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The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-04-14
Transfsr Company's barn.

lransfsr COmpany'S Darn. he
had watched the blaze in the
Courier building with considerable
apprehension, realizing that if the
Courier building had burned, his
barn would have also gone. l ask.
ed him if he would not follow suit
and put in a brick fiue in his barn
for fire protection; that since l had
brick hue in my place l consider
ed myself better and would not
steak to him unless he also con-
structed one, go az to be my absolute
equal; that social and financial dis
tinctions would undoubtedly creep
into Kennewick in time and we
could just as well form snobo
cracy then and there, and draw the
lines on little brick and mortar.
Mr.. Beach was a keen, witty
gentlemen who enjoyed a joke, and
he assured me that MY contention
was valid, based upon sound reason
and that he would give it careful
consideration.
In addition to performing the
office Of editor, typesetter, job printer.
etc. we were also attempting to con-
troll ten acres of very interesting
soil. One Cay l had closed shop
and had gone down to the place and
dug one hundred post holes. set
fifty of the posts, expecting to set
the others the next morning. A
brisk wind came up in the night
and the next morning when l went
to the post holes, they were not
there. inserted the following ad
in The Courier: Lost, strayed or
stolen, fifty post holes. Finder will
please return to Courier Office and
be literally rewarded" The joke
was not appreciated by the real es-
tate fraternity. who accused me OF
knocking" the country.
The town grew, however; more
people came in, the town and coun-
try progressed rapidly and in the
summer of 1904 the writer had be
come so engrossed in farming his
ten-acre patch that he decided to
dispose of The Courier, which he
! did in July that year, selling it to
w. J. Shaughnessy, who hailed
from Crookston, MINI. In the mean
time the paper had been moved from
its old office to the building now
occupied by the Holmes Grocery.
Shaughnessy was bright, ener-
getic fellow, thorough newspaper
man and genuine booster. One of
the first things he inaugurated was
a daily edition Of The Courier. 1t
was the smallest daily in the state
if not in the United States namely
two-column, four-pAge affair. The
daily continued to be published for
about three years. Shaughnessy
built up the paper and kept it
abreast with the development of the
town and country.
In the spring of 1905, Shaugh-
messy sold the paper to L. w. Soth,
who hailed from Toledo, Iowa.
Soth Immediately went to work
with vim and energy and made
quite few improvements in the
equipments, machinery and Office
and conducted conservative, new
sy sheet, being alive to the best in
terest of the town and surrounding
country.
The paper, under his manage
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-04-14
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duly installed AS editor and pro.
prietor of the Courier he began to
make some Innovations but could do
hat very little for want of room. A
hew office building was under con.
etruction on the c"rner Of Washing
ton and Front street near the Cour-
Ter building and as soon as that was
completed Lnndy & Rigg, as well as
the other occupants of the Courier
office, except the Office force moved
into their new quarters. This was
considered the swell office Of Ken
newick. After securing the whole
building to ourselves we ordered a
new Washington Hand Press, new
body type and several series of job
type and increased the equipment
OF the office considerably. The
paper was enlarged to a five column
eight page paper and three columns
were set aside for local news, to be
filled at all hazards, whether any
material for locals actually existed
or not.
The vital topic Of the day was
whether the irrigation ditch then
under construction, would be sue
cess. The failure of the first ditch
ten years before had left consider
able doubt in the minds of many
people as to whether ditch could
he operated successfully here, and
many predicted a failure after the
first season. All sorts of specula-
tions on this point were rife. On
the II tn day of April the water was
finally turned into the ditch. It
was. a gala day for Kennewick.
Everyone went out to see it as the
water passed through on its way to
the lower end Of Che valley. Those
who had ground prepared and had
been anxiousIy awaiting the advent
OF water Immediately applied it to
the soil, but the majority of them,
not having had any experience in
irrigation, came to grief.
After we had been snugly install
led as the sole occupants of the
premises with our new equipment,
fire broke out ON the roof of our
building, one morning about seven
O'Clock. The writer was in the
building and heard a cracking noise
and was ready to step out to ascer-
tain what it was when the alarm of
fire was sounded. A couple barrels
of water stood back of Rudow's
store and by the use of buckets the
fire was quickly extinguished with
out any damage, excepting to few
shingles on the roof. This was the
first conhagration in Kennewick.
We hunted up our landlord, John
Prentice, retired capitalist from
Palouse, and preemptorily deman-
ded that he build brick fue in the
building in order that our valuable
plant should no longer be subjected
to the danger of fire from an over
heated and disjointed stove pipe.
Premise responded Immediately and
the same day the brick fue was put
in.
At that time G.. J. Beach had
begun the erection of Beach s Livery
Barn, across the street from the
Courier office, nov the Kennewick
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-04-14
Auction

Will sell at public auction at nv
ranch southeast of Kennewick, on
Monday, April 18th. at , o'clock. nv
horses. wagons. harness, farm tools.
house hold furniture, poultry and
orchard appliances. See posters for
details. F f. De Sellem.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-08-17
A Permanent Institution.

