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Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-12
CHllDREN'S DAY ExERCI-
SES.

Children $ Day exercises will I've
held Sunday evening, June IA, at
seven O'Clock. The following pro-
gram will be rendered:
Song: I'VE will Scatter Sunshine"
Prayer ............R Rev. Rubicon
Song, Jesus Lives
Recitation, "Children's Day Lyn-
dell Lundy,
Recitation, Little Pilgrim" Earl
Baldwin.
Recitation, What the Hands Tell"
Annie Harris.
Dialogue, THE Secret of Being
Loved" Robert Lee, Walter
Cantril, Gordon Newbry.
Recitation, Let Us go Fishing"
Fred Baldwin,
Scripture Verse, Gordon Newbry.
Song, Suffer the Children to Come
Bible Verse, Maggie and Wallace
Weger.
Recitation, What Smile Can Do"
Belle Newbry.
Recitation, Summer Has Come, -"
Nellie La Laud,
Dialogue, Flower Lessons, Jes-
sic La Laud, Hattie Pettijohn,
Bertha Newbry.
Recitation, Spring Song" Cora
Sercombe.
Recitation, -Elizabeth Gorsuch.
Recitation, "Sunbeams" Gertrude
Haney.
Song, Children of the King"
Dialogue, 1--WE are the Leaves,
Ethel Baldwin, Mabel Pike, Lot
tie Pike, Belle Newbry.
Recitation, Little Things, Mar
Safet NeWDry.
Dialogue. pebbles from the Brook"
Claude Marble, Bennett Baldwin,
Lee Baldwin, Arthur Conway,
Walter Cantril.
Recital on, Rose Garland" Cora
Sercombe.
Rose Song
Vocal Solo-Selected-Miss Edna
Pallister.
Address by Rev. Rubicon.
Song, America" ,I
A cordial invitation is extended
to all to attend.
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into his head, He lived about an
hour after At the inquest it de
veloped that he had left a letter to
the coroner stating that he was go
ing to kill himself. He has rela-
tives near Spokane. The remains
were buried at PaSco.
The ice cream social at the Pres
byterian church last night was Il
great success.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-12
KENNEWICKLES /.


Robert Boyd, brother Of Dan
iel Boyd is here from Omaha OH a
short visit.
DR.. Pintler will be here again for
one week beginning June 10Th.
Office with DR.. Pallister.
Rev. w. c. Greene preached at
I the Congregational chapel Sun
day evening.
A. B. Parker was down from
Spokane for a few days the early
part of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Steele arrived from
Spokane and will take uptheir resi-
dence here.
S. H. Anon went to Spokane
Tuesday evening to be gone about
one month.
We are informed that c. H. Put
nam broke all arm Monday. The
particulars have not been obtained.
When you take swim i'll the
ditch, be sure you are supplied
with one of our nice bath towels,
R. Gerry.
c. B. Mcconnell arrived from
North Yakima Wednesday and is
contemplating starting improve
nents on his place near town.
las. R. Anon went to Waitsburg
Saturday for visit to friends. He
returned Monday.
c. W. Jess,,p and family from
Kendrick, Idaho, arrived Saturday
and have located OH their land and
are beginning improvements
Mr. Squeers arrived from Ro-
chester, Minnesota, Monday for
the purpose of looking over the re-
sources of this section,
DR.. McCutcheon and wife of Ia
coma were here Monday making
arrangements to put their farm un-
der cultivation.
Cosgrove & Hanson have pur-
chased water right for 100 acres
of land in the valley, which they
will put under cultivation this
year.
Mrs. L. H. Bracket of Tacoma
returned home on Tuesday. She
spent week visiting her sister,
Mrs. J. Hanson.
W. G. Sampson is now stationed
at Spokane. Mr.. Russell is i'll
charge of the company's land af-
fairs.
The Columbia is rising rapidly.
While no destructive floods are cx-
pected, yet high water is anticip-
ated on account of the great uuan-
tty OF snow i'll this mountains.
{. Lundy is spending great
portion of his time in Horse Heaven
building houses. He has compile
ted one for himself and is now put
ring up four more for friends who
are scheduled to arrive later.
Material is now arriving for the
new depot to be built here and con-
struction will soon begin. At the
same time the company expect to
park their right away along Front
Street.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Swan and
Mr. aid Mrs. R. L. Ballinger went
10 Easton Wednesday morning
Where they will spend the hot sea-
SON. They iatend to camp out
part OF the time and will undoubt-
nave a general jollification.
saturday evening the corner
stone OF our residence was laid with
uue masonic ceremonies by a few
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WASHINGTON LODGING
HOUSE

