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The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-12-07
Artisans Entertain.

On Tuesday evening at their "open
meeting" the United Artisans aud
friends to the number of about forty
enjoyed very pleasant evening. There
was no set program, but an interesting
address by Supreme Instructor DIR. G..
L. Eshelman. lively games and refresh
ments helped toSpeed the hours merrily
along. Organizers Mr.. and Mrs. !. A..
baron We're present.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-12-07

Our customers interests are orr Interest,"
Tull & Goodwin store has plenty Of boosters 1t O,
to have. We trust Kennewick people to know
thing when they see it.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-12-07
Carpenters UniOnize.

The carpenters of kennewick have
organized a local uniou for mutual
benefit and are holding regular meet
ings- The new organization has 81
members. The union has been meet
ing in Dircks-n's hall and a committee
has been appointed to lease permanent
quarters. Charles Ruckrnan is presi-
dent and L. NJ. TIamond is secretary.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-12-07

We are doing big business, won by sheer meri,
The fanciest and yet the cheapest characterzes GU
goods every time.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-12-07

We endeavor to please our customers. What
want we generally have. If not, we get it for
No store can do moe MANY do less.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-12-07
Santa Claus Pictures!

Morefield's Gallery Will make pic
lures at special prices up to Wednes-
day, Dee. Il, for delivery before Christ
mas.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-12-07
The City Election.

The City election was held yes
terday in Amon's Hall and because
there was only enc ticket in the
field very light vote was polled.
J. ]. Reed was il spector and A w.
Fellows and l.. w. So:h judges OF
the election. >ixty-th.ee votes
WIRE polled and the result was as
follows.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-12-07
The Basket Social.

On Friday evening, December It'll,
the ladies of the Episcopal Guild will
conduct a basket social at DiIcksen's
Aall Each lady is expected to bring
well-fiiled lunch basket in which she
places either the Oldest picture of her.
self She has or SAMPLE of the shirt.
waist she is wearing The baskets
will be sold at auction To the highest
bidder. Sam Ward, G.. A. Lundy or
some other handsome man will act as
aurtioneer.
A musical and lit rary program will
be rendered consisting of instrumental
aud vocal solos and duets. Readings
will be given by J. X. D-Priest aud
Miss Bertha S. Trip. No admission
at the DOR. Unless children are in
the company of their psrents they will
not be admitted.
Sunday Dr.. Heisley went to WalIa
Walla to care for DR.. Coon who had
typhoid fever.
There will be meeting Of the foot.
ball enthusiasts at Trips new pool
room Friday night at Up m.
Don't forget the sale of fancy articles
and home cooking given by the ladies
of the Baptist chnrch, Dec. s
Henry DeBow vice president of the
Genesee, Idaho: Bank and Mr.. Morgan
are here looking over the valley.
Get in line and buy c. p. Ford's
good brand of shoes; best for warmth
and wear an ear. h at Mrs Heard's
FOR SALE-19 dozen good Ply
mouth Rock hens. w. NJ. johnson,
Section Z.
Loose alfalfa hay delivered to any
part of town OF IS so per ton if taken
within week. Frank Emigh.
Drs. Heisley are unable for the pres
ent to secure suit ,ble rooms for offices,
and will treat patients, on and after
Monday next at their residence on 4th
Street betwe+ II Washington and Yaki
ma Streets.
The Third Annual Sale Of fancy ar.
ticles, cakes, pies, ETC., held by the
l,dies of the c. ngregational Church
will occur Sa' urday, Dec. Is. in the
building known as the "IdIe Hour"
next to &. o. Anderson's office.
Dr. ingalls,, sight sp' cialist, is at the
Hotel Hover in kennewick for one
week only. Have your eyes attended
to by him if You want Il perfect fitting
pair of glasses lie grinds them at once.
He cures headaches and SIRE eyes
without the use of medicines.
Next Tuesday night. Dec II, the
Kennewick Rebekah Lodge will be Or
ganized in the Masonic Hall. Prepar-
ations have been made for great time.
About twenty old members have placed
their names on the charter and there
will be class OF twenty or thirty initi-
ates. The Yakima Rehekah lodge will
do the team work assisted by the Pros
ser Lodge, whose deputy will have
charge of the organization. The Ladies
Aid of the Methodist Church will s-rye
the banquet and The Kennewick Orches-
ira will furnish the music.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-12-07
Store News