The Michigan State Fair has be.
come permanent institution, located
on a magnificent site, comprising 1S6
acres just outside the limits of the
beautiful city of Detroit, amply sew
cred, watered and lighted, and easily
accessible by the superb d. u. r.
electric railway system, and by the
Grand Trunk steam railroad.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars
have been expended on grounds and
buildings with view to permanency
and each year some substantial struc-
ture or structures are added to the
group as whole, to meet the grow
ing requirements of a great agricul-
tural, horticultural, educational and
industrial exposition, wherein can be
displayed the products of the farms
and factories of a great state-or of
several states.
Last year the society erected, at
an expense of $4,000, a building for
the display of automobiles and acces-
series, that is 125x320 feet. For the
coming fair every inch of the $4,000
square feet on the ground floor will
be occupied by automobile manufac-
turers with the latest designs OF ma
chimes, including many 1912 models,
while the second floor will be occu-
pied by manufacturers of auto Gcces-
sories, electrical appliances, etc.
There is every prospect that the
coming State Fair will in every re-
spect, and by far, eclipse any event
of like character ever held in Michi-
gan, if not any state in the union.
To have the reputation of holding the
greatest fair in the United States has
been the goal Of the management, and
President Thomas e. Newton is fully
satisfied that this ambition will be
reached in 1911.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-08-17

and the exhibitors themselves felt
quite proud of that Estate Fair"
On returning home, Raymond ad-
dressed the president of the society,
the Hon. John Biddle, of Detroit, ask
ing what had gone wrong, and why
no officials of the association appeared
at Ann Arbor. President Biddl. po-
litely and regretfully informed Farm
er Raymond that the whole thing had
entirely escaped his memory until the
day after the fair" And so the
State Fair had it's inception. Would
that its founders might visit the fair
of today.
Fair is Agricultural in Foundation and
Purpose.
The Michigan State Fair is agricul-
tural in foundation and in its purpose
1t should always remain so. This is
because it is an invaluable benefit to
the farmer. The Detroit Journal in
a recent issue said editorially:
"The Fair offers the place where the
farmer can display his most nlgnly
developed products. Perhaps a man
has spent his life in some special line.
Where shall he make known his sue.
cess where SHdll IL De ndue prOHI-
able to him? At the State Fair.
Where shall he compare his success
with that of others? Where shall he
find whether he is leading of falling
behind? Only at the State Fair.
"The agriculturalist sees new ma
chinery at this annual exposition. He
secures hints and information of all
kinds. The country women, by visits
to the fair and trips about the city
return home with new ideas for home
comforts. The family has the advan.
tage of metropolitan shopping
"These are the practical benefits.
In addition the fair offers many farm
ers their greatest excursion trip
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-08-17
RULES
for determination of Weeds
By DR.. w. J. BEAL

/. The right kind of a man, who will
carefully observe and study the kinds
of weeds and their habits, fighting
each to the best advantage, i e., with
method
2. See that all seeds purchased or
grown at home for seed are free from
seeds of weeds. Although often heard,
these words are too little needed.
8. See that threshing machines, hay
racks, grain bags from other farms
are we'll cleaned before used on the
farm.
4. Cook or grind screenings and
burn chaff when certain weeds are
suspected.
5. Send seeds to the agricultural
college. East Lansing, for identified
ton. unless they are known to be
harmless.
6. Strive to prevent weeds from
ripening seeds. This is especially i'm
portant late in the season in case OF
all pigweeds. purslane and others
where the flowers are very small and
are liable to be overlooked and the
seeds ripen before their presence is
suspected.
Z. For meadow or pasture make the
soil very fertile, as most weeds Will
then be killed or crowded by the bet
ter grass and become of little account.
g. Modify the rotation of crops with
reference to killing the weeds.
8 Make a speciality of hoed or cul-
tivated crops.
10. Make soiling crops a prominent
feature in certain fields.
II. Smother weeds with quick grow
ing and thickly seeded crops. like red
clover or rye or buckwheat.
IL. Keep some crops growing on the
land from early spring till late au-
tumn-double cropping, !. e., two cul-
tivated crops in one year for barn and
cellar instead Of one for use and one
of weeds.
-. Cultivate thoroughly after crop
is removed.
IA. Clean up and avoid leaving any
vacant or out of the way places for
breeding ground.
Is Where practicable. remove
fences and cultivate to the cutters of
the highway.
16 Keep some sheep.
IT, When once begun. continue the
work thoroughly from year TO year,
giving no quarter to weeds. This is
the easiest in the long run and the
royal way.
10. Where hand labor Is employed,
It is far less expensive and much
easier to keep weeds down by raking
or hoeing once week than by going
over the ground much less frequently.
The habits of a weed determine to
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-08-17
By r. SHAW, Dean Of Agriculture Michigan Agricultural College

