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The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-06-25

chooses to condescend to be kind
to us, which, of course, is the
perogative of all big corporations.
Is it possible, Mr.. Editor, for a
company to secure a franchise,
which, worthless, at first, becomes
exceedingly valuable, and by means
of selling to the highest bidder,
make a fat sum at the expense of
the people?' We agree with the ed
ltorial in the Reporter that the
citizens asking the franchise are
prominent, reputable and liberal,
nut why not permit any and every
public asset benefit the public, ra-
ther than a few far sighted indi-
viduals? We do not believe this
proposed company is asking this
for any other reason than that there
is lot of money in it for them.
They are not acting from the stand
point of philanthropists, we don't
expect them to. But their Judge
ment as prominent citizens should
lead every citizen of Kennewick to
realize that some day in the future
a street railway will be a necessity
and a paying proposition-then let
US he modern and hang on to our
natural assets-don't give them
away. If it is a case of meriting
such, then most every citizen mer
its a share in the money making
scheme, and citizens who will come
into our vicinity in the next few
years may merit advantages also,
if by public spiritedness advantages
can be merited.
Pardon my using 80 much space,
Mr.. Editor, 1 presumed that the
proposed company, after having
asked this franchise and after an
esteemed editor of the Reporter had
so ably given his sanction to the
scheme, that our City Council
might have call meeting" to act
upon this. important petition and
the whole thing 60 thru without
hitch. BILlLAM.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-06-25
WHITE BLUFFS EASY
WERE DEFEATED ON THEIR own
GROUNDS BY 8 TO 4 SCORE

In the kennewick ball team every
man had his batting eye with him
last Sunday when the game was
played with the up river team at
White Bluffs and fourteen hits were
lambasted into space off the speedy
Henning. The boys went to bat
and circled kthe bases for four the
first half and at no time after that
was the Bluffs team in the running.
They made ten hits off Grain but
they were well scattered. Nelson
played a good game at second and
fielded fine. Boyer WITS on first for
the locals and played errorless ball
thruout; Huntington started thin gs
in the first after Hassig struck out.
Henning was playing his favorite
trick of a quick return to the bat
ter but Honey" was on the Job
and biffed it square on the nose and
the balloon started up right there.
The attendance on the excursion
was large, good many going from
Richland and Pasco. The ball team
was about 500 to the good after
paying for the Steamer.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-06-25
new CIGAR FACTORY

kennewick is to have cigar
factory which will he in operation
the first of the month. Il. Y. Deck
er who has been a resident of the
Valley for some time, is rurchaS-
ing his stock, arranging his papers,
and getting ready to open up about
July 1st. He has practically closed
his arrangements for Il room and
will put in equipment and stock To
manufacture the very best grades at
the different prices. Mr.. Decker
was engaged in this line of work
for sixteen years before coming west
and operated a factory of his own
for seven years before selling out to
come west. His experience and re-
liability will be strong factors in
his establishing q successful busi-
ness.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-06-25

Will provide for the imposition of
this special tax for a specified period
two or perhaps three years. Some
Senators are heartily in favor of the
Presidents plan, while Others
would prefer to postpone the enact
ment of special taxes until next
year, on the ground that it will
then be possible to determine the
precise revenue producing power of
the new tariff law. Those who
favor it submit that a tax of two
per cent on the dividends of cor
porations would be insufficient to
amount to hardship to any stock
holders; that such a tax would
prove immensely popular with the
great majority Of the voters, etc.
and they believe, too, that were a
proposition so favored by the Chief
Executive to be incorporated in the
bill it would insure for it a hearth
ness of support by him and possibly
a leniency in dealing with the
schedules which would facilitate
the work of the joint committee on
conference. And last, but not least
the claim is put forth by those who
favor such an amendment that the
Republican party would be in a
better tactical position could it go
into the campaign of 1910 with a
record of having enacted legislation
which is accumulating a surplus in
the Treasury instead of enacting a
measure which barely meets, or
perhaps falls just short of meeting,
the federal expenses.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-06-25
NORTH COAST GRADING IN TOWN

Nicholson, Duffy & Hanson this
week took the contract of grading
the North Coast right-of- from
the point where it is finished
west of town thru the garden tracts
to the east line of the Otto Hansen
tract north of the n. =. depot.
They are now at work with their
teams. They are establishing camp
on the Cantril tract. In addition
to main line grade they will grade
for four side tracts or material tracts
on the Hansen place. There will
about a month s work for the outfit.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-06-25
DAVIS-ROSEBROOK

