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The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-11-27

number Of pounds each of hay, grain
cr straw which his horse eats, the
cost for veterinary surgeon. for
drugs, for shoeing, for harness MAX
or. for wearing out of stable uten
|sils. together with ten per cent. on
the cost of the bedstead of the driv-
er. ten per cent. on the cost of the
bed clothes of the driver, ten per
cent. for wear and tear on the wag-
on, four per cent. interest on the
cost of the wagon (the original cost
being about 5000, ten per cent.
wear on two hd<ses, four per cent
interest on the cost Of these horses,
ten per cent. wear on the stable
building, ten per cent. for repairs
on the stable building, four per cent
interest on the cost of the stable
building. insurance On stable and
stock. for travelling expenses and toll
tax. After allowing for all these
items, we find the average cost of the
transportation Of the various COM
modities to the Berlin market to be
as follows:
Grain, 10 2-5 cents per ton per
mile; potatoes. after deducting two
marks (47 1-2c) for wear of bags.
On each lead of two tons. IL 2-3
cents per ton per mile: hay, 20 1-3
cents per ton per mile; milk, a lit
tie over ten gallons for one cent.
In Frankfort-on-the-Ma consular
district. grain. potatoes. fruits and
other farm products are brought to
market in wagons, the average haul
being eight miles and return. the
roads On some sides of the market
town being through a hilly country
and on others level country, but
they are macadamized. The load for
two horses is from 6720 pounds to
1870 pounds, according to the direc-
ton. The roads are kept in perfect
condition throughout the year. In
winter the mud is scraped from the
roads in piles and hauled away;
hence in the winter season when
the farm horses are comparatively
unemployed, wagon transportation is
cheaper than in other seasons, the
average for all seasons being about
ten cents per ton per mile.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-11-27
The CHINESE SITUATION.

The simultaneous deaths of the
Emperor and the Empress-Dowag-
er of China is not likely to make
any serious change in conditions in
that Empire. A weakling has been
Emperor, and his death is of no ac-
count. The death of the Empress
Dowager is a more serious matter,
but of late years she has been under
wise advice, or experienced a change
of heart when driven from Peking
by the allies who captured the city
at the time of the Boxer rising.
She has chosen an admirable advis-
CT in the person of Yuan Shih Kai
who is the leading statesman of
China. She has seen that China
can become strong and respected
only as she takes the Western civil
zation, and she has established
foreign schools, forbidden opium,
and created an army. The new
Emperor is child of five years,
and long regency is assured. The
only danger is in the possible effort
in some provinces to overthrow the
Manchu dynasty and replace it by
a dynasty supposed to be more
patriotically Chinese. But the well
drilled army controlled by Yuan
Shih Kai ought to be able to conquer
any undisciplined force that might
arise. The extension of railroads
makes this now easier to accomplish.
China needs peace, and we may hope
that the new regime will only con
firm the direction in which China
has of late been moving.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-11-27
SUNDAY, A BAD DAY
FOR ACCIDENTS

Last Sunday holds the record for
accidents in the Kennewick Coun
try. The big automobile belonging
to the Richland Land Co. went
wrong in her steering gear and
plunged over the Columbia river
bank near the Bartlett place throw
ing all of the six occupants of the
carriage out and bruising them pain
fully but not seriously. The mach
inc was running slowly at the time
the steering gear failed to respond
to the operator, Mr.. Brooks or the
results would have certainly been
more serious, if not fatal. H. A.
Hover was scratched about the face
and had a big bump on his fore
head and one leg was bruised, Mr..
Kaser of Walla Walla was also
bruised on one leg and the other
members of the party sustained
slight injuries. The machine was
not as badly damaged as one would
suppose. Both front wheels were
badly smashed and one of the
springs was badly bent. Two tenn
porary wheels were placed under the
machine and it was brought to town
under its own steam Tuesday after
noon.
Ed Layton, the well-known wheat
grower living south of Finley near
the Richards ranch, sustained a
broken collar bone and other injuries
Sunday evening. He was riding on
horseback out to the ranch when
the horse stepped into hole, fell
throwing Layton heavily and roll
over on him breaking the collar
bone and inficting other injuries.
DR.. Crosby was summoned and set
the broken bone and gave other
medical attention at the ranch.
Later he was brought to town and
is at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
H. Richards and is improving slow
ly.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-11-27
STATE GOOD ROADS CONVENTION AT KENNE~v1CI

