THE EATONVILLE DISPATCH, Eatonville, Washington, July 4, 1918 Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by E. Ruth Brewer brewerer@att.net 06/04/04 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************ THE EATONVILLE DISPATCH A Weekly Paper For Tacoma Eastern People Third Year, No. 47, July 4, 1918 Eatonville, Pierce County, Washington Pg. 1, col. 1 LOCAL AND PERSONAL Wanted-Employment, nursing or light work. Phone or address Miss E. Darr, Elbe, Wash. War Savings Stamps are on sale at: Eatonville Post Office, Eatonville Lumber Co., office, Eatonville State Bank, Christensen's Department Store. For Sale-Chicks in age from three days to three weeks. Phone Mrs. A. P. Moon. Mrs. O'Neil and Miss Hazel VanBevers spent the week end with their sister Mrs. Chas. Geiger. Mrs. Anna Matson and son Arno of Tacoma spent Thursday and Friday with Mrs. Halvorsen and other Eatonville friends. A party of old friends of Mr. and Mrs. Marti from Manito Park spent Sunday at the Depot Hotel. Mrs. Fenn Wright has just returned from a six weeks visit to Oregon. She spent the major portion of this time in the immediate neighborhood of Salem and reports that in that section wheat flour is not offered for sale, substitutes alone being used. Mr. Interbitzen of Tidewater and Jack Thomas of Clear lake are in Eatonville to spend the Fourth. Mr. Dickie of Elbe was renewing old acquaintances in Eatonville last week. Miss Leonora Radomsky who has spent the last three weeks in Eatonville returned to her home near Roy last Sunday. J. G. Smith and J. O. Ingle are installing a wagon scale opposite the Depot Hotel for Henry Antonie. ANOTHER EATONVILLE SOLDIER A postal just received by Mrs. Frank Mensik from her son, Anton L. Mensik who left Eatonville about five years ago informs her that he is in the services and en route to some post in Indiana. He will write full information as soon as permanently located. A later communication states that Anton is in the Casual Co. 34th engineers and well satisfied. Miss Hazel Reiter of Mud Lake is visiting her aunt, Mrs. R. Marti for a few days. Pg. 1. col. 2 TO TEACH DISABLED Australia Recognizes Duty to Cripples Soldiers. Subsistence Wages to Be Paid Men While They Are Learning Trades. Washington.-The manner in which Australia is meeting the problem of repatriating the men fighting in Europe is described in dispatches to the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce. Etc. GREEK KING VISITS ALLIES (picture) King Alexander of Greece is shown here coming out of an Italian bombarding dug-out that he inspected during his recent visit to the allied forces at Saloniki. The youthful Greek king also reviewed one of the British regiments in Greece. LOCAL DAIRYMEN ORGANIZE A meeting of the Dairymen in the Eatonville section has been called for July 11th, at 8:30 P.M. to be held in the Silver Lake Hall. Important matters in relation to the proposed Dairymen organization will be taken up. Mr. Asher Hobson, director of the Farm Markets Bureau of the State of Washington will be present and explain fully the workings of the organization. Every dairyman is urged to be present. We believe this movement is of very great importance to the future of the Dairy business of Pierce County. Pg. 1, col. 3 & 4 FREEDOM'S GREETING (statute of Liberty drawing with poem) INDEPENDENCE DAY 1776 - - Eatonville, Wash. - - 1918 Program Auto Parade from Depot 10:20 A.M. Best Decorated Automobile 1st prize $5.00. Best Decorated Automobile 2nd prize $2.50. Open Air Exercises at Park 10:45 A.M. Speaker of the Day 11:00 A.M. Private Smith of the Canadian Expeditionary Forces Basket Lunch at Park 12:00 to 1:00 P.M. (Coffee Will Be Served Free Of Charge) Athletic Sports Base Ball Game Starts at 1:00 P.M. Races start at 3:00 P.M. 1st Prize 2nd Prize Girls Foot Race 6 to 9 years 1.00 .50 Boys Foot Race 9 to 12 years 50 yards 1.00 .50 Boys Foot Race 12 to 16 years 1.50 1.00 Young Men's Foot Race Free for All 100 yards 5.00 2.50 Girls Foot Race 9 to 12 years 1.00 .50 Girls Foot Race 12 to 16 years 1.50 1.00 Young Women's Foot Race Free for All 50 yards 3.00 1.50 Fat Ladies Foot Race 50 yards 2.00 1.00 Fat Mens Foot Race 50 yards 2.00 1.00 Ladies Egg Race 2.00 1.00 Mens Potato Race 3.00 1.00 Boys Sack Race 1.00 .50 Girls Three-legged Race 2.00 1.00 Bicycle Race Free for All 3.00 2.00 Horse Race 10.00 5.00 EXHIBITION OF BRONCO BUSTING Marathon Free for All, LaGrande to Eatonville at 6:30 P.M. 5.00 2.50 Tug of war, 6 Men on Winning Side 6.00 Boxing match light Weight, 2 Rounds 2 Minutes 6.00 Purse Boxing match Welter Weight, 2 Rounds 2 Minutes 8.00 Purse Boxing match Heavy Weight, 3 Rounds 2 Minutes 10.00 Purse Pie Eating Contest 12 P.M. one prize 2.00 ALL PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED IN THRIFT STAMPS GRAND BALL AT RED MEN HALL IN THE EVENING Pg. 1, col. 3 Mr. and Mrs. Marti entertained Mr. and Mrs. Chas. O. Jackson and daughter Lorna at dinner last Sunday. Mrs. Thurston