THE EATONVILLE DISPATCH, Eatonville, Washington, July 19, 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. 49, July 19, 1918 Eatonville, Pierce County, Washington Pg. 1, col. 1 LOCAL AND PERSONAL Mr. and Mrs. Stocks, Mr. and Mrs. Lehmann, and Mr. Korlkebeck of Parkland were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Smith. Miss Stella Pollock has left Etonville for a short vacation in Tacoma and Seattle. NOTICE Rev. D. R. Martin of Tacoma Dist. Supt. of the Tacoma district of the M. E. Church will conduct services here, Sunday at 11 a. m. His subject will be "Our Country's Heritage and Our Responsibility". All are cordially invited to attend. Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Bartlett and family returned from Coulee City where they visited with relatives over the Fourth. CORRECTION In our issue of last week, an item recording the visit of Mrs. Sykes and daughter to Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Petersen contained a mistake as to kin. Mrs. Sykes is a sister of Mrs. Petersen. Mrs. E. L. Howard and daughter, Mrs. Morine, were week end visitors in Eatonville. Wm. Howard and sister, Alta, and friend miss Lois Bond, arrived from Seattle later, all returning home Monday evening. Wm. Howard will begin serving "Uncle Sam", July 19th. He has enlisted in the "Radio," a branch of the navy. It is understood that he will receive training at the University in Seattle. He says he is going to bring home a "sub" for a watch charm. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. E. Murphy of Everett motored to Eatonville Sunday bringing Dorothy Fairbairn with them. Miss Dorothy had been on a visit to Everett for about tow weeks. Mrs. A. U. Fairbairn and her father, Mr. L. Nelson accompanied Mr. and Mrs. E. Murphy on their homeward trip where they will spend a week, returning to Eatonville, about next Saturday. Pg. 1, col. 2 Miss Celia Tront, Miss Hattie McDonald and Mr. McKinnie of Wallace, Idaho were guests of Mrs. Geo. Sabourin and Mrs. Walter McDonald over the week end. A valuable dog belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Schreiber which was lost some time ago was lately found in Mineral. Joe Willis motored to Tacoma Sunday returning the next day. Messrs Nansen and Bartlett and Miss Nansen attended the dance at Kapowsin last Saturday. Miss Tront, and Mesdames McDonald and Sabourin attended a dance at Kapowsin last Saturday evening. James Hayes, formerly employed on the County steam shovel, resigned his position last Tuesday evening to accept a like position in Camp Lewis. His family will follow in a short time. Improvements are being made on the East Road near Eatonville by widening the road at the curve thus lessening the danger to autoists. The steam shovel is being used for this purpose. Miss Violet McDonald and Mae Sabourin left for Tacoma, Monday. C. A. Howard made a business? trip to Olympia, Tuesday. His wife remained home. Walter McDonald, Arthur Palmer, George Sabourin and George, Jr. who made a short trip to the Government Hot Springs above Randall returned to Eatonville last Wednesday evening. LADIES AID PLAY POSTPONED Aunt Jerusha will not hold her quilting party on the 19th inst. as originally intended. Circumstances over which the committee had no control have compelled the postponement of the play to July 26th. Remember the date. In our next issue will appear a synopsis and cast of the play. Mrs. Walter McDonald and Mrs. Geo. Sabourin attended the funeral of Harold McDonald in Tacoma, Tuesday. NEWS FROM ALDER Jack Byers returned from his vacation after the Fourth in a snappy little Overland roadster. So far he has only had two punctures, one blow-out and ran out of gas once. The drivers say he's lucky. Several miniature forest fires are burning in this vicinity but are not dangerous as yet. John Hotes left for Lewis, Sunday, expecting to stay a few weeks at least. Those who attended the meeting at Tanwax hall from this vicinity were: Anton Marek, G. W. Scurlock, H. Hedborg, V. Rotter, A. Rotter, F. Bettin and N. Jensen. Miss Lilly Wachtman of Tacoma is visiting relatives and friends in Alder and vicinity and we hope she stays awhile. The crops in this vicinity are not very promising at present. A little rain would help out considerable. NEWS FROM SILVER LAKE Mrs. Paul Nelson returned to her home Friday after spending a week with friends in Poulsbo and Seattle. Those who already have their silos up are: Mr. Bement and Frank Ellis. Mr. Grenon is improving fast after his accident. His team got frightened and ran with the hay rake, one horse being hurt. Mr. Grenon had a bad scar on his forehead and a bone broken in his face. John and Lawrence Ellis spent last week at their home. Miss Hope