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The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-01-13
Domgs Of the Legislators
Sons well Started their Law-Makng Grind Events at OPENING
Of Twelfth Session as Chronced by The Courier's
Special Olympia Correspondent

lie DelleVes tnat convlcts working
on roads should be credited with
earnings of so cents per day, to be
paid at their final discharge or to
their families during their sentences.
The governor makes a strong plea
for his theory of state conservation.
He recommends the repeal of the
law which prohibits county officers
from serving more than two terms.
Other recommendations include
safer banking laws, a public service
commission, public revenue COM
mission, naval militia, relinquish-
ment of "16" and "36" sections
in exchange for other government
lands. The power of recall for all
city, county and state officials is
advocated. A short ballot" sug-
gestion is that only the governor and
lieutenant governor be elected, all
other officials, including supreme
court justices to be named by the
governor.
Economy" is the cry in the
senate this year. There is no such
thing as patronage"
William I. Laube, a Seattle law
yer and secretary of the senate for
two sessions, advocated a plan of
employing nine stenographers to do
the work OF twice as many of the
common or garden variety of clerks.
Twenty six of the senators indorsed
the proposal and also designated
Laube as the man to pick the en-
tire clerical force.
The stenographers underwent a
strictly competitive test and the
fastest and most accurate men got
the jobs, irrespective of party affilia-
tiOns.
The few appointive positions were
filled by Laube in a similar manner
and the senate will have "a en-
ployees instead of "A as in 1909.
The first breach in the vaunted
harmony of the senate came
Tuesday morning when Senator R.
A. Hutchinson, of Spokane, cha
grined at having only minor COM
mittee appointments, rose and open
ly accused President Paulhamus of
having been paid railroad lobby
ist at previous sessions of the legis-
lature.
I presume, said Hutchinson,
that l have been gratuitiously in
suited by the president because I
have not been a paid lobbyist for
corporations in the past, seducing
my fellow senators, as has he for
the railroads.
Bedlam reigned for a few NOM
ents. Paulhamus made no attempt
TO rebuke Hutchinson, who is fa-
mlllarly known as Roaring Dick, "
but the Spokane senator was called
to order by Senator Josiah Collins
Of Seattle.
After leaving the senate chamber
Hutchinson made threats that he
would renew his open opposition to
the Pierce County man, with whom
he has vendetta of long standing
Senator John D. Basset. who rem
resents Adams, Franklin and Walla
Walla counties, was appointed to the
chairmarship of the senate COM
mittee on education. He was also
named as member of the following
committees:
Appropriations, Banks and Bank
ing, Rules and Joint Rules, Insur-
ance.
Senator Frank J. Allen, who rep
resents Benton and Yakima coun-
ties, was appointed chairman of the
committee on municipal corpora
tions. He was also named as a
member of the followin. commit
tees: Appropriations, bikes and
Drains, Railroads and Transports
ton, Legislative Apportionmeat,
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-01-13

