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The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-08-13
DEATH OF MRS. C. P. STALEY

Mrs. C. P. Staley died at her
home in the garden tracts Wednes-
day afternoon at 4 O'Clock after an
illness with typhoid fever and comp
lications lasting about three weeks.
At her death bed were the men,
bers of the family, her husband
and two children, Arthur P. and
Georgia and other relatives living
in town.
Mrs. Staley whose maiden name
was Tye, was born in Missouri, on
April 6, 1861 and was IS years old.
At seventeen she joined the Meth
dist church and has been a faith
full and active member of that every
since. Since coming to kenne-
wick in 1907 she has been an active
worker in the Ladies Aid society
md in the other auxiliary organ
nations of the church.
Her work as wife and homemak-
r began with her marriage on
November ii, 1880, to c. Z. Staley
who survives as well as their two
Children. Mrs. Staley was a pop
ular member of the Rebekah Lodge
md the funeral services from the
Methodist church this morning at
10 o'clock were directed by her Sis
ters in that order and the pastor Of
the Methodist church, Rcv.<L. \.
B. Anderson.
Mrs. S,aley was a very likable
genial woman, a general favorlte III
community which Lowell her on
account of her cheerful ways and
sensible views of trials and duties
of life. Her death is great loss
to the community, the church and
a deep bereavement to her family to
which all extend their sympathy.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-08-13
CONTRACT FOR BASEMENT LET

J. E. Doughty. has been awarded
the contract for putting in the con-
crete foundation which extends "a
inches above the level of the ground,
With this contract goes the contract
for the cement sidewalks on both
sides of the building. The base
ment excavation is practically COM
pleted and the foundation will be-
gin next week.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-08-13

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank johnson
Curtis Nebraska are here yisitiHs ~
sister Mrs. G. w. Shanaielt ana i'D
lily. Z
w. H Hassig who has been coa" :,
ted with the local st. Paul yaru :.
some time has been promoted " ~
managership of the Finley ya'o
the Tacoma Company. He - o."
perienced aud capable lVnbe rmaS'
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-08-13

An examination for the certif-
cation of teachers for third grade,
second grade, first grade primary,
professional and life certificates will
be held at the Court House, Prosser
Wash, August 20, q and %, 1909
each morning at s
O'Clock. Anna Golf,
Supt. Common Schools,
Benton Co., Wash.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-08-13
CENTRAL HORSE HEAVEN

Harvest work is we'll under way
and everything moving.
Mrs. Phoebe Work is home from
visit with friends and relatives at
Sand Point, Idaho.
Mrs. Ben Batson who was taken
to the Kennewick hospital is able to
be about will soon he able to come
home.
Mrs. Callahan and daughter twho
have been visiting with F. s. CAL
laham's returned to her home in
Buckley, Wash.
The Pilgrim Sunday School in
Dist. Is gave an ice cream social
Sunday, August LIST.
Quite a number of the young
folks of this place are planning to
attend the circus at North Yakima.
A. R. Work came home this week
after several months absence.
Holly Garlic who has been work
ing through harvest here, was call
ed home by the sickness OF his llttie
sister
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-08-13
BOARD OF EQUALIZATION

August 2, 1909.
The Board of Equalization Of Benton
County, Washington, met at their office
in the Court House at Prosser, Wash
at $50 a m, August ?, 1909, all mem
bers being present.
The Board proceeded to elect its
chairman. Commissioner ". c. Travis,
being the only nominee, was duly de-
c.ared elected as Chairman of the Board
On motion, the Board proceeded to
equalize the valuations as returned by
the assessor for the year 1909.
On application Of W F. Grove, the
valuation Of the following described
property was reduced. for the reason
that the land is a sand dune without
water right and the assessed valuation
is excessive:
Valued Valued
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-08-13

Black raspberry plants, $2o per
thousand Order now Tor November
delivery. Fruit Growers ASSOCIATION
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-08-13

