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The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-10-11
An Ainsworth Photograph and
some KenneWick Business.

The Prosser Record prints a big
four-column cut showing "Pasco--
Inland Seaport" and informs the
dear readers" that Pasco is des-
tined to be the leading shipping
point Of the Inland Empire. To
one familiar with the facts this is
slightly amusing. The picture first
appeared in the boom edition. of
the Pasco Express. a. year ago last
July as a picture of Docks at
Ainsworth. " The. picture. shows
the Hartford which had been con-
demncd by the boat inspector and
broke from her moorings last win
ter and now lies a stranded wreck
in the Columbia near Juniper, Ore
gon. The other boats shown are
the Mountain Gem" and the Nv.
R. Todd at that time being re-
built. Both these boats are loading
freight for up-river points just as
fast as they can make the trips.
One of them is loaded every day.
They are loaded at the Kennewick
wharf, put in by the Kennewick
Commercial Club. They are loaded
with freight hauled to the wharf
over road built by the Kennewick
Commercial Club. In the sixty
days following July 1st, these two
boats have carried over 5000 tons
of freight from Kennewick to up
river points. They haven't taken
ton from Pasco. To sum it up
Pasco has a photograph and Ken
newick has the business. Il
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Coal for the Fleet.

The battleship fleet will start for
the Pacific sometime near the close
of the year. To furnish them an
adequate coal supply about 13O, 900
tons of coal must be carried from
the Eastern coast to points along
the route and to San Francisco.
Most of the bids for furnishing this
were from foreign ship-owners. The
most favorable bid calls for 1885,
600 and this would make the total
cost of coal supply 81, 100000.
The Prosser Bulletin says that
Governor Meade is an excellent
mixer" and, the Sun believes that
the Bulletin knows what tits talking
about. The impression prevails
here that a good "mixologist" was
spoiled to make a poor governor
when MeaIe was elected Sunny
ide Sun.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department of the Interior, land
office at Wa!la Walla, Wash. Sept IA,
1907.
Notice is hereby given that VIM. A.
Haynes ,Sr. of Kennewick Wash. has
filed his intention to make final five
year proof in support of his calm, viz:
Homestead Entry No. 1896 made Aug.
%, 1905, for SEX, Section 80, Township
IN, Range 70 K. W. M. aud that said
proof will be made before Register and
Receiver, U. S. Land Office at Walla
Walia, Wash. on Oct. q, 1907.
He names the following witnesses tc
prove his continuous residence upon
and cultivation of, the land, viz: WILEY
Barnett, MilanBarnett, A. l.. Owen
John Nj Wroe ,all of K. nnewick Wash
2S7 A. J. GILLIS, Register
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The Answer.

When the street-car strike in San
Francisco was at IFS clima3!a priv
ate citizen who holds a command
ing position just now was approach
ed by committee of capital lists.
See here" they said in affect,
eve must bring these fellows to their
knees. This thing has one far
enough. Let's shoot this town up
till they will be glad Ito take 81 a
day!" The private citizen with a
pull smiled on them. Passing
over the effect on this community
of dollar wages" he said, flet's go
into the main proposition. What
you want is to make the streets run
red with the blood of militfamen at
81 a day, regulars at SIS a month,
and strikers. You want ito hire
men to do your shooting, while you
60 to your estates at San Mateo or
Mill Valley and read about it in the
papers. Smith, your father bucked
a team across the desert in 40. |
believe he did his own shooting in
those days. Jones, your father was
in the Vigilance Committee. Seems
to me he did his shooting first
hand. Now, III suggest that you
gentlemen, if you see the necessity
for shooting, get your guns and DO
it yourselves. 1t would read better
in the papers," The ferocious step
was never taken. Golfers.
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Sharks and tho Dead Whale.