| Wy upid, jail. IL. ue w dSIl'
ington legislature is now fairly on
its 18th session with the west side
in control.
Howard D. Taylor of Eagle,
King county and w. H. Paulham-
US, of Sumner, Pierce county, got
the speakership of the house and
the presidency of the senate respec-
lively, without opposition, and their
appointments in both cases show a
strong preference to Seattle and Ia
coma men, with some disposition to
placate Spokane by the gift of some
unimportant craftsmanship.
Al that the fact that coast legisla-
tors have reached an understanding
SO soon will mean that the real work
Of the session will start earlier than
ever before.
The East Side as a whole Jared
rather badly in appointments, all
the choice places going to the coast
representatives, who lined up so
solidly behind Taylor from the
start.
Neither Nelson Rich, of Benton
county or B. B. Horrigan, of
Franklin drew a Craftsmanship of a
house committee from Speaker H.
D. Taylor. Mr.. Rich, however,
was appointed to four committees
as was Mr.. Horrigan.
Mr.. Rich's appointments were as
follows: Agriculture, Counties and
County Boundaries, Water and
Water Rights other than Irrigation,
State Soldiers and Veterans
Homes.
Mr.. Horrigan's appointments:
EnrolledBills, Irrigation and Arid
Lands, Municipal Corporation 8
other than First Glass, Revenue and
Taxation.
Further restriction of the liquor
traffic, an employers liability law
and a new good roads law are the
most pronounced recommendations
made by Governor M. E. Hay in
his message to the legislature.
The message was delivered to the
house and senate. meeting in joint
session, Tuesday afternoon and was
received with marked attention.
The governor lines up squarely
with the anti-saloon league in his
liquor suggestions, recommending
the adoption of the county unit and
sunrise to sunset state law to
be effective in all the wet communi-
ties.
A strong plea is made for the EN-.
ployers' liability law, also known as
industrial insurance. A commits
sion has been drafting this piece of
proposed legislation and the state
solons are expected to adopt it. 1t
provides for the collection of dam
ages in all cases of personal injury
in an automatic manner, that is,
without the intervention of the
court. In this way, the employers
pay a smaller amount of damage,
but the lawyers get none of it. The
opposition has developed SO far from
the lawyers, instead of the employ
ers. as might be expected.
The governor also recommends
striking changes in the state aid
road law. According to his idea
roads constructed by the counties
according to official specifications
should be helped by the state. This
would allow the counties to super
wise the work and do it directly, ell
iminating the objections to the aid
law in its present form. A road tax
upon all automobiles and the ex
tension of the use of convicts in road
building is also recommended.
The automobile tax at % cents
per year per horsepower would net,
according to the governors figures,
$50. 600 to be applied to state roads.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-01-13
FIRST SHIPMENT OVER n. C,

The first shipment over the North
Coast from kennewick was shipped
Thursday, when the n. P. Irr. Co.
shipped a car of cement and other
building material to the headgates
of the canal. This is the second
freight shipment that has been made
over the new road, the first being
made by a man in Sunnyside who
shipped his hay crop over the new
road.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-01-13
TRACTION OUTFIT ARRIVES

The caterpillar traction engine Or
dered some time ago by the Lower
Yakima Irrigation company was un-
loaded at Kennewick this morning
with the four eight-ton trailers that
will be used in the train. One car
was loaded with distillate, and two
with lumber on the trial trip to
Richland that was made this after
mon
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-01-13
FRUIT GROWERS
annual MEETING
Discuss Marketing Problems Mon
day-l5 Per Cent Dividend
Declared

The annual meeting of the Frui,
q Produce company will be held ir
the Commercial Club rooms on mex,
Monday to which every rancher in
the valley is urged to attend. This
will be meeting of much import
ance to every resident of the valley,
particularly to the fruit raiserS, and
a large attendance is desired. So
serious is it. in fact, that the future
prosperity of this branch of the in
dustries in the valley may depend
upon the manner in which these
various items are disposed.
There will be two meetings., one
in the afternoon at 1:3O at which
the stockholders will be- called upon
to vote for various matters, chief
among them the advisability of the
present company dropping the hand
ling of the fruit marketing business
for the present at least, and only
handle the merchandise end. Just
why the company is deirous of
bringing about this chang. will be
explained fully at the moming ses-
sion at 1915. At this morning
meeting Mr.. Robbins, If North
Yakima, manager of the new Yaki-
ma Valley Fruit Growers associa
ton, will be present and will ex-
plain the purposes of the new as
sociation, and will tell aout tie
marketing problem as it now is.
From the experiences of tie grow
ers of the Kennewick Wiley the
past year, and the experience in
every fruit growing community, it
will readily be seen that tie prob
lem of marketing the prodlce is no
less serious than the growing.
AS has been explained in these
columns. and will be explained
more completely at the morning
meeting, the produce and commits
sion men at the markets have 30
strong an organization, that an
equally strong opposition must be
raised if there is ever to be any fair
ness shown the producer. Repre-
sentatives must be on hand With the
arrival of every car sent to the
markets. A small company is un-
able to afford to pay five or dix men
for the entire shipping seasn, and |
it is only by cooperation with lar
ger concerns that the expe1se can
be lowered. This is one of he fea.
lures of the larger association that
is being formed in the Yakima val
ley for the handling of th fruit. |
Mr.. Robbins will go into d&ail of
all the subjects that can be hought /
at the morning meeting, ane it is
as Mr.. Sly. the local managr, has
stated, that you have paid thou
sands of dollars for your lanl and
hundreds of dollars for tres and
tools and expenses and have given
several years of your time. Now
are you going to take chanes of
losing 1t all by neglecting the most
important part of your business,
the selling of your frnit? I you
are not, you will come to thismeet-
ing at 1915 in the morning on
Monday, January, 10Th. Phase be
on time. Commercial Club poms,
over Ashbaugh's store, on Second
and Tacoma.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-01-13
HOWE IS BANK PRESIDENT

