THE EATONVILLE DISPATCH, Eatonville, Washington, September 27, 1918 Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by E. Ruth Brewer brewerer@att.net 07/07/04 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************ THE EATONVILLE DISPATCH A Weekly Paper For Tacoma Eastern People Third Year, No. 59, September 27, 1918 Eatonville, Pierce County, Washington Pg. 1, col. 1 LOCAL AND PERSONAL Wanted-A woman for general house-work. No children. Mrs. Paul Nelson, Eatonville, Phone Main 75. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Green entertained an auto load of friends from Tacoma, Sunday. Mrs. H. E. O'Neal, Mrs. Frank Powell, Miss Hazel Van Bevers, lieutenant Sam Cowell, Lieutenant Lewis Alberts, Pvt. Joe Genally of Tacoma and Mr. and Mrs. John Galbraith were the supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Geiger on Saturday night. DON'T FORGET-Fairbairn will have hot coffee and cakes, pies and sandwiches Saturday night. The Auction Bridge Club met at Mrs. John Galbraith's on Wednesday. Mrs. LaBreche having high score. N. J. Bruen spent the week end in Seattle and brought Mrs. Bruen back with him much improved in health. Can anyone at the Fair beat this? E. S. Miller of New York State who is the father of Mrs. Bruen is exhibiting at the Suffolk County Fair this week, 20 varieties of apples, 18 varieties of pears, 36 varieties of grapes and 21 varieties of peaches. Sergt. Al Redican, Signal Corps, Camp Lewis was in Eatonville, meeting a few of his many friends, a part of this week. M?? ?. Hundvin who has been very ill for some time, is now recovering. Pg. 1, col. 2 STATE SENATOR METCALF TO TALK HERE State Senator Metcalf will address the people of Eatonville at the Red Cross Concert tonight on the subject "How Shall We Rebuild Our Country". Under this subject, Senator Metcalf will discuss the land question which he has made a subject of intense study having visited Europe on committee work in this connection. There is perhaps no one in the State who is better posted on this subject than Senator Metcalf and our people may be assured of a real treat in hearing it discussed. REDMEN BID MEMBERS FAREWELL At the close of their tribal meeting last Wednesday evening, a committee of the Red Men prepared a hasty but very enjoyable luncheon in honor of their members who left on the following day to join the Student's Army Training Corps at the U. of W. and State College. Among the Red Men leaving are Frank and Herman Hekel, McKinley VanEaton, Frank Petersen, Francis Canty and Dewey Fredericksen. About forty members were in attendance. FAREWELL PARTY FOR YOUNG SOLDIERS A farewell party in honor of the High School boys who are leaving for the Student's Army Training Corps, was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Canty last Wednesday evening. A number of the young people were in attendance and reported a highly enjoyable evening. Francis is the third son, of Mr. and Mrs. Canty, in age and the third to enter the service of Uncle Sam. ROYCE MILL BURNS The mill of the Royce Lumber Co., two miles west of Eatonville was entirely destroyed by fire early last Sunday morning. The watchman discovered the flames and blew the fire whistle at 1:30 a.m. but it had then reached such proportions that the mill could not be saved. One car loaded with slabs and about three carloads of lumber in the yards were also destroyed. The fire swept one of the bunk-houses out of existence but all other buildings were saved. The loss is very heavy and was only partially covered by insurance. Mr. Royce will not rebuild at present but may continue to log the timber which he had already purchased for use in the mill. The origin of the fire is unknown. CLEVELAND TRACTORS SENSATION OF SHOWS At the numerous shows recently held throughout all western Washington, the Cleveland "Little Tank" has given a very good account of itself. Following the demonstration at the Southwestern Washington fair a private demonstration was made at the Klaber Hop yards at Klaber. This resulted in the Klaber Investment Co. purchased a Cleveland for their ranch. Recently a Cleveland was delivered to the Shaffer Bros. Logging Company at Satsop. This machine will be used to construct roads through the woods for logging operations. The county commissioner of Grays Harbor county have taken delivery of a Cleveland to be used for road work. This machine was purchased after demonstrating its ability to handle graders, scrapers, sacrificer and other road building implements. The Cleveland is a machine that can be successfully used by farmers with only a few acres as well as those with large farms. Its usefulness is not limited to plowing, cultivating etc. but it can be used almost every place that power can be applied. Pg. 1, col. 3 PARENTS - ATTENTION! The Government has asked us through the Child Welfare Department of the Council of Defense to have a physical examination of every child under school age. At the "Better Babies" Contest of the Fair, under the direction of