lover Scott 4 COS CIothIng Storey
0. o. NOBEN, Proprietor.
Handles the SPOKESMAN
REVIEW, The S + A 7 T l. +
TIMES and BOYCE'SW WEEKLY,
the standard illustrated union labor
paper of Chicago.
Subscribe for your weekly pa
pers through me.
Office in the restaurant i'll adjoin-
ing building.
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start cultivating the same early in
the fall.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Dow left
Tuesday for Park City, Utah,
where they expect to reside in the
future. Mr.. Dow has been assist
ing Mr.. A. r. Graham in the Ken-
newick Market. Mr.. and Mrs.
Graham will soon follow them as
Mr.. Graham has rented the market
to Frank Kitzman.
r. H. Russell, +. S. Sheldon
and Jno. H. Mcdowell arrived from
Genesee, Idaho, Tuesday. Messrs
Sheldon and Russell own land in
the Villa tracts, while Mr.. Nc Dow
ell owns land OH the hill south of
town. We understand that Mr..
Russell bought considerable land
under ditch yesterday, but have
not the particulars.
Mrs. James Crowell came near
drowning i'll the Columbia Monday.
Mr.. Crowell and another gentleman
were catching driftwood and she
watching them. She ventured too
close to the bank and fell in. She
was fished ont by Mr.. Crowell
and companion, and Mr.. Crowell
had close call from drowning in
the attempt. She was unconscious
when rescued. Prompt work re-
susticated her and she feels none
the worse from the ducking.
Mr.. Arnett, who owns a ranch
i'll Horse Heaven lost team and
wagon i'll the Columbia Monday.
He was catching driftwood, and
backed the wagon into the stream
to fasten some logs to which he
had caught preparatory to shaking
them out. The horses became ex-
cited and continued to back up I'M
til they reached deep water, and
horses and wagon went down the
river.
Hon. Henry Poehler, ex-congress-
man from Minnesota, residing at
Minneapolis, spent Tuesday here
visiting with Mr.. l. c. Rudow.
Mr. Poehler had spent the winter
in Los Angeles and was on his way
home. He was we'll impressed
with the country and realized from
what he had seen i'll the south that
lit would in time become duplicate
of southern California. With this
addition that here the water sup-
ply is practically unlimited and
at the doors of the best markets i'll
the country.
Parties were here again from
Prosser this week in the interest of
the beet sugai factory that will be
established there. They were de-
sirous of securing contracts for one
thousand acres of land to be put in
to beets. They would rent the
land, clear it and cultivate it them
selves, or simply contract for all
acreage and furnish seed and super
intend the cultivation, leaving the
owner to do the work. They
guarantee to pay s.. so per ton for
the beets at the factory. Expert
ments have proven that Kennewick
and Yakima section produce the
finest sugar beets known. Each
acre is capable of producing at least
20 tons. This means that all tile
land under the ditch at kenne wick
will in two years time be worth at
least $500 per acre. They secured
400 acres from DR.. Pallister and
about 100 from other parties.
c. f. Lemton committed suicide
at Schuneman' place near Pasco
last Monday. From DR.. Hewetson
who was called to attend the i'll
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Cosgrove
& Hanson

If you are looking for business or
or residence lot, call on us. We
are the sole agents for Beach's Adj
ditiOn
We have left a few ten acre tracts in
Section lone mile from town, which
we can sell at bargain,
We can sell you 10 Or 20 acre tracts,
with or without water right 3 ~
miles from town, at very low fig
ures. Don't miss this snap.
We can sell yov land all over the val
ley, with or without water right,
at remarkably low prices for !rri-
gated land.
We have some very good lots. both
residence and business, in the pres
ent tOwnsite at a bargain.
IS E r Z s
BEFORE Blu YIN G.
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saturday evening the corner
stone OF our residence was laid with
uue masonic ceremonies by a few
masonic and other friends. ]. Ser
eombe performed the ceremony
ana was assisted by L. c. Ru-
uow' X. Gorsuch and J.. B. Glenn
ments' while D. w. Owen, Rufus
Fullerton and the writer constitut-
81 the audience. The party broke
up promptly at low twelve.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-12-19