At the meeting of the board of
directors of the Bank of Kennewick
last Tuesday, H. A. Howe was elect
ed to fill the presidents chair, c. B.
Alexander was made cashier, and
the directors for the coming term
are H. A. Howe, c. B. Alexander,
H. J. Tweedt, S. NJ. Bockerby and
Ingwal Smith.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-01-13

Alfalfa Fed
Short Horns
Valued at
$500 apiece.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-01-13
BASKET BALL TONIGHT

Richland VS. Kennewick. First
game of the season at the Pavilion,
at 7:3O O'Clock, Friday, JanuPry
18th. Admission 25cents.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-19
Has Texas Covered Bridge"

Governor Frederick w. Plaisted of
Maine probably will speak in Texas
during the campaign for and against
prohibition /. NJ. Standifer Of HoGs-
ton. member of the Texas legislature
while in Maine last week, visited the
executive mansion at Augusta to ex-
tend Gov. Plaisted an invitation to
speak in Texas during the campaign
and the governor gave him a tentative
cepiance-Gardiner Reporter Jour
nal.
We shall await with some curiosity
our Texas exchanges while the Royal
Presence is in the Lone Star State.
The Texas newspapers are giving in
detail both sides of the battle of re-
speetability and intelligence against
Rum Trust dollars. If Governor Plais-
ted can get a good trip across the
country. all bills paid tand more?) to
tell how prohibition has failed" in
the pioneer home of prohibition. why,
he might as we'll tell it to the cow
boys AS to the young n@n*of Maine
But we are wondering what he is 60
ing to say about the covered bridge"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-19
Water Street or Outside Roads?

II is currently understood that ii is
the purpose of the city administration
to make heavy expenditure this year
in repairs on Water street. There is
no question that the street is in need
of repairs rough and subject of
frequent criticism-but the Journal
would suggest that it is not suffering
for repair as much as are the per
manent' highways outside the city.
OF course if there are funds sufficient
for both. there would be no objection
to having Water street put in first
class shape. Yet even then there is
the question of water, gas and sewer
pipes, and conduits for underground
wires All these city services should
be put in such condition that there
would be no necessity of at once be-
ginning the tearing UP of Water street
the moment it is laid down properly.
But it seems to us that the first con-
sideration should he the outside roads
" mn "0At puiil at sum HtdNY cost
few years ago. and upon which no
repairs were made last year although
much needed. These roads are suf-
fering, but Water street is not going
to pieces for lack of attention. 1t
was pointed out by expert road build
ers at the time Mayor Plaisted was
making his campo ign for permanent
| roads, building. that this class of
road needs repair as much as other
ordinary highway. and that for the
ilrst few years 1t should be given
more than the average care. that it is
| impossible, in this land of deep freez-
ing to prevent newly laid roadbed
from heaFing upward in some places
and going down in others. Expert
road builders anywhere would advise
the city to look we'll to these places the
| first year that they are not made
doubly bad the second winter.
The frequent criticism heard of
these permanent" road makes it a
pretty safe conclusion that they are
badly in need of repair, ellie one of
these days the city of Augusta will
find on its hands the bonds ssuea for
the construction Of @permaneA i" roads,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-19
Mother.