Mrs. Fred Matheny, is the place to have this done. So bring the babies and all the children under school age (six years) to the Eatonville High School, Saturday the 28 as soon after noon as possible. The physicians of this vicinity are offering their services gratis, so it is a wonderful opportunity for mothers to learn just how healthy and well or under developed their children are. There should be one hundred children there, and don't you be slackers by making it less. Mrs. N. J. Bruen, Capt. Minute Women. MOTHER'S ATTENTION! The government has issued a plea to have all children of the ages of 6 months to 6 years examined for the "Better Baby" movement. Now is the time. On Saturday afternoon between the hours of 2:00 & 4:00 p.m. the examination will be going on at the High School for the "Fair Babies" and the other little ones can be examined at the same time. FAREWELL PARTY Mr. and Mrs. A. U. Fairbairn entertained at a farewell party Tuesday evening to honor the young men of Eatonville who leave soon for Seattle and Pullman where they will enroll in the Students Army Training Corps. The evening was pleasantly passed in reading fortunes, games and music after which ice- cream, cake wafers and cocoa were served. Those present were the Misses Glenn, Ahnquist, Brown, Mary and Ethel Jacobsen, Martha Kjelstad, Dorothy and Alberta Brantner, Signe Green, Dorothy Ingersoll, Emma Kaufman, Louise Hekel, Ida Hedberg, and Hennie Nansen, and the Messrs. Frank and Herman Hekel, McKinley VanEaton, Dewey Fredericksen, Alfred Brewer, Harold Griffith, Ernest Jacobson, Matteaus Kjelstad, Clarence Williams, Francis Canty, Frank Petersen and Lawrence Fairbairn. Those enrolling at the University are Harold Griffith, Francis Canty, Frank Petersen, McKinley VanEaton, Frank and Herman Hekel. Those entering Pullman are: Ernest Jacobson, Matteaus Kjelstad, Dewey Fredericksen, Alfred Brewer, and Lawrence Fairbairn. P. T. A. HAVE FIRST MEETING The PTA had their first meeting with a fair attendance. Mr. Griffiths, our new school superintendent gave a very nice talk. Miss Brown's room won both pictures for largest attendance and most visitors. Pg. 1, co. 3 & 4 TIRE CONSERVATION A PATRIOTIC WATCHWORD Conservation and preparedness are two watchwords which exemplify the spirit of the times, and which should be of special meaning to the tire user according to a Fisk Rubber Co. official. Curb rubbing, rut driving, and driving in the car tracks should be avoided as far as possible, thus preventing unnecessary bruises and fabric cuts which shorten the life of the tire. Proper inflation, and correct alignment of the front wheels, should also be carefully watched, for these factors have considerable effect on mileage. As a matter of preparedness, a small sundry kit should be in every automobile. If a driver is unlucky enough to suffer a second puncture after having applied his spare tire, he will be in an unfortunate predicament without a kit. Quick repairs can be made with even a small kit. With a few patches, a blowout boot, cement, valve inside, and a small amount of filler, practically any small repair can be made, and fabric or tread breaks filled so as to prevent sand or pebbles working into the tire. These small details are of prime importance today, when conservation must be practiced to the end that our materials and energies may be applied to the forwarding of war aims. Pg. 1, col. 4 A LETTER FROM FRANCE (A letter from Private Dave Griffith, a nephew of Mrs. J. O. Ingle, might be of interest as he speaks of his life in France. Mr. Griffith was one of 7 men out of 250 selected to join the 316th Eng. Corps. to go to France.) Somewhere in France, August 25, 1918 Dear Aunt and Family: Will try and answer you most welcome letter for I was certainly glad to hear from you. On the 4th of July I was in New Jersey and was wished I was at Clear Lake fishing. I had a nice trip across the Atlantic, didn't get sick and felt as safe as if we were on land for we were well guarded. We landed at an English port and then I had my first real hike to a rest camp. It was only a few miles but it seemed like 50, for we had heavy packs on our backs. We stayed there a couple of days and then entrained fro a 6 hour railroad ride and then a hike to another rest camp. We came across the Channel in a little old boat. I cannot tell you the precautions against submarines but they proved entirely effective. Most of the boys were sick on this trip. After debarking we marched to another rest camp but this was in France and we had a great time trying to talk to the natives. We didn't stay here very long, just a short rest then we were on our way once more and this time we rode in French cars. Speaking of railroads, both England and France have small, light rolling stock in comparison with American practice. The freight cars have a capacity of 10 tons. When you see a tiny locomotive start a train, you feel like cheering. However, the little devils seem to cover the ground. We are stationed in a little old