The presence of any large quantity
Of easily obtainable food is always
sufficient to secure the undivided at
tention of the shark tribe. When cut
ting In" whales at sea, l have often
been amazed at the incredible num-
bers Of these creatures that gather in
q short space of time, attracted by
some mysterious means from heaven
only knows what remote distances. 1t
has often occurred to us when whal-
ing in the neighborhood of New Zea-
land to get a sperm whale alongside
without sign of a shark below or a
bird above. Within an hour from the
time of our securing the vast mass
Of flesh to the ship the whole area
within at least an acre has been alive
with a seething multitude of sharks.
while from every quarter came drift
ing silently an incalculable host of sea
birds. converting the blue surface of
the sea into the semblance Of a plain
of new fallen snow.
The harpooners and officers from
their lofty position on the cutting
stage slew scores upon scores by SIM
ply dropping their keen edged blub-
Der spades upon the soft crowns of the
struggling fish, the only place where
a shark is vulnerable to instant death.
The weapon sinks into the creatures
brain, he gives a convulsive writhe or
two, releases his hold and slowly
sinks. followed in his descent by
knot Of his immediate neighbors, all
anxious to provide him with prompt
sepulture within their own yearning
unconstitutional Review.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-10-11
Benefit Of Peeraoe.

Every one may not know what the
term benefit Of peerage" implies. A
peer can demand private audience of
the sovereign to represent his views on
matters of public welfare. For treason
or felony he can demand to be tried by
his peers. He cannot be outlawed in
any civil action, nor can he be arrested
unless for an indictable offense, and he
is exempt from serving on juries. He
may sit with his hat on in courts of JUS
tice, and should he be liable to the last
penalty of the law he can demand a
silken cord instead of hempen rome.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-10-11
A Hot knifa.

"A knife that cuts butter when II
Is hot" land under no other circum
stances) we sometimes meet with. anf
the reason of this is easily explained
Heat expands metal and in proportion
to the amount of metal which is heat
ed. There rs more metal in the breadth
OF a blade than In its thickness, ant
the former therefore is expanded i'm
mensely more than the latter. In othel
words, the wedgelike shape is length
sned, and the tool becomes SHARP"
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The Greater Ache.

You might think you've got such a
heartache." said the woman, that you
can't stand it at all. You'll never get
over 1t, never in the world! You can't
stand 1t another minute without dying
OF 1t. but just wait till you get the
toothache good and hard. then stand
by and watch the heartache 90 way
back and sit down" New York Press.
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County Bills Allowed by the Board Of Commissioners.
/ Continued from Preceding Paee)
Geo Ingalls, 35
LIS
IJ E 1926
Iasny Smith $3.50
Geo E Finley bridge So so
f bridge 800
Smith bridge
Joe bridge
H HI Finley
n
Bridge
L Stutsman 12I
J Marsh Recording marriage certificates 500
Guernsey Furniture Burial OF SO oo|
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only successful, but popular. Just rub
off that derisive smile. 1t has been,
and still is popular.
Kansas carried it by 5000 majority,
Iowa, by 10000 (annulled by trickery),
Ohio by $4,000 (annulled by trickery),
Maine by a vote Of three to one, North
Dakota by a close vote; S. Dakota by
5000; Rhode Island by 5000, and a
number of other states have defeated
the measure by close votes. South
Dakota and Rhode Island have re-
versed themselves. Unfortunately the
political parties in power were, OPP
posed to the law. 1t was like elect
ing Jeff Davis to enforce the fifteenth
amendment.
In no northern state has county OPP
ton been a step toward state prohibi-
tion 1t has been useful to that end,
perhaps, in Georgia, and may be like
wise useful in other southern states.
But the north will profit by it's past
history if it saves the time required
for useless experimentation.
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VERMONT and NEW HAMPSHIRE.

