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The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1913-11-21
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 81, 1913
The Lure Of the Catalogue

About ten years ago-perhaps
more than that..the wife of one of
our farmers happened to get hold
of a mail order oatalog," says For
rest Crissey in the Saturday Eve.
ming Post in an article on the ravages
made upon Ourtown by the steady
patronage of the mail-order houses.
'One of the specials caught her eye
and she sent in her order. 1t was
a novel experience-this shopping
by maitland when a neig hbo1
woman called she displayed the bar
gain she had captured. That was
the match in the haystack! The
news went from one house to another.
Every woman wanted to try the
new way of shopping-and, besides,
there was a certain distinction in
this long distance shopping tina t
Mrs. Bright, as I'll call her-could
not be left to enjoy alone.
First, there was the lure of the
game. If the neighbors did not
follow Mrs. Bright's train they could
not compare notes with her. AT
least twenty women promptly estab-
lished connections with a catalog
house as a direct result of Mrs.
Bright's experience. And those fol-
lawyers drew others after them in
turn.
That put a crimp in my trade
and in the business of every mer-
chant in Ourtown-a good little
town, tool, 1t took thousands oi
dollars out of Ourtown every year,
Did you ever see bright, sturdy,
promising stand of corn after it had
been hit by series of hot winds
that sometimes sweep over Kansas!
That's what happened to Ourtown.
It hasn't any color of juice left ir
it. The money has gone out to the
mail-order houses year after year.
The other day Mrs. Bright came
into my store and made a few pur.
chases-a gentle, gray little womai
who wouldn't knowingly hurt q
living creature. She hasn't the re.
motest idea that she has ever in.
jured me or any other merchant in
Ourtown. She's widow now; and,
though she has three sons, she lives
alone on the farm, which is worked
under her direction by a hired man
l saw that something was
troubling Mrs. Bright, and so
gave her an opportunity to ease her
mind. She mentioned the fact that
all her boys had gone up to the city
and confessed that they did not
write back home as often as she
wished; but her chief concern was
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1913-11-21
RANCHERS WIN

A verdict in favor of the com.
plaintants was given in the superior
court at Prosser last week in the
damage suit brought by Messrs.
Mottinger, Doyle, Howard, Poston
and Cresswell against the S. P. & S.
Railway for stock which had been
killed by the defendants trains in
this county during the past several
months.
The ranchers claimed that the
railroad had been lax in neglecting
to repair the crossings used by the
stock in going to and and from the
range to the river and were careless
in the operation of their trains at
those points. The ranchers' case
was very ably conducted by M. M.
Moulton while the railroad was rep
resented by Attorneys Hart and
Holcomb and Claim Agent Relf.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1913-11-21
TRANSFER COMPANY TO BUILD

The Kennewick Transfer company
has broken ground for the erection
of a 25x6O Office building on Sec-
ond street. The building will be of
brick, and of but single story, but
arrangements have been made to
provide for the addition of another
story should the occasion ever re-
quire.
Two Offices will occupy the front
of the building, back of which will
be commodious sample foom. At
the rear of the building space has
been provided for general storage.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1913-11-21
SWINE BREEDERS MEET

The attendance at Saturday 8
meeting of the Swine Breeders AS
sociation, while not large, was
enough to warrant the continuance
OF the associations work.
A census of the swine in this vi
cinity will be taken and the records
OF the stock will be so kept that
shipments to market may be made
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1913-11-21
IRRIGATION CONGRESS

G. H. Emery, special represen-
tative of the Kellar-Tomason Co.,
Of Los Angeles, CAL, will hold an
irrigation convention at the Princess
Theatre next Saturday afternoon,
to which all residents of the valley,
interested in irrigation and the
various problems pertinent thereto
are cordially invited to attend.
Mr.. Emery will take up the
troubles of the irrigator and tell how
they may be overcome. His talk
will tell about seepage, alkali, weed
pests, etc., and will explain how
the Californians have solved the
problems. The admission is free,
and the program will start at two
o'clock sharp.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1913-11-21