Vance and Bob Hillberg spent Sunday at the Cottonwood ranch. Chas. Haberland of Camp Lewis spent the week end at his home. Chas. says the army life is great, he was stationed in Tacoma for a couple of weeks but was very anxious to get back to Camp Lewis. The dairy meeting held at Tanwax Hall last Thursday evening was well attended and all enjoyed the talk given by Mr. Kenny. LAKEHEAD & VICINITY Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Clevenger, Mrs. Harry Fellows and Miss Elsie Clevenger motored to Tacoma, Saturday. Mrs. J. A. Peterson is ill with rheumatism. Henry O. Holz purchased a new Maxwell last week. Mrs. Otto Selle, who has been sick the past few days, is much improved. Friends of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Holz enjoyed a pleasant evening Saturday at cards. Mr. J. Bell of Tacoma, who has been spending several days visiting his daughter, Mrs. T. W. Clevenger returned home last week. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Holz in company with friends enjoyed a motor ride, Sunday. Mrs. Harold Carr of new Kamilche, after spending several days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Snavely, returned to her home, Sunday. Fire destroyed the residence of A. H. Butler of Kapowsin, Monday evening. Those who were entertained at dinner Sunday at the A. C. Holz farm were: Mr. and Mrs. Willison, Mr. Saurs, Mrs. S. E. Gauge and children of Tacoma, Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Atkinson of Sumner, and Mrs. McPherson and daughter Irene of Sacramento, Cal. Pg. 1, col. 4 & 5 "Ab." BELL TO BE CANDIDATE A. B. Bell, deputy Prosecuting Attorney, has announced his candidacy for the office of Prosecuting Attorney to succeed Fred G. Remann, subject to the Republican primary election in September. Etc. {includes picture of Ab. Bell} Pg. 1, col. 5 NEW LAKE ROAD NEARING COMPLETION Mr. Henry Holz reports that there is a great deal of traffic on the new Ohop Lake road, although the work of gravelling is not yet completed. This road will eventually become the main road into Eatonville and on account of the beautiful lake scenery, will to doubt be widened to accommodate traffic within a very few years. GARDEN CLUB The Girl's Garden Club held their regular meeting last Friday at the home of Mrs. Norwood. The following program was rendered: BUSINESS Garden Club pledge Roll Call Report on gardens Last meeting minutes read. DEMONSTRATIONS Ink with Flowers RECREATIONS Garden song Solo by Miss Kate Moran Piano solo by Miss Norine Norwood. Piano solo by Miss Mildred Swanson Garden Club games Pledge to Flag Song "America" Those present were: Mrs. Norwood, our leader, Mrs. Steere, and the Misses Mildred Swanson, Norine Norwood, Alice Green, Margaret Norwood. Visitors were: Misses Kate and Frances Moran. LOCAL FOOD ADMINISTRATION AGENT Mrs. May Wright has been appointed local agent of the Food Administration and will have charge of the sugar purchases for this locality. She acts as agent for the County Food Agent and has authority to issue permits according to the rules of the Food Administration. No remuneration is attached to this position and the action of Mrs. Wright in accepting these duties, adding greatly to the convenience of the people of our community, is deserving of thankful appreciation. LOCAL CANNING CLUB ORGANIZED Under the auspices of the County Canning Club of which Mr. Delplain is Leader, a local canning club has been organized with the following officers: Miss Ahnquist, teacher; Mrs. Norwood, Leader; Miss Ida Hedborg, President; Miss Mildred Swanson, Vice- president; and Miss Norine Norwood, Secretary. Pg. 1, col. 6 LOCAL TEAM WINS AGAIN Eatonville defeated the Benston team on the home grounds by the score of 18 to 6. The feature of the game was the heavy hitting done by the home boys, and the playing of our brainy catcher, Frank Plan. There will be a Dance given for the benefit of the local ball team in the near future. The date and further particulars will be announced later. SUGAR SHORTAGE Because of limitations in the supply of sugar all retail dealers of the state, commencing today, will be required to keep a daily record of all sugar sold and will report their sales to county food administrators weekly. No purchaser is permitted to buy more than two pounds of sugar at one time. By checking reports from retailers, county food administrators will know what purchasers are exceeding their allotment, and these will be dealt with by the enforcement division of the food administration. In its circular sent to retail merchants today the food administration says: "The sugar situation is so acute that it will be necessary that all your customers fully realize that they must hold their domestic consumption