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The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1913-05-02
Nine Years Ago today
Being Items of Particular Interest taken
from THE COURIER Volume No. J

H. c. Mitcham is going into the real
estate business.
Rev. Bartlett went to North Yakima
on visit.
H. S. Anon went to Tacoma one day
this week.
A little boy arrived at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Martin Saturday.
H. Delepine is bringing in lettuce
which he planted last October in the
open.
Mr. Finley has a contract to clear
and level 40 acres in Section Is, belong
ing to H. Johnson. This land will be
seeded forthwith.
F. o. Gibbons has moved his house
from the Villa Tracts up town. He
purchased couple of lots in the Beach
addition.
F. G. Bier, manager of the Lind
Hardware Co. of Lind, Wash, spent
Sunday with his brother, H. A. Bier.
DR.. Pallister is going to spend some
of his spare time when not occupied
with his patients to raise turkeys. He
advocates hand raising,
Mrs. H. A. Bier accompanied by
Mrs. Chas. Elmer. Of Ritzyille, de-
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1913-05-02

parted for Walla Walla Wednesday
night. Mrs. Bier intends to stay three
or four weeks.
H. B. Haney has rented. five acres
of alfalfa land from w. M. Richards
and pays 500 per acre rent This was
seeded to alfalfa last August. No
wonder Kennewick lands come high.
G. E. Hanson is planting trees on his
five-acre tract in the Kennewick Gar
dens.
Wilkie & Dircksen have received their
ice, stored it in their ice house and
will be ready to deliver ice to the con-
sumers of CONCEALED aqua during TIE
b ,ated months.
w. 0. Howell, recently from New
York state, is building house west of
Martins place up the river. He pur-
chased about Is acres there last March
and has come to stay.
o. o. Noben has seeded some mac
aroni wheat upon his land above the
cereal and will experiment with this
cereal to ascertain if it will do well on
arid land without irrigation. If the
experiment proves successful all the
arid belt between the canal and Horse
Heaven can be utilized and become
productive.
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LITTLE STORIES OF THE WEEK
qWewaay
Geo. Kury, of Spokane, was Ken
newick business visitor Tuesday.

Geo. Kury, of Spokane, was Ken
newick business visitor Tuesday.
George Brown and daughter, Nellie,
have moved into the Harlan residence
on Beach street.
! }. E. Webb and family left Saturday
evening for Spokane, where they will
make their home
Miss M. B. Dooley, niece of Mrs.
G. W. Shanafelt, stopped over in
Kennewick to visit her, on her way
from Tacoma to Montana points.
The members of St. Paul's Episcopal
church voted Sunday to call the
Reverend c. B. Runnels of Kenosha,
Wisconsin, to be their rector. If he
accepts, he will serve the church of
Pasco also.
The first berries of the season are
now on the local markets, the Chas.
H. Collins company receiving a crate
yesterday morning from Louisiana. The
shipment contained twenty-four boxes
wee, tiny pints- and were not packed
or sorted. Looks like sending Goals to
Newcastle, doesn't it?
Chas. linden of Spokane, a pioneer
commission man of that city, was in
the valley the first of the week trying
to get contracts for handling some of
the Kennewick Strawberries he did not
meet with much success, finding big
per cent of the growers enthusiastic
over the f. o. b. plan of selling through
! the association.
Miss Emma Tweedt returned We'd
nesday from a five months visit in San
Francisco, and different points lin Ore.
She did not accompany her father to
Honolulu, as she intended, and on
account of illness stopped at San Fran
cisco, where she spent four months
with friends and relatives. The rest of
the time was spent at Newport, and
Portland, and with her brother, Chris
Tweedt and family at Toledo, Gre She
reports her father well and still enjoy
ing the sights at Honolulu.
After an absence of nearly three
years spent in New York state, Mrs.
A. B. Eighmy returned to the Rich
land valley last week and is a guest al
the home of her daughter, Mrs. j. M
Howell, on Clements fiat south OF
town. The lady, who up to three years
ago lived on ranch between here anc
Kennewick for four years prior, has
about made up her mind to reinvest IL
this favored of all spots, having, a.
she says, become extremely tired ant
disguised with the cold, rain and mut
prevailing in the eastern state one sea
son with Observation-Disclosures Advocate
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1913-05-02
M. ]. Lutz of White Bluffs was down

M. ]. Lutz of White Bluffs was down
yesterday ordering repairs for h i s
pumping plant.
George Armstrong is up from Sheri-
dan, Ore, for visit and to look after
property interests.
l. N. Mueller is now occupying his
own home adjoining the Anon house
in which he has been living, and DIR.
Spaulding, who has been occupying
the Mueller house, has moved to the
Tull residence.
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All this weeks
news 7 II | S
week ~ - -
Fatal Accident.