NV IA of NE IA of SW
IA, N 1-2 of NV IA
of SW IA & SW IA Of
NV IA of SW IA, ga
929 per acre ........ 10000 5O0O
Sc IA of NV IA of SW
IA 34-9-29, per acre 5000 5000
s 1-2 Of sW IA. 1899
AT per Of acre Section 2-s.2s 40'''0 '''''
That That. part part of Ne IA ly-
ing below canal, 4-s-29
sR PER Ia acre Of NE ia, less '''''' '''
r. w, 1882, per
" - Of Sc IA. 1885
Armstrong 3: Duryee's
Orchart Tracts. per
Riverview Addition to
Richland per acre 100
Riohland Garden Tracts,
Ho~er Fountain Park
Blocks i, 2, 3. S. 6, per
lot .-..---.---...-. oOu Zuuo
Hover Fountain Park,
Lots /; 2, 3, A. Block 215.00 $4,000
The Clerk Of the Board is instructed
to notify owners that the Board intends
% increase the valuation on personal
property to the amount indicated in
terms Of paragraph 62 Of the Revenue
Laws OF the state or washington.
Improvements on Lots
23 and "a, Blk ca,
Frosser,
Bakery .E Nothing $4,000
Millinery Store 1890. Nothing 5000
McGregor's Office -: Nothing 5000
It is hereby ordered by the Board, all
members concurring, that for the pur-
pose CT equalizing the assessment or
the real property described in the fol-
lowing schedule the valuation of each
tract Of land therein described be low
cred from the amount shown in the cob
umn Valued by Assessor" to the
amount shown opposite respective de-
scriptions il the column Valued by
Board
Valued Valued
Assessor. Board.
sW IA CT Sc IA,
South Of n. P. Ry,a
r. ". 1894 .....s 265.00 1900
Lots &, South Of
y. Ry' r. W. 77ooo sso m
North IS acres Of lot
s, s-s-24 ... $500 $500
N IL Of NV IA IL o ,oo,,,
S-24 ............... 10000 1SS5.OO
N IL Of NE IA, sw -
IA Of NE IA and
lot /. 1924 49,. $4,000 14500o
On motion Board adjourned to meet
Saturday, August 7th, at - a. m.
W S. JENKINS, Clerk.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-08-13
Highlands Addition to-
Kennewick, PlatS A G.


Kennewick, Plats A &
B, per acre .....$ 800 5000
N II of NE IA of Sc
IA 34-9-29, per acre. 500 5000
Sc IA of NE IA of Sc i
IA 1899, per acre. 500 5000
SW IA of NE IA Of Sc
IA 34-9-29, per acre. 500 5000
That part of Sc IA Of
NE IA lying south Of
canal, 1929, per acre 5000
NE IA of NE IA of
SW IA, 34-9-29, per
acre .......... 5000 5000
Sc IA of NV IA Of
SW IA, 1899, per
acre -. 5000 5000
+ IL Of SW IA Of NE
IA Of SW Ia. 1899
per acre, .......... $500 5000
" IL of SW Ia Of NE
IA of SW Ia, 1889,
Per acre ............ $500 5000
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-21
Tammany In a Three Cornered Fight

The, election in New York city is
near at hand. 1t takes place one week
from next Tuesday, when mayor
and other controlling officers will be
elected to serve four years. Judge
Gaynor, a reform democrat, is opposed
by Mr.. Hearst, who seeks the votes
of all sorts Of Independents, and by
Mr.. Barnard, who is republican and
who expects to poll the aristocratic
vote.
The betting runs in favor of Judge
Gaynor, but all feel that there are
factors in the contest that forbid a
walk-over. Perhaps the largest fac
tor is the Jew vote. In the big city
there are now living one million Jews,
and these newcomers of generation
would send to the polls enough voters
to decide the contest provided they
vote one way. Tammany's control over
the Jewish vote is less certain than
it is over any other of the immigrant
types Many of the late corners in
the Jewish ranks OF New York came
from Russia and they favor any party
and any candidate that stands ready
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-21
POETS AS MoNEY-LENpERs.