The first regular organized summer
school of practical agriculture was
opened at the Michigan Agricultural
college June, 1911, and continued
throughout the ensuing four weeks.
This course is intended to train the
hands properly so far as the proper
performance of ordinary farm work is
concerned. No formal lectures were
given, but each student was shown
how to properly perform such opera
lions as follows, under the direction of
a competent instructor, viz: Fitting
and operating of haying and harvest
ing tools and machinery, the same be-
ing true in the case of all implements
involved in the cultivation of farm
and horticultural crops. Each student
was required to take part in every op-
Grafton involved in farm drainage, the
same being true in fencing. In addi-
ton to this, training was given in the
feeding, care and management Of
poultry, hogs, sheep, beef cattle, dairy
cattle and horses. In fact the stu
dent was required to put the hand to
every operation in progress at this
season of the year.
Great care was exercised in the d.
rection given. A student sent to NOW
out fence corners with a scythe was
required first to grind and whet the
scythe, and was then instructed how
to take hold properly, swing and do
the work easiest and most efficiently.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-08-17
THE SIX RULES.

This is fast age, with few slow
downs and many wrecks.
Although graduate earns his
sheepskin, he pays ten dollars to get
it.
They are called divorce suits be-
cause nothing but a divorce seems to
suit.
Suffragists believe that the world
owes every man a living and every
woman vote.
In the school of experience every
body pays his own tuition, and nobody
ever graduates.
In school we learn the rule of three;
in courtship the rule of two; in mar
riage the rule of one
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-08-17

been years when no fair was held, and
1t has camped in many places, but
not until the public spirited citizens
of Detroit gave IL permanent home,
assumed its debts and provided funds
for its sustenance and maintenance
was it ever really success, and this
is said with all praise for the men
who labored so faithfully these long
years against great odds and adverse
conditions to make it pay financially.
They were not lacking in energy.
They were simply confronted with
conditions they could not overcome,
all of which have been successfully
met here.
The first State Fair Of Michigan
was held at Ann Arbor October /,
1889. Twenty head of animals, both
cattle and sheep, the proud exhibits
OF Henry Raymond, a Crosse lie farm
er, and specimens of cheese and but
ter from a Mr.. Tibbits, of Plymouth,
constituted the first exhibition of the
agricultural and horticultural fair Of
Michigan in that year. No prepare
ton whatever had been made, no Of
ficers of the institution could be
found, and not half a dozen persons
in Ann Arbor had heard that such a
fair was to be held. There was no
fair grounds designated; but on the
appointed day the two exhibitors
drove thirty miles to have the show,
and put in an appearance on vacant
lot, commenced holding the State Fair
and soon drew quite a respectable
crowd. The good people of the viii
lage voted thanks to the exhibitors
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-08-17

A force OF men has been at work
on the grounds for weeks cleaning,
sodding, moving, trimming the shrubs
and trees, and setting out beds of
flowers, and by September everything
will be in full bloom and the grounds
a delight to the eye and an ideal rest
spot for tired visitors.
The 20 per cent increase in pre-
miuiIs offered by the fair manage
ment this year to exhibitors in the
live stock, agricultural and horticul-
tural departments has evidently great
ly stimulated interest in these depart
ments, as inquiries for space already
greatly exceed any former year.
Has Been Some Changes.
The seventy-two years that have
interviewed since the first state Fair"
was held have seen Michigan develop
from a wilderness into one of the
greatest agricultural and industrial
states in the union, and Detroit grow
from a trading post to the metropo-
lis of the state. In this period the
state Fair" has been through bank
ruptcy several times. There have
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-08-17

a great extent the best mode of fight
ing it. Certain remedies suggest
themselves for creeping perennials,
like quack grass and toad flax. while
different treatment is best for narrow
leaved dock; and still different mode
of attack may be adopted for crab
grass and purslane.
Weeds are ANIMALS, as pigweeds,
crab grass, purslane; biennials as bull
thistle and mulleins; perennials, like
quack grass, Canada thistle, ox-eye
Daisy.
Will 1t pay? The annual cost Of
successfully fighting a weedy farm of
100 acres in Ontario has been found to
be about SIS Good cultivation in the
long run pays greater profit than
slipshod culture. 1t not only kills the
weeds, but keeps the soil in condition
for securing good crops. 1t conserves
moisture.
Perennial plants cannot gain any if
the green leaves are not allowed to
appear. The nourishment stored in
the root stocks underground will aid
the plant to send up slender leaves
and if these remain, the plants gain
and recruit, but if the leaves start I'M
derground and are cut off before COM
ing to the light, these root stocks are
drawn on again to furnish food to
start more leaves and thus. in time,
become exhausted
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-08-17

screaming. l could not sleep, was
nervous and lost flesh so rapidly
looked like walking skeleton. doc
tored all the time but had begun to
think there was no help for me. Then
began taking Doan's Kidney pills
and was entirely cured. Doan's Kid
ney Pills gave me a new lease of life"
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by druggists and general
storekeepers everywhere. Price soc.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-08-17