Wind and drenchng rain were do
ing their worst to make the lives of
home going New Workers miserable
when the conductor of an uptown car
Joined forces with nature and an
nounced that everybody would have to
take the car ahead or the car behind
because that car wasn't going any
GUS and violent than common greeted
that announcement
Cant be helped" said the conduc-
tor stolidly. This car is all out OF
fix. 1t amt fit TO travel"
So. according to their custom when
ordered to do a thing, the New York
crowd did it. but one Of the number
continued to ponder on the disability
of the abandoned car. No fuse had
blown out, and it had run with only
the ordinary noise and friction. Pres
emily he said to the new conductor:
"What was the matter with that car
we were hustled out Of back there!
What was broken about itY'
1.-THE cash register" said the man.
They couldn't ring up any more
fares."-New York Times.
What They Knew of Luther.
OF the painful lack Of general tnfor-
nation shown by the college student
one instance will suffice. In a written
test whether in college for young
men or women is immateriaD the ques-
ton was asked, What was the secret
of Luther's success as a reformerW
The question was left unanswered by
the ma jority of the class. Some frank
ly avowed they did not know who Luz
Their was. Some cOnfounded the name
with that of Luther Burbank. One an
swer which greatly Mortified the pro-
fessors was this THE secret Of Luz
| theirs success was his diet of worms"
Suburban Life.
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A daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs.

A. W. Thomas Thursday, April 18th.
L. E. Danes was down from Prosser
the first of the week looking after bus
mess interests.
Mrs. H. E. Huntington and three
children are visiting relatives in Spok-
ane since the first of the week.
Miss Emma Gentle left Monday morn
ing for the East where she will remain
for sometime visiting relatives and
friends.
City Attorney Holcomb went to Spo-
kane and Euphrata Monday, where he
appeared in court. He returned We'd
nesday.
The fruit growers are rejoicing in
the fact that they are now receiving
their final returns from fruit shipped
last fall.
B. E. Reser accompanied Mrs. Reser
and baby to Walla Walla, Sunday
where they have been enjoying visit
with relatives this week.
A large crowd of Pasco young people
visited friends in Kennewick Sunday
and attended the show at the Princess
Theatre in the evening.
E. M. Sly, manager of the Fruit &
Produce Co., made business trip to
Prosser in the interests of the COM
pany the latter part of the week.
Miss Violet Anderson and Miss Jessie
Glover, a former resident of Kenne-
wick who is visiting her, were in Pasco
Sunday taking in the sights in the city.
Miss Frances Olbrich left Saturday
for Walla Walla, where she will visit
friends. She will also attend the
Blossom Festival at North Yakima
before her return.
J. A. Bellows and family left Satur
day evening for a visit with friends il
Seattle and other points on the Coas
before going to San Diego, where they
will make their future home.
| 7. H. Lee traded his property dowl
the valley for property and large
apartment house at Chehalis, Wash.
and the family will leave in about tw,
weeks to take charge Of their propert,
there.
4 Mrs. G. L. March and daughter
Viola, left the latter part of the weel
for Walla Walla, after disposing O
their HOUSEHOLD goods here, and viii
make their home there for the present
as MIR. March has employment wit
| the Hanger & Thompson Co. Mr.. an
| Mrs. G. H. Shanafelt will occupy tn
March residence.
The Odd Fellows and Rebekahs oh
served the ninety-fourth anniversary Q
Oddfellowship last Saturday night b
| entertaining about seventy-fve mem
bers and friends. During the first pan
i of the evening toasts were given b
different members of the order, w.
III Soh0CA Ahoh oSetiS 90 NAaiI Ill Oil VI I'll
evening. Refreshments were serve
be the Rebekah committee, assisted b
Il others, and the rest of the time we
II devoted to music and dancing. A. .
Il Remington presented the Odd Fellow
Il with valuable picture frame whic
II was made with a pen knife by Sc:
man on five-year cruise on board
II ''Man- War" This now holds
prominent place in the lodge hall an
4 adorns their charter. Members an
Il visitors were present from Finley
Hover and Pasco. Mr. and Mrs. C.
Il Lum, old time residents of Kennnewic
i who are here visiting their son, Cha.
Lum, and family, were present frol
North Yakima.
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Most of the local attorneys were in
Prosser setting trial dates for the
spring jury term which will convene
May 7. There are at present seven
teen cases to be tried.
The members of the Congregational
Sunday School will give food and
sale next Saturday afternoon, May 3,
at Mrs. Joseph's millinery store.
Please remember the date and the
place.
Mrs. O.. F. Richardson and Mrs. G.
A. Hamilton went to Pullman Tuesday
to be present at the celebration of the
annual May festival by the students at
the state college, the latter part of
the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Jarboe, of Panama,
are visiting Mrs. Jarboe's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. G. M. Annis, and old friends
here. Mrs. Jarboe was formerly Miss
Lucille Annis, who taught in the public
schools here.
Janet Huntington celebrated her
eighth birthday Saturday afternoon by
entertaining a dozen of her little girl
friends. The afternoon was spent in
games, after which refreshments were
served. She was presented with many
pretty and useful presents.
A number of Kennewick members of
the Knights of Pythias attended the
annual convention of District No. II,
of that order which was held in Pasco
Thursday evening. A pleasant time is
reported by all. A. R. Gardner was
awarded one of the prizes in one of the
ritual work contests.
The baseball boys cleared nearly $40
from their dance last Tuesday night.
They are now figuring on raising an ad-
ditional sum by subscription and if ev-
erybody "comes through" in good
shape a set of uniforms will be ordered
and the grounds will be improved by
rebuilding the grandstand and giving
the diamond a coat of clay.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. L. Banta went to
Walla Walla Sunday night. They have,
you know, quite patch of cherry trees
and the cold weather they experienced
in the Garden City put them in shaky
frame of mind. However, nothing was
damaged and, as they brought back a
bundle of new reels for their piano,
steady patrons of the Princess will re.
joice over this trip.
r. L. Austin and family arrived
Wednesday from drive overland from
Metolius, Ore, and are now settled ir
the Eakin house in the Garden Tracts
Mr.. Austin is to be the new yard mar
for the Tum-a Lum Lumber Co., taking
the p &c of H. E. walker. Mr.
Walker has been transferred tempo
rarily to the Toppenish yard, but pro
badly be given the management of on
of the company's line y d later
Mrs. Walker and children are remain
!, ing in Kennewick for the present unit
Mr.. Walker is permanently located.
: 1t is planned that this year extr
pains will be taken to grade the frui
properly, and in order to do so, Their
) will be fruit inspectors at each place t
/ show the packers the proper way t
: pack fruit. Although Kennewick al
l ready has high reputation for it
/ berries, the standard will be sti
higher, when graded and packe,
according to rule. Some of the rancher
have their pickers and packers alread.
engaged for the strawberries, and
, packers do the work according to rul
they will have no trouble of findin,
/ places where their packing will b
acceptable.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1913-05-02
The Weeks Weather
WEEK ENDING MAY l