was the guest of Mrs. Canty on Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. Chas. Geiger visited her sister, Mrs. H. E. O'Neal in Tacoma on Thursday and Friday. Mr. and Mrs. James Mattix spent Sunday with Mr. Mattix's sister, Mrs. R. Marti. Pg. 1, col. 4 MODEL MARKET ADDS IMPORVEMENTS The Model market has added the necessary machinery for the manufacture of sausages of the many varied kinds. Also, a blower system of ventilation designed to maintain a constant supply of pure fresh air, has been installed. Mr. Geiger announces that more modern equipment is to follow. Pg. 1, col. 5 & 6 Some half dozen Eatonville citizens being seized by the spirit of the "wanderlust" sought refuge in the wilds of Oregon. The party consisted of the following well know boosters of Eatonville: jack Carlson, Orrin Haynes Geo. Peterson, Frank Ruth, Jim Carlson, and our notable C. A. Howard. The latter, furnishing the Dispatch with the following episode of experience encountered while on this trip, which we publish with the hope that it will be appreciated by our readers. "We left Eatonville, June 16, and returned June 26, having covered a distance of about 1500 miles. "We reached Kalama the first evening where we made camp. Geo. Peterson and Frank Ruth acted as chefs, and who produced a very appetizing menu, consisting of the choicest viands to be found only in the "Wef-foot country." "Tender-foot Jim Carlson" could see no joke in camping out and beat it to town, about a mile distant where he could lodge under a "shingle" roof for as he said he had been in the shingle business so long he couldn't bear to be so foolish separated from them. For breakfast the "Royal chefs" served boiled rice, which they had cooked for an hour or two and which grew larger the longer it cooked until it overflowed and ran down the river as lava from a volcano. And because we made some disparaging remarks about their ability in the culinary art they immediately struck, and absolutely refused to try again. In Portland we stopped at the U. S. Land office and after arming ourselves with maps, books, pamphlets, and all the free information concerning the railroad grant lands obtainable, we started for the Front-ier. Jack Carlson got next to a man who knew the situation well and after talking with him until he had flat tires and a hot radiator he left the old man completely exhausted and himself feeling satisfied to leave Molalla at once. We took our meals here at a neat restaurant which Orrin Haynes accidentally discovered while attempting to flirt with a "black-eyed" Susie. Jack Carlson was going to buy out the restaurant but when he saw the meals Jim devoured, he got cold feet and decided there would be no profit in it, especially if he had many boarders like Jim. On reaching Salem, Jim Carlson and Howard lacking for excitement got out and shot up the town with their cameras a habit they could not refrain from thereafter. In Salem the stores closed at 3:00 P. M. so that the clerks might help the farmers with gathering their fruit. The city of Eugene we found badly deserted as a major part of its population having gone to the shipyards to work for Uncle Sam. We started east from here to cross the Hump by way of the McKenzie pass, which having been open only a few days was in a bad shape as in places the car had to climb rocky steps a foot or more straight up and then dodge around among the loose rocks washed down by the melting snow. About 2:30 that afternoon we descended upon the peaceful village of Sisters, and like a pack of hungry wolves devoured everything in sight of interest to hungry men. We reached Bend that evening and stayed the next day and night, being well pleased with the place. The next place we stopped at was Burns. This was a long drive through sage-brush and barren rocky wastes where sage-brush would be ashamed to be seen. A terrific rain preceded our arrival into Burns which is located 150 miles from Bend. We therefore found the roads covered so completely with water that only an experienced driver who can tell by the arrangement of the mud on his wind shield where the road ought to be. In Burns they told us that it was the heaviest rain they had had in 18 years. The water ran down the streets like rivers. We looked for the highest building in the town and got rooms on the top floor and then said our prayers and turned in not knowing what the morning would bring forth. The good people of this town closed their stores also at 3:00 P.M. so as to allow their employees time to kill grasshoppers which were destroying the crops. We then made Canyon City and John Day without trouble. At John Day we again experienced trouble with Orrin Haynes who forgot about his family at home longing for his return when the hotel-keeper's bewitching daughter served us with a splendid dinner. At Long Creek we made a detour through a county and over roads indescribable. The hills were so very steep and sloping that the back end of the