Vermont and New Hampshire had
state prohibition. It was not very
good prohibition, for the laws were
weak and full of holes, and the Off
GERS were weak and full of sin. The
people got tired Of the poor law poor
ly enforced. In 1903 both states re-
pealed their ineffective prohibition
laws, and adopted high license, and
local option on the most approved
lines.
Comparing May, June and July in
1902 (prohibitiOn) and the same
months in 1903 Qicense and option)
Vermont got the following information
at first hands, as to the effect of the
two systems of dealing with the liquor
traffic: ARRESTS for drunkenness and
breach of peace in st Albins, 1902,
80; 1903, 121; increase, 51%.
Montpelier, 1902, "a; 1903, 1873; in
crease, 475%.
Rutland, 1902, 81; 1903, 161; in
crease 5000.
In Burlington during six months of
license there were 166 arrests for
drunkenness as against 10 in the
whole preceding year under prOhibi-
ton, and Brattleboro showed an in
crease of over 300 percent.
New Hampshire had the same gen
eral experience, and it is confidently
| predicted that bith states will soon.
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of the Methodist Episcopal Church OF
the United States. Contrast them with
the jaw-smiths Of the anti-saloon
crowd"
Both Sides" Uiquor) published in
Minneapolis paid it's respects to the
Methodist prelates and incidentally to
themselves, as follows:
when we stop to consider that
there are fifteen Bishops of the
Methodist Church who supported VIM.
Mckinley unequivocally, it looks as
tho salon-keepers who take the same
view in politics, are drilling in pretty
good society"
But now things have changed. While
there are, unfortunately, a number OF
Bishops who talk one way in General
Conference, and another way at the
hustings, still we believe that out of
the 20 actually refused by their bal
lots to support any political party
that is committed to the license pol
icy or refuses to put itself on record
in an attitude of open hostility to the
saloon" And with that change of
the bishops has come more decided
change of the clergy And with the
change of the clergy has come still
more decided change of the laity. Re-
forms usually move from the prOle-
tariat to the aristocrat
Nor is the change of ballot box at
titude less marked in other denomina-
lions. The church-the militant army
of God, can and will set camp against
this insolent and defiant Goliath of
Gambrinus who struts and swaggers
in the streets of the city, his lips driz-
cling the blood of the children of the
Kingdom. Nor will the church mar
shall forces alone. Thousands of pa
triots outside the church are at this
hour out running many laggard Chris
tians in joining issue with the saloon
and the parties that protect and defend
it. There is a change, a mighty
change.
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LESSONS FROM THE SOUTH.

Every present indication points to
a steady onward sweep for prohibition
in the south. The danger in the north
is that we shall learn too much, rather
than too little from this movement.
Let us take courage, and enthuse with
cheer. Let us hope, and that conf
IDENTIFY that the south will compel the
reasonable senate to withdraw its
aid from criminal boot-leggers and
blind piggers in prohibition territory.
But the patriots of the north should
remember that conditions in the
south, touching the saloon and allied
questions are so different that meth
DDS that are successful in one section
might be worse than useless in the
other. The south has the negro. No
question of public policy is acted upon
the colored people. No article on the
recent enactment Of Prohibition in
Prohibition in Georgia, so far as our
observation goes, has ignored the fact
that, with the negro question elimin-
ated, Georgia would still have the
saloon. This same influence is the
explanation of the success of the
county option in the south. A glance
at the "Status of the States, which
appears elsewhere in this issue, will
show how generally county option is
adopted in the south, and how sue.
cessful method it has proven in deal
ing with the traffic, while Michigan
Is the only northern state that has
adopted the plan, and there but few
counties are dry. Conditions, both
political and racial seem to favor the
policy in the south.
In the north, on the, other hand
state wide Prohibition has been not
The public weal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1906-1908, 1907-10-01
1.-THE HARVEST OF TEARS"
The Drge.Ike Dead March OF the Liquor PressA Pu Wall
OF Woe from the PifiIess Traffic.

the onward march of prohibition,
which in some sections is advanc-
ing like a prairie fire with not
hand raised to stop it's progress.
"Five years ago united industry
might have kept back the situation
that now confronts it, but today it
is too late. Might as we'll try to
keep out the Hudson River with a
whisk BROOM - beverages"
(officiaI organ National Liquor
League of America.)
"There is no theory about it. 1t
is an undeniabIe and concrete fact.
The Prohibitionists are gaining
ground steadily and rapidly. The
picture is not over-drawn. Prohbi-
ton is no longer a remote posi-
biIity, but menacing probability.
The movement is gathering strength
like a prairie fire and spreading
almost as fast and reIentIessIy."-
"Bar and Buffet"
"You will need all your resources,
all your grit, all your strength and
all your united power to preserve
your rights and privileges against
the flood tide of unreasoning and
unreasonable prejudices."-
pion of Fair Play" (OfficiaI organ
of Liquor Trade of the West.)
1.-THE common interest and the
common cause is neglected while
the crisis is here and destruction
impends. Pay heed to the facts"
irvine and Spirit Gazette"
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A MARKED CHANGE.

