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The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-02-24
HONOR THE FATHER
OF HIS COuTRY
Several Social Affairs Carried out Col
Onial Styled. A. r.
Organized

Never in the social history of the
city, has the anniversary of the
birth of the father of his country
received so much attention as this
year. Several of the organizations
of the town and vicinity have been
struck with the inspiration to dc
the great man honor during the
week and the various social affairs
planned in accordance with this
idea have been successful. The
golden days of the olden time have
been lived over again and were first
recalled by the members of the
Needlework Club, who appeared at
the home of Mrs. S. q. Decker in
Sec. 7, last Friday afternoon re-
splendent in powdered wigs and the
old brocade of story book fame. A
Washington program was rendered
and proved very interesting. The
members present we're Mesdames.
R. w. Bignell, G. A. Stewart, Lee
Wettlaufer, w. Staley, Mary Staley.
6. l.. March, G. CARRIER. ]. John
son, R. E. Ernest, E. R. Carnahan,
and w. E. Decker. Guests of the
club were Mesdames Benedict, How
ard, and w. II. Allison.
Mrs. Go, one of the interested
parties in the Fat-Lean nuptials OF
the Y. M. P. class was attired in
colonial costume. With this ex-
ception the worthy matrons of the
past were not again in evidence un-
| til Wednesday afteanoon when the
ladies of the M. E. church held a
colonial tea at the parsonage:
The New England dinner at the
Tytherleigh Cafe served on Wednes
day evening netted the Congrega-
tional church over fifty dollars. The
national colors and cut flowers con-
tributed to the attractiveness of the
dining room and the diners were
served by dainti]y gowned bellies Of
Washington's day, assisted by gal
liant gentlemen who were not less
courteous in serving the guests than
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The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-02-24

was elected only last fall. If the
apportionment plan goes through,
therefore, he will represent Benton
county at the next session of the leg
islature.
The plan gives the east side a big
advantage over the coast. 1t will
be fought bitterly by the Seattle
and Tacoma delegations. If the
coast men adopt dilatory tactics
they have chance to keep any bill
from being enacted but there is ab-
solutely no chance of granting Sc
attic or Tacoma added representa-
ton.
CONTINUED on last pagel
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-02-24
SHOULD VOTE
SEWER BONDS
Delay Will Only Make Work
More Costly-Plans Not
Understood

The proposed issue of $4,000
bonds for the construction of the
trunk sewer, which is to be voted
upon March 9th, seems to be arous-
ing considerable opposition, as was
evidenced at the council chamber
Tuesday night when the situation
was gone over with some of the
property owners.
Most of the opposition comes from
those who think the city's boun-
daries should be enlarged before in
curing the sewer indebtedness.
While it is true that there is con-
siderable territory that might we'll
be incorporated, it will take time
to do it, and time is precious if the
sewer outlet is to be constructed be-
fore this years high water.
If the building of the trunk sewer
is delayed another year, it probably
will mean a greatly increased labor
cost, as labor is plentiful now and
from so to Is per cent cheaper than
it normally is.
Another cause of opposition is
the fact that the people generally
are not well posted as to the plans
and profiles and do not understand
that the present bond issues is to
he borne entirely by the city and
that there will be no assessments
against property abutting the main
trunk sewers.
1t is to be regretted that the
citizens more generally did not at
tend the meeting some weeks age
when Mr.. Hanford was here to ex-
plain the plans. There was some
talk of another public meeting to
be held before the election, but nc
date has yet been set.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-02-24
MAKE PIPE SOON

The Cement Products Company of
North Yakima have completed their
arrangements for establishing
branch house in Kennewick, the
site chosen being directly east of
the green houses on Front Street.
The factory has put out many miles
of pipe in the vicinity of North
Yrkima and Zillah and the COM
pany expects to make several thous-
and feet of cement pipe here this
season. Ten thousand feet have al
ready been contracted for by farm
ers down the valley.
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CALICO CARNIVAL