for Jimmy, with whom 1 was best
acquainted. When I went to town
to do my buying she wanted me to
have talk with him and persuade
him to come back home and open
up.a drug store, just as he had
planned to do when he went away
to study pharmacy. 1t would not
be nearly so lonely if he would come
back to the old town.
well, 1 called upon Jimmy in
the city at the drug store where he
worked. He invited me to spend
the evening with him. That gave
me the chance that 1 was looking
for. He wanted to know whether
the old town was going down hill
as fast as ever, whether a single
merchant had painted his store in
the past year, whether there was
single business man on the main
street who was making better than
meagre living.
told him the truth-and then
he made it very clear to me that he
would never go back to Ourtown to
start store. He had just shrewd-
ness enough to see that the outlook
was not encouraging. The city had
him hooked, and if he is not spend
ing all he makes right now appear
ances are deceiving. His chances
OF starting a store anywhere are
mighty slim.
I explained the situation to Mrs.
Bright as gently as possible when 1
went back home. She thanked me
in her quiet, well-bred manner and
went out of the store much older
woman than when she entered. All
she saw was the fact that Jimmy,
her eldest son and the apple of her
eye, was not coming back to Our
town to open the store about which
they had dreamed-was not com.
ing back because Ourtown had gone
backward and it's future was dark.
She did not see that the MALL
order house she had so innocently
introduced into Ourtown was the
thing that had sapped the life from
our community and made it so
dead that her boy was not justified
in carrying out his old ambition Of
starting drug store there.
Being right on the ground, it is
entirely clear to me that if it had
not been for the ravsges of the cat
alogue house this. would have re-
NAMED neat, thriving little town
and Jimmy probably would have
been the owner of a prosperous drug
store.
Occasionally [ get grim amuse-
ment in figuring what Ourtown has
lost to the catalog houses through
the trade that Mrs. Bright and her
followers took away from US. In a
period of ten years it amounts to
many thousands of dollars. The
town shows it. And the essence of
the whole thing is, that in the long
run the patrons of the mail-order
houses have not gotten ahead
dollar by the transaction; in fact,
they have lost. I do not believe
they have made any direct saving or
any reduction in the cost of living;
but even if they had they would
still be out Of pocket. They have
sapped the vitality out of their COM
munity, and put the price of our
property on the down grade; they
have depressed local labor and
wages. Instead of growing in pop
ulation and strength, Ourtown has
steadily declined, and the pocket
of every man and woman here has
been touched.
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Bulda Slo for F iftyDollars

"Sell a COW, build a silo and
,ove a few dollars left over from the
nnroceeds. Or, better still, sell three
cows and build four silos, each of a
5O-ton capacity.
This is the philosophy of F. W.
Smith, president of the Bonita Cattle
company, located in Missouri. And
Mr.. Smith wasn't forced to build a
cheap silo either, for he had the
means to buy more expensive one
# necessary. But he had heard that
down near East Lynne, Mo-, the
Germans had been using one for
several years that was still good.
Mr.. Smith Investigated four years
AGO. AS a result he built four silos
for about s160 actual cost and they
are in as good condition now as the
day they were built. and will be
equally as good for several years to
come.
"Two men can build a 5O-ton
silo in one day." said Mr.: Smith to
the Kansas City Star. "Thc pro-
cess is simple. Nine hundred feet
of fir flooring, a few other pieces Of
cheaper lumber, some hooks that any
blacksmith can make, a hundred
pounds of wire and few nails is all
that is necessary.
THE PROCESS Is SIMPLE
Here is the way Mr.. Smith built
his, and the way one was built on
the Finley farm at Finley last fall
The figures are accurate and the
plans heve been used in this valley
and will be again. These figures
are for single silo twelve feet in
diameter and twenty feet high, tc
hold fifty tons.
After selecting a piece of ground
as near the feeds.barn door as pos.
sible, erect a circle frame fourteen
feet square. To this set four posts
in square fourteen feet apart. Any
kind Of posts will be satisfactory,
two-by-fours being good. Th ey
should be at least sixteen feet above
the ground. To each post attach
two one-by-six boards made in the
form of a trough. The completion
of the circle is built on the ground
and requires six 1x12 boards four
teen feet long. Take four of them
to make a square. Now saw four
half-lengths and place them across
the corners. Then find the circle.
This is easy with pencil, cord,
and stake in the center of. the
ground intended for the silo. After
the circle frame has been finished,
raise it to the trough and nail il
securely.
Two two-by-fours twenty feet high
will construct The door. Through
these boards twelve three eighths-
inch holes should be bored, foot
apart at the bottom, the distance
gradually increasing toward the top.
Drill four five. eighths-inch holes
five feet apart. Then start with the
flooring. The first piece will be at
tached upright to one of the door
posts and the others joined, small
nail being used at the top. When
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with advantage to all members.