In 1884 the General Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church de-
clared mo political party has the
right to expect nor should it receive
the support of Christian men so long
as it stands committed to the license
policy or refuses to put itself in an
attitude of open hostility to the sa-
LOOM" Phraseologically, the Methodist
Church has never been able to
strengthen that doctrine. 1t remains
unchanged in the latest Discipline. But
it has been a school-master to bring
the people to political truth. For a
dozen years there were not more than
two bishops in the Episcopacy who
openly avowed their separation from
lie political parties subservient or
silent on the crying iniquity of license
In a speech in behalf of party under
which the liquor traffic has flourished
beyond precedent, one of the bishops
plagiarized that blasphemous climax
81 would rather go to sea in a boat
Of stone, with sails of lead, with oars
Of iron, with the wrath Of God for a
gale and with hell for my port" etc.,
and during the same campaign the
liquor press felicitated itself and the
trade again and again over the support
I of the leaders Of the great Methodist
Church. The Wholesalers and Re-
tailers' Review (Liquor) said editori
ally, Here is a bunch of big bishops
who stand by Mckinley and Liber.
ality-who approve of all he has done
even to the support of the much abused
army canteen-These are the leaders
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"WHEN you ARE TIRED OF PLAY
ING"

This little book is attracting con-
siderable attention and much favor
able comment. 1t was originally writ
ten in Norwegian but has been trans
lated into English. The author, Wal
demar Ager, is Norwegian writer OF
considerable note, being also the Edi-
tor of Reform" The book consist OF
a number of short talks, apparently to
a boy, but in reality to the people Of
the country. 1t is very ably written
and worthy of the widest circulation
and most careful reading.
"Symra", the leading Norwegian
Literary Annual, in it's 1907 issue de-
votes eleven pages to reviewing the
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"Any man who knows the sa-
looms we'll can honestly say that
most of them have forfeited their
right to live.
1.-THE model saloon exists chiefly
in the minds of the editors of IL
quor journals, in the imaginations
of a certain type of ministers, and
in the mythical stories sometimes
rehearsed at saloon mems camp
fires.
unfortunately the average tip
pIing-house is a place of iII-fame, a
place of shame and debauchery.
with comparatively few excep-
tons our saloons are houses Of
drunken men, profanity, and OBJ
scenity Of the viIest possible type.
at is no wonder that even in the
better towns of the wild West, as
we'll as of the effete East and the
conservative South, the stranger
who visits a saloon is at once in
voiced, labeled, and damned.
"This growing disrespect for the
saloons is the harvest of tears rip
ened by the Lurid glare of thou
sands of nights of heIish debauch-
cry. 1t is no wonder that saloons
in some localities are called hell
fire cIubs."- "WholesaIers' and Re-
taiIers' Review"
I'VE dislike to acknowledge it,
but we really believe the entire
business all over has overstayed its
opportunity to protect itself against
The public weal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1906-1908, 1907-10-01
THE YOUNG MEN.