of sugar down to as much less then three pounds per person per month as possible. It is realized that the sugar situation is causing inconvenience, but the war is the reason, and by the combined assistance of the public and the dealers the food administration hopes to avoid rationing the American people." After further limiting the supply of sugar to ice cream dealers the food administration announced today that it will strictly enforce the rule against the manufacture and use of water ices and sherberts in which sugar or syrups are used as ingredients. The ruling of the administration reads: "The manufacture of water ices and sherberts is prohibited even if manufactured with syrup instead of sugar. This applies to soda water fountains as well as ice cream manufacturers." DEPARTMENT STORE ADDS IMPROVEMENTS The Christensen Department Store has just completed some interior improvements which add materially to the appearance and convenience in attending the wants of the customers. A part of the old shelving has been removed and replaced with new shelving in a different arrangement; the office was changed to the side in such manner as to add about twenty feet of much needed shelving for future stock. Mr. Christensen announces that he will add a new and more extensive line of goods and that he will be enabled to now render more efficient service to the patrons. CIRCUS IN TOWN The local people were somewhat surprised last Tuesday by the advent of a string of Shetland ponies cages containing lions, monkeys and bear, all escorted by a number of people comprising the Robinson Animal Show. The circus was not advertised until Tuesday noon but immediately upon their arrival, the aggregation "got busy" and within a very short time the large tent was in position and the circus was ready for business. Good crowds attended both Tuesday and Wednesday performances and reported having received the worth of the price of admission and more. Mr. Fairbairn received the information that his son Lawrence, had motored to Tacoma from Selah, and when he found out that his mother was not in Eatonville, he beat it for Everett. Pg. 3, col. 6 POLICE JUDGE SERIOUSLY INJURED Mr. J. O. Ingle, while blackberrying last Sunday, fell from a log striking with his back on the broken limb of another log. The limb penetrated the intestines causing a very painful would. Since he was alone at the time of the accident and a long distance from any aid, he was forced to make his way to Eatonville where he arrived in a fainting condition after a long and painful journey. Pg. 4, col. 1 & 2 NEWS FROM SILVER LAKE (Too late for last Issue) Miss Marguerite Fogel visited in Steilacoom last week. Mrs. Chas. Wallace and Martha Ellis called at the Hillberg home Friday last. Mr. B. C. Ohneck and daughter, Bernice spent last week in Tacoma. Mr. and Mrs. LeMaster spent Sunday with Mrs. LeMaster's sister, Mrs. Golding at Harts Lake. Paul Smith of Tacoma is visiting his grandfather, Mr. Grenen. Bob Hillberg had the misfortune to have his little finger nearly cut off last Sunday while cranking John Stizman's Ford. Mrs. Stella Jensen of Shelton spent the week with Mrs. Paul Nelson. Mrs. Jensen and Mrs. Nelson left for Poulsbo, Wash. Tuesday. Edward Hillberg and John Sitzman motored to Seattle on Thursday last. Alfred nelson transacted business in Tacoma, Wednesday. Jack Frost has visited a few of us and seriously nipped our potatoes. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ellis spent Sunday at the Jensen home. The Ohop ball boys have been defeated two game snow; National defeated them Sunday last and Eatonville on the Fourth of July. Lawrence Ellis who has been working in Aberdeen visited his father a few days and left for Tacoma, Tuesday. Pg. 4, col. 4 WAR PICTURES WILL BE SHOWN HERE "War in Europe" will be presented at the Eatonville Theater on Friday evening July 19th. These pictures in 7 reels were taken by the reporters of the "Chicago Tribune" and the "New York World". They are authentic, showing remarkable battle scenes, besides giving details of different armies, which are instructive and interesting. Mr. Hewitt will appear himself in "Magic" and "Illusions". Price of admission will be 25 and 35 cents. Pg5, col. 5 & 6 Maximum canning with a minimum use of sugar is advised by the food administration for Washington because of existing limitations in the sugar supply. While urging housewives to can a maximum of fruit with a minimum of sugar same time is discouraging the making of jellies, preserves conserves and jams for the reason that they require a great deal more sugar than is used in ordinary canning operations. "One third of a cup of sugar to the quart is sufficient to develop the flavor of any