with advantage to all members.
It is probable that the next meet
ing will be addressed by County
Agriculturist Lampson and one or
more of the State College Experts
who will be here next month con-
Quoting a short session of the winter
school for farmers.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1913-11-21

L. H. Raymond, the plumber, opened
his new shop in the Eakin building and
V. w. Bird, who purchased the Moon
stock of electrical supplies, is now oc-
cupying portion of the same room.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-01
NEW SECRETARY IS
FORMER POSTMASTER
w. E. Holt Takes Charge of Deming
Chamber of Commerce; Formerly
Was Prominent Bellevue, Mich,
Man

Deming, n. N. Sept. Nv. E. Holt,
who has taken the position of secre-
tary of the Deming chamber of com
merce, succeeding r. Bedichek. re-
Xue, Mich, three years and a half ago.
For y years prior to his emigration
from that state he was postmaster at
Bellevue and was during the same per
lOd editor of the Bellevue Gazette At
the time Of his resignation as post
master at Bellevue, he was president
OF the national bureau Of pOstoffice
Improvement for the second and third
class offices, and was a member. either
honorary or active, of every national
postal organization in the United
states, except that of the city letter
carriers He was also an officer in
the state association of pOStma sters
and was at one time president of the
postmasters of Michigan. He was on
the executive board of the national as
soclaIlon OF pOstmasterS Of the second
and third classes for two terms. He
was on Intimate terms with the heads
OF departments in Washington and
during the three preceding admins
tIauOns that his card was not neces-
sary for admittance.
Mr. Holt decided a few years ago
that life was too easy, and looked
longingly toward the west, where. to
use his own expression, there is
something doing every minute" He
Travelled extensively looking for the
right location, and finally decided
upon Deming as the place best suited
TO his activities. He bought out the
Graphic, and built that paper I'D from
practically nothing to its present DO
s1tlon Of influence locally and in the
state After selling the Graphic, Mr.
Holt engaged in farming, and has now
40 acres in crops Watered by two
splendid pumping plants out on the
edge of town. He has his place rented
out to four farmers and will devote
his whole attention to the chamber of
commerce work
Miss Esther J. Livingston Oak
Park, Ill. and graduate of Northwest
ern university, was elected to a DOsi
ton as domestic science teacher in the
Deming high school to succeed Miss
Lulu Stahlman, resigned.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-01
UNION LABOR NEWS.
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All officials o fthe different local
unions report a great increase of mem
bership and financial progress for
1913, over all previous years. The
carpenters union has especially shown
large increase The bricklayers and
printers are also making good.
c H. Escott, a member of the local
plumbers union. is doing the plumb
ing work for contractor L P. McChes-
ney, on the new Momsen residence.
Officials of the PhOenix-El Paso
Building company say they are enjoy
ing a good business, at present, which
they attribute to their all union help.
W. T. Davis. secretary of the car
penters' union, reports that conditions,
both financial and otherwise in his or
ganiZatiOn are very satisfactory.
". H Cain, the contractor, is in
charge of the constructing of the ad-
ditiOn to the school house in Grand
View addition, and his force is an all
union one.
H. T.. Ponsford the contractor who
employees union men, is expected to re-
turn shortly from a vacation trip in
Canada
The Lyric theater has an all union
crew. Bruce Steel, a member Of the
Theatrical Stage Employees union. has
secured a position as stage carpenter,
and Clarence Nix. a member of the 10
cal operators union is running the ma
chine.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-01
ABNEY RANCH IS
SOLD FOR $3.50. 900
Matthews Residence In Big Springs De-
StrOyed by Fire; Court COnVenes
With Heavy Docket.

