The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1913-02-21
Nashville, Tenn,
Feb. 18th, 1913.

Il have seen, | am going u Ceii you
l :. nv trip down in the market at
v.orville. Tenn. Knoxville is To-
,.d not over two days and one
a!sbt's drive with mule from tn the
1 South Carolina mountains where ?. the
..oonshiners or indicators live.
l Well. I got into town Monday after
| aoon and while doing the city in
| tbe interest of the Yakima apples. l
met fellow and asked him what
they had that Westerner ought to
see.
"Wall," says he, ''you-all ought
to go down early tomorrow morn
! inc and see the market row when
those indicators come to town with
their goods to sell.'
So I got up early and was there
to meet the arrivals as they came
in. wish you could have seen
nose lean, hungry gaunt, yellow,
c;ckly critters that lined up, or
rather backed up to the sidewalk
for several blocks. | couldn't help
hut note the contrast between these
men and going down one morning
early in Kennewick to unload a fine
load of watermelons and found Geo.
Peters there by daylight with a
clean shave and with a pair Of
white pants on. Being very warm
morning, think that's about all
he had on. Our Washington far
mers look better fed and a thousand
times more prosperous than these
southerners.
The fellows with the apples seemed
to be meeting with slow sales and as
amy heart seemed to 60 out to the
apple peddlers-being one of them
myself hung around the apple
block. Some time away back in
the ages, l say ages, because these
apples looked so old, that if
wrinkles were any indication they
must have been two years old; as l
was saying, some time these apples
had been frozen and besides being
frozen and wrinkled they were
bruised by 40 miles over mountain
roads; then, worst of all, they were
Ben Davis. When I suggested that
perhaps some other variety would
sell better, my mud-eater friend
said: wall, mebe they amt the
best Of eaters, but they sure are all
good travellers. -
saw he knew his business better
than | did and seemed happy. so l
dropped the subject and asked him
il he ever made a trip to Washing
ton.
Washington D. CT" says he.
No, Washington out west
"0h, Washington Territory"
says he.
Then l had to explain that thru
the efforts of Washington boosters
the territory had become state
some time ago and was getting along
nicely, thanks. Then in answer to
what a booster was, brought out
that Kennewick booklet Desgranges
sent me and showed him w. R.
Vessels picture by way of explain
ing what booster looked like. He
seemed surprised to know boosters
were almost human and lived and
seemed, from outward appearance
at least, like other people. l tried
70 ind a picture of DR.. Ely, but
couldn't.
Then turned to that page where
Desgranges is doing the Goddess of
Liberty stunt over the prize-winning
peach tree of Fred Kadow's and
sou ought to have seen those people
LUX say people," because by
Wis Time most of the apple peddlers
oh the street had come up to see
"hat was doing.
"eil' couldn't tell whether they
were the more interested in that
picture OF Des" or the remarkable
Tree growth, but soon I knew when
One OLD gal'-probably and old
nlai0 mud eater-said, BE all the
"en mat good looking out thar"
climate" " viz