quaint village, the church here is over 200 years old. The houses are all built of stone with either tile or flat rock roofs and the people are still farming the way they did in the States in the early days, using the cradle or cutting grain and using the ox team instead of horses. The horses they had have been to the front and have been gassed. These people have had a very hard time of it in the last four years and most of them are just existing and that is all. Their food and even their wood is rationed to them. We are a good many miles from the front. When we arrived here we could hear the big guns roar once in a while, but the Americans are driving the Germans back so fast that they will be in Germany before they know it. It is hard to tell when I'll see any fighting. We are drilling every day, for when our time comes we will do our best to help win the war. >From you nephew, Pvt. Dave Griffiths, H. Q. No. 316 Engineers, P. O. 176 A. E. F. Pg. 1, col. 5 H. O. A. HOLD ANNUAL SALE & ENTERTAINMENT The H.O.A. Club held their Annual Sale Friday evening, September 20th, in the basement of the M. E. Church. The little folks gave a short program supplemented by two beautiful songs by Miss Lucy Gordon and a reading by Mrs. Canty. The auction sale followed the program. The large crowd that had gathered showed by their prompt bidding that they were very much interested in what the little folks had done. After the sale, the fish pond and candy booth proved to be very exciting and interesting. Pink ice-cream and cookies were served and everyone seemed to enjoy the evening immensely. The H.O.A. Club wishes to thank those who donated articles, helped on the program, and in other ways that helped to make the sale the big success it was. Proceeds were $49.40. Mrs. Bruen who was not able to be present, remembered the club as she always has before, by a liberal donation. NEWS FROM BENSTON There was no school in the primary room Wednesday as the teacher, Miss Murray went to the dentist. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lipke were in Tacoma, Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson and daughter Marguerite visited friends in Tacoma, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Daniels and son, Walter, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Elhart were the dinner guests of Mrs. Carl and Mrs. F. Lipke, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. G. Lindall were business callers in Tacoma, on Tuesday. The Improvement Club meets at the school house, October 5th. Mrs. Earl Elhart, shopped in Kapowsin, Saturday. Mrs. Krause was a Kapowsin visitor, Thursday. SILVER LAKE NEWS Mrs. Paul Nelson returned to her home, Thursday from the Tacoma General Hospital. She is much improved in health. Mrs. Ellis Hillberg entertained the Silver Lake Sewing Club Thursday. Fourteen ladies were present. Mrs. Hillberg served a dainty luncheon and surprised Martha Ellis with a birthday cake with 29 candles. The cake was a surprise to all as the rules of the club are no cake while such a shortage of sugar. Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Ohneck entertained 27 guests at dinner, Saturday evening at the Lakeside Inn. The occasion being a surprise on Mr. and Mrs. Howard Crate. Mr. and Mrs. John Jensen have moved from their farm on to Mr. Robert Fiander's farm. Mrs. Hillberg and son Ed spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Assmussen. Mrs. Frank Krones called on Mrs. Nelson, Sunday. Mrs. Fred Guskie of Mud Lake and Mrs. LeMaster called at the Nelson home, Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Elis and son Lawrence, Alfred Nelson and Miss Conrad motored to Eatonville, Saturday evening. AT THE FAIR Yesterday was the day appointed for receiving exhibits for the Tacoma-Eastern Fair and despite the fact that the public attention is mostly given to Liberty Bonds and the American army drive, the Fair gives promise of being a great success. The Weyerhauser School has installed an exhibit including almost everything from a hill of potatoes to some exceptionally good art work. This exhibit is an example of what community exhibits should be and certainly reflect great credit on that community. There are sugar beets so large that we refuse to describe them lest our veracity be doubted. Go and see for yourself. There is an artichoke so tall that it reminds one of the old story of jack and the Beanstalk. Spuds, carrots and every other vegetable of large size, and good quality are tastefully displayed, corn hat reminds one of the immense fields of Illinois and enough of these vegetables to feed a large bunch of soldiers. The Red Cross display is fine. The poetry concerning the pig and the hen attracts the eye and holds the attention. The poet will probably never wear the laurel wreath but the work answers the purpose better than lines from Shakespeare. The display shows what the local chapter has been doing and, in itself is worth the price of admission. Summing up, we can truly assure you that you