Some of Our rewcst fall goods have just arrived
Come in and get samples and compare goods aud
prices with our competitors.
Willmar tribune., 1906-06-20

found at the home Of a moonshiner not
far from the little, town, brought back
and tried, and the Judge decided to
make an example Of the bold young
creature by sending her to jail at Co.
lumDus for four months. ..
Astonished the Mconshiners.
The moonshiners were simply par
alyzed by the sentence, for some of
them thought that Betsy bore a
: charmed life; so to speak, and one OF
them, in an outburst of admiration,
had said on the third day that she
would come clar,''' and that mo jedge
an no jury can tech her, in my min. ~
But Betsy had not quite reached the
limit OF her resources. The jail at
Columbus is an old-fashioned& barn OF
structure, three. stories high and ct
brick, and is generally slimly tenant
ed. 1t happened that when Betsy
first entered its walls a man was there
on his way to the penitentiary to serve
IL months for the practice. of the gen.
tie art of manslaughter, he having in
some kind OF mix-up slain fellow
mouataineer with knife, and "gittin
of light" as the other side of the
case put it. Betsy was put on the
second floor of the Jail, this prisoner
Willmar tribune., 1906-06-20
Tbe Dafatto1l 5psten1
ann Bu8tnf88
By CHARLES F. PIDGIN.

raed to comparatively slight The great of working
people do large vacations such
they take with loss of pay:
In some degree however question ques
ion whether shorter better conditions
good bad effect business. The this question:
because the figures hand the increased
productivity Of the American worngman the favorable
vronment.
Still the direct of how affected bv the
vacation system admits also of direct
said decve that has hurt business wherever tried
paravey it has been tried sufficiently
its merits In the the salaried benefits
undoubtedly have followed the introduction of
system.
In the first place. the person looks to vacation
has constantly mind goal the end of which prize
Other things being equal the position that offers him offers
to him distinct attraction He aims position during
the prospect with peasurabe anticipation It JOY that
lghtens toll.
The employer himself think ready testify he is the
off, well the empoye for the and the
empoye obtains vacation tired epoy may ineffective
lazy and the wise employer appreciates this
Again. there economic advantage present vacation
SYSTEM because tends take many thousands people
city every period Of more distribute
expenditures travel and country Places which developed
many ways by the money that the visitors bring
The visitor has been the builder great
and communities that but for his
remained undeveloped. ~ - &@s #s= 9@# **=#
Travel good thing for the traveller railroad and for
everybody whom the traveller s(-~\
with whom he ,sojourns: s@"@>&** .->~-3t~-~x
This is a phase of the summer I'll
vacation system that has been %/ C1kR%r>1!1
tinct advantage to business ~ N 5=8.#
Willmar tribune., 1906-06-20

stairway AMI set fire to the trap-door.
burning a hole therein, through which
Chalmers descended. He and Betsy,
after passing the compliments OF the
day, for they were acquainted, decided
on the mode Of faction, and then Chal-
mers fell to work to make q hole
through the. side of the Jail, while
Betsy made rope out of blankets and
bedding, and arranged such goods and
chattels as she had with her in shape
for quick removal. Chalmers, with
true ga'lantry, decided that it was best
for him to go through the hole. first,
thus testing the latter, and, incident
ally, the rope below. Out he got and
fitted away. =@>~s
;. Nearly Vanquishes Jailer. <
Betsy was going, too, but as she
was halfway through the hole she
felt the rude hands of the jailer upon
her, and was hauled back into the
room. This aroused her fighting instinct
to the limit, and like lioness she
sprang upon the jailer, who had a bad
quarter of an hour, for not only was
Betsy a good wrestler, but star hair
pulleT and scratcher. Not satisfied
with these accomplishments, she
whipped out knife and cut the jailer
Willmar tribune., 1906-06-20
How the Hopi People Came to Be
Designated by Objection
able Name.