AS we grow older and at last are left
Without the love that seeme, so much a
part
OF each days life that never had we
thought
OF 1t as love, but simply life itself,
What is it that comes back of her we
With tears more bitter because shed so
late?
Is it the loving counsels that throng
back,
The wisdom doubly priced as daily
Is it her beauty and her graciousness
That haunts me while l wake. and comes
in dreams?
No, no All day and many nights and
My mind is filled with myriad little
things.
The way she kissed me when she tied
my hood
And sent me off to school, little girl;
The infinite pains she took to dress my
dolls
And make me parties" with real
things to eat.
And how she'd come dozen times at
night
To bring a drink. or comfort me. afraid:
My grown-up years seem sudden blotted
And all the day and in my dreams at
night
/ see her doing all the little things
That she. when we were children, used
to do.
I hear the little words she used to say
When | had hurt myself, or some one
made me cry.
But now I weep: she cannot comfort me
And bitterest are my tears that it's too
late
To say, II do know now, how wonderful
Alice L. Wood in Hamptons.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-19
The Bangor Demonstration,

The Biddeford Record gleefully
quotes a Bangor official as follows:
1T is either case of putting the
liquor dealers on their good behavior
and holding them down to 10 o'clock
closing and no Sunday selling, or else
waging running war on 200 dealers
who will try to sell by any means
possible. To keep the city anywhere
near dry would take a police force of
100 men and we have only one-third
as many They have all they can do
with the regular routine, which has
been greatly increased since the fire.
Bangor has recently demonstrated
its ability to close its saloons when
the promoters of the notorious plan"
believe ii is for the best business" in
1t is useless for the liquor interests to
argue against the moral intent of the
law or its effectiveness if enforced.
The only ground for the anti prohi
bition press to stand upon is its fran
tic assertion that some plan devised
by the rum trust is better.
II the piOUlDilOiA tdN were
as other laws are enforced with stiff
Jail sentences for violators. there
would soon be so few liquor dispensers
in Bangor that the city would need not
more than half of one-third of hun
dred policemen. to care for all the
saloons and the regular routine" as
well. But as long as newspapers
argue that no kind of law not
countenaneed by the liquor trust can
be enforced. defiance of the law will
be encouraged in its course
Under the present Demo-rum policy
of the covered bridge" administration
1t is undoubtedly calculated to demon
strate to the public just how nasty
conditions may become under law
that is not enforced. With 200 bars
now open in the city of Bangor the
Democratic administration is giving
an imitation of what might be expect
ed under any sort of legalized rum
traffic in every city and town in the
State. Beautiful state of affairs. isn't
it?
The present Bangor plan" seems
system of control by bribery-"you
shut up shop when We tell you to and
you may go as Car as you like the rest
of the time" The 200 rpi. trust
GASES are unapproachable after 10
p. M. and on Sundays, it is said
while they are on their political good
behavior. No Sturgis deputies to
swoop down and disturb: no POSSIBLE
ity of county officials being displaced
for violation Of oaths of office. The
Royal Presence and his imperial
henchmen looked out for that very
early in the game. Ii you are one
who voted for it aren't you delighted
with the result?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-19
U. S. Fire Loss.
portland Express. J

cortland Express.)
The fire loss of the United States
and Canada for the month of April, as
compiled from the carefully Kept list
of the New York journal of Com
meree. shows a total of $17,670,550.
compared with $1S,9o1. 500 in 1910, and
1895, 800 in 1909. The total for the
first four months of 1911 is $S7.577 500.
compared with s67. 222, 100 in 1910. and
So, 006, 700 in 1909. The total loss for
1910 was $234,470,s5 for 1909, $203-
649,150. There were during April some
247 fires which caused loss of $780,.
600 or over in each instance. The
Bangor fire was the principal blaze of
April and is charged with loss of
$3,500.060. The fire insurance COM
panies lost $2,50o,O0O but it was so
well divided that no company suffered
more than it could comfortably pay
Portland Express
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-19
Foreign Travel.