gs pushed first a spirit-dNnanter and
then water-bottle towards me with
one hand, pointing with the other to a
rack on my right, where some glasses
were neatly arranged.
poured off liberal allowance, and
tossed off the half of it at a gulp.
why shouldn't this child have a
drink too?" my companion said, with a
feeble pretense at popularity, stretching
hand across my tumbler to get at the
decanter.
There was nothing in the action to
arouse suspicion under ordinary cir
cumstances; but as thought of the in
dia-rubber ball, small enough 10 be con-
'ealeG in the palm OF the hand and
Il tbs deadly poison it contained. a
sudden panic seized me. and, scarcely
knowing what did. snatched up my
half-emptied tumbler and dashed its
contents on the floor. The man sat
staring at me with a look in his eyes
that to my dying day ! shall not for
get His mouth dropped open all awry
like that of paralyzed man. His face
went grey, his lips white, then scream
ing out, You're not Inspector Marten
at all! l knew !, from the first. You
are one of those infamous sevetf~-one
of those devils from hell-come here to
prevent me handing you over to JUS
tice!" he sprang forward, mounting
and gibbering at me like a monkey,
and with outstretched. twitching FIN
gers pointed at my throat
was on my feet in an instant, more
anxious TO explain the mistake into
which be had, not unnaturally. fallen
than TO defend myself But neither
course was necessary. for the next in
slant his arm dropped TO his side. and
with great groan he fell forward
motionless upon the table. Agitation
had brought on syncope OF the heart.
The man whose life | had come there
TO save was do~d
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Germ or this sort can't be ken, TO-,
eiosc' why should you put your head
INTO moose or which others hold the
suingf Don't you see it's safer for
each individual councillor II his tden,-
lily Is Kept secret? This man whom
you are replacing on the council-ir
ned known who his fellow-counciilors
"ere' IL is very possible that he'd have
gwen all our names 10 the police and
that each OF us would have had two
or three detectives on his track who
would have arrested us separately. IA
II Is. all he can tell them is that tho
whole OF US meet here to-morrow
night; but who we are and whore
We hang out, he can't say: so thar n
Ia only now and then, and for a few
hours, that we run any danger. And
4 need hardly tell you that we didn't
come here tonight until I had sat-
fsfied myself that no traJ was being
laid to take us. and that there was
nothing stirring among the police
beyond what l have already spoken
or Can't you see, too. what advan-
tage this system of our all being dis
guised alike presents? You will have to
put your beard and wig in your bag
when you go to see Number Seven.
because you go to him personating
Marten. But you will resume the dis
guise when the business is done. Sup
pose you are seen coming ashore after
accomplishing the job. and descrip-
ton OF you gets into the hands of the
police. They will at once inquire at
the two railway stations If man an
swering your description has been
seen, and they will be told Yes for
the six of us will be leaving Southend
AS far as possible by different routes
or by different trains-and the police
will be pelting all over the country
after US, leaving the course almost
clear to you. Don't you see how IL
scatters the scent? The police are at a
disadvantage in fighting us. When we
bring OH any little job, they start.
knowing nothing about It, and wb.,
they get to know iney have 20 md ont,
~-ror takes tine; whereas we start
knowing all about Ii, and with ali our
arrangements made beforehand. In
fact. seven determined men with
brains, all working together as we
do. can snap their fingers at Scotland
yard; and it seems to me that there
is a big future for this syndicate as a
business concern. What say you.
Councillor Number Seven? Are you
still as strong as ever on joining us?"
Yes"
VERY well. Let's get to business
Well go ashore now. gentlemen. and
arrange for the new councillor. Mum
Der Seven here, to make his little cal
upon Councillor Number Seven thai
was"
He rose from his chair as he spoke
| and led the way to the deck, the re-
cruit following closely behind him with
the bag. In very few minutes the
dip OF their paddles had died away.
and. cramped and chilled by my long
vigil, | crept out from my hiding place
into the now empty cabin, wondering
how best could so to work to Illustrate
the villainy of this precious Syndicate
Of Scoundrels.
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The saloon n Corruptcr.

The New York Wine and Spirit
Gazette is quoted in one Of it's temper
ance eXchang1s-we co not have the
felicity of seeing the paper in this Office
AS saying that the new excise law Of
New York could easily have been de-
feated if the liquor men of the state had
only been live enough to take cash
money" to Albany anu pay down for
votes Of legislators at the rate OF 81, 600
per legislator. 1t rails against its own
friends because some who probably
thought themselves very smart fellows
attempted to do business in the legisia-
ture on promissory basis 1t may be
set down as one certain thing in the
problem of political corruption IN this
country. that we will never get rid Of It
as long as the saloon exisIs.-ChIsaSo.
Interior
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HOW WORK REACTS.
GREAT Purposes nnd Great Efforts
Never "a Total FaIlurc--A truth
often Overlooked.