Young men cannot be enthused over
dry bones; they demand real, live,
up-to-date issues. The day when "the
grand old parties" could get the
young blood of the nation riled up
over "the tariff" is past. The young
men know quite we'll that the Grand
Odd Party" of Lincoln, Grant and Gar
field is not quite the same as the
party of Platt Depew and Brewer
PaDst; they understand that the best
part of the other Grand Old Party"
like the Irishmans hill Of potatoes,
is under the ground. No self-respect-
ing young man will yell himself
hoarse to help elect a man to a state
office because of his views on a ma
tiOnal question. The modern young
man doesn't care a rap about whether
or not "our glorious old party" stood
for the views of Jefferson a hundred
years ago; "The grand old party's'
attitude on the slavery question doesn't
interest him much when a State Re-
preventative is to be elected.
What do you stand for now in State
Politics? That's the question which
interests the young men of Minnesota
Everybody acknowledges that Prohibi-
How do you stand on the question"
right; our party is putting the saloon
out of business down SOUTH" And
how about you? Are you square on
this question:" "Sure; why Abe Lin
coin was one Of the greatest prohibi-
tionists who ever lived; we gave Kan
sas Prohibition rs years ago." Such
| q ficfE hn int
of the modern young man. He knows
very we'll that you, Mr.. Democrat, in
Minnesota, right now are not very
heartily in favor of prohibition, or you
would say so. He knows just as well
that you, Mr.. Republican, in this state,
in 1907, stand 8 to 1 in your senate
and IL to 3 in your house committee
against temperance measures even
after declaring in favor of them. The
young men of Minnesota are not blind
folded under the coat-tails of Jeffer-
son and Jackson; they know what
these great men believed and that
those questions are not issues here
and now. The visions of present day
young men are not be-clouded by the
smoke of the Civil War; they know
that Lincoln stood against slavery but
they see no connection between that
and their own opinions concerning
the Minnesota booze traffic.
The modern young man reads DO
litical platforms with his eyes, not with
his prejudices; he votes his own opin-
ions, not his fathers; if he wants a
thing he has political sense enough
to vote for a party that believes in
it. That is why the young men are
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1907 PROHIBITION YEAR BOOK.

Wilson's year Book" has come to
be recognized as a standard work in
it's line. The 1907 issue, just out,
maintains the high standard set by
the previous editions. 1t contains sew
eral late and special features, such as
the Oklahoma situation, the Georgia
Law, the latest statistics, etc. AS a
small, condensed cyclopedia of Tenn
perance and Prohibition facts and fig
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ures it has no equal, and the material
it contains is thoroughly reliable.
Every rrohibitionist should have 1t.
GO p. cloth 35c, paper 15c.-Lincoln
Temperance Press, 80 La Sale ST.,
Chicago.
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book, and publishes full page picture
of the author. 1t is said to be even
more interesting in the original Ian
guage than in English. Published by
Fremad Publishing Co., Eau Claire,
Wis, (paper 25c).
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ditOriaI

This issue in the absence of Editor
Wells is by secretaries Calderwood
and Shields.
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Five thousand in Sight!
TIC I'D To VOL
IT'S UP TO you

The Public Veal moves on! We
have just passed the 5000 mark OF
new and self-paying subscriptions Sc
cured since Nov. LIST on the Jump
And now for the home run!
We have decided to extend to Jan.
LIST the time by which we will endeavor
to have secured 5000 new subscribers.
The biggest end of our job Is ahead of
us. We are not certain that we shall
secure the additional 1000 in the hard
ly more than sixty days remaining
But we are entirely sure that we are
abIe-even EASILY ABLE-to do so If
even a small proportion of our friends
will determine that it shall be done.
Can there be any doubt about this?
See here: These 1000 subscriptions
will come.
If 100 persons will each get 20 sub
scriberS.
Or if 200 will each get 10.
Or if 400 will each get 5.
1t can be done; shall it be done?
We still send each new and self-pay-
ing subscriber his choice of five OF our
beautiful Souvenir Post Cards. He
may choose from the list of 40 subjects
in our August and September numbers,
or we will choose for him.
WILL YOU NOT TAKE HOLD NOW?
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PROSPECTUS.

The November number will be a
Thanksgiving number, and Prohibition
lists have a lot to be thankful for these
days.
The December issue will be Christ
mas number.
The January issue will be a New
Years number
And so on. Tell your friends and
secure their subscriptions.
Douglas Island news., 1907-05-29
A Land Bargain

have for sale 92 acres of farming land in Los Angeles county, California, three miles from Burbank, and twelve miles from Los Angeles, 9 acres under irrigation and planted to fruit, includ- ing 60 bearing orange trees and grapes; a house and barn, horse and buggy; a good we'll of living water is near the house.
 For further particulars inquire of Bruno oJahnke-better known as Charlie Stephens, Treadwell, Alaska.