Mr.. H. H. Davis, of this city and
Miss Mary JoannI Rosebrook, OF
Oskaloosa, Iowa, were married last
evening at s o'clock, at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. H. Church, by
Rev, w. L. Rowan, of the Congre-
gational church.
The marriage was witnessed by
about twenty relatives and neigh
bors of Mr.. and Mrs. Church. Mr..
and Mrs. Davis will live in the Mrs.
c., J. Beach house in the east part
of town during the summer and
they went at once to their new
home when the wedding party dis
persed.
Mr.. Davis, the groom, is a rela-
tive of Mrs. Church and has been
in the employ of the Bottling Works
for several months, coming here
49,
from Oskaloosa, Iowa. The bride
is from the same city and comes
highly recommended. Her friends
in the home city gave her some fine
wedding gifts when it became
known there that she was coming
west to we'd. After the ceremony
and congratulations wedding
luncheon was served by Mrs.
Church, assisted by her daughters,
Mrs. C. F. King and Miss Church.
The Courier extends congratula-
tions and a hearty welcome to these
new homemakers in our town.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-06-25
TAX CORPORATION DIVIDENDS

The Finance Committee has
practically determined upon the
presentation of an amendment to
the tariff bill providing for tax on
dividends of corporations, as a sub
stitute for the income tax amend
ments. President Taft is heartily
in favor of this form of special tax
and it will be known, probably, as
the Taft amendment". There are
many Republicans who feel it nee
essary to vote for an income tax, or
some substitute for the same pur-
pose, and when the president learn
ed that the organization was still
short few votes necessary to refer
the income tax amendments to the
Committee on Judiciary, he gave
new impetus to the corporation tax
proposition and advised its presen-
tation as a substitute. The details
of the proposed amendment are yet
to be worked out. a tax of two
per cent on the dividends of cor
porations is the suggestion of the
President. bnt whether that percent
age will be adopted by the COM
mittee remains to he determined
and will depend largely, no doubt
on the estimates of the probable
which are now to be compiled with
greater accuracy than heretofore.
One thing seems to be settled, and
that is that such an amendment
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-06-25
RURCLARs CONVICTED
rwn MEN WHO BROKE INTO
wuI1ELOCK'S SENT over
THE ROAD

The two burglars, Frank Good
,.n and Morgan Askew who broke
;n,o Whitelock's jewelry store on
the night of April ID, were tried
and convicted in the Superior Court
- prosser Monday. They were
sortpnced the next day to terms
from one to fourteen years In the
non;tpntiary. County Attorney
Ernest L. Kolb appeared for the
st,te and had his case well prepared
Andrew Brown of Prosser was ap-
pointed by the Court to appear for
tbe defendants who demanded
senara,e trials. Separate Juries were
called and both returned verdicts
Of guilty in short order after hear
ing the testimony.
The men entered the store and
secured jawelry and watches and a
little later attempted to dispose of
then, to Al Christian Of the
kentucky Bar. He notified Mar
sbal Ellis of his suspicious as to the
stuff. The latter took hike around
and found that Whitelock's had
been broken into. He was called
down from his home and soon found
what was missing. Ellis immedi-
ately went to Pasco and before
morning had located his men, had
them identified by the bartender
Christian and arrested them. When
arrested part of the stolen jewelry
and part of the watch movements
we're found on them. They were
brought back, bound over and have
been locked up in the county Jail
awaiting trial since.
The capture and conviction is
creditable to the officers all around
and to Mr.. Whitelock who delayed
his moving from town ii. order to
60 to Prosser to testify in the case.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-06-25
TO ENFORCE ANTI-C!5 LAW

J. r. McKeand and G.. f. Muel
Ter have both been fined $1,000 and
costs in the justice Court in Prosser
for smoking cigarettes in violation
of the new anti-cigarette law. In
connection with the trial of the case
Prosecuting Attorney Kolb and
Sheriff McNcill announced that the
law would be strictly enforced in
Benton. At North Yakima a man
was fined $500 and costs for hav-
ing cigaret papers in his possession.
Ellensburg authorities are also en-
forcing the law to the letter.
Ice cream and cake at Cresswell's s
Tuesday evening.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-06-25
THE PROPOSED STREET
CAR FRANCHISE
To the Editor Of The Courier:

~ tIic l.OltOi w 4 llt NOuilci.
Dear Sir
1t seems rather strange that so
little interest is being taken re-
specting the petition for street
railway franchise. Notwithstand-
ing the kindly invitation of the
Reporter to any and all to express
their views, no one has taken adj
vantage of this offer in this weeks
issue. Is it because citizens cf
Kernewick are Indifferent? Surely
they are not so when awakened to
the Importance of any move for our
clty's betterment. But why is
there not more expression upon the
part OF the people as to how they
favor or oppose such franchise? Is
1t not because we fail to understand
the significance of the proposed
franchise? Several of our promi-
nent citizens hava come before our
council making the petition for said
franchise. They ask that it extend
over fifty years. They make several
statements as to what they shall do
IN return. They offer a bond Of
N'oOO to cover possible damages
incurred by the city during con-
structlon, and l presume this bond
S the only one given to cover dam
ages covering a possible construc-
.ion period of fifty years, for doubt
'eSS the system would continue to
10 enlarge. They also state that
.ney Will have one mile of road
uuil' inside Of two years, either in
'.'e city, or within a mile of the
r,.y' | understand. Now, Mr..
haltor' this is exceedingly in
uennlte. Is this mile to be built
a'io IN actual operation, or is it to
-" mere pretense, two streaks of
'as' leading to nowhere. with old,
'as'-on rails and unballasted track,
SIMPLY that the company may con-
'lliue to hold the franchise? Then,
ai'ef this mile is built, what? Why
''0'hlng, until the company sees fit,
".iu the citizens of Kennewick and
vicinity will just have to exercise
'ne'F patience until the company
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-06-25
STRAWBERRY FIGURES
.EMiGH GIVES DETAILS or SEA-
SONS CROP

We have the exact figures of the
returns on the Emigh nine acre
strawberry patch. He sold 496
crates or So crates to the acre, about
a third of full yield. He received
1872. 80 net for his berries, the ex-
press being deducted. The average
price was just under s3.7O per
crate. The return even in the un-
favorable year is sl91.55 per acre.
The list of firms he shipped and
the number of crates follows:
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-06-25
THE CHOIR RECITAL

The Choir recital at the Methodist
Church Sunday evening brought a
large crowd and the music was de-
lightful thruout. The elegant pro-
gram was carried out as printed and
each performer surpassed all pre-
vious efforts. This musical affair
was in the nature of a farewell to
Mr.. WhitelOck who has been the
choir leader for the past two years
and half. The sincere thanks of
the congregation were extended to
him for his faithful services.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-06-25
WILLIAMS & SON
To BUILD BIC
BRICK BLOCK
ASHBAUGH & CO., INCORPORATED
WILL OCCUPY ON LONG
TIME LEASE

Yesterday contracts were closed
between {, f. Williams and son J.
r. Williams and H. NJ. Ashbaugh
& Co., completing arrangements for
the erection of two story pressed
brick building on the corner Of
Tacoma and Second streets. Ash
baugh sells to Williams the lots he
purchased last spring and the latter
agrees to commence at once the
erection of a building 50x1O0 feet
and have it completed and ready
for occupancy by Jan'y 1st, 1910.
Ashbaugh & Co. take the new en-
tire building under a six year lease
at 5000 per month. The firm will
occupy the first floor and the entire
basement, while the second space
will be leased for lodge and Office
rooms. The store will be largest
and best equipped in Central Wash
ington and Ashbaugh & Co. will
maintain store that will insure
them their place at the head of the
mercantile procession.
Before entering the new building
the Ashbaugh Company will be i'll
corporated for $50 900 and placed
in still stronger financial position
to handle business on even larger
lines than ever before.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-06-25
ICE CREAM SOCIAL

The Ladies OF the NJ. f. Ladies
Aid Society will give a lawn social
at the home of Don +. Cresswell.
Ice cream and cake will be served.
The Land will attend after the up-
town concert and play several selec-
tons. Everybody come out and
have a good time.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-06-25

The members Of the Ladies Guild
of the Episcopal Church will serve
tea at the parish house, Friday,
July End in the afternoon. All the
ladies of the town are invited.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-07-25
CONDITIONS OF TARRAGoNA
ST. DISGRACE TO THE CITY