Big Springs. Tex, Sept. 1-One of
the biggest ranch deals ever cOnSum-
mated in this section was closed this
week when the F. W. Abney ranch in
Borden county, containing As sections,
together with all the cattle and horses
thereon, was sold to RUDE Clayton, of
Lubbock The whole deal amounted
The regular fall term of the district
court convened here today. The docket
is the heaviest in a number of terms.
A residence in the east part of the
city owned by r. D. Matthews and oc-
cupied by Dr. / E Smith. was totally
destroyed by fire, including all the
contents. The fire was probably
caused by a defective flue. The loss is
$4,000. with $4,000 insurance.
Labor day was celebrated here with
horse racing, brOnchO busting" and
goat rOping- The event took place at
the new fair grounds.
Miss Mildred True. of this city. and
Rome Lusk, of Bolton were married
at the latter place They will make
Bolton their home.
The public schools of the city open
September 8. The prospects are bright
for a fine session. With two or three
exceptions the same teachers have
been engaged that were here last year.
S. A Penix, president of the How
ard County Good Roads association, has
called meeting in the interest of the
auto highway.
c. A Johnson. while papering a
nail and painfully hurt. It is feared
the sight of the eye has been destroyed.
J. W. Neill, director of farmers in
stitutes Of the state department of
agriculture. addressed a large and en-
thuSiastic body of farmers here. He
discussed diversification rotation.
seed selection and better cultural
methods.
All the main buildings at the new
fair grounds are up and everything is
being rapidly shaped up for the county
fair on October 1, . and s.
DR.. NJ. NJ. Carrick, medical director
in charge Of Hollands magazines
"Cleanest City in Texas" contest, is in
the city looking over Big Springs from
a clean. sanitary standpoint Big
Springs il in the race for the cleanest
city.
Frank Tayes. of this city, and Miss
VERSA Stevens, of Dayton, Ohio. were
married in this city. Big Springs will
be their home
B. S Hill has sold his grocery busi-
Of Miles.
new time card has gone into ef-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-01
RAILROAD NEWS OF THE SOUTHWEST

! freight engineer a. E. Hale. who. it is
I rumOred, will bump engineer George
! Trimble, who viii go back in through
/ freight service.
Guy Livingston, day caller for the
} mechanical department of the Sunset
! Central lines at Ell Paso, who recently
returned from a vacation at Alpine ana
: GrOesbeck, Texas, has reported for
duty. displacing Perry Ross, who goes
back to calling the sleepers. Ross
bumps extra caller Childs King, who
goes back on the callers extra list at
FL Paso.
De Luxe passenger engine No 921,
of the G.. H s Ell PaSO and SandersOn
passenger service, made a record trip.
It arrived on No. 9. Sunday mornins
with engineer G. P Walker at the
throttle and fireman ". L Erwin fir
! ing it They brought No. 9s train
from Maria to. Fit Hancock, a distance
of 143 miles without taking any water
and still had 5000 gallons in the tank
Safety First supervisor E. L. Tink-
Ter, OF the FL PasO & Southwestern
system, with headquarteIt at the Ell
PasO general office building, returned
to El PasO Saturday, from Douglas,
where he attended the monthly Safety
First meeting. Mr.. Tinker has charge
Of all the Safety First work of the
entire western district of the Rock
Island lines.
The FL Paso & Southwestern passen-
ger train No. "a, Sunday morning had
car. An unusual number of excursion
lists went up to Cloudcroft on this
train Some returned Sunday night
but the greater number remained over
until Labor day night On account of
a shortage of coaches a Mexico North
Western Red Coach was used.
Southern Pacific passenger engines
Nos. 3046 and 3047 have been trans
ferred to the Ell Paso division of the
road from Tucson. They will work
between Ell Paso and Lordsburg W.
T. Hayes viii be given the 3O46 anu
the other will probably be given to the
Oldest engineer making a claim upon
it. The drivers are 81 inches. while the
trailers and cylinders are 20 by %.
J. NJ Ritz, extra engineer for the
G. H, returned Saturday on engine
757, in through freight service and was
placed on the FL Paso extra list He
was used Sunday morning to dead
head to Valentine, where he will re-
lieve o. 6. Eden, who has taken a
60 days vacation Ritz will work Oh
the day switch engine in the Valentine
yards.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-01
WATER FROM PACIFIC
FLOWS INTO CANAL
Barrier Is Wrecked with 20 Tons of
Observation-Disclosures VIII start Work
Ou@the Atlantic Barrier Sept.