This training is a prerequisite to
the four-year course and must be
procured in this school or elsewhere
before graduation. The work is not
required Of young man properly train
ed on a good Michigan farm. A boy
may acquire this experience during
summer vacations on we'll operated
farms, but as rule he is not given
an opportunity to experience variety
of work as days in succession are
spent in the hay loft moving back hay
or pitching bundles of grain.
1t seems desirable to provide for
this training in special manner aside
ences of the individual students be-
ing so greatly varied. An investiga-
ton year or more ago showed that
65 per cent. of the young men enroll
ed in the agricultural and forestry
courses came from the villages, towns
and cities.
The regular agricultural course pre-
sents an abundance Of practical work
not usually acquired on the farm, such
as blacksmithing, carpentry, operation
of engines and farm machinery, as
we'll as farm construction, including
concrete work such as construction of
foundations, walks, tanks, troughs,
posts, etc. In addition to this the stu
dent is given work in installation of
water systems, pipe fitting, plumbing,
building designs and planning of farm
conveniences generally.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-08-17
a Complication.

Bessie found getting we'll much more
tiresome than being sick. She was be-
coming very impatient about staying
indoors and eating soups.
When her aunt asked her how she
felt she replied that she was much
worse; that the doctor had found
something else the matter with her.
why, what is it?" asked her aunt
81 think the doctor said GONZALES
ence.'"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-08-17
Green Food for Swine.

Swine should be fed plenty of
green food in order to keep their
digestive tract in the best of condi-
ton. 1t is better II they can be
given wide pasture run, where they
can gather green forage for them
selves. They should be supplied
with plenty of pure cold water and an
abundance of shade and sanitary
wallowing place.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-08-17
PREPARING FOR
GREATEST FAIR
MICHIGAN STATE FAIR THIS
YEAR WILL ECLIPSE ANY
THING EVER ATTEMPTED.
TO BE GREATER THAN EVER.
Preparations for Big Event Going
Forward on Gigantic ScaIe-lt
Is IL Years Since First State
Fair Was Held.

Greater and grander than ever be.
FORE
This Is the slogan that has been
adopted by the Michigan State Fair
management for the sixty-second an
nual exhibition to be held on the mag,
niticent grounds of the Michigan State
Agricultural Society at Detroit, Sep.
TENDER Is to 27, 1911, and if excel
lence. diversity, quality and quantity
Of exhibits, and entertainment feat
ures that are new, novel and startling,
suited to all tastes and requirements
can bring out the crowds, there will
be no doubt about the attendance.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-08-17
Unprofitahle Cows.

There is but one COW to every five
persons in the United States and she
supplies but two quarts of milk per
day for them, according to the last
census. Evidently some COWS are
not producers of profit. but a means
of loss.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-08-17

They can come at low rates to a city
which has attractions for people of all
the nation. They come not as mere
tourists, but as important guests.
During their week the fair is the most
important thing in town."
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-08-17


full was the bearing
down pain that I
could scarcely drag
myself about. Kid
ney secretions were
in terrible condition
and pains through
my head were so in
tense | could scarce
ly refrain from
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-08-17

A man who gives his children habits
of industry provides for them better
thar by giving them a fortune
Whately.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-08-17

Coles Carbolisalve quickly relieves and
cures burning, itching and torturing skin
diseases. 1t instantly stops the pain of
burns. Cures without scars. 25c and SOC
by druggists. For free sample write 10
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-08-17
POULTRY NOTES.

Hawks and crows are often trouble
some in poultry fiocks. Bushes.
patches of corn, etc, or where neces-
sary artificial protection such as
frames, which afford hiding place,
will keep the hawks from the chicks
and greatly reduce the damage that
these troublesome birds are apt to
perform.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-08-17

Young chicks will not do as well
if compelled to pick their living with
a bunch of old hens. Where possible
they should be raised by themselves,
but when this is not convenient a
Slated enclosure which will not per-
considerably in raising the young
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-08-17
A WALKING SKELETON.
Worn Out and Frustrated with Ter
rible Kidney Trouble.

Mrs. Margaret Cook, North Market
ST., Logan, Ohio, says: 1T is almost
impossible to describe my sufferings.
My back ached constantly and so aw-
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-08-17

Our highest religion is named "the
worship of sorrow"