation of Ambulance for Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana by Past Great Sachem, T. J. Bell. Presentation of Ambulance for California, by Great Sachem, E. C. Levey. Address by P. G. S. P. Porter L. Bliss, G. C. of R. of California representing Great Incohonee Jeffries Acceptance of Ambulances on behalf of the Base Hospital, by major Greene. Invocation of the Great Spirit by Past Great Sachem Rev. Harry Hudson. Music, "America." IRON AND STEEL Everything is now centering around iron and steel production which is showing an increase each month. Pig iron is being made at the rate of 42 million tons a year, and steel ingot at a rate of between 44 and 45 million tons, which indicates about 2,750,000 gross tons of finished rolled steel a month. Pg. 4, col. 6 SILVER LAKE NEWS Miss May Krones of Tacoma is spending the week at her home. Those who visited at the Nelson home, Sunday were: Mr. and Mrs. Russell and family and Miss Ellen Hart of Tacoma. George Russel will leave for France soon. Chas. Haberland and Arthur Graham of Camp Lewis spent the week end at the Cottonwood. Mr. Carter of Orting spent Monday and Tuesday with his daughter, Mrs. Frank Krones. Miss Margaret Fogel went to Tacoma, Monday. John Ellis who has been visiting his parents left for Tacoma Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Nels Aspelund entertained at a mid-summer party Monday evening. The evening was spent with music and a bonfire. A most enjoyable time was had by all. The Ohop ball boys will play National Sunday at National. Everybody is busy buying Thrift Stamps this week. We are all trying to do our bit for the big day, Friday June 28. Paul Nelson, Nels Aspelund and Frank Ellis received their silos last week. They say they will have to fill them with bugs if it doesn't rain soon. Pg. 6, col. 1 NEWS FROM BENSTON A large crowd attended the surprise party held at the home of Mr. P. L. Lund. The party was in honor of their son, Peter's twenty-fifth birthday. The evening was spent in dancing after which at a late hour refreshments were served. The ball game held Sunday between the Kapowsin and Benston ball team was a most exciting and interesting game. The score being 2 to 3 in favor of Benston. Mrs. Alice Webster of Muck Creek called at Lipke's Wednesday. E. E. Lipke, Grandma Lipke and Mrs. Hugo Schmidt made a trip to Graham, Wednesday evening. Walter Daniels who had been spending a few days in Tacoma has returned home. Stanley and Kenneth Lipke spent Wednesday afternoon with Art Elhart. NEWS FROM SWAN LAKE Robert Kreger and family motored to Salmon beach on the Narrows Sunday. Martha Scoggins has been quite ill with pneumonia. We hope for a speedy recovery. Pete Asmussen and brother Eric have returned to the parental home, after a three months stay in San Francisco, California. B. W. Reeve and family spent Sunday with Corporal Llewelyn Williams at Camp Lewis. Previous to his leaving for overseas duty. Mrs. Geo. Kreger is visiting her son J. Mattix at Salmon Beach. Oscar Lowell has purchased a Ford car recently. Con't. to col. 2 Mrs. B. W. Reeve entertained the Silver Lake Sewing Club last Thursday. Mr. LeMaster and crew are graveling the Kreger Road. Mrs. Chas. Kreger and Mrs. Oscar Lowell were Eatonville callers on Monday. Pg. 6, col. 2 OHOP VALLEY NEWS The neighbors and friends of Ed Anderson Sr. pleasantly surprised him Sunday afternoon. The ladies brought lunch and all enjoyed a picnic on the lawn. Those present from Tacoma were: Mr. and Mrs. Walter Esplund, Will Esplund and Miss Esplund. Some of the farmers of this vicinity are busy filling their silos this week. A large crowd of Ohopers attended the bonfire at Nils Aspelund of Silver Lake Monday night. Everyone enjoyed a fine time. Mr. and Mrs. P. Peterson and family, Mr. Torger Peterson and Miss Anna Peterson motored to White River Valley near Seattle Sunday. Mr. J. Nystrom visited at Mr. E. Hedborg a few days this week. Mrs. Olden and daughter, Olga, called at the Nelson home at Rainier Monday. Mr. James Carlson returned from Oregon Wednesday where he spent the last week. Mr. and Mrs. L. Olden and family motored to Camp Lewis Sunday. Pg. 6, col. 3 EATONVILLE HONORED BY SHERIFF VISIT Last Sunday Eatonville was accorded the supreme honor and privilege of entertaining the County Sheriff and a bevy of his "acquaintances." The party were the guests of Mr. K. Miyamoto a Japanese mill-worker in the employ of the Eatonville Lumber Co. Mr. Miyamoto entertained his friends with some novel sights, notably an amber colored liquid used as Mr. Miyamoto explained "for experimental purposes." As the guests had taken a large amount of this liquid for the purpose of showing it to their Tacoma friends, they were entertained in a little game know as "Break the bottle." This proved very amusing and entertaining. On account of lack of County transportation the Eatonville City truck was pressed into service to carry the "experiment" liquid to Tacoma. This, however proved disastrous because of the peculiar actions of the truck after the cargo was safely stowed aboard. After crisscrossing the road a number of times, it finally sloughed into a ditch and turned over on its side. The escort vouchsafed the information that the truck was loaded. Pg. 6, col. 4 J. T. Price is just back from an extended visit to his former home in Indiana and incidental visits to Illinois and Missouri having left Eatonville for that purpose during last March. In a resume of his experiences, Mr. Price said: "when I left here it was my intention to remain in the East until early winter but after some experience on passenger trains in which I learned that West-bound trains were side tracked for East bound trains of any class and especially for troops or supply trains I thought I would return while the returning is not exactly good but as good as it is likely to be for some time. I