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Greene County herald., 1908-06-05

Since Congress has adjourned,
the Congressman are back in their
district patching up political fen
ces. This will be a busy year for
4he politicians. Many! IF the Ma
tional lawmakers have their sue
cession disputed, and then the clash
OF the two great political parties
in the titanic presidential conflict,
will draw all the little minnows in
to the heaving stream. Prohibi-
tion and tariff are two Banquo's s
ghosts that won't down, and many
of the wise political ones are in
advance of their parties, by declar-
ing their position clearly. May the
pressure continue to keep them
stirred.
Greene County herald., 1908-06-05
EDITORIAL

At last, at last the Laurel Ledg-
er has favored this paper with eX-
change relations. Possibly the re-
cent change in ownership accounts
for this softening of heart. So far
we find it to be very good week
1v
Greene County herald., 1908-06-05

Janet, Miss. May "a, 1908. The
farmers are getting their crops in
shape and some of them are need
ing rain to make their corn grow.
Greene County herald., 1908-06-05
Furnishing \ House.

One Of the most agreeable features
OF modern life is the pleasure and en-
tAusiasm which is shown In the fur
nishing OF the presen,day house
London Bystander.
Greene County herald., 1908-06-05
Down to Common Thincs.

Hitch your wagon to star, but
when your auto quits seven miles
from anywhere it is better to arrange
for some commonplace motive power
Puck.
Greene County herald., 1908-06-05

The Commencement season is now
at its height. Universities, Col
eges and schools of all kinds are
closing in blazes of glory. The
students are hiking back to their
homes and the teachers are jour
neying to vacation retreats. Yer
lily the educational machine of this
country is a ponderous, valuable
and much felt piece of mechanism.
Greene County herald., 1908-06-05

Department of the Interior. !
u. S.LaDdOff1ce. Jackson, Miss.


Department of the Interior.
u 6. .LaDdOf1ce .Jac kson, Miss.
May l5. 1913.
Notice is hereby given that Hel ry E. Ball.
of Ectty. Miss. WHO. on Nay ]. 1903 made
He mesttud FLlI, No, SO, ia. for e 12 Sc IA
see, II ard lie IA he Ia SIC. % Township
,. N, RarLe :. W. St. Stpf Merician
as fed office Of irtCI ticn 10 make inal FIVE
year lTocf. to Is1aLlich claim 10 the land
at owe de scribe &. cfCle iIcU,t Iclk of Greene
County, at Icakrs vile. Miss. on the
22nd day of June, 1903.
ClaimantIGmCS as Witnesses: j. II. Spears
w. l.. illnan. Watson ] il kins. r. p. Pipkins
all OF Betty Miss.
L. Q. c. LAMAR. Register
Greene County herald., 1908-06-05
CONTEST NOTICE.
Department of the Interior.
United States Lal d Office.
Jackson, Mississippi.

jackson, MISSISSIPPI.
May 49, 1908
A sufficient contest affidavit having been
filed in this Office by Julius c. Hillmau of
Betty. Mis- :. contestant. against Jackson series
homestead entry No. 8! $50 made May TO- 1904
for F14SWA Sec. % and N1sNW4 Section 36.
Township g. NJ Range Z W.. BY Albert Mabry
Contested in which it is alleged that be is well
acquainted with the tract of land embraced in
the entry and knows the present condition OF
same; also that said Albert Mabry has wholly
abandoned said tract for more than six months
prior to the fling of this affidavit aud that
said alleged absence was not dne to his en-
ployment in the Army. Navy or Matine Corps
of the United States rs private soldier officer
seaman or marine during the war with Spain
or during any other war in which the United
States may be engaged: Said parties are
hereby notified to aprear. respond and offer
evidence touching said Allegation at 10 o'clock
a. m. on
June %, 1903
before Circuit Clerk OF Greene County in his
office at Leakesyille, Miss. land tha final
hearing VIII be held at 10 o'clock A. NJ on
on June 81. 1908 before the Register and at the
United States Land Office in Jackson Miss
Served under Rules Is and H. The said confess
tant having, in proper affidavit filed May I3.
19O8 set forth facts which show that after due
diligence personal service of this notice can
not be made it is hereby ordered and directed
that such notice be given due and proper pub
iication. J.. G. c. LAMAR Re gister
Greene County herald., 1908-06-05