Consider yourself cordially invit-
ed to be present at the correctly
constructed and considerably COM
bined calico carnival to be held at
the Pavilion Friday night March 3,
by the Young People of the Luthe-
ran Church.
Conspicuous courses served in con-
fused compactness: One conglom-
Grated compound circle, one cup
communicative cordial, one cup of
choice churned cream, one cider
cured cucumber, choice chicken
sandwiches, crisp and creamy can
dies.
RULES AND POPULATIONS
All ladies to wear a calico gown,
all gentlemen to wear a calico tie.
Fines will he imposed for the follow
ing: Any lady who fails to wear
calico gown. nine cents. Any gen
tlemen who fails to wear calico
tie, twenty-three cents. Every man
who appears in billed shirt" will
be subject to fine of seven cents.
No gew gaws permitted, fine, three
cents. All jewelry prohibited, fine,
three cents.
P. s. There will be for sale cheap
cunning calico, conveniences that
will be constant comfort. There
will also be walking grab bag ifor
the amusement of both young and
old.
N. B. Any person who sits in a
corner and refuses to converse will
be fined six cents. The sale of calico
conveniences will begin at 1880.
The programme will begin prompt
| 10 at nine O'Clock.
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MEETING ON the HIGHLANDS

All Highlanders are urged to be
at the Club House next Wednesday
evening at 7:3O at which time E..
M. Sly will be present to discuss
with them several matters of interest
to all. Mr.. Sly goes to Yakima
Saturday to attend the monthly
meeting of the Fruit Growers Assn.
and probably willhave something
new to offer concerning the progress
of that organization, and its plans
for the season. s,---.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-02-24
Stand BACK OF
SCHOOL BOARD
Vote the Bonds and Give the
City an Adequate School
Building

Next Tuesday afternoon, Feb.
2Sth, from one O'Clock to seven
| O'Clock, at the City Hall. will be
held a special election for the pur-
pose of authorizing the school direc-
tors to issue bonds for $685. for
the erection of high school build
ing.
At that time the electors will
have the privilege of deciding whether
the city. at the beginning of the
next term, will have been provided
with an adequate building Of which
all may be proud or whether next
fall must see the schools in even
worse shape than they are now
with principal and teachers work
ing to disadvantage in overcrowded
rooms and without necessary equip
ment.
The question of financing the
new building, as the board has it
planned, has been explained in
detail in both the local papers, SO
that all voters should be familiar
with it. The site, as selected, seems
to have met with general approval.
Architects have already been inter-
viewed and plans have been called
for. Everything is favorable toward
pushing the work speedily to COM
pletion. All that remains is to
vote the bonds.
It isn't a question of what Pasco
is doing, or what Yakima or Spo-
kane or Wenatchee has done-it is
question of supplying the actual
Imperative needs of our own city.
We believe our citizens generally
realize this and that the bonds will
be voted with decisive majority.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-02-24
FIRST CAR OF ORANGES

No little part of the business OF the
Chas. II. Collins Co., from now ON,
will be the distribution of California
citrus fruits. They are now handling
their first car OF oranges, which ar.
rived this week. These are heing
distributed to retailers through this
territory within a fifty-mile radius.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-02-24

extensions and buildings, $4,000
for the Puyallup experimental sta
ton, $1,000 for the purchase of ad.
ditional land and the remainder,
$3.50, 900, for maintenance, expert
mental extension work, improve
ments and equipment.
There is storm of protest from
the state offices, all of whose esti-
mates were cut, many below the
amount granted two years ago. The
protest is particularly strong from
the secretary of state, who has a
heavy revenue producing Office.
Initi-tive and Referendum Pass
This week saw the initiative and
referendum through the lower house.
Unless the senate refuses to pass the
bill a direct legislation, practically
as in Oregon, will be in effect in
this state.
The enemies of the bill felt that
popular SC ltiment was too strong to
withstand, so instead of attempting
to vote down the bill they tried to
saddle it with weakening amend.
ments. Every attempt to change
the wording lost, 81 members ol
the house holding together and fight.
ing off the attack of the standpat'
ters.
Benton with klickitat
According to the McArdle legis.
lative reapportionment bill, intro
duced in the house Friday with the
solid support of the small counties
and Spokane in both house and sen.
ate, Benton county will be grouped
with KIickitat in the seventeenth
senatorial district instead of with
Yakima in the fifteenth.
Instead of having but one senator
with Benton, Yakima county will
have two men in the upper house
according to the McArdle plan.
John F. Chappell, of Goldendale
a democrat, is the present senator
from Klickitat and Skamania.
Skamania has been removed from
Chappell's district, Benton being
substituted. Skamania will now bt
joined with Cowlitz, now represented
by F. l.. Stewart.
The principle other changes art
the removal of Grant county from
the first district, which is left tt
contain only Douglas, Ferry ane
Okanogan counties. Grant will b.
grouped with Chelan in the thir
teenth senatorial district and Kit
titas, which has been grouped with
Chelan, will have senator of it:
own.
This means two more members
in the upper house, bringing thu
total membership of that body tt
a..
The McArdle bill also provide
two more representatives, one from
Yakima and one from Spokane.
the Pend Oreille county bill, givinl
the new county a representative, al
so passes the lower house will b
brought to SO members, the con
stitutional limit.
Chappell is not a holdover bu
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-02-24
WORK ON FINLEY DRAINAGE BILL
horticultural Commissioner is Given S 100000
Initiative and Referendum Pass
and Commissioner on Grill
By the Couria's Special Olympia ConespondenD