fruit," says Mrs. Harriett Lycette home demonstration agent for the food administration. "Twenty-five pounds of sugar is thus sufficient to conserve 150 quarts of fruit, a supply sufficient for the average family. We must have fruits in this form to avoid nutritional diseases. Canned vegetables should in part take the place of fruit in the diet. "Because of the sugar situation I advise that from this date preserves, conserves, jams, and jellies can be easily dispensed with in the conservation program of the home. All homes have doubtless already made sufficient of such to meet any real need such as the invalids or aged. Because jellies and preserves require a cup of sugar to a cup of fruit and James three quarters of a cup of sugar to a cup of fruit, it will be advisable for the canner to eliminate these luxuries and substitute canned fruit, thereby using a minimum of sugar." Home canners are limited by the food administration to 25 pounds of sugar, and this amount can be purchased only after signing a certificate that the sugar will be used for canning or preserving purposes only. A permit for a second allotment of sugar for canning purposes may be obtained through county food administrators or their representatives on a showing by the consumer that such a supply is necessary and will prevent waste of fruit. It will be within the discretion of the county food administrator to refuse sugar purchasing permits to those who have been spendthrift in the use of their supply. The permit to purchase a second allotment or sugar is obtainable from the county food administrators or their representatives only, and not from the office of the federal food administrator for Washington. The President's proclamation of May 14, requiring the licensing of those engaged in certain lines of business, including "operating of poultry and egg packing plants not already licensed by the United States Food Administration," has been misunderstood by some of those affected. Under this classification, any one who sells poultry or eggs in any other way than at retail to the consumer, regardless of the amount of business done, must be licensed. There are many country storekeepers whose business is mostly retail selling, but who buy eggs and sometimes poultry from the farmers. They have never considered themselves as operators of poultry and egg packing plants, but in reality that is what they are. The fact that they are in the retail business on too small a scale to require a retailer's license does not alter the case. In order to comply with the law they must all fill out blanks obtained from the United States Food Administration and license issued. Pg. 6, col. 4 & 5 NOTICE CHANGE IN OUR DELIVERY In accordance with the general policy being adopted in other towns and the urgent request of the national Council of Defense to conserve in every possible manner whether in food material or man power we do hereby give notice that on and after July 22nd we will make but ONE TOWN DELIVERY EACH DAY. All orders placed or received at the store before 10:00 A. M> will be delivered the same afternoon. Orders placed or received after 10:00 A. M. {missing} OUT OF TOWN DELIVERIES will be delivered the FOLLOWING DAY IN THE afternoon. Out of town deliveries will be made in the FORENOON. Orders must be in the DAY previous before Clear Lake and way points. . . WEDNESDAY Ohop and Silver Lake . . . . . .. THURSDAY LaGrande . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .FRIDAY We trust our patrons will assist us in this loyal work by ascertaining their requirements just a little while ahead and have orders reach the store as early as possible that we may be enabled to put up, pack and arrange for their prompt DELIVERY. CHRISTENSEN'S DEPARTMENT STORE, EATONVILLE, WASH. Pg. 6, col. 5 OHOP VALLEY NEWS The Ohop Ladies gave a surprise party on Mrs. E. Hedborg on her birthday the 2nd, of July. A percolator was presented to her. All enjoyed a pleasant afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. J. Malm, Mr. and Mrs. H. Anderson, Andrew Anderson, Ida Anderson and Jim Carlson attended the Scandinavian American Pioneer picnic at Point Defiance, Sunday. The Girls Sewing Circle spent Wednesday of last week with Mrs. Anna Hendrickson of Eatonville. Jens Olden of Tacoma spent the week end with his folks. Mrs. A. B. Hildal returned Wednesday from Oregon where he spent the past week. Mr. and Mrs. E. Hedberg entertained Tacoma visitors Sunday. Mrs. Gwiney Van Eaton and children of Seattle are spending a few weeks visiting relatives here. Mr. C. C. Josselyn and son, Clarence, of the Ohop Bob made a business trip to Tacoma, Friday returning Saturday. Mr. Hans Olden made a business trip to Tacoma Wednesday of last week.