Let some unblushing advocate
raise a trumpet cry for reform,
and see the fellows with stained
hands or characters at once go on
the defense, by protesting their
disbelief in the principles ad-
vanced. Of course this is the at
titude to expect from those into
whose flesh the hot iron presses.
No great reform measures have
grown out of the aid of those whom
its righteousness makes clean up.
Greene County herald., 1908-06-05

More than one-half the members OF
Sew York population-2, ,753, ,295
7--ha eposits in the city's
A.ff.rs banks
Greene County herald., 1908-06-05
ANNOUNCEMENT,

The HERALD is authorized to announce
HON E. ]. BOWERS,
of Hancock Comfy, candidate in the Dem
ocratic Primary dor renomination) to the oist
Congress- from the 9Th district of Mississippi.
Greene County herald., 1908-06-05

Good Morning. Have you read the
HERALD?
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-03-13
The School Election.

The school election last Saturday
proved to be quite a lively contest
and 1870 votes were polled. A large
number of ladies voted and evinced
strong interest in the election.
Attorney f. L. Kolb, F. A. Swingle
and Dutch'; White composed the
election board and the official count
was as follows:
S. T. Laird 1874
Geo. F. Richardson 121
NJ. H. Church ia
J. Kelly DePriest 1OS
Mr.. Laird was declared elected
for the 3 year term, Mr.. Richardson
for the two year term, and Mr..
Church for the one year term. An
excellent board was chosen and
school matters will receive due and
proper attention at their hands.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-03-13
Fix Up The Siphons and Fumes.

Councilman Christ Kruse of the
Street, Sidewalk and Ditch COM
mittee Of the City Council, calls at
tention to the fact that many of the
siphons that convey the water of
the fumes across the streets are in
very bad shape. Leaking siphons
are the most frequent cause of the
ponds of water standing in the road
during the irrigating SEASON. and
these not only spoil the roads but
are the breeding places of swarms
of mosquitoes, and render the vicin-
ity unhealthful. The remainder of
the month affords ample time to get
them in shape and the streets near
them leveled up. 1t would be a
great advantage to all concerned to
attend to this work now as the flow
of water need not be interrupted
after it is turned in and besides the
ranchers have more time to devote
to the work than they will have aft
er farming operations are in full
swing. The shareowners in the
various lines of hume should get
together and make definite plans to
have the needed work attended to
at once.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-03-13
Farming By Gasoline.

James Keeth, who owns three
sections of sage brush land about
seven miles southeast of Kiona, is
blowing up his big ranch by modern
methods. Instead of gang plows
drawn by horses he is using one OF
the Hart -Parr gasoline traction en-
gines to propel three four-bottom
disk plows cutting more than a
hundred inches and plowing about
twenty acres a day. The big mach
inc is eating up the work at a splen-
did rate, climbing the hills or speed
ing over the level ground in good
order.
Mr.. Keeth is well pleased with
the progress which is being made.
Both he and Mr.. Richie, (who also
bought one of the engines this wlnt-
er) consider the machines excellent
ly adapted to farming work on the
great wheat ranches # the Horse
Heaven country. Mr.. keeth's land
has not been cleared of sage brush,
but he is plowing it up and under
and expects to have it ready to SOW
to wheat next fall.-Kiona Enter
prise.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-03-13
Attorney E. 0. Anderson Returns.

Attorney {. Q. Anderson was over
from Tacoma Tuesday and Wednes.
day. He informs us that he will re-
turn to Kennewick to resume the
practice of law by the first OF April.
While he has been ut Tacoma he has
taken a course Of treatments which
has greatly improved his health,
and lie now feels n ble to take up the
law business again with his former
vigor. He has leased offices in the
new Bank building next to- ASH
baugh's store. Mr.. Anderson re-
turned to Taco ma Thursday to pack
up his law library to which he has
recently added $50 volumes and his
new office here Will he found to Ire
equipped with the best library in
either Franklin or Benton County.
warmly welcomed back co kennf-
wick business aud social circles. ! lie
ladies Of the Cemetery Association
and their husbands tertlered him an
informal reception at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs J. F. Shafer Tuesday
evening in appreciation of the fhct
that he had made the trip to ie
preseut at the Annual meeting and
has always been Il strong supporter
Of the society and Its legal advisor
when 1t was Incorporated and ever
since =. a.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-03-13
TAXES BEING PAID MORE PROMPT.
LY THAN EVER