Panama, Sept with the explosion
of 20 tons Of dynamite, the last remain
ing barrier at the Pacific end of the
canal was blown away. The charge,
which was planted in Sal holes at an
average depth of 80 feet, tore a big
gap in the barrier, but not TO suffi-
cient depth 10 permit water TO flow
through as the tide was low.
A workman seized a shovel and made
q small trench through which a rill
of water trickled- Gradually it Widened
until an hour later a raging torrent,
with thirty foot fall, poured through
an opening 400 feet wide into that part
of the canal between Gamboa dixie and
the MiraflOres locks, which previously
had been excayated by steam shOyels-
This cut, which is 5000 feet long, 500
feet wide and Al feet deep below mean
sea level, was entirely filled two hours
later when the waters of the Pacific
laved for the first time the solid ma
sorry of the MirafIores locks.
Dredges passed through the open
ing and in few days the last vestige
of the barrier will be removed, eStab-
fishing a practically completed channel
at the Pacific end.
The dredges will begin on Sept to
remove the last barrier of the Atlantic
channel When the work is completed
ships may navigate to the locks from
both endl5s.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-01

feet on the T. & P. into this city Pas
senger train No 3, which has been due
here at 1910 a m. is changed to S:55
a m A new train has been put on
between Texarkana and SweetWater.
R. T. Vaught living south of town,
claims the champion cantaloupe crop
from one vine this year This vine has
produced u cantaloupes, the smallest
weighing Is pounds and the largest p.
E. W. DOuthitt shipped three cars of
cows to the Fort Worth market this
week
j. J. Fry has returned to the city
from a trip east in the interest of the
proposed Denver and Gulf railway
through this city. 1t is stated that
surveyors viii soon be in the field on
the line.
The new residences Of Prof Dawes
and Ben Barnett are nearing compile
ton.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-01
CAMINETTI JUROR
BREAKS TWO TOES
Case May Have to Wait Until Adams
Receivers From Injury Received
in Auto Accident.

San FRANCISCO, Cal, Sept Nv neither
a Juror with two newly broken toes
can pay proper attention in a big Grim
inal trial will be decided Tuesday when
the trial of F. Drew Caminetti, charged
with violating the Mann white slave
act, is resumed before United States
district Judge Van Fleet
Juror ". H Adams called up judge
Van Fleet from San Jose and explained
that while automObiling Sunday the
machine tipped over and two toes on
his right foot were broken I'll be in
court Tuesday, but Eli be on crutches-"
IF juror Adams is not physically
able to continue the case Tuesday the
trial will be put over" said judge Van
Fleet.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-01
CANNOT PUT SKINNED
MILK N WITH

Austin. Tex. Sept In an Opin-
ion rendered to J. S. Abbott, food and
drug commissioner. il was held that
when skinned milk is added to whole
milk and the same sold as whole milk.
1t is a violation OF the law. In con-
strung sections one and two of the
pure food and drug act the opinion
is held that if any substance has been
mixed with the milk so as to reduce
or lower its quality or strength il
viii be deemed to be adulterated. The
pure food authorities have adopted as
part of the rules governing them in
their duties, that no milk viii be per-
mitted TO be sold when II contains less
than S.25 percent butter fat
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-01
HUNDREDS INJURED
IN RIOTS AT DUBLIN

Dublin, Ireland, Sept 1.-The fierce
riOting in connection with the tram
way strike was renewed Sunday.
Hundreds Of persons including 80 con-
stables, were injured On Saturday so
or more persons were injured All the
hospitals are so crowded that many
serious cases had to be sen. their
homes for treatment. The moi Jecame
incensed over the arrest of one of the
strike leaders, James Larkins, against
whom a warrant had been out for p
hours. The police repeatedly used their
sticks and this led TO a pitched battle.
Stones, brickbats and bottles were
hurled by the infuriated rioters and
the streets soon were covered by pros
trate forms.
The train service is completely sus-
pended.
The exact number Of injured is not
known but including the Saturday vic
tins it is believed II will reach nearly
400.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-01
JONES COUNTY MAN
OUT FOR CONTROLLER

austin, Tex, Sept III =. Mcclure,
of Arson. Jones county. has definitely
announced his candidacy for control
er, to succeed ". P Lane. He has not
announced his platform on which he
viii be a candidate.
r. BinniOn, of Lamar county, has
been appointed chief clerk in the de
partment of education. to succeed T
H Shelly, who resigned to enter the
faculty of Sam Houston normal school.
G. NJ. Sims, of San Marcos. was ap-
pointed assistant to the superintend-
ent