Gardner Reporter JournalD
Americans who go to Europe this
spring if they want to make sure of
obtaining steamship accommodation
when they are ready to return, had
better fix the date for their return
when they go, and engage their rooms
for the date. There are crowds going,
and the prospect Is that if the most
OF them happen to want 10 return at
about the same time they will find
there are not ships enough to accom- :
modate them all. Last fan some of the
tourists had to remain away longer
then they intended because they
couldn't obtain accommodations, and it
was said that some of them rather
than to wait came home in the steer
age. More are going this year than
ever before, and there may be the
same trouble this fall
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-19
Editorial Comment
A Full Ton of Coal.
(Philadelnhia Press.l

tPnlladelphld bGeSS.1
A ton of coal has always been 22i0
pounds in this state, and it is of course
the right of any one, who is paying for
ton of coal to receive this much and
not 1000 pounds or any less quantity
than 2240 pounds. 1t is pity that the
law recognizes two different weights of
tons as it gives d man who defrauds by
delivering a short ton when the pur-
chaser is paying for long one some
shadow of excuse for his crime. 1t is a
very thin shadow, however, and the
coal weight bill which has just passed
the Senate very justly imposes three
months Imprisonment and 5000 fine on
the dealer who delivers short weight
coal.
This evil practice is against the law
already but it is difficult to convict and
punish frauds of this character. Most
consumers are helpless. They may
strongly suspect that they have been
given short weight when the observe
the coal delivered in the cellar, but it
is then difficult to prove the fact. The
coal should be weighed, when it is de
manded by the purchaser before deliv-
cry and this the bill provides for. The
IN'i ietoti may ttftCl ANY ttdtl, tH'Stii
at random, to be taken to- the nearest
scale and weighed ana the rest will be
Judged by the test which this supplies.
The possibility of such a test being
applied would make dealers careful.
They are apt now to asCribe shortages
to the carlessness of their employees
but with the penalties provideq in this
bill in force coal dealers will n< permit
their employees to be careless in load
ing their wagons. The bill has passed
the Senate and when enacted as ii
probably will be it should give coal
consumes degree of protection
against short weight that they have
always needed but have heretofore
been without.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-19
cry Prevention and Not Cure, -,

A good friend Of the Kennebec Jour-
nal takes up our recent editorial under
the above caption and offers new
ideas. logic and quotations far too
good to be lost TO the public We are
glad to publish il in the editorial col
umns, not as reinforcement of our
own attempt but as having been called
forth on topic of interest and well
calculated to set people To thinking.
That is the chief aim of this depart =
ment-to set people TO thinking. If
our deductions are not correct we are
glad To be corrected and are always
ready to retire gracefully when we are
shown Ia be in the wrong. Some
times there are many sides to a ques-
ton that are well worth considering.
We have had our say and it has called
out something worth while from diff
ferent viewpoint by II. \. b." We
give his letter and clippings below
and recommend their careful reading
The adage An ounce of prevention
is worth d pound OF cure" might be
supplemented with, No man can see a
question right until he can see all
around it, ". then. IL a. true that
diseases are communicated by
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-19

Representative Sul2as. of New York,
introduced a resolution in the Nation
al House, Friday, calling for an in
vestigation of the custom houses. Mr..
Sulzer called attention 10 the serious
complaints that have been made con-
corning the conduct and administra-
ton of immigration matters, especial
Nv at New York He sand there was
no well-known or established system
for interpreting and executing fairly
and reasonably the immigration laws,
and that conditions of late have been
by several judges in the
United States courts. The Kennebec
Journal and other newspapers have
frequently called attention to deplor-
able incidents in the immigration ser
50 much from the severity of the law
as from pigheadedness and narrow
minded Interpretation of the intent of
the law Some of these practices
have seemed to us to be I'M American,
and we agree with Representative
Sulzer that it is high time a thorough
investigation. is made and some of the
evils complained of remedied. Not
only the administration of the New
York custom house. but Boston and
other important customs houses
should be investigated.
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Popham Beach.
Oath Tines.)

y line from Bath to Popham
Beach ought to be an attractive prop
osition to the Lewiston, Augusta &
Waterville st. Ry. folks. That com
pany as yet reaches the seashore at
no point. and it would seem that the
line to Popham would furnish one
of the most popular summer trips
not only from Bath but from Lewis-
ton, Auburn. Augusta and all in
termediate points, We should guess
that if the down river people put up
the right kind of a petition and argu-
ment. their proposition will get a
sympathetic hearing from the trolley
men. Good luck to them