County Treasurer r. B. Walker
and his assistants are enjoying the
busiest time of their experience in
the office. There is a constant
stream Of taxpayers at the office
anxious to pay up in time to benefit
by the 3 per cent rebate. and the re-
ceipts at this time of the year far
exec ed those at the same time Ofany
previous year in the history OF the
county. This ia an excellent indica-
tfon OF the. satisfactory financial
condition in Benton county and Of
the prosperity of the ranchers.
From the first Monday in Febru-
ary, when the taxes become due, up
to the end of that month. the re-
ceipts in taxes totalled $42.5l7, ,l9.
This amount is more by $l4,O00 than
the collections OF last year for the
same period. The treasurer's Office
has issued $50 more receipts than
were given to taxpayers during last
February. Benton County tax pay
ments exceed those of Chelan county,
Il fifth-class county.
Already. as a result Of the steady
inflow of tax money, the county
treasury is opening up. and a num-
Der of warrants have been called in.
A call for school warrants is made
in another column OF this paper.
Taxpayers who have not vet paid
up and who desire to benefit by the
} per cent. rebate are reminded that
the time during which this is avail
able expires on the 18th, so that
Saturday next is the last day on
which the rebate can be had.
Taxes become delinquent on June
l and interest at the rate of Is per
cent. per annum attaches thereto
until paid. except, when. in the case
of a tax being equal to 80 or more
against any one description of prop
erty. one half san be paid On or be-
fore May 81 and the time for the
payment OF the remainder is extend
ed to November 80 following.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-03-13
Call of'Benton County School War.
rants.

oOubtSs
S. ID. All Warrants registersd.>
S. d. 2 Warrants s., 81, 50, Al.
s. ID. 3 Warrant 78.
s. ID. 6 All Warrants registered pri-
or to November 13, 1907.
S. d. s WBrrant 81.
S. D. 9 Warrant s..
S. d. 10 Warrant II.
S. ID. IL All Warrants registered
prior to January, 1908.
S. d. Ii All Warrants registered
prior to February. 1903.
S. d. Ia All Warrants registered
prior to october. 1907.
S. ID. Is All Warrants registered
prior to January 8, 1908.
s. d. II All Warrants registered
prior to September l. 1907.
s. d. 18 Warrant %.
s. D. 10 All Warrants registered
prior to February l. 1908.
S. d. 81 Warrants %, 80, 81.
s. D. % All Warrants registered
prior to Earch l. 1908.
S. d. 25 Warrant 13.
Interest on the above Warrants
will cease March 1s. 1908.
X B. Walker,
County Treasurer.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-03-13
Market Condition of KenneWiek
Valley. j

Spring seeding has begun and u
grear many Early seed potatoes
have been planted in the valley last
week with the warming up Of the
land In the next week or ten days
these potatoes will bring the early
market prices which are good now.
The planting OF trees grape foOts.
and seedlings OF nursery crops pre-
paratory to alfalfa seeding. mark
the nearness OF Spring in the Early
River Valley Fruit Belt. Fruit pro-
spects never looked better IN this
Valley. A little more moisture
would be accepta ble in the Hills bot
rain is looked for in April. Hay IN
moving out a little better at $3.50
per ton to the grower, wheat hAy 10.
90, wild hay 1850. All feed stuf uiti
especially bran and shorts are
strong, barlev 81 90. oats 3: 90; " heat
about cleaned mp here for the seast;m
going higher. Potatoes ore circiinsi
upward, a movement of Washing.
ton potatoes towards Minnesuth
has stiffened the market Seed STUCK
in big demand. prices strong. Butter
30 ranch, 40 creamery. Eggs ~ or.
rather weak at that. Root. vek-
tables selling IS cents to &l.OJ PER
sack. Poultry In good demand 10 tn
II cents PER fb. Meat pricee rem an
firm. Some green onions coming an
to the local market. Asparagus viii
he on soon. Fair price expected for
spring crops. but not as high Do
some years. =
Corrected weekly by the Chas. II.
Collins Go. Dealers In Feed. Seed l.
Produce; Kennewick, Rlchland S&
White Bluffs. :.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-03-13
Suitable Garden Roses.
Editor Courier,