will get your money's worth and more, in a visit to the Fair. SCHOOL NOTES (Freedom For All Forever) The Fourth Liberty Loan will open Saturday September 28, and close October 19. "Teachers should make certain that every school boy and girl in America knows just what this drive means." A LIBERTY BOND bought will ?under a Kaiser bond over there. A great National crisis may soon present itself. The Spanish Influenza seems to be spreading Westward. Let all parents use preventative measures to check this epidemic's spread. Guard your child's general health! Good wholesome food, proper rest, bathing often and warm clothing will do much to assure strong powers of resistance in the child. Avoidance of wet feet. Sleeping with plenty of fresh air in bedrooms. Drink much water. FAIR! EATONVILLE FAIR! TACOMA-EASTERN FAIR. HAVE YOU made your entry? Miss Proctor invites all persons interested in forming a French Club to meet in the high School, Wednesday Oct. 2nd at 8:00 p.m. Miss Kibbe, our Agriculturist will be glad to conduct an extension department in this paper weekly. Any farmer in this vicinity is invited to submit questions, either in writing or personally, for answer. Friday evening last the Student body of the Eatonville High School held a "get together" social for the incoming Freshmen. Game, music, refreshments, the presentation to the "Babies" of the School, of their patron saint, Mr. Hamurabi, were the features of the evening. Credit is due the members of the various committees for their good work. Everyone voted "The Freshman Frolic" a great success. The Superintendent has been kept busy lately making up credentials for many alumnae who are enrolling in the various State institutions. Pg. 3, col. 1 NEWS FROM ELBE (Too late for last issue) Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Borden were Elbe visitors, Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Temple and Mr. Bob Spears were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Sachs, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Biven and family motored to the mountain, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Baker and family are planning to leave Elbe the first of next week for the harbor. Mr. Vance returned to Elbe Tuesday night after spending a week in Everett. Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Borden were Eatonville callers one day last week. LAKEHEAD & VICINITY (Too late for last issue) Mr. and Mrs. S. Jacobson of Matlock are spending a few days with Mrs. Jacobson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Peterson. Mr. Harkness and family of Sumner were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Holz, Sunday. Mrs. Smith Graham of Tacoma spent Sunday with her husband at the Cascade timer Co. Camp. Mrs. A. C. Holz and Miss Eva Holz spent Friday in Eatonville the guest of Mrs. Otis Crowell. Miss Grace Rorke spent the week end with Mrs. Otto Selle. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Holz entertained the card club, Saturday evening. Miss Ruth Peterson visited her parents Saturday returning to her school at Matlock, Sunday. Pg. 3, col. 4 OHOP VALLEY NEWS (Too late for last issue) Mr. and Mrs. Kirkebo and Mr. and Mrs. P. Larson of Tacoma, spent Sunday visiting Kjelstad's. Mrs. Bob Potter entertained the Ohop Sewing Circle last Thursday, at dinner. The guest were: Mesdames Taylor, McTee, Hendrickson, Malm, Josselyn, Jaensch, and the Misses Ida Anderson, Anna Peterson, Ethel Jacobson, Violet Jensen and Babies Billie McTee, Sterling Taylor and Joseph Jaensch. Mr. and Mrs. H. Anderson and Andrew Anderson motored to Aberdeen and spent last week visiting friends. Mr. and Mrs. E. Jacobson together with relatives and friends from Tacoma motored to north Yakima, Tuesday and will spend a week at that place. The Ohop Ladies Aid held a surprise party on Mrs. O. Olden last Thursday, the occasion being her birthday. Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Johnson of Tacoma and Messrs. Ruben Johnson and Myron Clinton of Bremerton spent Sunday at Jacobson's. Mary Jacobson returned from a two weeks outing Sunday at Manzanita Beach. Mrs. Kjelstad, Martha Kjelstad, Mrs. Jaensch and Ernest Jacobson were visitors at the Anderson farm Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. L. Olden and family and Mrs. Nensen and family motored to Camp Lewis Sunday. Pg. 3, col. 6 NEWS FROM ALDER Mrs. G. W. Stoner is reported on the sick list. The Town of Alder is certainly dry these days. School didn't keep on Monday because there was not enough water to put in the furnace boiler. Mr. Andrew Fyfe visited his wife who is ill at the Eatonville hospital on Monday. Mrs. Chas. Perkins, Sr. returned home from the hospital, Monday. Her health is much improved. Stanley Scurlock visited the school in Eatonville, Monday. Stanley and about a dozen of the boys expect to go to the various Universities the last of the week. The majority of them will enter Pullman. Mr. John Hotes and Miss Florence Toney, both of Alder and