From the Richmond Dispatch
A poet who has money to lend is so
rare an object that the Smithsonia1
would be glad, we should think. to in
clude him in its collection. Where poets
are concerned with borrowing trans
actions at all, as they usually are
owing to the persistent obtuseness of
the public, 1t Is almost invariably on
the receiving end of the proposition.
Poets who not only lend large sums.
but forget to dun for them, are so
rare that there Is only one of them m
the world. He is Jim Riley, the singer
who made Indiana famous and later in
spired it to bring forth the grandest
army of authors that the sun has ever
shone upon.
Executing a will out In the Hoosier
capital got the affair into court. Two
thousand dollars was involved and, DIR.
Riley being himself upon the stand,
the following colloquy ensued:
when you signed over the note, did
you expect to get your money!" he
was asked.
NO." cried Mr.. Riley in amazement
Do people who lend money ever ex-
pect to get it back? Well, they pretend
to, but after all we aren't race of
loan-sharks. Literature sheds little
light on the behavior of poets as lend
ers of money, for personal reasons
which need not be referred to again
But there is always Ben King, who
pictured the astounding antics he would
perform should a certain party offer to
repay a certain ten-first dead, then
lured back to life by the haunting
wonder, then struck dead again by the
stunning shock. Poet King made a
verse of this amazing whimsey, by
which many persons still remember him
kindly. Perhaps DR.. Riley can be in
duced to turn a folk-song out of his
loan antitrust experiences. Happy,
happy man! Both to sing and to be
able to give At once to loan thous-
ands with a prodigal hand and to Be
the best-beloved of all Indiana's 10000
poetst
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-21
Success of the State Fair

The gates of the state fair are closed
and President Ufford and his assist
ants are happy, for their efforts have
been crowned with the approval of
the people. The exhibits were more
numerous, the attendance larger and
the satisfaction of all concerned was
plainly seen in every face. The wealth
er clerk, too, smiled on the fair from
the opening to the closing day.
The outcome of the fair this year
should encourage the merchants of
this city to make even greater eff
forts next year and perhaps an organ
ization for next year should be per-
fected at once, thus affording ample
time in which to work at plans and
make desirable contracts. The bust
ness men of this city made the fair
just ended and they can gather next
year an ever greater number of exhib-
its and amusements and in that way
they can acquire prestige that would
soon make the fair In this city the
great annual event of the state.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-21

should be helped to secure. after three
years of study. some remuneratiye en-
p1oyment.
The teacher said: MY dear girl, am
anxious to do what can for you, but
before I take any steps which might
result in starting you on your profes-
sional career, there are some finishing
touches I would like to put to your
voice.
The girl assented. She put $500 OF
her thousand aside for lessons and $5oo
for board. When the five hundred had
been spent on finishing touches Miss y
again applied for the assistance of her
teacher in getting her something to do.
She was now penniless. The teacher re-
piled: you have no voice. no talent
and then more brutality still. moi
enough good looks to interest any man
in you. I can do nothing for you"
The young girl was driven to distrac-
ton by this savage cruelty and was In
grave danger of laying violent hands
upon herself, when a letter from her
father came enclosing her a large sum
of money and reassuring her as to her
future. The good fortune got noised
abroad. came to the ears of the teacher
who lost no time in trying to persuade
Miss X. to return to her for more finish
ing touches
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-21

to fire hot shots at the barbaric meth
DDS of that country. Their hate of
Russia is deepseated and controlling.
How they will vote on Tuesday week
is uncertain and this fact alone rem.
ders the election one of doubt and.
therefore. of interest.
At this writing the Barnard vote
promises to exceed the Hearst vote,
but unless great changes are going
ON in the crowded streets and places
of meeting Tammany will score an
other victory, and the victory would
in that case be largely due to the
fact that Judge Gaynor has a reform
record that is largely his own. He
is stronger. in other words, than his
party.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-21
Returns from Berlin.

Prof Chester G. Bandman formerly in
structor in mathematics at the High
school, has returned from a two years
stay in Germany, where he has been at
tending the University of Berlin. Pro-
lessor Bandman Is well known in Biz
mingham, where he has resided during
most of his life. He Is a graduate of
the High school and of the University OF
Pennsylvania, whence ne came as in
structor of mathematics in the High
school two years ago.
While at the University of Berlin Pro-
lessor Bandman has made most envi-
able record in scholarship. During his
first year at the famous seat of learning
he was awarded the first prize for the
best essay in German on Faust" Over
a thousand native-born Germans COM
peted In the contest, but Professor Band
man, an English-speaking American, re-
ceived the highest honors.
He will return to Berlin and receive
his degree after having remained year
or so in this country. He will resume his
profession in mathematics after being
awarded his final degrees
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-21
Open the Alabama Rivers