Fay F. Dean is at Olympia max
ing another attempt to straighten
out the Finley drainage district tan
gle, since the bill passed two years
ago did not accomplish that pur-
pose.
Senator F. J. Allen of Yakima
and Benton introduced senate bill
248 last Friday in an effort to rem
edy the difficulty and enable the
completion of the Finley drainage
ditch which so far, has failed to
drain satisfactorily.
The bill, which is now in the
hands of the senate committee on
judiciary provides that work started
under the the act of 1901, as the
Finley project, and was left incom.
plete because of inability to secure
labor, may be declared abandoned
and the costs apportioned by the
county commissioners to the lands
which would have been benefited by
the work.
After such official abandonment
the bill declares that work be re.
commenced under the law of 1905
and prosecuted to successful com.
pletion.
As the bill is in the nature of q
curative act no great trouble is ex'
pected to be experienced in either
house. Dean will stay at Olympus
until the bill is finally enacted into
law.
Money for Fruit Inspection
The. horticultural commissioner
gets an even $1OO,OOO in the budget
bill, introduced Monday, although
he only asked $4,000. He will
be expected to spend $87 900 Of this
money in inspecting imported fruit
trees, to see that they are free from
insect pests and horticultural dis
eases.
This item caused the budget bill
to be held up for several days. The
fruit interests fought hard for tht
added appropriation and finally go'
| it on the ground that the Washing
ton fruit industry bids fair in thu
future to eclipse all other industries
of the state.
In all other respects appropria
tions were cut to the bone. The to-
tai of the bill, including appropria
tions for all state offices, commits
sions, educational and penal insti
tutions, is 1878, 900. The stat'
university gets $816, 900 of the sun
of 1915, 900 it asked and the stat,
college asked S6O5, 900 and get
S535 900. The land commissions
is given s16S,OO for the biennium
All state offices are cut severely ou
from the estimates in the bulge
but in spite of this the general ap
propriations bill is $4,000 NOR
than that of two years ago.
| No provision whatever is mad
for grain inspection in the bulge
bill through an estimate of $500
was turned in for this department
! The state college is given $40, 90
Ito spend for farmers institutes an
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-02-24
MUCH MISUNDERSTANDING

There is evidently much mlsun-
tlerstanding, even yet, on the bond
question for the new school house.
Notwithstanding the whole matter
being explained in detail in last
week issue, we have received the
following letter, with request to
publish. The communication, in
our Judgment. should carry no
weight, merely going to show that
some of the voters will not or do
not take the trouble to inform them
selves upon a question before form
ing an opinion We publish the
letter on the principle that all sides
OF an argument have a right to be
heard.
The kennewick Reporter comes be-
fore US this week with an article head
ed Vote on $4,000 Bonds for the
erection Of new school house. Last
year the need for more school room
was felt. The voters Of kennewick
were asked to vote ON school house
site on secoun, Of Of economizing. The
majority Of the voters voted to purchase
ground near the brick school house
Now, FIVE or SIX months later. the same
old question comes up again. question
thai. was settled last fall. Why IS ita
Now they tell US: Bond the town
for $4,000 because Pasco erected
$4,000 school house. Pasco sold her
old building and grounds, consisting Of
"a valuable lots. and thereby found,
not the entire amount. but very near it,
to erect that new school house.
Talk about Spokane bonds! Pre-
vious to Spokanes last vote for bonds,
# their taxes had been equalized. there
would have been SIS for every man.
woman and child. How would we feel
under such aload as thasa lie. US 50 plan
that the poor man will not be compel
led to leave our town on account of
taxes"
For the benefit of those who are
still afraid of the awful load of taxes
let US again explain.
The board asks for 100000 tt
erect and equip a modern building
suitable for the needs of the town
That the building is needed, none
can deny. 1t is the desire of every
member of the board to keep tht
cost of the building down to thu
very lowest point, s45, 900 or s50,'
700. and still give the room needed
The larger amount is asked t.
merely be on the safe side, and NJ
more bonds will be sold than is alb
solutely necessary.
The bonds will be of the kint
The Holly chieftain., 1911-01-20
WASHINGTON.