In the Hanover consular district.
where the competition is flercer, they
have better roads, the maximum haul
for good team being six tons for
an all day haul, Of from ten to
twelve miles and return.
SaAony is said to contain the best
roads in Germany. They are main
tainei like park, the load being
from 5000 to 1900 pounds, accord
ing to the country traversed. The
wagons are very cumbersome, with
great carrying capacity, costing from
$100 to $50 each, and, according
to the report, ''last practically / fe-
time" The average cost is about
II cents per ton per mile.
In Italy. the report from the Mi
Ian consular district, shows that Of
ten two horses are seen hauling four
tons. The average draft horse trav-
els from "a to % miles a day on
level, hard roads. with a load Of IL
IL quintals (2755 pounds.)
These statistics, while not claimed
to represent the cost in our cOun-
try. nevertheless, think conclusive
ly show that good roads not only
effect great saving 10 our farmers in
money, but will annually add mill
lions to the value Of farms in Amer
lea, and enable them to produce more
largely by making them more ac-
cess BILE to market and expedite ex-
change of commodities, thereby Civ
ing immense impetus to agriculture
and rendering country life not on
ly far more agreeable than now, but
actually fascinating.
But we are not without statistics
in our own country. The Depart
ment of Agriculture has compiled
figures on the cost of transporting
the products of the farm over our
country roads. showing the average
cost per ton per mile on dirt roads
in bad condition, 80 cents: on wet,
sandy roads, 33 cents; on dry, sandy
roads. Ga cents But considering all
the reads, the average cost per ton
per mile which it has cost the farm
er to move the annual crops, ETC..
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-11-27
CARLEY and LUzON ITEMS.

Will Dixon and his sisters. Miss
Nora and Virgie, returned home
from Walla Walla last week.
Mrs Carley went to Kpnnewick as
a delegate OF the Carley Sunday
School last week to attend the Con-
vention held at that place.
George Bennet and Lee Maggie are
busy building fence this week
J. W. Mckinney has added new
porch to his residence.
Mr.. Lawrence and Sexton Dixon
made u business trip to Patterson
Thursday.
The Klverview Land Co, have
their new tOwnsite plated. also
have their large tract of land cut up
into ten acre tracts expect to put it
ON the market IN the near future.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-11-27
kENNEW|CK 4;
GRANDV|EW 0
HOME TEAM SCORES BY
DROP KICK FROM FIELD

The annual foot ball game that
rounds out the Thanksgiving day
was played between the Grandview
High School and Kennewick on the
home grounds and the final result
were satisfactory to nearly everyone.
The first half ended with the ball
in Kennewick's possession on the
fifteen yard line and neither of the
goal lines having been crossed. In
the second half kennewick's left
half back drop-kicked a beauty
squarely between the posts from
the thirty yard line and made the
only score in the game. Kenne-
wick 4 Grandview O.
Grandview received the kickoff
and were too light to make any
marked gains in the smashes, but
made all their gains through the
end runs, forward passes and double
passes. They had one triple pass
that netted them distance. When
Kennewick got the ball the superior
weight and persistent hammering
on one man nearly always gained
the neceaSsry ground.
From an unbiased viewpoint the
game should have gone to the plucky
little school team, on one point at
least. Ken. yick had the ball and
in one of the plays the ball was
funbled and Grandview boy pick
ed it up and with the prettiest team
work possible, made a touchdown
on sixty-yard run. Someond SAID
the referees whistle had blown be-
fore the ball was fumbled, and it
was given to Grandview with a Is
yard penalty on the strength of it;
and, sportsmanlike, the school team
let it go.
Kennewick had no especially
brilliant playing and none of the
forward passes nor on-side kicks
were made, while Grandview played
the forward pass and punted consid-
erably.
The second half opened with a
couple of Pasco men substituted for
Kennewick players for no apparent
reason except that Pasco player
wanted it so. Kennewick received
the kickoff and advanced 20 yards
ond pushed steadily up the field and
when on the 80 yard line drop
kick settled the game.
The Grandview team, light as it
was, held Kennewick for downs
several times during the game on
the 15- and 20-yard lines.
While Kennewick won the game
they were outplayed, 50 far as team
work and the new, open style of
football was concerned. Kenne-
wick:s team was composed of former
football stars in nearly every case,
but the lack of practice and the re-
sulting teamwork was very evident
throughout the game. The team
work Of the school boys made up,
almost, what they lacked in stars
and weight. They were, though,
for the most part, satisfied that the
score was no worse than it was, 4 to
n II
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-11-27
MAY HAVE FREE DELIVERY