Although the net income of railroads
is increasing and three times as many
railroad shares earned and paid div
idends in 1907 than did ten years pre-
yious, yet the railroads are combin-
ing to increase freight rates east of
the Mississippi river.
The best way to meet these eff
forts of the combined railroads in the
east is to get ready to utilize every
mile of navigable river. Especially
should this be done in Alabama, the
chief river state in the Union. Our
waterways should be deepened and
opened-the Chattahooehee on the
east, the Coosa and the Alabama in
the center, the Tennessee at the north
end of the state, and the Tombigbee
and the Warrior on the west side.
The Alabama, the Tombigbee and
the Warrior will soon be opened, and
also the Tennessee river. The work
on these four rivers is well advanced,
but there remains the Coosa and the
Chattahoochee which still contain
shoals and rapids that are bars to
navigation from tidewater. Every one
Of the great rivers of this state should
be opened, and when this is done there
will be no exorbitant freight rates in
this state.
The people of Alabama should de-
mand at the hands of Congress the
opening of these Alabama rivers. If
need be we should join hands with
the people in the Ohio and Mississippi
basin. The work can be ACCOMPLISHED
in less than decade if the people
of this state will pull together; if
the entire delegation of the state and
the states two senators will make it
the chief plank in their platform at
Washington. The voters should vote
for open Alabama rivers at every turn
and in every instance. The state
should line UP without discordant
voice on this all-important commercial
proposition.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-21
BUT THIRTY CENTS.
What 1t Costs to Save the Soul of an
Indian ldolator.

From the Washington Post.
1t costs 80 cents to save the soul of a
native Indian idolator, according to C. A.
De Haven of Sacramento, Cal, who is
at the National. Mr.. De Haven was
formerly in the missionary service in
India.
I'm India" he said women are held
in abject slavery. As the employee has
right to make demands upon his en-
ploye, I think the slave should be al
lowed to expect humanitarian treatment
from the master. The heather countries
are SO thickly populated that were all
the money that is annually expended in
the missionary fields apportioned to indi-
viduals each man and woman would re-
ceive one-third of a penny. There are
2O000O,0OO women in India whose minds
are practically blank. They know moth
ing of the world outside of their own lit
tie sphere.
mo wonder Christianity Is awakening.
Christianity is teaching those men and
women not so much how to die as how
to live. More has been done IN the last
ten years to alleviate suffering among
the lower classes of heathens than in all
the preceding 80 years, and more has been
done in the last 80 years than in the pre-
ceding 800 years.
when a girl is born in India there Is
general mourning In the household. The
parents ask the gods to forgive them,
because the birth of a female child is
looked upon as a calamity. She Is not
welcome in the home of her own parents
With the first sign of intelligence she is
taught to offer sacrifices to the heather
gods. Thus they become idolaters, not
because they want to, but because they
are SO trained. She learns to talk, and
before being taught the name of her par
ents Is trained in reciting the names of
the gods and goddesses. At the age OF
10 or IL years she is often able to recite
the names of 200 idols
"a boy of 49, added Mr.. De Haven,
knows far more about the religion of
Brahma than the average Christian of
80 years knows about his religion. AT
the age of the native girl is taken to the
temple and there secretly married to
boy of her parents choosing She is then
taken to her home, where she remains
until her 14th year, when her husband
calls and claims her.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-21
FEATs OF CLEVER CHEMISTS.


Two remarkable instances in which the
chemists laboratory has supplanted the
farmer and the field are worth mention
ing. There was q time when India pro-
duced large quantities of indigo every
year on plantations. The planters were
warned that over in Germany chemists
were at work making indigo, but they
only laughed. Then the announcement
came that synthetic indigo. made in the
laboratory, was a commercial success. 1t
was absolutely the same as the natural
indigo, only, If anything. a little bit
purer. Now India no longer supplies
the world with indigo. A German labor
atory makes the whole supply, and even
India buys in Germany.
There was a time when large areas in
France were devoted to the cultivation
of madder root, from which the red dye
alizarine was made. Again a German
chemist improved upon nature and made
artificial alizarine at cost of less than
one-third that of the natural product. 1t
wasn't an inferior imitation; 1t was the
real thing. Now Germany supplies the
world with alizarine. The only red cloth
you will see today that is dyed with the
natural dye is In the trousers of the
French gendarme. And this is purely for
sentimental reasons. The French gov
eminent maintains farm and grows a
few acres of madder, that the French
army need not be dependent upon its old
enemy, Germany. for anything it uses.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-21
Flight Of the Boil WeAYliS