To those few in the outer world who
ever heard of them at all they are
mostly known as Moquis-this
through the publicity gained by their
annual Snake Dance, says the Crafts.
man. But Moqui or Moki is a mis-
homer. Hopi is how they would have
us know them-because it is, right.
and because it means something to
them and is justly symbolic of their
racial characteristics. Peaceful-gen-
tie is its signifcance-and the worst
word they know to apply to an Of
fender is ka-hopi-the negative of
Hoji-or pas-ka-hopi, the superlative
of this; and anyone as bad as this
is hopeless. Moki in their language
means dead, and the accepted theory
of it's first application to them as a
tribal name is that the Navajo, their
longtime enemy in spirit of deri-
sion so called them on account OF
their distaste for warfare, and love
of a Quiet-stay-at-home life. Accord
ing to the Navajo code they were
dead ones" From the Navajo, whose
country entirely surrounds the Hopi,
the early traders and settlers acquired
the word Moki before ever seeing the
Hopi; and from the trader it easily
passed without question to the govern
ment representatives, so it now stands
as the official appellation in the Indian
department. But ask Hopi if he
is Moqui-his quick resentment will
| be convincing enough.
Willmar tribune., 1906-06-20

but the very next day her moonshine
friends showed UP with $3.50, they
having sold a horse for that sum.
There was "big meetin'" not far
away, and it was thought it would
be good time to buy an extra lot Of
whisky, and so it came about that
then and during the remainder of the
month of April Betsy sold nine bar
rels Of the stuff, some of it in Polk
county, some in Rutherford, and some
over the line in South Carolina. But,
although she kept in touch with her
business all the while, she showed up
at the term of Polk county superior
court the second week in May, es.
corted always by party of her moon
sinner friends. She wore a different
dress and different hat on each of
three days, this being the most i'm
portant event in her existence to date.
Got Cases Continued.
There were three indictments
against her, but she contrived, on one
plea or another, and by means of a tre-
mendous lot of swearing by moon
sinner friends, to get the case contin-
ued, always putting up a cash bond for
appearance. She thus invested 5000.
Then the attention of the Judge was
directed more particularly toward her,
and he found the extent of her work
and the damage she was doing in parts
Of two states, in her open violations
of the law. She must have felt in
the very air that something was wrong.
for when the Judge took his seat on
the morning Of the fourth day Betsy
failed to show up: The judge issued a
bench warrant for her. and she was
Willmar tribune., 1906-06-20

the good fortune to find her. on foot,
and very near the South Carolina line,
which she knows perfectly we'll
When she saw the three deputies
coming, she knew they were not her
friends, and made bold dash for the
line. AS sprinter she is a success,
and her running was like that of the
Grecian girls who competed in the
ancient Olympian games. The depu-
ties did not stop to admire, however,
but gave chase and dashed across the
state line, coming up with and taking
hold of the stout and charming Betsy
about hundred yards over in South
Carolina.
Betsy was nearly out of breath
from the run, but had voice enough
left to give a signal, which brought
out of the thick bushes near by five
tough-looking moonshiners, any one
Of whom was ready and willing to
die for Betsy any time. Betsy had
good-sized revolver slung about her
waist, and very poorly concealed by
checked apron, but - moonshine
friends made no concealment what
ever of the pistols which they had
in hand, and while they fingered
these, they parleyed with the detain-
ing deputies, letting them understand
that they were willing to pay cash
for Betsy's appearance in "cot," and
that they were "willin' to put up $25
in greenbacks if Betsy could be sot.
free now and pear at C'lumbus next
term
Deputies Made Terms.
The deputies thought it wise to
temporize, and decided to take the
cash, which the moonshiners gallantly
put up, and Betsy retired with them,
looking back archly at the officers,
her charming eyes sparkling with de-
fiance and the roses in her cheeks
deepening until they were like Pc
onies. Her face was framed in a pink
sunbonnet of the type which is worn
on week days by all the mountain
girls.
Betsy did not let her daring and
her adventures end with her capture,
Willmar tribune., 1906-06-20

five times. He was compelled to
knock her down and then to tie her
hands and feet.
The matter was at once reported to
the judge, who ordered that she be
placed in the strongest cell and close
ly watched, and at the next term Of
court she will be indicted for ain as
sault with intent to kill, not to speak
of another indictment for attempt to
escape. Some of her ,moonstiner
friends have in a quiet way made
threats that she will not stay in Jail
long, but the county authorities say
they can hold her.
Betsy's exploit in the jail has given
her an added Importance and value
among her associates.
Willmar tribune., 1906-06-20