saw countless troop and supply trains reaching over a goodly number of miles of railroads and everything likely to get in their way is run on the siding to remain until the coast is clear again. The situation in the East is so vastly different from here that one would think the war is over when arriving here. In my old home, everything is hustling to win the war; every family is out-Hooverizing Hoover; farm crops are planted on land never used before excepting for pasture; "work or fight" is in actual practice. If one is looking for work there is plenty of it and plenty of people to see that one gets it and stays with it. Minute women and women of other organizations are stationed in all of the banks during the entire opening hours and if one comes in to get a check cashed or make a deposit he is invited to invest in W. S. S. Liberty Bonds, and thrift stamps, also, to donate to the Red Cross and Y. M. C. A., war work committee and everything else of this character. If one refuses he is a marked man. Slackers are not tolerated. And most of them have been put in jail for certain length of time but several have been tarred and feathered, and every community has its organization who make it the business of the day to see that every slacker gets all that is coming to him. The fool in the East is not nearly as good as here, thought at the time of my leaving here that the war bread was horrible but I will never complain again of Western bread after eating no-wheat bread in the East. All eating houses discourage the eating of meats by running the price up to an unreasonable amount. There are plenty of vegetables and will be an enormous crop of potatoes. Land which has never grown anything but broom corn, the finest in the world, is now planted to wheat, maize and other cereals. Any one of draft age who is traveling by train and stops in a strange place will not be allowed to tarry long before an officer will approach him with the suggestion that he get to work, and this applies, regardless of the amount of money he may have. Rich and poor high and low; all look alike to the officers enforcing the "work or fight" regulations. The crops in the East and Middle West give good promise. With another rain or two banner crops are assured. This however, is not the case father West. The Palouse Country is very short and will hardly produce a 50 per cent crop. Wages are much lower in the East, $2.50 being considered very good wages for any ordinary day or farm labor, while in the Yakima country $4.00 to $4.50 per day and board is not unusual. The farm work in the Yakima will suffer because of the long hours required by the farmers. Men can get very nearly as much wages at other labor with the 8-hour day. Government irrigation projects this section has been almost compelled to shut down for want of men. They are paying $3.50 to $3.75 per day but can get no one but a few married men with families who can hardly afford to leave. I have suffered considerably from the heat during my trip. I stopped off in the Yakima country and went to work at $4.00 per day. I had a good job but the heat was so intense I could not stand it so I told them I was going "home." Pg. 6, col. 5 MINUTE WOMEN EFFICIENCY No better illustration could be given of women's aid in war work or their willingness to engage in such work then that furnished by the local band of Minute women last Monday. On the Monday morning mai chairman Fairbairn of the board of Education received the instructions of the officials of the W. S. S. drive, in which was included, the work of procuring the names and addresses of all adults in the School District to be written on a separate card and returned to the duty officials of the Drive in Tacoma and to be re- mailed from there to the citizens of the District. At noon, Mr. Fairbairn decided the work must be done that day in order that sufficient time might be given for mailing so he called on the Minute Women for assistance and posed his place of business to commence getting the names. The cards were taken to the Dispatch office for some necessary printing thereon, and were handed back complete, before the ink was dry. The Minute Women had all addresses ready for the mail before the afternoon train arrived so that they reached Tacoma on the same day. The women were: Mesdames Bruen, Hearn, Brislawn and Martin. Let the women do the "work" seems to be to good purpose. LOCAL CELEBRATION Posters and programs announcing the Independence Day Celebration in Eatonville have been distributed. The program as well arranged and offers something of interest to every one old or young. They also serve who buy War Savings Stamps-if they save and buy to the utmost of their ability, and buy in time. Pg. 6, col. 6 NEWS FROM ELBE Mrs. Ed Markham is visiting relatives in Centralia this week. Mrs. Ella Balenbanoff lectured at the I. O. O. F. Hall Wednesday evening on War Conditions and Thrift Stamps. The Elbe people appreciated very much the honor she did them on this occasion. A large flag was also floated earlier in the evening with fitting ceremonies. Musical selections were rendered by Mrs. Baker and Miss hazel Simpier with a Recitation by Lydia Auvil. Mrs. Pearl Engel was a Tacoma visitor the first of the week. Mrs. A. R. Campbell and son Chas. Also Henry Horn were in Tacoma last Thursday and Friday when Chas. and Henry took the eighth grade examination test. Mrs. Sachs entertained Mrs. Ella Balenbanoff and Mrs. Maze for dinner Wednesday evening. Lloyd Sachs was in Elbe Thursday. Frank Lambert and John Lannigan are two boys from Elbe who have been called to the colors the past week. Miss Boettcher of Tacoma is spending the week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lutkins. Mrs. Frank Kennedy of National visited her mother Tuesday and Wednesday. Mrs. Alice Borden and Rilla ?ord of National were Elbe visitors Thursday.