Postmaster J. N. Scott informs
us that the bill providing for free
city delivery of mails in all towns
where the receipts of the office tc tai
$4,000 introduced in the last con-
gress will be up for consideration at
this session and he is advised that
its enactment is highly probable.
Kennewiek would be entitled to CITY
free delivery provided all streets
proposed to be covered had side
walks and a system of house num-
bers is established and used. Such
a convenience would give Kenne-
wick quite metropolitan air.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-11-27
MILLER VANCE WEDDING

Maurice E. Miller, cattleman of
Glendine, Mont, to Miss Virginia B.
Vance, eldest daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. John L. Vance of Section Z.
The ceremony was performed at s
a. M, Wednesday evening at the
home of the brides parents, by
Rev. W. l.. Rowan, pastor of the
Congregational Church.
The newly wed left on No. 5 for
Spokane, from where they will go
to Glendive for a short stop, and
from there they will proceed to St.
Louis, Chicago and other points.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-11-27

A. E. Sweeney had his best arm
broken and crushed Sunday morn
ing by a wagon wheel running over
it. Sweeney left town for the ranch
with load of feed and while walk
ing along beside the wagon about s
miles west of town stumbled and
fell, throwing the arm underneath
the wheel which passed over it
breaking the bone above the elbow
and otherwise bruising it. Sweeney
returned to town unassisted and DR..
Coone reduced the fracture. He is
still in town receiving treatment.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-11-27
THANKSGIVING SERVICE,

A Union Thanksgiving service
was held in the Congregational
Church Thursday morning at 1920
O'Clock. Rev. H. T. Murray, pastor
OF the Presbyterian Church preach
ed a very appropriate sermon. A
large and appreciative audience fill
ing the main auditorium listened to
Mr.. Murray recite the reasons for
being thankful this year, 1908.
The collection taken as a thank
offering goes to the Washington
Childrcn's Home.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-11-27

X. +: Richardson, the veteran shoe
maker has moved his shop Into the
Moore building two doors north of
the post office and will he on hand
regularly to do your shoe making
aud repairing. He has been confined
to home for about two weeks with
IN attack of rhe umatism but is now
able to be out and look after bust
ness promptly.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-11-27
YE OLDE TYNE
DEEsTR|CK SKULE
AGAIN IN SESSION At THE
PAVL|ON--A HOLIDAY
AMUSEMENT

a crowded house greeted the
home talent who put on the two
act-farce, the "Deestrict Skule" at
the pavilion Thursday night for the
benefit of the Kcnnewick CONNER
cial Club. The large audience was
well entertained and gave the per-
formers enthusiastic applause. The
ludicrous methods OF the. old time
school were well satirized in the
principal lines of the farce and
some of the original local hits were
pointed and laugh-provoking. The
merchant, the butcher, the editor
and the Light Company, the local
octopus all received their share of
attention at the hands of the rhy-
mester. The spanking machine got
in its work vigorously. F. A.
Swingle as the school master had
the character of pompouss dignity
with very little foundation of
learning to sustain his pretentions
and did well throughout. Jas. A.
Rose as Deacon Tidel the member of
the Skule committee, showed the
characteristic hostility to innova-
tions, and displayed the old-timers
love to speechify" and Mrs. Slaug-
ellhaupt played the part of the soft
hearted sister" inquiring about
corporal punishment' and ITEM
prunce. y
The list of devil raising" gum
chewing kids follows and in turn
eaehsdid his stunt towards the even
.ing's amusement in excellent shape
and the reuben Costumes" indi-
scribable, were continuous scource
of amusement and had to be seen to
be appreciated.
John Jacob Astor"
L.. E. johnson.
Patience Puttifoot".
........ Louise Gravenslund.
Ben Butler. H. E.. Reed.
Tooty Frooty" .Gretta Book.
Cornelius Vanderbilt"
Geo. F. Richardson.
Peruna Jones'a' Nina Hoadley.
Jim Blaine'' Mr.. Desso.
Christopher Columbus" -.
............L. R. Whitelock.
Petey Barnum' e. l.. Kolb.
Buster Brown.
Scott Z. Henderson.
Daniel Webster.
H. H. Humphrey.
Lydia Pinkham".
....... Mrs. G.. H. Collins.
Jesse James" r.. H. Anderson.
Liza A. Snodgrass"
Mrs. S. Henderson.
Samantha SmalF'
Mrs. E. L. Kolb.
'Mehitab1 H0nSwoppla''
............ =. Miss Perry.
Brigham Young"
Ted Crowell.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-11-27

Mrs. Anna Robinson of Billings.
w NJ Johnson aud family this week
They had not seen each other for 30
years.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-11-27

Wilbur Wright has been making
further successful flights with his
airship in France and has now dis
carded his machine for starting the
ship and rises directly fro m the
ground. He has just been awarded
a prize for being the first to make a
high fight.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-11-27

A careful estimate of the socialist
vote in the recent election places it
at 6l4,O 900.
The Ely miner., 1908-09-11
THIRD BASE IS HARDEST
POSITION ON DIAMOND
Records of Several Leagues Show
That Guardian of Last Sack
Makes Most Errors.