ing IT., as one could find in that wild
country, even in a full days ride, and
she is as pretty as she is adroit and
daring. with killing pair of eyes.
bright and well-tilled cheeks and hair
which deties conventionalities, Betsy
has cut no little figure in Polk county
since she was 16, for even at that early
age she began her work as a seller of
contraband whisky She made herself
such a figure, in fact, that even the
older moonshiners began to look up
to her and in their rude way to idolize
the p!ucky girl, who had been bred
all her life to think the selling of
whisky was an act of the very best
sort, and that the ''revnooers" were a
race OF people who deserved only
death and who were sent out as op-
pressors Of the people. Such is the
faith which is literally the backbone
of Botsy's point of view, and that OF
her moonshiner companions, who
make corn whisky in the shaded and
well-hidden bollows in the mountains,
through which run streams whose wa
terS are always Just COOL enough to
give the distillery worms the right
touch.
Capture of Betsy.
Betsy has year by year become
more and more daring, and more
beautiful. A few months ago she be-
came extremely bold in her sales of
whisky, going to and from the stills,
sometimes alone, and sometimes with
male companions. Finally the state
authorities decided it was time to
stop her, so they sent three deputy
sheriffs for Betsy. The deputies had
Willmar tribune., 1906-06-20
Authorities Feel They Must Have Recourse to Strenuous
Action to Restrain Betsy Simms.
YOUNG, FEARLESS, AND IDOL OF OUTLAWS
In Prison for Dealing in Whisky That Had Paid No Revenue She
Severely Cuts Jaler in Attempt to Escape-Three -,
Indictments Now Against Her.

Much as has been written of the
ways and doings of the mountaineers
of North Carolina, any person at all
familiar with the lives of the inhabit-
ants oil that romantic region cannot
but feei that the half has not been
told.
Loyal to a degree that holds life
worth nothing If friend can be
served, an enemy punished or a traitor
put to death, the mountaineer is typi-
cal of state of existence the world
has long OutgrOwn.
The average man Of more sedate
temperament and cooler blood leaves
the ayenging OF his wrongs to courts
OF law and the judgment of his fel-
lows, but in the mountains each man
is a court of law unto himself, and is
not satisfied with the slow methods OF
justice with which other communi-
ties are conversant.
1t has been found matter of mon
umental difficulty to impress upon
these people that there is wrong in the
making of 'moonshine" whisky. 4 To
them the product Of the corn they
grow is theirs, whether it is converted
into the staff of life or the delectable
liquid of the worm and still. The ef-
forts OF the "Revnooers' to put stop
to the distilling OF the juice of the
corn necessarily, therefore, are not
looked upon with favor, and conflicts
with the officers of the law are fire.
quent. Just now the federal officials
have complication to deal with
which is more than usually knotty.
"Queen" New in Jail.
''Tha best looking gal in the noun
tains!" Betsy Sims, Queen of the
Moonshiners," is languishing III the big
and lonesome jail at Columbus, the
high-up little mountain town which
is the county seat Of Polk, one of the
smallest and most isolated Of the
North Carolina counties. What to do
with her is the problem puzzling the
authorities.
Betsy, though only %, Is as daring
and well versed a woman, both in the
ways OF making whisky and of SELL
Willmar tribune., 1906-06-20
HEM7z74zIZsDE ESIH7e

whose name Is Chalmers, being on the
floor above. A rather rude fig gnt OF
steps leads from the second to the
third floors, through a. well-locked
trap-door of wood ny
How She Broke Jail.
The weather was cool, and there was
a fire in Betsy's room. She. did not
feel equal to the task of getting out
of jail unaided, so she sought the COM
panionship Of Chalmers. They talked
to each other, commonplace while the
jailer was anywhere within hearing,
but business when he was out of the
way, the business being the best means
of getting out. Betsy was the more
resourceful OF the two,~and so, taking
chunk of fire." she went up the
Willmar tribune., 1906-06-20

What is the cause of that change in
our speech? What is the cause OF the
decay of verb 50 terse, direct and
charming as to wire? Marcon1.
young Grglielmo Marconi, is the cause.
"S1nce 1895 more and more tele-
grams have been sent without wires.
More and more firmly has the world
become convinced that in the future
wires will be practically useless in
telegraphy, just as sails are already al
most useless In navigation. ! <. II:
! II q Because the wire IS no longer the
essential factor OF telegraphy, the verb
'to wire has begun TO disappear
Willmar tribune., 1906-06-20

was
He asked Mr. Cubson
in
Bingham
which
Culberson called Stalings o and
chance Jesse You hear Bingham
soer
store in Philadelphia during the and smelled
was Salngs
startled addressing
the
Laughing louder than anyone e walked sang
his
Somebody has been putting stalings" "
Willmar tribune., 1906-06-20
The Important Comma.