Mrs. Chas. H. Collins and daughter
spent Wednesday in Pasco;.
Nathan Thayer left Kennewick Tues
day for St. Louis. on business.
E.R. Dunlap left Wednesday for an
extended visit in Enid, Oklahoma.
G.. A. Stewart went to Prosser Tues
dav to turn over to Assessor Severyns
the duplicate of the evasions made in
this end of the county. He returned
the same evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. N. Kessey of Occur
d. Alene, Idaho, are guests at the hom
of Mr.. Kessey's uncle, ]. L. johnson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kessey were recently
married at Waterloo, Iowa.
Rev. G. A. Tyler of Prosser, Rev. Il,
j. Wood of Grandview and Chas.
Schneider of Richland conducted the
sub-parliment at the M. E. church yes
terday afternoon and evening.
Members of the Swine Breeders
Association shipped car of hogs to
Portland Tuesday morning. The pork
ers were collected from half dozen
ranchers throughout the valley. C. E.
Finley superintendent the loading.
L. H. Marks returned Wednesday
night from three-day business trip
through the towns in the upper valley
in the interest of the Coats & Marks
products. He reports that nearly all
of the orchards between Yakima and
Prosser have been badly nipped by frost
this week.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1913-05-02
Love and Hate.

Love once more; perhaps this time
you may succeed in being loved back
again.
Enemies are only useful as long AZ
you are rising Once at the top you
must do away with them by making
them your Acknowledgements Of Queen
Elisabeth Carmen SYLVIA.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1913-05-02
Defines Economy.

What is the meaning of economy
Economy, my son. is going without
something you do want in case some
day you should want something which
you probably won't want" -Exchange.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1913-05-02
Giving Up.