Third base is the hardest position
to play.
Delving into the 1907 records of the
National, American, American associa-
tion, Southern, Western, Eastern and
Pacific coast leagues discloses that
out of every 100 chances to handle the
ball cleanly the third baseman misses
eight, the shortstop seven, the second
baseman five, the catcher three and
the first baseman two.
Official averages do not lie. Because
more errors are made at third in pro-
portion to the number of chances to
make perfect plays it stands to reason
that the far corner is the hardest po-
sition to play. ......
The average second baseman is as
good as the average third baseman,
yet a summary of the class A and B
leagues shows that third sackers made
2,032 errors out of 26,066 chances,
while second basemen made only 1,9O1
misplays in 40,131 chances.
Here are the grand fielding averages
by positions in the major and class A
leagues:
The Ely miner., 1908-09-11
AND SHE LEFT HIM GUESSING.
Woman's Directions of Little Help to
Travelling Lawyer.

A New York lawyer was called re-
Gently to 4 hamlet in Berks county,
Pennsylvania, in the interest of
large coal corporation, and now he is
telling this story on himself:
He was driving along a country road
and feared he might have lost his
bearings. The village he wanted to
reach seemed elusive, so he halted in
front of a farmhouse to make in
quiries.
Madam" he called out to broad
German woman, who stood looking at
him from. beneath poke" bonnet,
"can you tell me how far it is to the
next village?" .....
"Oh, yust leedle vays," came the
response.
But, my good woman, how far is
It? Is it two, four, six or eight miles?
That's what l want to know
yah, 1 links so''
And the Wall street lawyer drove
on a wiser man.
The Ely miner., 1908-09-11
A SIMPLE SAFEGUARD IN BUYING
PAINT.

Everybody should know how simple
and easy it is to avoid all uncertainty
In buying paint materials. There are
many so-called white leads on the
market, which contain chalk, zinc,
barytes, and other cheap adulterants.
Unless the property cwner takes ad-
vantage of the simple means of pro-
lection afforded him by reliable white
lead manufacturers, he runs great risk
Of getting an inferior and adulterated
white lead.
1t is to protect the paint-buyer
against fraud and adulteration that
National Lead Company, the largest
makers Of genuine Pure White Lead,
place their famous Dutch Boy Paint
er" trademark on every keg Of their
product, an absolute guarantee of it's
purity and quality. Anyone who wants
to make practical test of white lead,
and who wants a valuable free book
about painting, should address Ma
tional Lead Company, Woodbridge
Bldg, New York, and ask for test
equipment.
The Ely miner., 1908-09-11
LEFT-HANDED BATTERS
BEST in REACHING FIRST
They Have a Decided Advantage in
Getting to the Initial Sack Over
Right-Hander.

Left-handers appear to be the fast
est men getting to first base. The
fact that they have an advantage in
being closer to the initial sack is ad-
Vanced as the reason and there is
much truth in it. In NOSE cases, how
ever, these same men appear to be
equally fast in making the rest of the
circuit.
Harry Niles is by far the fastest
man on the New York team and
Charley Hemphill is close second!
It's a question if there is a man in
baseball who can get to first faster
than Niles. He slows up quite lit
tie, however, after getting there.
Topsy Harstel is the chief speed
merchant on Connie Mack's Philadel-
phia team, while two other left hand
ers, Nichols and Eddie Collins, run
him a close race.
Tyrus Cobb, who swats out base hits
from the left side of the batters' box,
is Detroit's best bet. Matty Mcintyre
also has a bit of speed in him.
The fieetest men on the White Sox
team are Pat Dougherty and Eddie
Hahn, both port side hitters. On the
st. Louis team, the two left-handers,
Hoffman and Stone, are by far the
fastest men on the team. Milan, Gan
ley and Pickering, the left-hand out
field of the Washington team, are hard
to beat for speed. Josh Clarke is tbs
only left-hander in the regular Cleve-
land line up, and few of the Maps have
anything on Josh in the sprint game.
Thus it will be seen that the fastest
men on the various American league
teams look over the pitchers assert,
ment from the left side of the plate.
It's strange, but true, and if you have
your doubts, look these players over
the next time they come to play.
The Ely miner., 1908-09-11