A fire starting in the pension office
had been burning for considerable
time before discovered. The loss is
about $4,000.
Coincident with the receipt of let
ter in Washington telling of an aero
plane owned and operated by an Arab
chief in the Sahara desert, comes the
news that the United States govern
ment contemplates installation. in
time, of aeroplanes for mail.carrying
purposes in Alaska.
An attack on the conservation poll
cies inaugurated by the Roosevelt ad-
ministration, more serious probably
than any heretofore made, will be con
tanned in an appeal in the Supreme
Court of the United States to declare
unconstitutional the creation of the
big forest reservation Of the West.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-01-20
NOT As BAD AS IT SOUNDED
WondevfM Highland Dialect Respon-
sibis for Wrong Impression
Given Divine.

Andrew Carnegie, at a dinner in
New York. talked about the Scotch
dialect.
Its . hard lingo to understand" he
said. TT often causes awkward mis-
takes.
Once an American divine spent
Christmas in q Highland inn. On
Christmas morning he gave the maid
= tip Of . sovereign. and he said. look
ing earnestly ct her-for she was .
pretty maid
"'Do you know. Kathleen. you are Q
very Eood-looking lassie?'
''Of course Kathleen was pleased.
but. being modest. she blushed like .
rose and answered:
"'Ah. ma: All. ma! But my kissin.
sir, is beAutiful!'
The divine frowned 4.
Leave the room, you wicked
young baggagsi' he said sternly.
He didn't know. you see. that mod
est Kathleen had been simply praisinS
in her Highland dialect, the superior
charms Of her cousin Janet Of Pee
bles."
The Holly chieftain., 1911-01-20
THE LATEST IMPORTANT DIS
PATCHES PuI aAoRI--.
CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY Of. THE-:wEEk
SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF
EVENTS. IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
WESTERN

Phosphate beds, believed to be Of
great commercial value have been dis
covered in western Montana.
What is considered the most remark
able piece of surgery in the history OF
this country is the stitching of cut
heart in man in Galveston, who will
lieve to tell~that his heart was pune
tured for nearly half an inch.
Oregons cities having q population
in excess Of 5000 contributed 55.5
per cent Of the states total increase
OF 259.229 in the last decade. Port
lands increase was S1.5 per cent of
the total increase of these cities and
Sc per cent OF the states total.
For the first time in the history of
aviation in this country, according to
army. officers. loaded bomb was
dropped from an aeroplane on Camp
Selfridge field, San Francisco. and ex-
ploded as the experiment was made by
Lieut.. NJ. s. Crissy of the coast artil-
lery, flying with Philip Parmalee in a
Wright biplane.
A bill was introduced in the lower
house of the Utah State Legislature
providing for an appropriation of 5000.
600 for state exhibit at the Panama
exposition to be held in San Francisco
in 1915. The bill also provides for a
commission of seven members with
the governor of Utah as chairman. A
similar bill will be introduced in the
Senate.
Charles ]. Hughes. Jr., United
States Senator from Colorado, is
dead. Senator Hughes passed away
at his home in Denver, surrounded by
the members of his family and few
close friends. His death was like the
! closing of book. He had been un-
conscious fer twenty-four hours and
passed from q state of coma almost
imperceptibly into a last sleep. Only
when DR.. James r. Arneill turned and
said quietly, He is dead" did the
watchers at the bedside realize that
the forceful life of Charles ]. Hughes
/. had closed. Hard work was the chief
cause of death. No man ever drove
himself SO unremittingly as Senator
+. Hughes. By laborious effort. nimble-
ness of intellect, sound learning and
the power of personality, Senator
Hughes had made himself one Of the
most conspicuous lawyers in the West.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-01-20
Tho shadoys Of eeIenee.