II gave up smoking to please Rosa
and drinking to please Nellie"
What did you give up to please Ma
REP
Nothing as yet She wants me to
give up the two other girls.
burgh Post.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1913-05-02
AT tt1r GhurrhfH

BAPTIST
Corner of Washington and Third
streets.
10 a. m. Bible School.
II a. M, service. Reception of new
members; Lords supper. Rev. w. C.
King will preach at morning service.
7:OOp.m., Young People smeetlng, sub
ject, 1.-The Christians Prayers.
800 p. M, sermon by the pastor
Wednesday, 7:45, mid-week service.
CONGREGATIONAL
I'm Presbyterian building.)
Rev. E. A. Orr, pastor.
1000 a. m. Bible school.
HOO a. M, sermon.
Ev. LUTHERAN BETHLEHEM CHURCH
Rev. A. Woker, Pastor.
Missouri Synod, Fifth and Yakima.
10 a. m. preaching service.
ZION LUTHERAN
S. Probst, Pastor
$50 a. M, Sunday School, English.
1920 a. M, German Services.
English services on the first and third
Sundays of every month at 7:3O p. m.
M. F.. CHURCH
10 a. M, Sunday School.
II a. M, preaching.
2:30 p. M, Junior League.
Epworth League 700 p. m.
800 evening service.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1913-05-02
M. F.. CHURCH
ADVERTISED LETTERS

Neal, Douglas
CARDS
Cooper, l. B.
Davis, Ernest
Faust, Teddy
Goodall, James
Musgrave, Mrs. Eliza.
Nelson, Nellie.
, 1913-09-13
WORK AND LONG LIFE.

The London Spectator" commenting
several years ago on the number of old men
holding foremost positions i'll the world, snid
that men were working at least ten years
longer than their grnndfnthers had worked.
A generation ago the direction of affairs in
Europe was in the hands of II group of Old
men:. Gladstone, Beaconsfield, Bismarck,
Cortschakof, Cavour, Pope Leo. The Lon
don ''Chronicle" recently called attention 10
the large number of old men who Me active
III various professions. Lord Strathcona, who
has long been one of the foremost men III
Canada, aud who is said to I've one of the
largest landowners in the world. is ninety
two, and ~enforces and illustrates the gospel
of moderation i'll Hll things. Sir Andrew
Clark, the distinguished physician, said to
Lord Strathcona a few years ago that there
was no reason why he should not live to be
a hundred "if only you will keep on work.
ing" Work and the interest which goes
with it is undoubtedly a determining
element in longevity. The living brain
keeps the body alive, which is proba-
bly, the reason why intellectual meu
have the greatest chance of long life.
The elderly man uf active habits WHO
retires, not only from business but from
all kinds of work, invites rapid decline of
vitality. But there must be moderation in
work and old man canuot drive his faculties
with IMMUNITY. An able American who died
not long ago III the eighties made it a rule
, 1913-09-13
A LIGHTED CIGARETTE AND A
REDWOOD FOREST.

A lighted cigarette cnrelessly thrown from
n TamalpaIs Railway observation car started
it is said, the raging forest fire that more
than three Thousand men lately foaght GU
Mount Tamalpais, III Marin County, Califor-
min, about fifteen miles northwest of San
Francisco. The fire fed ut first on the dense
growth of Chaparral and preasewood cover
ing the south side of Mount Tamalpais, but
Il north wine carried it into Blythedale
Canon, the route Of Tamalpais Scenic RHil-
way, known as ''the CIookedest railway in
the WORLD and soon the redwoods and
manzanlta trees were HbluEe there. 1t was
hoped to save Muir Woods, the home OF tho
giaut redWOOds-trees of thousands of Vehrs'
growth aud hundreds of feet high, the finest
specimens in the world. Soldiers fought
desperately to snVe these woods, but The
flames leaped the trenches dug by tho so.-
diers, and they had to fee for their lives.
Before leaving, however, they broke open
the celebrated aviary and released the birds.
Some, bewildered by the glare, tluttered
Straight into the fire, but most of them were
seen to fly with the wind away from it
Deer, GOODS, rattlesn0kes, ant rats were
driven from their haunts, A soldier report
ed having seeU an army of mountain rats
advancing before the fire like q swarm of
ants. A big buck. dazed by Il .me. wander
ed into an open space, looked straight into
a moving -prleture machine that II mum was
operating, and then crashed into the under
brush. Thirteen rattlesnakes were killed ut
one spot by a squad of soldiers. CottagerA
were driven from their homes. Cottages
nre soon rebuilt; people forget their fright
and return 10 set up anew their household
gods; but Il giant redwood destroyed by fire
can never be replaced. Is there not so'ue
way to stop this forest destruction through
carelessness2 = Outlook, August 2nG.
, 1913-09-13