car seemed to be racing down the hill with the front and much of the time it was hard to tell which end would land us at the bottom of canyon first. Half of the time we could not tell whether we were going up or going down. But Betsy kept her head and after several hours of such driving we came to a little town with three inhabitants, a store-deeper, Hotel-keeper and a "Chink." After getting out of here we followed a sheep trail for 20 miles over soapy hills and jagged rocky plains where for miles we did not strike a foot of soil. We arrived at Monument a few hours after a cloud-burst had destroyed the roads and bridges and we were compelled to go through the fields where we passed abandoned Fords hopelessly stuck in the mud. At the same time a waterspout drowned 3 men and hundreds of sheep a few miles distant. As we reached the top of the hills beyond Monument we witnessed another water spout on a distant hill and a cloud burst in another. Emerging from this country at Hardman we found a beautiful wheat country with excellent roads and no speed limit sighs. Here old Betsy spread her wings and burnt the air. >From the Hood River we came down a hill 7 miles long, to the Cascade Locks where we took the boat as the highway was not in condition to be used on account of the slides. Pg. 1, col. 6 The Benston ball team hung up another victory to their credit Sunday June 30th in the way of walloping the aggregation from Royce's mill in the one sided score of 9 to 2. Our old hero Ed Rolman stood on the mountain for the Benston pill tossers. All they would find off of Ed was five scattered hits and one free ticket. Royce's Pets put over their only two runs in the fifth when Rollman showed signs of weakening and Murphy and Cry?itto each dropped one. Benston started out strong on the first spurt and before he realized it Larson had given away two runs. Larson was yanked by the Plant manager and talkative ratcher of Royces in the seventh frame when Benston piled up four more runs. Elmlund then took the hill for Royces and pitched steady ball. Benston plays Eatonville on the Eatonville grounds Sunday July 14th. (Contributed by Hek) Mrs. H. E. O'Neal and daughter Kathryn and Miss hazel VanBevers were the week end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Geiger. Pg. 2, col. 2 THE EXPLANATION The "Dispatch" arrives quite early this week. Astonishing, isn't it. You rther expected it would be late rather than early, didn't you? Well, we score one in the way of a surprise at any rate. Now, for the reason for all of this daredevil speed. You would hardly believe it, but newspaper work is not as soft as it looks to the uninitiated. Sometimes, it means long. Late hours and if the power happens to go bad for any appreciable length of time, it almost gives us heart failure. So, if there is any possibly chance of getting a whole day of vacation, to do just what we please and corral all merriment and joy to our aching hearts for twenty four whole hours, we intend to grab it. And that is just what is going to happen if we can bring it about. We are compelled to work on our own birthday but, by the Lord Harry, we don't intend to work on our nation's birthday if there is any possible way to avoid it. The secret is out. We will see the parade. We will hear Private Smith talk about the war from first had information. We will eat our meager lunch at the park. We will see the broncho busting and if there were to be fireworks or a balloon ascension, we would see that, too. In face, we will see the whole Fourth of July if it takes a log and after it is all over we will sleep for eight whole hours. Pg. 2, col. 4 MONEY INSTEAD OF MERCHANDISE SHOULD BE SENT TO SOLDIERS The original order that the approval of a regimental or higher commander was necessary before packages might be sent to members of the expeditionary forces has been modified so officers with the rank of major and higher may approve shipments. The approval of the company commander is not sufficient. The question of the shipment of parcels to France first came to the attention of the War Department when the commanding general of the expeditionary forces cabled that congestion of such articles had reached such a point that French railroads were unable to handle the load. A board appointed by the Secretary of War and the Postmaster General examined 5,000 sacks of parcel-post mail, and found the articles being sent not only, in the main, were absolutely unnecessary, but undesirable. The investigation showed that the amount of such mail reached a total of 5,000,000 pounds a week, and was steadily increasing. Relatives and friends, according to a recent statement by the War Department, will find they often can do a greater service to soldiers by sending them money for the purchase of articles in France than by forwarding the articles. Tobacco is now being furnished as part of the Army rations and merchandise of nearly all kinds may now be purchased in