school-mates since the early school-days were quietly married in Seattle the first of the week. Ole Malcolm made a business trip to Alder during the week. Mrs. Lydia Criswell made a trip to town the first of the week. The County has been doing some work on the Hedborg road. Mrs. Frank Mensick made a visit to the Scurlock place lat week. Alder on Tuesday evening turned out nearly one hundred per cent to a party given in honor of the boys who are leaving for the training camps. The party was held in the I. O. O. F. Hall where music and dancing were enjoyed, also games and songs, after which lunch was served in the dining room. Mr. Edison Rathbone acted as toast master and was responded to by each one of the boys. This brings the war close to home in Alder and everyone is going to back the boys to the last ditch, by buying Liberty Bonds. God speed the boys of Alder. Pg. 4, col. 6 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR U. S. LAND OFFICE AT Seattle, WASH. SEPTEMBE 20, 1918 Notice is hereby given that Otto E. Haynes, of Eatonville, Wash. who on Sept. 25, 1913, made Homestead Entry, No. 03592, for Lot 4 and S. W. 1/4 N. W. 1/4 Section 2, Township 15 N., Range E., W. Meridian, has filed notice of intention to make Three Year Final Proof, to establish claim to the land above described, before Register and Receiver, at U. S. Land Office, at Seattle, Wash. on the 13th day of November, 1918. Claimant names as witnesses: Ray Sherman, Roy Beckwith, J. P. McElfresh, Walter McDonald, all of Eatonville, Wash. G. A. C. Rochester, Register. Pg. 6. col. 1 & 2 PERMITS FOR MORE SUGAR ALLOWED Permits for more sugar will be issued by the food administration to make possible more extensive canning in Washington, according to a letter issued to county food administrator by Charles Hebberd, Federal Food Administrator for Washington. This does not mean that there is any greater amount of sugar in the country, but it is for the purpose of conserving a greater amount of fruit for winter use according to the administration. The letter reads: "To All County Food Administrators and Deputies: "The United States Food Administration is very desirous that no fruit or vegetables be wasted for lack of sugar for canning and preserving even if using the sugar for that purpose should result in our issuing a less allowance for this state in November and December. "County food administrators have been instructed to issue canning permits and certificates in 5-pound lots to all applicants who may use such sugar for canning and preserving only. SUPERSEDES OLD RULE. "The amount they have already had is not to effect this issue of permits. The sole governing factor is that the sugar must be used for canning and preserving. This rule supersedes the rule of August 20th, which restricted the permits according to the size of the family. The use of sugar for jelly, jam, and preserves is permissible. "All persons are urged to obtain a maximum amount of canning with a minimum amount of sugar, also that no fruit or vegetables be allowed to go to waste. "Hotels and boarding houses may now be allowed sugar for canning and for jams even if their boarders are transients. ALLOW NO WASTE. "The whole idea is to allow no waste of fruit. Where county food administrators are assured that sugar applied for will be used to can or preserve they have authority to issue permits as often as needed. "They also have authority to issue canning certificates to cover the needs of the domestic science departments in schools upon application of the head of that department. They must impress upon teachers, however, the need of saving sugar and that they should teach their classes the use of sugar substitutes wherever possible. Pg. 6. col. 2 & 3 To our readers;-- A short time ago, when we notified you that the increased cost of paper necessitated our raising the price of our yearly subscription, we, also, notified you that within a short time the regulations then applied to the large daily papers would be extended to the rural weeklies. Last week we received, from the Pulp and Paper Section of the War Industries Board, a set of regulations governing weekly, bi-weekly and tri-weekly newspapers and a circular questionnaire which we were required to fill out, have attested before a notary and return fro their information. All this work is designed to make a further saving in news stock and we are advised that a 15 per cent saving must be effected by November 2, 1918. Among the rules, is one which forbids mailing papers to subscribers who are more than three months delinquent in their subscription. This means that if you are more than three months delinquent on November 2, YOUR paper will be discontinued. We ask that you, not only continue the paper by paying up your subscription at once, but that you kindly mail it to some soldier friend or relative after you have read it. In this way, a saving may be effected and you will be helping the soldier as well as your home paper. Very respectfully, Eatonville Publishing Co.