4AS LII POI lc1At NOI1u1d.
A Philadelphia business man thinks
he has an exceedingly bright Office
boy, and nothing pleases him better,
says the Philadelphia Telegraph, than
to tell how he acquired the youngsters
services.
A short time ago he posted in his
shop window notice which read as
follows: boy wanted about Ii years."
A lad of that age, with little that was
prepossessing in his appearance, came
into the Office and stated that he had
read the notice.
WELL do you think you would like
to have the position, my boy?" asked
the merchant, gazing patronizingly
over the rims of his spectacles at the
unabashed youth.
"Yes,' came the prompt answer. Il
want the job, but l don't know that I
can promise to keep it for the full
IA years.
Then the merchant remembered that
he had left out comma on his sign:
but he told the boy he might have the
position.
Willmar tribune., 1906-06-20
.MARcoNl. VERSUS SLANG.
Phrases That Have Sprung Into
Use Through Use Of
-. 3 Te1egraphy.

:" TO wire II the sense of to tele-
graph. :. is phrase rapidly passing
into disuse, = said an electrician.
Where ten men used to sty they'd
wire, all but &one have dropped the
new word in the last ten years aud
gone to- the old word telegraph,
again. 3s Is
Willmar tribune., 1906-06-20
Parental Self-Sacrifce,

George" said Mrs. Ferguson, II
know it is early in the evening yet,
but would you mind lying down on
the lounge and taking a nap?"
What for?" asked Mr.. Ferguson.
Because the baby is fretfCl, and
your snoring always lulls him to
Sleep Chicago Tribune.
Willmar tribune., 1906-06-20

S
petitions
pouring both
cation desous having
lodges simply write the the without
through patriotic orders ~
cannon probably
president Appeals
When these machinemade petitions
thought
stamp OF individuality reaches him
exac the language the
ne KNOWS
and probably paid for their eacv
Willmar tribune., 1906-06-20

Senator Culberson inherits his phlegmatic
temperament from his father, the late judge or as
he was better known "Dave," Culberson who for
more than score of years was member of the
house from Texas. Old man Culberson was one
of the rich and rare characters in the house, a
man of great ability but averse to exercising it
unless absolutely pushed into contest. In his
later years of service he was regarded as the
nestor OF young Democrats in the house and they
all went to Uncle Dave for advice which he
freely gave. The old man, however, was an invet-
crate practical joker and some of the young fell
lows had cause to repent following his advice at
times.
few years ago young man came to the
Willmar tribune., 1906-06-20
FLOODING CONGRESS WITH PETITIONS

When John Quincy Adams retired from the
presidency and took up service in the house of
representatives one of his greatest achievements
was to to the people the right of petition
There was a disposition on the part of some
members OF congress to shut off this right but
through the efforts of Mr. Adams the privilege was
retained and has been enjoyed ever since Mr..
Adams little thought at the time he was fighting
for this right 1t would in the future be lightly re-
garded and used really as franchise for a busi-
ness enterprise. There has been established right
mere IN Washington agencies that undertake to
food congress with petitions on almost anv suh-
ject They send out letters to parties interested
in public measures and offer ito circularize the
Willmar tribune., 1906-06-20
The term "busi-

ness" must be used to
include all financial,
commercial and indus
trial enterprise, and
when so used it covers
a very large field. into
this field the system OF
summer vacation may
be said to have pene-
Willmar tribune., 1906-06-20


thought had
ieved bullet
the
e bankrupt slated for defeat
nothing
shutting
Willmar tribune., 1906-06-20

The recent suicide of Representative Adams.
OF Pennsylvania, is the first instance, so far as is
KNOWN OF member of the house taking his own
i1e: few years ago Representative Chickering,
OF New York, was found lifeless on the sidewalk
outside hotel in New York city having fallen
from his bedroom window. It was always
doubt whether he fell by accident or threw him.
self out with suicidal intent There was no doubt.
however, about "Bertie' Adams act and it stands
unique in the history of congress. Away back in
war times Senator Lane, of Kansas, committed
suicide during recess: of congress, but aside
from his case and that of Mr. Adams there is no
authentic record of any other member of either
house having taken his own life.
Willmar tribune., 1906-06-20


his political
gushed
the in bokeepe.
assistant postmaster then postmaster
baseball
famous
German right fielder for the Nationals
Patime"
gave great praise German for his brilliant fielding