Work makes the worl man. T'r,t
truth is as certain and as important as
that the workman max s his work.
mans manhood. his character wisdom.
skill, are largely developed b. ne
things which he has done. A writer on
sociological subjects says that The Uni
versity OF Oxford went to East London
to convert East London. but East Len
don converted the University of Oxford-
He meant that, while the efforts on the
Oxford settlements we're not exceeding
ly manifest in results in London, they
were very manifest in changes OK
thought and ideals at Oxford The Sue
cess or failure of good ondeavors is resa~
lively unimportant; they have accaIn-
plished a great purpose either way In the
one who makes the enGeayors. OiCens
when we fail in our work, God makes our
work succeed with US. And how really
unimportant is the prominence or the
obscurity of our labors, How little Ii
matters whether the work be done with
in the four walls of home! So long
as il is faithfully done, il will accom-
plish that purpose in us for which, very
likely, il was sent. Work. then, for
what you can do by your work, aud also
for what your work can do for you--S
5. Times.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-12-19
STRINGS THAT PULL.
"our Tastes Are Strings Pulling Uei
Into Place"-Hence Duty of Cal
tvatinE Right Tastes

There seem to be many misfts Ins
this world, but after all, before i4es
are finished, most OF them are seen to
be tIted into their places, says the
Philadelphia Young People. The thing
which man can do. and can do besA
Is generally that which is appoins s54
him. If one has a passion or evss; -
prediction for a certain thing, he win
make or find chance somehow to do.
what he longs to do, and will obtain a.
degree Of proficiency In it. "OaT,.
tastes" says one. care strings pulling
1s into place" The taste for books.
and music will pull one into the place
of libraries, songs and sweet sounds.
inevitably. invariably. There may not
be complete qualification, nor perfeSAI
development of existing talent, but th0l
taste that dominates the man and the
circumstances. The strings pull. aud
with definite results. In spite OF diff,
| ,ulties. Elihu Burritt's taste for books,
pulls. even at the blacksmith's forge,
and Abraham Lincoln lies ut Gala
| length upon the cabin floor TO read oy
the light of the flaming brands. Did
| aot these men. and multitudes Of 9th
ers. find their places? Did not the
strings pull?
Such notable and irstinctiqe reass1
Tor the best things Is God given, and
the bestowal is one CT L.. means
whereby the place is ss.Snd. il IS syfssr
TAR better to be thus pulled into placs
than TO De born in II,
What is the duty .hen9 n IA two
fold: Strengthen these strings thu.
pull by cultivating to the utmost the
taste for the best things. determined
not TO stop short Of the right place for
the exercise of 1t; and never be ds~.
couraged by obstacles which seem 10
hinder reaching the place toward
which the soul is longing and the pos
sibility of doing the best work.
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JEHOvAR-JiREH
CGenesls 22.nl


How seemed II TO the lad.
IS down Mor.ah's s.Ope they slowly wa
rhey who had g.impsed tn eternsi pam
OF God? d I
Sehind. the pressure Of sncirciinK cor3A.
the vision OF sacr.ficial knife,
ana dying. ashes upon altar-stoneA
eeiore, life that nSyermore might be
me glad. free lie "a sunny heart ed youeh-s
FOR he had looked into the face OF death.
How seemed 1T to the lad.
"hen at the mountains base they ran On
meet
And welcome back tine chieftain and No
son?
Marked they upon his brow a graves
shade2
WITHIN his eyes stronger. clearer lfghe,
AS panop.ied with power beyond hts owns
And said they, under breath, from man 20
man. 81
The while they passed along the home
The prince has seen-has seen and talked
with GodT'
How seemed it 10 the lad. -
"hen for his mothers greeting low M
And felt her welcoming kiss upon hts
cheek?
Oh. did she see. with tender mother-s!rhS,
A change had conner And think you l.. az
he told =
The tale to herr Or did he holG.it c,c-s
TOO sacred for the common speech OF esarl..
Whhe dimly sceins through the mists OK
Yeas
In one great Sacrifice. the type fulnliea-
-Ailce Nd. Guernsey. in Youths Companr-I
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missed that. although we fully approve
the patriotic and commendable senti-
ments which inspire so many thou
sands In England and America to sub
scribe their money for the carrying
on OF the work. we ourselves are not
inclined 70 give our services entirely
gratuitously?"
He paused and looked curiousiy at
the new councillor. who nodded his
ev.irs consent and hearty approval Of
this statement of the case.
"In fac>, you will not be surprised to
learn that like statesmen and patri-
OTIS. who devote their time to the pub
lie service because they find that by
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wao ne SO long about II? Can Il be
that | surprised him at his devilish
work. and that while was waiting
shivering on the deck he was putting
the body out of sight and clearing
away the evidence OF his crime?"
While all OF this was passing through
my mind my companion had been star
Ing back at me in way which showed
that he too was ill at ease.
What's the matter, Inspector" he
said. looking about him nervously.
Any one would think you had seen a
ghost The cold swim has affected you
bit. hasn't it? Help yourself to a
whisky. Thatn put life into You
sooner than anything"
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CHAPTER LII.
HOW ] WARNED A DOOMED MAN Oh
HIS DANGER