Editor Pensacola Journal:
It is a plain duty which you outline
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-07-25
PHONE sS1.
Hannah & Grant
Dispensing Druggists,
Opposite San Carlos Hotel.

for the people of Pensacola in your
recent issue Of The Journal, and one
which most of us would gladly fol-
low 1t is easy to think Il believe in
Pensacola" and easy for some to
speak it, but we, on 4 arragona street,
are so chOked up with dust and filth
that we not only cannot articulate,
but our view is so obscured by the
clouds Of corruption forever rising
from this neglected street, that we
are unable to see the beautiful pic
ture of future greatness portrayed by
those patriotic gentlemen who do
business or reside upon a more ia
vOred thoToughfare.
Recently I saw the wagon sprink-
ling a portion of Palafox that was al
ready wet to a puddle. Why could
not this wasted water be sprinkled
over Tarragona where it is needed?
The new administration sprinkled
Tarragona street for a few days, for
which We were profoundly thankful,
and demonstrated our gratitude to a
point of paying homage not only to
the manipulation of the lines, but also
bowed low in humble respect to the
wagon and mules. Alas, our dream of
comfort was short lived, they passed
away like a summer shower and we
face our misery anew and chew the
cud of reflection anent the perfume
tory attitude of those in high places.
From the depths of our discomforts
we view the surroundings of the home
of our officials and mechanically figure
how many wagons would be SpTink-
ling Tarragona If it were situated
thereon, and wish it were. There is
no excuse whatever for the way in
which this street and the interests
of the tax payer doing business there
on is neglected. II it is the duty of
the railroad company to sprinkle Tar
ragona street, compel them 70 do it in
the same way that all other business
people and individuals are forced to
properly observe all ordinances, and
if it is not, then the city is recreant
to its duty and is perpetrating an out
rage upon a portion of the citizens
who have a right to expect the same
treatment accorded TO others more
favored.
The condition of Tarragona street is
a CRYING disgrace to the city, likewise
to those having charge Of affairs per-
tanning to the rights and comforts of
the taxpayers. There is more filth
and disease germs scattered to all
points Of the city from Tarragona
street than all other parts of the city
combined, and proves a mOckery upon
the efforts of those who speak of the
CITY beautiful. You cannot blind
strangers to the disgraceful condition
when they stand at the depot, look
down Tarragona street with its bub-
bling corruption and rolling dust, and
draw their conclusions, accordingly.
Thoughts generate along the lines of
environments; beautiful thoughts do
not mix with filth, corruption and
neglect, nor does the butterfly eman-
ate from the garbage pile.
ARTHUR W. DAVIS.
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VOX POPULI.
DIAGONAL STREETS WOULD
HAVE ADDED TO BEAUTY
itor Pensacola Journal:

Editor Pensacola Journal:
Did you ever think when looking
over the map Of our beautiful city
what an advantage 1t would have
been, when it was laid out, to have
had some diagonal streets PAS, for
instance, a street starting from the
northeast corner Of PalafoX and Gar
den and running through to Grenada
square, then from there to Blount
and Twentieth avenue and a fine en-
trance to Bayview park. The part
from the square to the park could be
cut through even now at very little
expense and would enhance the value
OF the property out that way at least
so per cent.
Invariably 1t is these diagonal or
short cut streets in cities that are the
best business and residence streets;
what would New York be for instance
without its famous Broadway that cuts
through the city at an angler and so
with Washington, Paris and hosts of
other cities
Then another grave mistake in our
plan, is the lack of alleys; an alley
between streets is as important as a
back door to a house; and If we had
them, there would be fewer drive
WAYS across the pavement, and we
could eliminate these malodorous
garbage receptacles, that are now so
conspicuous on our front sidewalks.
W. c. FREDERIC.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-07-25

There is more Catarrh IN this section
Of the country than all other diseases put
together, and until the last few years was
supposed to be iHcuTable. For great
many years doctors pronounced it a local
disease and prescribed local remedies, and
by constantly failing to cure with local
treatment, pronounced it incurable- Sci
snce has proven Catarrh to be COnStitu-
honal disease and therefore requires con-
manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co, To-
ledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional cure
on the market. It is taken internally in
doses from 10 drops TO a teaspOOnful- It
acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system. They Offer one
hundred dollars for any case it fails to
cure. Send for circulars and testimonials.
Address; z. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo,
Ohio
Sold by Druggists, 75c
Take Halls Family Pills for cOnstipa-
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REV. w. w. WHITFIELD
AND WIFE ARE HERE