II 10 hard to believe that Q shadow
is probably tho origin of all astrono-
mical. geometrical and geographical
science. The first man who fixed his
staR perpendicularly In the ground
and measured its shadow was the
earliest computer Of time. and the
Arab of today who plants his spear in
the sand marks where the shadow
falls IL his direct descendant. It II
from tho shadow Of gnomon that
the early Egyptians told the length
of the year. 1t il from the shadow of
q gnomon that the Inhabitants of Up
per Egypt still measure the hours Of
work for a water wheel. In this case
the gnomon Is lhurra stalk support
ed on forked uprights and points north
and south. East and west are pegs
in the ground, evenly marking tho
space Of earth between sunrise and
sunset In land of constant sun
shine shadow was the primitive
chronometer. 1t was also tho priul-
tive foot rule.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-01-20
foREioN.

The German steamer Maria Russo
went aground near Norderney light
ship, Germany. Twelve of the crew
were drowned.
Eighteen persons were killed and
twenty-four wounded during rioting,
when troops fired several volleys into
the mobs in Bombay.
A dispatch from Veyerny, capital of
the territory of Semiryetchenck,
Asiatic Russia, says a violent earth
quake occurred in Kebery. In the
Pishpek district, and that the bodies
OF 204 Kirghiz have been taken from
the ruins of fallen buildings.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-01-20
A Deadly Error.

DR.. W. B. Cannon Of Harvard. dis
cussing anti-vivisection literature at .
dinner in New York. said with .
smile:
This literature, in part at least. IL
as flagrantly erroneous as tho medical
department conducted by young col
lege girl in weekly paper. A sam.
pie reply In this department ran:
'Bereaved.-The reply given last
week was mistake. It should have
been ten drops of laudanum. not ten
cups of laudanum. Yes. We advocate
cremation rather than the old-fash-
ioned burial"
The Holly chieftain., 1911-01-20
SPORT.

Abe Attell. the featherweight cham.
pion. outpointed Patsy Kline Of New
ark. in a snappy 10-round 60 in New
York.
Sam Langford defeated Joe Jean
nette in bout of twelve rounds be-
fore the Armory Athletic Association
in Boston. had
lead in every round but one. and in
the first round dropped Jeanette for
count of eight.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-01-20
GENERAL.

J. A. d. McCurdy in his biplane out
distanced an automobile in five-mile
race in Shreveport. La, covering the
course in five minutes and seven Sec
onds.
Indictments against w. H. Coulton.
Wharton Golden and Green Golden,
the last of those indicted for assassina-
tion of Gov. Goebel were dismissed at
Frankfort, KY; on motion Of Common
wealth Attorney Franklin.
Mrs. Carrie Nation, the Kansas tenn
perance worker and saloon smasher,
who suffered nervous breakdown at
the home of a friend in Eureka
Springs, Ark, was taken to Kansas
City for treatment:
Turpentine is selling at world rec
ord price. quotations on the Savannah
board Of trade for several days hav-
ing set new high figures for that COM
modify, new record was made with
the quotation of SO cents.
Five men are dead, two probably IA
tally injured. and more than twenty
were seriously hurt in the wreck of
the Western Express and the Boston
and Buffalo special, both westbound,
on the New York Central at Batavia.
N. Y.
When the special grand jury which
for nearly month has been probing
the election frauds in Adams county,
! Ohio, reconvenes, thirty witnesses
will be taken before it, most of whom
have previously testified. The total
of confessions up to date are LAOS.
Money, too,, is coming in rapidly, in
checks and currency, which brings the
total collected to nearly $4,000 In
one district of $50 voters, all except
one have been disfranchised.
Restitution of $1,3OO,0OO and the
surrender of warrants aggregating
100000 upon which payment had
been stopped, were made in thu
Dauphin County Court by the men
convicted or otherwise implicated by
Pennsylvania In the capitol frauds.
Previously restitution of $1,595,74i
had been made by defendants. In
consideration the commonwealth
dSTetu " uIOp luIIuCI SillulhaA dC-
tion against the defendants indicted
In open meeting in New York twen-
ty-five of the largest wholesale dealers
in butter, cheese. eggs and poultry
confessed to each other that their ef-
forts to force the public to pay high
prices for produce had failed, and that
their campaign had brought them face
to face with an impending loss on but
ter alone of almost $3,O00,000. At the
same time it was announced that the
cold storage warehouses were so over
crowded that prices were being forced
down in a sensational way and that
the slump in the last two weeks had
brought butter, eggs and certain
grades of cheese to the lowest figures
that had prevailed in seven years
There has been an average fall OF
about 33h% in prices in the last year.