Shortface the millionaire who made
fortune by inventing q way to open
CLAIMS by steam, has determined that
no foreign count will marry hs daugh.
ter, Sudsetta. She will inherit about
$193, 100000, about SIS. of which is
loose enough to spend. The unhappy
father is building spite fence around
his mansion, which will be about %
feet high, and all the unmarried mil
lionaires without daughters, to speak
of, will contribute champagne bottles
10 put on top Of the fence. If the
count gets Sudsetta he is more of a
sparrow than her father thinks he is"
It's pitiful, Bunch; that's what it
is, pitiful!
All over the country rich men are
dropping their beloved daughters in
the cyclone cellars and hiding
mammals stocking with the money In
it out in the hay loft.
/ am glad, Bunch, that am not O
iich man with a daughter who is eat
Ing her heart out for a moth-covered
tStle and a castle on the Rhinewine
You can bet, Bunch, that no daugh-
ter of mine can ever marry a tall gent
with nose like a quarter past six
and knowledge of the English Ian
guage which doesn't get beyond
I. o. U.
Talk to the nobility you have been
hobnobbing with, Bunch, and see II
you can reform them.
Yours in hope, JOHN.
Copyright, 1908, by G.. w. Dillingham; Coz
The Ely miner., 1908-09-11
"FOLLOW BALL" THE LATEST
ICY" Morgan of Boston Discovers
Effective Freak Bender.

ICY" Morgan, the Red Sox pitcher,
has discovered a freak bender which
1t is expected will in time supplant the
famous spitball. Morgan's new ball
is called the follow ball and from all
reports it has all other curves beaten
to frazzle.
Morgan has controlled the ball so
well that he now has two curves
working from practically the same de-
livery and while more benders might
be discovered, the Boston pitcher will
devote his time in perfecting what he
has on hand. His first discovery was
the follow ball" which dropped. The
ball is held like straight drop, which
goes off the end of the fingers, but in
the delivery the pitcher with a side
arm motion snaps his hand around
and the ball leaves the second finger
as in the manner of throwing an in
curve. The ball twirls around like a
foater, but carries with considerably
more speed. When the ball reaches
the plate it takes tremendous drop.
MORGAN ScCouu lollOW Udll uisCOV-
cry is even more mystifying than the
drop ball. This ball is of the in drop
variety and has a two-foot break at
the plate. The only time Morgan used
the follow ball in a game was on De-
troit's last visit here. With the bases
full and Crawford and Cobb coming up
Morgan faced situation that would
have sent most twirlers on an aerial
fight. But he struck out both men
with the new curve.
The Ely miner., 1908-09-11
IN nENRM
ON
TlTlED
FOREIGNERS
BY GEO. v. HOBART, ("HueH MHUeH.D

Dear Bunch: Your letter from Ven-
ice is at hand, and we are glad, indeed,
to hear from you.
I hope you won't fall in the canal
while in Venice. No doubt your early
education on the Erie will be of great
help to you-get ap!
1 notice from your letter that you've
been hob-nobbing with nobility over
there-careleSs Bunch!
We got 'em over here, Bunch. by
the gross, so you haven't anything
on us.
I went in to the Waldorf to meet
Uncle Peter one evening last week,
and l found him entertaining a Ger
man nobleman-th Count Cheese Won
Cheese.
The count is travelling in this coun-
try incognito.
If it were my country he couldn't
travel in cage.
I'm wise to those guys with the
Gorgonzola title all wrapped up in tis-
The Ely miner., 1908-09-11
Reds to Play Ball at Night7

Major league baseball at night.
Football, track meets and all kinds of
athletic contests under the rays of
powerful arc lights. Those are things
folks will see if the plans of Presi-
dent Garry Hermann of the Cincin-
natl Baseball club and George P. Ca
hill, a Philadelphia inventor, prove
feasible.
The night baseball company, with a
capital stock of $4,000, was incor-
porated at Columbus the other day
Herman, Cahill and a number Of
prominent Cincinnatians are behind
the scheme. League park will be the
first ball grounds in the country In
which the company will install one Of
the pants which are expected to revo.
lutionize baseball.
The company has already let the
contracts for five steel towers each
100 feet high, upon which will be
mounted twin arc lamps of powerful
type. Hermann said he hoped to
give a series of games at night on
their next eastern trip