HIS DANGER.
l was not long in making up INV
| mind Had known anything O.,
yachting, should have Sc. sail. hauled
up the anchor. and made for the shore:
but no First Lord OF the Admiralty
| knows less about u boat than I did at
that time Row ashore could not. as
the rsscals who had just left had
taken the dinghy, and did not like 10
call out for help, lest should bring the
| same crew of scoundrels back TO the
yacht Unless l made an effort to swim
to the pier-head l should have to re-
main on board all night. and In the
meantime murder was being done.
Without more ado slipped of nv
clothes and dived into the water.
striking out with all my strength.
But 1t was not TO be. The tide was now
setting seward at a great pace
Struggle as I would, soon realized
that it was impossible to reach the
pier-head; SO ceased swimming and
turning Oh my back, let the current
| Drift me. feet foremost. towards the
yacht which had just left, padding
meanwhile with my hands, that
| might Keep my body on an even keel.
AS neared the yacht raised my head
a little and squinted across my chest
to my toes, to make sure that | should
not be carried past her. In doing so
caught a glimpse of another small
vessel that lay some quarter OF a nile
out TO sea and in direct line Of the
current, 1t was no doubt the very boat
on which the crime was to be commit
ted. With the tide in my favor l.
would not be difficult to reach ner. so
L turned on my chest again, and pass
Ing under the yachts counter, 1 struck
out boldly for the farther craft.
BY the time 1 reached her I was
quite exhausted, and when some one
jumped up suddenly and called out. US
That you, Inspector" thought IL bet
ter TO say yes" and to get on board
as soon as possible, than to expend
what little breath still remained in
my body by entering upon what I'M
| der any circumstances would be a
| difficult explanation.
1 We'll, I've always heard that you
were tricky one, Marten," said my
new friend. But I'll be hanged if this
doesn't beat cock-fghting. Fancy
your swimming all the way out so
that no one should know where you
were going to. l guess you're blown n
bit, aren't you? Well go below and
have drink, If you'll wait here a min
ute while light the lamp"
| My swim from one yacht to the
other had been undertaken in such a
hurry that had no time in which to
speculate upon the probable appear
ance OF the person whom l had come
there to warn; and | was therefore
quite unprepared to find, when l
Joined him in the cabin, that he re-
sembled in every way the seven mys-
terious beings whose extraordinary
and uncanny likeness one to the other
had so startled me an hour ago. Had
given the matter moments thought,
might have known that there was
nothing strange in the fact that he was
still wearing his disguise. But the
events of the night had made me sus-
ptcious, and as / stood there staring
at him could not help asking myself,
What If | am too late? What If this
Is not the man who was marked out
for murder, but the murderer himself
Why did he bid me wait while h
Awent down to light the lamp? and VIII
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(To BE CONT UED0
In che Slang ofthe Day

The two dudes were wandering
through the retail shopping district
with eyes for everything feminine that
came their way. In fact, their gaze
proved annoying.
They make me think OF shoe
store" said the slangy girl.
"Why?" asked her companion.
"a pair of rubbers," said the slangy
girl.--Chicago Post.
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Fler Only Comment.

'T'd have you know madam" said the
ioud-voiced head of the combine, that
am q self-n1ade man."
WELL" rejoined the meek and lowfy
other half, "sIl I've got to say Is there
ought to 10 law to prevent man from
cheating himself. Chicago Daily
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Positively Brutal,

According to this paper" said Mrs.
Naggs, widows make the best wives"
II don't doubt it, my DEAR" replied
Naggs, but nevertheless don't fell JUS
titled in shutting off at the present writ
ing merely for the sake OF making a
good wife of you. Chicago Daily News.
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Now what is human happiness2
Afar we contemplate Il.
It's what some other fellow has
Who can't appreciate IT.
Washington Star.