Editor Courier,
A number of friends having ask
ed me for a list of hardy everbloom-
ing roses, that have been tried and
found suitable for our Kennewick
gardens, | submit the following:
Frau Karl Druschci-snOw white
Baron de Bonstetten--velvety black crimson
Duke Of bright rose
Mrs. John Laing-clear pink
Ulrich Brunner-cherry crimson
Paul NeyrOn-deep rose
General Jacqueminot-. scarlet
Magma Chart pink
Gloire de Msrgotten-- brilliant red
"a France silvsry pink
Francois Levitt cherry red
Caroline Testout-rose
Kaiserin Aug Victoria white, tinted yellow
These arc all hybrid perpetuals,
with two exceptions, and will bloom
all summer and fall. All of them
have been grown in Kcnnewick with
excellent results. March is the best
month to plant roses. | recommend
two year field grown roses, as they
will bloom the first season. Do not
water roses more than once in three
in three weeks, then give them
plenty.
james Crowell.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-03-13
Ki0na.

(From the EnteHprise)
Chief Engineer f. l.. Pitman of the
North Coast spent Sun( kiona
with his mother and sis u.
The water may be turned into
the Kiona ditch about the middle of
March. as the season is unusually
early and but little rain has ia lien.
G. 3. Quillen's ia ther, whose home
was in Idaho, died this week and
was buried yesterday. Mr.. Quillen
did not get the news in time to at
tend the funeral. His father had
been i'll for some time, and Mr.. Gull
len spent a few weeks with him early
in the year.
Fred Zurcher is now living On his
desert claim on the Columbia river.
He has purchased twenty. horse
power double cylinder gasoline en-
gine and will install 1t on the place
for irrigation purposes. ID. d. Perry
has taken charge Of the Kiona black
smith shop since Mr.. Zurcher's de-
parture.
Jim Doak. q sheep herder In the
employ of Geo. Prior, stabbed q man
early Sunday morning at the saloon
wounding him in the breast. The
victim was at once removed to the
Farmers Hotel and DR.. He.lger sent
for. The doctor pronounced the
case extremely serious ana sent the
patient to PrOsser hospital for
treatment. DCak escaped during
the excitement and was not appre-
hended. He went to Badger. The
injured man is said to DC doing well.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-03-13
FINLEY DEPOT DONE

The new depot on the s. P. & :
Railway at Finley has been comp'et-
ed and is a good sized structure AT.
fording ample room for handling
the business. An operator, probably
Mr.. COffeen, Il land owner In the
vicinity, will he put to work next
Monday. The Company's crew at
carpenters have also completed the
erection of a section house and eep.
arate quarters for the Jap section
hands. Beginning Monday Finley
will have regular train service
through to Vancouver and by the
last of May North Bank trains Will
be running into Portland over the
new bridge.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-03-13
Six New Towns.

Six new townsites on the main
line of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul railway are to he sold at
pubic auction by the Milwaukee,
Land Co., the latter part of April or
carly in May.
AS now announced these towns
are as follows: kititias, about eight
miles east of Ellensburg; Marengo,
13 miles southeast of Ritzville; Pali-
sade, about seven miles northwest
of St. John at the foot of Rock Lake;
Kenova, about 5 miles southwest
of Rosalia; Maiden, about IL miles
southwest of Rosalia; Seabury,
about 9 miles east of Rosalia.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-03-13
THE COUNCIL BUYS TREES

Messrs. Bier. Rose and Kruse, the
committee Of the council having
the matter in charge, have placed
with d L. Taylor Of the Oregon
Nursery company. an order for $3.50
worth of shade and ornamental
trees which Will he set out on the
streets and In the new park, about
hall of the total number in each
place. The Improvement club will
have charge of the work of putting
out tee trees. A chart has been pre-
pared showing the location designed
for each tree. A general tree plant
ing day will be arranged for by the
Improvement club when the trees
arrive and they will lie set out in
short order. A complete announce
ment Of the work in detail viii be
made at u later date. The following
list gives the varieties and the num-
her Of each:
69S Maple,
293 Black Locust,
Is Poplar.
Il Pecan,
20 Russian Mulberry,
10 Mountain Ash,
10 Flowering Crab,
10 FlOwering Plum,
70 Catalpa,
Sc Linden,
10 Horse CHestnuts.
2 Weeping Mulberry.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-03-13
RIVER BOATS WILL SAVE KEN.
NEWICK THOUSANDS
(FRoM THE OREGON JoURNAL1