houdon. September II h.
DEM Crystals las. dds. vi.
MuscovHdu, hontinY terms IN
'"E"'' bond, Us. 3d.-9s. 81.
German beet SO { o. h, g.. Gil.
JUvR Sugar 5000 Gibraltar or Channel for
orders, Aoating terms, los. 44d.
DemerarH Rum, Is Ill Is. Sd.
nal ~ cwt. 71s.
Cotton, Medium Fine Stat Liverpool ,mUmin"l
per h Is, FL.
Bank of Fin Gland Rate of discount II.
ConsOlS 70 Ole
Three per cent Rentes IN Paris 90 40.
, 1913-09-13

Mr., Fishlock, Agricultural Instructor of
the Virgin Islands, has gone on II trip to
Europe. -Ljyht6oUf4'S Mall Notes, sept
9TH.
, 1913-09-13

We are glad TO be able to shy that in n few
days work will be begun i'll the restoration of
the old telegraph office, so That the distigur-
ed spot may again look tne.-Wid.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-05-12
To Organize New School District.

William Brown of Overlook, Love
county and Newton Kemp Of Cheek,
Carter county, were in the city this
morning on business with County SUI
perintendent l.. M. Thurston. These
gentlemen state that a joint district
to accommodate pupils residing in
both counties in their neighborhood
will be organized at an early date.
The section of the counties OF Love
and Carter around Overlook and
Cheek is comparatively newly set
tled-the land, most of it, was
thrown on the market at the Indian
land sales last fall, but has become
thickly settled and now comprises
some of the best and most care
fully cultivated farms in the two
counties.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-05-12
Railroad Telesrapners Meet.

Baltimore, May IA ten day
meeting of the railroad telegraphers
opened here today, with delegates
from all parts of the country. THIS
is the ninth biennial and nineteenth
regular session of the Grand Division
of the Order OF Railway Telegra-
Pliers, which comprises a membership
$4,000 telegraph operators, scatter
e, over the United States, Can
"a, Soe, Texico. Mayor Preston viii
make ~ 1ress of welcome and
there Wi. number of other
prominent n. u address the con-
vention.
There is also in session here at
the same time a convention of the
Woman's auxiliary to the Telegra-
pher's Union, comprising about 300
members. II. B. Purham of st. Louis
is president of the order and L. w.
Quick is secretary and treasurer. MI
Quick is also treasurer of the city
of st. Louis.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-05-12
WEATHERFORECAST
SAYS FAIR WEATHER
GENERALLY FAIR" FOR The
WEEK, SAYS THE FEDERAL
WEATHER MAN.

Washington, May 11.-Unseason-
ably high temperatures are not ex-
pected to prevail during the COM
ing week over any portion Of the
country, according to the weekly
weather bureau bulletin issued today.
Temperatures will rise on Mon
day, however" the bulletin said, "over
the eastern half of the country and
also on Tuesday from the lake reg
ion and Ohio valley eastward, but
probably to only about normal con .
ditions. In the plateau region and
the extreme northwest it will be cool
er by Monday night with frost in
the latter section and by the middle
of the week it will be cooler in the
plains states, the upper Mississippi
valley and the upper lake region. In
the south normal temperatures will
prevail.
mo precipitation of consequence is
indicated over the eastern portion OF
the country. Showers will occur
early in the week over the north
west and central west and probably
by the middle of the week in tho
central valleys and the greater por-
tion of the lake region, followed by
generally fair weather during the
second half of the week.
"In the south Atlantic and East
Gulf states there will be local thun-
der showers during the first half OF
the week. followed by generally fair
weather during the latter half. In
the west Gulf states generally fair
weather is indicated"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-05-12
X. of p. Grand Lodge.

The grand lodge of Knights OF
Pythias will hold it's annual meeting
this week in Oklahoma City. Among
those who will attend from here are
Frank Bourland, w. T. Salisbury, H.
C. Potterf, II. T. Hunt, Frank Berry
hill, Joe NJ. London, 3. L. Rasor
and Chas. London.
Ardmore will invite the Pytrians
to hold their next meeting in this
city. Mr.. London will place Ard
more in nomination. He has letters
from the Retailers and from CONNER
cial club, and from a number of citi-
Zens including the mayor and will
urge that Ardmore be named as the
grand lodge town of the knights for
next year There is no other city
that would appreciate a visit from
these people more than Ardmore,
there is no city in the state better
equipped to care for the lodge and
if a more central town is not accept
ed Ardmore will win the next meet
ing.