Rev. W. W. Whitfield and wife, of
Columbus, Miss, have recently ar
rived here and are comfortably domi-
ciled in a neat new home. While DR..
Whitfield came here for the benefit of
his health. vet he is actively engaged
in pastoral work, filling the pulpit of
the West Hill Baptist ShuCh. DR..
Whitfield is a desirable addition to
Pensacola, having filed some very
important stations IN the Baptist
churches Of the south.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-07-25

resent the third crop from the first
seed planted on Marcm 1, and he says
he expects to eat peppers from the
four crop from this same spot of
ground before the meeting Of the Tri-
County Fair next November.
The three crops so far raised on
this plot were Irish potatoes, turnips
and sweet peppers.
He also has a Jungle Of tomatoes
eight feet high and Okra, egg plants,
ETC., to match the tomato vines.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-07-25
MISS FANNIE CONDOR
PASSES AWAY AT HARRIS

Miss Fannie Condor, who was re-
ported in yesterdays paper as be-
ing critically i'll, died at her home at
Harris, Fla, yesterday morning, and
was buried late yesterday afternoon
at that place..
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-07-25

s or doses OF 1855" Will cure any
case of Chills and Fever. Price Csc.
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soc B 8bS Seamless Sheets 4nen n 7@.eo now 59c
Seamless Sheets, 4inch hen 81x90, kEO
&c B!s55sd ue Towels on sale for &c each per 75c
BIeached Huck Towels sale for 2c each OQO
per Dozen ~
7'e 9ssd bsaeh:d German Napkins to 60 per 48c
ST 90 and 81 25 Napkins, bargain OK
tOr.... ~
Best 81 Belfast Linen Napkins on sale now per do $119
Jewel Bed Spreads while they last, for EOC
only. ~ -
S125 white Jewel Spreads special bargain while OEC
they last each ~
ST so extra Spreads, plain frnged OOC
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AN ATTEMPT
At SUICIDE
OCCUPANT OF HOUSE IN THE
TENDERLoIN DISTRICT CLOSES
WINDOWS AND TURNS ON THE
GAS.

A white girl at 319 South Baylen
street tried to reach the end Of her
troubles yesterday morning about s
O'Clock via the suicide route, and
would have succeeded but Tor the
timely action Of Police Omcer Kelly,
of that beat.
On receiving a note written by the
girl threatening suicide Officer Kelly
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-07-25

EPHRIAM 6ELLAMY, cOLORED.
KNOWN IN LOCAL POLICE CIR
CLES, WAS KILLED YESTER-
DAY WHILE WORKING ON A
LOG TRAIN IN ALABAMA.

EphTiam BeIlamy was killed In
Monroe county, Ala. yesterday while
working on a log train. He was 4
negro convict, escaped from this
county a short time since
When he made his escape from this
county, Bellamy was serving a SEN
tence for stealing a bicycle from W.
K. D'Alemberte.
Relatives of the dead man sent the
body to Brewton for burial.
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went to the place at once, and found
the room in which the young woman
was, securely fastened.
The officer discovered that the gas
was turned on. He broke open
window and entered the room, and
from the inside washable to open the
doors and admit the fresh air. This
done, he finally succeeded in bringing
the woman to life again.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-07-25

W. H. Owens, who has been on a
visit to Atlanta for several days, has
returned.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-07-25
5-LB. EGG PLANT
RAISED IN CITY
1T MEASURED TWENTY-FIVE
INCHES IN CIRCUMFERENCE
AND WAS GROWN BY N. 3.
COOK.

N. B. Cook, superintendent OF pub
lie instruction, yesterday presented
The Journal with an eggplant weigh
ing FIVE pounds and measuring %
inches in circumference, which was
raised on a plot 20x40 feet at his home
on East Gadsden street.
Mr.. Cook mas a quantity Of peppers
growing in the same plot which rep
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A lot of old newspapers,
tied up in neat bundles for
sale, sc a bundle, at The Jour
nal or ice.