kennewick, t h e enterprising
/ ,stling little city on the banks of
the Columbia, has subscribed the
sum of $1,000 for the purpose of
assisting in the building of a fleet of
steamers that will operate between
that section of the country and
Cello, connecting with the portage
road and the steamers of the Open
River Transportation company.
The question has been asked why
kennewick supplied with rail facil-
tiles has raised this amount for
stock in new steamers. The
answer is they believe the operation
of steamers will prove a regulator
in the matter of rates as it has done
on all navigable waterways.
Statistics recently compiled
showing the amount of business
handled by the merchandise Ken
newick are as follows: During the
year 1907 there were received at
the Northern Pacific depot 500 cars
of freight. In addition to this
there wers 1864 tons received in
less than carload lots. OF the car
load lots 27O tons were from Ia
coma, 1870 from Seattle and only
40 from Portland. OF the less than
carload shipments about the same
percentage as above were from
Portland.
Had there been boat facilities to
Kennewick a large proportion of
this business would have been
bought in Portland and a great
saving in rates would have resulted.
On the less carload shipments a
saving of So ton would have been
made and on carloads the mini
mum saving would have been 81
per ton, netting a total saving of
SIG, 592 in one year to the people
of Kennewick, as follows: 1864
tons less carloads at saving of 50
per ton, S9,O92; $500 tons with a
saving of 81 per ton, 81, 800, total
saved, $16,592. Is it not a suffi-
cient incentive to them to take
stock in river steamers and is it not
worth an effort on the behalf of
Portland to help and encourage
them?
With the Portland rail rate equal
to sound points strong fight will
be put up by the latter cities to
hold the trade that has by right of
might belonged to them, but with
good service and quick dispatch by
the new rail line and the saving OF
fran 81 to S3 per ton by the river
line Portland will soon annex and
hold the major portion of the trade
of theis growing distributive ship
ping point Of the upper Columbia.
A water grade railroad coupled
with good river service acting as
a regulator of rates will form COM
bination that will result in the up
building of the columbia valleys,
and the diverting of traffic to Port
land, the metropolis and business
center of the Pacific northwest.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-03-13
Points on Tomato Culture.

ii. +. Perrin, the experienced
market gardener writes the follow
ing practical directions for tomato
growing to r. E. Rankin which we
take from the Richland Advocate:
1t is hard to tell you all about
raising tomatoes in letter, as there
are so many modifying circumstance
es of soil, water and other condi-
tions; but will outline the main
things as clearly as l can.
If your ground is not sub-irri-
gated and damp, wet it up thor
oughly before plowing. Plow not
more than about an acre at time,
harrow it Immediately and thor
oughly, following with a lever buck
scraper, if possible, raised up part
way to mash all the Jumps. Get
your ground smooth and well pull
verized, as quick as you can after
blowing so as to hold the moisture.
Put your rows four feet or more
apart and skip every seventh row
(this space you need to come out
with your tomatoes). The vacant
row may be planted to early pota-
toes or anything that natures be-
fore the tomatoes. Stretch a line
and rake each row for planting, be-
side the line, leaving it smooth,
soft and free from Jumps. Plant
with a machine Cor by the hand if
you have but little) as fast as the
rows are raked. Put your seed three
quarters or one inch deep, in moist
soil, and they will come quickly.
Plant about the first week in April,
sometimes earlier. You are earlier
than we are, / think. Don't do any
transplanting; it will be a fiat fail
urc-they will all blight. l use the
Planet Junior No. 4 combined seed
drill and cultivator. A pound of
seed to the acre is plenty. Guilt
vatc with a hand cultiyatOr till
they are about four inches high,
then one may use a horse.
When two or three inches high
thin to about four to six inches
apart in the rows by pulling out the
rest. After they are six inches high
if they seem too thick in the row
cut out the excess with a hoe; do
not pull them out; we are careful
not to disturb the roots on account
of the July blight. If you want to
forestall the blight, keep your to-
matoes pushing right along and look
out that they don't get dry. Dom t
over-water, but keep them moist
enough so that when you put on the
water it will not make a sudden
change. Don't cultivate too close
to the plants after they are 18 inch
es high; the roots then begin to
spread. Just before the vines fall
over, ditch out your whole patch
with a good water course in the
middle between the rows, and have
your pickers use care not to fill it
up, as they will need water two or
three times after you begin to pick.
If you want to get into the early
market, plant 'Maule's Earliest of
ALL for your main crop nothing is
better than the New Magnificent. ,
Now, that's the whole story without
any side remarks"