France through the huge general store established by the Quartermaster Corps at lower prices than charged by retailers here. The Thrift Stamp meeting held in the School Auditorium in compliance with the government request, on the evening of June 28, was well attended. Very few families in the district were unrepresented. The meeting was opened with the reading of President Wilson's War Savings Stamp proclamation by the chairman, A. U. Fairbairn. Mrs. M. P. Brislawn led the community singing, after which Mrs. Fairbairn gave a much appreciated reading. Mrs. Brislawn contributed a charming vocal solo and encore. Pledges fro War Stamps were then received for the approximate amount of $10,000. There was no doubt that by Jan. 1st the quota of $27,200 for the school district will be raised as Eatonville has gone over the top in every demand made upon it in this crisis. A list of all persons present at the meeting was made. In a later issue a list of the names of all those who made pledges will be published. Pg. 2, col. 5 & 6 SATIAFY ICE CREAM THIRST BY MAKING SHERBERT FOR FAMILY AT HOME These are the thirst days when jack and Beth beg for ice cream cones and pink lemonade, and you can't blame them. Even Sister Annie who has been talking and abiding by Hooverism all winter and Father who has a sweet tooth, but pulled it when we were told to conserve on sugar, in fact the whole family is longing for something, yet they feel it out of keeping with war time thrift to spend money at the store for ice cream, when that same money would buy War Savings Stamps. Home made ice cream or Sherbert will cost nothing in comparison, and besides being much more satisfying and delicious; you know that it is not made with "filler." And above all, that it tastes home made. There is no reason why frozen dessert should be difficult to prepare. With an ice cream freezer, burlap bag, wooden mallet or ax, small sauce pan sufficient ice, and coarse rack salt, the process is neither tedious nor elaborate. To make a fine grain, smooth ice cream, use one part of rock salt to three parts of finely chopped ice. For frappe use equal parts of ice and salt. A delicious ice cream is made by using thin custard for foundation and adding to the custard enough cream to complete the liquid requirement for the recipe. Frappe, which costs only the price of the fruit juice and sugar used, is cooling and satisfying. Sherbert, which usually contains gelatin or egg whites, may be varied according to the fruit used, and offers more opportunity for variation than ice cream. For the little extra trouble in preparing a frozen dessert, and the happiness it brings the family, it is well worth the effort. Pg. 5, col. 1 & 2 REPORT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL INSPECTOR FILED WITH THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, JUNE 18, 1918 Eatonville High School Assessed valuation of the District-- $1,500,000.00 Indebtedness--$45,566.00 School Levy-10 Mills Total School enrollment-256 High School enrollment - 66 Seven teachers, four new, one inexperienced. But three of the corps devote full time to High School work. Classical, Scientific, General, Commercial and Industrial Arts courses. Library 785 volumes, $125.00 worth of books to be added this year. Value of equipment-Physics, $363.75; Chemistry, $489.76; Botany, $108.60; Agriculture, $1,038.40; Manual Training, $2,984.60; Physical Geography, $24.30; Commercial Dep't., $823.60; Household Economics, $1,683.19; Maps, $125.50. $800.00 worth of library books and other additional equipment purchased this year. THIS IS, PERHAPS, THE BEST HOUSED AND EQUIPPED SCHOOL FOR ITS SIZE IN THE STATE. SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENTS ARE BEING MADE IN IT'S CONDITION EACH YEAR. Accreditation continued. On July 4th, the Minute Women of this precinct will give a wheatless food demonstration on the porch of Christensen's Department Store. Everyone is asked to visit this booth and see what can be done in the way of cooking without wheat flour. Recipes for all articles shown will be given out. Do not miss calling gat this booth. Pg. 6, col. 5 & 6 {picture of S. H. Potter} Eatonville machinist who will resign his position as a member of the city council to install a nitrate plant in Canada. Mr. S. H. Potter machinist long a resident of Eatonville, has accepted a position with the American nitrogen Products Co. in the installation of an immense nitrate plant near Vancouver, B. C. Mr. Potter will be busy for the next three weeks in getting together and repairing the donkey engines, concrete mixers and other machinery necessary in construction and as soon as this work is completed will accompany it to the site of the plant-to be. Mr. Potter is a member of the City Council and his departure will necessitate his resignation from that body, from which his absence will be sorely felt. Intense interest pervades the entire community as to the identity of his successor.