The advance guard of the boil Vice.
wills that have been headed eastward
this season in Mississippi have entered
Rankin and Simpson counties, both
of which are centrally located in that
state. Both are good sized counties,
and the weevils will not cover either
this year. Nearly one hundred miles
lie between the farthest advance of
the pest this season and the Alabama
line and this raises the hope that the
weevil will not enter Sumter and Choc-
taw counties in this state until 1913.
Rankin and Simpson counties in Mis-
sissippi lie directly west of Sumter
and Choctaw counties in this state.
The government is urging the Mis-
sissippi farmers to burn the plants of
picked-over cotton fields and to plough
those fields this fall in order to de-
stroy still more alternating places and
the farmers seem to be willing to
make all reasonable efforts against a
rapid spread of the pest. The chances
are pretty good, therefore, that this
state will not be invaded by the Mex
lean insect until the growing season
of 1913. A few insects may cross
the state line in the fall Of 1912, but
no serious damage in this state need
be expected until 1913.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-21
TABLE MANNERS IN FRANCE.

From the Kansas City Star.
Felix Platter, a young Swiss, went to
Montpelier, France, in 1862, in order to
study medicine. He lodged in the house
of his professor, Catelan, one of the
greatest doctors of his time, and yet,
writes Platter, in his diary, I'VE were
compelled to eat our stew in the usual
French fashion. that is to say, picking
the meat out with our fingers, and then
drinking the broth. In vain we begged
our hostess to let us have spoons, for
not single one was to be found in the
house, the only implement on the table
being large knife fastened with an
iron chain. No one here seems to have
ever heard Of spoons, which we at home
find so useful Montague was astonished
when no visited Switzerland in $780, to
find that lat all meals they put on the
table as many spoons as there are peo-
pie present"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-21
TRUTH ABOUT ADAM.
Father of Man Mentioned But Few
Times in New Testament.

From Harper's Weekly.
7 think If one comes to count up, one
will be astonished to find on how few
occasions Adam, later destined to be-
come a pillar of the church. appears In
the New Testament. In the four gos-
pels he is only mentioned once. in the
genealogy In st. Luke, and the connec-
ton of this genealogy with the text Is
somewhat loose and unessentia1. Indeed,
one may say, without fear of contradict
ton. that there is practically mo- attempt
in the gospels to connect the idea OF
sin and iniquity with the fall of Ad-
am; just as there is no such idea in
the later books of the Old Testament,
taken as a whole. Original sin. in our
modern sense, is not an Old Testament
doctrine. The Jewish idea of sin was
violation of the Mosaic ritual; and, In
a certain sense, sin was the creation OF
that ritual; for where there Is no law,
there can be no transgression.
Our popular connection of sin with
the fall of Adam does not come from
the gospels at all, for the very good
reason that it is nowhere to be found
in the gospels. 1t comes from a very
famous chapter in Paul's letter to the
Jewish converts in Rome written In the
fair, wicked city of Ephesus, about the
year So when Paul was contemplating
journey westward, to Spain and Italy
In what we call the fifth chapter of
the Epistle to the Romans, though of
course Paul himself never thought of
his letter as consisting of chapters and
verses, is the passage which is the back
bone of popular theology; where Paul
says that through one man sin entered
into the world, and death through sin;
death reigned, he says, from Adam to
Moses, even over them that had not
sinned after the likeness of Adams trans
gression who is figure of him that
was to come"
Again in the magnificent passage which
we use in the burial service, Paul writes
that ''as in the Adam all die, so also
in the Christ shall all be made alive
the first Adam became a living
soul, the last Adam a life-giving spirit. -
The association of the idea of sin with
the fall of Adam is, therefore, entirely
absent from the four gospels and from
the teaching there contained, which simp-
ly accepts the fact of sin, of passion,
of sensuality; but does not theorize about
their origin or first cause; 1t is equally
not the true thought OF st. Paul. who
Is using Adam and Eve as a symbol.